New Guinea and Aleutians Defended by Allied Forces
Reports from Washington state American troops arrived in New Guinea as Pacific battles widen. Allied air and naval forces claimed successes against Japanese raids on Port Moresby and Lae while U S submarines and bombers pressed actions in the Aleutians toward Kiska and Attu as officials noted continued Allied air superiority over the region.
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Washington
New Guinea
United States
Firvaston
Australia
North America
Camuniques
Pacific
New
Fort Moresby
United Nations
Balaman-Lac
Therday
Port Moresby
U. S
Athi
Kiska
Apatite
Alviglia
Navy
Japs Put on Defensive War Picture Shaping Up
Washington reports from multiple theaters indicate American air power is increasingly driving Japan onto the defensive. U S production targets 70,000 planes this year and rapid deliveries to fronts may alter the war picture in months. Allied air forces menace Axis positions from North Africa to the Pacific while U S pilots strike from Coral Sea to Midway and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Joseph Aln
Washington
Egypt
Fure Alshek
United States Army
China
Orient
Claire” G. Ghenault
Ameti¢An
Onl
Japan
A. Hors
America
Coral Sea
Midway Island
United States
Europe
Africa
Ters
Coyn
Pitoly
Plane Unions Lose Plea
HOLLYWOOD July 11 The government today rejected labor demands for a 125 million dollar yearly wage increase for West Coast aircraft workers. Paul R Porter wage stabiliztion chief of the War Production Board said wage gains were needed but the joint APY CIO demands were too high and would conflict with Roosevelt's anti inflation program.
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Hollywood
Paul R. Porter
War Production Board
APY
Roosevelt
Fats Cans Scrap Metal Drives Open in Texas
Texas launches three new conservation drives to recover fats from kitchens scrap metal and cans. Governor Stevensen’s office says campaigns begin in targeted communities from mid July with local defense coordinators receiving bulletins outlining roles in the effort.
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Austin
Daly
Thy
Texas
Another Gestapo Chief Hangman Dies in Poland
New York July 1 report by British radio says Erich Guddert chief of the Gestapo police and Elite Guard in Lublin Poland died under mysterious circumstances. The bulletin notes his death recalls Nazi reprisals after Heydrichs Prague killing and claims Polish officers were executed and others imprisoned.
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Gestapo
Hangman
Poland
New York
Utss
Bilish Radio Ton
2.BS
Britis Radio
Erich Gud Jert
Lublin
Poand
Valle
Guddert
Reinhard Heydrich
Dep ‘Nty
Texas Flier Leads Incredible Jungle Escape By Sea and Jungle
Pearl Harbor dispatch recounts Lt. Grayson of Dallas, a Navy pilot, surviving seven days on a rubber raft after his squadron was attacked near Manado Celebes. He details engine failures, water strafing, hunger, thirst, and a perilous escape across jungle and sea with bullets in the early Pacific war.
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Texas
Jack Singer
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Indies
Eit
Navy
Jackson L. Grayson
Dal
Jas
Coun
Japa
Grayson
Jennery I
Ambhin
Jan Folren
Manado
Celeber
War Revenue Bill Advances In Congress As Tax Changes Loom
The House Ways and Means Committee completed action on the 1842 war revenue bill designed to raise about 6.25 billion dollars in federal taxes. The bill would go to the House floor for debate in three days. It revises corporate tax to add roughly 1.078 billion and ends postwar credits for industry while tightening withholding to fund higher taxes. Personal exemptions fall to 1200 for married, 500 for single, 400 per dependent. withholding rises to 6 or 40 percent. Corporate rates set at 24 percent normal, 21 percent surtax, and 6 percent excess profits. The plan envisions about 2.9 billion more yearly revenue and no joint returns for couples. The initial rate starts at 14 percent with further increases up to 83 percent over high incomes. The excess profits tax is raised, and corporate normal tax climbs to 45 percent.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Nome
Mitte
LAX
Soldier killed in Arizona Affray
Sheriff Peery Francis reported an exchange of gunfire outside an all night restaurant in Arizona. Two soldiers were shot. one died and another wounded. Four other soldiers were involved but captured as police stopped the fray with automatic rifles and pistols.
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Flagstapp
Arla
Peery Francis
Allies Sink Jap Transport and Raid Nan Chang Airport
Allied planes sank a Japanese transport and destroyed more than 20 enemy planes in forays on Xan thyer and the Nan Chang airport. A second two day raid damaged Nan Chang's airfield with 10 planes destroyed, and Linchwan in Kinass province was bombed as well.
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Chungking
Ib Wis
Nanchang
Linchwan
Kinnas Province
Germans Drive Toward Don River In Voronezh Battle
From Stockholm the Sunday Dispatch reports Field Marshal von Bock massing 1,000,000 troops with 25 panzer divisions to push toward the Don from Rostov. Soviet communiques describe fierce fighting around Voronezh and near Kantemirovka and Lishchansk as Nazi pressure intensifies on the 200 mile front. The Baltic and Kalinin fronts also see air and ground actions with tanks damaged and transports sunk.
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Ark Tang
Key City
London
Peeder von Bock
Don River
Rososh
Stockholm
Moscow
INS
Voronezh
Withie
Yael
Thas
Dalle Bea
Kantomirovka
Rossash
Lsteliatint
Wales
Rostov
Baltic
Kalinin
Lishchansk
Voroneus
Daun
Don
Kedor von Hock
Kantemilroyka
Tere
von Bock
the Don
Czechs and Norway Sign U S Aid Pact for Postwar Order
Washington reports Czechostlovakia and Norway joined the United States in mutual aid and economic pacts, seen as laying groundwork for a postwar world order. The agreements were signed with Secretary of State Hall at the State Department. In London, Laval concessions on the division line and the transfer of government offices to Paris were reportedly approved, with Berne noting Germany granted permission.
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Norway
U.S
Washington
Czechostlovakia
United States
State Hall
State Department
U S Opens England Base Maider Decorated in Raid
Maj Gen Gayl Spaatz decorated four American airmen for participating in the Fourth of July raid over occupied Holland. The ceremony announced the first full U S base in England manned by U S crews with Bellasy aircraft. Major Kegelman of El Reno Oklahoma and three crew members received medals. Brig Gen Ive Eaker named commander of U S bomb group in Europe.
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Larry Meek
United States
England
Vols
Bellasy Sasanade
Gayl Spaatz
Halland
Ive Eaker
UW. 8
Esker
Spaat
Yillet
Liana County
Texas
Arne Old
Kegelman
Two Killed in Texas Freight Train Wreck
Two men died when a freight train owned by M E and T wrecked five miles south of Fayetteville. Conductor Whitworth 62 of Smithville led the train crew and left a widow Din Whitworth Houston and Harvey Whitworth of Smithville and a brother Janes Whitworth of Houston. Passenger James Walker 23 of Houston perished, mother Mrs J B Baker and a sister survive. Funeral plans are pending. Also reported Japan urged labor draft due to heavy shipping losses.
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Smithville
R. Whitworth
T. Rails Road
James Walker
Houston
Fayetteville
Whitworth
Din Whitworth
Harvey Phillip Whitworth
Smithyville
Janes Whitworth
Walker
J. JB. Walker
J. B
Baker
Two Held Guilty Of Sedition In Los Angeles Trial
Ellis Q Jones organizer of the National Copperheads and Robert Noble head of We Friends of Progress were found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to solicit the waiting second. They were remanded to the Los Angeles county jail with no immediate statement given as verdict was read after a day of delibration. Both sought probation through their attorney.
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Los Angeles
Ellis QO. Jones
National Copperheads
Aig
Robert, Noble
We Friends of Progress
Wee
Noble Bar Jones
Los Angeles County
Trier
Gond
Nvith
MacAtline
Noble
Jones
Promised Probe. Plumbers Back at Work in San Antonio
San Antonio union plumbers return to work after a promised thorough investigation into lead substitute contentions. The dispute centered on health concerns and practicability. Local No. 142, led by business manager Al Vuran, announced reinstatement pending a complete probe by the engineers.
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San Antonio
Sone Eich
Pbs
al Vuran
Supe ‘Plumbers’ Union
Elon
Qhatk
Army Engineera
Foe Caught Asleep in Desert Post
British forces report striking enemy positions near El Alamein after a night raid unmasked sleeping Axis troops. Luftwaffe losses include eight planes shot down while RAF Beaufighters and Beaufort fighters attacked supply aircraft and enemy columns. Allied air and ground actions upheld a limited offensive in the desert campaign.
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London
Traty
el Alamein
Auchinleck
Malta
Tyre
Allied Planes in Egypt Make 5000 Sorties in 10 Days
Allied air forces in Egypt logged about 5000 sorties over ten days, an average of 500 per day, with 130 bombers and 127 fighters escort striking west of El Alamein. Bombing runs targeted Axis concentrations and supply depots near El Dabaa, with Wellington and Blenheim aircraft involved in transport and coastal shipping strikes. The British Eighth Army faced heavy air and ground pressure in the El Alamein area as UN air forces intensified operations against Axis forces.
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Mnen
Tallyand
el Alamein
United Nations
Britten
Glaude Auchinteck
Rommiel
Auchinleck
Auchin
Egypt
Thomas C-Watron I. WM
State Cuerenpondent
London
Britain
Eighth Army
Ube Air Ministry
Uese
el Alamieln
el Daba
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Tony
CBS
Jaban
Tuan
U. SO
Laval Vichy
CNS
Pierra Laval
Pavarmment
Tuck
Hes~ Isetyoy
Condon
Rillway
Pol el Isa
St Almeth
Harmy
Brilan
Erwin Reymets
Gatto
Beaufort
Rommel
Afstcan
Corat
Bate
Tiber
Imoter
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Banga
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