Labor troubles mount over wide area in nation
The nation faced widespread labor strife with more than 85,000 idle workers as battles raged in Detroit and other areas. Goodyear plants teeter on seizure as 16,700 strikers wage a fight over wages hours and overtime. Cheago drivers near end of a week-long stoppage as transport improves. International Harvester and Gillette Tire plants resume operations after walkouts. In Fort Worth about 1000 Armour workers return amid protests over layoffs and discharge. Glass workers strike spreads across 10 cities, signaling unresolved labor tensions nationwide.
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber company
war labor board
CIO United Rubber
Washington
Akron
Ohio
C. V. Wheeler
Goodyear local No. 2
George W. Taylor
WLB
Goodyear
Cheago
Chicago
International Harvester company
Eauclaire
Wis
Gillette tire
U. S. Rubber company
Pittsburg
plate glass
Libbey-Owens-Ford
Truman Poised to Push Charter Charter Vote
In Olympia Washington President Truman reportedly counted fewer than a dozen votes against the proposed peace charter he plans to send to the Senate on July 2. Sources say he has spoken with nearly every senator and remains optimistic about ratification well above the two thirds needed, aiming to finish before a mid July meeting with Stalin and Churchill. He is vacationing as a guest of Gov. Mon Wallgren and has reviewed the senator list multiple times.
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OLYMPIA
Wash
Truman
peace organization
senate
Stalin
Church Nl
White House
Mon C. Wallgren
Army Plans Meat Sale Shifts to Aid Civilians
The army will sharply cut meat purchases for 60 days to free civilian supplies. President Truman signaled anticipated civilian meat relief as Wart Food Administrator Marvin Jones orders lower government set‑aside beef. After July 1, 30 percent of poultry from a eastern area will be released to civilians and hospitals.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Olympia
Wash
Clinton P. Anderson
War Food
Marvin Jones
Jones
Delaware
New Jersey
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Urge Red Points For Meat Alone
New York June 23 governors of thirteen northeast states urged that meat be allotted red points alone and separation from all other grain. They called for concentrated OPA enforcement on meat and related foods and a single government agency to run the national food program. A major overhaul of the point system was deemed imperative with points granted for meats alone.
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NEW YORK
OPA
United States
Montana First To Reach Its War Bond Quotas
Washington June 23 Montana becomes the first state to meet all quotas in the 7th war loan drive. It surpassed its E-bond quota of 16 million by over 200 thousand and exceeded the 25 million individual sales goal. By June 22 it topped the 10 million corporate sales quota, totaling more than 50 million in bonds sold. This marks the fifth straight drive Montana has led by meeting all goals first.
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WASHINGTON
Montana
union
treasury
RAF Ranges Gulf of Siam Sinks Japanese Ships
The RAF has begun to range the Gulf of Siam east of Malaya and in two weeks has sunk or damaged 20 Japanese ships on the line between Singapore and Thailand and French Indo China. Big Sunderland flying boats and RAF Liberators from forward bases spearhead the drive.
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LONDON
RAF
Gulf of Siam
Malaya
Singapore
Thailand
Indo-China
air ministry
French Occupation Zone Is Announced
London reports Paris radio announces French troops will occupy the southern Rhineland the Saar the Rhenish Palatinate Baden a corridor through Luxembourg and Bavaria and Vorarlberg. Four powers reach final agreement on zones with Moscow already outlining Red Army control east of a line near Lübeck Bay to the western Thüringer border. British and American positions depend on French accord.
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LONDON
Paris
Rhineland
Saar
Rhenish Palatinate
Baden
Luxembourg
Bavaria
Voralberg
Moscow
Red army
Luebeck bay
Germany
France
Swift-class light cruiser sails in Pacific
The Admiralty announced last night that HMS Swift, a new 8000 ton light cruiser of a 31 knot speed class, is operating in the Pacific Sea. The vessel is described as part of a British effort to expand cruiser capabilities.
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LONDON
Pacific
admiralty
Idahoans Claim 207 Relatives Serving In Armed Forces
NAMPA Idaho June 23 UP armed services Mr and Mrs A a Canyon county furniture dealer offered a war Henry P Hunter won with 207 bond to the couple none farther removed than nephew with the most relatives in the Jews or first cousins.
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NAMPA
Idaho
armed services
Henry P. Hunter
Canyon county
neph
Rival Polish Factions Agree on Unity Government
Moscow reports Allied approval of a provisional Polish government of national unity to ease tensions toward broader cooperation. The deal, brokered by Molotov Kerr and Harriman, unites Soviet sponsored War saw leaders with London emigre figures. Recognition by the three Allies to follow in days.
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MOSCOW
Warsaw
Poland
London
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Archibald Clark Kerr
U. S
Crimea
United States
Great Britain
Soviet union
Negro Troopers Civilian Clash in Hull Saloon
Hull police reported American Negro soldiers and British civilians clashed in a Hull saloon last night. Fifty officers ended the fight with one civilian seriously hurt. no arrests were made as investigators review by American military authorities. An army spokesman said a prior incident Thursday night began the trouble when a Negro soldier was struck with a beer bottle.
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HULL
England
army
Aparri Captured In Surprise Drive
Manila reports Aparri in the Cagayan valley has fallen to Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s forces in a surprise thrust. The recapture traps remaining Japanese units, signaling the beginning of the end of organized resistance on Luzon. Allied advances press toward Tuguegarao and San Juan.
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Aparri
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Cagayan
MacArthur
U.S. 6th army
Cagayam
Tuguegarao
U. S. 37th infantry division
San Juan
Babuyan channel
Ballesteros
Cagayan river
Hamilton W. Faron
Associated Press
Cagayan valley
Borneo
Suh
Miri
Lutong
Brunei bay
Tokyo
Japs Kill Wounded In Luzon Hospital Find
U S forces report discovery of 120 Japanese soldiers killed while wounded in two school buildings used as a field hospital north of Manila. Soldiers bayoneted or shot, many in beds. evidence suggests Tokyo's orders for extermination of wounded. Units of the 129th Infantry under Col John D Frederick, Springfield Jr., uncovered the remains at Bayombong in northern Luzon.
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MANILA
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Bayombong
129th infantry
John D. Frederick, Springfield
Work Stop Vera Cruz Mexico Paralyzes Rail Activity
Work stoppage at the Vera Cruz terminal paralyzed all railway activity at 3 p m yesterday as an employee of the terminal company halted work without warning.
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VERA CRUZ
Mexico
Emperor Hirohito Warns of Unprecedented Crisis at Home
San Francisco dispatch reports Emperor Hirohito addressing Japan amid invasion threats. He denies plans for personal rule, praises citizens for valor, and contextualizes the voluntary military service act. Domel broadcasts note worries over Chinese mainland deployments tied to a China-American plan against Japan.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Japan
Hirohito
Domei agency
Domel
Pacific
China
Jap Airfields Again Blasted In Major War Raid
GUAM June 23 More than 100 rocket-spitting fighters attacked airfields north of Tokyo in Ibaraki. Four Superfortresses did not return from raids on Guam Saipan and Tinian. Tokyo claimed 18 Japanese fighters were shot down and said the Kure naval arsenal was destroyed or greatly damaged. Weather was clear and crews reported a very successful day with targeted factories around Nagoya Kobe and Akashi hit.
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GUAM
radio Tokyo
Japan
Kure
Tokyo
Fukuoka
Kyushu
Okinawa
Sapan
Saipan
Tia
Kure t naval arsenal
Mitsubishi
Kawasaki
Nagoya
Mitsubishi-Mishima
Takashima
Kobe
Kawanishi
Himeji
Kawashaki
Akashi
Dry Spell Cuts Sugar Supplies
Cuba faces ongoing sugar ration risk as eight month drought damaged cane fields. Rain ended the drought eight months after it began, but the United States may maintain or reduce sugar allotments for at least another year. Cuba supplied half of U.S. sugar imports.
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HAVANA
Cuba
United States
Hitler's Promise Fulfilled After a Fashion Says German
NAMPA Idaho June 23. A German prisoner of war thinning sugar beets on a farm here told reporters Hitler told us we would march across North America but he didn’t say we would do it on our hands and knees.
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NAMPA
Idaho
U —I
North Amer
Hitler
Okinawa Battle Ends With Allied Victory and Sunk Vessels
Guam June 23. UP Tokyo reports say kamikaze attacks sank two American ships and damaged three off Okinawa while the island fell to American forces. Nimitz said two light naval units were sunk and an auxiliary damaged. 20 enemy raids occurred as Allied troops secured the island. Churchill telegram to Truman calls Okinawa battle among the most intense in military history.
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GUAM
Tokyo
Okinawa
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
U.S. tenth army
Pacific islands
Al Copking
Associated Press
Roy S. Geiger
tenth army
Pacific fleet marine force
Pacific
Japan
Geiger
Churchill
Truman
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