Russians Smash Germans Drive Toward Stalingrad
The Associated Press reports Marshal Semeon Timoshenko’s Red Army halted the German push toward Stalingrad after breaching at the Don near Kremenskaya, driving tanks back and reclaiming ground. Soviet dispatches note German forces briefly breached a narrow sector with mass tanks while Luftwaffe bombed parts of Stalingrad.
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Stalingrad
Semeon Timoshenko
Red
Don
Kretskaya
Volga
Paris
Caucasus
Rostov- Baku
Caspian Sea
Grozny
Caucasus Range
Mt. Elborus
Steppes
Adolf Hitler
North Caucasus
Voronezh
Moscow
Leningrad
Red Army
Vyazma
Smolensk
Rzhev
Volkhov
Lake Simen
Lake Imen
Bryansk
Spendings Tax Advocated by Yale Economist
Professor Irving Fisher of Yale urged the Senate Finance Committee to tax spendings and exempt savings. He proposed a special graduated tax on personal spendings above a minimum exemption, suggesting $500 for singles and $1,000 for married couples, with possible abolition of taxes on saved incomes.
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Washington
Irving Fisher
Yale University
Senate Finance Committee
Fisher
RAF Officer From Fairport Harbour Receives DFC
London announces that Donald James Mathew Blakeslee 25 acting flight lieutenant in the RAF Eagle Squadron receives the Distinguished Flying Cross. Blakeslee hails from Fairport Harbor Ohio. The award was announced today.
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London
Donald James Mathew Blakeslee
RAF
Eagle Squadron
Fairport Harbor
A Choice List of Infants Names in Louisiana
Birth records show parents naming babies with odd choices from Minus to Gift of God. Included are Castor Oil Delirious Ether Elevator Hard Times Masterkey Pickle Rat Turnip Tissue and more. Also a small notice about pigs for sale near Canaanville with a phone dial and sales remark.
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Louisiana
Union
British Admit Cruiser Lost In Mediterranean Battle
The British Admiralty confirms the cruiser Manchester and aircraft carrier Eagle were lost in a major Mediterranean clash. Axis losses include two submarines sunk and two cruisers hit. Allied reinforcements and new planes reached Malta. The report notes Germany and Italy exaggerated claims and cautions further convoy losses were possible. The Manchester, a Newcastle-class cruiser of 9,400 tons, carried 700 men and 12 6 inch guns.
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London
Mediterranean
Britain
Manchester
Eagle
Malta
Italy
Admiralty
U. S
Boycott Quietly Bites Indian Markets Amid Unrest
In Bombay evidence of a Congress led boycott appears as rioting eases. Cotton mills run with larger shifts while rice and wheat markets see reduced trade. Leaders predict movement will spread to villages. Madras scenes include a railway attack leaving four dead.
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Bombay
India
All-India Congress
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Congress
Madras
Netherlanders Fear Reprisals After Sabotage Deadline
London reports Nazi broadcasts threaten death as reprisal against Dutch hostages if sabotaged Dutch rail lines do not surrender by midnight. Netherlands sources fear terrible slaughter with 1,600 hostages held. Four men arrested near a Nazi radio station. German commander Friedrich Christian sen claims explosives were foreign in origin and vows reprisals.
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London
Netherlands
Reuters
Stockholm
Friedrich Christiansen
Marietta Co Union Vote Set for Aug 28
The National Labor Relations Board schedules August 28 for about 1900 employees of Marietta Manufacturing Co in Point Pleasant W Va to vote on representation by the Metal Trades Department AFL United Steel Workers CIO or by neither. Philip G Phillips NLRB regional director reported after a one hour meeting.
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Marietta Co
Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Board
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Philip G. Phillips
Metal Trade Department
American Federation of Labor
United Steel Workers (Cio
John McKown Dies in Parkersburg Hospital
John S. McKown 89 prominent Parkersburg businessman and Ohio University alumnus died today at Parkersburg City Hospital after a two month illness. A Ripley West Virginia native he worked in Parkersburg business for 50 years retiring a decade ago. He is survived by son Fred McKown and daughter Mrs Frehling Foster wife of Collier’s Magazine columnist.
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Parkersburg
John S. McKown
Ohio University
Parkersburg City Hospital
Ripley
W. Va
McKnown
Fred McKown
Frehling Foster
Collier's Magazine
Columbus Rep Kasch reports campaign cost 12 cents
State Rep. Gus Kasch reports an expense for his successful re nomination campaign totaling 12 cents. He used two six and four tenth cent streetcar tokens to attend an Akron Democratic event as part of his campaign activity.
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Columbus
Gus Kasch
Summit
Summit County Board of Elections
Akron
Little Steel Firms Agree To Contracts
The CIO United Steelworkers report two more little steel companies Republic and Youngstown Sheet and Tube signed contracts under the War Labor Board order. Bethlehem remains unsigned. The deals include a 5.5 cent raise, retroactive to February, a maintenance of union clause and union dues check off. Republic covers about 50 000 workers and Youngstown Sheet and Tube about 22 000. Each worker may receive 50 to 60 dollars in back pay.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Little Steel
Republic
Youngstown
Sheet and Tube
War Labor Board
Bethlehem
New York
Inland
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Atlantic Charter Marks One Year Since Signing
President Roosevelt reaffirmed faith in the eight principal aims of the Atlantic Charter on its first anniversary. Churchill and Roosevelt signed the declaration at sea a year ago, and the Allied nations have accepted its postwar aims as a foundation for permanent peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
England
United States
United Nations
Automobile Graveyards Turn In 19 569 Tons Scrap
In 47 northern Ohio counties during the past 80 days automobile graveyards produced 19 569 tons of iron and steel scrap. Cuyahoga led with 3 162 tons, Summit 1 459, Lucas 1 049, Mahoning 1 930. the prior 30 days yielded 21 751 tons.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Summit County
Lucas County
Mahoning County
Fifth Child Born to Charles Lindberghs in Detroit
A fifth child was born Thursday to Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh in Detroit at Henry Ford Hospital. Officials would not comment and attempts to reach Lindbergh were unavailing. local reports suggested the child might be a girl, making the Lindberghs’ second daughter.
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Detroit
Charles A. Lindbergh
Henry Ford Hospital
Lindbergh
Ford Motor Company
Lindberghs
Daugher
Bearded Heroes of Corregidor Captured in Japanese Photos
Public appeal urges Americans to do their part after U S and Filipino captives are shown in defeat at Corregidor. The caption describes heroic defenders of Corregidor and shows Maj Gen Jonathan Wainwright in a Japanese prisoner camp. Photos reached New York via Lisbon and London.
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U. S
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Philippines
Hunt for Axis Surface Raider Threatens Allied Shipping
Axis surface raider pursued in the South Atlantic as warships and planes hunt the marauder preying on Allied shipping. Two Cuban merchantmen sunk by submarines in the Gulf of Mexico. Rio sources say heavy units joined the search following reports of attacks 1000 miles east of Rio.
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Associated Press
South Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Rio de Janeiro
United Nations
Rio
Pearl Harbor
Quiz Suspect in Fatal Beating After Collision
Police questioned a suspect in the fatal beating of James Oswald 18 of North Lima after a minor traffic accident. Oswald died. L A Bassinger 26 of North Lima was seriously injured when after the collision a passenger struck them with a piece of lumber.
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Youngstown
James Oswald
North Lima
Oswald
L. W. Bassinger
Bassinger
Prices on 25 services freed from regulation
Washington reports price ceilings removed for 25 services including shoe shining watch repair boarding dogs and horseshoeing. The Office of Price Administration says these services have little relation to the cost of living and thus are exempt from regulation.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
No Restrictions on Christmas Packages Across Nation
The office of defense transportation stated there will be no government limits on Christmas packages or cards despite a transportation crunch. The Post Office said it had not considered the issue, while DDT had already addressed it with a ruling.
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Washington
Yuletide
Office of Defense Transportation
Post Office Department
Army Officer Proposes Name War Of Aggression For Conflict
Lieut. Col Clarence M. Butler retired World War veteran traveled to Washington to urge President Roosevelt to label the current conflict the war of aggression. He argues the Axis acts fit the term aggression and suggests naming Adolf Hitler the prime aggressor. Butler served the Federal Pension Bureau 1893 to 1917.
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Ravenna
Clarence M. Butler
Washington
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Ordnance Disbursing Division
Federal Pension Bureau
Local delivery rules cut mileage 25 percent in 1941
Columbus reports that local delivery services must reduce their mileage by 25 percent in the corresponding calendar month of 1941 as the Office of Defense Transportation warns against violations. Field manager Donald T Maentz says the ODT office will establish a basis for determining the 1941 mileage.
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Columbus
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Donald T. Maentz
Navy Seizes Strikebound Bayonne Cable Plant
The Navy seized the General Cable Company Bayonne plant after a 1000 worker walkout and ordered resumption by 4 p m Eastern War Time. Admiral Harold G. Bowen announced the action, with Brig. Gen. Robertson and company officials present, as President Roosevelt ordered takeover amid wage disputes and union resistance.
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Bayonne
N. J
The
Navy Today
General Cable Company
Navy
Army
War Labor Board
Admiral Bowen
R. K. Robertson
Internal Security Division
Second Service Command
Governor’s Island
N. Y
Roosevelt
Bureau of Engineering
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearny
Ohio Walnut Needed To Make Gunstocks
Ohio's American walnut trees are needed for the war effort to make gunstocks. Burdett Green of Chicago, secretary-manager of the American Walnut Manufacturers Association, said Ohio's walnut yield, third highest in the nation, would grow in importance. The state produced 4,990,000 board feet last year. Farmers were urged to offer walnut trees to mills and plant replacements. Green declared there is no walnut shortage.
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Ohio
Burdett Green
Chicago
American Walnut Manufacturers Association
Green
Autopsy Details Dodge Skull Fracture Before Death
Detroit and Wayne County coroner report John Duval Dodge 43 died after skull fracture. Police investigate if injuries occurred during a domestic quarrel or at a precinct after his Wednesday arrest. Army engineers award track contract to Industrial Track Service Co for Portage County project valued between 12000 and 400000.
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Detroit
John Duval Dodge
John F. Dodge
Wayne County
Edmund J. Knobloch
John ©. Whitman
Dodge
ARMY
Washington
Army Engineers
Industrial Track Service Company of
Youngstown
Portage County
Briton Sets Nov 1 as Critical Date for Allies
Halifax speaker Capt. Bernard Newman of the British ministry of information told service clubs that if by November 1 Britain and the Allies are still fighting hard and still hold Egypt, he believes the war effort will have won the way.
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Halifax
Bernard Newman
Ministry of Information
Egypt
Allied Bombers Hit Japanese Ships Near Solomons
Allied air forces blasted Japanese warships and transports in New Guinea waters and near the Solomons as U S Marines push inland on three key islands. Tokyo reports high Japanese losses while Allied claims emphasize ongoing operations and carrier air strikes.
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MacArthur
Australia
Solomon Islands
South Seas
United States
New Guinea
Solomons
Washington
Navy
Pacific
Tokyo
War Ministry
Masaharu Homma
Philippines
Homma
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Florida
Guadalcanal
Malaita
Ernest J. King
Coral Sea
Midway
Salamaua
Rabaul
Gasmata
New Britain
Order requires Utilities Empire to drop 116 subsidiaries
The Associated Gas and Electric Corp must shed 116 subsidiary companies under an SEC ruling. The breakup targets the Hopson empire, with Hopson serving a five year federal term for mail fraud tied to stock deals. The system collapsed four years ago and is in bankruptcy proceedings.
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Philadelphia
The
Associated Gas and Electric Corporation
Securities and Exchange Commission
Howard C. Hopson
Hopson
Associated System
Ex Democrat To Head GOP Finance Committee
Samuel B. Pettengill of South Bend Ind a former four term Democrat congressman was named chairman of the Republican National Finance Committee by RNC Chairman Joseph W Martin Jr Pettengill did not discuss the appointment which was announced last night in Washington
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Washington
Samuel B. Pettengill
South Bend
Ind
Republican National Finance Committee
Pettengill
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Republican National Committee
Columbus Explosion Damages Big Bear Warehouse
An explosion of unknown origin damaged a three story Big Bear warehouse in Columbus. Canned goods tumbled into the street as one wall collapsed and debris scattered around the area.
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Columbus
Big Bear
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Harold G. Bowen
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