Roosevelt aims new lease loan and longer service terms
Administration sources say President Roosevelt will ask Congress to double the lease led fund toward eight billion, with a new appropriation planned soon. He backs extending selectees and National Guardsmen beyond one year and permits some overseas service while deferment rules for British forces are detailed by Hershey.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Great Britain
China
Russia
Rep
Wadsworth
R.N.Y
Army General Staff
Army
Western Hemisphere
United States
Lewis B. Hershey
Atlantic
Pacific
Hershey
Italy Ordered To Lift Ban on U S Citizens
Rome reports the United States Embassy demanded prompt lifting of Italy’s ban on departures by American citizens. Since June 24 no American has been allowed to leave, with Italy’s move seen as retaliation for U S restrictions on Italian departures from America.
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Italy
U. S
Rome
United States
America
Truck Crash Kills Coshocton Man on Route 23
Willard Mizer, 26, of Coshocton died when a truck carrying sewer pipe crashed into an underpass on Route 23 near Wakefield. No further details were released pending investigation.
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Piketon
Willard Mizer
Coshocton
Wakefield
Southeast Ohio Egg Auction Opens to Large Crowd
The initial sale drew a satisfyingly large attendance with eight buyers bidding spiritedly. 208 cases of eggs were sold at opening. checks at 22 cents a dozen and Large US Extras averaging 30% cents. Ohio State University poultry experts praised the start, and shipments head to Boston Pittsburgh Columbus Cleveland and beyond. Sales run Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.
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Ohio State University
R. E. Cray
Ohio
Boston
Mass
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Cleveland
Wooster
Versailles
Sev
Mother Dies After Saving Infant in Flaming Fire
Mrs. Alvin Halters, 22, mother of four, died at Paulding County Hospital after her clothing caught fire from gasoline spilled into a power washing machine at a farm home near the Putnam County line. She saved her year old infant, then suffered third degree burns during the ordeal.
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Paulding
Alvin Halters
Paulding County Hospital
Ohioan Suffocates as Cable Sets Mine Afire
A broken cable set fire to part of the Blaine Mine of the Lorain Coal and Dock Company in Bridgeport yesterday, suffocating 21 year old miner Joseph Kunebel of Stewartsville. Hundreds of rescuers and relatives rushed to the scene as the accident drew attention to local mining dangers and past disasters in nearby St. Clairsville and Cadiz where 103 miners died last year.
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Bridgeport
Blaine
Lorain Coal and Dock Company
Joseph Kunebel
Stewartsville
St. Clairsville
Cadiz
Hitler halted in Russia or a temporary pause?
Dewitt Mackenzie notes that Soviet claims of halting the German invasion along the Stalin Line suggest a possible stop to Nazi progress for the first time in two years. Yet he warns against presuming final victory as German gains pause for regrouping and relief.
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Acme-Nea
Moscow
Russia
Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Fuehrer
Europe
U.S. Farmers Seek Record Grain Harvest This Summer
Experts project the four major cereals Wheat corn oats and rye will yield a market value near 3.3 billion dollars, about 700 million more than last year. Much of the crop may be stored under government loans while some grain remains unsold or used on farms for livestock.
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Chicago
Cigaret Machine Slugs Turned Over to U S
A ton of ten cent slugs dropped into Ohio cigaret vending machines during the last year will be turned over to the federal government today. An Ohio tobacco association spokesman said the loss to dealers, including the pennies in each package, totals about $150,000.
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Cedar Point
Ohio
Ohio State Tobacco Association
Will T. Blake Reappointed to Ohio State Industrial Commission
Gov. Bricker announces six year term renewal for Labor representative Will T. Blake of E. Liverpool. Eight Ohio Federation of Labor officials protested the renewal, with objections seen as factional within the federation.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Will T. Blake
E. Liverpool
Labor
State Industrial Commission
Ohio Federation of Labor
Blake
Jap Raids Kill 4500 in Kwantung Province
Hong Kong report says Japanese hit and run raids last month killed about 4500 civilians and destroyed 2100 houses in Szeyap district of Kwantung Province south of Canton.
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Kwantung Province
Hongkong
Szeyap
Canton
Lehigh Valley Railroad Elects Revelle W Brown President
Revelle W. Brown was elected president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad today. He began railroad service on July 19, 1901, as a laborer.
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Philadelphia
Revelle W. Brown
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Striker Shot at Cincinnati Packing Plant Riot
A striker at E. Kahn's Sons meat packing plant in Cincinnati was shot in the back of the head and seriously injured. Three others including a policeman were hurt as AFL strike tensions flared over a push for a closed shop. The incident followed broader labor actions across the country involving AFL unions and defense plant labor disputes.
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E. Kahn's Sons Meat Packing
Cincinnati
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
AFL
Lonnie Jones
General Hospital
Madison Tawia
Aca
Aralavatan
Ananatauw
Aes, OU
Edward Stein
American Federation of Labor Building Trades Workers
Army
Jefferson Barracks, Co
WPA
Afl-United Auto Workers
Defense Mediation Board
Michigan
Afl-Electrical
Field Experts Will Re-Check Quota System
Federal intervention was promised as protests grow over the wheat marketing quota. Ohio growers complain of penalties for exceeding quotas, while AAA officials say field men will survey complaints and confer with farmers. R. M. Evans said the Agriculture Department will stand firm on the program.
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Columbus
AAA
R. M. Evans
Agriculture Department
Churchill urges US Britain help guard waters off Iceland
In a Commons speech Prime Minister Churchill welcomes the American occupation of Iceland and voices that US and British war ships should cooperate to guard dangerous waters. He notes policy will ensure Britain receives war supplies as well as aid.
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London
House of Commons
Churchill
United States
Iceland
Britain
Standard Oil Expands East Oil Supply With Tank Cars
Standard Oil of New Jersey completes a two phase plan to bring crude by rail as 25 tank cars from Lima, Ohio arrive in Linden New Jersey. Pipelines from the Bayway refinery to the Midwest move about 1,000,000 gallons daily, with the Lima shipment adding 210,000 gallons to the supply.
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Linden
N. J
Lima
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Bayway
Middle West
Six Nurses Missing Off Torpedoed Ship
The American Red Cross reported that a British vessel carrying 10 Red Cross nurses to England was torpedoed about two weeks ago. Six nurses remain missing, four were rescued and are in good condition. The vessel’s identity was not disclosed.
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Washington
Red Cross
England
Aid British Columbus in Ohio Labor Week Proclaimed
Ohio wage earners were urged to cooperate fully in observing Aid British Labor Week July 14 to 20, proclaimed by Gov. John J. Bricker. The call sought broad participation in support of labor efforts during the period.
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Columbus
Ohio
John JW. Bricker
Driver Hits Autos But Gets No Fine
SMITHTOWN N Y A two year old named Charles William Brenner the son of Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Harry C Brenner drove 400 feet against traffic striking five parked cars pushing one into a sidewalk and injuring a 99 year old girl. He did not have a license and was not jailed because he is two years old. His mother was shopping when the car was started inadvertently.
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Smithtown
Amn
Charles William Brenner
Harry C. Brenner
Suffolk County
Speed Up of Naturalization Announced by WPA
Howard O. Hunter announces a vast expansion of Americanization instruction to naturalize an estimated 5,000,000 aliens. He says many non citizens want citizenship but lack knowledge of procedures and predicts 1,000,000 will receive instruction annually with 7,000 to 10,000 instructors paid by the Works Progress Administration.
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Washington
Howard O. Hunter
Works Projects
Riggs Injured in Farm Accident Near Gallipolis
Ernest J. Riggs president of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture suffered a crushed shoulder when a log felled him on his farm near Gallipolis Tuesday. He is convalescing in the local hospital.
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Gallipolis
Ernest J. Riggs
Ohio State Board of Agriculture
Here
Riggs
German Spokesman Warns U S Near War Over Iceland Occupation
German officials claim the United States has moved troops into Iceland, saying the act signals approaching hostilities. Berlin suggests U S forces could spread to the Azores or Dakar as battles rage along a 1,000 mile Baltic to the front. Soviet reports claim major Russian victories in White Russia with German regiments wiped out.
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Adolf Hitler
White Russia
Moscow
Black Sea
Dvina
Germany
United States
Iceland
Roosevelt
Berlin
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
Dakar
French West Africa
Hitler
Russia
Baltic
Parnu
Viljandi
Estonia
Ostrov
Leningrad
Great Pause Predicted as Nazi Push in Soviet Front Slows
London authoritative quarters say the Nazi eastward drive into the USSR appears halted and a great pause is likely unless a breakthrough occurs. German front troops mass while Berlin hints a decisive phase is near as Soviet counterattacks stall. In the Middle East, Dentz seeks armistice terms as Beirut reports a British offer rejection.
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London
U.S.S.R
Berlin
Bessarabia
Middle East
Henri Dentz
Syria
Lebanon
Beirut
Vichy
German High Command Silence Justified as Strategy
Nazi radio said silence was part of a superior strategy as leaders prefer action over words. Meanwhile Soviet planes bombed Helsinki and British bombers attacked Wilhelmshaven and German targets as the Luftwaffe retaliated across the Midlands England and Scotland.
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Helsinki
Finland
Reichswehr
Red Army
Berlin
Maxim Litvinov
Britain
Wilhelmshaven
France
Germany
Luftwaffe
English Midlands
East Anglia
England
Scotland
FDR Eliminates Hemispheric Border Lines
President Roosevelt declared imaginary defense borders between the Western and Eastern Hemispheres obsolete. He argued that lines delimited for defense are not fixed and that certain points near boundaries could prove crucial for national security, making hemispheric divisions largely irrelevant.
Army recruits punished with 150 mile march in 97 degree heat
In CAMP ROBINSON Arkansas a 150 mile disciplinary trek was ordered for the 35th Division Doghouse battalion and 110th Quartermaster Regiment after Yoo Hoo greetings triggered a reprimand. The march from Memphis to North Little Rock covered 15 miles on foot in extreme heat as General Ben Lear enforced discipline.
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Camp Robinson
Ark
110Th Quartermaster Regiment
Memphis
Tenn
North Little Rock
Ben Lear
Expect Syphilis Tests To Be Easily Enforced
A Columbus attorney general office spokesman said enforcement of the new syphilis tests for marriage licenses should be easy. He noted physicians issue certificates of no syphilis and avoid certificates of positive cases since probate courts cannot grant licenses to those applicants.
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Columbus
Attorney General's Office
Three Wounded in Clash of Miners and Watchmen
In Pottsville Pennsylvania three men were wounded by gunfire and many others bruised in a clash between anthracite miners and company watchmen at Correale Construction Company operations near Donaldson, 16 miles west of Pottsville. The dispute followed a demand to halt a steam shovel used in surface or stripping work.
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Pottsville
Correale Construction Company
Donaldson
Housing Project Moved From Ravenna to Newton Falls
The Federal Works Administration moves a 200 unit housing project from Ravenna to Newton Falls due to land cost. Administrator John Carmody announced in Washington that local land costs are three to four times higher than in Newton Falls.
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Ravenna
Federal Works Administration
Newton Falls
Ravenna Arsenal
John Carmody
Washington
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