Moscow under second night raid amid Russian losses
German bombers reported heavy casualties in Moscow as fires raged in the capital during a second night of aerial assault. From the front, Berlin said Russian lines were crumbling with major gains for Nazi troops near Polotsk and in the Kiev region while Moscow claimed the raid failed and Soviet forces fought on.
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Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Red Armies
Kiev
Ukraine
DNB
Lake
Ladoga
Berlin
Polotsk
Smolensk
Zhitomir
Grocer Posts Billboards To Collect Old Debts
Clem Pizzutelli a 56 year old grocer in Monongahela Pennsylvania posted creditors names on a 23 foot billboard to pressure payment of old bills. On the first day five customers paid and by the next day fourteen more accounts dating back as far as twenty eight dollars were settled.
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Monongahela
Clem Pizzutelli
Driver Burns To Death In Truck Collision
At least one man died when a rubber‑loaded trailer collided with a steel castings truck. Both vehicles burned for hours and a body was found beneath the flames, with immediate identification not possible.
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van Wert
Bakers Demand Bread Price Hike Citing Higher Costs
Columbus report states R. J. Ferguson secretary of the Ohio Bakers' Association urged a rise in bread prices by about 2 cents on a one pound loaf. He cited a 30 percent uptick in ingredient costs and noted bakers in other states have already increased prices.
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Columbus
R. J. Ferguson
Ohio Bakers’ Association
McPherson Highway Named for Civil War General in Ohio
Ohio announces that State Highway No. 20 in the northern part of the state will be redesignated as the McPherson Highway effective tomorrow in honor of the Civil War general.
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Ohio
Columbus
McPherson
Peace Without Hitler Sought
A Sumner Welles declaration outlined postwar American goals of a fair peace and equal economic opportunity. It was seen as rallying resistance to German rule and splitting Hitler from the German people. Welles, at the Norwegian Legation cornerstone ceremony, stated there can be no peace until Hitler's government is destroyed.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Adolf Hitler
Welles
Legation
Hitler
Germany
Northwest Airbase Named for Young Pilot
In Everett Washington the Snohomish County Air field will be named for E M Paine, a young air corps lieutenant who died in an early airmail service accident. The $4.5 million air base overlooks Puget Sound, reflecting the Paine family’s pride and sorrow.
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Everett
Wash
E. M. Paine
Army
Snohomish County
Puget Sound
Air Corps
Airmail
Wage Dispute Settled for 4000 Match Industry Workers
The United States Conciliation Service announced an agreement settling a wage dispute affecting about 4,000 workers in the nation’s match industry.
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Washington
The
United States Conciliation Service
NYA Girls Training Center Proposed in Pomeroy
NYA representatives met the Pomeroy School Board to consider establishing a NYA Girls Training Center in the Russell property. The plan envisions 35 girls every six months with home economics and sewing training and a $1,800 monthly payroll. NYA offers $75 monthly rent and about $1,500 for building repairs, awaiting public reaction before a final decision.
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NYA Girls Training Center
Prospect For Pomeroy
Pomeroy
NYA
Russell
Refuse Charge On Inert Gas In Columbus Gas Case
Ohio Supreme Court reverses the State Utilities Commission in a Columbus rate case. It orders that charges for inert gas used to dilute natural gas be eliminated from the cost basis for rates.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Utilities Commission
The
McArthur man resigns as game management agent
Lauren A Hexamer of McArthur resigns from a 150 dollar a month game management agent post covering 13 Southern Ohio counties with HQ in Waverly to pursue other employment.
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Columbus
Lauren A. Hexamer
McArthur
Ohio
Waverly
War today: Mackenzie on Moscow defense delaying Hitler
Dewitt Mackenzie notes Moscow residents endure nightly bombing while Soviet resilience slows the German timetable. He argues morale relies on civilian, governmental, and military unity and warns the coming winter may halt the invasion without a decisive Hitler push.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Moscow
Hitler
Cut 160 Carat Section From Vargas Diamond
New York reports Adrian Graselly, a veteran cutter, removed a 160 carat section from the 726.60 carat Presidente Vargas Diamond after months of study. The operation left him physically weak after three precise blows as the project advances toward $2,000,000 in cut stones.
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New York
Presidente Vargas
Adrian Graselly
Only Ten Per Cent of OSU Students in 1 A
Ohio State University reports that about 10 percent of its 2000 draft age students are classified 1 A and subject to immediate military training. Dean Joseph A. Park notes most registrants are deferred to maintain a steady supply of trained technicians.
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OSU
Columbus
Ohio State University
Joseph A. Park
Annulment Granted in Kansas City Marriage Case
Lenore Long Bales obtained an annulment of her marriage to Lynn V. Bowman a 19 year old. She said he forced her on a 225 mile ride to Wichita barefoot in a playsuit to “talk things over.”
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Kansas City
Lenore Long Bales
Lynn V. Bowman
Wichita
Kas
Child fatally struck crossing street near Portsmouth
A two year old boy named David McGlone was killed yesterday when an automobile struck him while he crossed a street to greet his father near New Waspston. Police investigated the tragic accident.
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Portsmouth
David McGlone
New Wapston
Army Chief Attacks Draftee Petitions Against Extension
General George C. Marshall denounced organized efforts to have draftees petition Congress against extending service of selectees and National Guardsmen. He said word of the activity came from Lieutenant General Hugh Drum, commander of the First Army, as he testified before the House Military Committee.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Congress
House Military Committee
First Army
Marshall
Hugh Drum
Mistook Car for Rival's. Is Fined
Titus Denlinger, 22, of Lancaster Ohio, was fined and faces 90 day license suspension after police charged him with driving 70 miles an hour. He claimed he mistook a state patrol car for that of his rival friend while visiting a girl.
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Lancaster
Titus Denlinger
Denlinger
Nine year old boy held after fatal blaze
In Columbus a nine year old described as enjoying flames confessed to starting three fires with matches from his Canal Winchester home. The last fire burned his four year old half sister Mary Lucile Hedrick in a church parsonage. He reported the first fire to halt the village alarm and then set a paint store blaze.
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Columbus
Smith
Canal Winchester
Donald Hedrick
Mary Lucile Hedrick
Donald
Canal Winchester Times
H. D. Hartman
David's Reformed Church
Brown Bros. Paint Co
Young Seeks Longer Week for Army Readiness
Congressman Stephen M. Young of Cleveland urged a 168 hour week to modernize the army’s mechanized units and equipment to match the navy. Speaking to postmasters, he called for 24 seven coverage as America links security to the European conflict and seeks to halt Adolf Hitler.
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Cedar Point
Stephen M. Young
Cleveland
Navy
Postmasters Convention
Ohio
Naval Affairs Committee
House
America
Adolf Hitler
Butterfat Sample Retention Law Affects Dairy Plants
In Columbus a new statute requires dairies and all milk and cream plants purchasing milk to keep butterfat samples after tomorrow. Milk samples must be kept 48 hours and cream samples 24 hours to allow farmers time to verify pricing and challenge potential cheating.
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Columbus
Auto Plummets Into Crowd Injuring 26 at Lyons Movie
An automobile jumped into a crowd of about 1,000 watching an outdoor street show in Lyons, Bloomfield, injuring 26 and scattering spectators. Four ambulances carried 18 to Linton Hospital, with three released after treatment.
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Bloomfield
Ind
Lyons
Linton Hospital
Still Fighting Along Ecuador Peru Frontier War Bursts
Semi official sources report continued fighting along Ecuador's southern frontier with Peru from early morning hours, indicating intensifying hostilities and clashes across disputed border zones.
Berlin press drops war to attack Roosevelt front pages
Berlin morning papers ignore ongoing conflict to mount an anti Roosevelt campaign. DNB cites alleged U.S. pressure on Bolivia while front pages show Roosevelt with his sons at a Masonic Lodge session. Nazi outlets portray Roosevelt as a tool of world Jewry and Free Masonry.
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Roosevelt
Moscow
Germany
Bolivia
DNB
United States
James
Franklin
Elliott
Voelkischer Beobachter
Relief Problem Being Studied
Welfare directors from eight Ohio metropolitan centers meet in Columbus to decide how many people cut from WPA rolls need direct aid. Housing and transient issues will be discussed as 33,500 Ohio residents lose WPA support. urban elderly may face relief needs while rural workers may find seasonal farm work except in the Hocking Valley where mine mechanization has raised unemployment.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles L. Sherwood
Sherwood
Hocking
Elmer Ritchie 78 Dies at Home in Portland
Elmer Elsworth Ritchie 78, widower, died late Tuesday at his Portland home. He is survived by two sons Lawrence and Fred of Portland, one brother and four sisters. Funeral services set for 2:30 PM Thursday at Portland Methodist Church with burial at Browning Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Elmer Elsworth Ritchie
Portland
Lawrence
Fred
Portland Methodist Church
Browning Cemetery
Navy Shortage Of Planes May Be Considered
Washington—The House Naval Affairs Committee debated naval shipbuilding progress after Rear Admiral Towers said navy airplane deliveries fell 20 percent short of estimates in six months. Only 1,547 of 1,995 planned planes were delivered. A 6,000 four engined land bombing plane program was added May 9 to air programs. The Senate moved a defense bill approving a $585 million expansion of facilities.
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House Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
John H. Towers
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
Towers
Army
Congress
Senate
White House
Columbus Higher-Ups Sought in Jury Probe
A Franklin County grand jury ordered to probe gambling in and near Columbus will hear that some of the big names in Columbus numbers games were not arrested in the first half of 1941. Prosecutor Ralph J. Bartlett said the jury will begin Friday and be instructed by Judge Cecil J. Randall to focus on higher-ups.
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Columbus
Franklin County
Ralph J. Bartlett
Cecil J. Randall
Lack School Facilities In Defense Boomtowns
Public school instruction may be rationed in Passillon and Miami Valley cities this fall due to rapid expansion of defense programs. A spokesman said families arriving quickly have stretched classroom facilities beyond capacity and many pupils may attend only half a day.
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Columbus
Passillon
Miami Valley
Nurses Adrift 12 Days Tell Vivid Experiences
Four American Red Cross nurses return from 12 days in an open North Atlantic boat after their ship was torpedoed 400 miles from Greenland. Picked up July 5 by a destroyer, they describe subsisting on hardtack and meatballs and drinking rainwater, with two torpedoes sinking the vessel on June 24. They praise the rescue and recall celebrating the Fourth of July in the rain.
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Greenland
Great Britain
Red Cross
U. S. Navy
North Atlantic
Reykjavik
Iceland
New Orleans
Marion Blissett
Detroit
Mich
Victoria Pele
Ausburn
N. Y
Rachel St. Pierre
Boston
Lilian M. Pesnicak
Albany
Pital
Londonderry
Ireland
U. S
Japan About To Take Area From French
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox said there is no question but noted new Far East developments such as Japan's radio and cable censorship. He predicted movements soon as Sumner Welles planned to meet the Japanese ambassador amid signs the U S may issue a new notice on Japan for military moves in the region.
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Frank Knox
Far East
Ence
Sumner Welles
United States
Japan
Knox
Welles
Indo-China
Dutch East Indies
Britain
Singapore
France
Vichy
Shanghai
Asia
Roosevelt
Navy
Tokyo
U. S. Pacific
Philippines
Report on Japan France Indo China Agreement Rumors
Washington reports indicate Japan and the Vichy government may have agreed on French Indo China. Navy leaders discuss possible U S moves in the Far East while analysts note Tokyo aims to position forces near Dutch East Indies and Singapore.
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Washington
Japan
University of Cincinnati hosts defense conference leaders
Dean William M. Young of Ohio University College of Applied Science and Dean A. H. Armbruster of the College of Commerce were summoned to Cincinnati for a defense meeting at the University of Cincinnati today to discuss national defense work.
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William M. Young
College of Applied Science
A. H. Armbruster
College of Commerce
Ohio University
Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
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