LaFollette Pushes Labor Backing in War Era Pact
Senator LaFollette urged federal action against oppressive labor practices and organized interference with collective bargaining. He submitted a subcommittee report on California 1935 39 highlighting the need to protect labor rights amid wartime pressures and calls for criminalizing labor espionage strikebreaking private police abuses blacklisting and employer coercion.
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Nazis Claim Russ Loss on Kuban Area
London reports the German High Command claims a successful thrust against Russian forces in the Kuban bridgehead region with two thousand Red troops killed or captured and substantial material seized. The Berlin communique also says 700 Russian boats were captured or damaged. Moscow counters with reports of German attacks repelled with heavy losses.
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Moscow War Bulletin
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Red Army
McCormack predicts Italy exit from World War I
Boston July 5 John W McCormack predicts Italy will end active participation in the war in the near future relieving Russian armies and enabling new aid to China The speaker ties Italy's exit to a weaker German Balkans front and faster Allied air operations and naval moves including possible action against Japan in Burma.
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Boston
China
John W. McCormack
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Air war widens as Allied raids strike Sicily and Sardinia
Allied air offensives over Sicily and Sardinia intensify with raids on Catania,Trapani and Olbia. Bomber and fighter sorties disrupt rail yards, docks and airfields while Axis losses mount. Mussolini may seek separate peace as invasion timing rumors swirl in London and Zurich broadcasts.
Senate Moves Obstacle to War Agency Funding Bills
Washington July 5. A key hangup blocks final passage of the war agencies bill and the labor security measure as Congress nears a midweek recess. Senate insistence on confirming high salary employees in 19 war created agencies faces House rejection in recent votes.
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Pilots’ Suggestions Improve U S Plane Superiority at Hickam
Lt Gen Robert C Richardson Jr says modifications to warplanes at the Hawaii air depot boosted American plane performance against Japan. During a Fourth of July event at Hickam Field he praised pilots for providing combat feedback and reported a rising ratio of Japanese losses as updated aircraft returned to the front.
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U. S
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Robert C. Richardson
Hawaiian Department
Army Navy
Liberator bombers strike targets in Burma region
U S forces attacked the Akyab jetty and the Shweli bridge in Northern Burma while Medium Mitchells joined Independence Day raids on Central Burma. Bombs dropped on Shwebo rail yards and surrounding tracks with fires, explosions, and oil storage damage reported. Additional strikes hit Meiktila barracks and a nearby air field. Frome railway yards were also hit. All crews returned safely.
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Girl War Worker Declines Movie Offer for Plane Job
Thelma Edelfsen a 22 year old war worker in Hollywood refused a proffered film contract to return to her inspector role in the riveting department at the Consolidated Vuie tee Aircraft plant. She said she was helping a cameraman prove stars rely on makeup and said she would feel like a quitter while friends in service and family in war work continue.
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Consolidated Vuitee Aircraft
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Armed Services
Cochran Named Director of Women Pilots in Army Air Forces
Jacqueline Cochran appointed director of women pilots in the Army Air Forces and special assistant to Maj. Gen. Barney M. Giles. Since September she led women’s flying training for the Air Forces Flying Training Command and has overseen a program that graduated about 150 pilots with hundreds more in training. Nancy Harkness Love named executive to Col. William N. Tunner of the ferrying division in Air Transport Command based in Cincinnati.
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Washington
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War Department
Miss Cochran
Air Forces Flying Training Command
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Women's Auxiliary
William N. Tunner
Air Transport Command
Cincinnat
Ogdensburg Man Is Wounded in African Fighting
Mr and Mrs George E Walker of 3 Rensselaer Ave report their son Pvt John F Walker 20 has been wounded in North Africa He enlisted December 28 1941 and went to England in October He trained in the British Isles then went to Africa He was wounded at Mozamb and remains in a hospital with injuries not disclosed.
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George E. Walker
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North Africa
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British Isles
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Tno Motazo
China to Get Supply Road Through Iran
Chinese Minister Tseng Yang-Fu announced a new supply route to China via Iran and the Turkestan Siberian Railway. He noted 10,500 miles of Chinese railways are Japanese controlled and described efforts to keep international routes open and to expand interior transport despite war with Japan.
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Tiensui
50 000 in Training For Jobs Dropped as NYA Is Discarded
Washington July 5 The National Youth Administration NYA which aided war job training is ended after eight years Congress cut its appropriation to 3 million dollars halting work in about 300 communities About 55009 trainees and 9000 supervisors lose positions Williams calls the move unfortunate and notes daily training of nearly 1000 people for war work will stop as plants in 300 communities wind down.
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New Deal
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Woodring Urges Crussade to Restore America to People
Former Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring, speaking at an Independence Day picnic in Neodesha Kansas, calls for a united two party effort to return governance to the people. He criticizes a decade of planned economy and state capitalism and warns against electing a 1944 mandate for centralized power.
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LaGuardia Condemns Child Labor Trends in New York
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia warned employers and parents that child labor will not be tolerated when adult labor is available. He cited alarming trends amid war excitement and labor shortages and said some cases may be permitted only with careful supervision. He also signaled readiness to test a plan by independent slaughterers to supply meat on consignment at ceiling prices.
Betty Grable and Harry James wed in Las Vegas early morning
Blond star Betty Grable and band leader Harry James married in Las Vegas at 4 15 A M in a hotel room ceremony performed by Dr C H Sloan. Grable 26 from St Louis James 27 from Beaumont. they planned a Hollywood departure.
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Harry James
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New York
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dJames
Hollywood
Jackie Coogan
Juarez
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Louise Tobin
Half Million C I O Members to Check New York Prices
Five hundred thousand New York C I O members will monitor retail food prices this week to curb black markets. Joseph Curran, head of the Greater New York C I O Council, says members receive instruction sheets and O P A price violation forms. Reports go to the council, then to C I O attorneys before O P A prosecution.
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
Joseph Curran
Greater
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Gas Ration Books Expire Soon Outside Eastern States
About 20 million motor car and motorcycle owners outside the Eastern shortage area must renew basic A and D gas ration books before July 22. OPA says applications can be mailed and forms will be available at filling stations. Existing basic A and D books expire July 21 outside the 17 Eastern states and D C.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
District of Columbia
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