Ickes Opens Door to Remit Coal Strike Fines
Coal Administrator Harold Ickes signaled a possible remission of strike fines imposed on miners by the United Mine Workers over last week's five day stoppage. He noted contract mechanisms exist to adjust grievances and said local mine agents and union committees would handle disputes over fines. The War Labor Board seeks a settlement with Appalachian operators and the UMW plans to push for a general wage pact approval, despite opposition to a $1.30 underground travel time wage.
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Raymond Lahr
Washington
U.P
Harold L. Ickes
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
UMW
John L. Lewis
Ickes
Esman
Appalachian
WLB
O'Neill
Pennsylvania
Charles O'Neill
Largest Air Blow Falls On Germans
The office of price administration announces a new shoe ration stamp No 18 becomes valid next Wednesday and lasts civilians through October 31. Stamp 17 expires Tuesday night. Stamp 18, four and a half months, extends 11 days longer than 17 to average three pairs per person per year.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
California Union Oil Plant Burns with $2 Million Damage
A fire at the Union Oil plant in Oleum California caused an estimated $2,000,000 in damage. The blaze began around 1 30 a m and burned for nearly six hours. Fire units from Rodeo Crockett coast guard and vessels from Standard Oil and Associated Oil fought the flames which rose as high as 300 feet. No injuries were reported.
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Oleum
Calif
Union Oil
Rodeo and Crockett
Coast Guard
Standard Oil and
Associated Oil Companies
San Francisco
Bay
Wilbur Smith
Japanese Flag Displayed At Poston Camp
Former Poston relocation center official testifies before a Dies subcommittee about violence at camp No 1 in November. Hooded Japanese beat fellow internees and camp staff amid tensions after 365 internees from other camps arrived. The strike ended with Uchida to stand trial, which never occurred.
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Poston Camp
Los Angeles
Boulder and Parker
Poston, Ariz
Dies
Norris James
James
Dies Congressional
Joseph Seta
Seta
Hatsumi Yamema
Isamu Uchida
Uchida
Kay Nishimura
Poston
FBI
North Dakota
New Mexico
French Leader De Gaulle Wins Army Purge Demands
Algiers June 12 The French committee for national liberation reportedly agrees to discharge high army officers with anti Allied or fascist backgrounds, bowing to Gen Charles de Gaulle who threatened resignation. De Gaulle and six others reportedly back the purge and the committee plans action on army reorganization tonight.
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Algiers
French Committee For National Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Allied air assault hits Dusseldorf and Munster in major raid
June 12 London report details a 24 hour Allied air offensive with over 2500 planes. Dusseldorf, Munster and other targets in the Ruhr and Rhineland suffered heavy bombardment using four ton bombs. fires raged, smoke rose to 20,000 feet as crews described the intense destruction and flak.
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Walter Cronkite
London
U.A
Dusseldorf
Munster
United Nations
Europe
Ruhr
Rhineland
Lampedusa
Reggio Calabria
Red Air Force
Britain
Adolf Hitler
European
Germany
Royal Canadian Air Force
Air Ministry
G. E. Harrison
Seek Dismissal Of Charges In Hatch Act Case
Phoenix june 12 nine Arizona highway department employees face Hatch Act charges from 1940 and 1942 campaigns. Attorneys seek dismissal arguing the U S civil service commission lacks jurisdiction over state internal affairs and federal funds handling.
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Phoenix
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Arizona Highway Department
Commission
Washington
Kemper Marley
E. H. McEachren
J. M. Procter
Fred Grant
W. R. Hutchins
M. C. Hawkins
State Highway Commission
Sid Smyth
J. M. Kalla
Joe Dearozena
Civil Service Commission
James W. Irwin
Highway Department
Congress
Hatch
Arizona
Red Army hits German bases with 700 planes
Moscow reports more than 700 Russian aircraft struck Axis airfields in a major night operation. Ground and air losses included at least 150 enemy planes destroyed or damaged and 19 Soviet aircraft missing. Fires and explosions were seen at airfields, fuel and ammunition dumps as retaliation continued across several nights.
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Moscow
U.P
Red Air Force
Germany
Europe
Gorks
Gorki
Italian Island Next Step In Drive On Europe
London dispatch reports Capitul ation of Lampedusa signals further Allied moves in the Mediterranean. Pantelleria’s surrender likely ends Lampedusa resistance as British commandos tested defenses with a reconnaissance raid. A major air assault on Sicily from Northwest Africa and the Middle East is anticipated to target airfields and harbors.
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London
U.P
Lampedusa
Sicily
Mediterranean
Mne
Tunisian
Pantelleria
Rome
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Carl A. Spaatz
Tunisia
Mussolini
Italy
45 Percent Of Beef Set Aside For Army
The War Food Administration in New York said Washington ordered all federally inspected slaughterers to set aside 45 percent of steer and heifer beef for Army use starting Monday. No current reserve. civilian supply may fall short. Deliveries must be boneless carcass beef meeting Army specs.
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New York
War Food Administration
Washington
WFA
Pantelleria Falls After Massive Allied Air Offensive
Allied forces report Pantelleria capitulation after 19 days of air bombardment. Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle calls the attack a landmark in military aviation as 1,000 planes took part and Axis losses topped Allied reversals. Royal Air Force and U S Army bombers totalled 1,650 tons on the final strike.
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North Africa
Pantelleria
James H. Doolittle
Strategic Air Force
Carl A. Spaatz
Northwest African Air Force
Mediterranean
Royal Air Force
U. S. Army Air Force
London
Rome
Berlin
Doolittle
Tombstone Faces Water Crisis as Well Plan Debated
Tombstone confronts a severe water shortage. The city council backs sinking a well near the San Pedro river to supplement a meager Huachuca pipeline supply. Mayor Giacoma and Huachuca Water Co discuss purchasing the company as the reservoir dips to 150,000 gallons from drought and low snow.
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Tombstone
San Pedro River
Huachuca Mountains
John Giacoma
Huachuca Water Company
M. B. Davis
The
Water Company
Allies Have Formula Now For Licking Nazi U Boats
A British naval officer says the Allies have a proven formula to defeat U boats, with April and May showing improved convoy escort strength. New secret devices aided long sub contacts, and one escort held with a submerged U boat for 14 hours before destroying it.
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Clinton B. Conger
British Isles
U.P
United Nations
Atlantic
Allied forces take Lampedusa after Pantelleria siege
Allied aerial and naval attacks drive Italian garrison to surrender on Lampedusa within 24 hours of Pantelleria’s fall. Eisenhower reports heavy bombings, ship strikes, and capture of Italian troops as Rome and Washington coordinate anti strike measures and war plant controls.
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Washington
Senate
Hungary names new war minister as Nagy resigns
Budapest dispatch via Berlin radio reports Col. Gen. Ludwig Von Csata will replace the resigning War Minister Col. Gen. William Nagy. Von Csata, age 57, previously led the fifth Hungarian corps in Russia and took charge of Hungarian troops there earlier. The shakeup may indicate Hungary moving toward non-belligerency.
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London
William Nagy
Adm
Nicholas Horthy
Ludwig von Csata
Berlin
Budapest
DNB
Associated Press
von Csata
Russia
von Jany
Hungary
Switzerland
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Wwe Veel
Bizerte
Tuniss
Marsala
Messina
Malta
Catani
Lampedusa Island
Sardinia
California
Union Oil Co
Burns
Red Army
Orel
Isle
George Palmer
Bill
Middle East
Harold Lawson
Finleyville
Harry T. van Lear, Jr
Lynchburg
Randall Jones
Roanoke
Thomas
Utah
la Follette
Danaher
R-Conn
Mead
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