Allied air raids hit Naples and Sicily ports in raid report
Allied headquarters in North Africa announced Wellington bombers attacked Naples docks and industrial plants on Saturday night. Italian communiques claimed some civilian casualties in Gerbini and Catania province. antiaircraft defenses reportedly shot down two enemy planes at Reggio Calabria. Messina endured renewed strikes as Allied bombers swept toward Naples.
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Wellington
Naples
Rome
Associated Press
Gerbini
Catania
Reggio Calabria
Sicily
Bizerte
Algiers
Reuters
Madrid
Italy
Ninth Air Force
Vesuvius
Malta
Valletta
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Carl A. Spaatz
Greece
Davis resigns as war food administrator in U S
President Roosevelt accepts Chester C. Davis resignation as war food administrator and names Marvin Jones to replace him. Davis cites inability to wholeheartedly back the subsidy program and calls for tax and savings measures to fight inflation. Jones, ex Texas representative and claims judge, assumes duties.
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Chester C. Davis
Marvin Jones
Davis
England
Texas
House Agricultural Committee
United States Court of Claims
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Jones
International Food Conference
Hot Springs
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
FDR
General Giraud to visit United States this week
Algiers June 28 Gen Henri Honore Giraud is expected to leave for a three week visit to the United States late this week. Gen Charles de Gaulle will be in charge in North Africa during the absence. The trip follows an invitation from President Roosevelt and plans are to be finalized by the French committee for national liberation.
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W.P
Henri Honore Giraud
United States
Charles de Gaulle
North Africa
Giraud
Roosevelt
French Committee For National Liberation
de Gaulle
Strike at Kaiser Mine Expands in Utah
Nearly 300 miners at the Kaiser Sunnyside mine in Price Utah walked out for the third day amid a dispute with superintendents over working conditions. The United Mine Workers Local 8020 members said they would not return unless changes were made, and the strike is separate from the broader contract walkout.
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Utah
Kaiser Company
Sunnyside
Kaiser Steel
Fontana
Cal
United Mine Workers Union
Government Moves to Return Mines to Private Ownership
Ickes testified on extending the Guffey coal act as he urged returning mines to private hands at the earliest possible moment. He said the government would seize the first opportunity to hand them back when workers and operators sign a contract or show reasonable assurance they would work for private owners.
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Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
Congress
Compromise Urged On Subsidy Plans By Senator O Mahony
Senator JOSEPH C. OMAHONEY of Wyoming urged congress to compromise with President Roosevelt on the subsidy rollback to save the commodity credit corporation. He proposed direct subsidy payments to farmers via conferees to lower living costs, warning the CCC could be doomed if no deal is reached.
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John L. Cutter
Washington
U.P
Joseph C. O’mahoney
Wyo
Congress
Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate
House
CCC
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
O'Mahoney
Grant Pay Increases To Aircraft Plants
Wage increases from 5 to 15 cents an hour were granted to more than 20 000 employees at southern California aircraft parts firms by the tenth regional War Labor Board. The raises apply to firms that requested permission and aim to stabilize wages within the industry and prevent labor migration.
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San Francisco
U.P
California
War Bor Board
WLB
U S Warships In Mediterranean Kiska Blasted In Seven Raids
American bombers attacked Kiska in seven raids, starting large fires and damaging anti aircraft emplacements at the Japanese outpost in the Aleutians. Navy reports said the strikes brought the total to 16 hits in three days. Other aerial actions hit Kahili Rekata Bay Munda Vila Ballale in the Solomon Islands.
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Washington
Kiska
Aleutian Islands
Navy
South Pacific
Kahili
Rekata Bay
Munda
Vila
Ballale
Solomon Islands
Buin
New Georgia
Kolombangara Island
North Pacific
Mitchell
Japan To Feel Mighty Allied Armed Force
United Nations head toward final victory and plan to strike Japan with overwhelming force. General Joseph McNarney testified to the Senate appropriations committee that the war budget funds rapid training and deployment, while cautioning that the word rapidly may have been an overstatement.
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Washington
United Nations
Joseph T. McNarney
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
McNarney
Gurney
R-Sd
Allied warships reinforce to guard invasion of southern Europe
United press dispatches report American battleships entering the Mediterranean to bolster British squadrons guarding Allied landing forces aimed at southern Europe. Reports from Rome Madrid and Stockholm say Italian fleet may seek safer ports or launch a limited offensive while Bulgaria Brace for invasion and Greece evacuates areas to build defenses.
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Thessaly
Athens
Hitler
Richard McMillan
United
War Department to Seek 15 Percent Increase for Dependents
Washington June 28 The War Department plans to submit a proposal to Congress to raise dependency allowances for dependents of armed forces members by 15 percent. A Senate Military Affairs subcommittee opened hearings on Senator Lodge and Brig. Gen. White attended in a closed session. Secretary Stimson urged delaying action pending departmental analysis of need.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Senate
Stimson
Germany in No Condition to Launch Russian Attack
The June-end assessment argues Germany cannot start a major offensive on the Russian front this year. Delays in spring offensives raise doubts over achieving a quick decision before winter. German planners may aim for a brief victory to blunt Red Army and deter Allied action this summer.
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Germany
Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Moscow
Russia
Red Army
Europe
Mediterranean
Liberators Batter Axis Athens Bases
U S ninth air force Liberators shattered Axis hangars and runways near Athens in a strong followup to the Salonika raid. Targets Eleusis and Hassani were attacked, with seven enemy aircraft destroyed and eight probably destroyed. Allied leaflets fell over the area as crews returned unscathed.
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George Tucker
Cairo
Ninth Air Force
Athens
Salonika
Balkans
Eleusis
Hassani
Production Of Coal Stirs Amid UMW Back-To-Work Strife
A majority of soft coal miners returned to work but output remained hindered by UMW members defying back-to-work orders. West Virginia led gains with most of 130,000 miners back, while Ohio Illinois and Pennsylvania showed mixed adherence amid pay disputes and no-work policies.
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United Press
United Mine Workers
Union Policy Committee
West Virginia
Ohio
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Steel Company
Tomorow
Kentucky
Ed J. Morgan
UMW District 23
Aesman
Pikeville
UMW District 30
Large Force Hits Far Inland From Britain Today
London reports a large US heavy bomber strike into France late today as part of a 24 hour aerial offensive. RAF Spitfires and Typhoons previously sank two German ships and forced another aground off the Dutch coast during a morning sweep.
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London
United States
France
United States Army
Boulogne
Calais
Miller voices plan for increased air offensive against Germany
Maj. Gen. Henry F. Miller, head of the Eighth Air Force service command in Britain, says the force is set for a great new flow of planes and a 45 percent boost in bomb tonnage for operations over Germany. He notes ample bombs including 4 000 pounders and adequate supplies. Four officers and one enlisted man receive the command's first valor awards.
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U. S
Britain
Henry F. Miller
U. S. Army
Eighth Air Force Service Command
Germany
Miller
Washington
California Asks Probe of Packing Industry
California butchers representing about 20 000 members of the International Butchers Union and the Western Federation of Butchers urged President Roosevelt to order a nation wide investigation into the packers slowdown strike. They reported California packing houses mostly operate part time with meat killoffs around 75 percent state wide over three months amid OPA price roll back protests.
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California
Roosevelt
Packers
Butchers Dele Gates
International Butchers Union
Western Federation of Butchers
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Oakland-Berkeley
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