Allies Hold Jungle Front Near Salamaua New Guinea
Allied communique reports the Lababia Ridge area at Mubo repelled a sizable Japanese patrol with over 100 enemy casualties. American Boston aircraft aided by heavy Allied air power drove retreating Japanese. Liberator bombers and Beau fighters attacked Taberlane floatplane base near Aroe Islands above Darwin, with losses to the Japanese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Salamaua
New Guinea
Lababia Ridge
Mubo
Boston
Papuan
Huon Gulf
Lae
Taberlane
Aroe Isands
Darwin
Navy Oil Deal Is Compared to Teapot Dome Scandal
Littell described the Elk Hills transaction as a good faith deal that went beyond the Teapot Dome leases by giving Standard Oil actual interest in government property still in the ground. He noted Teapot Dome only swapped produced oil for storage and promised facilities. The Navy would pay Standard Oil 1,748,408 dollars for title to the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littell
James W. Mott
Ore
Norman Littell
House Public Lands Committee
Standard Oil Company of California
Navy Department
Elk Hills
Calif
Teapot Dome
Harding
Standard Oil Company
Navy
Fall of Domeniko Echoes Lidice Massacre
Reuters reports an Algiers broadcast stating the Greek town of Domeniko in Larissa province was destroyed by Italian forces. All inhabitants were shot after the regime tried to compel a magistrate to sign a statement blaming guerrilla fighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Domeniko
Larissa
Lidice
Algiers
Reuters
Navy and Standard to Develop 8300 Acre Reserve Field
The Navy and Standard Oil reached a plan to operate an 8300 acre reserve field with Standard taking one third of output and two thirds going to the Navy. Keith Kane, Navy legal advisor, said the goal was to conserve the field and prevent wells from draining Navy lands. Condemnation was ruled too slow, with Secretary Knox deeming the arrangement the best alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pany
Standard
Navy
Keith Kane
Knox
Nazis to Give Italy Little Invasion Help, Warned
Continued analysis from page one reports that Allied air raids and French guerrilla sabotage cripple rail traffic in France. Sabotage derails trains, destroys locomotives and power plants, with 122 acts in Savoy between March 13 and April 15. Also notes reprisals against French officials and judges connected to sabotage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
France
Washington
Europe
English Channel
Nevers
Chagny
Savoy
Chieiy
Gnomett Rhones Aviation
Limoges
Detroit Riots Prompt Broad Suffering and Sentences
The city faced widespread violence as production plants reported mixed absenteeism levels and workers returning to duty. Victim Sally Grabowski died from a gunshot, while Judge Scaljen sentenced 60+ whites and 34 others to 90 days for riot participation, stating no color bias. Governor Hailed citizen and Army cooperation as patrols continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Grabowski
Recorder
John P. Scal Jen
House of Correction
Detroit
Belle Isle
Detroit River
Ernest Lilly
Madison Avenue
Lilly
Soviets Hammer at Nazi Airfields Across Front
Soviet bomber raids struck German airfields behind enemy lines with heavy losses claimed at Leningrad and Rostov fronts. Ground bombardments, air combats, and fortification hits were reported along the Smolensk Orel Lisichansk sectors as German raids met with Soviet resistance. Polish patriots conducted additional sabotage including a depot blast at Poznanye and a train wreck near Katowice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
Leningrad
Rostov
Associated Press
Moscow
Berlin
Volkhov
Smolensk
Sevsk
Katowice
Warsaw
OPA Explores Ration Coins or Tokens for Purchases
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration weighing ration currency as a solution to ease store operators burden counting and depositing ration stamps. A comptroller of ration currency may be appointed to oversee the system. Coins or tokens would be non critical material with color distinctions by value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Washington
Office of Price Administration
New York Milk Delivery Plan Sparks AFL Boss Fire
Michael J. Cashal of the Teamsters Union called the OSS plan to halt home milk deliveries in Manhattan and the southern Bronx ridiculous. He warned elimination would cost about 4,000 jobs. CES officials met distributors and proposed a 10 point program to cut delivery costs and roll back prices. Cashal labeled any price reduction blood money taken from workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Office of Economic Stabilization
Manhattan
Bronx
Michael J. Cashal
AF L. Teamsters’ Union
CES
Cashai
President Quezon To Cure at Saranac
President Manuel Quezon of the Philippine Islands is tentatively slated to travel to Saranac Lake for treatment. Dr Francis Brandraw a renowned tuber chiosis specialist disclosed the plan noting it could occur in the fairly near future amid Quezon health concerns following the Philippines surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saranac Lake
Manuel Quezon
Philippine Islands
Francis B. Trandraw
Quezon
Futuire
Philippines
Bataan
Three White Men Two Negroes Injured in Brooklyn Fight
In Brooklyn a street brawl left three white men and two Black men injured. Two whites were bitten, other details were disputed, and an assistant district attorney was summoned to question the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Witherspoon
Witherell Street
Adams Avenue
Ted Anders
Anders
Witherspoon
Anders Gred
New York
Brooklyn
Rome May Be Raid Target by Allied Air Power
A military commentator in London said Rome could be bombed for industrial and military targets while religious shrines would be spared. He noted Rome could be declared an open city if military activity stopped, and argued the Allies would strike Axis weapon production wherever located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rome
Germany
Ruhr
Essen
Duesseldorf
Paris
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Laundries Seek Essential Industry Status During War
The National Laundry and Linen Supply Associations urge the War Manpower Commission to classify laundries as sanitary services or essential industries. Representing about 7,000 laundries and 1,500 linen suppliers they call for a fair allocation system and recruitment through the U.S. Employment Service. Joining the appeal are the National Association of Dryers and Cleaners and other industry groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Laundry and Linen Supply Associations
War Manpower Commission
American Institute of Laundering
Linen Supply Association
U. S. Employment Service
National Association of Dryers and Cleaners
National Industrial Launderers
National Institute of Diaper Services
WMC
Aluminum Workers Asked for Full Time On All Holidays
Charlies E. Wilson vice chairman of the War Production Board appealed to aluminum and magnesium producers to work full time on July 4 and all holidays except Christmas. He urged maintaining normal operations on Sundays around holidays as the Aircraft Production Board directs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Charlies E. Wilson
War Production Board
Aircraft Production Board
New York Laundry Workers Declared Locally Needed
Anna M Rosenberg announces a War Manpower Order placing New York State laundries outside NYC as locally needed. Workers in affected firms cannot switch industries without an availability statement. luxury services are suspended. laundries must run at least 48 hours weekly with a 50 cent hourly minimum wage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York State
Anna M Rosenberg
War Manpower Commission
New York City
Nassau
Suffolk
Westchester
Putnam Counties
United States Employment Service
Grocers Push for Simplified Price Rules in New Plan
Chicago reports that the National Association of Retail Grocers plans an immediate legislative program based on its executive board's recommendations for price controls. The board calls for simplified rules, end of subsidies, removal of many price ceilings, and a single ceiling per commodity tied to a cost of living budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Boord
National Association of Retail Grocers
P. M. Brinker
Dallas
Tex
Brinker
Office of Price Administration
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Syracuse
Kemptons
Salina ST
Nazi
Saranac
Help
Rusterholtz & Russell
N.Y
W. Genesee Si
Grocers
Association
Albanys
Angkor
Tue Bancroft “FicHrer
America
Tate
Salina Street
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