Mussolini Seeks Hitler Aid as Italy Faces Axis Strain
AP dispatch reports diplomatic circles saying Mussolini urgently appealed to Hitler for more aid to defend Italy as Allied presses near Sicily and the mainland. Observers debate Germany’s risks and the possibility of Rome becoming an open city if a defense line fails.
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Bern
Musso
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Verona
City
Germany
Sicily
Itler
Hitler
Russia
France
Norway
Hange
Washington
de Fuehrer
Jugoslaviand
Dld
Uie
Ausa
Hungary
Rome
Paris
Bordeaux
One of Two Fugitives Recaptured at Findlay
Sheriff Arnold Its took into custody Willard Snyder, 18, of Lima, who escaped from Putnam County jail in Ottawa Monday night with Eugene Conway, 20, also of Lima. Snyder was turned in after a friend notified authorities. Conway remains at large.
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Findlay
Rural Highway Death Toll Down 48 Per Cent
Ohio traffic deaths on rural state roads declined markedly in the first half of 1943 from the same period in 1942. State Highway Patrol head Hal G. Sours reported that by July 1 rural accidents totaled 141 compared with 271 the previous year, suggesting total deaths around 250 if the trend continues.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hal G. Sours
Sours
Ohioan Rescued From Guadalcanal Ship Sinking
Ensign Halden Bechtel of Amherst Ohio was among survivors of the U S S Helena after the light cruiser was sunk on a Japanese held island. Surviving crew were evacuated from the area following the sinking incident.
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Guadalcanal
Hald Bechtel
Amherst, O
Bombers Over Rome Describe Allied Air Parade and Damage Control
A wartime dispatch from North Africa recounts heavy bombers over Rome with P-38 escorts, noting visible landmarks and churches from the bombardier’s nose view. The piece highlights limited enemy resistance, the scale of the raid, and assurances against religious sites, with Lt. Charles P. Gough identifying two ME 109s.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Rome
Apyee
Vatican
Tiber
Forum
Axis
Charles P. Gough
Denver
Rickenbacker’s Son Enlists in Marine Corps
David Edward Rickenbacker son of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker was sworn in as a Marine Corps private. He will report for basic training at Parris Island North Carolina in two weeks continuing the family wartime service tradition.
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New York
David Edward Rickenbacker
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Marine Corps
Parris Island
N. C
Invite Willkie Bricker To Air Political Views
President William M. O'Neil of WIW announced the Aug. 29 opening broadcast will host Wendell L. Willkie and Ohio Governor John W. Bricker to discuss national issues on the Cleveland station.
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Cleveland
William M. O'Neil
WIW
Akron
Wendell L. Willkie
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Blue Network
Cowles Resigns to Return as Minneapolis News Leader
John Cowles resigns as special assistant to Lend-Lease head E R Stettinius Jr to resume his post as president of the Minneapolis Star Journal and Tribune.
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Cowles
Washington
John Cowles
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
Minnneapolis Star Journal and Tribune
Government ads to support war effort draw Senator Clark’s support
Senator Clark backs paid government advertising to aid the stabilization program and war effort. He argues newspapers should be compensated for selling advertising space when it serves the government’s interests, countering claims of subsidy or press control.
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Washington
Clark
D-Mo
Congressional Record
Bankhead
D-Ala
Berlin Says Pope May Change His Residence
Berlin radio citing Vatican circles reports that if air raids on Rome intensify Pope Pius XII may move his residence from Vatican City to a papal palace in Rome. The pope says he is head of the church and bishop of Rome and will share the city’s dangers with its people.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Vatican
Rome
Pius XII
Vatican City
Ex-Asylum Inmate Kills Family and Takes Own Life
Cleveland police report a former state hospital patient Joseph Schartner 36 killed his wife Agnes 31 and daughters Caroline 10 and Virginia 2 then hanged himself in their home. Detective Lt. Stephen Tozzer said the bodies were found yesterday and the deaths occurred several days earlier.
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Cleveland
Cleveland State Hospital
Stephen Tozzer
Joseph Schartner
Agnes
Caroline
Virginia
Tozzer
Schartner
Red Army advances widen drive toward Orel front
Russian forces pushed along a 400 mile front from Orel toward Voroshilovgrad recapturing towns including Mtsensk and Malo Arkhangelsk. In heavy fighting near Orel the Red Army sealed in on the German supply base while reporting 400 enemy killed and multiple tanks and self-propelled guns disabled.
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Moscow
Donets
Mius River
Red Army
Orel
Voroshilovgrad
Mius
Mtsensk
Voroshlov
Malo Arkhangelsk
Kursk
Belgorod
Red
Muis
Guerrillas Hit Axis in Bosnia
A new wave of guerrilla fighting sweeps the Balkans as Tito’s forces attack Axis troops in eastern and central Bosnia. Reports claim several towns and villages captured and many Axis supply trains on Croatian rails destroyed since spring 1942.
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Cairo
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Bosnia
Josip Broz
Tito
Ration Book Mailing To Be Finished Friday
Ohioans will receive their No 3 war ration books within days as 7 million books were to be mailed before a Friday deadline. shortages of volunteer workers delay completion, with thousands of applications filed improperly set aside.
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Columbus
Office of Price Administration
OPA
M. A. Pixley
Eight Ohioans among 13 killed in Nebraska crash
Alliance Army Air Base announced eight of the 13 men killed when a C-47 transport crashed near Malcolm Nebraska on Monday were from Ohio.
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Alliance
Neb
Malcolm, Neb
Italians Prepare for Mainland Invasion
The Italian Fifth Army based in Rome has announced a state of emergency in case of Allied landings on the Italian mainland. Notices in Rome describe invasion signals by bells and citizens must remain at home or in air raid shelters.
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Bern
Fifth Army Command
Rome
Jap Convoy Routed Near Munda Amid Pacific Battle
Allied air and sea forces sunk at least three Japanese warships in Vella Gulf near Kolombangara while Lib erators Mitchells and Avengers bombed the convoy that sought to reinforce Munda. Four American bombers were lost in the raid.
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Southwest Pacific
Munda
Solomons
Vella Gulf
Kolombangara Island
Bishop McFadden Honored in Cleveland Dinner Tribute
Bishop James A. McFadden longtime Cleveland Diocese priest and prelate received 500 laymen’s tribute and a $15,000 purse to aid the creation of the new Youngstown Diocese on the eve of his departure for the new see after 38 years of service.
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Cleveland
James A. McFadden
Youngstown
McFadden
Lease-Lend Shipment Reaches Turkish Port
The first Allied convoy to reach Turkey directly through the Mediterranean since North Africa arrived at Izmir. Three medium freighters sailed from the Atlantic with military and civilian lease-lend goods for Turkey without incident.
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Izmir
Turkey
Mediterranean
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Nazis Claim Sinking of Three Allied Vessels
Berlin radio reported that Nazi speed boats entered the harbor at Syracuse Sicily and sank two British destroyers and a 3000 ton steamer while torpedoing an 8000 ton merchant ship as Allied defenses failed to prevent the attack.
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London
Berlin
Syracuse
Sicily
Mine Operators Demand Advance of U. S. Funds
Cincinnati AP coal mine operators threaten to shut down unless federal funds are advanced immediately. Carl E. Newton says no money has been released and warns against prolonged labor unrest and renewed government control. He spoke after leaving the Chesapeake and Ohio presidency to help Harold Ickes run government mines.
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Cincinnati
Carl E. Newton
Federal Coals
Newton
American Mining Congress
Harold Ickes
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Ickes
Tragic In Road Crash Kills 7 Year Old Ebert
Seven year old Eugene Ebert was struck and killed when he stepped from behind a hay wagon into a car on State Route 56 near Laurelville. Ben Walton, 65, was cleared of blame after sheriff and witnesses reviewed the case. Coroner ruled accidental death from a skull fracture. Survivors include parents Ralph and Mrs Ebert and nine siblings. Funeral plans not yet set.
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Logan
Clifford Eugene Ebert
Ralph Ebert
Laurelville R. D
Ben Walton
South Bloomingville
Ebert
Floyd Duffy
Walton
Frank St. Clair
Britain To Draft Boys 16 18 for Mine Work
London report says British youths aged 16 to 18 will be drafted for coal mine work to boost production for war industries. Minister of Labor Ernest Bevin told the Blackpool Mine Workers Federation that few volunteers choose mining over 50 cent a day military service, with only about 3,000 taking mining jobs so far.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Blackpool Mine Workers Federation
Bevin
Army
Navy
Miners Recruited From Army to Work in Major Mines
In Washington the Army says 4,500 soldiers with mining knowledge will be mustered out to take jobs in larger producing mines. The shift to civilian miners is voluntary. they will be under civilian rules but subject to recall if conditions change.
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Washington
Patterson
Lewis Seeks Free Hand in AFL Merger Deal
UMW President John L Lewis would gain broad control over coal belt organizing as a condition of reunifying with the AFL. In exchange he would abandon the District 50 unit and commit to limits on cross-field organizing, a plan discussed at a UMW AFL conference.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
UMW
John’ L. Lewis
Umw-Afl
Lewis
AFL
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
District 50
First Floating Power Plant Ready for Use
The first of four floating power plants will be commissioned into government service July 26 at Pittsburgh. Each barge can generate enough electricity for a city the size of Galveston Topeka or Madison and is designed to be towed to sites where war production demands or breakdowns create an emergency power need.
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Washington
Galveston
Topeka
Madison
Wis
Pittsburgh
Nelsonville Women Injured in Auto Mishap Near Columbus
Three Nelsonville residents were seriously hurt and nine others had minor injuries when a truck bound for a church camp meeting in Columbus overturned after the driver swerved to avoid a collision. Seriously injured were Mrs. Isa McCray 63 Mrs. Vesta Lemon and Mrs. Electa Davis 47.
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Lancaster
Nelsonville
Columbus
Isa McCray
Vesta Lemon
Electa Davis
Civilian Defense Office in Cleveland Closed
Director James N. Landis announced the Cleveland OCD regional office would close and the protection branch be transferred to Columbus due to reduced congressional appropriations. The move follows budget cuts affecting regional offices.
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Civilian Defense Office
Cleveland
James N. Landis
Office of Civilian Defense
OCD
Columbus
City Official Dies in Cleveland
Charles B. Ryan age 61 executive assistant to Cleveland city finance director died late yesterday in the city.
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Cleveland
Charles B. Ryan
Enna Falls to Allies as Sicily Front Breaks Open
Allied forces seize Enna in central Sicily forcing a major Axis withdrawal from the island. British and American troops press toward Catania as Axis defenses collapse, with Messina and the northeastern coast under growing pressure. More than 35,000 Axis prisoners captured amid rising Italian hostility toward Germans.
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North Africa
Enna
Sicily
Eighth Army
Catania
Messina
Palermo
Termini
Mount Etna
Paterno
Taormina
Caltanissetta
U. S. Seventh Army
Piazza Armerina
Gela
Bernard L. Montgomery
Decimomannu
Sardinia
Randazzo
Siciliy
Rome
Italian
Mrs. Laura Miler Dies From Bonfire Burns
Mrs. Laura Miler, 74, dies from burns suffered when her clothing caught fire from a bonfire on Tuesday. She passed away today, the hospital said, as investigators note the accident remains under review.
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Laura Miler
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