Russians Concede Minor Gains Then Gunnery Battle Rages
Allied and German forces fight across the Northern Caucasus and near Voronezh as the Red Army resists continued German pressure. British and American planners doubt a second front this summer while Egypt’s theater sees Axis gains near El Alamein. Vichy protests the US Free France alliance amid talks in London. Free France leaders work with Allied officials on war conduct as air and ground battles intensify across the Don and Volga corridors.
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Caucasus
Voronezh
Don River
Germany
Britain
United States
Europe
Egypt
el Alamein
Hill of Jesus
Africa
Pierre Laval
Washington
France
Vichy
Harold R. Stark
Charles L. Bolte
London
Charles de Gaulle
Russia
West Virginia
Stalingrad
Volga
Boguchar
Midway Hero Dived Plane To Save Carrier
Marine Maj. Lof ton R. Henderson of Lorain Ohio plunged his burning plane into a stack of Japanese aircraft to save the carrier during the Battle of Midway.
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NEA Telephoto
Lofton R. Henderson
Lorain, O
Battle of
Midway
Elliott Buckmaster
Columbus
U. S
Yorktown
OHTOAN 18 KILLED IN BRITISH ISLES ACCIDENT
The War Department informed the family that Bernhard McLaughlin twenty was killed July 13 in a motor vehicle accident in the British Isles.
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Ohtoan
Rtins Ferry
Sert Bernhard McLaughlin
British Isles
Warriment
Erday
Coast Guardsman Cullen Baits Nazi Saboteurs On Foggy Long Island
John C. Cullen a 21-year-old seaman second class in the Coast Guard outwitted a Nazi party landing off Amagansett Beach Long Island by feigning acceptance of a bribe and alerting headquarters. His alert led to the capture of eight saboteurs and their hidden supplies. The incident prompted promotion to coxswain and commendation from Coast Guard Commander Vice Admiral R R Waesche.
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Washington
Coast
R. R. Waesche
Coast Guard
Cullen
Florida
Southampton
Federal Bureau of Invstigation
Two Men Found Dead Near Edgewood Country Club
In Charleston West Virginia two men John Leon Arthur 23 Marmet and Harry Louis Stevens 51 Gallipolis were found dead leaning on an embankment near Edgewood Country Club. Coroner Max Goldman said death likely from tainted food or drink with no evidence of violence. Identification via draft registration and social security cards. Stevens worked for Union Barge Line.
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Charleston
John Leon Arthur
Marmet
W. Va
Harry Louis Stevens
Gallipolis
Edgewood Country Club
Max Goldman
Goldman
Stevens
Union Barge Line
Relief payments drop 12 percent in Ohio
Columbus reports that though June new claims exceeded May, total unemployment benefit payments fell by 12 percent last month. Bureau administrator Her schell C. Atkinson announced figures showing $10,475,103 paid in the first half of 1942, up 36 percent from the previous year, while new claims rose 42 percent from 98,593 to 140,421.
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Columbus
Herschell C. Atkinson
Bureau of Unemployment Compensations
Atkinson
Two-Thirds of Cars Needed in War Effort
In Cincinnati Harry Sommers president of the National Automobile Dealers Association declares two-thirds of the nation's 30 million passenger cars must operate to prosecute the war effort. He says there is no immediate danger the government will requisition private automobiles and speaks at the convention in Atlanta Ga.
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Cincinnati
Harry Sommers
Atlanta
National Automobile Dealers’ Association
Sommers
War Brokers Probed Over Navy Contracts
House Naval Committee vows to press renegotiation of Army and Navy contracts to recover commissions paid to war brokers. Thomas Hinkel says William Scrimgeour and Sons operated on a contingent fee with engineering services, earning over 200000 dollars on naval contracts since 1939 and over 150000 as prime contractor on Navy deals.
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Man Vinson
D-Ga
House Naval Committee
Thomas Hinkel
William Scrimgeour and Sons
Hinkel
Nazi Infantry Flown To Egypt From Crete
British sources said a German light infantry regiment was flown from Crete to North Africa and placed in the Egyptian line to reinforce Rommel. Reports note Axis reliance on air transport due to RAF pressure on sea lanes and disrupted African supply ports in the push toward Alexandria and the Nile.
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London
North Africa
Crete
Erwin Rommel
RAF
Alexandria
The
Nile
Hitler’s war gains threaten his undoing, says Mackenzie
The article argues Hitler’s rapid advances drain troops and materiel, risking a Soviet counteroffensive as Germany relies on failing railways and overstretched supply lines. It notes Hitler overestimated rapid victory and that German transport deteriorates, potentially inviting a Russian setback if a second front diversion succeeds.
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DE Witt MacKenzie
Hitler
Germany
Berlin
Fuehrer
Russia
Timo- Shenko
Migeayites Baye Bese Bys
Survivors in Sub Sinking Amid Toll Climbs to 374
The torpedoing of an American merchantman left 381 aboard. 372 survived with nine lost. Navy announced the sinking along with the losses of a large British merchantman a medium cargo ship and a Norwegian vessel, bringing total Allied and neutral wartime losses to 374 in the Western Atlantic.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Navy
U. S
Shortage of Water Feared in Dayton Strike
Dayton water officials warn a municipal employees strike could deprive over 200,000 residents of water within days. AFL called a strike of city water, street and sewage workers. about 98 percent of 448 were out. A two man skeleton crew remains at the waterworks to operate until noon, after which a shutdown could occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
W. W. Morehouse
American Federation of State
AFL
Morehouse
Soldier Leonski confession enters Melbourne murder trial
A U S Army court in Melbourne accepted in evidence a purported confession by Priv ate Edward J. Leonski to the killings of three Melbourne women. Army officers said he signed the admission in their presence and another soldier testified Leonski claimed two of the slayings.
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Melbourne
United States
Edward J. Leonski
New York
Leonski
Infant Mortality in Europe Up 40 Per Cent
The British famine relief committee reports a 40 percent rise in infant deaths across German occupied Europe. It compares the suffering to conditions after four years of the First World War, noting widespread hunger and deprivation in conquered and occupied areas.
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Europe
London
British Famine Relief Committee
Roosevelt Aide Arrives in Chungking to Meet Chiang Kai Shek
Washington announced that Lauchlin Currie administrative assistant to President Roosevelt has arrived in Chungking to confer with Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek on nine problems by presidential direction. Hugo H Vernholt of Gallipolis was named chief clerk of Gallipolis State Hospital for Epileptics succeeding P Moss.
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Washington
Lauchlin Currie
Roosevelt
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
White House
Gallipolis
Hugo H. Vernholt
Gallipolis State Hospital
P Mosslac
Gasoline Pump Blast Kills Four in Cincinnati
Four men died and a fifth was critically injured when gasoline from a sheared pump exploded at a three story rent a car agency in downtown Cincinnati. Police Sergt Carl Hille was killed while responding to gas fumes and a parking attendant may have triggered the blast by switching off the flow. Loss was estimated at 100000 with 40 vehicles damaged.
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Cincinnati
Carl Hille
Barney J. Houston
Houston
Sergeant Hille
St Xavier Downtown College
Mrs Starlin dies in Washington hospital
Mrs. George Starlin died July 4 in Colfax hospital. Funeral was at the family home in Harrington Wash. She was born Constance Coleman, daughter of the late Will and Drusilla Coleman, a native of Athens County. She taught in rural schools and was a New England Presbyterian Church member. Survivors: George her husband two daughters Ruth Timms Colfax Wash and Iris Baxter Portland Ore a grandson Dale Baxter and brothers Clyde and Clifton Coleman Harrington.
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Ward
George Starlin
Colfax
Harrington Wash
Starlin
Constance Coleman
Will
Drusilla Wyatt Coleman
Athens County
New England Presbyterian Church
Washington
George
Ruth Timms
Wash
Iris Baxter
Portland
Ore
Dale Baxter
Clyde
Clifton Coleman
Harrington
Cenfer on Plans for Deferment of Students
James M. Churchill head of the Ohio University ROTC unit and Brandon T. Grover university director of public relations represent the university at a Columbus meeting called by Army Navy and Marine officials on the deferred enlistment plan. Colleges confer with a joint committee on plans allowing students to complete college training before active service.
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James M. Churchill
Ohio University
Brandon T. Grover
Columbus
Army
Navy
Marine
Army, Navy and
Marine Corps
Humbert Declines Gallipolis High School Post
Gordon Humbert, newly elected Gallipolis High School principal, declined the post and will remain at Wapakoneta. Six men were convicted for extorting $4000 from Oscar Williams in a Numbers game shakedown nearavia mina wseee aoe.
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Humbert
Gallipolis
Gordon Humbert
Gallipolis High School
Humber
Wapakoneta
Cleveland
Oscar Williams
Mina
Solon Says More Taxes Are Coming
Rep. Treadway of Massachusetts told the House that additional taxes are likely soon and that a national sales tax must eventually be used to support the war effort and share costs across all classes.
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Solon
Washington
Treadway
Mass
House
Ways and Means
Treasury Department
Japanese Warship Losses Rise to 89 in WWII Summary
An Associated Press compilation cites official announcements from U S Army Navy and MacArthur in Australia showing Japanese losses total 89 fighting ships since Pearl Harbor and 48 U S naval craft lost on various fronts including the Reuben James incident in October 1941. The piece also reports tax policy debates tied to a $6 143 900 000 revenue bill with Republican opposition to a sales tax and shifts in exemptions and corporate rates.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Associated Press
U. S. Army
Navy
MacArthur
Australia
U.S
Reuben James
North Atlantic
Nation's Largest Tax Bill Goes Before House
The $6.1439 billion wartime measure with new income and corporate taxes went before the House for general debate. Lawmakers discussed returning the bill to the Ways and Means Committee for revision of proposed corporation rates.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Japanese and German Arrested in Search at Mazatlan
Federal troops hunting for a mysterious Pacific coast radio station spreading Axis propaganda arrested a Japanese man and a German near Mazatlan yesterday. Unofficial reports say troops seized a radio transmitter during the operation.
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Mazatlan
Mexico
Pacific Coast
Ohio Surpasses Civilian Defense Training Quota
Ohio reports 496,231 civilians have volunteered for emergency service under the Civil Defense program, far above the 420,000 goal set by the Ohio Defense Council. The Citizens Defense Corps includes air raid wardens, fire watchers, auxiliary policemen, firemen, messengers, and nurses aides with 53,001 enrolled.
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Columbus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Ohio Defense Council
Citizens Defense Corps
Red Cross
Ohio doctors serving armed forces reassure public
COLUMBUS Ohio physicians group says 1,137 Ohio doctors are serving with the armed forces and 250 awaiting acceptance. Even if 2,500 more enter service at least 6,000 remain to treat civilians, Dr Robert Conrad said. In Middletown the fourth victim of a fatal auto truck collision near Dayton is identified as James Clavert 42 of Ada.
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Columbus
Robert Conrad
Wilmington
Ohio Committee For
Ohio
Middletown
Dayton
Here
Munday
James Clavert
Ada
State Guards Drill in Zaleski Hills Next Week
Ohio State Guard units will drill in two shifts at abandoned CCC camps in Zaleski State Park. Under Adm. Gen. Donald F. Pancoast the exercises focus on combat fundamentals, guerrilla hand to hand tactics, and simulated air attacks. A full scale maneuver caps the week with umpires judging readiness for airborne invasion. Southern Ohio chosen after Camp Perry’s transfer to the Army.
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Hocking Camp
Hocking Hills
Ohio
Guardians of
CCC
State Guard
Camp Perry
Zaleski State Park
Admjt
Donald F. Pancoast
Lake Erie
Induction Forecast for 18-20 Group II Expected
Secretary of War Stimson expressed belief that young married men and youths aged 18 to 20 would be drafted before victory over the Axis is achieved. The statement reflects war mobilization priorities during wartime.
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Washington
Stimson
War Department
Army
Air Force safety record tops world says War Dept
The War Department announced the Army Air Forces have the best safety record among world military air forces with an accident rate 68 percent below the Army's 1980 rate and 10 percent below the 1980 40 Army average. More than 80 percent of air force accidents stem from personnel error.
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Washington
War Department
Army Air Force
Army
Department
Air Force
Roosevelt weighs wage stabilization plan to curb price controls
The administration contemplates new legislation centered on wage stabilization as price controls risk collapse. President Roosevelt has discussed options with congressional leaders, hinting at freezing wages to limit cost of living pressures. Price administrator Leon Henderson reported rising farm prices and tight ceilings threaten the program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Leon Henderson
Henderson
House
Re-Occupation of Tsingtien Reported by Chinese
CHUNGKING says the Chinese high command announced the re occupation of Tsingtien in Chekiang Province on Sunday with 600 Japanese killed or wounded and the rest fleeing toward Wenchow 25 miles southeast The Japanese port of Wenchow fell on Saturday The Chinese used their tactic of closing in from behind and removing the garrison left by the Japanese at Tsing tien
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Chungking
Tsingtien
Chekiang Province
Wenchow
Tsing Tien
Gas range sale ad read out as sold in three days
Messenger classified ads generated quick results with an item listed as sold after a reader bought the Tappan store, causing the ad to be canceled the second day.
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Messenger
Tappan
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Acgie Lochne
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