House votes threaten OPA and OWI in war funding clash
The House rebukes the Office of Price Administration and the Office of War Information in a 10 hour session. Amendments slash OPA funding and end subsidies to rollback programs. OWI domestic operations face a possible ban as foes bid to curb home front controls.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Office of Price Administration
Office of War Information
House
OPA
OWT
Elmer Davis
OWI
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Appropriations Committee
Davis
Boston
Washington News
Everett Dirkson
R-Ol
Prentiss M. Brown
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Joseph Starnes
Dala
America
Dr. Goebbels
Ten Hour Congress Day Rough on Appropriations
Washington June 39 It was a rough day in Congress yet the war effort got full support Highlights include sending to the White House the largest naval supply bill ever at 27 637 000 000 the House Appropriations Committee Army supply bill at 71 510 438 573 and adding 22 000 000 to Interior for irrigation to boost food production The Independent Offices appropriation funds the National Resources Planning Board a key White House project but was cut to 59 000 000
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Woshington
Congress
Fort
White House
House Appropriations Committee
Interior
National Resources Planning Board
Tha House
Nazis Fortify Jutland to Stem Allied Landing
Reliable reports describe camouflaged German towns in Jutland serving as invasion nerve centers to rush mobile units into Denmark. Estimates put German troops in Denmark at 260,000, with major fortifications in Jutland and evacuated western towns. Sabotage by Danes continues, aided by police passive support, while Danish resistance remains limited and the Nazi party faces financial cuts and potential collapse.
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Stockholm
Jutland
Denmark
France
Balkans
Brande
Berlin
Kry
London
Germany
NYU Launches War Training Class for Personnel Specialists
New York University announces a new program beginning today to prepare personnel specialists for war work. The courses aim to supply trained personnel for government and military needs, aligning with broader wartime training efforts at universities nationwide.
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Vy.u
New York
New York University
New Alcohol Plant Seen as Rubber Boon in Canada
In Thorold Ontario a new alcohol plant turns waste sulphite liquor from wood pulp into aldehydes alcohol and fusel oil. Col McCormick of the Chicago Tribune previews broader explorations, noting plans to expand production well beyond current outputs and to share methods publicly.
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Thorold
Ont
Col
R. R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
McCormick
U. S
Ontario Paper Company
Arthur Schmion
Canada
Wiliam Jeffers
Raymond E. Willis
R-Ind
Gillette Rubber Investigating Committee
New York City Faces Record Real Estate Tax Rate
City faces a base tax rate of 2.89 per 100 of assessed real estate, the highest in history, based on Controller McGoldrick’s final revenue estimate. Governor Dewey rejects LaGuardia’s call for a special session to broaden emergency taxing powers. The current rate is 2.79, with a 1941 peak of 2.84.
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New York
Joseph D. McGoldrick
New York City
Thomas E. Dewey
Fiorello Ih. LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Army to Drop Leases on 206 Hotels Soon
The War Department announced leases on 206 hotels used by the Technical Training Command of the Army Air Forces will be cancelled by mid July as air units move overseas. The move will cut the annual rental bill by 4.6 million dollars while Miami Beach and Atlantic City centers continue occupancy for air forces needs. Stevens Hotel in Chicago will be vacated August 15 and is expected to be sold. Notices of termination have been mailed to hotel owners.
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Washington
War Department
Technical Training Command
Army Air Forces
Air Forces
Army
Miami Beach
Fla
Department
Atlantic City
Chicago
Grand Rapids
Mich
St Petersburg
Boca Raton
Stevens
Technical ‘Training Command
Southern
Pine
N. C
Maria Kramer bids for Stevens Hotel in bid much higher than Army purchase
Maria L. Kramer owner of the Maria Kramer hotel chain bids 7.5 million dollars for the Stevens Hotel in Chicago, a 3000 room property once acquired by the Government in 1942 to house Army Air Forces personnel. John L. Horgan confirms the bid as a completely equipped hotel with furnishing needs and notes Chicago hotel shortages. The Army had auctioned Stevens furnishings and the Statler chain reportedly declined to buy. The Maria Kramer chain includes the Lincoln Edison and Roosevelt hotels.
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New York
Gfj
Mre
Maria L. Kramer
Maria Kramer
Stevens
Army Air Forces
John L. Horgan
Army
Horgan
Chicago
Statler
Punchase
Congress
Lincoln
Edison
Roosevelt
Washington
Veteran Trooper Applies for Retirement in Albany
State police headquarters announced that John A. Hopling of Kerhonkson has applied for retirement. Hopling enlisted June 1, 1917 as the division's first assigned man and served through the early years at Batawis before postings to White Plains later in his career.
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Albany
John A. Hopling
Kerhonkson
Hopking
State Police
Batawis
White Pilains
Germans to Demolish Marseille Suspension Bridge
A Marseille dispatch reports the Germans will tear down the famous suspension bridge joining the quays of Vieux Port and Rive Neuve. They need the metal for wartime use and start demolition on July 1.
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Marseille
Paul Ghali
Clichso Daily News, Inc
Bern
Tribune de Geneve
Vieuxport
Riveneuve
Bread formula and sales rules revised by War Food Admin
The War Food Administration announced July 1 changes to the bakery industry food order. The revisions tighten consign ment selling rules and ban free samples or premiums to influence sales. New white bread formula allows more sugar and shortening, reduces milk solids, and permits bread varieties to be sold to government institutions while retail deliveries remain restricted.
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Chicago
War Food Administration
Two French Chiefs Agree On Command Algiers Plan
Reported compromise settlement between Charles de Gaulle and Henri Giraud on army organization gains broad support from moderates in the Committee of National Liberation. It calls for a defense committee with de Gaulle as defense commissioner and Giraud as commander in chief, with a subcommittee to manage army navy and air force actions subject to approval.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
de Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
French Overseas Empire
National Defense
Giraud
Jean Lionnet
Andre Philip
Interior
Resistance
France
Alphonse Georges
Georges Catroux
de ‘Gaulle
Army
Navy
Air Force
Committee of National Defense
Alphonse Juin
Staf
de Gaullists
General Bouscat
National Committee of Liberation
United Nations
Russia
Robert Murphy
U. S
Harold MacMillan
Moscow
Foreign Affairs Commissariat
International Brigade
Spain
Senator Reynolds proposes territorial payments in peace settlement
Senator Robert R. Reynolds proposes the United States accept some territories as partial payment on World War debts. He suggests lands in French and British Guiana and San Pierre and Miquelon, plus British Pacific outposts to guard Hawaii. He warns the U.S. is depleting forests mines and oil while still producing most of the world supply.
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Washington
INS
Robert R. Reynolds
DN. C
Senate Military Affairs Committee
United States
Reynolds
Senate
Henry Cabot Lodge
North Atlantic
Hawaiian Islands
South
New England
1944 Political Pace Moves Toward Presidential Campaign
Washington reports politics sharpening around the White House race as governors meet in Ohio to discuss issues. Southern Democrats report fundraising momentum with over 55 000 contributed to a 210 000 total, while Hatch Act limits and past fundraising practices affect campaign finance dynamics.
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Washington
White House
Chicago
Columbus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Buckeye
Democratic National Committee
South
George Washington Dew
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
North Carolina
Tennessee
Mississippi
Georgia
National Committee
Wilkicires
Louisiana
Rochester cadet killed in Newport training plane crash
Two aviation cadets from the Army Air School at Newport, Arkansas were killed when their training plane crashed. One victim was Clark Weevinszi of Rochester, New York, identified in dispatches.
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Rochester
Little Rock
Ark
INS
Army Air School
Newport
Clark Weevinszi
Rochester, NY
Italians Decree First Meatless Week Amid Shortages
Rome reports forced meatless week with meat restricted to the sick on two days and next Wednesday. The cause remains unclear but may reflect army consumption amid defense measures. Vegetables and fruit are hard to obtain, hitting the general population hard.
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Paul Ghali
Chicaago Daily News, Inc
Berne
CDN
Rome
Zueh
Dietat
Italy
Regents Set New Salute Form and Nursing Training Programs
The New York State Board of Regents approved a revision to the flag salute placing the right hand over the heart during the ceremony. They also waived the 21 year age limit for certain professional exams to meet rising demand from younger applicants. Two nursing-training initiatives were announced with federal funding support. Gresta Hunter was named to the State Board of Nurse Examiners.
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New York
State Board of Regents
George D. Stoddard
Plattsburg State Teachers College
State Education Department
Delhi
Morrisville
Canton Agricultural and Technical Institutes
Gresta Hunter
House of the Good Samaritan School of Nursing
Watertown
State Board of Nurse Examiners
Knox Warns U-Boats Are Not Beaten
Navy Secretary Knox warned the public against assuming the U boats are finished. He said a new Axis submarine offensive is likely, noting current anti submarine progress is satisfactory but plans may be changing. He cited uncertainty and reports from experts about possible renewed German submarine activity in the Atlantic.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Europe
Coast Guard
Culter Escanaba
Tewa
Knox Reveals New Pacific Air Strength
Washington reports a peak in Pacific air power with new planes and seasoned pilots. Navy Secretary Knox cited Guadalcanal air triumphs and said the United States fields the best aircraft and personnel as training directors boost combat effectiveness. An entire division flew from Australia to New Guinea while War Production says 7,200 planes were built in May with June likely higher.
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Washington
U.S
Europe
Pacific
Germany
Italy
Navy
Knox
Guadalcanal
U. S
J.g
Donald F. Mason
John S. Thach
Coral Sea
Midway
Army
War Department
Australia
New Guinea
War Production Board
U. S. War
Japanese engineers cited in Parker Dam spying probe
Testimony before a Dies subcommittee says Japanese engineers were given maps and data on the $200 million Parker Dam aqueduct before Pearl Harbor. A special agent testified 350 pounds of dynamite and 109 caps were stolen near the dam, and that Japanese near Lake Havasu gathered depth and current measurements. He linked a 1941 train wreck in Earp to sabotage and noted War Relocation Administration documents on evacuees.
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Parker, Ariz
Pearl Harbor
Colorado River
California
Dies
Ralph F. Stringfellow
Metropolitan
Poston, Ariz
Parker Dam
Stringfellow
Earp
Ariz
Phoenix
James HL. Stedman
War Relocation Administration
WRA
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Annie Laurine McDonald Dodge
Daniel Dodes
John F. Dodge
John W. VanNatta, Jr
U. S. Army
Lafayette
Ind
Detroit
Indiana
N. Y
Woman Hotel Chain
Herald- Journal of Herald-Americans
Big Parker
Arizona
M. Siegelman
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