Pilot Captain Jos C Mackey Dies in British Crash
The Associated Press reports Captain Jos C Mackey, famed for ferrying bombers to Britain, died in a crash during takeoff from a British airfield. His wife in Montreal received the news. The collision also claimed Rt. Hon. Arthur Blaine Purvis, head of the British Supply Council in North America, along with 11 other American fliers and nine British airmen.
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Jos C. Mackey
Britain
Montreal
Arthur Blaine Purvis
British Supply Council
North Amerca
Mackey the daring flier survives near-fatal crashes and wartime losses
The article recalls Mackey, a famed Columbus born stunt pilot, surviving multiple near misses including crashes in Newfoundland and Findlay Ohio. It notes his cool under pressure during the Thompson Trophy Race and a severe bomber crew loss contributing to 19 American deaths in a war effort setback.
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Columbus, C
Mackey
Newfoundland
Sir Frederick Banting
Dayton
Siege Falls Back on the Dnieper Front as War Status Shifts
Reports say Soviet forces pulled back beyond the Dnieper while German and axis troops push on in Ukraine. Budyonny’s southwest army abandoned Pervomaisk near Nikolaev as fighting rages near Leningrad and Estonia. RAF blitz targets German cities. Churchill orders emergency prep by Sept. 1. Australia lands troops in Singapore to reinforce defenses.
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Russia
Theeper River
Ukraine
London
Lengrad
Semeon Budyenniy
Bug River
Pervomaisk
Nikolaev
Bevo
Odessa
Black Sea
Dnepropetrovsk
Dnieper
Red Army
Kakisalmi
Leningrad
Straya
Russa
Estonia
Kiev
Adolf Hitler
East Front
RAF
Smith criticizes Roosevelt Churchill talks secrecy at Cleveland rally
Gerald L. K. Smith denounces the Roosevelt Churchill conference and its secrecy at a Cleveland rally. He vows the people will refuse any foreign policy not submitted to Congress. The event was sponsored by his committee of 1,000,000.
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Cleveland
Gerald L. K. Smith
Congress
Photographer among GM crew killed in Medina derby crash
Jack Culver aged 52, a member of a General Motors photographer group from Detroit assigned to cover the Soap Box Derby, was killed when a car overturned on a construction section near Medina. Four others sustained injuries in the crash.
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Akron
Jack Culver
General Motors Corp
Detroit
Medina
Time Not To Extend All Draftees Service
Senator Thomas said many draftees may be released before serving 18 months of the extension measure. The bill lets the President order longer service for all or some selectees, reservists, National Guardsmen and regulars, but a blanket 18 months is unlikely. Technicians and specialists would likely be kept. others may be released as trained and needed. The bill, approved 37 to 19, awaits Roosevelt’s signature and War Department action.
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Washington
Thomas
Utah
Senate
Roosevelt
War Department
Cool Weather Persists Across Ohio Through Saturday
Ohio remains under a cool spell with record low August temperatures in some sections. Rain eased drought for farmers in the eastern part, with forecast of more showers tonight and fair cool weather Saturday, especially helping corn growers near Youngstown where over an inch of rain was welcomed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Youngstown
Employment payrolls show big gain in Ohio
Ohio employment for the first half of 1941 rose 20 percent from a year earlier, with payrolls up 40 percent and hours worked not disclosed. Gains occurred across manufacturing up 23 percent, construction up 53 percent, and trade service and transportation up 5 percent.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ohio State University
Bureau of Business Research
Bitter Battle Brewing Over Wheat Issue
Washington reports growing congressional opposition to HB5300 as Ohio lawmakers warn the measure could ease a “serious situation” by allowing excess wheat to be used for feed and seed. The bill would bar government marketing of stores and curb quotas, with a veto urged by Agriculture Secretary Wickard over fears it would limit price controls.
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Washington
Congress
Ohio
White House
Wickard
Agriculture Department
Senate House Panel Approve 750 Million Tank Fund
In Washington a joint Senate House committee approved a special fund of 750 million dollars to manufacture additional tanks and ordnance. Senator Adams said the group would restore the 1.347 billion dollar fund previously approved by the House but cut when the Senate passed a 6.8384 billion dollar supplemental defense bill yesterday.
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Washington
Stimson
Senate
House
Adams
D-Colo
Officers Confronted By Sticky Problem
Richmond police faced a sticky traffic mishap when a barrel of glue toppled from a truck and coated the Fourteenth and Mill streets intersection. Public works crews and a sanitation truck eventually cleared the mess and restored normal flow.
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Richmond
Fourteenth and Mill Sts
Public Works
Fire destroys Superior Insulation plant in Tiffin
A blaze in Tiffin destroyed the Superior Insulation, Inc. plant with estimated losses pegged at 10,000 dollars. Fire crews fought the flames, and no injuries were reported.
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Superior Insulation, Inc
Byrd Seeks Detailed Accounting of Lease-Lend Expenditures
Senator Harry Byrd calls for a full accounting of the $7 billion lease-lend fund spent to date as Congress weighs a possible new request. He notes only about $75 million had been spent by June and questions future needs amid talks with Churchill and Russian considerations.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Harry Hopkins
Virginia
Roosevelt
Churchill
Germans Warn French Public After Paris Protests
German authorities in Vichy announced collective responsibility for anti German activity in occupied France and ordered the death penalty for Communist support. A German military court was set up to try demonstrators following clashes at Porte Saint Denis and Gare Saint Lazare as measures to curb armed demonstrations.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Porte St. Denis
Gare St. Lazare
Set Minimum Wage for Brick Manufacturing
Washington wage-hour division issued an order establishing a minimum wage of 34 cents an hour for the brick manufacturing industry effective Sept 1. The rule covers brick and fired clay product makers excluding refractories pottery and ceramic whitewear.
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Washington
Thunderstorm Drops 1.47 Inches In Cleveland Area
A morning thunderstorm drenched Cleveland with 1.47 inches of rain causing street flooding and stalled cars. Additional thunderstorms are possible with forecasts of up to 90 degrees this week.
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Cleveland
Government Moves to End Akron Strike
The defense mediation board in Washington will offer settlement recommendations to union workers at the Ohio Brass Co. plant in Barberton after an 11 week strike. Details of the proposal were not released. Officials said the dispute was certified to the board and urged early settlement to avoid delays at the power dam and the Buick airplane engine plant.
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Akron
Ohio Brass Co
Barberton
Defense Mediation Board
Washington
Office of Production Management
Bonneville Power Administration
Chamber of Commerce Opposes Major Tax Bill
A spokesman for the United States Chamber of Commerce says the pending 3.2367 billion dollar tax bill is unjust. He argues the measure would place the bulk of new taxes on about 7 million people who already pay most federal taxes.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Renew Search For Missing College Girl
Steubenville sheriff Bates declares he believes Ruth Baumgardner, former Ohio Wesleyan student missing since May 4, 1937, has been in the area this summer. He broadcasts a request to locate a four passenger car linked to the case and cites tips from underworld sources. Two observers say they saw Miss Baumgardner in Steubenville within six months.
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Steubenville
Robert D. Bates
Ohio
Ruth Baumgardner
Ohio Wesleyan
Lakewood
Jefferson County
Truck Driver Wade Cox Dies in Suicide in Nelsonville
Wade Ellis Cox aged 36, truck driver for Nelsonville Pure Milk Co., killed himself with a shotgun in his truck parked in front of his Ashton Street home. Coroner A L Pritchard ruled death by own action after Cox reportedly threatened self-harm during despondent financial spells. Married father of four, he was the son of Mr and Mrs Von Cox of Elizabeth Street.
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Nelsonville
Wade Ellis Cox
Nelsonville Pure Milk Co
A. L. Pritchard
Cox
Ashton St
Max Bennett
von Cox
Elizabeth St
Boys Arrive in Akron for Soap Box Derby
Scores of confident youngsters arrive as the eighth annual All-American Soap Box Derby gears up at Derby Downs near Akron Municipal Airport. Nearly half of the 117 entrants checked into derby headquarters by noon.
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Akron
Derby Downs
Derby
Parley Between Roosevelt And Churchill To Produce New Thrust
Washington reports indicate a parallel Anglo American move to implement sea conference aims with decisive actions soon. Lord Beaverbrook arrived seeking more tanks planes and supplies while the Roosevelt Churchill talks proceed aboard a warship in the Atlantic with high officials present.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Washington
APA
London
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
Beaver
Europe
Beaverbrook
Atlantic Parley Branded a 100 Per Cent Flop by Nazis
Berlin based German sources dismiss Roosevelt and Churchill talks as a 100 per cent flop claiming the meeting leaves Germany in the best possible diplomatic position. They say Britain and the United States differ on key postwar aims and demand one power to police Europe while railing at Allied strategy. The sources pose eight critical questions on freedom of the seas bases two ocean fleet and Monroe Doctrine and call the critique biting scorn.
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Wan
Maier Smawn
Britain
United States
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Churchill
Berlin
Germany
Sumner Welles
League of Nations
Eden
Europe
State Guard Detachments Begin Camp Perry Training
Advance detachments of Ohio's new state guard depart for Camp Perry to ready for units arriving Sunday. Company cooks join the advance party to supervise food and supply storage for 825 officers and men of the first regiment at the Lake Erie training center.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Guard
Camp Perry
Lake Erie
Officer of German Army Executed as Spy
Josef Jakobs a German national and non commissioned officer in the German army attached to the meteorological service was executed today after his conviction for espionage. He was arrested shortly after parachuting near London following his landing by air.
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London
Josef Jakobs
War Office
Meteorological Service
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