Funds Bills Stall Await Approval
Washington reports a congressional gridlock as the House and Senate clash over NYA abolition and FCIC funding. The House rejected a $1.2 billion labor security bill with a NYA provision by 197 to 176, while the Senate again refused to liquidate FCIC, voting 53 to 21. The Agriculture Department bill and other war-time agencies remain stalled with related funding in limbo.
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National Youth Administration
NYA
Senate
Agriculture Department
Short
H.mu
Inter Department
Office of Price Administration
Office of War Information
War Production Board
Conferees Agree on Out War Agency Appropriations
Washington D C Senate and House conferees agreed to cut OPA funding from 177 335 000 to 155 000 000 and OWI from 35 037 593 to 33 155 993 within the War Agencies Appropriations Bill Senator McKellar said only the confirmation threshold for war agency employees earning 4500 a year remains unsettled The House plans to bring that provision to the floor for a vote
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House
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Office of War Information
OWI
McKellar
D.-Tenn
Slav Guerrillas Slaughter Nazis In Balkan Fight
Yugoslav guerrillas halted an eight division German push intended to clear a path for invasion of the Balkans. They claimed to have crippled the Prinz Eugene division of the Elite Guards and forced a retreat across Bosnia to Montenegro after repelling ambush attacks beginning May 15.
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Balkans
Ita
Herce
Bosnia
Montenegro
Parlor Stove Ad Promotes Selling Vintage Goods
An old classified-style notice invites readers at 180 Hill Bt to sell a Flor ence parlor stove and various small items. The ad stresses there is always a buyer and directs inquiries to Cell 6100, highlighting seasonal ads in the Record News.
Roosevelt commutes Detroit traitor to life imprisonment
President Roosevelt ordered Max Stephan, a 52-year-old German-born former restaurateur, to forgo the gallows and serve life in prison after being convicted of harboring and aiding an escapee Nazi saboteur. The White House said Stephan’s treason was less than the saboteurs’ crimes, and noted his case differed by the motive and scale of the act.
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Roosevelt
Max Stephan
Detroit
Hans Peter “Krug
San Antonio
Texas
Stephan
Federal Correctional Institution
Milan
Mich
White House
Germany
United States
Canada
Heavy Rail Traffic Reaches Peak Before Independence Day Exoduses
Thousands of travelers crowded Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station 24 hours before the holiday exodus. Officials predicted new travel highs over the weekend as servicemen and families head to Army camps and relatives. A veteran Grand Central worker called it the greatest holiday rush in thirty years.
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Office of Defense Transportation
Grand Central Terminal
Pennsylvania Station
Grand Central
New York Central Railroad
Farm Potato Ceiling Raised by OPA in Three Months
The Office of Price Administration set ceilings for farmers for the next three months at 50 to 60 cents a hundredweight above June prices, following the mid season rise in potato prices. An OPA spokesman said higher grower limits should not raise consumer prices due to tighter distributors’ markups.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Nazi U Boat Losses Continue Boldly in June
British naval observers say Germany lost at least one precision built submarine for every mass produced Allied freighter sunk. They contrast June German claims of 149000 tons sunk with higher Allied U boat losses in the prior two months, citing air cover, escort ships, and convoy protection as factors.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Joe
Senator Bridges Calls Senate War Materials Inquiry
Senator Bridges of New Hampshire urged a Senate Military Committee investigation into the links between the Board of Economic Warfare and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in war material purchases. He cited Wallace and Jones as prompting the move and pressed for an inquiry amid Democratic leaders resisting Jones's request.
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UPI
Henry A. Wallace
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
Bridges
R-N.h
Senate Military Committee
Board of Economic Warfare
REW
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
R.F.C
Jones
Wallace
Baseball Scoreboard of National and American games
National results include Cincinnati 10 Brooklyn 9 in 12 innings and Chicago 6 Boston 5. Philadelphia 6 Pittsburgh 1, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 1. American slate shows Cleveland 3 New York 7 and Chicago 2 Washington 0. St Louis 2 Philadelphia 1. Eastern notes Albany 5 Utica 1 Springfield 11 Hartford 8, Binghamton 2 Scranton 0 in 10. Wilkes Barre 5 Elmira 3.
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Elmira
Spread of Bus Strike Appears Certain Today
A wildcat bus strike by extra operators of United Traction Co in Troy disrupts schedules and threatens to spread to Albany, Albany’s extra crews pledging not to report. Rumors say Army Industrial Relations in New York may intervene, with Lieut. Bytell expected in Troy to discuss possible takeover if needed.
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Army Industrial Relations Office
New York
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Army Service
Troy Albany
Robert J. Henry
Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and
U S Flyers Smash Port of Palermo in North Africa Prelude
Allied bombers escorted by P-38s smashed Palermo, the main Sicilian port, targeting storage depots and barracks and hitting four airfields. The attack follows heavy bombings on Messina and signals a major trans Mediterranean invasion plan, with both sides anticipating the largest operations yet.
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Palermo
Churchill
Mediterranean
French Fusion Algiers War Cabinet Names Union
The seven member French advisory war cabinet appointed by the Committee of National Liberation met in Algiers to begin merging France land sea and air forces into a unified command structure. It aims to coordinate all military branches under a single leadership.
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Committee of National Liberation
Senator Aiken proposes food stamps to replace subsidies
Senator Aiken argues for issuing food purchase stamps to low income groups as a substitute for government subsidies to lower retail food prices. He plans to introduce legislation creating an agency to distribute "food equity purchase certificates" that can be exchanged for food and redeemed at face value by retailers. Eligibility would be based on incomes below the level needed for an adequate diet.
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Aiken
R-Vt
White House
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Roosevelt
Treasury
Race Riots Show Our Intolerance Says Willkie
Wendell Willkie warned that allied nations see race riots in America as a sign of racial arrogance and intolerance. He praised Russia as a survival-value society and urged wisdom and patience to foster cooperation without adopting each other’s internal policies. He warned prejudices could sow greater wars with Russia.
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Wendell Willkie
United States
Russia
Willkie
America
Buffalo Medical Society Plans Adequate Service
The Erie County Medical Society outlines a ward and town based plan to provide adequate medical service to Buffalo and surrounding areas. Residents may call the society or the nurses register for physician names in their locality and the system aims to ease doctor selection for newcomers. Dr Harold F. KR. Brown, president, says there is sufficient manpower and emphasizes intelligent, economical use.
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Erie County Medical Society
Harold F. KR. Brown
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Rendova Isle Captured By U S Troops
Allied forces completed the Rendova operation in the central Solomons after landing on June 30, destroying the small Japanese garrison and intensifying strikes on Rabaul and nearby targets. The assault included support from ground and air units and brought Allied positions within range of Munda and Salamaua. Casualties were light, with substantial enemy losses reported in Salamaua and surrounding areas.
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Orodubi
Reds Take Important Nazi Post
London Russians capture a German height of strategic importance northwest of Moscow after repelling 23 counterattacks. A elite guard unit seized the summit, overcoming minefields and trenches, killing about 600 Germans and taking 13 machine guns, 11 mortars, 110 rifles, two radio stations, and other loot. A broad frontline lull continues with signs of possible action soon. Berlin notes Russian massing near Temryuk opposite the Crimea.
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Eve Curie Joins French Volunteer Unit
Eve Curie, author and war correspondent, has enlisted as a private in the Fighting French Volontaires Francaises. She will train in England and may join other volunteers to relieve Gaullist soldiers for combat duties.
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reLeve de Gaullist
War Production To Continue For A Year In War Material Demand
The Research Institute of America reports in America's Industrial Future that demand for war materiels will stay strong for about 12 more months before tapering. The forecast underscores sustained output efforts in New York and nationally as production programs extend.
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America
Justice chief says anti strike act ready for use
U S Attorney General Francis Biddle said the Department of Justice is very definitely prepared to enforce the Connally Smith Anti-Strike Act. Asked if the measure would be invoked in the coal mine stoppage, he replied that inaction to date is no reason to say it would not be used.
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Department of Justice
U. S
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Biddle
Laughed At War Forecast Warned US Secrecy
Washington UPI Tokio Slocum a Japanese American War Manpower Commission worker told Dies committee he warned the FBI in November 1941 that war between Japan and the United States was imminent but was laughed at. Slocum, a World War I veteran who served with Sergeant Alvin York, said Col. William Donovan helped him obtain his present job while he aided authorities shadowing subversive Japanese West Coast groups.
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UPI
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Siocum
Alvin York
Col
William M .Donovan
Japs Shake Up Home Ministry Amid Premier Tojo Move
Tokyo announces a shake up involving 110 high officials to concentrate authority in Prime Minister Hideki Tojo. Japan consolidates 47 prefectures into nine regional blocs to improve wartime efficiency against threats to the mainland.
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Japanese Home Ministry
Hideki
Tojo
Japan
Gas Galionage London GP Heavy Bomber Fuel Use
Geoffrey Lloyd, as control board chairman, said the Lancaster heavy bomber consumes about 2 000 gallons of gasoline for a 500 mile round trip to the Ruhr. He noted a large raid costs roughly 800 000 dollars in gasoline alone, enough to drive a typical British small car around 60 000 miles.
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London
Gas Famine May Reach Midwest
Secretary Ickes warned a wartime gasoline famine will spread from the East to the Midwest and Pacific Coast this year. He outlined regional strains as East Coast supply tightens, Midwest production drops, and Pacific Coast crude stock declines threaten civilian use and military needs.
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Mayor LaGuardia Pushes Direct Meat Sale Plan
New York mayor LaGuardia moved to set up a system where independent meat backers and slaughterers consign produce directly to retail stores within price ceilings. He urged cattle shippers to proceed with livestock shipments to the city for slaughter as part of relief from the meat shortage.
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Nathan Sweedler
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