Steel Production Restored At Carnegie Illinois Works
The Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp 13 000 workers return to war production after a 24 hour stoppage ends at South Chicago plant. Other labor gains include a five day halt by 100 CIO United Steelworkers at Republic Steel Cleveland mill and the postponement of a 4 4 strike by Western Electric workers. In Detroit Graham Page Motors idles 889. 554 Polish assemblers halt 335 workers on aircraft rods.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Cio-United
Carnegie-Illinois
Firestone and Rubber Co
Arkon
United Steel Workers
CSO
Navy
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Cio-United Rubber
War Labor Board
Firestone
WLB
Independent Newspaper and Mail Deliverers’ Union
New York
Fort Wayne
Ind
Journal Gazette
Harry D. Keller
Detroit
Graham Paige Motors Corporation
CIO
United Automobile Workers
AFL
Detroit Yards
Eastern
Pennsylvania
Mack Manufacturers Corporation
New Jersey
CIO Uaw
Spicer Manufacturing Co
Toledo
R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company
Anchor Hocking Ae Company
Connellsville
Engel slams War Dept for wasting tax dollars
Representative Engel, a watchdog on army spending, charged in the Congressional Record that billions have been spent on unaccounted army projects. He cited 1941 onward appropriations of about 192 billion dollars with 150 billion wasted, saying the War Department ignores accountability and wastes taxpayer money.
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Washington
Engel
R-Mich
Appropriations Committee
War Department
Eisenhower
Bradley
Clark
MacArthur
Congress
Capital Silent On De Gaulle Visit
A French announcement said General Charles De Gaulle accepted an invitation to visit President Truman in August, but the White House and State Department offered no comment in Washington. Officials provided a crisp no comment amid the unusual exchange of greetings between heads of government.
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Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Truman
White House
State Department
France
Henri Bos
Manipulators In For House Probe
A House commerce sub committee opened an inquiry into what lawmakers called Swindle Inc. They accused Wall Street bankers and firms of formulating a plan to convert the private utility sector into tax free non profit corporations that issue bonds backed by revenue while diverting funds to bankers. They warned of potential the biggest raid on the federal treasury.
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Boren
D.-Okla
House Commerce
Swindle, Inc
Wall Street
Teapot Dome
Lea
D.-Calif
Murphy
D.-Pa
Reece
R.-Tenn
House
Federal Treasury
Tax Law Changes May Be Halted In Senate Deliberations
The Senate faced a heavy workload delaying swift passage of tax revisions that would add 5.5 billion dollars to business cash during reconversion. The House had approved the business-aid bill 245 to 91. Senate leaders cautioned on timing for the tax bill as Connally pushed for the United Nations Charter first.
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Washington
Senate
House
Connally D.-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Finance Committee
White House
Fair Employment Practice Committee
Bretton Woods
Wagner
D-Ny
McCarran
Dnew
Connally
No Interference With Hearings On Peace Charter
Washington July 7 No Senate business will interrupt Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the United Nations Charter chairman Connally declared. The charter has priority despite four other bills. FEPC funding may trigger filibuster as southern senators resist approval while hearings proceed to seek ratification.
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Washington
Senate
Foreign Relation Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Norfolk Area Urges Lift on Poultry and Meat Quotas
Norfolk area food officials petitioned the War Food Administration to end live poultry restrictions and lift meat quotas to ease a growing shortage. Newport News reports partial relief with the reopening of its slaughterhouse. Portsmouth leaders call the situation critical, noting shortages in civilian dining amid heavy military demand.
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Norfolk
War Food Administration
Norfolk Food Advisory Committee
Norfolk-Portsmouth
Newport News
Norfolk Advisory Food Committee
Clinton P. Anderson
Soldiers' Orders Contradictory Delay Berlin Occupation
BERLIN July 7. Col. John J. Maginnis says orders from U S and Soviet higher levels contradict each other delaying American takeover of the Schoeneberg district in Berlin. He notes the conflicting directives are slowing occupation.
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Berlin
John J. Maginnis
Schoeneberg
U.S
Australians Strike Southeast Borneo Oil Fields After Balikpapan win
Australian forces push into southern Borneo after seizing Balikpapan and two air bases in five days. Casualties cited as 214 killed, 420 wounded, 22 missing. Troops advance inland toward Sambodja oil fields with defenses stiffened by Japanese positions near the refinery.
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Manila
Borneo
Balikpapan
Associated Press
Russell Brines
Southwest Pacific
Sepinggang
Manggar
Balikpapan Bay
Brines
Iwo Jima
Penadjam Point
Civilian Railway Travel Is Cut
Washington July 7 The Office of Defense Transportation plans further limits on civilian rail travel as troops flood in from Europe. An order will withdraw all civilian sleeping car service between cities 450 miles or less, effective noon July 15, and earlier cut reservations from 30 to 5 days to speed troop movement. Soldiers complain of long day coach trips while prisoners ride Pullmans. Army notes some prisoners are sick or being repatriated.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Europe
Pacific
War Department
New York
Invasion Talk From Pacific Marine Leader Geiger
Lt Gen Roy S Geiger arrives in Honolulu to take command of Marines in the Pacific. He says Japanese home islands are open to invasion, victory depends on an invasion, and Americans will face civilian fighters but it is not a worry. He lauds Okinawa campaign and hopes Marines reach Japan. criticism of Japanese fighters as cowards. He notes industrialists could influence peace efforts.
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Roy S. Geiger
Okinawa
Amphbious Corps
Holland M. Smith
Geiger
Who Will Succeed Judge Vinson
Washington July 7 judgeshed Vinson position questions loom who will succeed Vinson as Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion. President Truman's cabinet appointment of Vinson as Secretary of the Treasury creates a vacancy prompting speculation on a successor.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Vinson
Senate
Rent Control Officials Reject Relaxation in Winchester Area
D Carson OPA administrator told Winchester landlords that rent control enforcement would not be suspended for 60 days despite calls from a Washington meeting. He urged a second survey by local landlords and noted a prior Slasburg Bureau of Labor Statistics survey. Lunsford Loving said a rent control office would be set up in Strasburg next week with staff to implement the program.
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D. Carson
OPA
Winchester
Washington
Shenandoah
Frederick
Roanoke
Strasburg
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Carson
Lunsford L. Loving
Unified Control Of Reich Urged
Four leading British newspapers call for unified Allied control of all Germany to prevent a four zone occupation. They warn dismemberment harms economy and politics and urge policy coordination at the Potsdam conference to ensure unity and gradual rehabilitation under principal powers. They warn continued zones would cause shortages and impede reparations and world recovery.
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London
Germany
Reich
Europe
United States
Britain
Russia
Yorkshire Post
Laborite Daily Herald
The
Daily Telegraph
Fire raids blast five Japanese cities in largest B 29 strike yet
About 600 night raiders from the 21st Bomber Command hit five cities including Shimizu Kure Himeji Ku moto Ube and Kochi along with Neo Us aluminum center and major oil refineries. The operation totaled 11 000 tons of bombs in four raids in six days with heavy flames described as a tropical sunset.
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Guam
Japan
21St Bomber Command
Kure
Himeji
Kumoto
Ube
Honshu
Kochi
Shikoku
Neo U. 8
20Th
Airforce
Washington
Kofu
Shimizu
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Kyushu
Mt. Puji
Alumindhimotsu
Osaka
Pire
Chiba
Tokyo Bay
Akashi
Kawasaki Aircraft Company
Samuel Hooks
Goldsboro
N. C
Maruzen
Carleton Lee
Atlanta
Banks of Winchester Midday Wednesday Closings
Banks of Winchester will close at noon on Wednesdays during July and August. Customers are asked to arrange banking business early and cooperate with staff.
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Banks of
Winchester
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