Bombers Hit Four Japanese Bases in Southwest Pacific
Allied bombers piled 224 tons of bombs on Vila, Salamaua, Bairoko and Amboina in the Southwest Pacific raid. No Japanese air opposition was reported. The strikes target Salamaua and Vila as the next steps toward Kaul on New Britain.
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Allied
PACIFI_ (AP
Pacific
Jds
Vila
Salamaua
Bairoko
Amboina
Kaul
New Britain
Berlin
Arriba
Italy
Badoglio
Switzerland
Swiss Telegraphic Agency
Chiasso
Genoa
Turin
Milan
Air War Strikes Push Toward German Defeat
Elmer Davis asserts Germany must be decisively beaten by ground forces even after heavy air pounding. Liberator bombings hit Salamaua Vila, and the Olombangara airfield. 63 tons dropped on Vila and 22 tons on Bakio Harbor. Night raids on Amboina. ground forces advance from Munda toward airoko as patrols harass Salamaua.
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Washington
Elmer Davis
Office of Ar Information
Germany
Salamaua
New Guinea
Vilardrome
New Georgia
Munda
Airoko
Peace-Period Talks Begin on Postwar Planning
President Roosevelt convened a conference with State Department aides to map postwar policy. Attendees included Secretary Hull, Undersecretary Welles, Norman Davis of the Red Cross, Isaiah Bowman of Johns Hopkins, and Pasvolsky, assistant secretary of state in charge of postwar planning.
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Washington
Sevelt
State Department
Hull
Welles
Norman Davis
Fd Cross
Isaiah Bowman
Pasvolsky
Railroads' April Passenger Income Surges Worldwide
The nation's class 1 steam railroads carried nearly 38.5 million coach passengers in April. Revenue reached $75,606,082, up 142.2 percent from April 1942, while coach travelers increased 74.1 percent from 22 million in April 1942.
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Washington
Pril
Interstate Commerce
Uders
Bomber Attacks Hit Burma Railroads and Ports
American medium bombers of the Tenth Force attacked Burma's internal communications targets yesterday. Mitchell bombers scored direct hits on Tawaddy River ports at Katha and Bama, causing heavy damage. All planes returned safely.
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New Delhi
Burma
United States Army Mmunique
Mitchell
Tawaddy
Katha Bama
Katha
War Labor Board Sets 50 Cent Min Wage for Web Industry
The War Labor Board empowers regional boards to approve a 50 cent minimum wage for the web industry workers in Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia as part of wartime labor policy.
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Washington
The
War Labor Board
WLB
Ohio
Kenny
West Virginia
Horseplay condemned by war workers in Ohio gathering
Ohio American Legion delegates welcomed Gov. Bricker and hear war production warned by Lee Pennington of the FBI that horseplay among war workers threatens production. Brig. Gen. Robert L. Denig of the Marines cautioned against complacency, warning it could prolong the war. Denig, from Sandusky, spoke at the convention.
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Cincinnati
Ohio American Legionnaires
John W. Bricker
Lee Pennington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert L. Denig
Marines
U. S
Denig
Sandusky
U S Employment Office To Move To Columbus
Regional Director Robert C. Goodwin of the War Manpower Commission announced a new state WMC office supervising the Federal Employment Service in Ohio would be located in Columbus. A new state WMC director was to be designated next week as administration shifts from regional to state offices.
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Cleveland
Robert C. Goodwin
The
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Federal Employment Service In
Ohio
USES
Columbus
Washington
Goodwin
Wallace Declines Involvement in Food and Price Worries
Vice President Wallace said he would keep hands off price and food administration issues amid reports Roosevelt might seek his help on agricultural production pricing and rationing.
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Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt
Midwest milk producers seek authority to raise prices
A four state delegation from Ohio Michigan Indiana and West Virginia met in Washington with War Food Administration officials to press for a 25 percent farm milk price hike. They were told prices would not rise until the price roll back policy is set and OPSA indicated producers must show prices below costs to authorize an increase. The group vowed to stay in Washington for a direct answer.
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Washington
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
West Virginia
War Food Administration
Charles W. Holman
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Office of Price Administration
Holman
OPSA
Cleveland
OPA
WFA
GOP Hopes To Win in 1944 On Farm Vote
Republican chairmen from 14 states met at Hungry Jack Lake Minnesota to discuss a farm plank for the 1944 convention. Dr Radabaugh said farmers are turning from Democrats and GOP strength is growing, urging preservation of wartime farm programs with modifications for new conditions.
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GOP
Graind Marais
Minn
Middle West
Hungry Jack Lake
Here
R. C. Radabaugh
Hastings
Minnesota
Depot Turned Over to Atlas For War Efficiency
The War Department announced that the Portage Army ordnance depot at Ravenna Ohio will be transferred to Atlas Powder Company to operate on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis. It becomes the second depot moved to private management, following Procter and Gamble at Milan Tennessee.
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Washington
Portage Army Ordnance
Ravenna
Atlas Powder Company
War Department
Procter and Gamble, Inc
Milan
Tenn
Army
Servicemen Threaten Officer After Scuffle
A crowd of over 200 servicemen near city hall threatened to harm a city policeman involved in a scuffle with a Marine. Military police and Navy shore patrolmen dispersed the crowd.
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Philadelphia
City Hall
Sicilian Reception Mixed as U S Troops Try to Win Hearts
Sgt Fosse reports Sicilians grew tired of Rome propaganda and favored letters from relatives in the United States. Pvt Gino Taglieri notes locals saw US troops as in the same league as Greeks Romans and Vandals. Sikilians’ curiosity fades as conflict persists and locals crave cigarettes and normal life.
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Sgt
Jack Fossle
Stars and Stripes
Associated Press
Sicily
Mussolini
Island
Gino Taglieri
Paterson
N. J
I Duce
Caesar
Donald Brunni
van Wert
Ohio
Northern Ireland
Hershey Uncertain on Fathers Draft Decisions
AP reports Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey says there are too many imponderables to predict the fate of the fathers draft. He notes future calls depend on Europe, Russia, and Pacific conditions and that the service will exhaust all manpower before turning to fathers.
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Los Angeles
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Europe
Russia
Pacific
John M. Costello
D.-Calif
Subcommittee
General Hershey
Infant Kidnapping Case Ends As Wife Returns Baby
Albany officials announced Judith Gurney was found alive and returned to her parents after a 26-year-old Army wife confessed to a child stealing scheme. Nurses and a doctors' exam refuted the pregnancy claim, while details of a prior birth remained undisclosed. Neighbors reported no child at home before Tuesday. Judith weighed eight ounces more and rested with her relieved parents.
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Albany, Ore
Judith Gurney
Albany
Harlow Weinrick
Catherine Wright
Weinrich
Ohio Cited as Example of Food Production
Food Administrator Marvin Jones praised Ohio as a model for national food production efforts. He cited cooperation among statewide farm groups the Extension Service the Agricultural Adjustment Agency vocational agriculture and other organizations as a united front working for the common good.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Ohio
Buckeye State
Extension Service
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Vocational Agricultural
Jones
Hundreds To Lose Jobs At Army Depot In Columbus
Col. Edward Calvert, commandant of the army service forces depot in Columbus, said today personnel would drop about 12.5 percent next month. Between 1,100 and 1,200 workers will be affected as part of nationwide army economy measures. He expects most workers can find positions in private industry or other federal jobs.
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Columbus
Edward Calvert
Army Service Forces Depot
Calvert
Russian War Plants Compared Favorably by U S Ambassador
Admiral William H Standley U S Soviet Ambassador completed a four day tour of Soviet tank factories and steel mills finding the plants compare favorably with those in the United States The report followed Sun spot and electric disturbances that again disrupted short wave radio reception in the United States in New York.
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Moscow
United States
William H. Standley
U. S
New York
Hitler Pleads for Loyalty to the Home Front
In Bern the Voelkischer Beobachter called on civilians from evacuated zones to remain steadfast as Axis plans hinge on the home front. The editor said the home front attitude is decisive and noted Allied air forces complicate German war strategy amid reverses in Russia and Sicily.
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Bern
Switzerland
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Reich
Russia
Sicily
Beobachter
Ebersbach Rites Set Thursday Afternoon
Funeral services for Charles Ebersbach who died Monday in Florida will be held Thursday at four o'clock at Simpson Methodist Church with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home from eight in the morning to three in the afternoon.
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Pomeroy
Charles Ebersbach
Florida
Simpson Methodist Church
Beech Grove
Ewing Funeral Home
Miners Reinstatement Bid Awaits AFL Parley
A committee report on United Mine Workers reinstatement in the AFL was ready for submission to the AFL executive council. An informed source predicted the council would refer the subject to the October convention.
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Chicago
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
AFL Executive Council
Days of Covered Wagon Live Again in Cleveland
A three Percheron wagon pulled by 66-year-old George Martin arrived in Cleveland for a 1,200-mile trek toward Minnesota timber lands. Martin, Nebraska native and farm manager from Painesville, begins his westward journey to International Falls to clear 500 acres, build a home, and send for his family.
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Cleveland
George Martin
Minnesota
Martin
Nebraska
Painesville
International Falls
Minn
Martin Marauders Used in Latest Raids
The Eighth Air Force in England disclosed that American B 26 Martin Marauder medium bombers have raided Europe from England since May. The first May raid flew at treetop height without losses. the second raid resulted in ten aircraft lost.
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U. S
Eighth Air Force
England
Eighth Air Force Headquarters
Europe
Nazi Officials Evacuate Berlin Move Reported
London dispatch quotes Moroccan radio via Associated Press saying the German foreign ministry has been moved from Berlin. The report notes the evacuation appears connected to wartime security concerns.
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London
Morocco
Associated Press
Atlantique
Berlin
Willow Grove Mine Branded Highly Gaseous
BELLAIRE: Adolph Pacifo vice president United Mine Workers District 6 says Hanna Coal Co failed to apply two safety measures at Willow Grove Mine keeping about 600 workers from returning. Pacifo cites 200000 cubic feet of Menthane gas daily and compares Willow Grove to Stewarts and Big Run Mines as gaseous. The union accuses the company of unsafe blasting using permissible powder after workers quit.
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Bellaire
Adolph
Pacifico
United Mine Workers
Hanna Coal Co
Willow Grove
Pacifica
Stewarts
Big Run
Rail and River Coal Company
President Roosevelt Fishes on Manitoulin Island Holiday
U P President Roosevelt spent a week on Manitoulin Island Ontario the largest inland island in the world. He traveled by a 10 car private train through Ontario to Birch Island in the Georgian Bay area for a quiet holiday. In his first afternoon he caught five black bass with a light trout rod. No further reports on his catches.
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Little Current
Ontario
Roosevelt
Manitoulin Island
Canada
Campobello
N. B
United States
Birch Island
Georgian Bay Area
Better Radio Coverage Held Necessary in Ohio
Washington reports that Chairman Fly of the Communications Commission says Ohio has the poorest radio coverage among populous states. He urges improvement and notes a survey would precede any move of Station WJW from Akron to Cleveland.
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Washington
Ohio
Fly
The
Communications Commission
WJW
Washington Awaits New Developments in Reich
Washington contemplates whether Hitler’s regime is weakening as reports from neutral correspondents weigh the German situation. Officials fear assuming Goering leads a military faction, while others recall previous hints of a power shift. Mussolini’s fall raises questions, but Germany’s wartime record and city responses to Allies remain varied and wary.
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Adolf Hitler
Reich
Mussolini
Italy
Madrid
Herman Goering
Hitler
Goering
Red Pincers Threaten To Encircle City
Allied and Soviet forces drove major offensives across Europe and Africa. The Red Army pressed toward Kharkov and Nikitovka while Germans retreated, and Sicily saw heavy fighting with Allied land, sea, and air power advancing toward Randazzo and Messina. RAF and US units attacked Mannheim Ludwigshafen and coastal targets as Mussolini’s ouster drew comment from Rome.
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Red Army
Stalingrad
Kharkov
RAF
Germany
Nikitovka
Stalino
Orel
Bryansk
Smolensk
Sicily
Randazzo
Bronte
U. S
Troina
Seventh Army
San Agata
Eighth Army
Cape Orlando
Riposto
Acireale
Mannheims Ludwigshafen
Rhine
Frankfort
Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Sardinia
Messina
Paradiso
Milazzo
Fioresta
Novara
Sicilian
London Press Demands Second Rome Bombing
London papers urged renewed bombing of Rome as the Sicilian campaign neared a climax. They pressed for closely coordinated Allied military and political actions with the Russian front while warning Axis propaganda aims to split the three powers. Columbus reports seventy cited arrests for July fish and game violations with many convicted.
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London
Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Columbus
State Conservation Division
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Pay.s
Alamaua
Ila
U.S. Employment Office
Midwest
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Raffaele Guariglia
Trieste
von Ribbentrop
Depot
Atlas
Hershey
House
Ebersbach
AFL
Yale
Wesley Sturges
U. S. State Department
Willow Grove Mine
EDR
Manitoulin
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