Japanese relocation center fears in Arizona hearing
At a Phoenix hearing the Arizona Corporation Commission heard warned of Japanese settlers dominating the state farm industry. Agriculturist M. O. Best and legislator A. J. Barnes alleged that Rivers camp cooperative could enable land ownership by Japanese and trigger a wider influx, risking a crisis for the nation. The Rivers center attorney defended operations as confined to the relocation camp.
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Casa Grande
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Commission
Rivers Relocation Center
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Amos A. Betts
Dies Committee
Los Angeles
Poston Relocation Center
Betts
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Many Men Now Rejected Will Be In Uniform
Washington reports that over 2.8 million men rejected for physical disqualification may be reclaimed as Navy standards ease. Testimony before a house committee cites lower requirements delaying induction of fathers and suggests many will join the armed forces by mid year with a goal of 9.2 million eventual strength.
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War Manpower Commission
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Bomb Raids Toll Tops 5 250 Tons Over Nazi Reich
British and American air forces mounted a record 48 hour assault against Germany pouring about 5 250 tons of bombs on the Reich. The operations focused on Dusseldorf Munster Bochum and northern German targets with heavy bomber channels hitting U boat centers. One Beaufighter and several escort planes were lost and ships in the Dutch coast were attacked.
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Arizona Senators In Agreement On Three Acts
Arizona senators in congress voted in favor on amendments to civil service and agricultural appropriations bills. Hayden and McFarland supported passage on both issues, while one amendment transferring farm security functions was defeated. In North Africa, Allied air forces pummeled Sicily with raids targeting Gerbini and Catania airdromes as Linosa capitulated and Pantelleria and Lampedusa were subdued.
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Hearing Opens Over Gila River Enterprise Incorporators
The Arizona Corporation Commission hearing on the Gila River Cooperative Enterprises began at 10 o'clock in Phoenix. The incorporators failed to record an avance, with J. H. Terry noted in a cross reference on Page 10.
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Arizona Corporation Commission
Gila River Cooperative Enterprises, Inc
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Gila River Cooperative Enterprises
J. H. Terry
Supreme Court overrules flag salute ruling for religious scruples
The Supreme Court reversed its 1940 stance allowing school districts to force flag salutes. Justice Jackson led the ruling with Justices Roberts and Reed dissenting. The decision frees Jehovah's Witnesses in West Virginia from compulsory salute while reaffirming Minersville earlier.
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West Virginia
Planes Blast Rabaul Air Power In Heavy Allied Raids
Allied headquarters report a third raid in four days to destroy Japanese air power at Rabaul New Britain. Flying Fortresses and Liberators bombed Vunakanau airdrome for two hours, scattering 30 tons of explosives and setting fires visible for miles. 271 enemy planes were on the ground at Rabaul's three airdromes. A bomber destroyed another bomber at Gasmata and other raids hit Dili Koepang Malahang and Komiatum. Bombs from a Liberator likely hit a Japanese ammunition dump at Vunakanau.
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Gasmata
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Koepang
Timor
Malahang
Lae
New Guinea
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Gona
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Joseph Hensler
Summit
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Act To Outlaw Strikes Awaits FDR Approval
Washington June 14 The coal wage dispute nears a climactic week as John L Lewis seeks a policy committee meeting to discuss a possible War Labor Board ruling and portal-to-portal pay. About 2200 miners in Pennsylvania and Alabama returned to work after fines were partly refunded. Lewis reached a $1.30 a day wage agreement with central Pennsylvania producers.
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John L. Lewis
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Alabama
Ickes
Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Policy Committee
War Labor Board
WLB
Central Pennsylvania
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Allies Thwart Jap Strategy With War Front Shifts
United Press War Analyst Louis F. Keemle cites Allied successes in the Mediterranean and looming Western Europe assault, plus Russian strength on the eastern front, as forcing Japan to abandon its planned war course. He notes Hitler's failures and Japan's miscalculations in the Pacific and Indian regions, with Russia now the primary concern.
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United Press
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Europe
Japan
Tokyo
Hitler
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Near East
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India
Pilisler
Japs Barred From Coast During War
Dies subcommittee plans to reconvene in Los Angeles for more testimony on relocation centers. Rep. Costello says Japanese will not be allowed to return to the Pacific coast during the war, faulting relocation authority operations. Rep. Mundt notes it may be an Army job.
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Dies
John M. Costello
D-Calif
Pacific Coast
Costello
San Diego
Chamber of Commerce
War Relocation Authority
Army
Karl Mundt
R-Sd
Opponents File Petitions Against River Compact in Phoenix
Opponents of Arizona ratification filed 312 petitions with 5 237 signatures to refer the Santa Fe Colorado river compact to voters. Secretary Dan Garvey noted 858 signatures beyond the 4 379 needed for a 1944 ballot but a county check will test validity. Leading organizers include Fred T Colter Sidney Kartus and William Chester of Phoenix.
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Arizona
Dan E. Garvey
Garvey
Fred T. Colter
Sidney Kartus
William Chester
Chester
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