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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Continued hot. 37TH YEAR, NO. Z5—48 PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 1943 PRICE TEN CENTS MINERS IGNORE NEW LAW RAF Joins Daylight Raiding Raid on French Industry Closes Greatest Week Of Allied Oftensive Some Fail to Bomb Cloud-Hid Targets; Hit 15 Ships In North Sea Convoy By WALTEK CBONKITE London, June 26. (UP)— Fleets of Anierican and Brit¬ ish da.viijrht bombers smashed at industrial targets and air¬ fields in occupied France to¬ da.v, roundinjr out one of "the most successful and srreatest weeks" of the intensified Allied aerial offensive. American Flying: Fortresses added a "considerable" but un.stated number of their mountinjr toll of enemy fijrht- ers shot down In aerial combat in the attrifion phase of the Allied assault on the fierman air force vital to Adolf Hitler If he hopes to stave off an Allied invasion of Europe. The Flying Fortresses were revealed to have shot down nearly IOO of his best fighters tn,- , -.„..i.j .--i.ht two big aerial battles durin* tha "^""^"P*- ''*'" "sealed tonight, General Giraud To Visit LI, S. Alsiera, June 28. < UP)—Author- itativa French aources satd to¬ night that Gen. Henri Honora Giraud will leave next week for a viait to the United States on the invitation of President Roose¬ velt. Gen. Charlea de Oaulle was understood to be planning to stay hera for the time being but prob¬ ably will visit the United States some time in the indefinite future. Though no date for Giraud's departure has been set, the gen¬ eral expectation was that ha would leave after the next ses¬ sion of the French Committee of National Liberation, Tuesday U. S. FLYERS MAP AREA AS BIG AS EUROPE Washington, Juna 26 (UP)—The Army Air Forces aince last August have photographed for military pur¬ poses areas of the earth almost equal in tha aKKregate to all of week. Today's daylight attaclcs, follow¬ ing close upon another of the This achievement was made pos¬ sible by the use of a new method by which an Army plane can photo¬ graph 20.000 square miles in three '^°*1.' ^o r°''v'^ '"'"''^ *'""'"« hours, iccording to William Embry of the Ruhr Valley, were some^ ' Wrather, director it tha geological survey of the Department of In¬ terior, Areas photographed by air In the last 10 months it was said, totaled more thsn l.noo.OOO square miles. what marred by unfavorable weather and soma of the Amer¬ ican heavy bombers, unable to locate liieii targets in heavy rloud formations, were forced to return with their full homb loads. Bill others got through to dump their losds on war plants and PIUII AID CPRUirP other industrial targets and »„ I'lVIL AIO ^trtVItt airfields. Some Targets Hidden A joint communique of tlie Atr Mmislry and the tid said "a large formation of American Flying For¬ tresses and perhaps Liberators, and RAF light bombers took part In the raid. You Might Know a Dog Waa There Bosco, held' by hla master, Privat* Sam Gulmv et Chicago, who smuggled him aboard Navy transport iMund for Attu from an Aleutian base, was ths first iog on th* island, after it waa taken away from Japs by the Americans, Roosevelt Rebuffed Again^ Senate Vote Cancels Food Subsidy Plan, Transfers OPA Power; Prices May Increase Murray, Creen Renew Pledge Of No Strikes Washington, June 26, (UP)-Tiie Hope to Make New Law Unnecessary; Lewis Is Silent, Miners Stay Idle Wsshington, June 26. (UP)—The leader; of America's two greatest labor groups today submerged their resentment of the new anti-strike law long enough to renew their no-.strikc pledge to President Roose¬ velt and a.ssure him all support in flghtlng thc war. Philip Murra.v and William Green, presidents respectively of the Con- Strike Cuts War Output More Are Called Despite New Law; Furnaces Closing Four Valley Locals Vote Not to Work others 'Reconsider' Decision to Return; Many Collieries Will Meet Today (UP> Four of Wyomini: Valley'a anthracite local unions, witk ;a total membership of 3,470 Imen, voted yesterday to con* j tinue their strilie while aev* eral others, which previously The had voted to go to work on Administration suffered Its second i>^"' »' Industrial Orga.iizatlou.s! Pillsburgh^ June 26. ^ ^ „ ^ .... , . und the Amerii-an Federation of, nations production of war-needed .Monilay, Will meet again tO* Labor, told the President that their steel, dependent upon a contmuous ' - - major reversal In 24 hours today when the Senate voted to cancel groups will do thcir hest to make flow of coal, suffered further cur¬ tailment today as some 190.000 min ers remained on strike, but with union leaders hopeful that all I would be back in the pits on Mon-' : day, I Bcinuse the trickle of eoal from I struck mines was insufficient, 17; blast furnaces -with a daily output day "to reconsider." A total of 7.670 men are affected at these collieries. In addition, a number of other locals, which have not not yet oome to a decision, are •rheduled to meet today lo vol* on the bsck-to-work question. RESUMED TO EUROPE "Adverse weather conditions were encountered by some of the heavy bombers and those whirh were un¬ able to identify clearly thcir tar¬ gets dropped no bombs," the com- ^ wnuniquc said, "supporting Thun- , «^<ierbolts hHd numerous combats witll ttie enem.v. destroying three of them. The majority of heavy hombers were unescorted and they slso had msny encounters destroy¬ ing a ronslderable number of the enemy." The rommunique specified that RAF Bostons, escorted by Spit¬ fires, attacked the hig Nszi air¬ field at Abbeville while T>phoon hombers. also wilh fighter escort, bombed the air field at Bernsy and and the railroad yards near Le Treport. Five bombers aad seven fighters are missing but the pilot of one j fighter was known to be aafe. I Kefuae Indiscriminate Bomliing The crews of the Flying For¬ tresses unlucky enough to encoun- New York, June 26 (UP)-John E. Slater, executive vice-president | of the American Export Air Lines, todny announced resumption of civil atr service on the north At¬ lantic short summer route between New York, the United Kingdom and Africa. Slater explained only aircraft certified for civil transport service b.v the Civil Aeronautics Board are operated on the ro ite and that the service is distinct from the miiitar>' cargo service operated at the com¬ pany for the government. Report Stalin Appealing to Roosevelt for Second Front London, Sunday, Jun* 27. (UP)—Th* Moscow radio quoted • messag* from Joaef Btalln to Preaident Roosevelt today saying "victory will come th* quicker w* direct acainst th* miemy our blows from west and east," "I thank you for th* high appreciation of tha courage of th* Hoviet people and their armsd forces in their light against the Hitlerite occupants," Stalin's message said, according to thc Moscow broadcast. "As a result, two years of lighting by the Soviet Union against Hitlerite Uermany and her vabsals and the serious blows inflicted on Uermany and lier armies in North Africa have created con¬ ditiona for the final crushing of our common enemy. "Victory will be ours. I do not doubt this, th* sooner, the quicker w* direct against the enemy our blows from west and east." IThe BBC, recorded in New York by United Press, said the Moscow radio also broadcast measage from Stalin tc Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and to Uens. Charlea De Uauile and Henri Uiraud.) th* food price reductions effected tlie new law inoperative by keep- by the Offlce of Price Administra- i"K <"> t'le j°b tor the wars dura¬ tion through the roll-back subsidy °"' . But the Uniied Mine Workers,! ¦ whose three general coal strikes| The action means that, unless i,e|,,pd to goad Congress into en-| the OPA works out some new roll- „^.tjng tlie anti-slrike law over Mr.l back program not requiring sub- Roosevelt s voto. remained silent, sidles, the prices of butter and meat at retail atores will be in- ^, _, "' "' 190,000 still D. Roosevelt has added to th* today four I workers' resentment over the way davs afler UMW President John L. ¦ 'he government has Imndled their Lewis had ordered them to resume "«»«« increase demands and tha mining in liie latest truce in the \ ""o contract-no-work" motto still four-months negotiations for a P''*'^'""* "I many operations. A new wage contract. ,.,,.., , . . Fourteen furnaces of would eliminate the governmenta coal miners remained Idle despite <;tates Steel Corp subsidiaries in '.800 men, said it will be difficult subsidy program for Cheddar t;hce8c the union's order this week that the Pittsburgh-Ohio district were to ««' 'he men lo agree to re- and prevent tlie OPA from going they return to work under Govern-'rlosed down two of Republic steel "Uf"?''"" of work when a meet* It, 1, ...i.v, w. „i» ,1 back ment oper.ition of the mines until Corp.. in Alabama, snd one of the '"B '» held today. The rank-and-file rebel- ghenango Furnace Co., at Sharps- Huber Loeal Union 777B—largest Neither UMW President John L>f i3.«00 tons of pig iron werel TaisaKe of the aiiti-strike law Lewis nor anv olher high official! hanked this week. Of thc 530,000l ^verthe veto of President Franklin creased. And the bill passed by ^f the union would comment on miners in the country, the Senate Imposes new restric- ii,p get. under which they might remaine.i on strike tions on the OPA's power to roll ,„ the event of another strik.- , back prices through establishment be liable to criminal prosecution.' of ceilings. I,, . ,„ ,., I .Moat .Klines Idle AllecU Coffee, Ctieeae Prioea | Meanwhile, more than 190,000 of new wage contra"^t spokesman for another big col- The anti-subsidy provisions also the UMWs 830,000 hard and soft I Fourteen furnaces of United ''ery, having a wor'iing force of through with ita pian to roii coffee prices through subsidies. Oct. 31. The rank-and-file It appeared virtually certain that hon againsi Lewis' baek-lo-work the subsidy ban will become law. "'der kept coal production at a It was adopted in the form of an dangerously low level and forced amendment to a bill extending llic 'he hankins of at least 17 blast life of the Commodity Credit Cor- fii'naces in Pennsyivania, Ohio and poralion. and was almost identical Alabama. ^ ville. Pa, M,om-Ton Loaa Unless enough conl and roka Is produced to feed clo.sed furnaces, the Pittsburgh area No. 1 steel with a clause adopted by the House But despite resentment '^S^^n^^ ^I^Z'm%o^\'o,,T'"^'^' ''"''°" yeslerday in passing s similar bill, \viial they consider repressive class I The bill must go back to the House legislation, both Murray and Green for consideration of the Senale promised President Roosevelt that' week when sleel of steel next ingot operations single operation of Glen Alden Coal Company-mel yesterday at G*d> roch Hall in Asiiley and, with ap-' proximately 700 menibers present, decided there will be no work .Monday. Officers of the local I union said that only three handa were shown when the membership i was asked who wanted to resum* : work. GREEK PATRIOTS KILL OR WOUND 50 ITALIANS Washington, Jun* 2«. (UP)—Th* White Hous» had no com¬ ment tonight on a Moscow radio report that Josef Stalin had sent President Roaaevelt a message inferentially urging th* opening of a western front against Germany. Only yesterday, however, Mr. Roosevelt said at a press conference that he wanted a second front in Rurope as much as Russia does. Asked for comment on recent reiteration of Russian desires for a second front, the President said his desir* is just as strong as theirs snd so everybody agrees. Germans Admit Wedges in Lines by Reds amendments, but there was almost their organir.ation - representing '°" Arr'eadv\hl V'lfa'lTtr'ikl'w'hTch iWwit WI-B to Visit no doubt that the anti-subsidy pro- nearly lO.OOO.OOO workers-will keep .)„,.,Ch MonHnv h.. ?.u. ,ieel in I •«;.ntim.n. „f m- „,.„ h.,." ..lA .,,... ...<.,,1,1 k. .r. Ik. «...,,..^ ...kn.. Iho!,. /oHk ...HI, u- jSlnrtcd Mondnj, nas cut sleel in- bentiment or the men here, said rh.m^.J measu.e when the^r faith with him. > ^^^ production of 24,000 tons-| an officer lasl night, "is that th* It oecomca law. Both romplimcntcd Mr. Roo.sevelt enough steel to build 12.000 half-men will sooner work for Preaident Another amendment written Into jfor vetoing the anti-strike bill and ton bombs. M2 medium tanks ori Roosevelt at $50 per month than the CCC bill by the Senile would: both pointed out what they con-i five Libertv ship.r leat dust for the coai company at j transfer from OPA to War Food sider its dangers. But. Murray I Continued work stoppages hit $8.13 a day. The men want th* I Administrator Chester C. Davis full | said In a letter, "it shall be our I Pennsylvania hardest, where only niembers of the War Labor Boardi joontrol over still-permitted incen-, purpo.se to do everything po.ssible about 3."i,000 of the 12.'i.000 biluni- to visit the mine and actually in- live payment program.s .subsidies to avert llic obvious dangers aris- inoiia miners and some .^2.000 of the jpf^t working conditions." to encourage production of vital int out of it." slate's ROOnd anthracile miners j Green, in a .separate letier. prom- were at work today, lsed that AKL leaders "will do UMWA leaders conferred con- everything in their power to nriiiP tinuously with offiiers of local application of this law unnecessary unions and they were hopeful thst By I'NITEO PRE88 Greek patriot forces attacking Axis units in northern Greece have fought off 400 Italians who left behind "SO killed and wounded, in¬ cluding the commander", the Sairo radio ssid Saturday night. The broadcast, recorded by gov¬ ernmenl monitors, also told of the rapture of Italian troops and ma¬ terial In the Pindus lone, adding support have driven two armored that in that sector the enemy has wedges into the nm of 'he German Moscow Reports Huge Armies Are Massing in Russia By ROBERT a MI'HEL London, June 26. (UP»—Russian troops attacking with powerful tank lost 1.292 men. three planes, and salient looping around Orel, the big (vay between Moscow and the Berlin radio reported ter weather thst prevented them nine transports sinre the beginning h<ise midway between Moscow and IContinued on Page A-lOi of the year. Kharkov lonlght. The Ued Army assault forces 1 broke through the German lines both north and southeast of Orel. jthe Nazi broadcast said, suggesting '. the possibility of a pincers squeeze '' in tne salient jutting eastward be- ' tween the central and aouthern Buffalo, June 2B (UP)—Helra of|a 1918 model, which, it was found, fronts. a 7fi-year-old retired school teacher 1 Miss Yeung bought new and hadi g^o, penetrations wer* "sealed," more thani'*""" '" "^* yard of her home J ^,„ Germans claimed, without in Limited Meals to 10 Cents-but- Bought Autos She Never Used Hopes to See John L, on KP Altian, Jun* a«. (UP>—The U. S, Army newapaper. Stars and Stripes, in a front page box today expreaaed the hope of see¬ ing John L, Lewis in uniform so h* could )>« police duty, "Should the President's sug¬ gestion taking all future strikers into th* Army aa non-combatants by raisins the age limit from 4S to <5 be realized, then there is a chance ' ' seeing John L. Lewis in uniform," it said. "He's fi.i. Just imagine putting him on KP." farm products such ss vegetables and vegetable oils and fats. Uivea Power lo Davis Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney. P.. Wyo., sponsor of this latter amend¬ ment, said its primary purpose was to give subsidy powers to Davis rather than OPA and to makr payable to producers rather than processors an.v subsidies whicii might be necesaary lo maintain adequate production. The anti-subsidy clause was spon¬ sored by Sen. George W. Aiken. R.. Vt. It was adopted as a substitiil'e and to further the successful pros- e ntion of the war." OlTered l^gal .Md Tiie Nntional Liwycrs Ciiiid as¬ sured the (MO nnd AFL of •maxi¬ mum legal assistance " should they ever wish to test the iaw in thc courts. Mrirlin Potter, executive secreiary of the Guild, .sent telegrams lo both men offer¬ ing his organizalions aid denounced cn.ictmcnt of the meas Anlhony Alanski is iocal chair- ' man, while Joseph Mullen is sec> relar.v. Anolher meeting will b* held Tuesday night al 7 eclock. ' Baltimore No. 5 of Hudson Coal at meeting, to he held '""'""ow-^ ^. „,^^ yesterdsv aflernoon of the men would relurn lo ._ ,,_.., r,.j;__. ._., ...... .r.n most work Monday. Despite the action of Congress yesterday in enacting the Connally- Smitli Anti-Strike Law over Presi¬ dent Roosevelt's veto, sever.il new naUonVi""-'^"".' were called fdjiy in Wes¬ tern Pennsylvania and Alabama. Pil kets were instrumental in i los- Pniter ing three mines in Western Penn- "' ¦ and the district OPA for an amendment, approv-ed earlier j,,,p ^, „^,, ^^^^^^ ,^ provoke dis-' ""i" "'amed that owners of auto DETROIT KEPT QUIET; DEATH TOLL NOW 34 offered hy Sen. Bennett Oark. D. Mo. Clark's provisions would sim- given kitchen jply have deleted from the original 'price control act the sertion which I OPA Administrator Prentiss M. i Brown has cited as authority fnr I the OPA's roll-back subsidy pro- I grams. I Clark's smendment was adopted by a 39 lo 37 vote. Then Aiken's ' plan was substituted for it b.v a vole of 4« lo 29. O'Ms honey's pro¬ posal was accepted on a standing I vote of 19 to 13. Final Iby voice vote. in Hotel Redington ami. witii 400 or 600 workers present, decided that there will be no work Monday at the mine. The rea.soning of thesa wori<ers is a bit different, however, in the opinion of Local Chairman Jame.s Hennihan. "We won't go back lo work," said Hennihan following the session, 'until the men who picketed us out Isst Tuesday go back lo work first. roving We heeded the President's call snd unity and chaos" hul as.scitcd that,mobiles used illegally by ,,,.,. ... w-.,!, pickets may he penalized for viola- went to work t.ie first day. Work- tion of the ban on non-essential ers who wanted to be loyal had to submit lo too many catcalls and Several union leaders doubted abuse. Lel those people who did all that the law was enforceable, and the shouting and got us away from international board our worl< return to thcir posts first. 'the provocation will fail." Hou- the new law. providing as it does a nv»-"<imuni penalty of $,j.000 drj^iing. fine and one year in pri.son. will aftcct the coal situation remains to be seen. UMW officiaU in the coal John (..huzoii fields, however predicted that the '^^'"''" '^'^';\''"'';^ -/p^'\',K"''"i'; rank-and-file lebiliion will sub.side '"T "/V" '"'''"'To? oncerned • I 1 J .1 „. „!., — iji. Iki. dec ared miners sre not concernea quicklv and that miners idle this , ' "¦ ,, weeK Win begin to go back lo t.e.-jh^h". bill, M all. ^^^ ^^^_ pits on Monday. ' who refused to 10 cents for a mea automobiles she never used, were sought today hy Public Adminislra¬ tor Samuel Sapowitch. Seeking to untangle the strange life of Miss Eiizahelh M. Young, whose body was found March 14, afler investigators broke through a bsrhed-wire barrier aurrounding her rsmshackle home in Buffalo's waterfront district. Sapowitch re¬ vealed that she had left an estate valued al more than $2S,000 and a Detroit, Jun* 28. (L^P)—Custom¬ ary waek-end revelry in this boom city was curtailed by order of Gov. Harry F, Kelly tonight to prevent repetition of Monday's bloody riol- I yet bought''''here she had a high stockade jj^g^j^jj ^,hether the striking forces ' built around it, and it was never ^^.^^^ ^^,t off within the Nasi posi- moved. tions or thrown back to their atart- Authorilies opened a large safe j^^ lines, found in the broken-down home of Berlin slso said the Russians, the aged spinster. There they^.^^^ holding a previously reported! "» which look at least 34 lives, in- foiind a wedding ring. I break-through southwest of Velikie')""'' 227 persons seriouiily and re- Sapowitch reporied he had learn- Luki, 240 miles northwest of Mos-'»""•<' >" nesriy l.BOO srrests. ed Miss Young was in repeated j.q^j._ j,ut strong efforts to extend, Death of two more white men. trouble with health authorities overl^,,^'ppn^tration had been halted. 'last night and today and finding ofi the condition of her property, bull Meanwhile Russia reporied that the body of a negro in the Detroit! iarge quantities of lumber, plaster j^^ p^j Army had broken up an River raised fhe desth toll to 34 - andcoalwerefoundinherhou.se. 'attempt by 3.000 to 4.000 German e.xceeding the S3 deaths registered Mrs. Rita Me.vers, a neighbor „roop, to force the Donets River during bloody rioting in East St. | aged school ,„ ^j^^ Ukraine. I Louis, Mo., in 1917. ! Red Plane* AttSM<Ung I Approximately 5.000 federal and al Soviet communique said ''•'• "¦~>P» "^"? '^'^ "i^^ '"'' Vatican Attacks \azi Racial Laws perplexing history. ^.j,^ befriended the He disclased that an InventorT of teacher, said Miss Young had the estate of the woman, who. taught in Buffalo schools for nearly neighbors ssid. frequently begged ..^ years and retired because of A specia meals pleading she couldn t afford presVure'hrought by authorities on that Soviet piano, Friday night "o",* ^!i""!!d" '" R«uu'r"'armv to buy them, showed possession of account of her advanced age. attacked the big ail junction of „,„ paroled in jeeps snd armored Bryansk, setting off a huee eon- j»«iruu:u J»¦;^. _ _ i.l reai eatate properties. $3000 in War bond.', bank accounts and the sutomohiles. Built Storifcade Around Cmn One of the cars was a 1940 model, which was found atored in a gar¬ age wilh only 12 miles registered on its speedometer Miss Young's home by ssying the A number of German planes werei aged woman hjd .saved them as reported destroyed or damaged In Today'a laaue Clawinrd Editorial M*vi** ... Btvffy Hiindrrd* of Flsh !4rmles tsryansK, srning ou . i.urc .on- • - . ^^pjed in five Mrs. Meyer, explained the pres- nagralion which enveloped most of 'Z'\°^'^^l Po'ic. riot squads ente of hundreds of fish scales in the station and^tralns in the y'"'d»-; ,tood by in rase of trouble. Police reported no violene* to- good luck omens." aground at the Bryansk airdrome.| ^•*'- She said Misa Young hadn't The regular midnight Russian' The other was bought a new dress in 30 years, communique, reporting i.o impor- TOT DIES IN CRIB but merely turned her clothes tant changes on the front, «»id . — _,b-. ^jj/c^Qg iini ipr Inside-out from time to time.[that in a local skirmish lhe Red A5 rlnt oWttrO HUUdC Sapowitch said a typical entry in Army killed 60 Germana and rap-1 the diary of the dead woman was tured a number of prisoners, while Trov. N. T.. June M. iUP> — "Fish cske- five cents." on the Leningrsd front snipers had Robert Durocher. nine-monlhs-old Included in the estate. Sapowitch killed 90 more of the enemy. fon ot Mr and Mrs. Leonard said, were thousands of reichmarks Wesl of Rostov, the communique Durocher, was burned to death whirh Miss Young had purchased said, a Russian battery in five days today in an apartment house fire from banks. The administrat.ir said has destroyed five German dugouts in w-hirh Mrs. Nora Richmond wss she was a native-born citiren, but and two machine-gun nests, silen- seriouslv injured when she jumped of GocwM • ^W»cttoa. 1 iContinued oa Pac* A-IO> Ifrom a'third-floor wiaSow. The Vatican radio once more has denounced the racial lawa of Europes totalitarian states in a broadcast directed to France, the British radio reported Saturday. "He who makes a distinction between Jews and other men is unfaithful lo God and is in con¬ flict with God s commands." BBC quoted the Vatican station as aaying Friday night. ¦"As long as men make differ¬ ences in the treatment of mem¬ bers of the human family the peace of the world, order and justice will he at stake." The British broadcast was re¬ corded by CBS in New York. Some UMW districl leaders doubt. passage was ^j ^.^^^ ^j^^ miners would be greatly influenced one way or another by the anti-strike iaw. The UMW did not join the AFI^ and CIO in op- pasition to the law when it was still a bill because, as one UMW official • put it, "we expected the worst any- I way." Study Enforcement of Law The new Uw forbids strikes In go\ernment-.seized plants or mines. fields today was: Pennsvlvania Ahout i'l.OOO oul of We of the Baltimore No. 5 loral then will go back to our places'' Another meeting of the local it scheduled for Monday morning at 10 oclock. A spokesman for Truesdale I..oral Union, working at a Glen Alden l:;,'..000 bituminous miners and „ „(ion employing 1.800 men. ssid 28.000 oul of 80.000 anthracite ^j^^ membership will meet today at thf iners working. West Virginia All but S.OOO of 13noo<» miners working. Ohio Only about ^..500 of sl'tes L','i.(K)0 miners working. Alabama A majority of state's 22.000 miners atiil out. Tennessee About 1.000 of still out. Illinoia I8.m)0 of 2.1000 L'MWA 2 oclock in Washco's Hall, Hanover .section of Nanticoke. •^Xo € ontract—Xo Work* "The men seem to be set oc th* the "no contract no work' theme." h* said. "The average miner is dls- P.OOO satisfled with the manner in which the pay demsnd snd a new con* tract is being kicked around. It provides a HO-day cooling off period Hhor disputes and .secret strike miners working: about all of the rfifflrult now for even John 15.000 AFL progressive mine work- wilk be dimcult now tor even jonn ballot-s in private plants, gives the War Ijibor Board power to subpena ers on job witnesses, bans contributions to —^—^-^^— political campaigns by labor unions. and directa the WLB to make no dec-ion.s contrary to the National Labor Relalion.s Act. The Justice Department, faced with the necessity nf enforcing the law. was studying it carefully with a view to preparing instructions to Tontinued on Psge A-lOi iConlinued on Page A-ll) Blockaded Kiska Rocked By Three Heavy Raids %Var KummarT ..B—IS ..C—t ..A—tl A—tt A—1< B—1 A—1« El K<)PK: H>1ng Fortrrsse*. R.^F homher* raid oreupled Europe, shooting down "considerable numher" of eneni.i fighter*. In follow-up to heavy R.4F raid on Ruhr. RIS,*<I.'\: Red .Army turns hark drrnian attempt tn fnrre Doneti River in I kraine: Jn«ef Stalin send« sernnd frnnt message tn Preaident Roow-velt: I . S. .Ainhassadnr Standle.x tells Russians wartime co-operation mukt continue until Japan ia defeated. Waihingion. June 2« (UP'—U.S. first in four days. They wer* ear- Pacific forces have subjected block- ried out by heavy and medium aded Kiska in the Aleuliansn to bombers on Thu.-.«day in bad three more heavy bombing allacks weather which prevented observ*- and in the Solomons again have tion of rejsulls. blasted and strafed Japanese bases Attu Roundup Continuea and inslalla.lion5. starting several U. S. Army patrols on reconquer- fires. the Navy announceii today. ed Attu. meanwhile, killed 15 mor* The jittery enemy, meanwhile. Japanese bringing the number of undertook two aerial expeditions counted enemy dead there to mora against the U.S.-held Solomons but than 1.800. AF1IU .%: Kernrd M.x inc K<irlre»« flret rrlpples M«-s>«ina. Olraud to visit President Rnnse\ell this week. (.en. SOfnHMEST r.Atlllf : \merlran heav hnmbrrs drop t« . *f bomba vn Mg Jap bas* ot BabAul, New Guinea inflicted only negligible damsge The rsids appeared to be an txten- sion of reconnaijoance-bombing sorties wliich the Japanese—obvi¬ ously e;;pccting an American offen¬ sive—recently initialed. The attacit-s on Ki5i<n. deleaguer- In the South Pacific on Friday 'Island Time', heavy U. S. bom(>era started fires at Kahili tn the Buin area of the Sclomoivs and on Buka island Dive hombers and flghtera allaciied enemy positions at Munda. The day hefore. Nsvy fighters straf. d by Amer.. an fortes from hoth ed a barge nra' Vangunu island !• Las e,^t and tu* watt, war* th*, til* New Georgia (roup. I MUmmmm mM^ ^
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Date | 1943-06-27 |
Month | 06 |
Day | 27 |
Year | 1943 |
Issue | 35 |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Wilkes-Barre |
Type | Sunday Newspaper |
Source | Microfilm |
Format | tiff |
Subject | Wilkes Barre PA Sunday Newspaper |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Rights | Public Domain |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Date | 1943-06-27 |
Month | 06 |
Day | 27 |
Year | 1943 |
Issue | 35 |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Wilkes-Barre |
Type | Sunday Newspaper |
Source | Microfilm |
Format | tiff |
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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Continued hot.
37TH YEAR, NO. Z5—48 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 1943
PRICE TEN CENTS
MINERS IGNORE NEW LAW
RAF Joins Daylight Raiding
Raid on French Industry Closes Greatest Week Of Allied Oftensive
Some Fail to Bomb Cloud-Hid Targets; Hit 15 Ships In North Sea Convoy
By WALTEK CBONKITE
London, June 26. (UP)— Fleets of Anierican and Brit¬ ish da.viijrht bombers smashed at industrial targets and air¬ fields in occupied France to¬ da.v, roundinjr out one of "the most successful and srreatest weeks" of the intensified Allied aerial offensive.
American Flying: Fortresses added a "considerable" but un.stated number of their mountinjr toll of enemy fijrht-
ers shot down In aerial combat in
the attrifion phase of the Allied
assault on the fierman air force
vital to Adolf Hitler If he hopes
to stave off an Allied invasion of
Europe. The Flying Fortresses
were revealed to have shot down
nearly IOO of his best fighters tn,- , -.„..i.j .--i.ht
two big aerial battles durin* tha "^""^"P*- ''*'" "sealed tonight,
General Giraud To Visit LI, S.
Alsiera, June 28. < UP)—Author- itativa French aources satd to¬ night that Gen. Henri Honora Giraud will leave next week for a viait to the United States on the invitation of President Roose¬ velt.
Gen. Charlea de Oaulle was understood to be planning to stay hera for the time being but prob¬ ably will visit the United States some time in the indefinite future.
Though no date for Giraud's departure has been set, the gen¬ eral expectation was that ha would leave after the next ses¬ sion of the French Committee of National Liberation, Tuesday
U. S. FLYERS MAP AREA AS BIG AS EUROPE
Washington, Juna 26 (UP)—The Army Air Forces aince last August have photographed for military pur¬ poses areas of the earth almost equal in tha aKKregate to all of
week.
Today's daylight attaclcs, follow¬ ing close upon another of the
This achievement was made pos¬ sible by the use of a new method by which an Army plane can photo¬ graph 20.000 square miles in three
'^°*1.' ^o r°''v'^ '"'"''^ *'""'"« hours, iccording to William Embry of the Ruhr Valley, were some^ '
Wrather, director it tha geological survey of the Department of In¬ terior,
Areas photographed by air In the last 10 months it was said, totaled more thsn l.noo.OOO square miles.
what marred by unfavorable weather and soma of the Amer¬ ican heavy bombers, unable to locate liieii targets in heavy rloud formations, were forced to
return with their full homb loads.
Bill others got through to dump
their losds on war plants and PIUII AID CPRUirP
other industrial targets and »„ I'lVIL AIO ^trtVItt
airfields.
Some Targets Hidden
A joint communique of tlie Atr Mmislry and the tid said "a large formation of American Flying For¬ tresses and perhaps Liberators, and RAF light bombers took part In the raid.
You Might Know a Dog Waa There
Bosco, held' by hla master, Privat* Sam Gulmv et Chicago, who
smuggled him aboard Navy transport iMund for Attu from an
Aleutian base, was ths first iog on th* island, after it waa taken
away from Japs by the Americans,
Roosevelt Rebuffed Again^
Senate Vote Cancels Food Subsidy Plan, Transfers OPA Power; Prices May Increase
Murray, Creen Renew Pledge Of No Strikes
Washington, June 26, (UP)-Tiie
Hope to Make New Law Unnecessary; Lewis Is Silent, Miners Stay Idle
Wsshington, June 26. (UP)—The leader; of America's two greatest labor groups today submerged their resentment of the new anti-strike law long enough to renew their no-.strikc pledge to President Roose¬ velt and a.ssure him all support in flghtlng thc war.
Philip Murra.v and William Green, presidents respectively of the Con-
Strike Cuts War Output
More Are Called Despite New Law; Furnaces Closing
Four Valley Locals Vote Not to Work
others 'Reconsider' Decision to Return; Many Collieries Will Meet Today
(UP>
Four of Wyomini: Valley'a anthracite local unions, witk ;a total membership of 3,470 Imen, voted yesterday to con* j tinue their strilie while aev* eral others, which previously The had voted to go to work on
Administration suffered Its second i>^"' »' Industrial Orga.iizatlou.s! Pillsburgh^ June 26. ^ ^ „ ^ .... , .
und the Amerii-an Federation of, nations production of war-needed .Monilay, Will meet again tO*
Labor, told the President that their steel, dependent upon a contmuous ' - -
major reversal In 24 hours today
when the Senate voted to cancel groups will do thcir hest to make flow of coal, suffered further cur¬
tailment today as some 190.000 min ers remained on strike, but with union leaders hopeful that all I would be back in the pits on Mon-' : day, I
Bcinuse the trickle of eoal from I struck mines was insufficient, 17; blast furnaces -with a daily output
day "to reconsider." A total of 7.670 men are affected at these collieries.
In addition, a number of other locals, which have not
not yet oome to a decision, are •rheduled to meet today lo vol* on the bsck-to-work question.
RESUMED TO EUROPE
"Adverse weather conditions were encountered by some of the heavy bombers and those whirh were un¬ able to identify clearly thcir tar¬ gets dropped no bombs," the com-
^ wnuniquc said, "supporting Thun-
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