MacArthur Declares Japan's Pacific Offensive Ultimately Defeated
General MacArthur stated Japan had the fullest attack capacity in the Pacific but failed and is now on the defensive. He emphasized Allied victories were decisive and that future success depended on gathering force, with remarks echoed by his spokesman. A Kolomagata bombardment and naval actions were noted, with no enemy planes encountered.
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LLIED
Southwest Pacif
Douglas Macur
Japan
Pacifics
Southwest Pac
Pac
Pacific
Marthur
MacArthur
Guadanal
Morley
Munda
Flamaua
Kolomagata Island
New Geor
Solomons
Pe Harbor
Illiam F. Halsey, Jr
Uth Pacific
Lla Gulf
Kolomgara
Unit
U S Officers Survive Torpedoed Ship in South Pacific
Three top American officers directing the U S South Pacific offensive were aboard an unidentified ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine near New Georgia. Lieut Gen Millard F Harmon Rear Adm K Turner and T S Jointly commanding operations were rescued unharmed as the vessel sank.
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U.S
U. S
Millard F. Harmon
South Pacific
Ad. K. Turner
T. S
South
Offee
Bomber Crashes Near Wendover Utah
A bomber crashed seven miles from Wendover Utah tearing up Pacific tracks and derailing a freight train. One person died and ten others were critically injured. The train crew escaped injury with 29 cars piled up.
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Wendover
Utah
Here
Oak Hills salesman Clyde Whitlatch dies in crash
Report says Clyde C. Whitlatch, noted Oak Hill area salesman for Etna, died in an accident near MBUIS. Authorities indicate the incident stemmed from the collision, with details incomplete.
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Oak Area
CoLy
Mbuis
Clyde C. Whitlatch
Gayesman
Etna
Oak Hill
Four Japanese Warships Sunk in Saturday Battle
A light American force attacked in Vella Gulf Solomons sinking at least four Japanese ships. The cruiser and three destroyers were hit as U S torpedoes and shells struck near Munda Airfield. Our casualties were reported as none with one cruiser possibly sunk.
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Jack the Giant Killers
United States
Vella Gulf
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Munda
New Georgia Island
Pomeroy Man Dies After Stroke in Tampa
Charles Ebersbach aged 73 died this morning in Tampa Florida after a stroke. He had led Ebersbach Construction Co for 12 years and previously managed Pomeroy Foundry, now Parkersburg Rig and Reel Co. He is survived by his wife two daughters Esther and Dorothy one sister Mrs Sophie Fisher and one brother Theodore of Pomeroy. Funeral arrangements not yet completed.
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Pomeroy
Charles Ebersbach
Tampa Fla
Ebersbach
Esther
Dorothy
Sophie Fisher
Theodore
Parkersburg Rig and Reel Co
Florida
War Production Board Chief Warns on Civilian Goods
Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board said restricted civilian manufacturing will not resume while materials stay tight. He added that cook stoves farm machinery and other items will be produced to protect civilian health and welfare regardless of material scarcity. He stressed it is equally vital to support both soldiers on the front and workers at home.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Relatives Sought in Portsmouth Gun Slaying
Sheriff Earl Brandel sought for questioning a relative of Charles Pendleton 38 who was fatally wounded in a Saturday night shooting during a revolver scuffle. Pendleton’s sister in law Mrs Carl Pendleton was wounded in the arm as she watched.
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Portsmouth
Earl Brandel
Charles Pendleton
Brandel
Pendleton
Carl Pendleton
Linemen Electrocuted In Lawrence County
IRONTON Ohio Power Company linemen Clarence R. King 55 and William Phillips 55 were killed and burned respectively after contact with a high voltage line at North Kenova Both men resided in Canton and worked for the company authorities said.
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Ironton
Clarence R. King
North Kenova
William Phillips
Ohio Power Company
Canbon
Powder Fear Triggers Willow Grove Mine Walkout
Adolph Pacifico, vice president of District 6 UMWA, says Willow Grove Mine closed after workers feared a type of explosive used in the shaft could cause a blast like the 72 fatalities three years ago. About 200 men quit Friday afternoon as others on later shifts did not report for work.
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Bellaire
Adolph Pacifico
United Mine Workers of America
Willow Grove
Ohio State Engineer Frank Harvey Eno Dies at 78
Frank Harvey Eno, a longtime Ohio State University engineering faculty member since 1902, has died at age 78 in Columbus. He was active in academic teaching and research during his tenure.
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Columbus
Frank Harvey Eno
Ohio State University
Possibility of More Liquor In Ohio Seen
Ohio officials welcomed word that the Office of Price Administration set markups for wholesalers in non monopoly states and forecast lower retail prices for spirits. Though not binding in Ohio, the measure could increase available liquor in Ohio and other monopoly states, as enforcement may curb evasion and raise willingness of distributors to sell here.
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Columbus
OPA
Ohio
Factories Returning to Normal Work After War Peak
Cincinnati report notes more industries will shift from war output to civilian goods after another peak year of production. Charles R. Hook of American Rolling Mill Co. says many enterprises will begin converting to peacetime work as victory contributions end. He warns demobilization should prevent unemployment issues.
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Cincinnati
Charles R. Hook
American Rolling Mill Co
Middleton Steel
Ohio Department of the American Legion
Hook
18 Year Voting Age Proposed by Senate Panel
Senator Hatch announced that a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee would start early work on a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18. He cited Georgia voters lowering the ballot age and urged swift committee action with Chairman Van Nuys expecting full committee approval.
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Washington
Congress
Hatch
D-Nm
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Georgia
Judiciary Committee
van Nuys
D-Ind
Senate
Pomeroy Street Repair Program Begins Under County Official
Work started today on the long awaited Pomeroy Street repair project in Meigs County. Mont Osborn the county highway superintendent oversees the program with traffic diverted onto alternate streets as Second Street opens for construction.
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Pomeroy Street
Pomeroy
Mont Osborn
Meigs County
Second St
Nazis Brace Against Red Tank Attacks Near Kharkov
Russian forces push toward Kharkov with fresh German reserves meeting stiff resistance near Dolzhik. Soviet gains include Bogodukhov and Bolshaya Pisa revki, isolating Kharkov rail links, while Luftwaffe and ground counterattacks incur heavy losses on both sides. Red air units damage supply trains and barges in the Black Sea.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Dolzhik
Ukraine
Bogodukhov
Bolshaya Pisarevki
Tarasovka
Vorskla
Bryansk
Orel
Eee
Red Army
Chuguyev
Izyum
Black Sea
Hoover Raps Civil Violence At Police Convention
FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover said law enforcement kept the home front secure despite wartime handicaps but warned dangerous days lie ahead. He cited civil violence and race riots spreading, denouncing confrontations that ignite community turmoil and lootings by teens in a national broadcast tone.
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Detroit
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Translator Held On Espionage Charge
Bond set at 50 000 for Roberto Lanas Vallecilla 35 year old foreign language translator in the Office of the Coordinator of Inter American Affairs charged with espionage. Vallecilla arrested here by FBI agents after the charge filed in New York and returned to jail pending removal to New York.
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Washington
Roberto Lanas Vallecilla
Coordinator of Inter- American Affairs
Vallecilla
FBI
New York
Goering and Military Leaders Assume Control in Germany
Dispatches from Berlin report Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering given great powers after a gathering of Nazi party chiefs and army leaders. Hitler remains a figurehead as the army appears to assume control in coming defensive war preparations.
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Madrid
Spain
Berlin
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Adolf Hitler
Swedes Doubt Hitler Is Out In Germany Power Shift
Stockholm reports doubt Hitler is finished as a figurehead with Goering Keitel and Doenitz now seen as real rulers. German army influence reportedly extends to press, production, rationing, and foreign affairs, while Mussolini's fate looms in London commentary.
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Stockholm
Germany
Reichmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Adolf Hitler
Goering
Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Karl Doenitz
Spain
Nazi Party
Italy
Fascist Party
Pietro Badoglio
Benito Mussolini
London
Hitler
Soft Coal Production Declines In July
Interior Secretary Ickes reports a slight drop in bituminous coal output for the week ending July 31 to 12,100,000 tons from 12,150,000, while anthracite remains high at 1,377,000 tons versus 1,326,000 the prior week.
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Washington
Ickes
President Roosevelt Returns From Canada Vacation
The White House announced that President Roosevelt has returned to the capital from a brief vacation in Canada on the north shore of Lake Huron.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Capitol
Canada
Lake Huron
War Department clarifies limits on limited service
The War Department states that the limited service category will be removed and most men will still be drafted as before. Those in non combat roles may be reexamined for honorable discharge while qualified soldiers in Army jobs may stay. The change aims to end belittling limits and curb disability claims while saving taxpayers money.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Audehbs Army
War Workers Sought Through Churches Aid
The War Production Board asked churches to urge congregants to stay in or return to war jobs. VP Keenan convened Catholic, Protestant and Jewish leaders to broadcast the appeal, stressing immediate action and offering day nurseries to ease mothers’ factory duties.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Joseph Db. Keenan
America
Keenan
Honorable Conclusion Attributed To Badoglio For War Aim
Italian press reports Premier Badoglio seeks to conduct the war to an honorable conclusion as Allied advances in Eastern Sicily and renewed air raids on Northern Italy press the Rome government. Dispatches from Tribune De Geneve note the explanation appearing in Rome papers.
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Bern
Pietro Badoglio
Rome
Tribune de Geneve
Sicily
Italy
Timken Produces 6000 Gun Barrels Monthly
Timken Roller Bearing Co announces a new seamless tubing process on a single production line enabling output of more than 6,000 heavy gun barrels each month. The 75 and 40 millimeter gun tubes are approved by military authorities and mounted on tanks, aircraft, and ships.
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Canton
Timken Rollerbearing Co
Timken
Allies Press Sicilian Breakout From Sea Flank
Allied units from the North Africa front surged along the Sicilian bridgehead as U S Seventh Army seized San Fratello and San Agata and the British Eighth Army advanced toward Mount Etna. American and British forces cut toward Messina while air and naval strikes targeted railways bridges and shipping in the region.
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North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sicilian
Messina
U. S
Seventh Army
Sicily
San Fratello
San Agata
Cesaro
Troina
Eighth Army
Acireale
Catania
San Maria de Licadia
Mount Etna
Italy
Randazzo
Messina Strait
Tyrrhenian Sea
Biancavilla
Adrano
Bronte
Etna
Bernard L
Montgomery
Noland Norgaard
Associated Press
Berlin
Strait of
Plane crash at Crabbill Airport kills pilot Russell Miller
A private airplane plunged 50 feet after takeoff at Crabbill airport yesterday, killing pilot Russell Miller, 45, of Springfield. The crash occurred soon after liftoff and prompted investigations by local authorities.
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Springfield
Crabbill Airport
Russell Miller
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