Consolidated Plant Releases 476 Employees
Consolidated Vultee officials announced 476 terminations since June 1 and 35 transfers to other Convair divisions due to reduced June and July schedules. They expect workload through July and early August but warned further cuts may occur if work ends. The Tucson plant is building B-24 Liberator bombers and P-38 Lightning fighters and may be repurposed by the Air Forces if no more modification work is scheduled.
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Consolidated Vultee
Convair
Army Air Forces
Air Technical Service Command
Tucson
Officials of Consolidated Vultee announce May close
United Press reports San Diego June 14 that officials of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp announced a possible May close. No further details given.
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United Press
San Diego
Calif
Consolidated - Vultee Aircraft Corporation
War Service Day Honors SP Rail Workers in Tucson
The Tucson division of the Southern Pacific railroad held its third War Service Day with several hundred members honoring over 19 000 service personnel and the seventh war loan. A silent prayer and taps remembered 17 division members who paid the supreme sacrifice.
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Tucson
Southern Pacific Railroad
B. S. Simes
Fred Dragonette
War Finance
Pvt. Caballero
Lee
Air Force
Senate urged to investigate graft in wartime projects
Republican senators demanded a Senate inquiry into alleged graft and waste in government programs under military security. They cited Fulton Lewis Jr reports alleging corruption in the Ascan and Latin American highways and in U S maritime affairs, led by Sen Edward V Robertson.
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Washington
UPR
Senate
Igh
U. S
Edward V. Robertson
Wyo
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Japanese Admit Loss Of Tarakan Oil Island
Tokyo acknowledged the fall of Tarakan, an oil rich island, to Australian and Dutch forces. An enemy recording quotes the garrison’s final charge as Allied troops closed in after a two day Japanese bombing offensive.
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San Francisco
U.P
Tokyo
Tarakan
United Press
Executions in Kunming for Theft Bribery Stir Chinese Officials
Three high Chinese officials Liang Lin former mayor of Changsha Huang Yao Maj Gen and Col Pao Yun Fei were executed by firing squad after a military tribunal found them guilty of extortion in handling military supplies. Chiang Kai Shek ordered the sentences and the executions were carried out in Kunming.
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Albert Ravenholt Kunming
China
Japan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Liang Lin
Changsha
Huang Yao
Pao Yun Fei
Huang
Col
Pao
Chinese Service of Supply
Yangtze River
Kunming
Himalayan
India
Tokyo
Liang
Chiang
Cigarettes Reappear On City Counters As Shortage Eases
In New York on June 14 1943 tobacconists report popular cigarette brands back on shelves with near normal deliveries. Spokesmen say reduced military demand could return supply to normal by January. Lucky Strike 68 percent of 1943 normal, eight five percent Chesterfield, Old Golds 98 percent, Philip Morris 75 percent, Camels 50 percent of normal distribution, with increases over May.
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New York
Chesterfield
Philip Morris
Government curbs sugar to plug supply leaks
Washington reports civilians face new sugar shortages as the government acts to seal leaks in the supply network. Pending broader measures, shortages threaten civilian use with potential price effects.
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Washington
Japanese Make Stand Against Yank Troops In Mindanao
Manila reports desperate Japanese forces largely from beached naval personnel fight tenaciously to halt a U.S. advance along the Davao river in southeastern Mindanao. On the east bank Col. Thomas E. Clifford's 19th Infantry Regiment broke organized resistance in hemp groves and jungle hills, with scattered pockets remaining near Mandog.
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Manila
Davao River
Mindanao
Thomas E
Jock) Clifford
Mandog
Yanks Smash Final Okinawa Pocket
United States forces push to isolate the last Japanese pocket on Okinawa as the 74 day battle nears its end. American troops seize edges of Yaeju Dake plateau and advance toward southern tip with heavy artillery and air support.
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William F. Tyree
Guam
U.P
10Th Army
Okinawa
Radio Tokyo
Pacific
China
Japan
Tokyo
Kantaro Suzuki
Yaeju- Dake
Poe 2
Archibald V. Arnold
Seventh
Azato
96Th
Ozato
Pedro del Valle
Kunishi Ridge
Yaeju-Dake
Ninth Army To Start Home About July 1
Supreme Headquarters said Lt Gen William H Simpson's Ninth Army was scheduled to return to the United States in July or shortly after. The number of divisions to start home on July 1 and how many will proceed to the Pacific could not be learned. It is logical the Ninth Army HQ would accompany the First Army to the Pacific.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
William H. Simpson
U. S. Ninth Army
United States
Ninth Army
Pacific
Peso exchange rate fixed for two years
The Mexican peso and the U S dollar exchange rate is fixed for two years from June 30. The agreement, signed in Washington, keeps the dollar at 4.85 pesos under the 1941 framework.
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Mexico City
U. S
Washington
Finance Department
Little Nations Edge Toward Clash Over Veto Power
In San Francisco on June 14 the United Nations security conference moved toward early adjournment as the so called little 45 nations prepared to confront the Big Five over veto rights. Commission 1, part of the four major panels, met in open session to hear a report on the charter preamble and the first two chapters outlining purposes and principles of the world security organization.
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San Francisco
United Nations Security Conference
Commission 1
World Security Organization
R. H. Shackford
U.P
United Nations
Yalta
United Nations’ Conference
New League
Big Five
Conference Commissions
Security Council Commission
Commission I
Cuba
Tom Connally
Tex
UN conference gains on Yalta voting formula
The small power nations scored a win at the United Nations conference by voting to keep the Yalta voting formula intact while work on the world charter continues. Delegates expect adjournment around June 23 with possible延 long sessions and remaining issues including withdrawal and veto rules for the Big Five.
Australians Inch Toward Brunei City in Ninth Division Drive
Australian troops pushed toward Brunei as the Ninth Division seized high ground near the city and captured the airstrip. Japanese forces reportedly fled southwest along the coast as oil wells and tanks burned. Further west, Labuan island action continued and American forces attacked through Oroung Pass on Luzon.
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Ninth
Brunei River
Brunei
Brooketon-Brunei
Labuan Island
Brunei Bay
Ninth Division
Timbalai
Samarinda
Luzon
Oroung Pass Seven
Chinese Reach Liuchow Suburbs Fight Rages
Chinese high command reports forces have reached Liuchow suburbs in Kwangsi and are in fierce combat with Japanese troops. Heavy fighting continues in Ishan, 43 miles west, where Japanese pressure drove the Chinese from the town after a one day hold.
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Chungking
Liuchow
U. S
Kwangsi Province
Ishan
Meat Shortage Won't Be Aided Until 1946
Seattle Bremerton cities face a general strike of independent meat dealers as Clinton P. Anderson says current shortages cannot be alleviated before spring 1946. The U S secretary of agriculture, a Democrat from New Mexico, announced the timeline.
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Seattle
U.P
U. S
Clinton P. Anderson
N. M
Bremerton
Wash
Soviets Move Toward Trial of Polish Leaders in Coming Days
Moscow radio declares 16 Polish political figures accused of terroristic acts will be tried soon behind Soviet lines. Gen. Bronislaw Okulicki named ring leader. Parallel reports say Mikolajczyk may head a new unity government. Moscow conference opens with Molotov, Harriman, and Kerr. London dispatch notes aim for broader Polish unity and shifted Western recognition.
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London
Moscow
Bronislaw Okulicki
Poland
U.P
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Ives
Warsaw
Boleslaw Biertt
Polish National Council
Mikolajczyk
Jan Stanczyk
V. M. Molotov
Ws Averell Harriman
Archibald Clark Kerr
Henry Shapiro
United Press
Bierut
Council
National Council
Parliament
Shapiro
United States
Britain
Red Army
Liberators Reach Philippines as Tokyo Reports New Air Offensive
Tokyo reports first B 24 Liberator arrivals from Europe join U S air raids on Japan as Okinawa Corsairs strike Kyushu. Tokyo claims anti air guns downed two Liberators over Tokyo Yokohama area. Superfortresses mine waters off Honshu amid ongoing nine day bombardment. In India Cripps proposals revive Indianization plan with Lord Wavell to chair a new executive council. Gandhi and Nehru to be released and invited to talks on council formation.
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Tokyo
Tokyo-Yokohama
Japan
Okinawa
Kyushu
Honshu
Kanoya
Kushira
Chama
Tokuno
Sakishima Islands
Britain
Stafford Cripps
India
Amery
The
House
Lord Wavell
London
Cripps
Wavell
Nehru
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Why Not Stalin Churchill With Truman At Parley
President Truman plans a busy schedule through mid July as talks with De Gaulle and a UN pact push the calendar. Churchill faces an election on July 5 while Hopkins and Truman may need to stay in Washington for treaty debates, narrowing the window for a Big Three meeting before July 15.
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Stalin
Churchill
Truman
J. M. Roberts, JR
Associated Press
Senate
Charles DeGaulle
San
Tax deduction dispute over Hartford loan to Roosevelt
Treasury did not allow a 228 500 dollar bad debt deduction claimed by John Hartford tied to a 200 000 loan to Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt. House members press for investigation as Rep. Knutson seeks tax staff review of Hartford 1942 return by Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. president.
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Washington
House
Treasury
John Hartford
Elliott Roosevelt
Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Department
Coughton
Woodruff
R-Mich
Rep. Knutson
R-Minn
Congress
Colin F. Stam
Hartford
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Roosevelt
Baseball Finals Notable NL and AL Results
National League games saw Brooklyn beat New York 5 to 4 and Pittsburgh defeat Chicago 5 to 2. American League matches ended with Chicago 4 over Cleveland 3 and St Louis 3 over Detroit 2.
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Brooklyn
New York
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cleveland
St. Louis
Detroit
George Asks Senate Renew Tariff Plan
Senator George of Georgia led a showdown over postwar world trade policy as the finance committee voted 10 to 9 to remove authority to cut tariffs by 50 percent in new trade agreements. He predicted reversal on the Senate floor with Republican defections and absent Democrats expected back.
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Tom Reedy
Washington
Senate
George
D.-Ga
Finance Committee
Chamber
Tobey
R.-N.h
Cannon Sees Long Japanese Conflict
June 14 Washington Chairman Cannon of the house appropriations committee said Japan may surrender within 90 days or the war could be long. He noted the US would use air power and precision bombing in a war of attrition to starve Japan and save American lives.
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Washington
Cannon
D.-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
House
Japan
United States
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Harold Guard
Congress Party
Leopold S. Amery
Reich
Hazel Hartzog
Europe
Philippines
Germany
Philippine
James H. Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
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