General rationing forecast set by Henderson and committee
Washington reports that the house appropriations committee and Price Administrator Leon Henderson forecast a general rationing program for the United States by year end. They cited potential limits on 15 major cost of living groups and stressed the role of tax policy, wages, farm prices, and war progress in controlling prices.
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Washington
Thes House Appropriations Committee
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Rommel Forces Circle Matruh In Crucial Blow
Axis forces swung from the west to the southeast of Matruh threatening to isolate the vital rail hub on the road to the Nile valley and Alexandria. British and German offensives coincide with Russian action near Kursk as Axis aims tighten around Suez and Asia Minor.
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Kursk
Middle East
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Egypt
Suez
Asia Minor
Caucasus
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Cairo
Draft boards open for selective service registration
Local boards prepared for general registration this Tuesday for youths 18 to 21. Men born between January 1922 and June 40 1924 must register, with about 2000 expected to sign. Registration hours are 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at multiple city and rural locations including Scioto Trail, Sixth and Court, Hilltop, Sciotoville, East End, and several schools and town halls.
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Ivenue
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Jones
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Sciotoville
North Moreland
Seventh Street
East End
Rubber Drive Extended for 10 More Days
President Roosevelt extended the rubber collection drive by ten days as of June 29. Collections through Saturday night totaled 219000 tons, a disappointing total for the effort.
Scrap rubber drive extended as results disappoint
Secretary Ickes and William R. Boyd Jr. urged President Roosevelt to extend the scrap rubber collection drive by ten days. The campaign, meant to end at midnight tomorrow, has produced disappointing figures and does not yet show rubber will meet military and civilian needs.
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Washington
Ickes
W Liam R. Boyd Jr
Roose
Outlook for consumer, very bad, per Nelson report
Washington June 29 The optimistic WPB briefing by Donald M. Nelson says plane, tank and ship goals will be met but the consumer outlook is very bad. Nelson reviews the war production board's progress and challenges.
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Washington
Congress
Donald M. Nelson
The
War Production Board
WPB
Morgenthau Praises Scioto County War Bond Sales
The U S treasury sent hearty congratulations to Scioto county war savings staff for exceeding its June quota. Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. praised the county's staff in a telegram, noting total June sales through June 24 reached 372057.25 dollars, well above the 206900 dollar quota. Sales for the final week of June were forthcoming.
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U. S. Treasury Department
Scioto County
New Boston Set for Bond Vote
Advocates for flood protection urged residents to vote on a 100000 bond issue to fund a floodwall along the Ohio river from the Ports mouth New Boston city limits to the Wheeling Steel plant edge. The federal government would cover construction costs, protecting against a 77 foot river stage and meeting federal requirements for rights of way. Polls open 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. with a light anticipated turnout.
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Election Board
Ohio River
Portsmouth-New Boston
Wheeling Steel Corp
Gallia Street
Soldier Can Vote Easier Now in Ohio Red Tape Reforms
A soldier in Ohio gains easier voting access as new measures cut red tape. The measure streamlines registration and absentee voting processes, benefiting service members stationed in the state and those returning home.
FBI Seizes Accomplices of German Saboteurs
FBI announced seizure of several contacts and associates linked to a band of eight Nazi saboteurs landed by U boats on the east coast. New arrests expected within days as authorities report an additional $20 000 payoff money bringing the total to $170 000. Names disclosed include Dasch Burger Heinck and Quirin among others with forged IDs and lists of targets. Some arrests occurred in Chicago and New York, with suspects living on Long Island near Amagansett.
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Associated Press
New York
FBI
Long Island
Florida
Earl J. Connolley
J. Edgar Hoover
Chicago
Amagansett
Mr. Hoover
George John Dasch
Ernest Peter Burger
Michigan National Guard
Heinrich Harm Heinck
Robert Quirin
Draft of Manpower for Industry Seen
Washington reports a critical shortage of manpower in industry agriculture and government service with a peak around October this year. The committee on a defense appropriation bill suggests training and worker transfers to meet demand and notes possible army sizes rising to 4 5 million by end of 1942 and 6 to 17 million in 1943 with shifts from farms to essential industry.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Four Michigan Men Sentenced for Draft Evasion
The Sixth U S circuit court upheld convictions of four Michigan men who claimed Jehovah's Witnesses status to avoid induction into civilian service, ruling that zealous martyr activity cannot threaten national safety.
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Sixth
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Michigan
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Razor ban lifted by War Production Board
The War Production Board lifted all restrictions on safety razor sales by jobbers and manufacturers. The move, announced in Washington, allows the Army and Navy to secure necessary razors and related supplies for military use.
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Washington
War Production Board
Army
Navy
Budget for War Agencies U K D
The Senate appropriations committee pushed a 1.81 billion dollar war bill boosting total wartime outlay to about 228 billion since June 1940. It funds nearly twenty agencies for the next fiscal year starting July 1, with most already on emergency allocations. The Office of Price Administration faces 95 million, but the panel cut Henderson’s request and barred transfers to augment OPA funds.
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Yeon F. Arbogast
Associa Press
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Wor Shipping Administration
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Henderson
Budget Bureau
OPA
Capitol Hill
Growing calls to replace Churchill amid Rommel advance
Agitation in London grew as Axis forces reportedly seized Matruh and neared the coast. Prominent newspapers backed removing war strategy from Prime Minister Churchill, fueling calls to replace him as minister of defense.
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London
Churchill
Axis
Rommel
Matruh
Pivot of Battle in the Middle East Terms of Matruh Axis
Matruh serves as a strategic pivot with a railway terminus to the Nile valley and the Alexandria base. From Matruh the British extended a narrow gauge line to supply their now liquidated position in the region.
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Middle East
Matruh
Nile Valley
Alexandria
Axis advance at Matruh threats rear attack on Eighth Army
Dispatches report Italian Libya invasion and Matruh position 130 miles inside Egypt amid claims of 6 000 British prisoners and 28 000 taken at Tobruk. Crete air power looms on the Mediterranean flank as London mulls details of the Matruh battle.
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Matruh
Egypt
Mediterranean
Crete
Eighth Army
Tobruk
Rome
London
Nazis Launch Fourth Kursk Offensive From Kursk Line
The German army began a new fourth offensive from Kursk aimed at severing the rail link between the southern and central fronts. Soviet defenders at Sevastopol fought off repeated Axis assaults as Kharkov area counterattacks regained some ground, with a cautious midday Soviet communique noting ongoing battles in Kursk and Sevastopol sectors.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Kursk
Sevas
Topol
Black Sea
Kharkov
Sevastopol
Orville Wright Backs Bergdoll in Draft Defense
Orville Wright, the 76 year old co inventor of the airplane, went to bat for Grover Cleveland Bergdoll in a draft matter. Wright argued Bergdoll’s case to authorities, claiming the process was mishandled and that Bergdoll should be treated fairly.
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Bergdoll
Dayton
Orville Waght
Dodger
Grover Cleveland
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