Senate May Work Nights On Farm Bill
Senate may hold night conferences to finish action on a farm bill before July 1. Russell said conferees from Senate and House will meet to reconcile differences after Senate passage with 160 million dollars in excess of House limits and a 100 million shift to soil conservation and FSA funding. Roosevelt veto history and a Bankhead amendment vote shaped the debate as sessions may extend into nights.
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Washington
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
House
Farm Security Administration
House Appropriations Committee
FSA
Farm Credit Administration
Bankhead
D-Ala
Roosevelt
Agriculture Committee
Women Absentees Not Shirkers, Says College Official
Dr Josephine Rathbone of Teachers College Columbia University argues absenteeism among American women workers stems from bad working conditions and other factors beyond their control The statement came at a conference with labor groups government bureaus and health education representatives The meeting called a nationwide campaign to educate employers employees and workers about women health needs and to set up a special committee in each industrial town for the duration
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New York
Tone
Josephine Rathbone
Teachers College
Columbia University
New Shoe Ration Stamp Extends Validity to October 31
The Office of Price Administration announced a new shoe ration stamp number 18 will be valid from next Wednesday and must last through October 31, about four and a half months, 11 days longer than stamp 17. Stamp 18 aligns with policy of averaging three shoe pairs per person per year and remains transferable within a family.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Waring warns against federal overreach threatens states
Virginia alumnus Roane Waring of the American Legion denounces a centralized federal government likeness to postwar strain. He cites streamlined constitutional interpretations as eroding sovereignty of the 48 states while affirming needed federal control during war.
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Waring
Charlottesite
Roane Waring
American Legion
Pearl Harbor
Alumni Association
University of Virginia
Draft Boards At Work in State Prisons
New York reports 1 900 convicts in the armed services as state draft boards in prisons review cases for induction. Paroled inmates gain military eligibility after a set adjustment period, while prison populations decline since Pearl Harbor.
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Albany
New York
Armed Services
State Selective Service
Department of Correction
Pearl Harbor
Ames T. Brown
Selective Service
Brown
Frederick A. Moran
State Board of Parole
Moran
Parole Board
Moran J
Auburn
Attica
Clinton
Sing Sing
Coxsackie
William E. Brady
New Yorks
Brody
Elmira
State Parole Board
Fifteenth Son Born To Woman With Ten Sons in Service
Chicago report tells of Mrs France Evans Dyke 43 mother of ten armed forces sons delivering her 35th son at Chicago Memorial Hospital. Baby eight pounds born after operation. she asks message to boys at war and notes President Roosevelt honor for her wartime contribution. The Dyke family includes Peter 36 and other sons aged 18 months to 4 years.
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Armed Services
Chicago
INS
France Evans Dyke
Chicago Memorial Hospital
Bratrice Tucker Safer
Losdville
Gal
Peter
Peter, A 36-Year-Old Steel Worker, Is the Father Af Ter Jaxt
Engine breakdown blocks New York traffic between Schenectady and Albany
A locomotive breakdown disrupted passenger service on the line from Schenectady to Albany for about five hours overnight and today. A spokesman declined to name himself and said nothing could be said about the cause or effect of the failure.
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N.Y.C
Schenectady
Albany
Mrs Dempsey Denies Misconduct In Divorce Suit
Mrs Hannah Williams Dempsey testified in White Plains that she had never engaged in adultery with Lew Jenkins or Benny Woodall, defending herself against former heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey’s allegations of misconduct. The hearing extended five hours as she denied the accusations and described Dempsey’s prior threats. The judge and attorney Gerald Donovan held a chambers conference before resuming testimony.
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White Plains
Hannah Williams Dempsey
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Lew Jenkins
Benny Woodall
Woodall
Supreme Court
J. Addison Young
Gerald Donovan
Chaplin Protege Cleared Of Vagrancy Charge
Red haired Joan Barry who accuses Charlie Chaplin of fathering her child was cleared of a vagrancy charge after pleading innocent. Judge Charles Griffin allowed the substitute plea since she does not live as a vagrant, living with her mother. Barry declined to testify while her lawyers seek to keep the child free from stigma.
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Chaplin
Beverly Hills
Calif
Joan Barry
Charlie Chaplin
Charles Griffin
Miss Barry
Brush of Herkimer Named General Counsel for State Agriculture
Donald L. Brush of Herkimer, attorney and Republican county chairman, was named general counsel of the State Agriculture Department, effective July 1 with an $8,000 yearly salary. A 1912 Hope College and 1918 Albany Law School graduate, he formerly led Herkimer County Children’s Court and advised the joint legislative committee on children’s court jurisdiction and juvenile delinquency. He was a 1935 Constitutional Convention delegate and a 1940 Republican National Convention delegate, and will succeed Milo R. Kaniff en who resigned.
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D.l.brush
Herkimer
Agriculture Department
Albany
Donald L.brush
Herkimer County
State Agricultural Department
Brush
Hope College
Holland
Mich
Albany Law School
Children’s Court
Milo R. Kaniffen
Cobleskill
Methodist Urges Union of Negro And White Methodists
Boston June 12 Dr. Lewis Hartman editor of Zion's Herald urged uniting all Negro and white Methodists to aid a new social order. He told the New England annual conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church that race issues will shape permanent peace and warned separation in Methodism harms progress.
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Methodist
Boston
Methodist Church
Lewis
Hartman
Zion's Herald
Methodist Weekly
New England
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Witiek
French Group Votes to Bow To De Gaulle
In Algiers on June 12 the French Committee for National Liberation planned to discharge high army officers with anti Allied or Petainist backgrounds under De Gaulle’s demand. De Gaulle and six others reportedly agreed, signaling a purge of generals opposed to his vision, with Giraud seen reluctant to immediate action.
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Algiers
French Committee For National Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Syria
Henri Giraud
Giraud
Bomb Aboard Fortress Foiled In Daring 15 Minute Rescue
Lt Howard Gardner of Millinocket Maine and Sgt J K Kunz of Pittsburgh with Sgt Stanley Farmworth of Bakersfield Calif a Flying Fortress crew prevented a live bomb from exploding during a raid over Northwest Germany The bomb spun in the nose gear and dangled below the bomber until Kunz halted it and the crew freed the weapon after a tense 15 minute struggle The bomb ultimately fell into the ocean The incident occurred at a U S bomber station in Britain James Gardner recalled the perilous moment in the aftermath of the raid.
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U. S
Britain
Germany
Howard Gardner
Millinocket
Sgt
J. K Kunz
Pittsburgh
Stanley Farmworth
Bakersfield
Calif
Gardner
Schools to Adopt Annual Promotions in City Schools
New York education officials announce a shift from 1-A and 1-8 to first-year class and second-year class across elementary schools next fall. They estimate the change will save about 16 million dollars annually.
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New York
Lighter Army Packs Sought To Aid Troops In Invasions
Washington reports that the army studies lighter equipment for invasion troops to improve mobility on a shore landing. North Africa and Aleutian campaigns show heavy loads hinder floatation and swim to shore. plans may drop nonessential gear while keeping rifles and ammo.
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Washington
North Africa
Aleutians
U. S
Alec
Argainel
Memphis Belle crew returns with intact flight crew in England
The Memphis Belle and its crew depart England for the United States after 25 bombing missions. Ground crew names and home towns are painted on the bomber sides to honor their sleepless work keeping the Fortress aloft. Lieutenant General Jacob Devers praises ground crews for their crucial role.
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Chicago Daily News, Inc
U.S
England
United States
Eighth Air Force
Robert K. Morgan
Ashville
N. C
Joseph
Camibrone
Norristown
Robert G. Walters
Wallawalla
Wash
Max Armstrong
Albright
W. Va
R. C. Champion
Chicago
Charles P. Blauser
York, Pa
Leonard
Memphis Belle
Air Force
Harry M
Adams
Detroit
R. W. Mitchell
Houston
Tex
Frank Ferek
Cleveland
Dave Kobel
Worcester
Mass
Robert Cayer
Providence
R. 1
N. W. Kirkpatrick
Oklahoma City
L. L. Chandler
Edward J. Gorecki
O. F. Busa
Boston
Morgan
Margaret Polk
Memphis
London
Thic
Brest
St. Nazaire
Lille
Romilly
Hamm
Abbeville
Lorient
Wilhelmshaven
Vegesack
New Haven
Conn
Atlantic
Storza
Stuka
Argentina's New Regime Recognized by 29 Nations
Argentina's government under Pedro Ramirez gained formal recognition from 29 countries including the United States Britain and Japan. Panama Honduras Vichy France and Belgium joined, while the Holy See reportedly acknowledged the regime. Military commissioners were appointed in Buenos Aires and Entre Rios. Critica. was banned from circulation without stated reasons.
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Buenos Aires
Pedro Ramirez
Panama
Honduras
Americas
Vichy
France
Belgium
Paris
Vatican City
Holy See
Associated Press
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Entre Rios
Critica
U S Subs Cut Jap Supplies Help Chinese
American submarines press Japanese sea lines to ease China pressure. Sub skippers sail Yellow Sea and Pacific waters, with 169 ships sunk or probably sunk and 44 damaged out of 240 hit, aiding Allied effort and threatening Japanese shipping.
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Washington
China
Japan
Yellow Sea
Pacific
Southwest Pacific
French Indo- China
South China
Indo-China
Indo- China
Malaya
Navy High Command
U.S. Pacific
Hamilton College Grad Receives Root Fellowship in Science
John P. Van Alstyne of this city graduated with the Hamilton College class this week and earned a Root Fellowship in Science among five area students receiving scholarship honors.
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Geneva
John P. van Alstyne
Hamilton College
van Alstyne
Hooded Japs Beat Helpers at Poston Camp No. 1
Norris Edward James testified to the Dies sub committee that eight hooded Japanese beat members of their own race during a five day strike at Poston Relocation Center Camp No. 1 in November. He said the attackers targeted camp staff and family members, triggered by the judo chief Uchida’s assault charge.
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Los Angeles
Poston, Ariz
Norris Edward James
Dies
Congressional
James
Joseph Seta
Seta
Hatsumi Yamema
Isamu Uchida
Uchida
Kay Nishimura
Poston
F.B.I
North Dakota
New Mexico
John Costello
Calif
Poston Camp No. 1
Company Counsel Blames Inspectors For Faulty Wire
Fort Wayne Indiana June 12 The war fraud conspiracy hearing for Anaconda Wire and Cable Company and five employees neared its close in Federal Court as Ed Thomas Fort Wayne attorney for Chalmer C Bishop chief plant inspector said government checkers failed to ensure perfect wire He quoted inspectors telling Bishop to proceed with production with a later inspection The company and defendants pleaded nolo contendere to simple fraud and conspiracy to defraud indicating technical guilt but denying intent Indictments last December alleged five million dollars of faulty wire and cable sold to the government for war use.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Anaconda Wire and Cable Company
Anaconda
Marion
Ed Thomas
Chalmer C. Bishop
Thomas
Bishop
New York City Students Granted Eight Extra Winter Holidays
NYC pupils will enjoy eight additional winter holidays on days adjacent to regular break. Officials say attendance was light on such days and the fuel shortage prompted the measure to save fuel.
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N. Y
New York
New York City
City Board of Education
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Burma
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Silbert W. Kenny
Citizens Committee of Five
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Fred N. Howser
Maxwell Murray
Bears Wee
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D. W. Bagley
Ith Naval District
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Callies
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Bagley
Mexico
Mrs.Dempsey
Jenkins and Woodall
Argentina
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Segundo Storni
Castillo
Devers
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