Officials Alarmed By War Coal Stoppage Impact
In Pittsburgh on June 22 iron and steel firms closed blast furnaces as a coal mine shutdown reduced coke supplies. Shenango Furnace at Sharpsville halted one furnace, Carnegie-Illinois Steel began shutting furnaces, with 30,000 tons of steel lost industry wide. Republic Steel reported Alabama furnaces reduced to eighty percent. Railroads warned coal stocks are dangerously low.
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Pittsburgh
Iron and Steel
Shenango Furnace Company
Sharpsville
Carnegie - Ilinois Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh Dist
H. M. Wilson
Shenango
United Mine Workers
Carnegie-Illinois
Republic Steel Corp
Birmingham
Republic
Alabama
London
United States
Ruhr
RAF
Krefeld
U. S
Dominion
Allied
Air Ministry
Allied Bomber Swarm Strikes Naples and Reggio Calabria
Allied fleets led by about 100 Flying Fortresses pounded Naples Reggio Calabria and surrounding supply centers in a day and night campaign. Axis fighters shot down 23 with 20 American planes credited. several targets including rail yards and factories were destroyed.
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North Africa
U.P
Naples
Reggio Calabria
Sicily
Middle East
Cancello
U. S
9Th Air Force
Poeele
Son's
Italy
Straits of Messina
RAF
Kyllene
Greece
Thorugh
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Salerno
Battipaglia
Bisbee Soldier Dies While Japs' Prisoner
Pfc Marvin Gale of Bisbee died in a Japanese POW camp where Bataan and Corregidor defenders were held. Red Cross reports Gale died of natural causes. Gale's mother is Mrs Ida Sengoris of Bisbee. War department notes over 300 U.S. POW deaths from disease in camps. total POWs held by Japan exceed 11,300.
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Washington
Pfc
Marvin Gale
Bisbee
Bataan
Corregidor
International Red Cross
War Department
Gale
Ida Sengoris
P.O. Box
Red Cross
Japan
French generals reach compromise on military powers in North Africa
In Algiers on June 22 the French committee for national liberation agreed after a two hour session to a compromise: Giraud will command French armed forces in North Africa while de Gaulle controls forces elsewhere. The move follows Allied pressure for a quick reconciliation of the army reorganization dispute.
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Algiers
French Committee For National Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Giraud
North
Africa
de Gaulle
Three Jap Bases Are Attacked By Yankees
Navy announces air strikes on three Japanese bases in the Solomon Islands. Mitsubishi bomber shot down. June 20 Allied forces hit targets near Florida island and Kieta Bougainville Kahili. June 21 Munda New Georgia attacked with hits on antiaircraft positions silencing several.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Navy
South Pacific
Navy Wildcat
Florida Island
Army Liberator
Kieta
Bougainville Island
Kahili
Buin
Navy Dauntless
Munda
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Kiota
Plans For Opening Second Front Continue, Says Knox
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said preparations for opening a European front have been advancing without pause. He declined specifics on time and place but affirmed ongoing activities and warned there has been no cessation in plans. He also noted continued functioning of Soviet and U S supply lines and projected a fleet buildup with many carriers and ample planes.
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Washington
U.P
Frank Knox
Europe
Knox
United States
Pacific
Vladivostok
Germany
Japan
Russia
United States’ Pacific
U. S
Axis
U S Bombers Strike Ruhr In Daylight Raid
United States bombers attacked the Ruhr in daylight joining RAF forces in a large offensive. The raids targeted Recklinghausen and Antwerp with heavy losses reported.
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U. S
Ruhr
Seven Arrested in Sabotage Probe at Antonelli Fireworks
J Edgar Hoover announced seven arrests in Rochester New York on charges of sabotage tied to faulty loading of powder charges in incendiary bombs and hand grenades for the U S armed forces and allies at Antonelli Fireworks Company Inc Spencerport New York The arrestees include Amerigo Antonelli 52 a native of Italy naturalized citizen president treasurer of the company Benny Piteo 32 Rochester foreman John Deritis 28 Rochester plant superintendent Joseph Deritis 30 Lattimer Mines Pa plant superintendent and Dominick Barbello See SABOTAGE on Page 10.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Rochester
N. Y
United States Armed Forces
Antonelli Fireworks Company, Inc
Spencerport
Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Amerigo Antonelli
Italy
Bennie Piteo
John Deritis
Joseph Deritis
Lattimer Mines
Dominick Barbello
Detroit Riots End as Army Troops Restore Order
Army troops end Detroit race riots after 24 hours of terror that left 25 dead and nearly 700 injured. Police report swift justice for 600 plus arrests as production at major war plants suffers absenteeism among Negro workers.
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Detroit
U.P
Woodward Avenue
Enon Vmbilgl Cy
Roosevelt
Harry F. Kelly
Kelly
Detroit-Cleveland
Detroit Fairgrounds
William E. Guthner
Camp McCoy
Wis
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Packard Motorcar Co
Edward J. Jeffries, Jr
Yanks Defeat Japs Twice In As Many Days
Allied interceptors downed 14 to 23 Japanese planes in a Lae New Guinea dogfight for a second straight Allied victory. Fourteen U.S. Lightning fighters were not lost. Japanese losses topped three quarters of a 36 aircraft fleet.
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Don Caswell
Australia
U.P
Lae
New Guinea
Darwin
Malahang
Completion of Juarez Mexico City Highway Discussed
A meeting in Mexico City on June 22 will focus on finishing the highway from Ciudad Juarez to Mexico City. Participants include President Avila Camacho, New Mexico Governor John Dempsey, and Texas Governor Coke Stevenson discussing the project.
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Mexico City
Ciudad Juarez
Avila Camacho
John Dempsey
New Mexico
Coke Stevenson
Texas
Russia Sees Nazi Power Broken in Second War Anniversary
Moscow marks the Soviet German war anniversary and argues Germany can be beaten this year by a joint eastern and western assault. It says delaying action would extend the war, while a now attack could save many lives, though it does not expect to alter Allied plans.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Moscow
Russia
Germany
Kremlin
Second Front Could End War Quickly Reds by Handier
Russia urges a second front as essential for victory and a speedy war end. The Soviet Information Bureau marks two years in the war by detailing massive German losses and urging Allied invasion of Europe while noting Russian casualties and equipment destruction.
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M. S
Moscow
U.P
Russia
Europe
Red Army
Germany
Nazi Soldiers Now Strengthen Italy
German reinforcements have reached Italy with troops on the mainland Sicily and Sardinia. Axis strength in Italy is estimated at 300000 to 460000 with 15 to 20 Italian divisions and five or six German divisions. Cor sica may face invasion as Allied power concentrates in the region.
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Joseph W. Grigg
London
U.P
Italy
Sicily
Sardinia
Luftwaffe
Mediterranean
Balkans
Germany
DNB
Rome
Berlin
Europe
Hitler
Corsica
Crisis Driving FDR To Labor Control Steps
Washington, June 22. The crisis appeared to push the administration toward advocacy of restrictive labor legislation even as Connally Harness Smith bill awaits the President’s signature or veto. Advisers question the bill’s efficiency and consider compulsory arbitration as a wartime remedy, with some urging an expanded wartime railway mediation act and power for the war labor board to trigger arbitration after other measures fail.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
National Labor Relations Board
Executive Branch
Organized
National Railway
War Labor Board
Roosevelt Told U S Should Use Full Government Powers
Washington report details the War Labor Board backing full government powers to enforce coal dispute orders. WPB notes the 530000 miners’ strike delaying steel production and raising alarm over wartime output. Ickes and Lewis seek plan for government managed mines, with talks shrouded in secrecy and WLB jurisdiction upheld.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
Ickes
Lewis
UWW
James F. Byrnes
WLB
Wayne L. Morse
Roose
Hershey Urges Selective Soldier Release After War
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey national selective service director proposed releasing eight to 10 million service members only as needed in industry to ease postwar unemployment. Speaking at the governors conference in Columbus he said more men would remain under arms than in 1940 as mobilization continues.
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George J. Kienzle Columbus
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Armed Services
Governors
Hershey
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Hull
Recklinghausen
Antwerp
G-Men
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Atlantic
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Attu
U. S. Navy
Catalina
Koepang
Timor
War Production Board
WPB
Express
Harold L. Ickes
John L. Lewis
White House
UMW
John O’leary
Percy Tetlow
Union
John Owen
Ohio
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