India Congress to appeals for immediate independence
The All-India Congress Committee votes to appeal to U S President Roosevelt, Chiang Kai-Shek, and Soviet ambassador Maisky for Britain to grant India immediate independence. Gandhi endorses mass nonviolent action as the plan unfolds, with calls for a mass campaign and possible general strike.
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Bombay
All-India Congress Party
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ivan Maisky
Britain
Great Britain
India
Maulana
Abdul Razan Azad
Congress
Congress Committee
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Talks Center on Opening of Second Front
In Moscow representatives of major United Nations gather for high level talks amid fears of a second front in Europe in 1942. British and American envoys including Sir Archibald Clark Kerr and Admiral William Standley join others as deliberations focus on aiding Soviet forces. Japan’s threat to Russia looms with reports of intensified buildup in the Far East and more aircraft.
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London
United Nations
Moscow
Russia
Archibald Clark Kerr
Kuibyshev
United States
William H. Standley
Churchill
William C. Bullitt
Roosevelt
Clark Kerr
Standley
Follett Bradley
U. S
Roger Garreau
William Steffens
Anthony Eden
Europe
Japan
Far East
George Yeh
Chinese Ministery of Information
Yeh
State honey production cuts threaten bees in Ohio
An apiary expert reported Ohio bees reduced honey output by 25 percent due to heavy spring rains and cold weather. C A Reese of the Department of Agriculture said nectar is scarce, some beekeepers feed sugar to save bees, hoping for a fall crop. Tennessee Democrats nominate Prentice Cooper for a third term as governor.
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Columbus
Ohio
C. A. Reese
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Money Grants To Collegians Are Proposed
A War Manpower Commission special committee backs direct student grants to broaden college access and ensure nurse and officer material for the war effort. An educator warned subsidized higher education is crucial to avoid a 30 percent fall in university enrollments next term. Proposals include subsidies and multi million dollar appropriations, with doubts about funding before the September term.
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Washingpo
BAP
War Manpower Co
Navy
Record High Number Of Persons Working
Employment increased 700000 from June to July to a new high of 54000000 at work. Unemployment stayed at 2800000 as 700000 found jobs and an equal number entered the labor force, many young people leaving school seeking first jobs.
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Washington
Work Projects Administration
WPA
Ruhr District Bombed by RAF Raiders Over Duisburg
British RAF bombers attacked the German industrial center Duisburg in the Ruhr last night with other strikes in the Ruhr Valley. German raids hit Britain including East Anglia and Scotland. an English seaside resort was strafed injuring several people.
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London
Duisburg
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Low Countries
Britain
East Anglia
Scotland
India freedom debate weighs on Atlantic Charter ideals
The column argues Britain cannot grant Indian nationalist demands now or risk chaos from provisional rule. It warns Allied powers might oppose a move seen as handing India to the Axis’s enemy, emphasizing India’s strategic importance and Gandhi’s influence.
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Britain
Congress Party
England
India
Avis
War Billions Shaped by WWII Spending Totals
Washington report shows a total of 205.5 billion dollars allotted or authorized for defense from June 1940 to June 1943. Budget officials note most funds funded war needs while normal government costs were reduced by about 1.09 billion, with war totals broken down for 1941 1942 and an estimated 1943.
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Washington
Congress
Bureau of the Budget
Congressional
Glass
D.-Va
Rep. Cannon
D.-Mo
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Cannon
Budget Bureau
WPA
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Department of Agriculture
Veterans Administration
Two More Survivors Found After Lake Tragedy
Two more survivors of the Saginaw Bay fishing tug disaster were found alive by Coast Guard at Lone Tree Island. Eugene Sauve 27 and his wife Fern 21 of Kawkawlin were identified, bringing survivors to four from nine who died when the boat capsized after hitting a rocky reef.
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Standish Mich
Saginaw
Lone Tree Island
Coast Guards
Bay City
Eugene Sauve
Fern
Kawkawlin
Admiralty Lord Says Axis Sub Loss Heavy
In a London address Admiral Lord Alexander chief of the British Admiralty says Britain is taking a heavy toll of Axis submarines. He cites escort ships from the United States and air support from British and United Nations aircraft as key to continuing the submarine campaign despite strategic restrictions on details.
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Admiralty
London
A. V. Alexander
United States
United Nations
Thunderbolts in Britain Enter U S Air Force Fliers
The Manchester Guardian reports U S Army Air Force fighter squadrons in Britain now fly the advanced single seat Republic P 47 Thunderbolt. The aircraft is among the newest and reputedly very fast with a high operational ceiling.
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London
Britain
Manchester Guardian
United States Army Air Force
United States Army
Five journalists nominated for OSU Journalism Hall of Fame
Four men and a woman named Joseph W. Gray Harry Harrington Robert Ryder William Sibley and Zell Hart Deming win nomination to Ohio State University Journalism Hall of Fame. Sibley ran The Galphois Tribune for 30 years and later wrote Along the Highway column for The Chicago Journal of Commerce.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Journalism Hall of
Joseph W. Gray
Harry Harrington
Robert ©. Ryder
William Sibley
Zell Hart Deming
Sibley
Galphois Tribune
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Arrest Youth In Cleveland Circus Fire
Detective Frank W Story returned from Pittsburgh with a suspect in the $200 000 Ringling Bros and Barnum Bailey fire but said the 16 year old had nothing to do with the blaze District Attorney Russell H Romas said Lemandris Ford admitted starting the fire with a Pittsburgh companion named Jess who is sought Officials say Ford was hired and fired by the circus and implicated the plan to get even with the show The boy said they puffed cigars and the other man dropped a cigarette into straw leading to the fire and the deaths of 42 animals in the menagerie tailing he felt sorry for the animals afterward
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Cleveland
Frank W. Story
Pittsburgh
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey
Russell H. Romas
Lemandris Ford
Story
Ford
Adams
Jess
Cleveland Busses To Run on Ersatz Tires
Cleveland transit will test the first all synthetic tires on city buses. A few buses will use them pending Office of Price Administration ruling on tire quotas, but William G. Kearney of Goodrich warns the experiments do not imply widespread civilian synthetic tire use.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Office of Price Administration
William G. Kearney
Goodrich Tire & Rubber Co
2100 Phone Workers Return After Trace
2100 Ohio Bell Telephone Co workers returned to work after a strike that began Tuesday. An agreement allows the War Labor board to hear the wage dispute on Aug 17 with any increases retroactive to July 12. The operators union had threatened to join the walkout.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell
War Labor Board
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Mexican Labor Helps U S Farm Shortage
United States opens southern border to temporary Mexican farm workers to address farm labor shortages. Government Mexico agreement announced by the Office of War Information aims to support the food for victory program.
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Washington
Mexico
Office of War Information
America
Roosevelt’s Son Elliott Hurt. To Undergo Hospital Care
Elliott Roosevelt, promoted from major to lieutenant colonel in the US Army Air Force, will be confined to a hospital for several days due to a knee injury suffered at another field. The incident follows his recent promotion and remains under military medical care.
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Dayton
Roosevelt
Elliott
UA. S. Army Air Force
Political Influence on Tax Measure
W J Schieffelin Jr of New York City testified before the Senate Finance Committee urging the country to delay a retail sales tax until after elections. He said it might be better to have no tax bill at all than one pushed by election politics and warned a September or October bill could be dominated by political influence. He urged the committee to stand up and tell the country the truth.
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Washington
W. J Schieffelin, Jr
New York City
Senate Finance Committee
Committee
Chamber of Commerce
State of
New York
Schieffelin
Times
Roosevelt reviews Nazi saboteur case as deadline looms
President Roosevelt said he had not finished reviewing testimony in the eight alleged Nazi saboteurs case and did not know if he would finish today. The White House had indicated he had not concluded reading the testimony, amid reports he might identify six and grant clemency to two agents tried by a military tribunal for sabotage plans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Ten Jap Planes Destroyed In U.S. Raid Near Canton
U S bombers attacked a Japanese airdrome near Canton destroying at least ten grounded planes. The St ilwell headquarters reported the Japanese were taken by surprise in the operation announced today.
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U.S
Chungking
Canton
Joseph D. Stilwell
Giant cargo planes go into mass production in U S factories
In a series of radio talks, industry leaders say giant four and six motor cargo airplanes are now being produced in quantity. The 400 passenger ships and 500 Mars type flying boats are planned for long range troop and cargo transport to Europe, with Liberator bombers and Coronado hulls cited as already in service and expanding capacity.
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U.S
Los Angeles
Atlantic
Tom M. Girdler
Consolidated Aircraft Corp
Reuben H. Fleet
Girdler
San Diego
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Henry J. Keiser
West Coast Shipbuilder
Navy
Consolidated
Coronado
Army
Europe
Battle front reports heavy tank clashes near Stalingrad
Soviet dispatches say Red Army repelled mass German tank and parachute assaults along the Stalingrad front, driving back enemy armor and paratroops. German claims of advances toward the Kuban oil fields contrast with Red reports of gains south of Stalingrad and near Rostov.
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Adolf Hitler
Caucasus
Red Army
Stalingrad
Belaya Glina
Don Bend
Don
Jedor von Bock
Caucausus
Kotelnikovski
Kushchevka
Rostov
Kletskaya
War Relics Sought To Fill Ohio Scrap Quota
Columbus AP report says Ohio must turn cannons cannon balls and wrought iron fences into steel to meet a 2 175 6 ton six month scrap quota. Secretary Robert O Weibly of the State Salvage Committee urged citizens to provide relics for wartime needs.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert O. Weibly
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