Heat Wave Relief Promised as Thunder Showers Move In
The Midwest cooled from record heat with a cold air mass moving toward Ohio. Thunderstorms were forecast for tonight as cities from Chicago to Ohio expect temperature drops of about 10 degrees. Heat deaths rose to 42 with multiple drownings and prostrations reported. Highs reached 100 in several cities while some areas recorded 116 in Kansas.
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Chicago
Mercury
Youngstown
Springfield
Sandusky
Columbus
Toledo
Kenton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
James Clevenger
Clarence B. Finlay
Hardin County
Atwel Hilliard
Paul E. Baird
Harley Harmon
Baltimore
Rock Ford Creek
Findlay
Robert Swanson
Braddock
Eagle Creek
Warren
Ray Edelberry
Mansfield
Kent
Middle West
Utah
Arizona
Lake Region
Weather Bureau
Philipsburgh
Kans
Ellie
Goodland
Junction City
Detroit
Job Security For Drafted Men Seeks Protections
Washington reports the military committee pressed methods to curb draft dodging under the pending conscription bill. President Roosevelt planned a defense inspect trip to Norfolk and return, while amendments aim to protect civilian jobs and restore conscripts to payrolls after service. Senator Wheeler denounced the bill as hysteria, and others debated troop levels and volunteer options amid broader defense concerns.
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Nate Military Committee
Wheeler
Senate
D-Mont
Reynolds
D-Nc
Vandenberg
R-Mich
High Command
Senate Military Committee
Benjamin Marsh
People’s Lobby
Hitler
America
Post Office Repair Begins in Athens
A 30 to 40 day painting and repair project started on the Athens Post Office building today. Preliminary work began on the concrete sidewalk as contractor James Dyar oversees removal of cracked paving blocks for replacement with cement. Exterior woodwork doors and exposed roof metal will be painted and the lobby on the first floor refinished with interior repairs planned.
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Athens Post Office
James Dyar
Defeated Candidate To Be Dem Nominee
COLUMBUS- Ivan R. mgwer of Upper Sandusky should be declared Democratic nominee for state sen e or in the 1331st district. Secretary of State George Neffner informed the Seneca County Election board. Gongwer's opponent Raymond Ackerman of Galion died before the May primary but received more votes than Gongwer and the board ruled there was no Democratic nominee.
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Columbus
Ivan R. Mgwer
Upper Sandusky
George Neffner
Seneca County Election Board
Gongwer
Raymond Ackerman
Galion
Not This a Little Too Much Preparedness
Fort Wayne readers report extreme heat as temperatures near 99 degrees prompt service station attendants to mop brows. A Mississippi plate car arrives with a request for a heater installation showing how heat waves affect motorists across the region.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Mississippi
Just Common Horse Sense in Wadena Water Tank Incident
Joe Lorenz attempted to lead a thirsty colt to water on a hot 95 degree day in Wadena Minnesota. The colt sniffed the water then jumped into the water tank and laid down, drinking until the tank was empty before Lorenz could retrieve it.
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Wadena
Minn
Joe Lorenz
Lorentz
100 Die in Landslides Near Antofagasta Chile
More than 100 people were feared dead after landslides triggered by rare rainstorms along Chile's nitrate coast yesterday. Rescue teams scoured mud and wreckage as authorities assessed casualties and possible missing persons amid ongoing weather dangers.
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Antofagasta
Chile
Sneak Preview Warns of Long Cold Winter
A Cornplanter Reservation elder predicts a harsh winter after noting an abundance of crabs in the river. He says when crabs are plentiful, streams will freeze and the season will bring extended cold weather, adding that crabs provide food for the shut-in fishes.
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Warren
Cornplanter
Funk Says U S Gold Reserve Useless In World Economy
Berlin reports Walther Funk, Adolf Hitler’s economics minister, denounces U S discrimination against Germany and dismisses the United States vast gold hoard as unnecessary for world trade. He outlines a barter based European economy and warns South America against Pan American plans amid postwar talks.
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Funk
United States
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Walther Funk
Germany
Vienna
Europe
Bomb Threat at University of Pittsburgh Shocks City
An anonymous caller threatened to blow up the University of Pittsburgh in a late night call to a fire alarm operator in a Municipal Building. City officials suspected a crank, but increased guards and plainclothes officers were posted at the 535 foot campus landmark known as the cathedral of learning.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Cathedral of Learning
Taylor Ridge and Trimble Churches Plan Sunday Programs
Taylor Ridge Church will hold services Sunday at 9 30 a m under Rev Gilbert Courtney. Trimble Church services are scheduled for 10 30. Greens Run services at 9 30 a m conducted by Rev Glaze Thompson, who will then go to Millfield for 10 30 a m services. Union Furnace evening service at 7 30 p m led by Rev I J Cahill with a youth choir formed.
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Taylor Ridge
Gilbert Courtney
Trimble
Greens Run
Glaze Thompson
Millfield
I. J. Cahill
Union Furnace
British Say U S Oil Action Blow to Axis
The BBC broadcast on NBC said US prohibition of unlicensed oil exports will hit Axis supply but not Britain. It noted Britain and allies control nearly all sea tankers, while Germany and Italy lack tankers at sea.
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Germany
Funk
Europe
New York
Great Britain
British Broadcasting Corporation
NBC
BBC
Britain
Italy
Young Bride Dies by Suicide After Quarrel in New Philadelphia
Coroner reports that 16 year old Mrs Paul Raimsberg ended her life after a quarrel with her husband of three months. The incident occurred in New Philadelphia with authorities investigating the death as a suicide.
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Philadelphia
Paul Raimsberg
H. E. Reed
Willkie Plans Bid for New York Vote
Colorado Springs AP report says Wendell L. Willkie, buoyed by friendly receptions in Wyoming and Utah, held talks with J. Russell Sprague about strategies to win New York’s crucial votes. Sprague will gauge New York prospects while Willkie considers a swing to the Democratic south before delivering his August 17 acceptance in Elwood, Indiana. He traveled 1 400 miles and plans a week off to refine his address, with possible rest near Colorado Springs after the Elwood talk.
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Colo
Wendell L. Willkie
Wyoming
Utah
New York State
J. Russell Sprague
New York
Republican National
Willkie
Elwood
Ind
Ohio to Draft 20 000 Youths Under Burke Wadsworth Plan
Columbus report says 1 of every 28 Ohio men aged 21 to 31 could be drafted if the Burke Wadsworth Compulsory Military Training Bill becomes law. Ohio National Guard estimates 20,000 of 400,000 needed would come from Ohio units starting Oct 1, with Akron and Summit County contributing about 1,000 each based on population. Exemptions include family status and essential industry workers. A second 400,000 would be drafted next April.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Army and Navy
Explosions Hit Witwatersrand Gold Region
A sequence of bomb blasts shook the Witwatersrand in the Transvaal, the famed gold mining area around Johannesburg, today.
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Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Witwatersrand
Transvaal
Mexico Closes Rural Schools Amid Strike Action
Mexico City reports the Department of Public Education under President Lazaro Cardenas ordered the closing of 55 rural schools affecting about 6,000 students who have been on strike since June 20. The government says the strikers’ demands would cost an additional $240,000 and includes requests for books, higher food allowances, dormitories, drinking water, and electric lights.
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Mexico City
Department of Public Education
Lazaro Cardenas
Mercury Hits 93 At Noon In Athens Heat Pause Briefly
Athens area records a noonday temperature of 93 degrees as the heat wave eases slightly with a forecast break for the next 24 hours. Thursday peaked at 95, and Thursday night dropped to 79, per observer Mrs. C N France.
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Athens
C. N. France
War Today shows Britain’s air strength steadies against Nazi delay
Dewitt Mackenzie argues Hitler delays a likely invasion as Britain builds air power. He notes renewed German raids over England, Balkan talks with Von Ribbentrop, and British air force losses versus 23 German planes shot down. He credits Britain’s rising aircraft output and defenses limiting mass German raids from Holland, Belgium, and France.
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Hitler
England
Britain
Channel
Germany
Balkan
von Ribbentrop
Berlin
Balkans
Reich
London
Royal Air Force
Holland
Belgium
France
Romania
Adolf Hitler
Europe
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Meknes
Portland
Shepherd's Bush
High Command
Brighton
Reds Attorney Beaten After Court in West Virginia
Princeton West Virginia reports Louis Fleischer attorney for the National Campaign Committee of the Communist Party was assaulted as he left the courtroom after defending Milo Zivokoviche the signer of a Communist petition. He was knocked down inside the building and beaten in the street before being followed out of town by a car. Crumpecker said he was not seriously hurt.
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W. Va
Louis Fleischer
National Campaign Committee
Communist Party
G. H. Crumpecker
Bluefield Telegraph
Lewisburg
Oscar Wheeler
Milo Zivokoviche
Zivokoviche
Crumpecker
Fleischer
Club Considers Plan to Aid Refugees
Lebanon Rotary Club weighs bringing 60 Cheswardine pupils from Shropshire England as war refugees. Superintendent H H Druhot presents letters from English pupils seeking aid for removal from the war zone. Refugees would be housed in Warren County homes.
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Lebanon
The
Cheswardine School
Shropshire
England
H. H. Druhot
Warren County
Luxembourg Royalty Refugees Land in U S
Seven royal refugees from Luxembourg Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma and his six children arrived in Annapolis on the United States Cruiser Trenton with full honors. Felix said he and his wife the Grand Duchess of Charlotte would come to America and that neither he nor his children would seek American citizenship.
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Luxembourg
Felix of
Bourbon-Parma
United States
Trenton
Prince Felix
Grand Duchess of
Charlotte
America
Court Orders Plants To Pay Overtime Wage
United States Judge Mell G. Underwood ordered Hercules Trouser Co to comply with fair labor standards in Columbus Manchester and Wellston plants. The company agreed to pay employees wages due and overtime wages alleged by the government.
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Columbus
United States
Mell G. Underwood
Hercules Trouser Co
Manchester
Wellston
Lamb crop estimate marks record for 1940
The Agriculture Department today estimates the lamb crop at 32,729,000 head, the largest on record, based on reports from producers. The figure signals a peak in output for the year 1940.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Trusteeship plan opposed by Argentina at Pan American conference
Havana reports Argentina as a holdout against general commitments to Pan American trusteeship over European possessions in the Western Hemisphere. Leopoldo Melo urged decisions by the people involved and opposed outside pressure, calling for diplomatic channels and consultation. Delegates from the possessions should be heard at the conference.
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Havana
Argentina
Americas
Leopoldo Melo
Operators Kick On Wage Plan
In Columbus mounting objections to a 16 dollar minimum weekly wage for cosmetologists emerged as George A. Strain, state director of industrial relations, held a public hearing on the board’s proposed base. Beauty school spokesmen testified that applying the plan to students would raise tuition beyond the means of most applicants, while independent beauty shop operators argued the wage would drive them out of business.
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Columbus
George A. Strain
Strain
Mechanic Admits He Slew Coast Woman
Los Angeles police say 45 year old mechanic Ralph W. Griggs confessed to killing 36 year old Gladys Long with a hand axe. He reportedly drove with her body for two weeks saying he did not know what to do after she threatened to leave him.
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Los Angeles
Ralph W. Griggs
Aldo Corsini
Gladys Long
Corsini
Griggs
Miss Long
Dutch Merchantman Crew Demand Arms
The Prins Willem III lay at anchor off Lake Michigan breakwater as crew refuse to sail an unarmed ship. They say the 2,800 ton freighter was attacked by German bombers off Flushing Netherlands on May 10 and demand armament for self protection in potential future attacks.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Flushing
Holland
English farmer captures German bomber pilot
In southwest England, farmer B. J. Parsons, 47, seized a German bomber pilot after spotting the Nazi parachute landing. He ran to the farmyard in stocking feet with a shotgun and detained the airman until authorities arrived.
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London
B. J. Parsons
England
Parsons
British Say 28 Bombers Shot Down In North Irish Coast Raid
British reports say 28 German bombers were shot down during a convoy attack off the North Irish coast as observers heard heavy gunfire and fighters engaged the attackers. British losses included five small merchant ships and two destroyers damaged, while Germany claimed heavier tolls.
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English Channel
North Irish
The
Thames
Orient
United States
Japan
Roosevelt
Germany
Europe
Vessel Sails To Bring Yanks From Finland
The Army transport American Legion sails from New York for Petsemo in northern Finland to repatriate stranded American citizens as ordered by the state department.
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Washington
State Department
Army
American Legion
New York
Arctic Ocean
Petsemo
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