Denial of Portal Pay Sparks Mining Conference Return
The United Mine Workers and soft coal operators plan talks to avert mine tiedown as the working truce nears expiration. More than 20 000 miners have left work in protest against the War Labor Board order denying portal to portal travel pay. President Lewis and the UMW policy committee weigh next steps while Roosevelt orders a halt to the prior walkout. The dispute centers on a proposed two dollar daily pay boost for underground travel time as negotiations continue.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
A . Ce
John L. Lewis
U. M. W. Policy Committee
Lewis
E.W.T
WLB
Logan County
W. Va
White House
Marvin McIntyre
Policy Committee
U.M.A
Roosevelt
Semanes
Chinese Patriots Try to Kill Wang Ching-wei in Nanking Plot
A Chinese report says patriots attempted to assassinate Wang Ching-wei head of the Japanese puppet Nanking government last month by hiding a time bomb under his platform at the Nanking Military Academy. The plot was discovered, the bomb neutralized, and two conspirators were executed.
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Nanking Chungking
Wang Ching-wei
Nanking
Nanking Military Academy
Orel and Moscow Fronts See Intensified German Offensives
Russian and German forces clash around Orel and Mtsensk with heavy fighting and losses. Moscow reports indicate 2000 German troops killed and tanks, guns, and mortars knocked out as both sides mass reserves for a possible major offensive on the central and southern fronts. Russian offensives near Mtsensk and Leningrad, air raids on German bases, and river activity on the Donets also noted.
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Moscow
Mtsensk
Orel
Havel
Misensk
Sostiae Ineritas
Taman
Frac 2 Ee Eek Meera
Red Army
Leningrad
Donets
Lisi' Chansk
Izyum
Air raid alert in Norfolk area due to unidentified planes
Early morning alarm in the Norfolk Virginia region ordered by Col Louis Merrick after unidentified aircraft were spotted. The all clear followed at 3 12 AM. Reports from Algiers mentioned Italian peace emissaries, while King George VI reportedly departed Gibraltar en route to Britain.
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Norfolk
New York
Norfolk, Va
Louis M. Merrick
First Fighter Command
Algiers
London
Reuters
Umberto
Pietro Badoglio
Etait
King George VI
Gibraltar
Lonion
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Britain
North
Africa
la Linea
Patterson links May war production slump to over confidence
Undersecretary Patterson blamed May production shortfalls on over confidence and complacency that threaten supply for overseas troops. He warned continued delays could deprive training and deployed units of critical equipment as industry struggles to adapt lines to new European needs.
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Washington
Patterson
Africa
Europe
Patten
America
Barges Move Toward Italy as Mussolini Expands War Zone
Allied landing barges with cannon mounted bows are reported moving into the Mediterranean theater as Mussolini extends the emergency war zone to the southern and Adriatic Italian coasts. Gibraltar reports include warships and convoys, while Axis mentions massing forces in the eastern Mediterranean and Syria. Kesselring takes over command of the Italian air force amid dissatisfaction with the Italian Air Command.
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London
Mediterranean
Benito Mussolini
Italy
la Linea
Gibraltar
North Africa
Axis
Europe
Mussolini
Rome
Sicily
Ankara
Syria
Aegean
Greece
Crete
Mussblini
Popolo d'Italia
Milan
Algiers
Albert Kesselring
Marshall
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
U. S. Army
Washington
Papen ousted as German ambassador to Turkey reported
Svenska Dagbladet quoted Bern radio saying Baron Franz von Papen has been dismissed as German ambassador to Turkey. The ouster followed German setbacks in Turkey amid moves by Ismet Inonu and British allied diplomacy. Prime Minister Sukra Saracoglu shifted stance toward Russia Britain and the United States and noted Turkey’s trade and non aggression pacts with Germany.
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Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Bern Radio Today
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Papen
Germany
Churchill
Ismet Inonu
Adana
Sukra Saracoglu
Food Poisoning Strikes Ringling Circus in Washington
More than 112 circus workers including the world famous clown Felix Adler were hospitalized in Washington after a salad tainted by food poisoning. A survey said 232 workers remained in hospitals, with at least 50 given first aid. performances continued, and the show planned to move to Baltimore at midnight.
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Capital
Washington
Felix Adler
Ringling Brothers and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Baltimore
Mop Up Near Tungting Lake Claims 200 More Japanese
Chinese forces reported further mop up operations between Tungting Lake and the Yangtze River. They said 200 Japanese were killed, with fighting ongoing near the coastal Kwantung Province. The communique also noted raids on a town near Canton and casualties or captures west of the Japanese perimeter.
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Tungting Lake
Chungking
Tungtting Lake
Yangtze River
High Command
Kwantung Province
Sayan
Canton
Parricon
Cape Vincent Guide Protests Gasoline Allocation
Cape Vincent guide William E. Stanley protested to President Roosevelt over gasoline access for Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River guides. He argued the OPA policy is inconsistent and discriminates against American guides while Canadian guides receive American gasoline through their government. Local spokesmen for about 109 guides joined the protest against the denial of gasoline for boats.
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Cape Vincent
William E. Stanley
Roosevelt
Canada
OPA
Stanley
Yestern Gay
Caseline
Lake Ontario
St. Lawrence River
CPA
Hudson River Excursion Ban Cuts War Time Travel
The OPA bans pleasure Hudson River boat trips for the duration of the war. Only river craft providing train and bus connections may operate. New York district director Frank C. Russell issued the ruling following appeals from two navigation companies facing fuel shortages.
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Hudson River
OPA
New York
Hudson
Frank C. Russell
Dive Bombers Strike Japanese Positions in South Pacific
Allied air forces report first dive bomber strikes from Australasian bases over Selaru and the Tanimbar group, with Beaufighters and Liberator operations damaging vessels near New Britain and Nauru. Cornwall.
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South Pacific
Jap Rail Yards Tantal Blasted and Burma Attack
New Delhi June 19 Great damage was caused by American Liberator bombers at Yamethin Burma 55 miles southwest of Meiktila. Bomb loads blasted a large round building of tanks and six tons of bombs hit rolling stock tracks and facilities. Medium bombers also struck storage buildings in an attack on railroad facilities at Myingam and Yenangyaung.
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Allied
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Unea
New Guinea
Salamaua
Boston
Australia
Amboina Island
Loha
Arafura Sea
Horn Island
Cape York
Nauru
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
Bivouack
Igi
Side Island
New Delhi
India
Yamethin
Meiktila
Burma
Yenangyaung
United States
Myingam
Dusseldorf Bombing Ravages 1000 Acres in One Night
The Air Ministry announced that Dusseldorf suffered devastation of over 1000 acres after a June 11 RAF heavy bombing raid. The single night attack destroyed industrial areas and halted reconstruction efforts, with estimates later suggesting up to 1500 acres damaged.
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London
Air Ministry
Duesseldorf
Muenster
Ruhr
Rhineland
Duesendorf
Germany
RAP
RAF
Three Die in Amsterdam Mishaps Involving Train and Cars
In Amsterdam on June 19 three people were killed by a passenger train and two motor vehicles. Victims named Frank Zino 32 Patrick Kenney 55 and Francis Lyerke 16. Zino was struck by a taxicab Kenney’s body was found by a New York General employee and Lyzko, a child, was fatally crushed when a bicycle under the near wheels of a milk tank truck.
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Amsterdam
Frank Zino
Patrick Kenney
Francis Lyerke
Zino
Kenney
New York General
Lyczko
Britain forms East Asia command to defeat Japan
London announces Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell as Viceroy of India and the creation of a new East Asia command to direct the final assault on Japan. Gen Claude Auchinleck will become Indian commander as Wavell returns to India to assume duties in October.
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London
Great Britain
Archibald Percival ‘Wavell
India
East Asia
Japan
Wavell
Britain
United States
Churchil
No. 10 Downing Street
Archibald
Lord Wavell
Marquess of Linlithgow
Wavells
Claude Auchinleck
Middle East
Marshal Wavell
Lord Linlithgow
General Auchin
Churchéll
Wavel
Invasion Drive Intensifies Bombing of Sicily and Sardinia
Allied air forces density their pre invasion assault across Sicily and Sardinia as heavy bombers clash with German and Italian defenses. The strike sequence results in dock and rail damage, fires on vessels, and several ships sunk or damaged.
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Sardinia
Aranci
Sicily
Pantelleria
R. A. FP
Middle East Command
Greece
Comiso
North Africa
Algiers
Malian
War Today Critics in Pacific Policy Stir Debate
The column discusses critics of Pacific policy amid British India changes and a planned separate East Asia command. It notes Tojo’s reaction and hints at ongoing talks, with a reference to further details on page five.
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Pacific
India
Hideki Tojo
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Adriatic
Baron von Papen
Hevro. Margarine
Gen. MacArthur
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Seres
Tantal
Auchinleck
Messina
Olbia
United Press
James G. Doolittle
Strategic Airforce
Ferrs
Ferre
Bom
Mito
Sieilian
Trapani
Ofbia
Mitchell
Golfo Aranci
By Max Hill
Dewitt Mackenzie
Max Hill
Associated Pres Borroan
Tokyo
East Asia Command
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