Germans Reach 110 Miles From Moscow In Push Toward Capital
The Associated Press reports a German advance toward Moscow with Schnell Truppen said to be within 110 miles of the Soviet capital. Smolensk is claimed captured and Polish front towns seized as the war on the eastern front intensifies. Soviet counterclaims note heavy Russian resistance and ongoing bombing.
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Adolf Hitler
DNB
Hitler
Smolensk
Moscow
Berlin
Schnell Truppen
London
Polotsk
Vitebsk
Leningrad
Pskov- Porkhov
Minsk-to-Moscow
Kishinev
Bessarabia
English Channel
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Turkey
Constanta
Germany
Ankara
Caucasus
Iraq
Iran
More Surplus Food Sought for Gallia County
M R Allen of the Gallia County relief office pressed state surplus commodities in Columbus for additional foods. Surpluses are being diverted to military training centers and army posts, making a curtailment for local relief centers imperative and unavoidable.
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Gallipolis
M. R. Allen
Gallia County
Columbus
State
Allen
Beaver Town Tragedy Claims Mrs. Josie Blake
Mrs. Josie Blake, 57, died after being pinned beneath a wrecked auto for over an hour near her Beaver home in Pike County. She died en route to a hospital in Portsmouth.
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Portsmouth
Josie Blakeman
Beaver
Pike County
Six Injured as Police and Strikers Clash in Jersey
In Bendix New Jersey police clash with several hundred workers and supporters as they attack cars and block day shift entry at Air Associates Inc. CIO pickets from Brewster Newark and Kearny plants joined the fray. A separate report notes AFL Machinists union wage gains at United Aircraft in Hartford.
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Jersey
Bendix
N. J
Air Associates, Inc
United Automobile Workers of America
CIO
Nine
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Newark
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearny
United Aircraft Corporation
Hartford
Conn
AFL
State Labor Mediation Board
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Great Lakes
River Rouge
Todd Galveston Dry Docks, Inc
Galveston
Texas
Colorado
Lindbergh demands apology from Interior Secretary Ickes
Charles A. Lindbergh urged President Roosevelt to clarify if he has any ties to a foreign government. He noted receiving a German decoration while serving at the American Embassy and sought an apology from Secretary Ickes for statements linking him to Nazi support.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Roosevelt
Interior Ickes
Ickes
Lindbergh
Hitler
Soviet
Russia
Ship Survivors Reach London After Maasdam Sinking
Six more American Red Cross nurses and seven U S Marines were rescued from the Netherlands steamship Maasdam torpedoed in the North Atlantic last month and arrived in London. Nurse Frances Bacon recalled that passengers were finishing dinner when the torpedo hit and noted a slippery ladder caused a brief delay before evacuation.
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London
Red Cross
U. S
Netherlands
Maasdam
North Atlantic
Frances Bacon
Farington
Mich
Draft Draw Set for Tonight to Order Second WW II Call
Washington AP reports the second national selective service lottery will be held at 7 p.m. EST to assign service order numbers to about 750000 men born after July 1 who turned 21 since last year s draft. Navy Secretary Knox will draw from a glass jar as officials say Ohio boards show 277 as a local high serial number.
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Washington
E.S.T
Navy
Knox
Sparrows Point
Baltimore
Ohio
Selective Service
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland Board
Mrs Catherine Hutsinpiller Fractured Hip After Fall
Mrs Catherine Hutsinpiller, 86, was hospitalized at Holzer Hospital today after suffering a fractured hip in a fall.
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Gallipolis
Catherine Hutsinpiller
Holzer Hospital
Harvard Sociologist Urges Higher U S Birth Rate
Harvard sociologist Carle Zimmerman urged Americans at a summer school conference to have more children to strengthen national resilience. He warned of weakened families and urged timely births, including more third and fourth children, predicting demographic gaps if fertility continues to decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, Mass
Harvard
Carle C. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Yoo-Hoo Case Closed by War Department
Undersecretary Robert P. Patterson announced the War Department views the incident as closed after disciplinary action by Lieutenant General Ben Lear toward troops who yoo-hooed at Memphis girl golfers. A report was submitted by Lear and will not be released to the public, with Patterson defending military discipline and noting more urgent matters at the War Department.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Ben Lear
Memphis
Patterson
Lear
Second Army
Early Morning Blaze Destroys Goodson Store
A fire destroyed the B. F. Goodson general store and filling station on East Main Street Chauncey. The Athens Fire Department aided in containment with adjoining property owned by John Walker also damaged. The blaze drew many spectators and marked Chauncey’s first fire loss in months.
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Chauncey
B. F. Goodson
E. Main St
Athens Fire Department
John Walker
Jail Break Plot Foiled in Gallia County
Sheriff Elmer Hatfield reported a failed escape attempt at Gallia County Jail after four prisoners broke beds and pried loose concrete slabs. Damaged areas were repaired by morning.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Elmer Hatfield
Eureka Dam Power Plant Gains Favor
Eureka Dam power project moves forward as Washington officials warm to hydraulic electrification of the $15 million roller dam on the Ohio River near Gallipolis. President Roosevelt recommends daylight saving time to save energy, with forecasts of substantial Midwest generation and long distance transmission potential.
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Eureka Dam
Gallipolis
Ohio River
Eureka
Washington
Roosevelt
Mid-West
Ohio Valley
United States
Father of Six Accused in New Plymouth Shooting
Herbert Walters thirty one year old father of six was free on a one thousand dollar bond awaiting trial on a second degree murder charge for the shotgun killing of neighbor Robert King forty five at New Plymouth. King allegedly menaced Walters with a knife after drinking heavily. Walters fired from inside his home striking King in the head. Coroner J E Strong and Sheriff Earl Stuck led the investigation. Prosecutor James W Darby filed the murder charge. Walters pled not guilty and bondsmen posted security for his release. King had lived in the district and worked as a saw mill hand. He left a Kentucky family including father Porter King and daughter Mrs Clemma Bellamy and sister Mrs Cora Wilson. The body remains here pending telegrams from relatives.
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McArthur
Herbert Walters
Robert King
New Plymouth
Earl Stuck
Vinton County
Eaia
King
Walters
Stuck
J. E. Strong
Wilkesville
James W. Darby
Powell County
Charles Fuller
Porter King
Kentucky
Clemma Bellamy
Jeffersonville
Cora Wilson
Princeton
Ind
Death by Own Action Case At Haydenville Is Investigated
Logan reports an investigation into the death of Abraham McVeigh 62 an oil driller and farmer near Bremen. An autopsy was conducted in Lancaster after a funeral service. The coroner and sheriff described findings supporting death by self inflicted gunshot. Further questioning is planned before a formal verdict.
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Logan
Abraham MewVeigh
Bremen
Harley Meyer
Floyd Duffy
Frank E. Smith
Lancaster
Meyer
Duffy
McVeigh
Edward E. Smith
Franklin County
Dr. Smith
A. E. Person
Murray City
Franklin Countians Hunt 11 Foot Serpent
Franklin Countians, sparked by an 11 foot snake skin found along Lithopolis Road at Little Walnut Creek, joined hundreds of Groveport residents in a field search yesterday. The skin measured nine inches in diameter, discovered by a WPA worker, with Grove City foreman John DeLong noting freshly broken vegetation.
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Columbus
Lithopolis
Little Walnut Creek
Groveport
WPA
John DeLong
Grove City
U S Made Tanks Praised by Briton
Lord Beaverbrook, minister of supply, praised American made light cruiser tanks of the M-3 type now in Egypt. He said they have proved highly valuable and are mechanically the most reliable tanks in the world.
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London
Egypt
Lord Beaverbrook
Munitions Plant In Milan Set To Begin Aug 10
MILAN Tenn Aug shells to roll from the army's new 20 million dollar munitions plant within six months after construction began. The facility will start work on August 10 and accelerate production of shells for military use.
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Milan
Tenn
Inspection of Mines Started
Washington reports that inspections in about 6000 coal mines have begun under new safety laws though no inspectors are employed yet. The Bureau of Mines says it is building an inspection agency as UMW endorsement aims to reduce accidents. Officials say drills and sampling inspections test the proposed inspection charts.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
United Mine Workers
Mines Bureau
Van Voorhis Reassigns To Fifth Corps Command
Lieutenant General Daniel Van Voorhis, 62, veteran of nearly 50 years, returns to Ohio to command the army Fifth Corps Area this fall. The transfer from the Panama Canal Zone was part of broader War Department leadership changes announced in Washington.
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Columbus
Daniel van Voorhis
Ohio
Army
Fifth Corps
van Voorhis
Panama Canal Zone
War Department
Washington
Farmers Threaten Strike If U S Wins Wheat Lawsuits
A former state senator and president of the Farmers' Protective Association warned that farmers would strike and starve the nation if the government wins two lawsuits challenging wheat marketing quotas. He spoke before a German town meeting describing the industry as striking to defend rights in this fight. Rep. Baumhart urged the government to buy surplus wheat for Europe and pay a 49 cent penalty from lend lease funds, calling the penalty system un-American and likening it to Soviet methods.
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Dayton
Farmers’ Protective Association
A. D. Baumhart, Jr
Ohio
Europe
Baumhart
Russia
Shortage of World Seen by Ohio Defense Sector
The Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reports a survey of 1,331 defense firms in Ohio finding 711 expect to hire 37,605 more workers by October 31 while 27 non defense employers plan layoffs totaling about 1,675. BUC Administrator H C Atkinson says available machine shop workers total 1,000 against the 7,250 needed.
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Columbus
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Ohio
BUC
H. C. Atkinson
Potatoes and Tomatoes Surprise Gardener in Belgrade Yard
In Belgrade Nebraska a versatile plant in Harry Yeager's garden yielded five potatoes underground and bloomed with four small tomatoes above ground. The odd crop mix drew attention to the unusual plant and its surprising harvest.
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Belgrade
Neb
Harry Yeager
Secret Weapon Hint Drives Property Seizure Bill Debate
Washington hearings reveal a supposed new secret weapon for land forces linked to the administration property seizure bill as Congress advances a $3.5043 billion tax measure and a price stabilization plan. The inventor could be paid 75 percent of a fixed price if rights are seized, with appeals to courts.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Military Committee
Ted
War and Navy Departments
Office of Emergency Management
Marshall urges new national emergency to extend military service
General George C. Marshall testified that an urgent military need exists for Congress to declare a national emergency allowing longer service for selectees, reserves and National Guardsmen. He warned delays due to one year limits hinder hemispheric defense and urged action before August 1 to avoid rapid demobilization and operational gaps.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
Congress
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Marshall
Austin
R-Vt
Iceland
Wheeler
Mont
Truman
National Guard
Publisher of Examiner Jailed on Libel Charge
Grover W. Fleming publisher of the Weekly American Examiner pleaded innocent to criminal libel charged by Mrs. Elda Unklesbay of Cambridge. Justice of the Peace J. W. Berry bound Fleming to the grand jury and he remained jailed in default of a $3,000 bond.
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Cambridge
Grover W. Fleming
Belle Center
American Examiner
Elda Unklesbay
Justice of the Peace
J. W. Berry
Fleming
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R. H. Dunlap
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