Vichy Reports Nazis at Gates Of Stalingrad
Nazi forces threatened Stalingrad as Vichy broadcasts claimed heavy fighting in the Stalin grad defense zone. Reports cited German advances toward Mozdok and Ordzhonikidze while Red Army appeals urged saving Russia and Moscow faced heavy air and ground fighting near Rzhev and Don region.
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Red Fleet
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Tuapse
Caucasus
Stalingrad
Great Volga River
Baku
Mozdok
Ordzhonikidze
Russia
Red Star
Don
Kuban
Ission
Kotelnikovski
Leningrad
Kletskaya
Don River Bend
Semeon Timoshenko
Rzhev
Moscow
Industrial expert Boasts Athens County role in war effort
Paul Booher arrived as general manager of the Athens County Industrial Association and will run the office in Athens. He brings years of industrial survey experience from the St. Louis Southwestern Railway in St. Louis and will oversee data gathering and promotional work to spur local plant sites and war industry.
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Paul Booher
Athens County Industrial Association
Athens
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company
St. Louis
Booker
America
Pt. Pleasant, W. Va
Activites
Association
Hocking Valley
Congress
Hocking
Rescue attempt ends in tragedy for Farrington family
Walter W. Farrington, 66, died of a heart attack after police chief Thomas Fesmire saved his three year old grandson Jerry who wandered onto Baltimore & Ohio tracks. The boy was rescued moments before a train stopped. the elder Farrington collapsed at his homeyard.
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Cincinnati
Walter W. Farrington
Jerry Farrington
Thomas Fesmire
Baltimore & Ohio
Fesmire
Jerry
Farrington
Five States Test New Deal Strength
Five states hold primary ballots testing presidential influence and foreign policy stance. Voters in New York choose congressional nominees and convention delegates, Idaho Ohio and Nebraska pick congressional and gubernatorial candidates, and Arkansas faces a run-off between two senatorial hopefuls. Roosevelt’s home state draws chief attention.
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Washington
New York
Idaho
Ohio
Nebraska
Arkansas
Roosevelt
Lightest Vote In 22 Years Seen In Ohio
Voters stayed away from Ohio polls as Democrats and Republicans chose candidates for the November 3 election. Early turnout suggested about 700 000 voters, less than half of recent primaries, with the Democrats' five way gubernatorial race the main contest. Absent were the usual fireworks as citizens focused on wartime concerns and Axis defeat.
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Columbus
Ohio
George Neffner
Secretary of State
Warehouse collapse in Milwaukee suburb yields 12 dead
Grime smeared rescue squads battled through glass and bricks to uncover the 12 bodies in a Wauwatosa warehouse disaster. Police said little hope remained for survivors as floodlit crews cleared a 30 foot mound of debris. In Albuquerque Lieut James M Stewart became a bombardier pilot at the Army base.
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Milwaukee
Wauwatosa
Louis Wrasse
Albuquerque, N. M
James M. Stewart
Albuquerque Army Air Base
Australia warns of heavy resistance in Solomons offensive
The War Today notes U S forces press their first major offensive in the Solomon Islands. Admiral King cautions that losses are to be expected in this difficult amphibious operation. Operations center on Tulagi Guadalcanal with wider action across the Solomons and New Guinea as MacArthur’s planes strike targets.
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Solomon Islands
Uncle Sam
John Curtin
Ernest J. King
United States
Tulagi
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Bismarck Archipelago
New Guinea
MacArthur
Australia
Japan
Berlin
U. S
Navy
Washington
King
Nazis Moving Arms Plants Across Europe
An Italian traveler reports German forces are dismantling arms and war production facilities in Northern Italy and transporting them to Central Germany with thousands of workers. Production experts favor moving factories over supplying coal and raw materials. A separate Europe report says Marshal List has massed a new army behind the eastern front near Moscow for a drive on the Soviet capital.
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Ankara
Turkey
Italy
Germany
Europe
Siegmund List
Balkan
Moscow
Bicycle Rationing Tightens As Supplies Fall
Washington officials tighten bicycle rationing lists effective August 15 as the war production board orders a halt to bicycle production at the end of August. The move narrows eligibility beyond automobile and other rationed items, reflecting expected continued shortages.
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Washington
Officer of Price Administration
War Production Board
Match Workers Strike In Two Ohio Plants
Strikes at two Akron area match factories continued on the second day as Dr. John R. Steelman urged workers to return to their jobs.
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Ohio
Akron
John R. Steelman
U. S. Department of Labor
Plane Parts Factory Shut Down by Strike
A work stoppage by 4,000 employees halted the two plants of the Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co the maker of plane parts.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co
Messenger Office Tonight Election Returns Reminder
The Messenger will have Athens County election returns tonight as fast as they are reported to the Board of Elections. To keep election board telephones free for precinct reports and avoid interrupting tabulators, readers are asked to call The Messenger instead. Call 0244 9245 or 0246 for information on vote returns.
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Messenger
Athens County
Board of Elections
Election Board
Board
Germans Tighten Control as Invasion Fears Grow
Nazi forces broaden executions and hosta ge takeings across occupied Europe amid warnings of collective punishment and anti Allied uprisings. Vichy police mobilized while Laval detours for revolt suppression and Dutch hostages rise as occupation tightens.
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Europe
Paris
Czecho-Slovakia
France
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Aneta
Netherlands
Holland
Bern
Switzerland
War Needs Get First Lien on 1942 Fruit
The Army, Navy and lend-lease requirements gained first lien on all 1942 dried fruit production including apples, apricots, peaches, pears, prunes, and grapes held by bankers. The War Production Board freeze also covers carryover from the 1941 crop.
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Washington-4
Army
Navy
War Production Board
Riots and Strikes Spread Across India Turmoil Deepens
Reports from Bombay to Calcutta describe demonstrations hartals and goondaism as communal tensions flare. British troops aid police amid rising casualties with 28 dead and over 200 injured since the riots began, as Gandhi followers vow a final struggle against British rule.
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Bombay
India
Cutta
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Woman amputates foot after boat motor accident
Mrs C F Thompson amputated her ankle with a fish knife after slack pulled her foot into a boat motor. An emergency tourniquet, Coast Guard transport, and field hospital care followed including a transfusion and a second amputation. She was reported doing well. Separately in Vichy Pierre Laval said Nazi policy would trade one French POW for every three workers volunteering for Germany.
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Jacksonville
N. C
C. F. Thompson
New River Marine Base
Pierre Laval
Germany
Allies begin first offensive in Pacific war with Solomon Islands battle
U S Marines repel furious Japanese counterattacks as Allied naval and air forces support a five day Solomon Islands invasion 300 miles northeast of Australia. Admiral King reports cruiser losses and heavy Japanese air and surface activity while Curtin cites at least an even break and shipments arriving in Australia.
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United States
Solomon Islands
Australia
John Curtin
Seek Control of Islands in Pacific Offensive
King announced the first offensive move to seize the Solomons as the initial step in a broader drive to eject Japan from bases north of Australia. MacArthur reports bomber strikes on Rabaul and Timor with ships hit and fires seen. ground fighting continues at Tulagi Guadalcaral and in Kokoda, New Guinea as Allied forces press the campaign.
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King
Solomons
Australia
Java
MacArthur
Rabaul
Dutch Timor
Navy
Tulagi
Guadalcaral Islands
New Guinea
Kokoda
American Cruiser Sunk in Solomons Assault Report
Admiral King reported Allied landings at the Solomons faced heavy enemy counterattack. US and Australian forces suffered losses including a cruiser sunk and several ships damaged, with many enemy planes destroyed. The assault was led by Vice Admiral Ghormley and overseen by Admiral Nimitz.
Canning Sugar Applications Accepted Any Time
Ohio ration boards are told to accept home canning sugar applications year round. A War Price and Rationing Board official says the policy aims to prevent food waste and that certificates are issued based on merits. Applications by mail use a self addressed stamped envelope and require prior spring sugar use and fall canning data.
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Columbus
Office of Price Administration
Ohio
Karl P. Ruth
OPA
Athens County
Leonard Prater
War Price and Rationing Board
Prater
Begin Housing Project For Ravenna Workers
Construction to build Maple Grove housing near Warren for 2000 Ravenna ordnance workers progresses after Federal Works Agency approval. Project valued at 268400 dollars, announced yesterday in Chicago.
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Windham
Maple Grove
Warren
Ravenna Ordnance
Federal Works Agency
Chicago
Ohio War Training Graduates Pass 70,000 Mark
Ohio war training schools expect over 70 000 graduates in the second half of 1942. Wade Hamond, Ohio director of the U S Employment Service, estimated that 14 000 will complete classes in July August, 20 000 in September October, and 19 000 in November December.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wade Hamerond
U. S. Employment Service
Condemned Traitor Reconsiders Fate in Milan
Max Stephan a 50 year old German born traitor condemned to hang for aiding an escaped German officer lost bravado and told his attorney he is in a hell of a mess. He claimed Germany will not let him hang, insisting he never said he wouldn't hang.
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Milan
Mich
Max Stephan
Navy
Stephan
China
Germany
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