Senator Barkley urges universal military service registration
Sen Barkley proposes annual registration of men ages 21 to 44 to index both industrial and military manpower. The plan would modify the Burke Wadsworth bill and could require new congressional action for any extension beyond five years. debates focus on the registration bracket and related legislation in Congress.
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Washington
Sheppard
Tex
Congress
Burke
Neb
Barkley
Minton
Indiana
Senate
Southeast Coast Storm Claims Eight Lives in Hurricanes Day
The tropical hurricane battered the Southeast Atlantic coast causing eight deaths and widespread damage. Folly Beach flooding claimed six drownings as Savannah and Charleston faced high water and city services worked to restore communications. Fire at a Savannah terminal followed a downed power line as winds hit 68 to 70 mph.
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Atlanta
South Atlantic
Georgia
South Carolina
Charleston
Fort McPherson
Fort Moultrie
Sullivan's Island
Carolina
Fort Screven
Savannah
Beaufort
S. C
Big
Parris Island
Folly Beach
Naval Stores
Nazi air assault rocks southern England and Channel ports
Nazi air force launches a massive two day attack across the channel. British and German reports clash over planes shot down and ships damaged. Berlin claims heavy blows to RAF while London reports mixed losses and continued defense of Dover and Portsmouth.
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England
Channel
Portsmouth
Berlin
Manston
Dorsetshire
DNB
Hitler
RAF
London
English
Dover
Thames Estuary
English Channel
Infantile Paralysis Reported in Chesapeake Ohio
Health Department officials reported a case of infantile paralysis in Chesapeake, Ohio across the Ohio River, bringing the nearby total to 30. Parents were sending children away from the Southern Ohio Valley fearing an epidemic, but Dr. K W Strange said the situation was not out of control and no general quarantine was needed.
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Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake
Ohio River
Ohio Valley
K. W. Strange
Two Youths Die As Plane Crashes In Pa Garden
In Conway Pennsylvania a light grain plane crashed into a garden and burst into flames. Firemen recovered the charred bodies of Clarence Hartling age 22 of Freedom and Robert E. De age 27 of Washington.
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Conway
Clarence Hartling
Freedom
Robert E. de
Washington
Maurice Arnoux Reported Missing in Aerial Combat
Vichy France report states Maurice Arnoux an acclaimed French airman was shot down in aerial combat against multiple opponents with details unclear.
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Vichy
France
Maurice Arnoux
Pottery Magnate Linn Dies at 79 in Zanesville
Milman H. Linn Sr., a veteran pottery manufacturer based in Zanesville, Ohio, died in a local hospital yesterday at age 79. He led a prominent regional studio and business, shaping mid century ceramic production. Funeral arrangements were not disclosed.
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Zanesville
Milman H. Linn, Sr
Costly Ohio Road Plan Foreseen for Military Highways
Columbus Ohio highway officials warn a federal plan to add 10 foot shoulder strips along 1700 miles of military roads could require large right of way purchases. Costs cover berm expansion gravel base and asphalt, road reconstructions, parking lanes on relocations, and extra berms on busier routes with over 1800 vehicles daily.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hal G. Sours
Donald Whiten
Pennsyvania
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Year Needed To Build Defense Patterson Says
Robert P. Patterson new assistant secretary of war said consolidation of American industry for defense would take at least a year. He warned a year is a luxury we may never enjoy and that we are far from adequate preparedness on the supply front. The principal enemy is time and armament objectives cannot be met in days or weeks.
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House Military Committee
May
D-Ky
Knox
Navy
Woodring
Louis Johnson
John J. Pershing
Hugh Johnson
House
National Guard
Senate
Roosevelt
War Department
Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Army Industrial College
Patterson
Former Publisher Charles Campbell Dies at 88
New York reported the death of Charles M. Campbell a former chief publisher aged 88. He died yesterday leaving a marked imprint on the newspaper’s editorial era.
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New York
Charles M. Campbell
Ohief
Troubles, Three-Fold Spoil Lad's Week-End
In Berne Indiana John Dean five-year-old son John Jr. faced a rough weekend after a cartridge tossed into an open fire struck his ear a bee sting ordeal and a fall into a bucket of paint while crying and running home from a nest of bumble bees.
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Berne
Ind
John Dean
John, Jr
Johnnie
Three Die in Gun Battle at Family Picnic
In Barboursville West Virginia a quarrel over a debt at a family picnic led to a gun duel. Three died and a fourth man was wounded. the coroner ruled triple murder. The dead include J S Hammond 69 and Mrs Lessie Wickham 40 and son James Bolen 20. John Barber 33 was wounded in the back and in fair condition.
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Cabell County
F. X. Schuller
J. S. Hammond
Hammond
Lessie Wickham
James Bolen
John Barber
Schuller
Barber
Bolen
Rules Issued For Coal Sale
Washington The bituminous coal division of the Interior Department issued rules to curb evasion of minimum prices and unfair trade practices. Effective Sept 3 the rules limit coal sales contracts to 30 days but allow longer terms with government agency approval to meet long-term energy competition and necessity.
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Washington
Ickes
Interior Department
British Say Gibraltar Air Raid Damage Slight
The war office in London said reports in foreign newspapers exaggerate the impact of recent air raids on Gibraltar. The official communiqué stated damage was negligible and casualties slight, noting Gibraltar is prepared for eventualities and has ample resources to meet them.
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London
War Office
Gibraltar
Increased Cigarettes and Beer Prices Probed in Cleveland
Federal officers are investigating complaints of price hikes on cigarets and beer by retailers using defense taxes as an excuse. Treasury agents will probe, said U. S. Attorney Emerich Freed.
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Cleveland
Treasury
U. S
Emerich Freed
Italian Fascist Source Warns of Consequences Over Albanian Slaying
A Fascist source in Rome says the beheading of an Albanian minority leader by Greek border raiders could bring serious international repercussions. Italy may protest to Greece and remains enraged, noting Albania’s annexation by Italy in 1939 and Greece’s alleged support of British warships and planes.
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Rome
Italy
Albania
Stefani
Tirana
Diamaria
Greece
Il Popolo di Roma
Seven Negroes Burn to Death In Columbus
A pre dawn fire in Columbus killed seven people including a father, mother, and four children, with a neighbor dying while aiding a child. Carrie Dorsey 31 and two men Walter Moore 46 James Peterson 52 were held as detectives pursue first degree murder charges. The blaze followed an argument sparked by the arrest of Dorsey’s mother for drunkenness five hours earlier.
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Columbus
C. C. Cole
Carrie Dorsey
Walter Moore
James Peterson
Cole
Anna
Social Security Reaches Three Billion Dollar Milestone
The Social Security program, five years old this week, has distributed 3 billion dollars to the nation s aged unemployed workers and to widows orphans and the blind. About 50 million workers had enrolled since the 1935 act.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Roosevelt
French Claim Downing of 982 German Planes
VICHY France The French air force reports shooting down 982 German planes between May 10 and June 10 while losing 306 French planes despite facing odds of five to one, according to the under secretary for air.
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Vichy
France
Air
Synthetic Oil Formulae Stolen From Laboratory
In Boston a chemical laboratory reports the theft of formulae and samples used in experiments for the U S Army to synthesize oils with lubricating properties. Andrew J White president of Universal Chemists Corp says the formulae were taken from a steel cabinet on the building’s fourth floor and the oil samples from the adjacent lab. The work is being conducted for the Army.
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Boston
U. S. Army
Andrew J. White
Universal Chemists Corporation
White
Mrs J J Coughenour Dies at 83 in Pomeroy
Mrs J J Coughenour aged 83 died Sunday night at her daughter Mrs Ed Priode in Pomeroy. Two sons preceded her in death. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 30 PM at Ewing Chapel with Gravel Hill Cemetery burial.
German Air Force Capable of Heavy Sacrifices in War
The Associated Press reports Germany aims to break British resolve by bombing Britain and destroying the Royal Air Force. It notes Goering’s air force seeks air superiority first, has sacrificed planes and airmen in prior campaigns, and compares the sustained assault to infantry waves. British pilots faced exhaustion in the Battle of Flanders.
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Devon Francis
Associated Press
New York
Germany
Royal Air Force
Low Countries
Britain
Flanders
Engraver Raises City Hall Stone Name Bill in Fullerton
The Fullerton engraver for the new city hall cornerstone increases his estimate after learning the long names to be inscribed. Mayor Hans H. Kohlenberger, Councilman Walter H. Muckenthaler, and City Clerk Fred D. Hezmathaich are cited as the challenged names.
GOP Leaders Ban State Employee Campaign Fund Solicits
In Columbus 150 Republican leaders vow to stop soliciting state workers for political contributions amid disputes sparked by former Gov. Martin L. Davey. Davey counters Bricker administration relief funding claims citing 1936 to 1939 relief totals and revenue figures.
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Columbus
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Davey
Detroit Boy Wins Soap Box Derby Championship
Twelve year old Tommy Fisher of Detroit triumphs in the all-American Soap Box Derby final. Finalists from Charleston West Virginia and Akron competed after Sunday heats with 130 racers sponsored by newspapers across the United States Canada and Panama. The winner earns a free college education.
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Akron
Tommy Fisher
Detroit
Robert Londeree
Charleston
W. Va
George Smith
United States
Canada
Panama
Foreigners Arrested by Japs in Manchuria
A Domei dispatch reports nineteen foreigners arrested at Dairen charged with anti-Japanese propaganda and possession of short wave radios. Names and nationalities were not disclosed. The arrests follow a broad Japanese campaign against alleged espionage in Korea and Japan, largely targeting British residents.
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Tokyo
Dairen
Domei
Korea
Japan
Nelsonville Fugitive Captured in Wisconsin
In Madison Wisconsin police captured Michael Maloney 27 Lima Ohio Leroy Beam 23 Chillicothe Ohio and Ralph Munk 26 Nelsonville Ohio fugitives who escaped last Monday from the Ohio Reformatory at Mansfield in an alley beside a theater
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Madison
Wis
Michael Maloney
Lima
Leroy Beam
Chillicothe
Ralph Munk
Nelsonville
Ohio
Mansfield
Italian Troops Push Forward In Somaliland
Italian forces advancing in British Somaliland have made contact with main British forces defending Berbera. Three columns once at Zeila Hargeisa Adueina and passes Karrin Godajere appear engaged, with battles likely under way as Italy moves toward Berbera and the sea coast.
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Rome
Fire destroys farmhouse. Paul Kifish dies in blaze
A farmhouse near Lorain was destroyed by fire yesterday. Paul Kifish, a 71 year old farm worker, suffered fatal burns in the blaze.
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Lorain
Paul Kifish
Reinforcements Reach Berbera to Face Italian Advance
British officials disclosed new reinforcements arriving from distant parts of the empire are digging in around Berbera on the Gulf of Aden to oppose Italian columns pressing through Somaliland. Convoys with troops and munitions move through the Red Sea, the British say, with no Italian naval opposition.
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Cairo
Berbera
Gulf of Aden
Somaliland
Red Sea
Floods Recede In Louisiana After Record Rains
In southwest Louisiana relief workers and state police guard against disease and looting as floods from a tropical storm leave about 30 000 people marooned or homeless. Crop damage runs to millions and livestock losses reach tens of thousands. Rains totaled up to 24 inches in 24 hours, with waters receding slowly.
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Lafayette
Louisiana
Louisiana-Texas
Willkie Threatens Prosecution Over 1940 Campaign Ads
Willkie says if elected president he will prosecute all persons who bought or sold advertising in the Democratic national committee's 1940 campaign book. He calls the ads violations of the Hatch Anti Politics Law and the corrupt practices act.
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Colorado Springs
Wendell L. Willkie
Democratic National Committee
Demobilization Near as France Reports Captured Troops
Vichy France announces the demobilization of the French army will finish Wednesday with the release of last specialists like butchers and bakers. Of about 5,060,000 mobilized during the war, 2,000,000 were captured by the Germans and few have been released so far.
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Vichy
France
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Norway
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Barbousville, W. Va
Richard 8. Kaplan
NEA
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Peru
Jerry
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