Japanese Move Looms as Axis War Deepens in Asia
London sources say Japan concentrates its fleet in home waters while a German victory in Russia could push Tokyo to strike Soviet Siberia. Tokyo reports Moscow promised no mutual defense obligations with Britain or the United States, as Japan seeks new angles in the widening conflict. Allied losses at Midway are cited as a reason for Japan to regroup. A Pacific raid on Salamaua New Guinea is reported, with China confirming Japanese gains at Wenchow and ongoing attacks to bar transfers of Japanese units from China.
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London
Maik Eet
Russia
Soviet
Siberia
Tokyo
Shigenori Togo
Osaka
Japan
Moscow
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Pacific
MacArthur
Australia
Salamaua
New Umea
Wenchow
Chekiang
China
Cherng
Hangchow
Kiangsi
Reports From Moscow On Voronezh Battle and Western Front
Russian dispatches claimed repulsed German attempts to encircle Voronezh on the Don Valley front. They said divisions from Belgium and France were pulled into the fighting, signaling widening Allied potential. In Egypt, British forces held El Alamein as Rommel pressed a third assault under night conditions with RAF support.
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Germany
Europe
Voronezh
Don Valley
Belgium
France
Moscow
Don River
Caucasus
Volga Riv
Rommel
el Alamein
Alexandria
Tel el Eisa
Hill of Jesus
RAF
Tobruk
Libya
Mediterranean
Qattara
Await Official Orders To Defer Married Men
Columbus report states Ohio will use a new induction formula that defers married men with dependents last once a directive from national selective service arrives. Edward Neese, chief state draft inspector, said the plan is pending and Ohio's 330 draft boards will continued current induction policies until the directive is received.
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Columbus
Ohio
National Selective Service Headquarters
Edward Neese
Neese
Court Refuses to Stop Communist Ballot in Ohio
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to stay a ruling denying the Communist party a place on the state election ballot. It said the party did not file a notice of appeal with Secretary of State John E. Sweeney, and the oversight prevents consideration of its appeal.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
John E. Sweeney
Communist Party
Sweeney
Supreme Court
Battle of Midway Armada Ambushed Japanese 80 Ships
Navy reports detail the Midway battle in which 80 Japanese vessels faced an American ambush. American losses included Yorktown and Hammann, while Japanese losses reached 20 ships and 275 planes. Captain Elliott Buckmaster commanded Yorktown. Major Lofton Henderson perished while attacking a carrier.
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Washington
Japan
Midway
Hawaii
Yorktown
Hammann
Elliott Buckmaster
Columbus
Hawaiian
American West Coast
Panama Canal
Senate committee weighs auto requisition for war effort
The Senate Military Committee discussed a bill allowing the President to buy or requisition private cars and other transport for wartime needs. Owners could accept cash, war bonds, or face a President set price with possible 50 percent bonus owed if disagreement leads to court action.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Reynolds
N.C
War Production Board
Detroit Man Held as Spy
A former American coast guardsman was held on espionage charges in New York with bail set at 25000 dollars. Washington Glendale Spiegelberg aged 45 carried bomber plans when arrested in a Long Island bar. In Detroit he was known as Alex Spiegelberg and linked to Donelly Engineering where he had access to B 24 drawings while employed early this year.
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New York
FBI
P. E. Foxworth
Washington
Glendale Spiegelberg
Long Island
Detroit
Alex Spiegelberg
Donelly Engineering Corporation
Ford
Donelly
Melrose youths killed in gypsum silo accident
Three Melrose High School youths died after being buried under 25 tons of gypsum at the United States Gypsum Company plant in Charlestown. A jammed loading gear at the top of a 90 foot silo caused a large gypsum chunk to fall and collapse the workers who were clearing the blockage.
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Boston
Melrose
United State Gysum Company
Charleston
Oklahoma City Senator Josh Lee Clinches Democratic Nod
Josh Lee, a 50 year old senator and New Deal champion, won the Democratic renomination by a clear majority over nine opponents in unofficial returns from yesterday's primary election in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Josh Lee
Laval's stance widens rift over French ships at Alexandria
President Roosevelt offers to move nine French warships from Alexandria to safety. repatriate French sailors and return ships after the war. Laval rejects, proposes delivering ships to a French Mediterranean base, raising suspicion of German influence and threatening Allied plans to salvage the fleet. The rift may push Britain to destroy or seek canal passage to safety.
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Laval
Roosevelt
DE Witt MacKenzie
Pierre Laval
Alexandria
Egypt
France
Hitler
Suez Canal
Hog Prices Reach 16 Year High at Cleveland Market
Hog prices jumped to a 16 year peak on the Cleveland Livestock Market rising 20 cents to 15.10 per hundred pounds for 160 to 250 pound hogs on the hoof. Experts attributed the rise to government taking about 60 percent of pork and a short current run dampening retail supply.
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Cleveland
United States
Civilians Interned by Japan Total 1931 Names Listed
War Department announces 156 American civilians seized at Wake Island are among 1931 interned or POWs listed by the Japanese government via the Red Cross. The latest names cover civilians held in Shanghai.
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Washington
War Department
International Red Cross
Wake Island
Shanghai
Dayton Workers Strike Over Pay Raise Tensions
Dayton city employees from water, street, and sewage units walked out demanding a 10 percent raise. Pickets gathered before City Hall and the waterworks while a skeleton crew kept operations. Other city departments shut down as tensions rose with no immediate supply threat evident.
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Dalton
New Synthetic Rubber Methods Promise Surplus Tires
W. Farish of Standard Oil (NJ) told a House subcommittee two new synthetic rubber production methods could add 200000 tons beyond the planned 800000 tons for military needs and yield 34000000 more car tires by year’s end. He urged conservation and reduced driving to preserve scarce rubber.
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Washington
Farish
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
House Mines
CIO Steel Workers Hear Wage Demand Report
The CIO policy committee met in Pittsburgh to hear President Philip Murray report on the progress of the demand for a one dollar daily wage increase. About 125 union representatives from Bethlehem, Republic, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and Inland Steel mills attended to discuss potential action if the War Labor Board ruling does not meet the request.
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Fittsburgh
Little Steel” Policy Committee
CIO
United Steel Workers of America
Philip Murray
War Labor Board
Farflung Mills
Bethlehem, Republic, Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Inland Steel Companies
Seiberling Leases Wooster Plant for Munition Casings
Seiberling Metal Products Co. has leased a Wooster plant to manufacture metal casings for munitions. The Wooster Board of Trade announced that production should start within months and that many jobs will be filled by women.
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Wooster
Seiberling Metal Products Co
Wooster Board of Trade
Auto Dealers Confront Wartime Problems in Cincinnati
National automobile dealers association directors convened a three day session in Cincinnati to tackle wartime problems not awaiting January’s convention. Ray Chamberlain of Washington warned many issues lack clear solutions and noted service departments have not supported profits while car buyers face tightened budgets due to gas rationing. He cited threats of gas restrictions, tire relinquishment, and possible private car requisition for the armed forces.
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Cincinnati
National Automobile Dealers Association
Ray Chamberlain
Washington
Chamberlain
Convoys Extend To Caribbean And Gulf Waters
United Nations merchantmen in the Caribbean will operate under the convoy system already used along the U S east coast. Navy Secretary Knox announced patrol vessels and planes will be increased to combat submarines as two more sinkings raise wartime losses to about 371. In Findlay a 12 lane bowling alley was destroyed and the building damaged, with losses pegged at 40,000 dollars.
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United Nations
Caribbean
U. S
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Knox
Associated Press
New York
Fire destroys Gordon Theater in Middletown
Dawn blaze at Gordon Theater in Middletown causes an estimated $100,000 loss, according to owner Mrs. Mary Gordon. The fire gutted the venue, with investigators outlining the incident and potential causes pending review.
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Middletown
Gordon
Mary Gordon
Kremlin fears new front as Japan weighs Siberian attack
London sources say Soviet leaders push for a second American British European land front to divert German armies from the Caucasus. They warn of a Japanese push into Manchukuo with about 360000 troops and air reinforcements, while public meetings in Glasgow and Liverpool urge aid for Russia.
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Soviet
Russia
London
Caucasus
Caucasian
Siberian
Japan
Manchukuo
Siberia
Pacific
Ivan Maisky
Glasgow
Liverpool
Resume Strike At Kimberly Mine Over Unemployment Pay
Nelsonville staff special reports workers from the Kimberly Mine of the Hocking Valley Mining Co resumed the strike over unemployment compensation for idle spring 1941 days during contract talks. They did not work Monday or two days last week but returned yesterday to satisfy a contract clause for a meeting. The conference held then was unsatisfactory, and no side issued a statement.
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Nelsonville
Kimberly
Hocking Valley Mining Co
Rules Tighten On Long Haul Truck Use
The Office of Defense Transportation revised orders governing long haul trucks. A 40 mph speed limit is set and the mandate to return at 75 percent capacity is cancelled. From August 1, trucks must carry a capacity load on a considerable portion of trips outbound.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation Today
Doctor in Navy Medical Corps test dies at 44
Dr. Clarence H. Frederick president of the St. Joseph Hospital staff died of a heart ailment yesterday a few hours before his scheduled physical examination for entry into the Navy Medical Corps.
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Lorain
Navy Medical Corps
Clarence H. Frederick
St. Joseph Hospital
Shortage of Storage for Record Wheat Crop Strains Belt
Western Kansas farmers stack grain in living rooms and garages as storage elevators fill. Vega Texas uses a hotel for wheat storage while Hemphill County schools close to store grain. Despite a near record 1942 harvest, weather and a 630 million bushel carryover overwhelm terminals. Kansas grain inspector Erland Carlsson warns large supplies must be protected for the war effort.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Vega
Tex
Hemphill County
Erland Carlsson
Ihief Kansas
Carlsson
War Training in Work Plan Aids 400000 Workers
War manpower programs in Northern Ohio and Erie County Pa through training within industry have touched more than 400000 workers. Oscar Grothe announced the plan’s reach as the U S Employment Service estimated the Ohio Michigan Kentucky area would need about 500000 new war plant workers by year end, 151000 in Ohio.
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Cleveland
War Manpower Commission
Ohio
Erie County
Oscar Grothe
U. S. Employment Service
Ohio - Michigan - Kentucky
Cuyahoga Democrats Back Herrs Candidacy
The Cuyahoga Democratic organization endorsed Walter F. Heer of Columbus for the August gubernatorial primary. County executive committee approved by 192 to 14 the scanning committee’s recommendations selecting Heer and other candidates for endorsement.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga
Democratic
Walter F. Heer
Columbus
Ray T. Miller
Franklin County
Pills for Gasoline Are Strictly Quack
New York reports a 1942 style gold brick salesman targeting motorists on the gas starved eastern seaboard. He sells pills claimed to substitute for gasoline. A Queens County official warns drivers to beware as a buyer poured five gallons of water into a car, used the pills, and the engine failed to start.
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New York
Jpi
Seaboard
Queens County
Lawrence J. McGrath
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