Allied air offensives press Pacific fronts and China
Japanese sea borne reinforcements move toward Port Moresby while Allied fliers hit many sectors in the Pacific. Bombers pound Linchuan in Kiangsi and Myitkyina airfield in Burma, knocking it out as a base for attacks on China bound war goods.
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New Guinea
United Nations
Port Moresby
Pacific
Buna
Joseph Stilwell
U. S. Army
Linchuan
Kiangsi
U. S
U.S. Air Force
India
Myitkyina
Burma
China
Germans Claim Cortical Industrial Center Captured
Soviet dispatches claim Timoshenko’s forces cut off Nazis near Stalingrad while Germans push toward the Caucasus. Voroshilovsk reportedly fallen near Rostov. Germans deepen advance on Kuban and lower Don as Axis losses mount. British HQ notes reduced activity near El Alamein and aerial clashes over Calais with Spitfires over the Channel.
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Semeon Timosshenko
The
Bend
Stalingrad
Don River
Caucasus
Hitler
Kuban
Voroshilovsk
Marshall Timoshenko
Kletskaya
Lower
Don
Tsimlyansk
Rostov
el Alamein
Alexandria
English Channel
Calais
Folkestone
Channel
Four Sinkings Announced in Western Atlantic War News
The Navy announced four ship sinkings amid clashes over submarine effectiveness in the Western Atlantic. Reports described attacks in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico with crew losses and rescues, including a British ship torpedoed south of the Azores and an American tug sunk near the East Coast.
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Atlantic
Associated Press
Simon Lake
Sabine
Vashon
Balboa
C. I
Clifford Evans van
Tms
Caribbean
South Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
North Atlantic
Coast Guard
Labor Parley Near Unity Between Major Labor Groups
The Amer Federation of Labor and the CIO move toward a new movement as leaders Philip Murray and William Green engage in overtures and a Chicago meeting. R J Thomas heads the Automobile Workers while Green travels for a ten day CIO session amid a convention of allied unions.
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CAGO
Amer Federation of Labor
Ess of Industrial Organiza
Mainy
C10
Philip Murray R. J. Thomas
Automobile Workers
William Green
Theation
CIO Rubile
Muryas
Maligned Ragweed Declared Valuable
Dr Jona Forman editor of The Ohio Medical Journal says ragweed, usually blamed for hay fever, is doing a great service to civilization. He comments on civic cutting programs aimed at saving soils and reroding fields.
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Lumbus
Jona Forman
Ohio Medical Journal
Classifieds Urge Readers to Act Now for Deals
A vivid call to action urges readers to check the classifieds immediately as many values will vanish by tomorrow. The message encourages placing ads today for buyers or renters and lists using the Messenger Classified department for quick insertion.
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Messenger Classified Department
Civil Defense Compulsory Vote Urged By Canadian Official
Canadian official Marcel Gaboury urged compulsory civilian defense at a seminar, arguing trained volunteers should not be free to leave. Ohio’s Ralph H. Stone countered that compulsion would require military law and that public education is key.
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Cleveland
Marcel Gaboury
Montreal
Quebec
Ralph H. Stone
Conneaut
Ohio State Defense Council
Ohio
Stone
West Virginia Primary Splits Democrats Over Senate Pick
Charleston voters faced a ten year split in the Democratic Party as they chose between Governor M. M. Neely and former Governor H. G. Kump for the senatorial nomination with Chapman Revercomb contending for the GOP seat against Raymond J. Funkhouser.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
M. M. Neely
Congress
H. G. Kump
Chapman Revercomb
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Shepnerdstown
New York Bank Check Spurs Lockmaster to Buy Teeth
A New York bank mailed a $99.75 check to Leavenworth Ohio River dam lockmaster Thomas J. Reid. He used the funds to buy teeth for his son Lieut. Walter Reidy, who endorsed the check with a tribute to the steamboat nickname from his Army days. Irving Trust Co disclosed how AEF members recall home folk.
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New York
Ohio River
Leavenworth
Inn
Thomas J. Reid
Walter Reidy
War Production Board Subcontracts Attract Hundreds In Cleveland
WPB regional sub contracting division in Cleveland showcased hundreds of sample parts with a daily audience averaging 75 men from Ohio Kentucky West Virginia Western Maryland and Western Pennsylvania. The aim is to speed war production by broadening subcontracting. Also Col Charles L Hall announced the Army Engineers division would move from Cincinnati to Columbus to coordinate with the Fifth Service Command at Fort Hayes.
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Cleveland
War Production Board
WPB
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Charles L. Hall
U. S. Army Engineers
Columbus
Fifth Service Command
Fort Hayes
Gandhi Calls for Swift Nonviolent Campaign Across India
Pandit Nehru says the All-India Congress will ratify a forthcoming nonviolent campaign to win independence. Gandhi urges Indian princes to share power as tension with Britain rises and the possibility of Japanese interference grows.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Britain
Pandit Nehru
Mohandas Gandhi
India
All-India Congress
Calcutta
United Nations
TNT Plant Employes End Strike at Point Pleasant
The walkout of construction workers at the West Virginia Ordnance Works in Point Pleasant ended in the afternoon. About 1,200 workers reportedly did not report Monday. some returned to work after the word spread. Union officials called the action unauthorized while Lieut. James Raber said the issue is a misunderstanding driven by wage-scale dissatisfaction. The Department of Labor will review requests for higher pay, with increases possible if local conditions warrant.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Department of Labor
James Raber
Army
Raber
Charleston
Ordnance Works
Roosevelt weighs fate of eight Nazi saboteurs
President Roosevelt holds the fate of eight alleged Nazi saboteurs in his hands after a two minute review by a special military commission he appointed. Speculation grows that death warrants may be signed for seven suspects if the President approves the findings.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hunger Striker Returns to Work at Conscientious Objectors Camp
Corbett Bishop 36 resumes ditch-digging at Avalon camp in Elkridge Maryland after 38 days without food. He began June 26 demanding a 60 to 90 day furlough to return to his West New York New Jersey bookstore to close his business.
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Elkridge
Corbett Bishop
Avalon
Nehru Pledges Civil Disobedience Vote This Week
Jinnah says Nehru announced that the All-India Congress would vote on the civil disobedience plan this week. A detailed program will be drawn up and the campaign likely starts in about two weeks.
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Jubbulpore
India
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
All-India Congress Party
Firemen and Officers Recalled in Columbus Bond Refund
The city recalled 95 firemen and 85 policemen to duty as council approves a $280,000 bond refunding plan to ease a financial crisis. The workers had been furloughed July 1 due to budget shortfalls, leaving 141 firemen and 111 policemen on leave.
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Columbus
Actor earns wings in Naval flight training
Penacola Florida reports that four Wayne Morris, a movie actor now serving in the Navy, received his wings yesterday after completing aviation flight training.
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Pensacola
Fla
Wayne Morris
Navy
DIES IN CHARLESTON
Alphus H. Black 83 died last night in Charleston West Virginia He was the father of Lynn Black of the Olio County Patrol.
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Charleston
W. Va
Alphus H. Black
Supt
Lynn i Blach
Olio Ehwey Patrol
Speed Oil Deliveries To East Coast Area
Washington AP reports the Office of Petroleum Coordinator requests 5,000 additional tank cars for the Atlantic Coast area and directs oil companies to make substantial and immediate increases in overland shipments to ease a potential winter fuel oil famine.
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Washington
Office of Petroleum Coordinator
Atlantic Coast
Legion Will Plan for Conference in Athens
The K. T. Crossen Post American Legion holds its monthly meeting at the post home Thursday at 8 pm. Members are urged to attend as important matters will be discussed. Adjutant A. E. McConkey notes the Fall Conference of the Eighth District Ohio Department of the Legion will be held in Athens and preliminary arrangements will be planned.
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K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
A. E. McConkey
Ohio Department of the Legion
Athens
Photos Show Raid Effects on Germany and Portugal
Reconnaissance photos from July 31 show 12 acres of docks area buildings leveled and heavy damage in Dusseldorf industrial zones. Saarbrucken damage indicates Erhardt and Schwer Engineering Works largely destroyed. In Portugal a Lisbon court sentences Richard Moore to life for killing his father in law Oscar Williams after a family argument.
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London
Dusseldorf
Saarbruecken
Erhardt and Schwer
Lisbon
Richard Moore
East Liverpool
Oscar Williams
Ringling Circus Fire Kills Dozens of Animals in Cleveland
A blaze swept the Ringling Brothers menagerie in Cleveland injuring and killing at least 50 animals. Police used riot guns on escaped giraffes while an ostrich and flames drew a 5,000-strong crowd. Gargantua the gorilla survived, elephants previously poisoned last season.
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Cleveland
Ringling Brothers Circus
Body Identified as Vinton County Man
A body identified through a watch and keys as Eldon E. Brattain 22 of McArthur Vinton County was found floating in Sandusky Bay yesterday. Brattain worked for Collier Construction Co doing work for Ohio Public Service in Sandusky.
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Sandusky
Eldon E. Brattain
McArthur
Vinton County
Sandusky Bay
Brattain
Collier Construction Co
Ohio Public Service
Ohio announces 1942 43 hunting licenses on sale now
Columbus AP reports new hunting licenses for 1942 43 are available from September 1 through the following year September 1 at regular dealers.
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Columbus
Secrets of Nazi Plane in British Hands
British Air Ministry reports capture of an FW-190 in good condition from the Western front, despite German orders against crossing the Channel. Soviet dispatches claim German forces broke through near Kretskaya, while Russians aim to erase the advance and block Nazi supply attempts.
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London
Germany
British
Air Ministry
Britain
English Channel
Kuban
Rostov-Batu
Black Sea
Kerch Peninsula
Voroshilovsk
Manych River
Salsk
Rostov
Baku-Batum
Don River Bend
Kretskaya
Stalingrad
Izvestia
Red Air Force
Submarine cargo plan eyed by Senate committee
The Senate military affairs subcommittee sought War Department and production authority input on a plan to build giant planes to move troops and supplies to war zones. Simon Lake, 75, proposed 7,500 ton cargo-carrying submarines with a silencing device to evade sonar.
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Washington
Senate
War Department
Simon Lake
Lake
12 Feared Dead After Foundered Lake Vessel Disaster
A cabin cruiser with 13 aboard foundered in Saginaw Bay near Point Audres. Only survivor Mrs. Louis Repke swam to shore after a rock strike. authorities fear six men and five women remain missing. Victim Cecil Day was recovered, as coast guards search for others.
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Standish
Mich
Saginaw Bay
Point Audres
Coast Guards
Cecil Day
Louis Repke
Bay City
White's Beach
The
Ecruiser
Repke
Raymond Badour
Au Gres
Eugene Sauve
William Hatcher
Kawkawlin
John Zametzer
Linwood Beach
Abeba Bean
Bey Guy
War Objector Loses Appeal Against LAW
Detroit judge dismisses petition by Wedge Thurman former Murray Corp employee seeking injunction against UAW CIO. Thurman a Jehovah’s Witness claims eviction June 12 due to refusal to buy War Bonds. UAW CIO says Thurman not in road standing and accuses him of delaying production and anti flag remarks.
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Detroit
Wedge Thurman
Murray Corporation of America
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Wayne County
Guy A. Miller
Thurman
Jehovah's Witnesses
Beccause
Thureman
Uaw-Cio
United States
Balsa Wood Stocks Frozen by Government
Washington reports the War Production Board froze all large balsa wood stocks and banned use for non life saving, aircraft, and technical devices. The order halts model airplane production once a major consumer, and cites shipping space shortages from Central and South American sources as justification.
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Washington (P
War Production Board
Contest Develops for Supreme Court Seat
In Columbus the Republican Party presses toward the vacant supreme court seat after Judge Gilbert Bettman death. The state organization endorsed Common Pleas Judge Charles S. Bell of Cincinnati, while Clinton D. Boyd of Middletown quickly joined as a candidate.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Gilbert Bettman
Republican Party
Common Pleas
Charles S. Bell
Cincinnati
Clinton D. Boyd
Middletown
Seattle Women Listed For Jobs in Factories
Seattle mobilizes its womanpower to fill 100000 war jobs in shipyards and aircraft plants. Women able to work are urged to register within three days at Seattle high schools and schools across King County.
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Seattle
King County
Sphinx of Tammany Hall dies after 23 years in Congress
Christopher D. Sullivan aged 72, longtime New York congressman and famed Sphinx of Tammany Hall, died last night after a career spanning 23 years without a notable public speech.
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New York
Christopher D. Sullivan
Sphinx of
Florida Post Office Closes After Revenue Decline
The Florida Post Office, once visited by Mark Twain and Ulysses S. Grant, has shut its doors as revenue has steadily dwindled in recent years.
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Florida
Mark Twain
Ulysses S. Grant
ASB
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