Frontline Shifts as Soviet Reds Counterattack Across Dnepr
Soviet dispatches report major offensive along the Dnepr River with crossings at several points and claims of advancing toward Kiev. German reports deny Soviet gains while pushing toward Leningrad and asserting the Stalin Line remains strong. British bombers target Bremen Hannover and Rotterdam docks as Suez shipping is reportedly damaged by a raid.
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Dnepr
Red
Smolensk
Moscow
Kiev
Ukraine
DNB
Dvina
Leningrad
St. Petersburg
Russia
Rome
Hitler
Berlin
Stalin Line
Ankara
Sea of Japan
Kamchatka
Vladivostok
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Opochka
Polotsk
Pskov
Estonia
Lake
Ladoga
Baltic
Bremen
Hannover
Rotterdam
Suez Canal
Examiner Publisher Is Held on Libel Charge
Grover Fleming publisher of the weekly American Examiner will be taken to Cambridge to answer false and malicious libel charges filed by Elda Unklesbay of Guernsey County. Fleming was arrested after stepping from the witness stand in common pleas court where he testified as a character witness for a former employee.
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Bellefontaine
Grover Fleming
American Examiner
Cambridge
Ndt
Elda Unklesbay
Guernsey County
Fleming
Common Pleas Court
Canada Cuts Sale of Gas and Oil to Motorists
Ottawa reports a temporary ban on sale and distribution of gasoline and oil to motorists from 7 p m to 7 a m on weekdays and all Sundays. An additional one cent per gallon price rise is authorized, and cash and carry only with no credit cards.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ont
G. R. Cottrelle
Cottrelle
C. D. Howe
Citizens For Co-Operation
Britain
Churchill Calls British Russian Alliance an Alliance
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons the British Russian pact for joint action against Germany is an alliance and that British and Russian peoples are allies. He said the armistice granting control of Syria and Lebanon to British and Free French forces was signed in a cordial spirit on both sides.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Germany
Syria
Lebanon
Britain
Young Wife Leaps to Her Death From Car
Mrs. Andy Padyjack aged 21 of Florence fell from her husband’s moving automobile yesterday. Coroner Clyde Hardesty said she jumped, claiming her husband was driving too fast.
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Martins Ferry
Andy Padyjack
Florence
Clyde Hardesty
Padyjack
Zuppke To Remain Illinois Head Football Coach
University of Illinois announced that head football coach Robert C. Zuppke will stay in his post while Athletic Director Wendell was removed by the board of trustees on recommendations from the athletic control board.
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Chicago
Robert C. Zuppke
University of Illinois
Wendell
University Board of Trustees
Board of Athletic Control
Third explosion hits Mass powder building at Cy anamid Corp
The third blast in recent months struck a small wooden powder building belonging to American Cy anamid Corp in Massachusetts. No injuries were reported.
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South Action
Mass
American Cyanamid Corp
India as a potential focal point in allied war effort
Dewitt Mackenzie speculates that Britain may announce a maximum war effort by India to support the Allies. He envisions India acting as a supply base and possible troop source for the Bolsheviks through a Persian Gulf route, linking India to Russia via Iran and Turkish territory as the Russo German war evolves.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
London
India
Hitler
Russia
Syria
Near
Middle East
Caucasus
Russian Turkestan
Persian Gulf
Iran
Persia
Axis Party To Leave Tonight For Homeland
The 27,000 ton former liner America renamed West Point sails for Lisbon with about 500 passengers including Axis officials and families departing the United States by order of the State Department. Departure is delayed to await 16 German consular officials arriving from San Francisco.
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New York
Lisbon
United States
State Department
America
West Point
San Francisco
Ohio Solons Endorse Harmony Plan With Reservations
Ohio Democratic congressmen backed the party harmony program with caution. They approved consolidating state and national headquarters but held back on a three member committee to dispense federal patronage.
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Washington
Ohio
Indianan Offers Two Bills To Aid Farmer
Representative Springer of Indiana introduced two bills to aid wheat farmers who face losses from penalties on excess marketing. The first restores the excess penalty to 15 cents per bushel, instead of 49 cents, and the second allows farmers to use excess wheat on their own farms for feeding without any penalty.
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Washington
Springer
D-Ind
Cleveland Seeks Stopper for Bombings
Cleveland City Council demands an immediate probe into a wave of vandal bombings. Legislation directs Safety Director Eliot Ness to devise methods to end the bombing outrages and report findings to the council.
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Cleveland
Eliot Ness
O'Daniel Defeats Johnson In Texas Senate Race
Official canvass shows Governor W Lee O Daniel defeated Representative Lyndon B Johnson by 1311 votes in the special senatorial election held June 28 in Texas.
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Austin
Tex
W. Lee O’daniel
Lyndon B. Johnson
Detroit Area Steel Plants Hit By Nationwide Strike
Multiple plants across Michigan and nearby states faced walkouts as CIO and AFL unions led strikes. Great Lakes Steel at Ecorse closed with 8,000 workers outside, Copperweld in Warren halted production with 2,000 workers on strike, and wage and shop demands spurred action at Sealed Power Muskegon.
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Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Ecorse
Detroit
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Great Lakes
Warren
Ohio
Copperweld Steel Company
Copperweld
Mediation Board
AFL United Automobile Workers
Sealed Power Corporation
Muskegon
Mich
Facturers
Lima
CIO United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers’ Union
Alaskan Selectee Leads in Mail Amid Draft Delays
FAIRBANKS Alaska Albert G Farr drew first from the hat but the draft lag kept him from quick acceptance. He enlisted months ago and is now at Fort Richardson Anchorage. The long gap between initial Alaska selective service registrations and the lottery delayed processing due to outlying region delays.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Albert G. Farr
Fort Richardson
Anchorage
Ohioans Fight Wheat Orders in Federal Suits
Dayton AAA spokesmen expect courts to uphold government in two federal suits filed by the Farmers' Protective Association challenging excess wheat quotas. They seek a permanent injunction and a temporary restraining order against penalties during litigation. AAA cites tobacco and cotton quota rulings as supporting precedent. the plan imposes 49 cents per bushel for marketing beyond the quota.
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Dayton
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Farmers’ Protective Association
AAA
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Foe of State Patrol to Head New Group
Sheriff Robert Bates of Jefferson County leads a new group of law enforcement officers after resigning as president of the Ohio Sheriff's Association. He was elected president of the Sheriffs and Deputies Association of Ohio at the initial meeting, in protest of the original group's lobbying stance against the patrol expansion bill.
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Steubenville
Robert Bates
Jefferson County
State
Sheriffs and Deputies Association of
Ohio
Bates
Ohio Sheriff's Association
U S To Buy Mexican War Commodities
Mexico City reports the United States will buy Mexico’s surplus war commodities for 18 months under a bilateral agreement. Mexico will limit exports to the Western Hemisphere and the U S will expedite shipments to Mexico as defense permits. Commodities include mercury antimony molybdenum tungsten lead copper and other war metals and fiber. Japan has already bought large amounts above world prices.
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Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Japan
Georgia Board Favors Racial Equality Issue Shakeup
Governor Talmadge may push for book reviews at Georgia colleges after the regents, voting 10 to 5, declined to re hire Dean Walter Cocking and Dr. Marvin Pittman. Hearings highlighted the book Calling America featuring a chained Negro and used at theUniversity of Georgia and other colleges.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Board of Regents
Edwin R. Embree
Chicago
Rosenwald Foundation
America
State Board of Regents
Walter Db. Cocking
University of Georgia
School of Education
Marvin S. Pittman
Georgia Teachers’ College
Teachers’ College
British Take French Planes and Materials
In Vichy unoccupied France the armistice terms yield all French planes in Syria and Lebanon and ships in the mandate waters to Britain. War materials are transferred as part of the Acre accord. French soldiers and civilians are offered a free choice to join the Allied cause or be repatriated to France.
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Vichy
France
Syria
Lebanon
Mandate
Acre
Charles de Gaulle
Locomotive boiler explosion kills three on freight train
In Cobleskill New York three crew members aboard a Mechanicsville to Binghamton freight train of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad were killed when a locomotive boiler exploded early today.
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Cobleskill
N. Y
Mechanicsville
Binghamton
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Young Mother Who Slew Her Baby Released
CLEVELAND Mrs. Julia Barnett 26 was released after a Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane finding of sanity. A jury acquitted her of manslaughter in the Dec deaths of her two year old son. Barnett said she did not recall striking the child with a pancake turner. Doctor Crawfis testified the staff found her sane then and now.
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Cleveland
Julia Barnett
Lima State Hospital
Broken Headlight Clue in Man's Death in Batavia
In Batavia a broken headlight lens was the sole clue in the death of Sam Curlis a 50 year old Williamsburg resident struck on State Route 125 five miles south of Batavia Deputy Sheriff Joe Colonel of Clermont County reported the find of the glass at the scene.
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Batavia
Sam Curlis
Williamsburg
Joe Colonel
Clermont County
Curlis
Here
Hog prices rise to best since 1937 in Chicago trade
A strong hog trade today carried top prices to the best levels since October 1937. Good quality medium weight butcher hogs brought 11.65. Cattle trades rose up to 15 cents higher while sheep held near steady.
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Chicago
Ohio Liquor Board Rights Upheld On 7-Ounce Beer Bottles
The district appellate court ruled yesterday that the State Liquor Board may prohibit distribution of seven ounce beer bottles in Ohio. The decision strengthens regulatory authority over alcohol packaging and distribution within the state.
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Columbus
State Liquor Board
Ohio
Defense Chief Sees Peacetime Dislocation as War Needs Rise
Under secretary of War Robert P. Patterson told the Senate Defense Investigating Committee that progress in defense production continues but total warfare requires more munitions. He forecast growing disruption of peacetime industry as more of the economy shifts to defense, noting large increases in army and Air Corps strength and substantial materiel expansion.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Senate
Europe
Patterson
America
War Department
Navy Department
Air Corps
Peace Move Reported In Prospect
Administration critics praised a congressional decision to drop an army request for authority to send selectees outside the Western Hemisphere and predicted strong opposition to extending service beyond twelve months. Senators Wheeler and Nye said there was a 50-50 chance of defeating the extension bill as hearings were set to begin in the Senate Military Committee.
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Western Hemisphere
Wheeler
Mont
Nye
N. D
Senate Military Committee
Roosevelt
Barkley
Kentucky
Senator Hill
Alabama
Rep
Wadsworth
R-Ny
George C. Marshall
Army
Reynolds
D-Nc
Military
William R. Davis
Hermann Goering
Germany
Mussolini
Europe
France
Belgium
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
United States
Federal Office of Civilian Defense
Berlin
Hitler
LaGuardia
Year-Round Daylight Saving Urged by FDR
President Roosevelt asked Congress for authority to establish daylight saving standards year round to conserve electrical energy for national defense. The move gained administration support, though top leaders warned no action on lifting the draftee ban beyond the Western Hemisphere during the same session.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Trouse
Huge Oil Supply Lost In Blaze Near Lima
A four hour fire destroyed a large crude oil storage tank at Buckeye Pipe Line Co. tank farm south of Lima. Dense smoke rose for miles as the company had just begun transferring crude to tank cars for shipment to the Atlantic seaboard amid fears of an oil shortage due to transportation limits.
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Buckeye Pipe Line Co
Here
Atlantic Seaboard
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