Muelheim of Duisberg Area Is Blotted Out
New Delhi reports Liberator bombers of the 10th United States air force pounded Monywa in central Burma with eight tons of bombs. Hits targeted the railroad station tracks and warehouses west of Mandalay. Mitchell bombers earlier attacked engine sheds at Thazi junction and new Japanese installations at Myingyan. No losses reported.
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New Delhi
United States Air Force
Monywa
Burma
Mandalay
Thazi Junction
Rangoon
Myingyan
Irrawaddy
Reds Continue To Smash Nazi Aerial Power
Red army planes smash German air power on the western front destroying 20 grounded Nazi planes at a Leningrad area airdrome in a systematic raid. The Soviets also report 17 planes lost near Leningrad and nine more shot down west of Rostov in air combats.
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M. S
Moscow
Western
Leningrad
Rostov
Sevsk
Kursk
Mtsensk
Orel
Donets
Lishhansk
Kharkov
Navy oil deal under scrutiny as lawmakers seek details
Suspicious lawmakers from both houses demanded more information on the Elk Hills oil contract with Standard Oil. Navy Secretary Knox urged to give his version of the now-abrogated pact, likened by a Justice Department attorney to Teapot Dome. Committees plan testimony, travel, and a joint investigation to probe political maneuvering.
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Washington
House
Senate
Navy
Justice Department
Teapot Dome
House Public Lands Committee
Knox
Standard Oil Company of California
el K Hills
Calif
Senate Public Lands Committee
O'Mahony
D-Wye
House Lands Group
Nye
R-Nd
Roosevelt Seeks Higher Draft Age to 65
President Roosevelt announced plans to ask Congress to raise the non combat draft age to 65 under the selective service act to prevent work interruptions in government owned or operated plants mines and establishments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Truce Delays Mine Row Issues Across U.S.
Chicago sociologist U P Louis Wirth warned Detroit race riots boost Axis propaganda and spark ongoing tensions from wartime living conditions. Pittsburgh reports end of third UMW work stoppage as miners return to Pennsylvania and West Virginia pits seeking to restore coal output.
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Chicago
U.P
Louis Wirth
University of Chicago
Detroit
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Washington
U. S.steel Corporation
Death Toll In Detroit Riots Climbs To 29
Detroit reports say federal troops and police guard the Negro district while Gov. Kelly lifts two emergency restrictions. The two day death toll reaches 29 with 25 Negroes and four whites killed. one white woman dies of a bullet wound. Restrictions on liquor sale and the 10 pm curfew remain. Production at GM and Ford shows improved absenteeism and resumed work, with 16 hour shifts noted.
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Detroit
U.P
Harry F. Kelly
East St. Louis
Kelly
Cleveland
Briggs Stadium
Detroit Fairground
River Rouge
General Motors
Coopera
United States Considers British Potato Imports
Congressman Raymond S. Springer proposed that the United States obtain potatoes from Great Britain via lend-lease if a shortage threatens. He noted Britain has surplus potatoes and suggested using them as ballast for returning convoys, replacing other commodities.
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Washington
Raymond S. Springer
R. Ind
United States
Great Britain
Springer
Atlantic
End of Wartime Mine Strike Delayed After UMW Action
The United Mine Workers orders miners to work for the government through October 31 ending the third wartime general strike. But operators say the main issue is postponed, not settled, and the wage dispute over underground travel time could go to the courts. President Roosevelt faces a possible clash with the War Labor Board over Lewis’s defiance and the new contract terms.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Washington
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
WLB
Roosevelt
Mr. Lewis
United States
William H. Davis
Lewis
Allies Study Plans To Bomb Rome Targets
A Royal Air Force commentator hinted at possible air raids on Rome with the Allies opposing attacks on religious shrines but open to bombing industrial and military objectives in the city. The Rome issue resurges as Allied air offensives from Britain and North Africa reach record scales, with a Vatican safety distinction noted.
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London
U.P
Royal Air Force
Rome
Britain
North Africa
Vatican
Allies mass forces on Mediterranean shores eye Corsica Sicily and Sardinia
London dispatch reports strong parachute units among large American and British invasion forces assembling opposite southern Europe. Warships concentrate at Gibraltar and Alexandria while landing barges, some tank capable, appear in Allied ports. German agency cites potential strikes at Corsica and Sicily with attention to other Mediterranean coasts.
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James E. Roper
London
U.P
Mediterranean
Europe
Berlin
Gibraltar
Alexandria
Erich Scnneynder
German Transocean Agency
Corsica
Sicily
Sardinia
Balkans
American Air Attacks Weaken Japan in South Seas
American air and sea strikes steadily erode Japan's strength in the Southwest Pacific. Analysts say attrition may shorten the war by exhausting Japan, reducing its air power and naval bases like Rabaul, with effects felt within months rather than years.
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South Seas
Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Southwest Pacific
Japan
United Nations
Guinea
Rabaul
Truk
Washington
Vy Sega
ATTA
Guerrillas In France Wreck German Trains
Allied air raids and French guerrillas crippled about 200 trains daily inside France. Derailments on lines like Nevers to Chagny killed 52 Germans and injured 150, with troops halted moving to the Russian front. Guerrillas also sabotaged power plants water works and factories in Savoy between March and April.
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Washington
France
Europe
English Channel
Nevers
Chagny
Savoy
Gnome Et Rhone
Yugoslav Partisans Report Massive Axis-Partner Casualties
Reports from Yugoslav partisan headquarters say guerrillas southeast of Belgrade near Pozarevac killed 53 pro Nazi guards and two mayors cooperating with the Axis. Slovenian partisans derailed a locomotive and eight cars on the main railway line, causing heavy damage to the equipment.
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Bern
Switzerland
Belgrade
Pozarevac
Mainee
French North Africa army recruiting split between De Gaulle and Giraud
In Algiers on June 23, French forces in North Africa show ongoing division between Generals Charles De Gaulle and Henri Giraud over recruitment. Giraud control threatens territorial bases and exclusion of Fighting French. De Gaulle allies warn of a North Africa freeze-out and that evacuees from France join the North African army.
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Daniel DE Luce
Algiers
French North Africa
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Giraudists
North Africa
DeGaullists
France
Giraud
United States
Britain
Degaulle
Definite rule sought on draft plans for fathers
Washington reports say the House Military Affairs Committee will seek clarification from the War Manpower Commission and the selective service to resolve conflicting statements about drafting fathers for military service. Chairman Andrew J. May said letters will request firm explanations from McNutt and Hershey to fix the uncertain stance.
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Washington
U.P
House Military Affairs Committee
War Manpower Commission and
Selective Service
House
Senate
Andrew J. May
Paul V. McNutt
Serice
Lewis B. Hershey
May
Bombing of Muelheim and Ruhr Targets Intensifies
RAF heavy bombers struck Maelheim Ruhr while U S Flying Fortresses hit Huls in daylight for the first time. Allied losses totaled 107 aircraft with 44 bombers lost in the Krefeld raid and Germans reporting major casualties in Oberhausen and Maelheim.
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London
Maelheim
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Krefeld
Rhineland
Huls
U. S. Flying Fortress
Holland
France
Muelheim
Duisburg
Rhine
Germany
DNB
Berlin
Associated Press
Oberhausen
German Europe
RAF
le Creusot
Friedrichshafen
Europe
Ignorance Is Bliss To Youthful Couple
Two 16 year olds who eloped to Yuma Arizona remain on their honeymoon unaware they are divorced after Mae Richardson secured an annulment for Daly Richardson to Jacqueline Boyak. The couple could not be reached to inform them of the end of their marriage.
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Los Angeles
A.P
Yuma, Ariz
Mae Richardson
Daly Richardson
Jacqueline Boyak
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Duisberg
Jap Town
Reds
House Committee
Axis
By Jerry Rideout
U. S
Italy
Coast
Military Affairs Committee
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