Roosevelt Sets Up Supreme Board To Handle All Resources
President Roosevelt creates a seven man supply priorities and allocations board headed by Vice President Wallace to decide military needs and civilian sharing of natural resources. Major General George H. Brett will lead a group studying British aviation needs across fronts in Africa and the Near East. Donald M. Nelson named executive director, seen as likely future top official, while Wallace remains occupied with other duties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Ministry of Supplies
Army Air Force
George H. Brett
Air Corps
White House
Office of Production Management
Supply Priorites and Allocations Board
Endang
Induse
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Alvan McCauley
Automobile Manufactuers Association
Nelson
Laval Condition Worsens After Shooting in Occupied Paris
Paris reports Pierre Laval's condition worsened after being shot on Wednesday. A Versailles Hospital bulletin at noon noted the decline amid an investigation of assailant Paul Colette. The suspect allegedly fought with Irish troops at Dunkirk and was evacuated to England.
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Paris
France
Pierre Laval
Versailles Hospital
Paul Colette
Dunkerque
England
Reminder to Used Car Buyers on Low Rates
Just a reminder to used car buyers about credit curbing rules starting September 1. Auto dealers advertise in the Messenger classified pages urging prompt action to lock in current low rates. Only three days remain to take advantage of the low payment plan.
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Messenger
Carpenters Return To Work After Canton Housing Strike
Two hundred AFL carpenters at a 300 unit defense housing project near the Canton naval ordnance plant ended a one week strike over a foreman demotion. The union demanded local preference in demotions and the dispute was referred to the U S Conciliation Service for settlement.
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Columbus
AFL
Canton Naval Ordnance Plant
Canton
U. S
Hugh E. Sperry
NLRB
Great Lakes
Washington
Sidney Hillman
OPM
Ralph Mittendorf
Ironton
John Ryan
New York
CIO Transport Workers Union
Harriman to Lead U S Delegation to Moscow for Aid Efforts
President Roosevelt said W Averell Harriman will head the American delegation to Moscow to coordinate aid to Russia. John Biggers will take over Harriman’s duties in London as the group, likely six or so members, consult with British and Russian counterparts on shipping, production, and supplies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Russia
Harriman
London
John Biggers
Office of Production Management
Anonymous donation funds Mount Union student union
Mount Union College will establish a student union with a $10 000 anonymous gift. President C. B. Ketcham confirms the donation and plans for the new facility.
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Alliance
Mount Union College
C. B. Ketcham
Russian Air Force Still Important Factor in War
After more than two months of warfare Russian air power remains a major worry for Germany. Military sources say Russia’s skies hinder German blitz tactics, with the Luftwaffe unable to gain air superiority and Moscow and Leningrad resilient under Red air support.
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New York
Russia
Poland
Norway
Low Countries
France
Balkans
Moscow
Leningrad
Red
Budgenny
Dnieper River
Defense Expenditures in August Surpass One Billion
Treasury figures show defense outlays from August 1 through August 27 reached 1,001,446,512 dollars, the first billion month since the war. Expenditures were about 72 million higher than July and roughly five times August last year, excluding Reconstruction Finance Corporation disbursements over 60 million a month.
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Washington
Treasury
Defense
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Finance Committee Nears End On Tax Bill
The Senate Finance Committee plans to finish work on a 3.689 billion tax bill and send it to the Senate for next week's debate. President Roosevelt urged cutting non essential government spending, and the panel proposed three new budget cuts and several tax increases to raise additional revenue.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Budget Bureau
Byrd
D-Va
Taylorcraft to Produce Planes Solely for Defense
Airplane maker Taylorcraft Aviation Corp declares its entire output after Sept. 1 will be dedicated to defense. Planes will be used for home guard air defense and other war-related uses, reflecting the shift in peacetime production to military needs.
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U. S
Miss Ellen OLeary Dies in Middleport at 92
Miss Ellen OLeary aged 92 died last night at the home of her nieces Miss Mary Healey and Miss Margaret Healey in Middleport She had lived in Middleport for 25 years Funeral services will be held Saturday at 9 am at Sacred Heart Church Pom ery throughout Pom eroy
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Middleport
Ellen O’leary
Mary
Margaret Healey
Sacred Heart Church
Pomeroy
Healthiest Boy Girl Are Milk Drinkers
In Columbus Ohio State Fair health honors go to Mary Jane Williams 16 of Mt Gilead and Gordon Rogers 18 of Van Wert recognized as the healthiest 4 H winners. Williams and Rogers drink three pints of milk daily each and stand 5 feet 4 1 2 inches tall. Williams credits her health to good parenting and her mother.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mary Jane Williams
Mt. Gilead
Gordon Rogers
van Wert
Miss Williams
Rogers
Parliament of France Taken Out of Vichy
The Vichy regime exiled the French Parliament to Chatel-Guyon Les Bains while keeping the parliamentary name at Vichy. A decree ordered removal of offices and services from Vichy but allowed the name to stay on the Allier apartments due to constitutional siting rules. Marshal Petain ordered salaries suspended two days hence amid protests over the move.
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Vichy
France 4
Chatel-Guyon Les Bains
Allier
Coal Petition Hearing Rescheduled for Sept 3
Washington sentence notes a hearing on a petition by the consumers' counsel division seeking a 25 cent per ton price cut for coal from Ohio mines. The bituminous coal division moved the hearing to Sept 3 after delaying July 15.
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Washington
Consumers’ Counsel Division
Bituminous Coal Consumers’ Counsel
Ohio
Man on Porch Fatally Struck by Automobile in Zanesville
An 80 year old named Julius Pickrell sitting on a porch was fatally injured when a car driven by Mrs. Rex Brown lost control and struck the porch in Zanesville. Sheriff Ed Redman reported the driver lost control while turning into a driveway.
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Zanesville
Julius Pickrell
Rex Brown
Ed Redman
Booth Named Deputy Auditor in Gallipolis
Gallipolis announces C. W. Booth as deputy city auditor to act during the illness of A. W. Carl. Booth, a former inspector of state offices, assumes the duties today in the city.
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Gallipolis
C. W. Booth
A. W. Carl. Booth
28 Cars of Livestock Sold at State Fair
Twenty eight cars of livestock changed hands at yesterday's auction at the Ohio State Fair. The sale brought in $103,846 with an average price of $13.39 per hundred pounds and a top price of 20 cents per pound.
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Columbus
Dies at Shawnee longtime Perry County official
Henry Krietz 93 former Perry County commissioner and Shawnee's oldest resident died yesterday. He served the county for decades and was a prominent local figure in Shawnee. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Henry Krietz
Perry County
Roosevelt Nomura talks open review of far east issues
President Roosevelt and Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura held a man to man discussion in diplomatic quarters as Tokyo issued a message outlining the Imperial government's Pacific attitude. Tokyo suggested a possible personal meeting in the Pacific to ease tensions and pursue a lasting peace in the region.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Kichisaburo Nomura
Tokyo
Admiral Nomura
Pacific
Office of Production Management
Domel
Japan
China
East Asia
United States
Konoye
Iichi Kishi
Prince Konoye
Churchill
Atlantic
Nomura
Honor Newspapermen At State Fair Today
Ohio's newspaper men were honored guests as the $25 million Ohio State Fair closed. Fair Manager Win H. Kinnan predicted that this year's net profit would wipe out last year's deficit amid fair weather.
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Columbus
Ohio
Win H. Kinnan
Plan Increases in Fifth Corps Area Personnel
Col. Louis C. Wilson's office says Fifth Corps Area personnel will rise from 60 000 to 120 000 with plans to double supply flows to camps and stations in Ohio West Virginia Indiana and Kentucky. Some say troop numbers may exceed 120 000 by year end with new camps discussed at Columbus Ind and potential use of Camp Perry for processing draftees and guardsmen.
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Columbus
Army
Fifth Corps
Louis C. Wilson
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
Wilson
Fort Hayes
Corps Area
Ind
Camp Perry
Strike ends in Lima factory wage dispute relief stalled
About 1,000 cigar workers at the Deisel-Wemmer-Gilbert Lima plant walked out after talks for a 10 cent per hour raise collapsed. The firm with plants in Findlay Van Wert St Marys and Detroit offered 2.5 cents. A CIO union won bargaining rights on July 26 following a 12 day shutdown. The current average hourly rate runs around 35 cents.
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LIMA
Deisel-Wemmer-Gilbert Company
Findlay
van Wert
St. Marys
Detroit
CIO
Rebirth of the French Republic Seen in Laval Attack
Dewitt Mackenzie weighs the Versailles assassination attempt on Pierre Laval and ensuing sabotage as potential signs of France regaining its spirit. He cautions time will tell if this marks a real revival or triggers harsher German penalties.
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Laval
Pierre Laval
Versailles
France
LaFayette
Free Republic
Republic
Britain
Dictators Meet in Berlin as War Rages on Eastern Front
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a five day meeting at the Fuhrer’s east front HQ to discuss the war and its duration while German and Finnish forces push Russians from Tallinn. Soviet setbacks included the fall of Dnieperopetrovsk and the destruction of the Dnieper Dam as Stalin’s scorched earth policy.
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Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Fuhrer
East Front
Berlin
Fuehrer
Il Duce
Hitler
Tallinn
Estonia
Gulf of Finland
Gulf
Helsinki
Viipuri
Leningrad
Ukraine
Dnieperopetrovsk
Dnieper
S. A. Lozovsky
Dnieperstroy
Stalin
Tailinn
Baltic
Dnieper River
Red Army
Kiev
Black Sea
Odessa
Semeon Budyonny
Duisburg
England
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