Fall After Pantelleria Surrender Shapes Italy Message
President Roosevelt welcomed Pantelleria’s surrender and urged Italians to choose a non Fascist government after Mussolini is removed. He tied the fall to German domination ending and Spain and other Allies shaping a restored Italy in the European war effort.
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Italy
Mussolini
France
Roosevelt
United Nations
Pantelleria
Gibraltar
Africa
Sicily
FDR
American fliers bay four Jap bombers in Solomon air fights
Washington June 11 Navy reports Marine and Army fighter planes shot down four Mitsubishi bombers in the southeastern Solomons on June 10 1943. Marine Corsairs and an Army Lightning engaged and destroyed three bombers over Malaita while another fell to the Army plane. Additional attacks targeted Vila Kolombangara and surrounding areas with Liberators and Warhawks. London reports Ankara radio claiming fresh Allied attacks on Lampedusa.
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Washington
P— Marine
Army
Solomons
Navy
Vila
South Pacific
Marine Corsair
Army Lightning
Malaita
Kolombangara Island
Nrig
Hes
Guadalcanal
London
U.P
Ankara
Lampedusa
Miners Resent Fine By Ickes May Quit Again
United Mine Workers threaten new strike over Harold Ickes 1 a day fines for last week’s five day stoppage. Beverdale local 2233 in Cambria county Pa sent word they will quit rather than pay. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia miners rally against the policy as wage talks stall.
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WU P
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Beverdale
Cambria County
Solid Fuels
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Lewis
WLB
UMW
Arizona lawmakers pass 34 bills into law Sunday
Thirty four measures passed by the 16th Arizona legislature become law Sunday. Nine others take effect July 1 and one on September 1. Highlights include authority to negotiate a Colorado River water contract and the teachers retirement act with delayed operations. A tax plan on banks based on net income and on real property of controlled insurers also takes effect.
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Phoenix
Arizona Law
Dan E. Garvey
Secretary of Interior
Colorado
De Gaulle Offers resignation from French committee of liberation
London dispatch says Gen Charles De Gaulle proposed stepping down from the French committee of national liberation though the panel had not accepted the move. He argues acceptance of a place on the committee requires adherence to its decisions. Also noted is Pleven’s planned departure for Algiers delayed by plane constraints.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
de Gaulle
Cochairman
Committee of Liberation
Algiers
Henri Honore Giraud
Rene Pleven
Jap Evacuees Beat Attorney Loyal To U S
A witness before a Dies subcommittee said eight American youths beat Japanese attorney Saburo Kido at Poston Relocation Center after Kido aided U S intelligence work. Norris James claimed only the ringleader was punished while others continued work in beet fields.
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van Eae Poston
Ariz
Dies
Norris Edward James
San Francisco
Center
Project Administration
James Stedman
Subcommittee
James
Saburo Kido
Poston
Bismarck
Santa Fe
Santa Ana
Calif
el Centro
Kido
Anti-Strike Bill Passed by House in War Industry Crackdown
The U S House approved compromise anti strike legislation 219 to 129 to curb labor actions in war industries and state plants. Senate action pending. Opponents failed to strike the 30 day notice and ballot requirement. Rep McArantonio labeled the measure aimed at outlawing the closed shop.
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House
Senate
Rep. McArcantonio
Am Lab-Ny
United Nations relief plan eyed by world powers
A draft agreement for a U N relief and rehabilitation administration to feed clothe and shelter liberated territories advances in Washington with support from Britain Soviet Russia and China. A conference in the United States may be called to discuss steps and funding.
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Herbert H. Lehman
Office of Relief and Rehabilitation Operations
New York
Chinese Gain New Triumph Against Japs
General Chiang Kai-shek’s forces report new successes along the upper Yangtze front. Chinese troops storm and capture Wangchiachang after an all night battle, taking 300 Japanese casualties. Other columns enter Yingshan near Hankow, inflicting heavy losses. US fliers aiding Chinese, MacArthur’s bombers strike Rabaul, and RAF raids hit Burma fronts.
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Associated Press
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Yangtze River
Ichang
Wangchiachang
Yingshan
Hankow
U. S
U. S. Army
Gunen
Yangtze
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Burma
New Argentine Leaders Gain U S Approval
Secretary Hull announced United States recognition of Argentina's new government led by President Jo Ramirez. Ambassador Armour delivered notice at 3 a.m. MWT Buenos Aires time. Hull said most American republics would likely recognize the new regime today and that the move was routine and independent for each nation.
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Hull
Jo Ramirez
Norman Armour
Buenos Aires
United States
Argentina
United Kingdom
Eisenhower Observes Pantelleria Bombardment
Allied headquarters in North Africa reports General Dwight D. Eisenhower aboard a British cruiser near Pantelleria during a bombardment last Tuesday. Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Allied commander in the Mediterranean, witnessed the action with him.
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North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pantelleria
Inchief
Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham
Mediterranean
Court Hears Testimony In Fraud Cases
In Fort Wayne, Indiana, the government rests its case in a federal fraud trial involving Anaconda Wire and Cable Company and five plant employees. Defense counsel argued the firm is morally innocent though technically guilty as jurors hear testimony from McNagney and Johnson amid proceedings.
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Ind
Anaconda Wire and Cable Company
Phil R. McNagney
Thomas W. Slick
McNagney
Thor S. Johnson
Hastings-On-Hudson
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Anaconda Mills
Frank E. Hart
Marion
Noto
Pantelleria Pattern for Allied Mediterranean Drive
Allied occupation of Pantelleria signals a broader Mediterranean strategy and future assaults on Sardinia and Italy’s surrounding islands. The capture affects European operations, the Russian front, and supply routes to the Mediterranean, Middle East, and Russia, while freeing the British Mediterranean fleet for broader action.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Pantelleria
Mediterranean
Europe
Sardinia
Italy
Middle East
Russia
Pantelleria Surrenders to Allies After Bombardment
Pantelleria capitulated to Allied forces today after a combined sea and air assault. Gen. Eisenhower's headquarters announced the 32 square mile island's surrender at 11 40 a m, providing an air base and naval facility only about 60 miles from Sicily and near Cape Bon Tunisia.
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Reynolds Packard
North Africa
U.P
Pantelleria
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sicilan Narrows
Sicily
Cape Bon
Tunisia
Nazis Halt Second Leningrad Raid In Air Clash
Russian fighters intercepted about 100 German planes near Leningrad during a second mass raid in three days. Soviet pilots outnumbered attackers two to one as heavy air combat shattered formations. Soviets also attacked enemy airfields and supply trains in Ukraine, with fires and explosions seen at dumps and bases.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
U.P
Leningrad
Red Air Force
Ileplnes
Lishchansk
Ukraine
Mountain Fire Being Brought Under Control
Firefighters report the Rincon mountain range largely under control despite scant rain. Officials say east and southeast sections show progress with heavy smoke lingering on the north and northwest corners. Army troops from Davis Monthan field aid assessments as the Tucson side remains doubtful.
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Rincon Mountain
Italian Ranch
Catalina
Forest Service
Tucson
Davis Monthan Field
US Air Base reports raid on Pantelleria by German dive-bombers
At an advanced North Africa base on June 11 American Lightning fighters broke up a German attack trying to disrupt British landings on Pantelleria. German bombers shifted from sea to air strike amid rain as Gen. Carl A. Spaatz had addressed Gov. recently. The Lightnings pressed the fight forcing the attackers to jettison bombs to avoid destruction.
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U. S
North Africa
Pantelleria
Carl A. Spaatz
Pantelleria Surrenders to Allied Forces After Intense Bombardment
Pantelleria capitulated to Allied troops after a daylong assault of heavy air and naval bombardment. British Commandos conducted a new raid on Lampedusa 90 miles south, with a small loss. Italian forces reportedly resisted despite a thousand Allied planes.
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Munique
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Morocco
Rone
Europe
Predicted Tightening of Civilian Food Supplies
Washington June 11 A crop report signals further tightening of civilian food supplies with possible higher point values for rationed goods as yields this year fall well below government goals Weather in May reduced crops and eliminated hope of surpassing last year’s output The government had urged at least a seven percent rise over 1942 to meet rising needs
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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