Russians Claim 30 000 Nazis Killed in Kursk Front Battle
Moscow reports fresh Nazi reserves pushing into dust and smoke as the Kursk offensive widens. Russia claims 30 000 German deaths, 1 539 tanks damaged or destroyed, and 649 planes shot down in the first three days, while warning German losses could be heavy.
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Moscow
Kursk Plains
Red Army
Ains
Belgorod
Hitr
Ursk
Belgorond
Orel
Berlin
Orelere
Tragic Ohio River Drowning of Two Boys
Portmouth authorities report Douglas Eakins nine and Eugene Craft twelve drowned after their rowboat capsized on the Ohio River yesterday. Rescue crews recovered their bodies, and the incident is under investigation by local officials.
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Portsmouth
Douglas Eakins
Eugene Craft
Ohio River
Women’s group aims to turn liquor stocks into industrial alcohol
President Ida B. Wise Smith of the Women's Christian Temperance Union says industrial alcohol could be made by redistilling existing whiskey. She claims warehouses hold enough whiskey to replace about 500 million pounds of corn and corn products used for industrial alcohol.
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Chicago
Ida B. Wise Smith
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Captive Mines Shut by Roving Pickets Across Southwestern Pa
Roving pickets and women workers in Southwestern Pennsylvania coal fields shut down more than a dozen captive mines used by steelmakers. The protest tied to a No Contract No Work stance began after a Brownsville meeting calling for organized picketing. Mines at Jones and Laughlin Shannopin Vesta Republic Steel Bridegport Maxwell Frick and U. S. Steel subsidiaries were affected as entrances were blocked and shifts cancelled.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
John B. Busarello
United Mine Workers
Brownsville
Jones and Laughlin
Shannopin
Vesta
Clyde
Republic Steel
Isabella
Weirton Steel
Bridegport
Maxwell
H. C. Frick Coke Company
U. S. Steel Corp
Frick Company
Bridgeport
Axis Supplies Are Dwindling
London report by Dingle M Foot shows Axis sea losses over the past year of 30 000 tons of rubber 5 000 tons of tin 25 000 tons of edible oils plus substantial amounts of quinine and tungsten. Since Allied North Africa victory 700 000 tons of Axis shipping sunk 300 000 tons damaged. Blockade to remain tight to deny relief to occupied peoples.
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London
Dingle M. Foot
Ministry of Economic Warfare
House of Commons
North
Africa
Foot
Europe
Commons
FBI Joins in Search for Newspaperwoman
The FBI joined a nine state search for Rose Marie Brancato a 27 year old woman page and school editor for the New Haven Journal Courier. Police have no lead and her parents hope for her safe return as she disappeared last night with no clues found to start the investigation.
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West Haven
Conn
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rose Marie Brancato
New Haven Journal Courier
Teamsters Chief Backs UMW Affiliation Drive
Daniel J. Tobin, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, declares support for affirmative action in the United Mine Workers drive to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor.
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New York
Daniel J. Tobin
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
John L. Lewis
United Mines Workers
U S Canada Outbuild Axis War Production Claim
Toronto dispatch reports Donald M. Nelson of the U S War Production Board says North America will outproduce the Axis in munitions this year by nearly two to one. He estimates Canada and the United States will produce a plane every 40 minutes by year’s end and urges renewed effort to hasten victory and unconditional surrender.
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Toronto
North American
Donald M. Nelson
U. S. War Production Board
Canada
United States
Nelson
Wheat Export Subsidy Program Discontinued
The War Food Administration announced the discontinuance of its wheat and wheat flour export subsidy programs. The move ends payments to exporters that kept domestic wheat prices higher and supported foreign sales to compete with lower world prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress to Write Radio Oversight Specs, Says Wheeler
Washington plan proposes Congress set government restraints on radio rather than the FCC. Senator Wheeler states accord with Taft proposal that Congress write the specifications for regulatory controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Congress
Chaiman Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Wheeler
Taft
Rohio
British Government Payroll Is Reduced
The Ministry of Labor discharged 3,000 government employees today as the first step in a general overhaul of agencies. The cut was ordered by a cabinet committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ministry of Labor
Bucyrus Band Director J C Hazen Dies in Cruiser on Duty
J C Hazen 50 longtime Bucyrus High School band director and co organizer of Northwestern Ohio band festivals died of a heart ailment in a police radio cruiser while on duty.
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Bucyrus
J. C. Hazen
Northwestern Ohio
End of Beef Famine Seen As Western Herds Arrive
Cottonwood Falls Kansas reports a surge of cattle as grass ranges dry. Ranchers weigh selling large herds or feeding costly grains. Grass fed beef expected to arrive within two weeks with Eastern Kansas and Osage cattle at 750000 head. Prices rise at Kansas City stockyards from 9.75 to 12.75 per hundred pounds.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kas
Great Grass Ranges
Kansas
Osage
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Wind and Flood Kill Three in Ohio Storms
Three people died and three were reported missing after heavy rains and windstorms lashed Northern and Eastern Ohio. Victims included Charles Palmer a 32 year old civilian defense volunteer electrocuted at Steubenville, Elgy Gardner a 44 year old farmer at Pleasant Hill, and eight year old David Meese struck by lightning near New Philadelphia. Fire Chief Edward Green estimated Steubenville damage over 100000 dollars. About five inches of rain fell in two hours at Steubenville. Power plant shutdowns idled 27000 workers in Akron at Goodyear Aircraft and Firestone plants, with 200000 gallons flooding conduit tunnels.
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Charles Palmer
Steubenville
Elgy Gardner
Pleasant Hill
David Meese
Brightwood
New Philadelphia
Charles McNeil
Andrew Thompson
Edward Green
Akron
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Goodyear
Berlin Claims Allied Fleet Is Moving Again
Berlin radio said British Mediterranean battle units with new American carriers left Gibraltar. The report claims 44 infantry divisions and 15 to 20 tank units between Morocco and Syria with parachute and airborne troops to seize bridgeheads, though no Allied confirmation is provided.
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London
Berlin
Gibraltar
Europe
Associated Press
Morocco
Syria
Ohio Canneries Require 17,000 More Workers
Cleveland report shows the War Manpower Commission estimating a labor shortfall of 17,000 in Ohio canneries this season. The American Legion pledged emergency services from its members to help, with over 50,000 Legionnaires across about 600 posts ready to support the food for freedom drive through workers from auxiliaries and veterans' children.
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Cleveland
War Manpower Commission
Ohio
American Legion
Martin Coffey
Ohio Department
Legion
Ohio Legion
CIO Starts Drafting 1944 Political Program
The Congress of Industrial Organizations forms a committee to map a 1944 political program. Sidney Hillman of Amalgamated Clothing Workers is named chairman as President Philip Murray urges active cooperation with other labor groups and allied organizations.
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Washington
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Philip Murray
Allied Air Raids on Sicily and Sardinia Continue
Allied air forces pressed a fifth day of heavy bombing across Sicily and Sardinia targeting airfields and military sites. Axis opposition was said to be reduced with ten enemy planes shot down while Allied losses numbered five. Gerbini in eastern Sicily endured 19 more bombing runs after the prior Monday air battle.
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North Africa
Sicily
Sardinia
Gerbini
British Ships and Planes Report Axis Losses
The Admiralty announced that British naval and merchant ships and Fleet Air Arm aircraft shot down 1,004 Axis planes in the past three and a quarter years. It noted probable destruction of 321 more and damage to 593.
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London
Fleet Air Arm
Admiralty
New Secret Fighter Planes Enter War Production
War Production Board officials Charles E. Wilson and Donald M. Nelson announced new fighter types are in production to meet evolving combat needs. They indicated the fighters are both new and modified, with output soon reaching record levels and possibly exceeding 10,000 planes monthly when facilities peak in 1944.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
WPB
Wilson
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Corn Question Discussed by Jones Stirs Capitol Hill
Washington lawmakers press Marvin Jones, new war food administrator, to resolve the corn price issue without broad legislation. The House Agriculture Committee plans to weigh a Senate approved bill raising the corn ceiling from 1.07 to 1.40 a bushel, while leaders warn that fixing prices on each commodity could trigger a dangerous trend.
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Washington
Congress
CPA
Marvin Jones
Capitol Hill
House Agriculture Committee
House
Senate
War Food Office
Barkley
D-Ky
WPB to Publish Newsprint Quotas Publicly
Washington reports the War Production Board will公开 publish its newsprint quota proceedings. Rep Maas claims the move meets his demand to curb press freedom threats and accuses the WPB of favoring certain publishers. WPB chief Nelson denies the charges and later discusses the proposal with Maas.
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Washington
War Production Board
Maas
R-Minn
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Author of Best Seller Is Made Corporal
Bernard Galkin author of a best selling manual How to get a commission in the Army Navy Marines Coast Guard and Merchant Marine has been promoted to corporal at the Buckingham Army Air Field near Fort Myers. His book sold more than 75000 copies and helped civilians learn the inner workings of the services promotion system. Galkin could not use his knowledge before his draft board nabbed him last summer.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Bernard Galkin
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Merchant Marine
Buckingham Army Air Field
Galkin
Armed Services
Corn Shortage Triggers Substitute Grain Scramble
Chicago reports no corn sales in the market over Tuesday and yesterday as supply fails to move. Feed manufacturers and grain dealers scramble for substitutes with most arrivals directed to industries, under the community credit corporation.
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Chicago
Compmonity Credit Corporation
Goebbels Takes Over German Theater Operations
Stockholm Berlin dispatches report Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels has assumed control of all German theaters due to dissatisfaction with current programs. The move signals heightened state oversight of cultural venues.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Landing Forces Close On Prize Japanese Base Near Munda
American troops pushed within six miles of the Munda air base on New Georgia after two new landings at Rice Anchorage and Zanana. U S naval victory in Kula Gulf reported nine to eleven enemy ships sunk with one American cruiser lost. General MacArthur announced the landings and related bombings on Salamaua and Mubo in New Guinea.
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Munda
New Georgia Island
U. S
Kula Gulf
Helena
Cnoireaman
William
F. Halsey
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Japan
MacArthur
Salamaua
New Guinea
Mubo
Boston
Mitchell
Baireko Anchorage
Rice Anchorage
Baireko
Zanana
Barike River
Naval Battle in Kula Gulf Report of Japanese Losses
The morning clash in the Kula Gulf saw American warships strike four to five destroyers and three to four light cruisers, with most ships sunk or set afire within minutes. Helena survivors were rescued as destroyers damaged or sunk more enemy vessels while Corsairs fought skies over Rendova and Munda. Chinese forces pushed Japanese from Mengting as the retreat began and casualties reached several hundred.
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Kula Gulf
Helena
Gulf
Halsey
MacArthur
Rendova Island
Munda
Zanana
Solomons
Mengting
Burma- Yunnan Province
Plan for Martinique Discussed by Washington Officials
Washington officials and Gen Henri Honore Chaud discussed installing a pro allied administration in Martinique amid unrest. Demonstrations at Fort De France attracted up to 15 000 people seeking a break from Vichy and closer ties to the United States. Giraud, the former prisoner who led French North African forces, is in Washington on a military mission as a guest of the government arrived yesterday.
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Washington
Martinique
Henri Honore Chaud
French Committee of National Liberation
Fort-De- France
Vichy
United States
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Giraud
Fugitive Is Given Full Pardon After 23 Years
Boise Idaho reports W D Simmons a Findlay barber who escaped from an Idaho prison 23 years ago was granted a full pardon after returning to the state. He had been prieved recently when he came back to marry and become a respected Ohio citizen. Ottawa notes Prime Minister Mackenzie King expects Gen Henri Giraud to visit Canada within the week or 10 days.
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Boise
Idaho
W. D. Simmons
Findlay
Simmons
Ohio
Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Henri Honore Giraud
Canada
Leetsdale Train Crash Injures Thirty Seven Passengers
At Leetsdale Station a light engine backed into the rear of a passenger train injuring thirty seven people, most lightly. Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz emerges as Poland's strong man after Premier Sikorski's death.
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Leetsdale
Leetsdale Station
Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz
Sikorski
Federal Agents Check New License Stamps in Youngstown
Internal revenue agents issued summonses to 1400 motorists in Youngstown for lacking the new five dollar federal use tax stamps. Violators have until Saturday to report to the revenue office or be cited to appear at the Cleveland office. One motorist was found attempting stamp evasion with yellow chalk used on an old red stamp.
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Youngstown
Internal Revenue
Revenue Office
Cleveland
Ohio Relief Bills Dip Below Supposed Minimum
Columbus reports war boom shrinks Ohio relief rolls and spending below the irreducible minimum. Welfare Director Herbert R. Mooney says six month average cases run 19,038, down 52 percent from 1942 and 71 percent below the 66,000 first half of 1941.
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Columbus
Ohio
Herbert R. Mooney
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