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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Warmer. 37TH YEAR, NO. Ji^—44 PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1943 PRICE TEN CENTS 3,000 Planes Raid Axis as Allies Hif Greafest Blow Heaviest RAF Atta€k Hammers Duesseldorf; Reds Send 500 Bombers By WALTER CRONKITE Londoa, June 12 (UP)<—The ffreatest force of heavy bombers ever Mnt out by the RAF renewed the sledfe- hammer pounding of Germany's industrial Ruhr and Rhine- land last night, dropping a second hwd of "considerably more than 2,000 tons" of bombs on Dusseldorf and Munster, the Air Ministry announced today. British, Canadian, Australian and Polish bomber squadrons participated in the raid whicli, together with the American Flying Fortress assault on Wilhelmshaven and Cuxiiaven in daylight Friday, broke a 12-day lull in the air war. In the 24-hour period ended at dawn Saturday, the Axis had been battered from three directions—Britain, Africa and Russia—by 2,500 to 3,000 Allied planes. Obser\eri eatimated that 1.400 to l.JOO aircraft bad participated in the Bsxaulta on Germany and the occupied countriea from the weat. From the aouth, between 400 and MM were hammering the Italian Mediterranean ialand of Lampe- duna while in tho north. Ruaaia'a Red Att Force waa announced to htve aent moro than TOO planea againat Axia poaitiona ia a aiagle night. Americana Out Again American-built Boston and yttf tura bombera of the RAF. eacorted by flKhtera, carried forward the air war thia evening with attacka on targeta at Rouen and Caen, France, while other flghtera. In¬ cluding i;aAAF ThunderbolU, roar¬ ed over Northern France on diver- aionary aweepa. One bomber waa loet In the eve¬ ning operationa and a fighter waa misaing from a morning patrol. It ANTI^ME BILL, AIMED AT MINERS, (IPIO PRESIDENT Provides Big Fines, Secret Ballot for Calling of Strikes Waahington, Juno 12. (UP)—The Senate tonight gave final legislative approval to an anti-atrike bill which would make leaders of atrikea in „..., «» , A nntt Bovernment-aelied planta or mines Hitting iSaZlS Again „,^|, („ j,„g ^^j imprisonment, and linden, tMinday. June !>• iW\ —A large forre of Allied bomb¬ er* was rrporlod heading taH«rd sent 14 to the White House, By a vote of S5 to 22. the Senate adopted the conference report—al- Going Home to Aleutians Private Simeon Pletinkotf la a native Aleutian, with hie home on Unimak Island. He'a aboard an Attu-bonnd tran.^port ahlp, eager and ready to flght the Japa In hia hoaie territory. One good reaaon, he aaid, for driving out the Japa waa a certain home¬ town, girl named Mary. the rentineat during the alghL j ready approved by the House—on ^__^^_____^_^—^—^! the legialation wss aimed openly at _.. . „„„.j rw,. .,..,nv ni,n, ithe United Mine Workers and UMW waa announced. One enemy piane •j,_» i„i.~ i t.n.ia tHp wa. dest royed by the Thunderbolts. President John Jk Le* "^ The Bip "r-.-i,.*-. k«.«w.H tha «ir 'miners currently are Working under J^^d J A^t^vm, ^rtT^^in tae e«- » t^uce, which expires June 20, in' field st Abbeville later in the exe- ^^^.^ ^^^ ^.^^^^^ ^..^^ ^.^^ ^^^ Recommend Suspension Of Mine Strike Fines ning. Bmohe Wave M,«M ree« High Duesseldorf waa the chief target ators. President Roosevelt thus fur has given no public indication of his for the attack from Britain '">>" attitude toward the measure, but which 43 bombers, 10 of them .. rvnerallv doubted that he Canadian, failed to retum. For_j,ut|;J.„;^,'/X'tind there have been '" what appeared to be thc fore- Washington. June 12. (UP)—Iwhen a union-declared truce, under Ontral Pennsylvania aoft coal w-hich members are now working, mine operators tonight recommend- expirea June 20. ed auspension of strike fines against the United Mine Workers over an hour, the big bombera j^porta that ho favora It rained death and deatructlon on< Dusaeldorfs iron, ateel and heavy engineering induatrlea, starting fires that sent clouda of thick, black amoke rolling up to 20,000 feet. Du.?»eldorf, Ciermany'a third In¬ land port, is an exceptionally fine transportation center and the seat of tlie general administration of most of the armaments concerna of the Ruhr and Rhineland. Munster Ahm HH A smaller force atruck simultane Heavy Fine, Secret BaUot The bill would authorize the President to seize any plant, mine or facility useful to the war effort where a atrike is in prospect; pro¬ vide a S.VOOO fine and one year in prison fcr anyone who even encour¬ ages a strike after the government runner of a general movement on the part of the operators. West Virginia operators were re¬ ported to have declared the linea would not be collected except under specific government, orders, and spokesmen for Western Pennsyl¬ vnnia group in recommending that the fine.i be .•iii.''pcndcd The recommendation for suspen¬ sion of the finea was made after Coal Administrator Harold L. Ickes had aoftened hia order aa- sesslng fines of $4 to 18 a man for last week'a flve-day strike, and opened the way for UMW locals to negotiate with mine operators over the fines. Ickes levied the fines under pro¬ visions of the miners' 1941-43 con Goods and Services to Be Cut 20% Nelson Sees Shortage Of Home Fuels, Travel, And Medical Care as War Production Soars Last Step to Sicily Talcen in 24 Hours ot Constant Bombardment By REYNOLDS PACKARD Allied Headquarters, North Africa, June 12.—(UP)—The tiny Italian outpoig: island of Lampedusa, last of the Mediterranean stepping: stones on the invasion route to Sicily, surrendered today after a thundering 24-hour Allied naval and aerial bom¬ bardment. be prepared to get along with 201 AlUcd forccs Immediately began swarming ashore to take con- per cent less goods and services (foi ©f thc scven-mile-long spcar-shapcd island—second in Pre¬ mier Benito Mu8.solini's "unHinkable" aircraft carriers to give Washington. June 12. (UP)—The nation's civilian population ahould in the last quarter of 1943 in order to support a $106,000,000,000 war prograin, which is a 125 per cent increase over last year. War Pro¬ duction Director Donald Nelaon said tonighL In a formal report on war pro¬ duction to President Roosevelt, he named three itema which he said will be "scarce even by comoarlaon with minimum requlrementa"— household fuels, transportation by both private automobiles and com¬ mon carriers and medical care. Uving iMandard SUll High "Unlike the United Kingdom," his report aald, "where atandards of living have now been pushed far below the prewar levels, the United States haa thus far enjoyed higher standards than before the war, and we shall only reach prewar level* during this year." Por aecurity reasons. Nelson's report was not made public in full, Tho Office of War Information, however, prepared and issued a 2>-page digest which pointed out that the overall 1B4S war program SGT. COHEN, RAF, Ran out of Qsis, Landed in Midst Of Allied Bombing An Advanced Allied Air Base, Northwest Africa, June 12. <UP)— A Britiah flier named Cohen cap¬ tured the lullan ialand of Lampe- duaa alngle-handed. Identified thus far only aa Sgt. c:ohen of the RAF—hc waa flying 1 on old Walrus biplane out of Malta is SO per cent greater than laat to^ay on a aea reacue aweep when yeara $5»,000,000,000 program. his gasoline ran low. So he land- It made the aurprlalng atatement ed on Lampeduaa alrfleld in the that while the consumer's ahare of the national output declined dras¬ tically from 1939 to 1942, "ao rapid waa the rise of total output that the smaller share going to con¬ sumers brought them, through 1942, a far greater quantity of goods than they received in 1939." It estimated that, ns compared (Continued on Page A-8> Parachutists in Southern France London, June 13, Sunday. (UP) — British presa dispatches early today quoted the Nazi-Paris radio that British and French para- chutista had been droi»^ed near German coastal defenses in South¬ ern France. ' Two of the parachutists were aaid to have carried radios and the enemy broadcast said all had been captured although it did not Indicate when the landings were mada or how many parachutists were involved. All Nazi French atatlona laat night broadcast a warning that anyone helping parachutists would be shot. The Swiss radio said that Ger- Meanwhilc, the War Labor Board has taken over; decree A 30-day {is expected to announce a decision j agreement on a new contract, cooling-off period and a secret bal-1 next Tuesday or Wedneaday in the UMW members insisted no con- lot before a strike could be effect-1 long-stalemated wage-hour con-1 tract waa in effect, and UMW ed: give the War Labor Board | troversy between miners and oper-j President Jjlin L. Lewi-s condemn- tract, which the government held was extended Indefinitely pending man armored cars and motorized patrols were active on roads in Southern France and that scarch- •usly at Munster, Rhineland capi-! statutory powers, and prohibit j ators which already has produced ] ed the fines as a "brutal appliea (Continued on Page A-9) I (Continued on Page A-9» two walkouts and threatens a third'tion of economic sanction.".' Anaconda Co. Fined, Officials Face Jail lights had been seen in the coastal region. "The population is under the impression that a landing of Allied troopa la occurring," the Swiss radio reported. midst of an intense Allied bom bardment. Aa he tame In, the Italian garrl¬ aon ran up to hia plane waving white flaga and aurrendering the ialand to him, "On't you do something about thia?" he shouted. The Island was shaking from end to end under the blast of Allied bombs. Cohen, deciding circumstances were not auspicious for parleying, dived Into a foxhole where he atay¬ ed two hours. Then he got the Italians to fill up in as many days. Tlie island of Pantelleria, with its gar* rison of more than 10,000 men, surrendered Friday. "After 24 hours of intermittent naval and air bombard¬ ment, the island of Lampedusa today aurrendered and is being occupied by Allied forces," said a special communique issued by tien. Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters. (The Berlin radio, broadcasting a Transocean News Agency dispatch from Rome, said that "attack by the British and Americans on Sicily and Sardinia is regarded here as imminent." Military observers in London were surprised over Lampedusa's quick capitulation.) (In its midnight news bulletin, Radio Berlin still quoted Saturday's Italian communique saying Lampedusa was "refusing to surrender.") The twin victories gave the Allies unque&tioned control of the .Mediterranean "bottleneck" between Tunisia and Sicily as well as advancing further the highway to invasion of the Italian mainland. (It was presumed that with the occupation of Lampedusa, two other tiny nearby onfortified Italian islands—Linosa and Lampione—automatically would fall to the Allies.) The white flag of surrender first was seen from the air in inid-aft€rn(X)n and the North African Air Force promptly ended the pulverizing bombing attacks on the little island. The navy, from its lesser vantage points, did not see the surrender signal, however, until 6:29 p. m. An Allied officer went ashore in a small boat at 7 p. m., and dictated the terms of surrender to the senior officer of the Italian garrison, who accepted them. The island was brought under aerial siege a few minutes after Pantelleria fell and thei Italian high oommand indicatedl^ncy ••'?*''"'? I'A' '^'"' "?" on Lampedusa at 6:20 a. m. An Allied oAcer landed to investigate, the agency aaid, and after receiv¬ ing confirmation of aurrender. Allied forces occupied the island.) ..,„,. J ^ . - Day and Night Aaaault up the Walrus' tanks and flew:nienta knocked out and docka bat-, tj,. North African air forca back to hia baae with the news tered to bits. started ita bombing attacks Friday that Lampedusa had aurrendered.I <The Britiah Exchange Telegraph (Continued on Page A-»i early today that it might soon be forced to surrender. It ran up the white flag of surrender in mid- afternoon after part of it had been devastated, with gun emplace- Waved Anything White Never Fired a Shot Taking Battered Pantelleria By NED Kt'SSEIX Infantry stormed the harbor from I iah aaaault shipa nudging in perfect Pantelleria. June 11. (Delayed)—laasault barges ahortly before noon I formation toward their target. There (UP)—British troops took over the""*' only a few minutes after a|was no resistance. Not a ahot haa smoking, flaming ruins ot Pan-1'."'¦''"^-¦"¦'^'' ''>' """•• ">»" 100 been fired yet by either aide. telleria Iflying fortresses. a Island today without firing;.. ... . . .'_ a shot after the most violent bomb-:'^* "•«" 'or » Daya War Sammarj Preaaed Into HlUa The British troops are pressing ing attack ever hurled at soi '''*'* major general of the British'''"¦*«''d into the hilLi, held back formidable a target. First DivLsion, commanding the in-;°"'-V''y'he bombing program which Terror-stricken Italian soldiers [ fantry attack reported that is.OOOJ" •^''""•'•'¦'"f "nd acreaming every and civilians crawled from the | Italian soldiera and 8,000 civilians '**[ *"'""'"¦ The bombing attack, ruins of the town of Pantelleria w-ere on the Uland. Ncne of them I ^''^'*^'' *'¦• timed to a minute by and from the caves in the Rocky j had had any food or water for three *"'""'• schedule with specific gun hills waving while flags-shirts, idays, and the Britiah troopa were]''*'*"''"'? ^"^ fortifications in the underwear, or whatever banner ^ordered to share their 4g-hour emer.i""^''*' !'"'• '• '*>* targets, ia going would serve their purpose, British' gency rationa and two pints of' *'^*'°"*'"* '** P'*" ""* "•• whole ' water with them. ialand ia rocking and roaring in denae clouda of amoke and duat At the moment this ia being Aa thia is being written, there has -r ,„, moment th.. i. •..<.. feV B:nif„"r^s'o"l"''"'"i:'d^7":- *"^""":heTrrp"s' .'re'd/mbrrS; ,t.. K..,^?.. ."f"-''""' "'•"'• '<"'t- through the hills toward the atra- It wa.'< all total war ye.sterday. ... , ., , The kind of smashing blows from .*--^._l"„?'"".°"; «';"' """"«*"' the air that Hitler and Goering used to boaiit of. But tlie Luft ;^''f.H'ii'"i*"'""''-'''^? '''l""P'"*K««'<= •i'd'ome three and one-half ued. Large fllghta of planes left 1 j^^ 'f.^Tf' fOfy^manding thc island {miles southeast of the harbor town. bomb-carrying on the Orel front but then had been repulsed. Moscow said nothing of jTwo U.S. Submarines Are Lost in Pacific Los Angeles Play Spots Are Empty; ZootSuiters Parade Flag of Truce Los Angeles, June 12 (UP)—tary court would be assessed against Monky Tonk Row waa quiet aa the i soldiera found guilty of riotous con- tomb tonight and the gay girls|duct. Camp ofBcers passed the who drHpe themselves on any sailor:word along to enlisted men that it or aoldier were sad-eyed. Iwould be a good idea not to spend Loa Angeles' Skidrow. where, their leaves here, aome 10.000 gobs and marines last Reports of scattered disturbance.^ weekend blanketed the bars, romp- involving youthful hoodlums still ed in the dance halls and filled the I came in despite a so-called truce cafes, Was deserted for the flrst between police and zootsuiters. time since the war started. I Several carloads of Pachucos and Naw and Armv restrictions ¦ their girls paraded in the down- elamped down and firmly enforced town area flying American ""d ' "J' tC"n.'v°"a'ir court "cost/" ""!'"« the "extent of guilt of all the drives came another *uddcn Kalian P"" •'"'."'^ ^'"" »' more air raids Washington, June 12 (UP)-Thehad a rated aurface apeed at K •fter eight nights of S«>dy rioting: white "«««• Their leader, toId| den^djo^p.^v^all^court^ c«^.^^^_^^ ^^,^^^^_^^ I capitulation. The island of Lampe- ^^'S-"!' / ^'•'""" """ ">¦'"4 ^"^ ,^^^7 today announced th, loa. of knots, and waa .^?d witt . between service men and aoot- police they were passing the wora ^^^^^ ^ ,^^^^^^^1 ^^^^^^^ ^ji(.,lj,,,^.^^^j j^j,^.j^,^„,^ Idusa-the one which the Axi.s la.ot i two of its newest aubmarinea—the""'"¦'"•^h anti-aircraft guB, tm. auited rowdies, confined most sail-; along to ''cut out the rougn «"n|g„ j^^„^[.o„^^ mills, wajs fined $10.-: A federal grand jurv returned »eek reported had fought off an; From the Soulh Pacific the re-^ Amberiack and the Grampus- t,"'"'!''''™" machine guna. and 10 rr!,',"*. '"I'*'"' '" ""'¦¦ ^••'"P" "'¦ aii'i.M'il -n Itatv i«W and sentenced to two years' im- an eight-count indictments against,invasion attempt-surrendered un- norts also told of air activity, with . . presumed to h«ve h^.n i.'i" torpedo tubes. Each sent them to otlier cities for week- *«! .•'•>•«'. •",»?*y „,.._ nrUonment. He was placed on pro- the comn.nv two officials and three conditionally juat 24 hours afterlight Japanese planes destroyed in ^.,,u .,r."' ^1^^,?..:-°.^^^^^'" ned a normal complement of , „ ,.. T J ¥ n /tro, J , . , .1 , •"= "'"u "' <.iii»»i>iiis u.u«o irom Britain heading for the battered'"*d '"'o 'tij hills at its center thislAa f--- as anvone knows tha'air! Fort Wayne, Ind.. June 12. (LTia day In prison, al.^o contingent ^,^^ ^._. ^^^^ j,.^,^^ »^^^ ^.^^..^^ ^^^^, ^, „j^,^,,, fortress. There >nornmg when he sighted the Brit-1 (Continued on Pa«A-») Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick o" payment of the fine. ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^f g^^ j,,^ ^uft- was every indication that the RAF ¦ 2 today fined the Marion, lnd.. plant, Johnson, Hart and Bishop wercj^.^ff, ^as not in it. Instead, with-1 was starting another d»y wilh of tiie Anaconda Copper Co. tlO.OOOlS'ven 10 days to pay thcir fines. ;„ a span of 24 hours, the Amer-jheavy raid. on its plea of nolo contendere to' The rapid disposition of the caseljcms. RAF and Rus-sians. striking j , war fraud charges growing out of,w-as due to the pleas of nolo con-lgt Axis territory from three aides. 1°".'^ Sjouno action was on the false tests given copper wire fortendere entered hy all defendants jpm nearly 3.000 bomb-carrving '>"**if" "O"'- ^ ["'"^ ""•J""'"? armed force and lend-leaa ship- in a aurprise move la,'t Monday, pianes to smash down destruction, i^^'.^ A"".".' "roken through ments Judge Slick heard three days of i ^., .h. r.,.i f. All weekend da'vs off for police- prisonment. He was placed on pro- the company, tuo officials a wi.(JS;T*%eek l^ mrn;Vr7'c;nc"eVled,'how;ver'"and bation contingent on payment of •Service men spend an estimated they worked overtime tonight in tne nne. half million do?Urs .week here ^ Petroling the streeU against new Plant Head Fined outbreaks. The curfew law wa? A Navy ordVr'designated Los 1 rigorously «"'°'''^^J' f""* f*'°"\^ of the Marion piant. waa also fined i^^^^'d ^.;" '" Ics under 1« found on the JjQ,jj^ ^^J ^p„j^„^^J j„ Jg ^^^^^ "tandard wire. most of it for play. A Navy order d.„.„ , Angeles and most of IU suburbs J"veni out of bounds. An Army statement streets after 9 p warned that punishment by a mili-1 '"to custody. , „ w >, w .^ I Attorney General Robert Vt. Kenny and a committee of five me companv. two oraciais ana iiim- ----.• ' "7 " . ¦":¦,";'«"'• j»i-niic»t: mibhc^ ucshu^cu m .:.i^ ,, ,. <, ripet in th. P.r.ifi<- ttn »»« j employeea last December, charging Alhed ..rmen, .,-tn Pane eria;the rai_ds by Allied forces north ,of ^I'^i'm'^^what haTbeU^'^'ucfeV.'/i^r^"'??"^''!'^ thc use and conspiracy to use in- smashed into subjection, turned Australia. Japanese bases in the ,**?!"«''''¦' ^" ,"""¦ »""^«»«'"" 8"t U. S. submarines hare ¦ ¦ - ¦ I fight against Japanese ——'•• '— — genlous devices to circumvent fed-,'heir attention tn this final ttep-: Northern Solomona were kept un- ,'.'•'"" eral specifications in the manu-jP'.ng stone between Africa and Ider assault, indicating poesible j """¦ Frank E. Hart, general manager (,cture and shipment of sub- Sicily. It Today't Iuue Claakillrd Editorial MoTiea . appointed by aupply lost previously—the S28, victim of i»n accident off Panama: tha Cca- plans to push them out. A large ..".^.Vii./?""'",""'"'. " ""y:"""' destroyed in the Philippine. area of Burma was raided, L^J./'""* h "'"""J""" P"""! to avoid capture, and the Shark. It al.so appeared that reports were opera, ons and must be presumed Perch. Grunion and Argonaut, all of the ™nipan>tj|p^pgji^g through France that thei The Americans stepped up the to be lost." listed as overdo and presumed loat summer reportedly j^^^.^^j^^ ^j Europe had started,! tempo of the battering of Kiska.l It did not say where the sub- in the Pacific. The Argonaut. n„, R f-.,.n«nter former «••.,., after Russia complained that com- .j.^^^ ^^^^^ reported Allied para-lgiving a hint of plans to move in marines were ope.-ating. but in re- whose loss was announced Feb. Jl. '— ,V, ¦••- i„r;^L„t X^f tV, M.Vinn n1.nt l!;.I''"""''^''tion wire broke down under^^^5,^, j,gj landed in Southern I here. It also was reported that iso- '^ent months the Navy has revealed was the most recent. Gov. Earl ^\arren'_nienaeni_oiii.e^.«»rion^piani^ was adverse climatic conditions. .France. There were stories of lated Japs still were holding out in, that American subs have aunk 189 Lieut. Cmdr John Archibald m. were taken I in prison. I probation. He alio waa placed on' Investigation started last ..A—le -C—» .,A—M ..A—la ,.A—It h°ld their flra hearing to invesU- fined $500 and Frank Kunkle^ as-. The companv wa, gate juvenile gangsterism. !»«Unt cnief in-spector. waa fined placing inspection ta, ChoUtas were .still active. Fire- «100, -Ve'ther was assessed a priaon Standard wire after gov accused of jj^^g^ activity there, with search-ithe cliffs and caves of Attu. tags on sub- ;lights seen in action all along the! I Japanese ships, probably sank 24 Bole, jr. Wallkill, N, T. waa skip- ,„„„„ : others and damaged at ieast 44. per of the Amberjack. Command- _ _ _ . vernment in- p„ggj j Gen. Mikhailovitch reported to- The Amberjack was a l,b25-ton. mg olBcer of the Grampus waa 'stone Park deputy sheriffs report- sentence. specters had left the plant for day from the mountains of Jugo- 307-foot ship launched March 6. Lieut. Cmdr Rich Craig, Jackaoa- led a car containing sU "lady A third employee. Chalmer C, the day snd a!,«o u,«ing a hidden In addition, reports early this slavia that 2.">0.000 Jugoalavs, with 1942. The Grampus, launched Dec.lville, Fla. Both held the Navy Pachucos" followed two girls for Bishop, chief inspector, was flned switcli box to keep heavy electric morning were that the renewed j hidden arms supplies ready, are 23. 1940. was 299 feet long and had Cross for extraordinary .' JL—U jtwo milea but were frightened off. |500 and aentenced U a year aad iContinued on Page A-t> taerlai offensive waa baing contin-iwaiting for tha invaalon aignal. la displacement of 1.7«S tona. Kach,Paciflc war patralfc i V
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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Warmer.
37TH YEAR, NO. Ji^—44 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1943
PRICE TEN CENTS
3,000 Planes Raid Axis as Allies Hif Greafest Blow
Heaviest RAF Atta€k Hammers Duesseldorf; Reds Send 500 Bombers
By WALTER CRONKITE
Londoa, June 12 (UP)<—The ffreatest force of heavy bombers ever Mnt out by the RAF renewed the sledfe- hammer pounding of Germany's industrial Ruhr and Rhine- land last night, dropping a second hwd of "considerably more than 2,000 tons" of bombs on Dusseldorf and Munster, the Air Ministry announced today.
British, Canadian, Australian and Polish bomber squadrons participated in the raid whicli, together with the American Flying Fortress assault on Wilhelmshaven and Cuxiiaven in daylight Friday, broke a 12-day lull in the air war.
In the 24-hour period ended at dawn Saturday, the Axis had been battered from three directions—Britain, Africa and Russia—by 2,500 to 3,000 Allied planes.
Obser\eri eatimated that 1.400 to
l.JOO aircraft bad participated in the Bsxaulta on Germany and the occupied countriea from the weat. From the aouth, between 400 and MM were hammering the Italian Mediterranean ialand of Lampe- duna while in tho north. Ruaaia'a Red Att Force waa announced to htve aent moro than TOO planea againat Axia poaitiona ia a aiagle night. Americana Out Again
American-built Boston and yttf tura bombera of the RAF. eacorted by flKhtera, carried forward the air war thia evening with attacka on targeta at Rouen and Caen, France, while other flghtera. In¬ cluding i;aAAF ThunderbolU, roar¬ ed over Northern France on diver-
aionary aweepa.
One bomber waa loet In the eve¬ ning operationa and a fighter waa misaing from a morning patrol. It
ANTI^ME BILL, AIMED AT MINERS, (IPIO PRESIDENT
Provides Big Fines, Secret Ballot for Calling of Strikes
Waahington, Juno 12. (UP)—The Senate tonight gave final legislative approval to an anti-atrike bill which would make leaders of atrikea in „..., «» , A nntt Bovernment-aelied planta or mines
Hitting iSaZlS Again „,^|, („ j,„g ^^j imprisonment, and
linden, tMinday. June !>• iW\ —A large forre of Allied bomb¬ er* was rrporlod heading taH«rd
sent 14 to the White House,
By a vote of S5 to 22. the Senate adopted the conference report—al-
Going Home to Aleutians
Private Simeon Pletinkotf la a native Aleutian, with hie home on Unimak Island. He'a aboard an Attu-bonnd tran.^port ahlp, eager and ready to flght the Japa In hia hoaie territory. One good reaaon, he aaid, for driving out the Japa waa a certain home¬ town, girl named Mary.
the rentineat during the alghL j ready approved by the House—on
^__^^_____^_^—^—^! the legialation wss aimed openly at
_.. . „„„.j rw,. .,..,nv ni,n, ithe United Mine Workers and UMW
waa announced. One enemy piane •j,_» i„i.~ i t.n.ia tHp
wa. dest royed by the Thunderbolts. President John Jk Le* "^ The Bip "r-.-i,.*-. k«.«w.H tha «ir 'miners currently are Working under
J^^d J A^t^vm, ^rtT^^in tae e«- » t^uce, which expires June 20, in' field st Abbeville later in the exe- ^^^.^ ^^^ ^.^^^^^ ^..^^ ^.^^ ^^^
Recommend Suspension Of Mine Strike Fines
ning.
Bmohe Wave M,«M ree« High
Duesseldorf waa the chief target
ators.
President Roosevelt thus fur has given no public indication of his
for the attack from Britain '">>" attitude toward the measure, but which 43 bombers, 10 of them .. rvnerallv doubted that he
Canadian, failed to retum. For_j,ut|;J.„;^,'/X'tind there have been '" what appeared to be thc fore-
Washington. June 12. (UP)—Iwhen a union-declared truce, under Ontral Pennsylvania aoft coal w-hich members are now working, mine operators tonight recommend- expirea June 20. ed auspension of strike fines against the United Mine Workers
over an hour, the big bombera j^porta that ho favora It
rained death and deatructlon on<
Dusaeldorfs iron, ateel and heavy
engineering induatrlea, starting
fires that sent clouda of thick, black
amoke rolling up to 20,000 feet.
Du.?»eldorf, Ciermany'a third In¬ land port, is an exceptionally fine transportation center and the seat of tlie general administration of
most of the armaments concerna of the Ruhr and Rhineland. Munster Ahm HH A smaller force atruck simultane
Heavy Fine, Secret BaUot
The bill would authorize the President to seize any plant, mine or facility useful to the war effort where a atrike is in prospect; pro¬ vide a S.VOOO fine and one year in prison fcr anyone who even encour¬ ages a strike after the government
runner of a general movement on the part of the operators.
West Virginia operators were re¬ ported to have declared the linea would not be collected except under specific government, orders, and spokesmen for Western Pennsyl¬ vnnia group in recommending that the fine.i be .•iii.''pcndcd
The recommendation for suspen¬ sion of the finea was made after Coal Administrator Harold L. Ickes had aoftened hia order aa- sesslng fines of $4 to 18 a man for last week'a flve-day strike, and opened the way for UMW locals to negotiate with mine operators over the fines.
Ickes levied the fines under pro¬ visions of the miners' 1941-43 con
Goods and Services to Be Cut 20%
Nelson Sees Shortage Of Home Fuels, Travel, And Medical Care as War Production Soars
Last Step to Sicily Talcen in 24 Hours ot Constant Bombardment
By REYNOLDS PACKARD
Allied Headquarters, North Africa, June 12.—(UP)—The tiny Italian outpoig: island of Lampedusa, last of the Mediterranean stepping: stones on the invasion route to Sicily, surrendered today after a thundering 24-hour Allied naval and aerial bom¬ bardment.
be prepared to get along with 201 AlUcd forccs Immediately began swarming ashore to take con- per cent less goods and services (foi ©f thc scven-mile-long spcar-shapcd island—second in Pre¬ mier Benito Mu8.solini's "unHinkable" aircraft carriers to give
Washington. June 12. (UP)—The nation's civilian population ahould
in the last quarter of 1943 in order to support a $106,000,000,000 war prograin, which is a 125 per cent increase over last year. War Pro¬ duction Director Donald Nelaon said tonighL
In a formal report on war pro¬ duction to President Roosevelt, he named three itema which he said will be "scarce even by comoarlaon with minimum requlrementa"— household fuels, transportation by both private automobiles and com¬ mon carriers and medical care. Uving iMandard SUll High
"Unlike the United Kingdom," his report aald, "where atandards of living have now been pushed far below the prewar levels, the United States haa thus far enjoyed higher standards than before the war, and we shall only reach prewar level* during this year."
Por aecurity reasons. Nelson's report was not made public in full, Tho Office of War Information, however, prepared and issued a 2>-page digest which pointed out that the overall 1B4S war program
SGT. COHEN, RAF,
Ran out of Qsis, Landed in Midst Of Allied Bombing
An Advanced Allied Air Base, Northwest Africa, June 12. |
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Month | 06 |
Day | 13 |
Year | 1943 |
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