Russians Trapped as German Units Reach Black Sea Coast
German dispatches claim Odessa surrenders are imminent as Nazi forces push along the Bug River and naval actions sink Russian transports near Ossa Ukraine. Soviet generals reportedly captured. France's Darlin named defense minister amid collaboration talk. RAF luft raids hit Cologne as Tokyo warns Japan A Pacific war looms.
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Black Sea
Odessa
Bug River
Red Army
DNB
Ukraine
Ossa
Ochakov
Larer
Toy
Hit
France
Jean Dar
Paris
Dakar
Washington
Germany
Rhineland
Cologne
Reich
Army Plans $5,498,000 Expenditure in Maine
Army officials announced plans to spend about $5.5 million to enlarge air bases at Presque Isle and Houston in Maine. The bases would serve as ferrying points for bombers and other aircraft to Great Britain, expanding fields previously used as auxiliaries to Bangor.
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Washington
Ewster
Army
Presque Isle
Houston
Great Britain
Brewster
Bangor
Reynolds Engaged to Evalyn Walsh McLean in Washington
Senator Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina 57 and four times married receives congratulations on his engagement to Evalyn W McLean a 20 year old Washington heiress Our Bob says he is fortunate and no wedding date has been set with details to come from Mrs Evalyn Walsh McLean mother of the bride to be
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Far East
London
Japan
Pacific
Toyo
Kokumin
United States
Great Britain
East Asia
Melbourne
Australia
Robert G. Menzies
J. H. Curtin
Ausalia
Mate
Shanghai
Kunio Akima
Russia
Vladivostok
Washington
Robert R. Reynolds
North Carolina
Evalyn W. McLean
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Roosevelt urges food reserves to meet unseen emergencies
President Roosevelt in a letter made public by Secretary Wickard urged building food reserves to counter future crises. He thanked the Agriculture Department for its program to boost pork dairy poultry and other foods and called food a weapon against Hitlerism in securing a more orderly prosperous world.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wickard
Agriculture Department
Smallest Vote in Years Expected in Primaries
Ohio municipalities brace for low turnout on primary election day as few issues draw attention. About 75 cities, a quarter of eligible, reported balloting with Akron Dayton Canton and Springfield among the larger ones.
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Columbus
Ohio
Secretary of State
Akron
Dayton
Canton
Springfield
House Hopeful for 18 Month Army Service Extension
Speaker Rayburn and other Democratic leaders expressed confidence the House would approve an 18 month extension of service for soldiers. The plan shift aims to win votes by limiting service to 18 months while facing Republican dissent and concerns over military advice from General Marshall and Secretary Stimson. R-ND Senator Nye warned the House may reject any extension.
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Washington
Rayburn
House
Russia
Elston
Ohio
George C. Marshall
Army
Congress
Western Hemisphere
Marshall
Stimson
Legislative Branch
May
D-Ky
Military Committee
McCormack
Maccachusetts
Nye
R-Nd
Ohio Soldier Killed in Illinois Auto Accident
Two soldiers died and four were injured when their car sideswiped a truck near Greenville Illinois at midnight. The dead are Casimir Kwaczala 26 of Buffalo New York and Robert Everhard 23 of Mansfield Ohio. They were en route to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
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Greenville
Ill
Fort Leonard Wood
Casimir Frank Kwaczala
Buffalo
N. Y
Robert Dwight Everhard
Mansfield, O
CIO Steel Workers Return to Work After Short Walkout
Fifty CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee members resume duties at Joseph T Ryerson and Sons steel warehouse in Cleveland after a protest over reduced hours from 48 to 42 weekly due to steel shortages. Warehouse Manager Fred Doran confirms the hours change.
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Cleveland
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Joseph T. Ryerson and Sons Steel
Fred Doran
Teen’s stunts fail to meet New York fireman height rule
Gino Franceschini 19 attempts to gain the required height for New York City fireman by improvised stretching. He uses a chin bar sling, bee stings, and a 50 hour rest test then a stretcher lift at NYU gym. A measuring official confirms his gain to five feet eight inches but falls short by a half inch. Conditional approval granted if he can gain the remaining half inch within six months.
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New York
New York City
Gino Franceschini
New York University
Gino
Ecuador and Peru Clash Over Border Again
Fighting broke out along the Napo River with surprise attacks by Ecuadorian forces repulsed by Peru and Ecuadorian troops defending Zapataillo after alleged Peruvian assaults. Both governments blamed each other as poor border communications limited reporting amid a wider frontier dispute awaiting mediation by the United States Argentina and Brazil.
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Associated Press
Ecuador
Peru
Peruvian Foreign Office
Napo River
Quito
Zapatillo
Senate Finance chief backs reduced personal tax exemptions
Washington report says Senator George of Georgia считает the Senate Finance Committee will vote to cut personal income tax exemptions to 750 dollars for single filers and 1500 dollars for married couples, from current 800 and 2000. He also signaled a possible readjustment of tax rates as the committee works on the 3.2367 billion dollar tax program approved by the House.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
House
Victim Dies After Cliff Fall at Hocking State Park
Mrs. Stella Wells, 37, of Columbus, dies at White Cross Hospital from injuries after a 65 foot fall at Hocking State Park near Logan. She suffered a fractured skull, broken collarbone, and possible pelvis fracture from leaping between ledges Sunday.
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Columbus
Stella Wells
White Cross Hospital
Hocking State Park
Logan
Report 39 020 Ohioans Already in Army Camps
Columbus report shows 330 draft boards with 854 598 registrants as of June 30. Questionnaires mailed to 728 128. Induction centers accepted 39 020 with 19 437 in Class 1 A ready for service. Of 131 340 examined, 33 785 rejected for minor defects.
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Columbus
Selective Service
Ohio
Navy Considered Takeover Of Strikebound Shipyard In New Jersey
Navy Secretary Knox weighed an offer by Federal Ship Building and Drydock to turn the Kearny New Jersey plant over to the navy to resume 495 million dollars in ship construction. The CIO strike at 17 000 workers prompted talks as a defense official said plans existed to seize the yard if needed. The dispute centers on union membership requirements with wage gains already granted.
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Navy
Knox
New Jersey
L. H. Korndorff
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Kearny
N. J
Korndorff
Peter Flynn
CIO
Kearny Concern
Navy Department
National Defense Mediation Board
National Railway Mediation Board
Chicago
U. S. Conciliation Service
Mack Manufacturing Company
Allentown
Washington
CIO Has Edge At Republic
The labor board reports 28 482 of 40 585 Republic Steel workers at 17 plants belong to SWOC in good standing. The check compares union boards with payrolls to confirm a majority for bargaining. Republic agrees to negotiate a signed contract with SWOC where a majority is shown.
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Washington
Republic Steel Corp
CIO
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
SWOC
Republic
Pershing’s Statue Smashed in French Storm
In Versailles France the statue of General John J Pershing in Lafayette Park toppled from its pedestal during a violent summer storm and broke into hundreds of pieces. The Lafayette statue opposite remained intact as the two memorial figures honor the Lafayette Escadrille from World War I.
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Versailles
France
John J. Pershing
Lafayette Park
Lafayette
Pershing
Lafayette Escadrille
Stark County Traffic Toll Tops Fifty Four With Teen Death
Stark County 1941 traffic toll totals 54 after the death of John Gill, 16, in a truck auto collision. The toll was 28 this same date last year.
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Canton
Stark County
John Gill
Paroles Granted to Athens Co. Commissioners
Ira Whitmore and Walter Maccombs, former Athens County commissioners, were granted paroles from London prison farm after nearly 18 months of sentences for soliciting a bribe in a road roller purchase. The pardon and parole commission set release for October 1. convicted March 1, 1940, they served time at Ohio Penitentiary since April 5, 1940.
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Columbus
Ira Whitmore
Walter Maccombs
Athens County
London
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Southern Ohio Equipment Company
Zanesville
Ohio Penitentiary
Storm Sweeps Northern Ohio
A 40 mile per hour electrical storm caused extensive damage across northern Ohio. A dairy barn near Youngstown owned by Dean Hill Dairy Co. suffered a 75000 dollar loss and housed two Jersey Bulls worth 1000 dollars each. Firefighters from Canfield Boardman West Austintown and North Jackson battled the blaze. Cleveland area was left without power as high tension wires fell. Elyria also dark for 48 minutes. WHK radio went off air for 23 minutes after lightning struck its tuning house on a tower.
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Cleveland
Nothern Ohio
Youngstown
Dean Hill Dairy Co
Canfield
Boardman
West Austintown
North Jackson
Elyria
WHK
Warden Fred Hunt Takes McAlester Post Amid Jess Dunn Funeral
In McAlester Oklahoma Gov Leon C Phillips appointed Fred Hunt former warden of Granie Reformatory to head McAlester Penitentiary as funeral services were held for Jess Dunn the previous day Dunn was slain in a Sabbath break incident Hunt who once drew national attention by dressing defiant inmates in lace panties and parading them before others receives a new posting after being named last night to the post by the governor
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Mcalester
Okla
Stern Fred Hunt
Granie Reformatory
McAlester Penitentiary
Jess Dunn
Hunt
Reformatory
Leon C. Phillips
Federal Report Is Awaited on Dam at Letart
The study of building Letart Falls Ohio and Greenup Kentucky dams hinges on a federal power commission report. Maj. Thomas M. Robbins said a hearing reviewed a decision that navigation and hydroelectric benefits do not justify spending now. Rep. Jenkins urged positive recommendation if regional benefits appear. Local residents supported dams for regional magnesium development though some preferred separate projects.
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Washington
Ohio River
Letart Falls
Greenup
Federal Power Commission
Thomas M. Robbins
U. S. Army Engineers
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Edgar Ervin
Pomeroy
J. H. Smith
Middleport
W. C. Compton
Coal Producers Warned Against Illegal Shipping
Washington D C June 7 Howard A Gray director of the bituminous coal division reminded code member producers that shipping coal by rail from any loading point or railroad not listed for their mines is prohibited by regulations. Gray said using unlisted shipping points disrupts the price schedules and proper operation of the system.
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Washington
Howard A. Gray
Gray
Elevator crushes man in Cincinnati death
A packing plant employee named Henry Smith, 28, died when an elevator crushed him in Cincinnati. The incident details and employer were not disclosed in the fragment.
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Cincinnati
Henry Smith
War Game Fictions Used To Spice Maneuvers
Alexandria La army plans a half million man peacetime exercise using invented nations Almat under President Oosenay and Kotmk under Premier Kodunkis. Propaganda aims to enhance realism for officers and the public as border incidents and arrests of nationals surface amid tensions.
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Alexandria
Almat
Oosenay
Kotmk
Kodunkis
Almat-Kotmk
Europe
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kodrikis
Kotmik
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Kentucky
Kodmk
Roosevelt curbs installment credit to curb defense needs
President Roosevelt issued an executive order to regulate a $10.9 billion installment credit market to conserve materials for defense and curb inflation. The plan tasks the Federal Reserve to draft rules, with penalties up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 fine, affecting new and ongoing contracts except housing loans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve System
Marriner
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Organization
Seven Yankees Die in Britain Disaster Claims Four Nations
A Royal Air Force ferry command report says 22 killed in a transport plane crash in the United Kingdom last Saturday, including seven Americans and eight Canadians. London dispatch notes the hillside crash occurred just after departure from a British airport. A Scottish coast body identified as Kenneth Brown Collings, an American war correspondent and aviator, tied to the sinking of a Canadian troop transport announced May 6.
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Montreal
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
London
Kenneth Brown Collings
Portuguese Assets in U S Freed by Treasury
The Treasury freed Portuguese assets in the United States from a sweeping order freezing continental European assets. A general license exempts the Portuguese government central bank and nationals under certain conditions from Roosevelt's June 14 order. Portuguese assets in the U S were about 160 million dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
Roosevelt
Bridgeport Primary Moved by Candidate's Death
Fred Douds was assured the Republican mayoral nomination after the death last night of opponent Charles H. Sprague aged 55 following a two weeks illness.
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Bridgeport
Fred Douds
Charles H. Sprague
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