British RAF Attacks Italian Cities In Major War Raid
The Royal Air Force bombed Milan Turin Alessandria and Tortona with heavy losses in both infrastructure and life. The Milan death toll reached twelve with forty four wounded as Berlin feared further raids and Italy reported limited military damage.
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Potsdam
Italy
Milan
Turin
Alessandra
Tortona
Augusta
Sicily
Germany
Hitler
Switzerland
London
France
Africa
Adadleh
Berbera
Knox Urges Compulsory Military Training Approval
Secretary Knox urged the House Military Committee to back compulsory training as a crisis deepens. He warned England's defeat would leave the U S without a friend and argued training is essential despite debates over voluntary enlistment and the Maloney compromise. The Senate split on the draft plan, while the House moved to authorize use of National Guard and reservists for a year of active training.
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Knox
House Military Committee
England
France
Maloney
Conn
Senate
Aargin
Barkley
Kentucky
House
Ohio Farmers Benefit By Soy Bean Price Rise
Ohio farmers stand to gain from higher soy bean prices tied to defense needs. Ohio State University economist Lyle H. Barnes notes soy oil is key in plastics for aircraft, as the 1,070,000 acre bean crop aims for a record harvest after 823,000 acres last year.
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Ohio
Columbus
Lyle H. Barnes
Ohio State University
Floods Sweep East Tennessee After Coastal Storm
Floodwaters from 24 hour rains swept through Elizabethton and Western North Carolina. The Watauga River rose 20 feet, one or more people were killed, and many sought safety on trees and rooftops. Highway Patrolman Claude Buckles warned additional victims could be trapped. North Carolina towns faced property damage, halted rail and road traffic, and Asheville faced a water mains crisis threatening city reservoirs.
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Tenn
Watauga
Claude Buckles
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina-Georgia
P. M. Burdette
Asheville
N. C
George F. Byers Dies at East Branch Home
GLOUSTER. George F. Byers age 70 died Wednesday at 12 30 am at his East Branch home after a year long illness. He was born in Ringgold Ohio to William and the late Mrs Byers. Survived by his wife Mary seven daughters and three sons. Funeral Friday at 10 am at East Branch Church with burial in adjoining cemetery.
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George F. Byers
East Branch
Ringgold
William Byers
Mary
A. S. Mount
Philo
A. G. Price
Galion
Earl Weaver
Malta
William Patterson
Wyandot
Mich
Charles Thompson
Harold Williams
Richard Williams
Zanesville
Emmett
Ernest
Roy
Charles Bess
California
Fred Bess
Arizona
Lawrence Bess
Columbus
Ballad Singer Surges In Idaho Primary Race
Boise Idaho Glen Taylor a ballad singing radio entertainer campaigned with his wife and son in a soundtruck for the Democratic nomination for senator leading a tight three man race. With 449 of 792 precincts tabulated his vote total stood at 11197 to 9445 for George Donart and 10665 for James R Bothwell.
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Boise
Idaho
Glen Taylor
Pocatello
George Donart
Weiser
James R. Bothwell
Twin Falls
Chinese Financier Slain by Bodyguard in Shanghai
Chang Hsiao Ling, 63, prominent Chinese financier and adviser to the French municipal council, was shot and killed today by a bodyguard. The attacker was seriously wounded by another guard. Chang had recently been reported negotiating with pro Japanese elements.
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Shanghai
Chang Hsiao- Ling
Chang
Tragic Route Death Near Waverly Claims 1 Life
John Gaines 20 of Chillicothe died when a car skidded into a tree and overturned three miles northwest of Waverly. Three companions escaped injury.
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Piketon
John Gaines
Chillicothe
Waverly
Athens Dollar Days Set for Friday and Saturday
Athens plans its third semi annual Dollar Days event Friday and Saturday August 16 and 17. Merchants across men and women apparel grocery hardware jewelry and many other stores will offer items at a dollar or reduced prices to attract Southeastern Ohio shoppers. The Athens Retail Merchants Association sponsors the event with Earl Beckley as president and a committee including Paul Gillilan Fred Wheaton and P. O. Nichols handling arrangements. Clerks will be ready for prompt service and stores will display bargain signs. Thursday night’s Messenger will publish store advertisements with details.
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Athens
Ohio
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Earl Beckley
Paul Gillilan
Fred Wheaton
P. O. Nichols
Spain Renews Claims To Philippine Islands
A Madrid dispatch via German radio reports Alcazar marks the anniversary of Spain losing the Philippines to the United States and renews Spain claim to the islands. It recalls Manila’s surrender to Admiral Dewey on August 13, 1898.
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Madrid
Radio Today
Spain
Philippines
United States
Alcazar
Manila
Dewey
Probe Death of Nome Woman
FBI agents studied the death of Mrs. Benjamin Mozee 53 of Nome Alaska a government official s wife. Her body was found in Lake Erie and identified last night after a Great Lakes steamer reported her missing from a stateroom. Identification was made by her brother Frank R Elliott of Cleveland from clothing and jewelry on the bruised body found at Geneva on the Lake 50 miles east of Cleveland.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Benjamin Mozee
Nome
Alaska
Lake Erie
Great Lakes
Seeandbee
Frank R. Elliott
Geneva on-the-Lake
Here
Auto Tags Duplicated, Owners Get New Ones
Ohio residents in Butler County receive replacement license plates after an error in the state system. Dylan W. Wallace notes 103 Hamilton motorists and 50 Middletown residents were mailed MW and MW series plates to replace duplicates of NW and NW plates issued in Montgomery County.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Butler County
Dylan W. Wallace
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Hamilton
Middletown
Montgomery County
State July Relief Bill Will Exceed June By Two Percent
Columbus report from relief consultant William Hartsough predicts the July relief bill at 1,873,000 dollars, up two percent from June. The increase is tied to an 8,000 WPA layoff offsetting private industry gains and seasonal relief declines. the state’s 750,000 dollar share would total about 40 percent.
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Columbus
William H. Hartsough
Hartsough
Ingalls to Direct Willkie Campaign in Ohio
Colorado Springs report states David Ingalls of Cleveland will direct Wendell L. Willkie's Ohio presidential campaign, the GOP nominee announced yesterday.
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Colorado Springs
David Ingalls
Cleveland
Wendell L. Willkie
Ohio
G.O.P
Landon Claims Fraud Drives Roosevelt Victory
Alf Landon and Wendell Willkie accuse party machines of casting fraudulent votes to swing the 1940 election. Landon says Chicago Jersey City and the Bronx frauds could decide Roosevelt’s fate, while Willkie agrees. Willkie continues final tweaks to his acceptance speech in Elwood Indiana ahead of Saturday printing.
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Wendell L. Willkie
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Kelly-Nash
Chicago
Hague
Jersey City
Ross Flynn
Bronx
Willkie
Landon
Elwood
Ind
Mystery girl identified in Columbus case
A 16 year old girl found drugged in a west side field four days earlier was identified as Bonnie Marie Collins of Drift Kentucky by her mother Evelyn Taylor of Taylor Kentucky at University Hospital. The girl recalled nothing after drinking a bottle of pop en route to her father Gerrell Collins in Prichard West Virginia.
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Columbus
West Side
Bonnie Marie Collins
Drift
University Hospital
Evelyn Taylor
Taylor, Ky
Gerrell Collins
Prichard
W. Va
Bomb scare ends as harmless gadget at RCA building
New York police carried a suspected bomb capsule from the 70 story RCA building to sea for disposal. The device turned out to be a harmless air conditioning gadget used by engineers after an all night vigil.
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New York
RCA
Donahey's Daughter Injured in Auto Collision
Mrs. James Johnson, daughter of U S Senator Vic Donahey of Ohio, was treated for a fractured collarbone after an automobile collision in Newark. The injury occurred today and she received medical care following the accident.
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Donahey
Newark
James Johnson
U. S
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Miss Alta Fox Dying In Street Scuffle Tied To Heart Attack
Wilmington coroner ruled death of 54 year old Miss Alta Fox of New Vienna from a heart attack during a street scuffle with three other women. Coroner's report issued today.
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Wilmington
Alta Fox
New Vienna
Fugitive Surrenders After Three Years On Run
John Faught, 22, of Columbus, turned himself in at Franklin County Jail claiming he fled Mansfield Reformatory three years ago. He said he feared radio patrols and asked to be locked up.
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Columbus
Franklin County
John Faught
Mansfield Reformatory
Plane crash victim dies in Akron area
Raymond Hutchison Hutchi son, 24, died from injuries after a Sherman airplane crash Sunday. He suffered a fractured skull and both legs broken when the craft piloted by Robert Days of Copley stalled and dropped about 100 feet.
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Akron
Raymond Hutchison
Sherman Sunday
Robert Days
Copley
Ackroyd's quick retort on Boston Common gun debate
Henry J Ackroyd, Boston tourist info expert, replies to a Canadian asking about a gun from Bunker Hill. The exchange highlights his sharp wit as he notes Canada possesses a British captured gun, while he counters with the local saying that Boston still holds the cannon.
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Boston
Henry J. Ackroyd
Boston Common
Bunker Hill
Ackroyd
Canada
Parachute chutes found in midland villages amid war alerts
Seventeen parachutes with German markings were found in midland villages as the Home Security Ministry urged the public to report any information on parachute troops landing in England. The British fleet movement in the Gulf of Aden prompted Italian reports of action in Somaliland. King George inspected Kent anti aircraft defenses as RAF repelled a Nazi air raid. Madeira saw twelve hundred Gibraltar refugees including 778 women and 816 children arrive at Funchal.
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Ministry of Home Security
England
Rome
Giornale D'Italia
Aden
Gulf
Berbera
Somaliland
Gulf of Aden
George
Kent
Funchal
Madeira
Gibraltar
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Holland
Belgium
France
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Air Ministry
AFL Painters Drive on Reds
Ejection of four Cleveland delegates from the AFL Ohio State Painters' Council at Cedar Point sparked discord as officials barred Ward Goldlust Fiala and Lieberman for Communist party ties all denying membership. Trent Longo declared the action marks a broader AFL effort to weed out Communists from organized labor.
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Cleveland
AFL
Ohio State Painters’ Council
Cedar Point
Communist Party
Courtney D. Ward
Cleveland District Painters’ Council
Max Goldlust
Fred Fiala
Harry Lieberman
Trent Longo
State Council
American Federation of Labor
Cleveland Suburbs Face Water Shortage
East Cleveland Cleveland Heights and Bedford must pay 287,905 by tomorrow midnight or lose water supply. Utilities Director John A. Hickey said 10 crews stand ready to close valves in mains serving the suburbs.
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Cleveland
East Cleveland
Cleveland Heights
Bedford
Utilities
John A. Hickey
Ohio Orchards Attract Migratory Workers
Ben Davis a Clyde fruit grower said hundreds of migratory workers have arrived in Ohio to harvest fruit. More than 1500 fruit pickers, many from Missouri, have come to Erie and Huron Counties in recent weeks, Davis told the Sandusky Kiwanis Club.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Ben Davis
Clyde
Missouri
Erie
Huron
Davis
Sandusky Kiwanis Club
Eden cancels London broadcast for New York stations
A London broadcast by Anthony Eden the British war secretary, planned for WJZ NBC and MBS in New York, has been cancelled. The decision stops the airwave appearance across the three outlets.
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New York
London
Anthony Eden
Wjz-Nbc
MBS
Latimer Meyers Jr Drowns in Loyashanna Creek
Ligonier Pennsylvania Latimer Meyers Jr nine year old son of a Cincinnati doctor drowned yesterday in Loyashanna Creek near Loyashanna Creek. Police and rescuers searched the area but the body was recovered. The tragedy adds to ongoing concerns about stream safety in the region.
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Ligonier, Pa
Latimer Meyers, Jr
Cincinnati
Loyashanna Creek
Germans Bomb England In Fourth Day Of Blitzkrieg
Nazi raids pressed industrial targets in England with 300 planes on the fourth day of the blitz. German sources claimed air superiority as Heinkels struck the Midlands and coast defenses battled Spitfires and Hurricanes in dogfights.
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Hitler
England
Channel
Heinkels
Messerschmitt
English Population Convinced Worst Is Yet To Come
The night session of Germany's aerial blitzkrieg hit Wales England and Scotland as bombers swarmed Britain in a mass raid. Government officials said damage was limited and casualties were not all fatal while warning this marked the start of the blitz. Royal Navy destroyers battled German trawlers and Eboats as RAF fighters repelled waves of attackers.
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Wales
England
Scotland
Britain
Times
Southampton
Air Ministry
London Youth Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash
The mangled body of Harvey Carpenter 17 of London was found on Highway 42 three miles northeast of here. Coroner W E Lukens said the boy appeared to have been struck by a hit and run driver.
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Harvey Carpenter
Highway 42
Here
W. E. Lukens
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