Duisburg Bombed By 300 British Planes In Ruhr Raid
Allied air offensive hits Duisburg and Ruhr Valley targets with 300 planes and intruder missions over France and the Low Countries. Britain and United States forces plan joint later actions while US air units may join Britain based strikes. Fire results were extensive with several large fires reported and some bomber losses.
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Europe
Duisburg
Ruhr Valley
Ruhr
Rhine
Germany
France
Low Countries
Africa
United States
FE Alamein Front
Egypt
United States Army Air Force
London
Russia
Stalingrad
Rostov
Caucasus
British Isles
Britain
MRAF
Pondon
England
U. S
Daily Express
Churchill
Tass
Eastern Front
Hull To Speak on War In Radio Broadcast
Secretary Hull will discuss the seriousness of the war in a radio speech Thursday between 9 30 and 10 15 p m Eastern War Time over all networks. President Roosevelt, announcing the broadcast yesterday, called the speech an able and inclusive summary.
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Hull
Washington
Roosevelt
Man's Bicycle For Sale With Two Speed Gear
Sturdily built bicycle with spring fork and two balloon tires priced with a practical near new condition. Includes contact number 26213 and mention of a low six day cancellation privilege rate.
Leahy Named Roosevelt Chief of Staff Amid War Crisis
Admiral William D. Leahy was appointed Roosevelt's chief of staff as reports show U S shipping losses in the week of July 12 at wartime highs. Navy said U S submarines sunk three Japanese destroyers near Kiska in the Aleutians, with broader Japanese losses cited.
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Washington
William D. Leahy
Roosevelt
Alaska
Leahy
War Shipping Administration
United Nations
Navy
United States
Aleutian
Kiska
Japan
Attu
Agattu
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
Parolee Roy Moore Charged After Concealed Weapon Nab
In Cincinnati a draftee reported a man asking where to hold up. Traffic Patrolman Manson Kimball found a .32 calibre automatic on Roy Moore 24 of Gallipolis Ohio, a burglar paroled from Mansfield Reformatory, and he was charged with carrying concealed weapons.
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Cincinnati
Manson Kimball
Ohioan Killed as Nazi Sub Sinks U S Ship
A Gulf Coast port report states an Ohioan, Oiler Leonard E. Mills of Akron, died when a United States merchant ship was torpedoed by a Axis submarine on July 13. Fourty four crewmen were rescued by a Coast Guard cutter.
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Gulf Coast
United States
Navy
Leonard E. Mills
Akron
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Three Charleston Men Charged With Murder
Three Charleston men face murder charges in the slayings of two rivermen found last Thursday along a grassy slope as if asleep. Detective Lieut. Edgar C. Bourne said charges were filed against Bill Shamblin 35 Silas Fink 36 and Theodore Webb all of Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
Edgar C. Borne
Bourne
Bill Shamblin
Silas Fink
Theodore Webb
Japanese Evacuation In California Nears Completion
Army orders exclude about 6150 remaining Japanese residents in Fresno and Tulare counties. Evacuation aimed to finish by noon in August. Production Chief Donald M. Nelson urged state and local governments to provide trucks and workers to speed scrap material collections.
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San Francisco
California
Fresno
Tulare
Washingion
Donald M. Nelson
Italian enemy alien arrested in Belmont County
In Powhatan Point Belmont County an Italian enemy alien man was arrested today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation indicating active wartime security measures.
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Cincinnati
Powhatan Point
Belmont County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fairs To Help In War Effort
A seven ply program to stimulate the war effort through Ohio fairs was outlined by the Ohio State Fair Managers Association. Fairs are urged to promote war bonds and stamps salvage material collections victory parades and similar activities. Secretary Mrs Don A Dietrich of Bellefontaine noted 27 of 95 fairs had cancelled 1942 expositions at the request of transport director Joseph B Eastman to conserve tires.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State Fair Managers Association
Don A. Dietrich
Bellefontaine
Joseph B. Eastman
Bombers Hit Japanese Transport Off New Guinea Coast
Allied bombers scored a direct hit on a Japanese transport in an attack on a convoy off the southeast New Guinea coast. The convoy was sighted off Ambasi Buna about 100 miles from Port Moresby, indicating a possible enemy push below Salamaua and Lae.
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MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Ambasi Buna
Port Moresby
Salamaua
Lae
Japan Supplying Germany With Rubber via Blockade Run
London reports that Japan is sending a small stream of raw materials, mainly rubber, to Germany from Pacific conquests. A spokesman for the ministry of economic warfare said supplies likely move by running the blockade around Cape Horn at the tip of South America.
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London
Japan
Germany
Pacific
Cape Horn
South America
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Work Resumed At GM Tank Arsenal In Flint
The Fisher Body Division plant in Flint Michigan ended a week long strike sparked by smoking layoffs. Labor leaders from CIO and AFL unions and War Labor Board mediator Tilford Dudley reached a settlement granting a future plant election to determine a bargaining agent.
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Flint
Mich
General Motors
Fisher Body Division
CIO
AFL
War Labor Board
Tilford Dudley
United Automobile Workers
Roosevelt to present price control plan amid inflation drive
President Roosevelt convened White House talks with congressional leaders as he prepares a forthcoming message to Congress on inflation curbs. Observers expect proposals on wage stabilization and farm price regulation, though he declined to comment on freezing wages.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
White House
Capitol
House
Senate
United Nations Ship Sinkings Near 400 Mark
Wartime sinkings of allied and neutral merchantmen in the Western Atlantic neared 400 as losses surpassed new construction. The Navy reported four more vessels sunk by Axis submarines, including two American ships, a British cargo carrier, and a Portuguese fishing craft, raising AP’s tally to 394 vessels since Pearl Harbor.
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Atlantic
War Shipping Administration
United Nations
Navy
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Ohioans Donate 22,165 Tons of Scrap Rubber
Columbus reports that Ohio contributed 22,165 tons of scrap rubber during June 15 to July 10, amounting to 6.42 pounds per capita, as announced by the Petroleum Industry War Council in Washington.
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Columbus
Ohio
Petroleum Industry War Council
Washington
Price control costs estimated per capita
Edward C. Welch assistant regional executive for the Office of Price Administration estimates state administration of price control would cost 45 cents per capita per year.
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Columbus
Edward C. Welch
Office of Price Administration
Trial of eight alleged Nazi saboteurs resumes cross examination
Washington up entry notes the Thirteenth day of the trial as the defense begins with the only defendant to testify in his own behalf.
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Washington
CIO Seeks Pay Increase for Steel Workers
The CIO United Steel Workers seek a 44 cent per day wage rise for 400000 workers at eight major steel companies, following a War Labor Board award to 157000 workers at four Little Steel firms. The proposal includes about 120 dollars per year per worker and 48 million annually for the workforce, plus 22 million in back pay for retroactive timing to February 6. President Philip Murray plans to extend the demand to 225000 more workers later.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steel Workers
War Labor Board
Little Steel
U. S. Steel Corporation
Jones and Laughlin
Pittsburgh Steel
Sharon
Great Lakes
Hanna Furnace
National Steel Corporation
Crucible
Wheeling Steel
Allegheny Sadium
WLB
Philip Murray
Gallia Police Chief Ousted by City Manager
Gallipolis city manager A Clendenin removed Police Chief John Fraley for political activity and court interference. Patrolman Chester Leaper named acting chief. Fraley plans to contest the action.
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Gallipolis
John Fraley
Callipolis
A. Clendenin
Chester Leaper
Fraley
Slayer of Daughter Faces Chair Tonight
Buffert Ray Doney of Canton is set for execution in Ohio Penitentiary electric chair for the killing of his daughter Almeda Whitman, 23, in Canton. He claimed to have been drunk when he asked about his estranged wife and shot the woman, mother of a two year old.
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Columbus
Buffert Ray Doney
Canton
Ohio
Almeda Whitman
Navy
Doney
Jeanette
Germans poised to attack Murmansk from Finland
A wartime column reports German forces gathering in Finland for a major strike on Murmansk to sever a key Soviet lifeline. It warns that as Hitler seeks fresh supplies, Timoshenko must shield strategic bread and military routes while defenders fight across a vast and threatened front.
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Oshenko
Caucasus
Russia
Finland
Murmansk
Hitler
Germans claim Don crossing as Rostov encirclement grows
German forces crossed the lower Don on a broad front signaling an invasion route toward the Caucasus. Rostov, at the Don mouth, faced encirclement threats while Red Star warned of the approaching Stalingrad border. British and Russian updates noted continued retreats and stubborn counterattacks, with Rostov and Voronezh key focal points.
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Russia
Don River
Caucasus
Rostov
United Nations
Lower
Don
Red Army
Red Star
Stalingrad
Moscow
Koenigsberg
Prussian
Taganrog
Voroshilovgrad
Millerovo
Don Basin
Voronezh
Rostoy
Upper
Don Steppes
Staelingrad
Don Estuary
Black
Held as Spy in New York Case Against Naturalized Citizen
German-born naturalized American is held by the FBI in New York on charges of violating U S espionage laws. DOJ investigated passengers arriving on the refugee ship Drottningholm. Death penalty will be sought in the case.
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FBI
New York
U. S
Justice Department
Drottningholm
Akron Faces Meat Shortage
Akron experiences a meat shortage as packers report deliveries down 50 to 75 percent. OPA regional administrator Williams orders an investigation into price regulations and livestock costs driving higher cattle prices, forcing packers to reduce purchases.
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Akron
Birkett Williams
OPA
Cleveland
George Galat
Galat Packing Co
Strike Slows Production Across St Louis War Plants
An army officer from the St Louis ordnance district said unauthorized 3,000 AFL drivers on local trucking lines halted operations at about 200 vital war plants. He predicted by this afternoon as many as twenty plants would shut due to blocked shipments of strategic materials.
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ST. Louis
Pacific War Council Meets With President
Soviet Ambassador Maxim Litvinoff and officials from the Pacific War Council visited the White House for separate talks with President Roosevelt as grave shifts unfolded on the Russian front and in the shipping crisis. The president also discussed intensifying warfare in the Aleutian Islands near Siberia.
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Washington
Maxim Litvinoff
Pacific War Council
White House
Roosevelt
Aleutian
Siberia
Franklin County dance halls lose permits in Air Base request
Probate Judge C P McCelland revoked the licenses of six Franklin County dance halls at the request of Lt Col O M Baldwin, commander of Lockbourne airbase. BaldWinger, a glider pilot, reported concerns at the field southeast of Columbus.
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Columbus
C. P. McCelland
Franklin County
O. M. BaldWinger
Lockbourne
Here
Ohio Internal Revenue Doubles This Year
Ohio internal revenue collections totaled 923 253 162 for the fiscal year ending June 30 more than double last year's 429 938 982. Corporations paid 279 319 708 up from 119 860 085 and individuals paid 204 961 214 more than triple 76 405 227 from 1941.
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Columbus
Ohio
Washington
Lima Bay Downs Seven Japanese Zero Fighters
Navy records credit a dive bomber with downing seven Japanese Zero fighters over two days in the Coral Sea battle. Pilot Lt John A Leppla, 26, Lima Ohio, led the mission with radioman John Liska, 19, of Van Nuys California as rear gunner Alfred E Lock 6, drowned in a Solon quarry. Raymond Gilbert 17, drowned in Lake Erie near Bratenahl.
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Washington
United States Navy
Navy
Coral Sea
John A. Leppla
Lima
Ohio
John Liska
van Nuys
Los Angeles
Calif
Cleveland
Alfred E. Lock
Solon
Raymond Gilbert
Lake Erie
Bratenahl
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Iran
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Gallia Parolee
LU. S
GM Tank Arsenal
KDR
Gallia
Joseph F. Sweeney
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Tim
Persian Gulf
Globe
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Marshall Timoshenko
Rostov-on- Don
Timoshenko
Ukraine
Clyde A, Farnsworth
Col Eee
Lima Bay Downs
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