Knox to End Standard's Elk Hill Deal
Secretary Knox announced steps to terminate the Navy contract with Standard Oil Co. of California for Elk Hill Naval Oil Reserve. The move follows Standard's willingness to end the arrangement deemed illegal and invalid by a Justice Department official. The Navy and Knox said there were no improprieties, and the DOJ supports the statement. The deal would have let the Navy and Standard jointly own and operate the field to control production. Congress in 1938 allowed conservation agreements with private owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knox
Navy
Standard Oil Co
California
Elkoit Naval Oil Reserve
Justice Department
Department of Justice
House Appropriations Committee
Standard
Congress
OPA profits alleged by House committee counsel
The House committee’s counsel charged the Office of Price Administration with seeking to wrest control of U S industry by regulating profits rather than product prices The OPA denied authority to regulate profits and said it does not seek such control Testimony suggested the OPA may be considering a nationwide cigarette price plan and possibly eliminating brands
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Office of
Price Administrators
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Rowland Jones
National Retail Druggists Association
Scanton
Dpa
War Food Administration
Harold L. Allen
House Committee
Congress
Kuhn to Appeal For Parole From Clinton Prison
Fritz Kuhn former German American Bund leader will appear before the parole board at Clinton Prison Dannemora today to appeal his conviction for grand larceny and forgery. He has previously been denied freedom on two prior board appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Clinton Prison
Dannemora
Kuhn
Air Fleets Blast Channel Ships Across Europe Nightly
RAF bombers roamed Europe for a seventh night, striking Cologne for the 116th time and targeting Rhine industrial reconstructions. Allied air forces attacked a three-ship Channel convoy and rail yards, with nine German fighters downed and two pilots missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne
Air Ministry
Rhineland
Labor Leaders Denounce Strike Ban Bill
A. F. of L. President William Green CIO head Philip Murray and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Chief David Robertson tell President Roosevelt the labor disputes bill would cripple the War Labor Board and force unions to withdraw. They call it wicked, anti labor, and fascist, damaging collective bargaining and free speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (P
Organized Labor
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
A. F. Fof L
A. F
William Green
Co. I. O
Philip Murray
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Congress
WLE
Coal Decision Delayed Amid Wage Dispute
The War Labor Board adjourned without a decision on underground travel pay in the soft coal wage dispute. Public members planned to reconvene at 10 a.m. today, with no official explanation for the delay. John L. Lewis signaled a $1.50 daily minimum for underground travel time, while Jamestown local urged using the board and Office of Price Administration to press the miners' demands, accusing operators of “foxy methods.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
Ite
The
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Office of Price Administration
Jamestown
U. M. W. Policy Committee
Nazi delay in Russian drive signals weakened German war effort
Washington reports indicate Allied observers view Hitler’s stalled June offensive against Russia as evidence of Germany’s strained war machine. OWI director Elmer Davis recalls prior 1941 and 1942 launches, noting a possible “creative pause” now reversed by Allied pressure and supply limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Hitler
Davis
London
Orel
Moscow
World's Greatest Irked by Navy Protest on War Profits
John B. Hawley Jr., head of Northern Pump Co., told the House Naval Committee that he began war prep well before Pearl Harbor but now faces downward profit adjustments. He will refund 16 million dollars on 1941-42 business, leaving post tax profits around two percent to support 50,000 workers through postwar reconversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Naval Committee
Pearl Harbor
John B. Hawley, Jr
Northern Pump Co
Navy
Price Adjustment Board
Ater
Rival French Groups Clear Obstacles
In Algiers the infant provisional government of the French Committee for National Liberation unified itself by organizing the body and setting procedures It agreed on majority rule to resolve disputes between Generals Charles De Gaulle and Henri Giraud and discussed creating a consultative assembly to better express public opinion during a wartime governance gap The move ends a week of political paralysis and restores functioning authority under Giraud president after months of fragmentation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
French Committee For National Liberation
Almers
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Ands
Consultative Assembly
Giraud
Baseball Scoreboard Highlights From National and American Leagues
National League results show New York and Brooklyn 5 Chicago 3 Pittsburg 2 Cincinnati 6 St. Louis 1 with Boston 2 Philadelphia 0 and Philadelphia 7 Boston 2. American League totals include New York 9 Washington 1 Boston 5 Philadelphia 4 and Philadelphia Boston 7 Chicago 4 St. Louis 3 in 13 innings. Cleveland 3 Detroit 2 and Cleveland 6 Detroit 5 in 12. Eastern League games list Binghamton 3 Springfield 2 Elmira 9 Hartford 8 before weather-related postponements and a dimout rule noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York & Brooklyn
Chicago
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Binghamton
Springfield
Elmira
Hartford
Guadalcanal air battle yields 77 Japanese planes down
American airmen claim a decisive victory over Guadalcanal with 77 Japanese aircraft shot down and only six United States planes missing. The raid involved 32 bombers and 45 Zero fighters, the largest Japanese force in the area since April. Analysts speculate the objective may have been to threaten a convoy or cripple the Guadalcanal base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
United States
Navy
Solomons
Russell Islands
Indi
Soviets Smash Counter Blows In Orel Sector
Soviet bulletin says the Red Army repulsed repeated German efforts to regain lost positions north of Orel for four straight days. Berlin predicts a Russian campaign in the same sector while German forces bring fresh troops to the area. Soviet airpower hit German bases, setting fires at air dromes and destroying planes in raids Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
Orel
Russia
Moscow
Germany
Mtsensk
Crel
Berlin
Associated Press
Red Air Force
Lehman Urges World Relief Aid Over Loans
New York director Herbert H. Lehman of the Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations urged outright gifts of relief supplies to liberated nations rather than reconstruction loans. He warned a half rich, half pauperized world threatens security and argued loans from past relief programs defaulted, harming both debtor nations and U S credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations
Foreign Policy Association
Lehman
Largest Naval Bill Is Ready for Final Action
The $27,637,000,000 naval appropriation bill, largest ever for the expanding fleet, was prepared yesterday for final congressional action as House and Senate conferees settled differences. Senator Overton of Louisiana said he hoped to send the measure to the President today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Overton
D-La
Americans claim great air battle over Bremen and Kiel
German losses at Kiel and Bremen, June 13, cited as the airmen’s greatest single battle of the war. Official word says 26 Flying Fortresses were lost in the twin attacks, while the Kiel raid reportedly destroyed an average of about four fighters for every bomber lost, allowing a larger force to bomb Bremen with minimal fighter opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bremen
Kiel
Eighth Air Force
Forty Thousand Japs Slain Near Upper Yangtze
Chinese army spokesman reports about 40 000 Japanese killed or wounded in forty days of battle for the upper Yangtze River. Japanese forces pressed near Ichang and Yochow threatening China’s rice bowl but were repelled in a counteroffensive aided by American air power. Gen Stilwell said US planes caused fires and damage at Owchihkow while a separate air mission destroyed six Japanese planes near Nanchang. No American planes were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Yangtze River
Ichang
Yochow
China
Nanchang
Turks Recall Vichy Envoy and Advisor Amid Tense Diplomacy
Turkey recalls ambassador Behic Erkin to Ankara in protest over German limits on the Paris embassy and requests for consul Sevdat to return. Move comes near the June 18 1941 German Turkish friendship anniversary as Germany claims satisfaction with Turkey’s stance amid Allied pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Suiteerland
Turkes
Behic Erkin
France
Chs
Yesterdas Erkim
Anhkdla
Vichy
Counslor
M. Sevdat
Germany
Turkey
Europe
Middle East
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elk Hill
OPA Carban
Brown
U. S
U.S
R. A. F. Pounds Cologne
R.A.F
Rome
Rhine
Holland
D. N.3
Front
Hhne
Wee Wuet
TRUCK
Record
Qarcopa Oe
Roslavi
Kyanske
Konotop
Harkov
Emiles
Petrovsk
Smolensk
Syria
Page Classical
Cosword
Drew Pearson
Pulse of the People
Nipwepar
Eah
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!