Governors Pinpoint State Powers In Wartime Conference
At the 35th annual Governors Conference in Columbus Ohio leaders from Maryland California Georgia and New York urged preserving state powers during war and postwar transitions. Governors emphasized cooperation among federal state and local governments and plans to curb unemployment as servicemen return home.
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Columbus
Roosevelt
America
United Nations
United States
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
V. Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Italy Orders Women Into War Service
Italy mobilizes 2,000,000 women aged 18 to 24 and several thousand men aged 18 to 36 into war work to support production and defense. The plan to begin July 1 aims to bolster farming and industry as Axis dispatches note large portions of the population drafted or redirected to wartime tasks.
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London
Italy
Transocean
Rome
Berlin
Davis Will Be Quizzed By Senators
Washington June 21 Elmer Davis head of the Office of War Information faces Senate appropriations committee scrutiny this week to seek restoration of funds slashed by the House. Senator Bridges NH plans to press Davis for answers to critics while Oregonian publisher Palmer Hoyt arrives as new OWI domestic chief, a post to vanish if house cuts stand. The House trimmed 5.5 million dollars, leaving 28.972 million for foreign propaganda only. Bridges said the House decision is the nat-
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Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
House
Davis
Senate Appropriations Committee
OWI
Bridges
R-N.h
Washington News
OWL Chieftain
Palmer Hoyt
Portland Oregonian
Senate
Hoyt
Gardner Cowles, Jr
Des Moines
Register and Tribune
Capitol Hill
RUMORS OF ITALY AND GERMAN TROOP MOVEMENTS REPORTED
The Daily Mail cited a Swiss dispatch claiming sizable German troop movements were occurring off France with convoys streaming to the coast. The source did not specify which coast. impressions traced to Italian wishful thinking per Dernieres Nouvelles.
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Dernieres Nouvelles
Italy
The
Daily Mail
France
Story of Radar's birth and war role in Britain and Solomons
The article outlines Radar's origin as a by product of U S radio research led by Albert Hoyt Taylor and Robert M Page at the Naval Research Laboratory. It credits Admiral Bowen for promoting the project, traces wartime deployments from December 1940 to Guadalcanal and the British night fighter program, and notes Radar's evolution into a dual war and peacetime industry.
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A. H. van Keuren
Naval Research Laboratory
Harold G. Bowen
Laboratory
Robert “Rl Page
Taylor
Arly
John M. Hwightower
Washington
United States
Guadalcanal
Britain
Jodas
Uievy
United Nations
Axis
Naval Research
Lmorrow
Vicory
Army
Navy
University of Wisconsin
Albert Hoyt Taylor
Robert M. Page
Adm
AL HH. van Keuren
France
Atlantic
Potomac River
Naval Science
Bowen
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Oeskin
Solomon Islands
South Pacific
England
Hitler
Europe
British Isles
New May Cost of Living Rise Reported by Board
The National Industrial Conference Board says the May cost of living for wage earners and clerical workers rose to 104.2 percent of the 1923 average, up from 102 in April and 97.3 in May 1942. Food gained 3.1 percent, fuel and power 1.1 percent, and sundries 2.1 percent, while housing held steady and clothing fell 0.1 percent. Year over year, the index is up 7.1 percent with food up 12 percent and housing down 3 percent.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Allied Air Attacks Hit Sicily and North Africa
War bulletin from Rome reports Axis submarines sinking one steamer and damaging another in the Western Mediterranean while torpedo planes strike another Allied ship near Tunisia. Allied shipping at Bizerte harbor attacked with good result, but Allied confirmation is lacking. Italian claims include 10 planes shot down and 16 more downed by anti-aircraft fire, with casualties listed in Reggio Calabria, Syracuse, and other raids. Two-tone bombers hit Syracuse port area in a night raid by RAF. Rumors of high-level Italian envoys seeking peace in North Africa are denied by reliable Allied sources.
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North Africa
Gibraltar
Rome
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Bizerte
Naples
Castelvetrano
Sicily
Reggio Calabria
Syracuse
Sicilian
Food shortage reported in New York state
State Agriculture Commissioner Chester Dumond announced a very serious food shortage after reviews of regional markets. He cited bad weather OPA price ceilings manpower shortages and gasoline curtailment as the main factors affecting displays and availability.
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Albany
New York
Chester Dumond
OPA
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