Congress Will Not Tolerate Lewis Strikes
Washington June 26 U.P Congress rejects Roosevelts anti strike bill veto as it asserts a mandate to jail John L Lewis if he calls another coal strike. The vote signals congressional anger over Lewis and war labor disputes and hints at ensuing coal and steel shortages.
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Congress of Industrial Organization
Formation of 100 Bombers Strikes Messina Rail Hub
More than 100 American Flying Fortresses attacked Messina Sicily for 18 minutes in the largest four engine bomber raid from North Africa. The mission faced heavy Axis air and anti aircraft fire as Allied planes targeted the ferry and rail center. Reports say 19 enemy fighters were shot down and civilian casualties mounted from strikes on Reggio Calabria Bari province and Vizzini with total deaths at 93.
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Sardinia
Aerial Raids Hit Kiska Island Three Times
Three bombing runs against Japanese installations on Kiska Island were reported by the navy. Attu patrols killed 15 enemy soldiers. In the South Pacific, American and Japanese air units clashed with minor Allied injuries and damaged targets in the Russell Islands during a raid by bombers.
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Miners Back By Monday Amid Rabaul Air War Moves
Allied headquarters report growing Japanese air activity around Rabaul New Britain with ships including a carrier in the harbor. MacArthur’s bombers dropped 176 tons on Lakunai Rapopo and Vunakanau. 170 enemy bombers and fighters counted on airfields. Beauford bomber near-miss off Cape St George. Mitchell bombers strafed villages near Madang.
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Senate votes plan to halt government price subsidies
The Senate 39 to 37 defeats administration aims to fund a price roll back by blocking subsidies while approving Clark amendment to expand CCC lending by 1.0 billion and extending its life. House had passed 0.5 billion with subsidies limited to current commitments.
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Roosevelt
Aiken
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Gillette
D-lora
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Congress action spurs coal miners back to work movement
Congress overrode the president and enacted an anti strike bill, prompting more miners to return to work. In central Pennsylvania 4 200 of 16 locals planned to be back by Monday as mass meetings aimed to rally others. It lists strike status across states with furnaces shut and production impacts.
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GOP Chiefs Say Defeat On Veto Kills 4th Term
Washington June 25 Republicans hailed the override of Franklin D Roosevelts veto on an anti strike bill arguing it ends any possibility of a fourth term. Senator Wherry said this shows there will be no fourth term while Byrd countered that the veto was a political act and not the presidents. A Florida Democrat, voted for override, called the move bipartisan to curb war time strikes.
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Axis fears rise as shuttle bombing hints invasion plan
Washington reports ominous signs from British shuttle bombings between England and North Africa. Analysts warn massed air power could strike western or southern invasion bridges, threatening the Axis on three fronts. Two targets, Friedrichshafen and Spezia, were hit as the fighting spreads.
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North Africa
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Spezia
Italy
Highway markers to conform with national system in Arizona
Arizona will adjust highway markers and striping to align with the national uniform system adopted by the National Safety Council and the National Association of State Highway Officials. State traffic engineer Glen Smoot said only minor changes are needed and will be made immediately.
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Arizona
National Safety Council
National Association of State Highway Officials
Glen Smoot
Goebbels derides Yankees as cultural vandals at Munich
In a Munich speech opening the seventh German art exhibition, Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels denounced American and British air raids as threats to cultural treasures. He claimed U S towns like Nürnberg and Munich hold more enduring culture than the North American continent and accused Americans of destroying towns.
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Shift In Invasion Plans To Balkan Area Seen By Nazis
Axis invasion anxiety centers on Italy and outposts as American bombers hit an airbase near Salonika and German radio suggests the British Eighth Army is poised in Syria. Reports of Balkan sabotage, a Bulgarian espionage ring in Budapest, and claims of Serbian partisan losses are noted amid escalating Balkan tensions.
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British Seamen Trick Nazi U Boat In Death Trap
Ten men from a torpedoed British merchant ship stayed aboard to man guns and lure the U Boat in. They sank the submarine and the rest of the crew reached Lisbon after the ship’s damage was controlled.
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Six Indicted In Attempt To Defraud Army
Attorney General Biddle announced six defendants including Lt Col Wayne A Hauck have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Indianapolis for conspiring to overcharge the government about 600000 on rentals of equipment for the Hoosier ordnance plant near Charlestown Indiana The defendants include Charles N Sam Hikes Ashby Corum Kyle Corum Roy L Gorrell and others alleged to have overcharged for trucks tractors motor cranes and other construction gear.
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Sam) Hikes
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Six German Sub Crews Refuse To Go To Sea
Stockholm June 26 six German submarine crews mutinied in a northern Norway port and refused to set sail. All were sent to a military prison amid long standing naval disaffection cited as echo of World War I.
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Norway
Commission To Study New Compensation Laws
The Arizona industrial commission and its occupational disease medical advisory board will meet in Phoenix to study procedure rules in the workmen's compensation division. They adopted rules for the new occupational diseases compensation law yesterday.
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Arizona Industrial Commission
Occupational Disease Medical Advisory Board
Workmen’s Compensation Division
Postwar Agricultural Committee To Meet
The first meeting of Governor Osborn's postwar agricultural committee is set for Wednesday at the capitol. Dr. Paul S. Burgess, dean of the University of Arizona College of Agriculture, will chair.
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Palmer Manufacturing Charged Over Unpublished Relocation Camp Sales
Phoenix June 26. Charges filed against Palmer Manufacturing company for failing to publish notice of sale of motors and fans to six Japanese in the Poston and Rivers relocation camps. County Attorney Harold Sco ville filed under the triple publication act governing business with restricted persons.
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Harold R. Scoville
Red ration stamps set validity dates in wave
Washington June 26 UP four new red stamps in war ration book II gain new validity dates Stamp P becomes usable June 27 Stamp Q on July 4 Stamp R on July 11 and stamp S on July 18 The four stamps expire with the dates shown
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