Allied Airmen Striking New Blows at Japs
Allied airmen hit Japanese bases and shipping on a wide front from Tulagi to New Guinea and the Kei Islands. Marines clash in the Solomons as Ghormley’s South Pacific offensive expands while Aleutian raids by surface ships bombers and cruisers target Kiska and nearby ships.
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Eral MacArthur
Australia
Leathernecks
Tulagi
Ile-Long Island
Solomons
Robert Ghormley
South Pacific
Navy
Washion
MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
New Guinea
Dutch East Indies
Kei Islands
Aleutians
Kiska Island
Bricker and McSweeney Named as Ohio Gubernatorial Candidates
Gov. John W. Bricker the Republican and John McSweeney the Democrat were chosen by Ohio electors on Tuesday in a primary to face each other in November. Bricker seeks a third term while McSweeney won the nomination over four opponents.
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John W. Bricker
John McSweeney
Ohio
Bricker
McSweeney
Light Ohio primary marks McSweeney as Democratic nominee
In Ohio, John McSweeney of Wooster won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination over Joseph Ferguson and others, with results from 8,731 of 8,853 precincts. Incumbent congressmen mostly re-nominated, except Martin L. Sweeney who lost to Michael Feighan amid isolationist debates. Bricker seeks a third term.
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Columbus
Ohio
John McSweeney
Wooster
John W. Bricker
Roosevelt
McSweeney
Joseph T. Ferguson
State House
Neil House
Charles Sawyer
Democratic National
Clarence H. Kinsley
Walter F. Heer
Frank Dye
Mc Sweeney
Ferguson
Martin L. Davey
Bricker
Martin L. Sweeney
Cleveland
Michael A. Feighan
Sweeney
Charles H. Elston
Cincinnati
John M. Vorys
George J. Smith
Air Corps
Perry
German Push in Caucasus Faces Russian Resistance
Russian forces retreating grudgingly as German columns advance toward Grozny and the Caspian. Krasnodar blocks road to Novorossisk. Russian counterattacks slow the Maikop advance, with Soviet losses reported, while stalemate holds near Cherkessk and Rostov line.
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OSCOW
Caucasian
Rman
Black
Caspian
Black Sea
Lovorossisk
Tuapse
Grozny
Caspian A
Krasnodar
Tony
Rasnodar
Novorossisk
Rostov-Bakuilway
Erkessk
Meigs County Native Dies in Columbus at 93
Susan Klein aged 93 died in Columbus after living there for years. A native of Ball Rungs County she was cousin to William Young of Pomeroy. Survived by two sisters Mrs Barbara Stevens of the Colo and Miss Margaret in Columbus. Burial arrangements set for Pomeroy.
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Mercy
Susan Klein
Columbus
Ball Rungs County
William Young
Pomeroy
Miss Klein
Barbara Stevens
Colo
Margaret
Fall Fatal To Sleep Walker In Sumner
Lambert Cecil Gaul age 24 of Sumner died in St Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg after falling from a second floor window while sleepwalking. He is survived by his wife two children and four sisters. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 PM at Chester Methodist Church.
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Pomeroy
Lambert Cecil Gaul
Sumner
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Doris Mallock
Columbus
Maxine Hoffman
Chester
Gaul
Cris Gaul
Chester Methodist Church
Midwest blackout for first time tonight across four states
About twelve million people in Midland America will experience a general practice blackout for thirty minutes. Fifty thousand square miles across Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and Indiana including key war factories will go dark just as London’s wartime routine.
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Chicago
America
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
London
Insignia and ranks traced through oak leaf eagle symbols
The piece links oak leaf insignia to majors and lieutenants colonels with eye line views from the top of oak trees and stars. It notes a four star performance by The Classified Acts and ends with a cattle sale note from Clifford Ruth of Shade near Jennings.
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Ohio
Republicans Pick Jenkins And Medier In Strong Primary
In Ohio Tenth District Congress split, Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton wins renomination over H T Phillips by a wide margin. Oral Daugherty wields a write in bid for Democrats. Mechem leads in state senate race with strong Athens County support. Michener and Knox contest for the other seat. Vote totals show Jenkins sweeping Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, and Vinton with Athens city favoring Phillips.
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Ohio
Sweeney
Robert A. Secrest
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
H. T. Phillips
Athens
Campign
Oral Daugherty
Athens County
Jenkins
Iroston
Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
Dr. H. T. Phillips
Congress
Mechem
Ohio Senate
Nelsonville-Athens
Herbert A. Smith
Marietta
Democrat
Phillips
Gallia
Jackson
Lawrence
Meigs
Vinton
Glouster
Quinn Hollow
Vinton County
Gallia County
Daugherty
Howard P. Michener
Chesterhill
Harry D. Knox
Michener
Knox
Fairfield
Morgan
Hocking
Washington
Noble
Air Marker cases dropped after no hostile motive
Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum said the alleged air marker incidents described by the First Air Force at Mitchell Field were without hostile motive. The cases were dropped as not bearing on national defense while the release's photographers and story are under investigation for appropriate action.
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New York
Hugh A. Drum
Eastern Defense Command
First Air Force
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Britain urges plainer living to aid war effort
Britain's food minister calls for reduced sweets and higher potato intake to conserve shipping space for the war. Cookies will be rationed after August 23, bakers told to use less sugar and dried fruits. weekly sweet ration rises from two to three ounces to ease restrictions.
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London
Britain
Farm Groups Brace for Ohio Drive in New England
John Lewis efforts to organize farmers faced opposition from the Agricultural Council of New England. The council drafted plans to place a representative in every rural community to counter the Ohio organizational drive, after a meeting with spokesmen from 50 farm organizations and six state granges and farm bureaus.
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Boston
John Lewis
Agricultural Council of New England
New England
Ohio
War Costing U. S. $107,392 a Minute
The United States spent $4,794,000,900 for war purposes last month at a rate of $107,392 per minute. The July total raised cumulative disbursements since June 1940 to $39,559,000,000 by the treasury and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and subsidiaries.
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Washington
United States
Office of War Information
The
Treasury
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Foreign Views Fail to Alter Primary Outcomes
In four of five states prewar foreign policy views did not change results as incumbents won. Hamilton Fish secured the Republican nomination in New York's district of the president, while Nebraska saw Harry Coffee lose the Democratic Senate bid to Foster May. Idaho's John Thomas led renomination efforts, and John L. McLellan won the Democratic Senate nomination after a run-off over Jack Holt.
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Hamilton Fish
Roosevelt
Nebraska
Harry B. Coffee
Senate
Foster May
Omaha
John Thomas
Idaho
John L. McLellan
Jack Holt
Union Fines Band Leader Over Fourth Of July Appearance
Providence Rhode Island union Local 198 of the Musicians Protective Association AFL fined band leader Mario 500 for a personal appearance at a civic Fourth of July celebration. Mario says he only sang the Star Spangled Banner with the crowd and attended as a member of the mayor's official committee. He may appeal the fine as citizens' committee members offered to help pay if sustained.
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Providence
R. I
Don Mario
Musicians’ Union
Musicians’ Protective Association
AFL
Mario
Citizens’ Cmmittee
Increased Food Prices Coming Next Month
Washington reports price adjustments in mid September raising general maximums to ease a food price squeeze. Price Administrator Leon Henderson said changes are needed to avoid disruption in the national food distribution system.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Silver Boom Forces Halt of Proposed 50 50 Silver Coins
Treasury officials said a surge in silver value prompted abandoning plans to strike five cent pieces from a 50 50 silver copper alloy. Jewelers paying as much as 72 cents an ounce meant the coins could be worth more as metal than face value, encouraging melting.
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Washington
Treasury
Silver Shirt Chief Is Sentenced to Prison
Indianapolis a 15 year prison term for William Dudley Pelley founder of the Silver Shirts of America in the first major sedition case since the United States entered the war. Cincinnati U S Circuit Court of Appeals said German born American traitor Max Stephan sentenced to be hanged Nov 13 and filed notice of appeal before sentence.
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Silver Shirt
Indianapolis
William Dudley Pelley
The
Silver Shirts of America
America
Cincinnati
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Max Stephan
Detroit
British Admit Loss of Aircraft Carrier Eagle
The Admiralty announced the British aircraft carrier Eagle was sunk in the Western Mediterranean with a large portion of its crew saved. A German broadcast claimed four torpedo hits. Italy said its submarine scored two torpedo hits on a large escorted warship at dawn.
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London
Eagle
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Rioting Intensifies as Indian Troops Fire on Crowds
In Bombay and New Delhi violence surged as martial law loomed and security forces opened fire on crowds. Casualties in Bombay reached at least 31 dead and over 250 wounded as arrests topped 500 after Gandhi's arrest sparked days of unrest across eight locations.
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Bombay
India
New Delhi
Winn Bare
GR al Oneeek
Mohandas K. Gandhi
All-India Congress Party
Subcontinent
Roger Lumley
AFL Opposes Net Income Cap Proposed by Roosevelt
The American Federation of Labor told the Senate Finance Committee it opposes limiting net income to 25 000 annually. AFL spokesman Raymond G Cranch warned independent businessmen would cut production and lay off workers under such a rule, calling it arbitrary and inflexible.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Cong
Roosevelt
Congress of Industrial Organization
Raymond G. Cranch
Washington Research Staff
AFL
Senate Finance Committee
Ensign Sherman Enlists in U S Coast Guard
Sherman J Sherman 17 son of Rear Admiral F C Sherman commander of the aircraft carrier Lexington joins the U S Coast Guard in an official photo caption from the NEA agency.
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Sherman
John J. Sherman
F. C. Sherman
Lexington
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Nea
Ten Per Cent U S Sales Tax Advocated
Washington The Chamber of Commerce of the United States urged a 10 percent fiat retail sales tax plus a 5 percent withholding tax. It argued the plan would raise about 12 billion dollars for war needs, beyond current taxes, and criticized the House bill for failing to supply enough revenue or inflation control.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Congress
Chamber
Senate Finance Committee
Ellsworth C. Alvord
Committee On
Federal Finance
House
Senate
Sees Crack in Nazis Morale Says Nazi Exile
PORTLAND is told by Dr. Herman Rauschnig former Danzig Senate president that German morale will crack soon. He notes Hitler’s victories mean little as Russian forces remain inactive and German soldiers and people bear heavy burdens he described.
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Portland
Herman Rauschnig
Danzig
Senate
Rauschnig
Hitler
Employes Return to Jobs After 16 Hour Strike at Bronze Plant
Cleveland graphite plant resumes near full production at Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co after a 16 hour strike. About four fifths of workers returned while William Bullock of the Unaffiliated Mechanics Educational Society cites unsatisfactory handling of grievances.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co
William Bullock
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Pups Born on Runway Hold Bombers Aloft
At Albuquerque Army Air Base a control tower operator held several bombers aloft to keep the runway clear. Military police rushed to secure the area as three pups were born on the field. The mother fled into sandhills and the aircraft landed safely. The newborn pups were taken to a local home.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Albuquerque Army Air Base
Yanks in Desert Cairo Arrive to Learn Flying Conditions
United States Army fighter pilots have arrived in the western desert to study flying conditions firsthand. The dispatch notes their deployment to assess air routes and weather in the area amid ongoing operations.
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Desert
Cairo
United States Army
Western Desert
RAF Renew Aerial Attacks On Mainz And Rhine Region
The RAF carried out a major raid on Mainz, a key German chemical and machinery center on the Rhine, with fires believed to still rage. Coblenz docks and Le Havre rail yards were hit, and air fields in the Low Countries faced strikes. Sixteen bombers were missing, suggesting a sizable force participated.
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London
Mainz
Rhine
RAF
Coblenz
le Havre
Germany
Fingland
Claim Motorists Are Still Driving Too Fast
The Public Roads Administration reports over half of motorists in several states still exceed forty miles per hour despite President Roosevelt's plea to adopt the limit. Rural road traffic in June fell 39 percent in the gasoline rationed East and 22 percent in non rationed regions from the previous year.
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Washington
Public Roads Administration
Roosevelt
Contractor To Build World's Worst Roads
Baltimore AP says contractor George P. Mahoney won a War Department contract to build roads at Aberdeen Proving Ground designed as a motorist’s nightmare with simulated shell holes inclines gaps and submerged sections for testing Army vehicles.
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Baltimore
George P. Mahoney
War Department
Ite
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Hog market tops $15.10 as prices rise again
In Chicago market activity hogs sold above $15 per hundred pounds for the second time in 22 years. Gains of 10 cents were posted for both light and heavy types with the top price reaching $15.10.
East fuel oil rationing eyed by regional temps and family size
A Price Administration spokesman said fuel oil rationing could be based on regional temperatures and the number of persons in a family in the East.
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Washington
Price Administration
Expect Bumper Ohio Grain and Fruit Crop
The Federal State Crop Reporting Service indicated Ohio farmers will reap bountiful grain and fruit harvests this year. Wheat and peaches are expected to fall below last year's figures while sugar beets hay and grape crops appear bumper based on August 1 conditions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Federal
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