Axis Breakthrough Threatens Moscow and Suez Fronts
Nazi armor pierced toward the Don River, potentially severing direct contact between Soviet northern and southern armies as German forces push beyond Voronezh. In Egypt, Auchinleck’s Eighth Army presses Rommel west of El Alamein with fresh troops and American tanks, keeping the Mediterranean clash intense.
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Adolf Hitler
Russia
Egypt
Claude Auchinleck
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Alexandria
Rommel
el Alamein
Hitler
Voronezh
Moscow-Rostov
Red Army
Heinz Guderian
Upper
Don
Redes
Great Caucasus
Moscow
Caucasus
Don River
Auchinleck
Mediterranean
Suez
Nile
Western
Sahara
China Opens Sixth Year Of Conflict
In the Pacific theater China marks the sixth year of its struggle against Japan. A government spokesman urged the United States to commit full war effort in the Pacific, aiming to open a second front and speed Japan’s defeat this year.
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China
Far Pacific
Hina
Japan
Pacific
United Navas
United States of China
New High Power Diesel Engine Aids Sub Chasers
General Motors Electro motive division reports full production of a new nine loud high power light eight diesel engine with a variable pitch marine propeller. The unit is set to boost cruising radius speed and operational reach of United States Navy sub chasers amid wartime needs.
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Detroit
General Mars Corporation
Electro-Motive Division
United States
Chas
Ivy Department
Britain Announces Wire-Tailed Aerial Defense Rocket
Britain disclosed a new aerial defense rocket that fires a profile which opens into a parachute with long wires. When planes attack, the rocket's wires entangle or force the aircraft to veer off course, offering a novel defense against raids.
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London
Britain
Bund Leaders Rounded Up for Trial in New York
Federal agents with warrants obtained by U S Attorney Mathias Correa rounded up national officers sectional officials and principal leaders of the German American Bund indicted by a New York federal grand jury.
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New York
United States
Mathias Correa
Bund
Don’t Answer This Ad For Shafer Street House
Classified item notes a 64-4 room Shafer Street house with basement water, 2 car garage and rent of 16 dollars. First caller rented the property and an offer to place a Want Ad is implied. The notice appears in Monday’s Messenger.
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Shafer ST
Gillette backs grain route for synthetic rubber
Senator Gillette of Iowa urged canceling some petroleum plant contracts and shifting to grain alcohol to produce synthetic rubber. He cited copper shortages hindering grain alcohol plants and noted WPB allocation of about 200000 tons of annual capacity to grain method. Nelson said no new grain facilities but supports converting whiskey distilleries to industrial rubber output.
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Washington
Gillette
Iowa
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Gillettes
WPB
Nelson
Airacobra praised as rugged fighter by Arnold in Bell visit
Buffalo dispatch reports Lieut General H H Arnold, army air force chief, lauding Bell Aircraft Corp workers for the P 39 Airacobra. In a telegram he cites Lieut Paul G Brown who singlehandedly attacked eight Zero fighters, his plane only dented, leading to a crash. Arnold says continue producing planes like that to prove American resolve.
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Buffalo
N. Y
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Force
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Arnold
MacArthur
Paul G. Brown
Uncle Sam
Veteran B and O Official Dies at 81
Daniel Willard longtime Baltimore and Ohio president and board chairman died after heart trouble. Born January 28, 1861, in North Hartland Vermont, he began as a track laborer and rose to top leadership, earning a Doctor of Laws from Ohio University in 1927.
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Baltimore
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Dan
Willard
North Hartland
Ohio University
E. B. Bryan
University
Spaatz Named Commander In Chief Of Air Force In Europe
Major General Carl Spaatz of Rogerstown Pennsylvania has been named commander in chief of the United States air forces in the European theater. He awarded the Distinguished Service Crosses to three crew members of a plane led by Captain Charles C. Kegel in the first American raid on German held territory in western Europe. Second Lieutenant Randall M. Dorton Jr. of Long Beach California Sergeant Robert L. Golay of Fredonia Kansas and Sergeant Bennie B. Cunningham of Tupelo Mississippi received the honors.
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London
Carl Spaatz
Rogerstown
United States
Spaatz
Charles C. Kegel
Europe
Randall M. Dorton, Jr
Long Beach
Calif
Robert L. Golay
Fredonia
Kas
Bennie B. Cunningham
Tupelo, Miss
Akron says rubber drive will supply reclaiming needs for year
The Beacon Journal reports 500000 tons collected with 20 percent shrinkage leaving 400000 tons net for reclaiming. Last year the industry handled 275000 tons and expects 550000 tons this year. Workers note much rubber gathered was from new sources and described as pure velvet.
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Akron
Beacon Journal
H.S. Rogers
WPB
Highway surfacing budget far ahead of schedule
Columbus Ohio officials said 4 million dollars of the 7 million summer highway surfacing program was under contract before Harold Ickes ordered a deferment of asphalt products due to ship and rail tank car shortages. Glenn Logue noted the department’s early progress as restrictions limited material use nationwide.
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Columbus
Ohio
Glenn Logue
Highway Department
Harold Ickes
Hitler's Kursk Offensive Threatens Caucasus Gateway
The piece analyzes Hitler's massive 1 million man assault against Bolshevik lines in the Kursk Kharkov area and the Don River advance toward Voronezh. It cautions about Russian reverses, notes potential German gains, and emphasizes the Caucasus as a strategic, mountainous barrier and Russia's shattered food regions.
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Hitler
Kursk-Kharkov
Don River
Caucasus
Upper
Don
Berlin
Voronezh
Moscow
Rostov
Russia
Ukraine
McAfee Family’s Six Sons Serve in U S Armed Forces
IRONTON AP reports Lawrence County’s C P and Mrs C P McAfee celebrate six sons in service. George Lefty McAfee plays for the Chicago Bears in the Army PE program, Johnny is a Youngstown coach and ex-OSU athlete in the Army, Jack and Dubby join infantry, Clellan serves with an air corps bombing squadron, and Dr Paul McAfee from Portsmouth has enlisted in the medical corps.
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Ironton
Lawrence County
Sam
C .P. McAfee
George
Lefty
Chicago Bears
Johnny
Youngstown
Ohio State University
Jack
Dubby
Clellan
Air Corps
Paul
Portsmouth
Carpenter Dies at Home of Daughter in Canaan Township
Edward Drew Carpenter age 82 longtime Canaan Township farmer died Monday afternoon at the home of his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Cliff Campbell 167 Grosvenor Street after two months illness. Funeral arrangements are being made today. He leaves sons Forest Carpenter Bert Carpenter and daughters Mrs Faye Turner and Mrs Campbell and a brother Percy Carpenter with one child died in infancy.
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Edward Drew Carpenter
Canaan Township
Inlaw
Cliff Campbell
Grosvenor St
Mr. Carpenter
Oliver Carpenter
Julia Bartlett Carpenter
Edward Carpenter
Della Johns
Forest Carpenter
Faye Turner
Columbus
Bert
Campbell
Athens
Percy Carpenter
John
Will
Addie Fenwick
Elizabeth
Women's Naval Reserve Proposal Sparks House Clash
Washington reports Storm clouds formed over a planned Women s Naval Reserve as Vinson asks Congress to approve legislation. Representative Vincent objects to unanimous consent and criticizes the idea as ridiculous, arguing men fight while women stay home.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Naval Reserve
Vincent
D-Ky
Kentucky
AFL Still Frowns on Soviet Labor Movement
The AFL refuses to recognize the Russian labor movement as free while the CIO views it on equal terms. An AFL executive council member notes British efforts for Anglo American Soviet labor collaboration to aid the war effort have been fruitless so far.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
CIO
AFL Executive Council
AFL
Volunteer Workers Get Credit for Bond Sale in Ohio
Ohio War Bond drive credits 2500 to 3000 volunteers for major share of success. State Administrator Roy D. Moore says no large paid staff increase planned now or in the future. If any hires occur, appointments will come from civil service lists.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Roy D. Moore
Moore
Ohio parole board frees 35 Mansfield inmates
The Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission granted paroles to 35 inmates at the State Reformatory in Mansfield and ordered one conditional release. The releases, by county, include Hocking inmate Joe Swaim convicted of grand larceny with an Aug. 15 release date.
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Columbus
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
State Reformatory
Mansfield
Hocking
Joe Swaim
Ironton Man Charged in Fatal June 25 Shooting
Tom Hibbens, 48, is charged with first degree murder in the death of William Raven Scraft, 21, and is held to the grand jury after a June 25 fight where Raven was shot.
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Ironton
Tom —Hibbens
William Ravenscraft
American Tank Force Defeats German Panzer Units in Libyan Desert
A token American tank detachment engaged German panzer units near Knightsbridge and Acroma in the Libyan desert on June 12, reportedly knocking out at least nine enemy tanks with no American losses. Under Maj Henry Cabot Lodge, the unit joined a British formation to cover the withdrawal of South African troops from Gazala, and remained to aid the defense of Egypt as German forces advanced.
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Washington
Egypt
War Department
Cairo
Knights Sidge
Acroma
Tobruk
America
Africa
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Knightsbridge
Gazala
Secretary weighs plant registration offices for August primary
Columbus Secretary of State John E. Sweeney proposed letting local boards open special registration offices at large defense plants to register war workers for the August primary. He said metropolitan counties showed support and noted Socialist Labor Party protest over his ruling to keep them off the ballot as untimely.
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Columbus
John E. Sweeney
Sweeney
Socialist Labor Party
Socialist Laborites
Communist Party
Wage Stabilization Under Review by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt reportedly considers wage stabilization and subsidies to keep price ceilings near current levels. Congressional sources say he told leaders both issues should be tackled soon, though exact legislation was not yet clear.
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Washington
Roosevelt
State Board to Hold Hearing on Liquor Advertising Regulation
The State Board of Liquor Control will hold a public hearing on a proposed regulation that would place tight censorship on all liquor advertising. The hearing date is not set yet, but permit holders have been asked to submit suggestions.
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Columbus
State Board of Liquor Control
Ohio Scrap Rubber Drive Totals 14,409 Tons in Period
President Roosevelt announced Ohio scrap rubber collections reached 14,409 tons for the June 15 to July 3 period while the nation totals 334,293 tons. He extended the collection period by 10 days after a earlier 218,998 ton result was deemed disappointing.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ohio
Reorganization of War Production Board Expected
Washington officials say the War Production Board will be reorganized to strengthen civilian control of key war production areas. Chairman Donald M. Nelson will abolish the army and navy joint munitions board and transfer ultimate material allocation control to WPB civilians. The WPB production and purchases divisions would move to the Army to fit into the services of supply.
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Washington
UPI
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Army and Navy Joint Munitions Board
WPB
Army
Germans Claim U S Cruiser Sunk In Arctic
Berlin reports from German broadcasts that a U S heavy cruiser and 28 merchant ships were sunk in Arctic waters off Spitsbergen to the North Cape. The claim lacks independent confirmation and cites a convoy of 38 merchant ships with planes, tanks, and supplies for Archangel.
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Berlin
Arctic
Spitsbergen
Norwegian
North Cape
Hitler
Archangel
Aid Is Needed By Red Cross in Wartime Dressings
Ohio volunteers in every city of 25 000 or more must devote at least 200 hours weekly to sewing surgical dressings for armed forces. Nat C Wilson warned the War Time Institute that national volunteers may need to grow from 100 million to as many as 18 million. Delegates will set quotas from questionnaires and start schools within 60 days to train surgical dressing teachers.
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Columbus
Ohio
America
American Red Cross
Nat. C. Wilson
Washington
Red Cross
Wilson
Bigamy Case Confounds Detroit Judge
Joseph W. Ehasz 27 of Washington Pennsylvania faced a peculiar bigamy charge as he wooed Mary Jane Mac Donald while still married to Rosylena. The judge noted the case was unsolvable by human means but hinted Uncle Sam could reclassify the man for draft duty. Ehasz received probation until drafted, with both women seeking his return.
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Detroit
Joseph W. Ehasz
Washington
Recorder
John J. Maher
Solomon
Sam
Ehasz
Rosylena
Mary Jane MacDonald
Mary Jane
Pennsylvania
Judge Maher
Ehast
Merchant Seamen Will Receive Special Medal
The Maritime Commission will award a Distinguished Service Medal to merchant seamen who show outstanding conduct or service. Paul Manship, the New York sculptor and medal designer, has been requested to create the medal design.
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Washington
America
The
Maritime Commission
Paul Manship
New York
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