American planes unleash heaviest Pacific raid in Solomons
Allied war dispatch reports United States forces launched the heaviest air assault of the Pacific campaign at Bairoko Harbor in the Solomons. Over 150 Avenger torpedo bombers and Dauntless dive bombers conducted a day long raid under strengthened cover, aiming to blast Japanese positions.
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Solomons
Allied
Southwest Pacif
United States
Bairoko Harbor
Southwest Pacific
Submarine Triton Reported Lost in War Patrol
The Navy said the American submarine Triton must be presumed lost on its war patrol. Commanded by Lieutenant Commander George Kenneth MacKenzie Jr. of Brooklyn, it carried about 60 men and had sunk over a dozen enemy ships. It is the tenth U S undersea boat lost in this war, eight in combat in the Pacific and two in non combat incidents in the Atlantic.
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Washington
George Kenneth MacKenzie, Jr
Brooklyn
N. Y
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Allied air and sea raids in Solomons heavy and decisive
General McArthur reports the largest Allied air attack in the Southwest Pacific with 133 tons of bombs and extensive strafing to support ground operations near Enogai inlet and Munda. The raid boosts efforts toward Munda airfield as nine Japanese ships, including a cruiser and three destroyers, are sunk off Kahili.
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O Ily
Douglas McArthur
Southwest Pacific
Enogai Inlet
Bairoko
Munda
Solomons
Police Convention Opens in Cincinnati Amid Speculation
A state convention of the Fraternal Order of Police opened in Cincinnati amid speculation over the fate of members. Reports claimed policemen could be suspended for attending. City officials attempted to interfere while the FDP president John Hamilton Ashtabula indicated an injunction might be sought.
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Cincinnati
City Hall
John Hamilton Ashtabula
FDP
Italian raid on Rome leaves thousands dead or injured
The Associated Press reports Monday’s American raid on Rome resulted in 717 killed and 1,599 injured as casualties were tallied.
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Rome
London
First Bishop Installed for Youngstown Catholic Diocese
In St. Columba's Church Mahoning Valley's Most Rev James A McFadden was installed as the first bishop of the new Youngstown Diocese. Archbishops McNicholas and a procession of bishops attended the centurion ritual marking St Columba's as cathedral. The diocese covers Mahoning Trumbull Stark Portage Ashtabula and Columbiana Counties.
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Youngstown
St. Columbia’s
James A. McFadden
Youngstown Catholic
Mahoning Valley
John T. McNicholas
Cincinnati
Archibishop McNicholas
Mahoning
Trumbull
Stark
Portage
Ashtabula
Columbiana
Warren Bus Drivers Quit
Warren’s public transportation system was crippled as AFL drivers failed to report for work. Eight of sixteen drivers stayed away, leaving partial service and forcing workers to walk or hitch rides. No reason given to the press. War plant officials had not yet assessed the impact on absenteeism.
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Warren
AFL
Haven Mumford
Warren Transportation Co
U S Planes Attack Japs in Indo China
U S 14th Air Force conducted three days of operations near Haiphong and Hon Gay in French Indo China, swept the Hankow area in Central China, and bombed a Japanese base at Tengchung Yun nnian Province. The bulletin reports direct hits on a floating dock and a cement plant at Haiphong with good results. all planes returned safely.
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Chungking
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Haiphong
Hongay
Indo-China
Hankow
China
Tengchung
Yunnian
U. S
Indo- China
Retirement of Police and Firemen Held Illegal
COLUMBUS ( ) Police and firemen may not be retired at a certain age the State Supreme Court ruled ordering Toledo to restore Deputy Police Chief Patrick J Daly to his old position. The court said the Toledo ordinance conflicted with Civil Service Law guaranteeing tenure during good behavior and efficient service.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Toledo
Patrick J. Daly
Newsprint Ceiling Raised $4 A Ton
A joint U S Canadian action will raise the ceiling price on standard newsprint by $4 a ton effective Sept 1. Side-run newsprint also up to $58 and super-standard to $61.50 with related increases for other grades to reflect higher wood costs.
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Washington
Selby Shoe Co Declares 25 Cent Quarterly Dividend
Directors of the Selby Shoe Company today declared a quarterly dividend of 25 cents a share payable September 7 to holders of record as of August 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Selby Shoe Company
Mockholders Ag
Russians Push Toward Orel as German Resistance Fades
Soviet forces drive toward Orel within nine miles as German counterattacks fail. Russians report gains of four to nine miles, overrun 90 villages, and claim 77 tanks and 131 planes destroyed in the sector.
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Moscow
Orel
London
Hitler
Buky
Orel- Bryansk
Bryansk
Optukha
Fallen Mtsensk
Zolotaryev
Aloe
Berlin
High Command
Illinois Mine Contract Tests War Labor Board Powers
The United Mine Workers and Illinois Coal Operators Association offer a 48 hour week and about 3 dollars daily wage rise for 35 000 workers. The deal awaits WLB approval and OPA price authorization to cover higher costs, with hearings likely to examine how the portal to portal pay was set. President John L. Lewis may be required to attend.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Illinois
War Labor Board
Illinois Coal Operators Association
WLB
OPA
John L. Lewis
UMW
Texan Named Jones Aide to War Food Administration
Grover B. Hill a Amarillo cattle rancher and wheat farmer was moved in as adviser to War Food Administrator Marvin Jones. As assistant secretary he has no direct authority over the war food program but now holds greater influence in food policy decisions amid Roosevelt’s restructuring of agencies.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Grover B. Hill
U. S
Amarillo
Tex
Jones
Hill
Claude R. Wickard
Roosevelt
WFA
Agriculture Department
Need More Camps for Axis War Prisoners
Washington reports plans to build new internment camps and enlarge existing ones to move the 267000 Axis prisoners captured in North Africa into the United States. War Department says 65058 prisoners are in 38 camps with capacity 139164. inmates include 45355 Germans 19641 Italians and 62 Japanese.
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Washington
North Africa
United States
War Department
Los Angeles Transit Workers Suspend Operations After Wage Vote
Street cars and buses of the Los Angeles Railway Co. began rolling to their barns at 3 a.m. after union officials said the 3,000 employees would stand by their original vote for a one day suspension. The War Labor Board refused a 10 cent wage increase. Current wages run 80 cents an hour for motormen and conductors and 90 cents for one man car operators.
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LOS Angeles
Los Angeles Railway Co
War Labor Board
Lions Club installs Roanoke’s Dr E G Gill as international president
The 27th annual Lions International Convention in Cleveland sees Dr E G Gill of Roanoke Virginia installed as the new international president by members from across the Americas in a closing ceremony.
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Cleveland
Lions Club
Americas
E. G. Gill
Roanoke
Ration Books Mailing Ends In Ohio Freezes Deadline
Columbus based OPA mailing chief Joseph L Cannon announced that about 7 million No 3 ration books were mailed to Ohioans finishing June 7 to July 21. Volunteers exceeded needs with 48 525 workers contributing 145 575 hours and 6 897 109 books processed in six weeks leaving only a few hundred incomplete applications.
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Columbus
Joseph L. Cannon
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Cannon
National Food Policy Declared Insolvent by Council Leader
Chicago reported J A McConnell chairman of the Feed Industry Council says the national food policy is insolvent due to no way to fulfill commitments to consumers farmers and our Allies. He warned the government cannot meet obligations and the policy fails.
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Chicago
J. A. McConnell
Feed Industry Council
Army Requisitions Poultry as Black Market Crackdown Widens
The Army and OPA target Delmarva chicken supply as the War Food Administration backs requisitions. Trucks near Dover are stopped. weekly area shipments total about 4 million pounds, with Army obtaining roughly one million pounds at ceiling plus extra for government sale and shrinkage.
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Washington
Army
Office of Price Administration
Delmarva
East
Dover
Del
OPA
War Food Administration
Four Ohio Colleges Added to ASTP List
The War Department announced the Army Specialized Training Program now includes 190 schools with 40 new colleges and universities. New Ohio participants are Antioch College Yellow Springs Heidelberg College Tiffin Kenyon College Gambier and the University of Dayton Dayton.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Ohio
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Heidelberg College
Tiffin
Kenyon College
Gambier
University of Dayton
Dayton
Funeral Services Set for Mrs. Wilfred Henry
Funeral services for Mrs. Wilfred Henry will be held at her home Friday afternoon at two o'clock with burial in the local cemetery.
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Chauncey
Wilfred Henry
Crisis in Pacific admitted by Jap declares dark war outlook
A Tokyo radio broadcast quoted a Japanese air force officer saying the Southwest Pacific war situation was dark due to fierce air battles. He claimed "overwhelming victories" by Japan but said Allied forces keep returning with replacements, signaling a counteroffensive and a decisive battle ahead.
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Pacific
New York
Tokyo
Southwest Pacific
Office of War Information
Japan
Owl
Ohio farm output to fall short in 1943
Ohio crop prospects show declines across major fields and fruits in 1943. Winter wheat is forecast at 26.367 million bushels, corn down 44.302 million, oats dropping to 44.41 million, while hay reaches 6.905 million tons. soybean sowing up 11 percent to 1.598 million acres but full estimates await rain delays.
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Columbus
Ohio
Federal
Airborne Troops Prove Their Worth In Sicily
Major General Joseph M. Swing announced that American airborne forces in Sicily upheld their value by repulsing German armor to protect landing beaches. He noted the Sicily drop was near the size of the 82nd Airborne Division in a first combat test, with limited losses and strong Allied morale ahead of future invasions.
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London
Sicily
Joseph M. Swing
Swing
82Nd Airborne Division
Troy Middleton
45Th
Syracuse
Bernard L. Montgomery
WLB Studies Strike by 500 Tire Workers
War Labor Board mediation begins to end a 500 worker strike at General Tire and Rubber Co in Akron. Federal conciliator Paul Fuller recommended immediate WLB certification as employees protest terminations for alleged violations and refusal to reinstate a long serving worker.
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Akron
War Labor Board
Tire Division
General Tire and Rubber Co
Paul Fuller
Washington
WLB
Fuller
CIO
United Rubber Workers of America
Emmett B. Harper
Employees Empowered To Reduce Absenteeism
Cleveland plant workers at the Aluminum Company of America were authorized by the company to cut absenteeism and labor turnover using their own methods. Dr. William P. Edmunds announced the plan, with CIO union representatives invited to tackle the manpower shortage affecting war production.
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Cleveland
Aluminum Company of America
William P. Edmunds
Cleveland War Manpower
CIO Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Excess Profits Taxes Bring In Billions to U S Treasury
Excess profits taxes yielded 5,174,318,994 for the fiscal year ended June 30, a rise of 3,556,130,044 from the prior 12 months. Individual income tax take reached 5,739,433,790, up from 3,262,800,389. Total internal revenue 22,339,284,245 versus 13,047,868,517. Ohio totals were 1,615,212,239 and 928,654,145 respectively.
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Washington
Treasury
Ohio
Election Ordered at U S Rubber Plant
The National Labor Relations Board ordered an election within 30 days at the United States Rubber Company Scioto ordnance plant in Marion Ohio to decide if plant protection firemen want representation by CIO United Rubber Workers of America or AFL Federal Labor Union for bargaining.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
United States Rubber Company
Scioto Ordnance Plant
Marion
Ohio
Ciounited Rubber Workers of America
AFL Federal Labor Union
Bitter Battle In Progress For Catania
The American Seventh Army reports rapid gains in Sicily capturing Castelvetrano Sciacca San Stefano Quisquina San Caterina Menfi Caltabellotta and the Sciacea airfield along with Castelvetrano and Ramacca. Allied forces press toward Palermo while fierce east coast combat near Catania defies German defenses. Prisoners rise over 40 000 as Axis withdraws while British warships bombard Crotone. Ohioan Raymond Flisher reported missing by the Navy.
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Allied
North Africa
Seventh Army
Castelvetrano
Sciacca
Sicily
San Stefano Quisquina
Palermo
Enna
San Caterina
Caltanissetta
Menfi
Sciacea
Caltabellotta
Ramacca
Catania
Agriento
Porto Empedocle
Simeto River
Hermann Goering
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Rodolfo Graziani
10Th Bersaglieri
Agrigento
Reuters
Mediterranean
Crotone
Gulf of Taranto
Messina
Algiers
Trapani
Marisala
Villarosa
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Py Marlin Spencer
F Munda
William F. Halsey, Jr
Lightnings
Madang New Guinea
Kahili
Olomon Islands
Uth Pacific
United States Air Command
Thenemy
Jakobinaission
Bain
Bougainville
Sland
Ttom
Bishop James A, McFadden
LIONS
Virginian
Gela
NEA Telephoto
Ohio Colleges
ASTP
Voys
Tunisia
By Daniel DE Luck
Libya
Raymond Francis Flisher
Middletown
Navy Department
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