Father Draft Legislation Sought by Rep May
Rep May of Kentucky said he would introduce a bill to prohibit inductions of fathers and to discharge those already in the Army. He argued the Army is large enough with 80,000 18 year olds drafted monthly and noted conflicting statements from War Department officials on lowering the draft age.
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Ashington
Rman May
Congress
Oreover
May
Paul V. McNutt
Warpower
Jis Hershey
Selective Service
McNuttan
Herought
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
House
Kily
Texas
Orshey
Rvices
Mility Committee
Seek Revenge NER Staff Correspondent at Camp Shelby
A Times of glimpsed sentiment at Camp Shelby documents 400 Japanese American soldiers training in khaki. Personal losses from Pearl Harbor, a raid, and a submarine torpedo attack fuel resolve to serve anywhere with the unit’s Go for Broke creed. A Caucasian major praises the soldiers’ readiness.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Pearl Harbor
Admiral Tojo
Hawaii
Japan
Churchill Visit Fuels Hopes of Allied Victory This Year
London reports amplified optimism after Churchill travels to meet Roosevelt for a sixth wartime talk. Allies plan a broad offensive from multiple fronts, with focus on ending the Italian campaign and opening a larger push into Germany this year. Stalin’s absence noted. Edens Post cites invitations and frequent updates.
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London
Churchill
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Europe
Mediterranean
Britain
Quebec
United States
Joseph Stalin
Anthony Eden
Yorkshire Post
Stalin
Pacific
Kurt Dietmar
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
Times of London
Mary
Auxiliary Territorial Service
North America
Japanese Claims on Allied Losses in War Report
Tokyo reports 82 Allied naval units sunk or damaged and 2,580 Allied planes shot down in combat. Japanese Navy claims 305 aircraft destroyed or damaged on the ground, asserting Allied losses in the Pacific have been heavy.
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London
Tokyo Broad- St
Pacific
New Railroad Contract Reaches Roosevelt For Approval
Labor circles report that 15 non operating railroad unions have completed a contract with carriers providing an eight cent an hour increase as urged by the emergency board. The agreement will be submitted to President Roosevelt for approval. The unions had sought 20 cents and a 79 cent hourly minimum wage.
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Washington
Labor Cir‘es
Mergency Board
Eatly
Roosevelt
Ordnance Work Opens For Roebuck Firm
The War Department announced that Sears Roebuck and Co. will manage ordnance for the Army in Trumbly County Ohio. The arrangement involves overseeing supply and operations at key arsenals and depots under military supervision.
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Washington
Oe Department
Od Maar and Roebuck Company
Trumby
Ohio flier dies in Pueblo bomber crash
A U S Army bomber crash near Pueblo Colorado killed pilot Myron H. Piter of Youngstown Ohio after a forced landing ten miles north of the city. The fire and explosion followed the emergency landing on Monday night.
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Ohio Flier
Pueblo
Colo
T. Myron H. Piter
Youngstown
Ohio Legion Elects Williams Commander At War Conference
The Ohio American Legion held final sessions of a three day war conference in Cincinnati approving Ball-Burton Senate Bill aims to urge U S action on post war problems. Rossiter C Williams of Oak Hill was elected commander succeeding Martin V Coffey. Other officers include Richard A Lindermann Delphos vice commander R B Tharp Washington H treasurer and Rev Leonard T Gerrity chaplain.
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Cincinnati
Ohio American Legion
Ball-Burton Senate
United States
Rossiter C. Williams
Oak Hill
Martin V. Coffey
Middletown
Richard A. Lindermann
Delphos
R. B. Tharp
Washington, D. H
Leonard T. Gerrity
National Military Home
Dayton
Milt Campbell
Legion
National Defense
Ohio Schools Seek Free NYA Equipment Use
Twenty Ohio school communities plan to requisition federal aid for free use of NYA vocational training equipment once owned by the National Youth Administration. Ohio locales with NYA programs include Xenia Athens Cambridge Cincinnati Columbus Dayton and several others. Hamburg bombings reportedly killed at least 50 000 people and destroyed 11 of 40 districts according to Sweden reports.
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NYA
Hamburg
Ohio
Columbus
National Youth Administration
Xenia
Wilberforce University
Athens
Ohio University
Cambridge
Chillicothe
Cincinati
Dayton
Hamilton
Ironton
Mansfield
Martins Ferry
Newark
Steubenville
Akron
Middleport
Stockholm
Sweden
Hamburger Tageblatt
Fred B. Cramer Dies at 61 From Heart Attack While Driving
Fred B. Cramer retired president of Monarch Products Co. died at age 61 from a heart attack while behind the wheel of his car. He had led Monarch for years and was widely known in the local business community.
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Tiffin
Fred B. Cramer
Monarch Products Co
Communist Plan Farms Found by FSA Probers
A four man congressional committee says thousands of collective farms were created by the FSA across multiple states. Chairman Rep. Harold D. Cooley accuses wasteful, unauthorized spending totaling beyond a billion dollars and cites rent free or low rent FSA housing with medical services. He notes Russia style farms and questions end results.
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FSA
Los Angeles
Farm Security Administration
Harold D. Cooley
Russia
Rep Cooley
The
Examiner
Cooley
Rexford G. Tugwell
Puerto Rico
Jdate
Washington
Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
O'Neal
Rationed sugar stops bootleggers in Denver claim
Treasury Department alcohol tax unit in Denver argues removing sugar from rationing and adding a whiskey shortage will revive bootlegging, warning unrestricted sugar sales would aid bootleggers, district supervisor A. V. Anderson says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
America
Alcohol Tax Unit
Treasury Department
A. V. Anderson
Final Japanese holdout trapped at New Georgia island
Allied forces close a semicircular trap around the last Japanese garrison at Bairoko Harbor on New Georgia in the Solomons. Army and Marine units seal off land approaches and marine forces threaten a possible night breakout across Kula Gulf.
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New Georgia Island
Solomons
Bairoko Harbor
Kula Gulf
American planes rout Japanese in Solomons as losses mount
Navy reports 199 Japanese aircraft shot down in the first 10 days of the Central Solomon Islands offensive, with U S losses at 34 planes. Allies pound Salamaua in New Guinea and press toward Bobdubi, while Kiska activity stirs speculation of a Pacific assault.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
United States
New Guinea
Salamaua
Bobdubi
India
Burma
Pacific
Aleutians
Kiska
Bairoko Harbor
U. S
Bairoko River
Free Soldiers To Mine Metal
Washington reports additional soldiers will be furloughed to relieve the home front manpower shortage. About 4,500 soldiers will be sent tomorrow to metal and mineral mines on a priority basis, with copper at the top of the list according to the War Production Board.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
War Manpower Commission
Copper
Army Aids in Wheat Harvest in North Dakota
Five thousand one hundred soldiers from Army installations in seven states are being sent to North Dakota to help harvest wheat. Farmers will pay troops at prevailing wage rates, with collections handled by the Department of Agriculture and remitted to the U S treasury.
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Omaha
North Dakota
Seventh Service Command
Department of Agriculture
U. S. Treasury
Shipbuilders Return To Jobs at Lorain
Construction of a dozen vessels for the Maritime Commission resumed today at the American Ship Building Co. Lorain yard as 3,500 employees returned to work ending a brief stoppage. AFL union leaders ordered resumption after a walkout yesterday and a check at 7 30 a m showed a virtually normal complement.
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Lorain
Maritime Commission
American Ship Building Co
Lorain Yard
AFL
Meat Dealers Seek Change In Rationing Rules
The National Retail Meat Dealers Association urged rationing of meat supplies to eating places amid beef shortages. A emergency food council resolution said high restaurant ceilings force dealers to absorb leftovers, with little left for retailers. It also pressed Congress to require the OPA to set a livestock ceiling high enough to ensure fair earnings for producers, slaughterers, and retailers while feeding the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National
Retail Meat Dealers’ Association
Association
Emergency Food Council
Congress
OPA
Six Soldiers Die in Lightning Strike at Fort Belvoir
Lightning struck a Fort Belvoir drill field during training, fatally injuring six soldiers who were the only people on the field. Capt. Don Swan says no others were harmed and none of the victims were from Ohio.
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Fort Belvoir
Don Swan
Ohio
Eighth Army presses into Sicily near Guardia coast
British troops seven miles up Sicily's east coast capture Guardia and approach Taormina as Churchill meets in Canada with Mackenzie King and Roosevelt. Allied strikes pound western coast of Italy while Allied naval units bomb Castellammare di Stabia and rail targets near Naples.
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Sicily
Guardia
Churchill
Canada
Taormina
Messina
Mt. Etna
Italy
Britain
Atlan
U. S. Seventh Army
Bronte
Randazzo
Rosmarino
Royal Navy
Castellammare di Stabia
Naples
Cape Vaticano
Dried Fruits Set Aside For Government Purchase
The War Food Administration ordered the 1943-44 pack of seven dried fruits set aside for government purchase. Raisins, apples, prunes, apricots, peaches, pears and currants are affected to assure ample supplies for lend-lease and military programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
Voting Light in Ohio Primary Elections
In Ohio municipal primaries yesterday, campaigns were listless and turnout was low with less than half the eligible voters participating. Unofficial returns indicated a subdued election across several cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio to Tighten Motor Vehicle Laws This Fall
Ohio motorists face major changes as new rules take effect in August and September. Key provisions include five year license suspensions for judgments in traffic cases, automatic license revocation after certain felonies, and possible imprisonment for driving after revocation. A new mercy clause allows service members to drive without a license if previously licensed, with waivers for former servicemen. The chauffeur permit age drops from 18 to 16.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Ohio
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Fleet intact postwar aim voiced by Rep Vinson
Milledgeville Ga veteran Rep Carl Vinson chair of the House Naval Affairs Committee urged keeping the fleet intact after the war as a peace guarantee. He warned wars would continue and argued against postwar commitments that scrap useful naval vessels. The interview touches on broader wartime strategies as Italian defenses are described near Brenner Pass and Axis counterattacks near Messina.
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Milledgeville, Ga
Carl Vinson
D.-Ga
Flouse Naval Affairs Committee
Georgia
United States
Protest Lewis Appeal To Join Larger Union
In Chicago the AFL executive council weighs the United Mine Workers charter amid a protest from the Progress ive Mine Workers of America led by Lloyd A. Thrush. Thrush cites miner injustices and attacks UMW leadership as the Smith Connally Bill spurs AFL unity tensions.
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Lewis
Chicago
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
United Mine Workers
AFL
Progressive Mine Workers of America
Lewis Union
Illinois
Kentucky
Progressive Miners Organization
Lloyd A. Thrush
Council
United Mine Workers Organization
Thrush
American Federation of Labor
Ohio State Banks See War Boom in Deposits
Columbus reports Ohio state banks totaled a record 2.592 billion dollars in deposits as of June 30, an increase of about 365 million from the prior December high. W L Hart, state superintendent of banks, announced the figures reflecting wartime dollars flowing into 444 banks.
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Columbus
Ohio
W. L. Hart
Dee
Heart of Paris Being Turned Into Fortress
The Tribune De Geneve reports the Marine Ministry Building and several central Paris streets converted into a fortress with cement blockhouses and tunnels. Many streets are now completely forbidden to civilians.
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Bern
Switzerland
Tribune de Geneve
Marine Ministry
Paris
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England
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Kharkov
Bryansk
RAF
Nuernberg
Reich
Harold V. Boyle
Woleld Vainpain
U.S
Brenner A Pass
Randozzo
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