U S Strives To Regulate Meat Better
The federal government orders weekly meat production reports from 18 Pima county slaughterers except federally inspected plants. Beginning June 26 each slaughterer must report every Saturday the number of cattle calves sheep lambs and hogs slaughtered the prior week. Reports go to the local war board with summaries sent to the state supervisor.
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Pima County
Usda War Board
The
Young Wholesale Meat Company
A. J. Busby & Sons
M. T. Price
O. M. Lassen
State War Board
Chester Davis
New War Meat Board
Lassen
Joe M. King
War Meat Board
Chicago
Federal Board
Food Distribution Administration
FDA
State Board
E. J. Caldwell
Arizona
War Board
Pima County Sees 1943 44 Budget At 561 000 With No Tax
County chairman R H Martin says total receipts for the 1943 44 year will reach 563 519 23 dollars allowing a 10 percent increase over the current year and no tax levy. Anticipated revenue includes state sales tax about 531 000 and miscellaneous fees about 100 000 with expenditures near 510 000. Public hearing on final adoption set for August 9.
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Pima County
R. H.rtin
County Board of Supervisors
Martin
US Aviators Aid Chinese in Tungting Lake Front Bombings
U S Mitchell bombers and Warhawk fighters bombed Japanese bases and shipping along Tungting Lake and Yangtze river front. Heavy fires burned at Hwajung and depots suffered damage while two steamers and a gunboat may have been sunk or damaged. Recapture of attacked towns would return the Tungting rice area to China.
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Chungking
Tungting Lake
Yangtze River
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hwajung
Shihihon
Takingyi
English Aviator Is Decorated By Queen
Queen Elizabeth presented the Victoria Cross to Wing Commander Guy Gibson for leading RAF raids that breached the Moehne and Eder dams in Germany. The ceremony marked the first English queen to preside at an investiture since Queen Victoria, with 23 other decorations awarded. The King was in Malta aboard the cruiser Aurora and sent regrets.
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London
Queen Elizabeth
George VI
Guy Gibson
Moehne
Eder
Germany
England
Queen Victoria
Malta
Aurora
Rail Pay Hike Is Set Aside
Washington report says Stabilization Director Fred M Vinson ordered the emergency board's 8 cent hourly wage increase for over a million non operating railway employees set aside. The board may reconvene on Vinson's memo within ten days, though legal questions arise since the board was disbanded and reconvening would require presidential action.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
WPB Rejects Demands To Reopen Gold Mines
The War Production Board rejected western demands to rescind or modify its order closing non essential gold mines. It issued a regulation clarifying how operators may seek exemptions by proving their mine’s output supports the war effort or if labor can be found without impacting essential war activities. The WPB closed non essential mines seven months earlier to free labor for copper zinc and lead.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Pilfering on English Railway Costs $1000 Daily
A railway in England reports theft losses rising to about $1,000 per day as thieves target rolling stock and freight. Officials warn the impact falls on operations and security measures intensify.
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England
Ice Mint Foot Treat Advertisement
Derning Cohen Patern ts Teer promotes Ice Mint as a cure for tired burning feet and calluses. The copy urges rubbing Ice Mint on feet to soothe burning and soften rough skin, promising immediate cooling relief and whiter, softer skin.
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Derning Cohen Patern
Rickenbaker Visiting In Moscow On Secret Mission
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker arrived in Moscow aboard a four engine Liberator and has been in the city since Sunday as the representative of War Secretary Henry L Stimson. He is to meet Russian officials and possibly Premier Stalin as part of a world tour of battlefronts. The party includes Dr Alexander Dahl Col William Nichols Maj A B Sherry and was welcomed by Ambassador Standley Brig Gen Michela and embassy staff.
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Moscow
Eddie Rickenbacker
Henry L. Stimson
Rickenbacker
Kremlin
United States
William H. Standley
W. B. Hicks
Standley
Joseph A. Michela
Fight City Men Enlist In Navy
Tucson sent eight more youths to the U S Navy including Hugh Elmer Paton a machinist mate second class in Seabee construction battalions. Others were Raymond Duncan Pike Arthur H Villaescusa John Harold Arnold Gilbert C Contreras Robert Carleton Parlett Louis Salvatierra and Frankie Elmer Duncan. They cited better chances for advancement as a key motive, with Navy recruiters stressing rapid promotion for skilled experts.
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Phoenix
Tucson
U. S. Navy
Hugh Elmer Paton
Paton
Navy
Raymond Duncan Pike
R. D. Pike
Arthur H. Villaescusa
A. J. Villeascusa
John Harold Arnold
H. A. Arnold
Gilbert C. Contreras
Trinidad CC. Contreras
Robert Carleton Parlett
R. V. Parlett
Louis Salvatierra
Robert Salvatierra
Frankie Elmer Duncan
Henry Allen Duncan
Chinese Sink Six Nippon Launches on Yangtze River
The Chungking radio says Chinese forces sank six Japanese motor launches on the Yangtze at Shihshow and captured prisoners. The broadcast recorded by the FCC also reports over 200 Japanese killed at Lanchi in Chekiang province after Chinese forces surrounded an enemy unit.
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Chungking
Yangtze River
Shihshow
Federal Communications Commission
Lanchi
Chekiang
RAF Follows U S Raid On Italian Base
Allied headquarters in North Africa reports RAF and American air strikes against Salerno and nearby targets as part of a coordinated effort to disrupt Mussolini's supply chain. Two-ton bombs hit freight yards and barracks at Salerno, with fires rising as railway facilities suffered damage.
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Allied
North Africa
Salerno
Mussolini
Italy
Sicily
Naples
Sardinia
Malta
Sicilian
Sibari
Licata
Trebisacce
White Horse Visit Reveals Hopi Draft Tangle
The Hopi draft episode centers on Jacob Sekayouwma who refused to sign a draft card and failed to report for induction. FBI found missing registration and classification cards as authorities pursued charges. Sekayouwma, jailed for intoxication, now faces grand jury action with a $1,000 bond.
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Jacob Sekayouwma
Ryan School of Aeronautics
Sekayouwma
FBI
U. S
C. Wayne Clampitt
Soldier with one eye wins top shooting honor at Camp Roberts
Pvt. Ralph L. Mayer of San Francisco, blind in one eye and left handed, earned the highest shooting honors in the 77th Infantry Training Battalion using a GARand rifle fired from his left shoulder.
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Camp Roberts
Cal
U.P
Ralph L. Mayer
San Francisco
77Th Infantry
Resume Manufacture Fletcher's Castoria
New York date June 23 Sterling Drug Inc., makers of Fletcher's Castoria, announced a solution to the nausea causing irritant. They cited a change in water chemistry combined with reduced sugar content interfering with aging. Wartime sugar conservation prompted the sugar reduction and May recall. Production resumes with new Castoria bottles featuring a green band to hit sale about September 15.
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New York
Sterling Drug, Inc
Switzerland Supplying Aero Nautical Instruments to Turkey
Switzerland begins delivery of aero nautical instruments to Turkey amid trade cooperation. The packages include navigation equipment for Turkish aviation and naval applications, signaling closer bilateral defense-technical collaboration between the two nations.
Seven Charred Bodies In Wreckage Of B 24
Seven charred bodies are found in the wreckage of an Army B 24 Liberator that crashed near Carson Peak in Bishop California. Rescue officials say the crash occurred at 13 000 feet and removal will require mountaineers due to hostile terrain. Sheriff Cecil Thorington requests volunteers for the difficult recovery. Only one body may be positively identified. The report also notes Norway shoe production falls below 50 percent due to conscription for compulsory labor.
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Bishop
Cal
Carson Peak
Don Lewis
Cecil Thorington
Mono County
Thorington
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Roosevelt
William M. Leiserson
National Railway Labor Panel
North Main
Iacome
Group
Jein Jacome
Jacome’s
Naval Construction Unit
United Press
RAF
Il Duce
Fletcher
Switzerland
Turkey
Norway
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