Chinese Claim Island Recaptured by Chinese Forces
The Chinese high command announced Futuo Island off Fukien Province was retaken after a brief Japanese seizure, as fighting continued near Wenchow in Chekiang and Kiangsi. Ta Kung Pao urged the U S to open a second front this year to speed China’s war effort.
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Chiang Kai- Shek
Futuo
Fukien
Foochow
Wenchow
Chekiang
Kiangsi
Kan
Free
China
Ta Kung Pao
United States
Europe
Japan
Asia
Chang Chiang-Au
India
Burma Road
Manchukuo
Ship Sinkings Mount to 362
The unofficial AP tally lists 362 allied and neutral ship losses in the Western Atlantic since U S entry in the war. New Caribbean sinkings include the Dominican schooner and a Panamanian merchantman, with one survivor treated aboard the attacking submarine. Last week also reported twenty-two other sunk crafts across multiple nations.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
U. S
Caribbean
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Little Steel Case To Be Deliberated Further
The War Labor Board will resume deliberations tomorrow on CIO steelworkers' bid for $1-a-day pay raises in the Little Steel case. A decision is not expected until later this week. the July 2 argument conclusion involved Bethlehem Republic Inland and Youngstown sheet and tube as members.
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Washington
War Labor Board
CIO
Little Steel
Bethlehem
Republic, Inland
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Musical Instruments Wanted by Schools and Students
Students in grade and junior high are preparing for band work and seek used instruments. If your instrument is in good condition you can sell it now with a classified ad. Call today to place your ad and help youngsters get started.
New Village Is Christened Lidice in Illinois
A new 100 home village north of Joliet near Chicago was named Lidice Ill to honor the Czechoslovakian town of Lidice razed by the Nazis. About 55 000 people attended ceremonies naming the community Lidice in memory of the European city destroyed in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich.
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Lidice
Joliet
Chicago
Lidices
Europe
Ill
Hitler
Reinhard Heydrich
German Slaves Fight Back as Reprisals Grow
Reuters in London reports a Soviet information bureau says Germans wiped out an entire village in Telemark Norway while Norwegian government officials deny any such report. In Pas de Calais French fighters barricade a house. Germans storm it claiming an arms cache. Paris announces severe reprisals targeting relatives of fugitives, including women sent to hard labor and underage children to reform school.
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Reuters
London
Telemark
Norway
Pas de Calais
France
Paris
Kimberly Mine Workers Back To Work After Meeting
M R Hubbard president of miners local 3905 says work will resume at Kimberly mine Tuesday morning after union members voted to return if management meets with the mine committee to discuss a grievance from April 1941 over unemployment compensation. Local officials were assured a meeting would occur Tuesday if the men return.
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Kimberly
Kimberly Mine
M. R. Hubbard
Hubbard
the Tipple
Columbus
Mob drags hospitalized Black man to death near Texarkana
A 25 year old Black man named Willie Vinson was dragged from a hospital and beaten by a mob of about 15 men near Texarkana Arkansas. He later died from injuries suffered at a cotton gin where he was found after the attack.
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Texarkana
Ark
Monroe Watts
Willie Vinson
Fruit Growers Predict Large Apple Harvest
In Columbus the 1942 forecast from fruit experts shows Ohio apple output could top 7 million bushels, a rise from last year. Grapes are expected to grow while cherries pears and peaches may shrink.
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Columbus
Ohio
OPA Chief Objects to Limitations
Washington AP Leon Henderson warns farm price caps would cripple OPA operations as a $1.856 billion war agencies package funds the Office of Price Administration at 120 million with amendments tying ceilings to parity. He says farm rules threaten general maximums and could spark repeal of price controls. Senator Wagner calls Henderson’s office funding crucial on the home front. The panel also seeks Senate confirmation of high paid OPA staff and a gasoline price rise in 17 rationed states. If Senate approves changes, bill returns to the House.
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Washington
Senate
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Henderson
Appropriations Committee
House
OPA
Wagner
Speghlator
Georgia
Rules Committee
Morgenthau
War Production Board
Candle Fire Causes $7500 Damage at Catholic Church
A toppled altar candle caused a fire at St. Anthony and St. Bridget Catholic Church in Cleveland. Firefighters used chemicals to extinguish the flames damaging the organ and altar and a statue of Our Lady of Consolation imported from Rome in 1939, valued at $800.
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Cleveland
St. Anthony and St. Bridget
Charles Reese
Rome
Italy
Retired OSU President Suffers Injury in Fall
Dr. George W. Rightmire 73 President Emeritus of Ohio State University was injured in a fall at his Columbus home. He suffered a minor head injury when he slipped in a bathtub and was reported in fairly good condition by University Hospital attaches.
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Columbus
George W. Rightmire
Ohio State University
University Hospital
Rightmire
Pearl Harbor Hero Earns Commission At Fort Monmouth
Joseph L. Lockard, the Pearl Harbor hero, received his gold bar after completing a three month course of study at Fort Monmouth New Jersey. The army had offered an automatic commission for his alertness in detecting the Japanese attack on December 7 while off duty and manning an aircraft detection system. His warning went unheeded.
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Fort Monmouth
N. J
Joseph L. Lockard
Pearl Harbor
Army
Ewington Man Among 297 Interned by Japs
Washington reports four Ohioans are among 297 American civilians captured by Japan on Wake Island and interned in Shanghai. Next of kin listed include Dencil M. Newhart of Ewington Ohio.
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Ewington
Washington
Wake Island
Shanghai
War Department
Dencil M. Newhart
Trenton Fire Destroys Post Office and Home
A blaze yesterday in Wilgus destroyed the post office and a residence, fatally burning John Dilley, 26, of Hinton West Virginia. The fire damaged nearby structures and investigators assess cause.
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Tronton
Wilgus Yestday
John Dilley
Hinton
W. Va
War Workers and Gambling Decline Across Ohio Cities
War workers and others with lettuce-lined wallets are finding big time gambling in major Ohio cities on the decline though a statewide survey shows the pastime far from passe. Wagering gentry still place bets on horses dice roulette and slot outcomes. Enforcement and civic efforts push organized gaming underground while smaller towns report little activity beyond hip pocket bookies backroom games and numbers operators.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Workers Who Share Rides Will Get Recaps
Cleveland report says war workers must join the share the ride campaign to obtain new grade 2 or recap tires. Transportation advisory committees will form in plants with 100 workers, and tire applicants must get statements from the committee before rationing boards handle requests.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Transportation Advisory Committees
Fire Damages Still At Lima Oil Refinery
Firemen quenched a blaze at Standard Oil's Lima refinery after midnight. The fire, which burned about an hour, damaged a still and threatened hundreds of storage tanks at terminals in the Texas and Illinois oil field network. damage totals were not estimated.
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Lima
Texas
Illinois
Standard Oil Company
First U S Plane Lost In Mid East In Battle
The United States air corps reports its first loss in the Middle East as a Liberator bomber fails to return after a battle with Messerschmitt fighters while on a mission to attack Mediterranean shipping. two German fighters are shot down.
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United States Air Corps
Middle East
Mediterranean
Britain
United States Expeditionary Force
Northern Ireland
English
Arrests of 14 Aides Tied to Nazi Spies
Attorney General Biddle announced the arrest of 14 alleged associates of eight Nazi agents on trial. The group includes four women and are described as immediate contacts of operatives who landed on Long Island and Florida coasts from submarines last month. FBI Director Hoover said arrests occurred in Chicago and New York within three weeks and investigations continue.
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Washington
Biddle
Long Island
Florida
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago
New York
Charges Firms Profiteering in Rubber Drive
Elliot E. Simpson, counsel for a House subcommittee, accuses four large scrap rubber firms of enormous profits from the scrap rubber drive. The firms H Meuhistein and company Inc, A Schulman Inc, Nat E Berzen Inc, and the Loewenthal Company are named as Rubber Reserve agency partners with coast to coast branches. They allegedly receive commissions of 1.50 per ton plus fees for sorting scrap, regardless of collection involvement.
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Washington
Elliot E. Simpson
House
Simpson
H. Meuhistein
Army maneuvers open in Carolina with warning of last dress rehearsal
In Wadesboro North Carolina the U S Army began its first wartime maneuvers amid a warning from maneuver director Maj Gen E J Dawley that this may be the last dress rehearsal before real combat. The drills will include air and ground phases and the final cleanup action as no part of warfare will be remitted.
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Wadesboro
N. C
U. S
Carolinas
E. J. Dawley
Rehearsal for Invasion in English Coast Maneuvers
Canadian forces staged massive sea borne land invasion drills in England with a British fleet, RAF fighters, and U S observers including Eisenhower officers. The drills included engineers repairing defenses, mock bombardments, and a dangerous sea passage that tested near casualty conditions.
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Russ Munro
England
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
United States Army
Navy
Nazis Push Deep Into Soviet Union on Southern Front
German forces extended their drive toward the Caucasus moving within 200 miles of the Volga as Soviet defenses near the Don and Donets fronts faced new pressure. In Egypt, Australian infantry aided the British Eighth Army near El Alamein while Rommel’s forces reeled. Allied air and sea operations targeted Rommel’s supply lines amid heavy fighting and weather challenges.
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Don River
Volga
Caspian Sea
Caucasus
Egypt
Eighth Army
el Alamein
Erwin Rommel
Boguchar
Rossosh
Stalingrad
Volga River
Voronezh
Lishchansk
Donets
Izyum
Kharkov
Rostov
Rzhev
Moscow
Hitler
Imunique
Berlin
Semeon Timoshenko
Don
Red Army
Volkhov
Leningrad
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Rommel
Alamein
Qattara
United States
English Channel
RAF
Danzig
England
Brixham
Bodies of Lima Men Found in Black Lake
In Cheboygan Michigan searchers recovered the body of Frank Buchanan 35 of Lima who drowned with two other men while fishing in Black Lake Tuesday. The bodies of Herbert Van Horn 36 and Virgil Garner of Lima were found earlier.
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Cheboygan
Mich
Frank Buchanan
Lima
Black Lake
Herbert van Horn
Virgil Garner
Largo
Lupa
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Herman O. Neubauer
Ed John Kerling
Myron C. Cramer
U. S. War Department
FBI
Denman
U. S. Army Signal Corps
NEA Telephotos
House Weys and Means Committee
Lima Oil Refinery
Mid-East
Hancock County
Holmes County
Preble County
Kille
Elyria
George Pullen
Rocky River
Vermilion River
James M. Long
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