Atlantic War Losses Pass 400 Mark As U Boats Strafe Ships
The Associated Press reports allied ship sinkings in the Western Atlantic reach 401 with 1,620 more crewmen missing and 11,766 rescued. A 16 ton onion boat out of Havana becomes the 400th victim. Mexico confirms the Oaxaca sinking, the 401st Allied loss. Shipyards and the Navy ramp up production and escort measures.
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Americas
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Associated Press
Havana
Gulf of Mexico
Oaxaca
Navy
Caribbean
Court To Rule On Nazi Trial In Supreme Court
The Supreme Court interrupted its summer recess to decide if alleged Nazi saboteurs on a secret military commission may seek habeas corpus relief. A special term may hear petitions and potentially transfer the case to a federal district court. The issue involves wartime powers and the Bill of Rights for detainees.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States Supreme Court
Harlan F. Stone
Cleveland Edges Payroll Rise for 1504 Municipal Workers
Cleveland increases its annual city payroll by about 124000 as 1504 lowest paid municipal workers receive raises ranging from five to ten dollars a month.
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Cleveland
WPB Moves to Avert Ohio Gas Shortage Next Winter
The War Production Board ordered Ohio Fuel Gas Co and Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co to connect and permit Panhandle gas deliveries to Ohio. A second link near Perrysburg would require about 15 miles of line. No current shortage, but steps are urged to store gas for summer and fall delivery.
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War Production Board
Ohio
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company
Panhandle
Indiana-Ohio State Line
Munich
Ind
Dayton
WPB
Perrysburg
Arkansas Negro Denied Ballot in Early Primary Test
A Little Rock Negro accountant was barred from voting outside a polling place in the Arkansas Democratic preferential primary. The bailiff told him the election was for white electors only, marking the first reported test of black voting in the state's primary.
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Little Rock Ark
Little Rock
Saboteurs Wreck Train Killing 40 Nazi Soldiers
The British radio reported that saboteurs wrecked a troop train between Paris and Cherbourg, killing 40 German soldiers en route to Paris on leave, according to the BBC as heard by CBS in New York.
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Paris
Cherbourg
BBC
CBS
Executions Reported in Lille as Nazi Actions Expand
The German press said 28 French nationals were executed in Lille for sabotage weapons and communist activity. Douai court sentenced two to life and 28 to 40 years for stealing ration cards, mainly miners. Hostages were reported after fires, with AR radios and bicycles seized and a Brussels fine imposed on Belgian movements.
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Lille
Douai
Courtrai
Belgium
Brussels
New Blackout Is Scheduled In Washington
Washington braces for a daytime air raid drill as a new blackout is planned through the day. Director James M. Landis warns that failure to seek shelter could bring consequences, recalling the prior blackout when lights at Union Station remained visible.
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Washington
James M. Landis
Office of Civilian Defense
Landis
Union Station
Parsonage Used as Nazi Spy Post Office Trial Opens
Hartford report says Rev Kurt E B Molzahn 47 a Zion Lutheran Church Philadelphia pastor goes on trial in federal court for violating the espionage act. FBI charges say he used his parsonage as a post office for a Nazi spy ring. Columbus note says Ohio will not permit reuse of metal caps for bottled beverages.
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Conn
Kurt E. B. Molzahn
Zion Lutheran Church
Philadelphia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Molzahn
War Outlook and Axis Plans Threaten Global Freedom
The War Today outlines dire Axis ambitions revealed in leaked German and Japanese statements. It cites Tojo’s vow to destroy the United States and Great Britain and documents from Libyan captives showing a plan to enslave conquered peoples under a German police state.
Farmer Killed At New Haven in Barn Fall
POMEROY staff special. Winfield H. Roush a 63 year old farmer of New Haven West Virginia died instantly Monday evening when he fell from a hayloft in his barn. Survived by wife Rosetta and sons Alton Elva Neva Zana Oscar Mary Oma Joseph. Funeral service at United Brethren Church New Haven Wednesday at 2 30 p m Burial in Union Cemetery.
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Winfield H. Roush
New Haven
W. Va
Pomeroy Bend
Rosetta
Alton
Elva Davis
Mason City
Neva Cross
Letart
Zana Embilton
Hartford
Oscar
Mary
Oma
Richmond
Ind
Joseph
United Brethren Church of
Union Cemetery
Gallipolis Police Arrest Three in Hold-Up
Police arrested Archard Short Elmer Short and Clyde White all of Millersport Ohio after an attempted hold up of Mr and Mrs James Harmon on the Silver Bridge in Kananga. The three were held at the Gallipolis Jail pending arraignment.
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James Harmon
Kananga
Silver Bridge
Archard Short
Elmer Short
Clyde White
Millersport
Ohio
Trailer Truck Rams Steel Girder Bridge in Delaware
A 100 foot steel girder bridge on U S Route 42 over Mill Creek was damaged today when a trailer truck rammed it after passing another truck. Frank Higley, assistant state highway department division engineer, said the bridge floor caved in and could not be repaired.
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Mill Creek
Frank Higley
Delaware
State Highway Department
Tire wasteful speed warned by OPA official
Cleveland report cites Motorists urged to avoid high speeds to save tires. Birkett L. Williams of the regional OPA observed trucks and private cars traveling at 40 miles per hour or less on trips to West Virginia and Pennsylvania. He singled out Ohio plated vehicles as top offenders.
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Post Office of Price Administration
Birkett L. Williams
OPA
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Williams
Ohio
Tenth Teacher Quits Gallia High Faculty
Harold Brown resigns from Gallia Academy High School as commercial instructor, the tenth staff departure this year.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Harold Brown
Gallia Academy High School
Profiteers Whipped in Alexandria Justice Action
Eight profiteers were whipped in Alexandria today as punishment. The action followed a local crackdown targeting price manipulation and illegal profiteering activities.
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Cairo
Alexandria
Japs Advance 50 Miles in New Guinea
Allied warplanes bombed Japanese positions in New Guinea as ground patrols maintained contact with the enemy. General MacArthur announced progress in the Far Pacific theater indicating continued Allied pressure on the Japanese forces.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
United Nations
Tokyo vows to destroy United States and Britain
Tojo told 20 000 in Osaka that Japan will cooperate with India for independence of Britain and reject Anglo American influence. Japanese forces push inland near Gona Mission on the Papua Peninsula as they threaten Port Moresby and possible Australia invasion. Darwin air raids occur and anti-aircraft fire drives off a flying boat near Townsville. Chinese forces report success against Japanese near Kiangshan and Kiangsi with heavy fighting near Lin Yang and Tahung foothills.
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Tojo
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Townsville
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Kokoda
Buna
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Kiangsi
Kwangfeng
Honan
Linyang
Hupeh
Tahung Mountains
Lightning Kills Man and Boy at Juvenile Shelter
A lightning strike at a State Bureau of Juvenile Research shelter killed Attendant Joseph A Ehrenfeldt and Richard A Schisler, 14, with Milan Arbutina, 14, of Alliance, among the injured. About 30 men and boys were present during the storm. Erhenfeldt’s and Schisler’s families are named, and Milan Arbutina is hospitalized in stable condition.
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State Bureau of Juvenile Research
Joseph A Ehrenfeldt
Richard A Schisler
Alvin Schisler
Hamilton
Milan Arbutina
Alliance
St. Francis Hospital
Milan
Expert Views On Flying Boat Fleets Sought
Eight aviation experts were invited to testify before a congressional committee on a plan to build fleets of huge flying boats for moving troops and materials to United Nations battlefronts. Senator Lee proposed an agency to produce cargo and troop planes to beat submarine threats and speed shipments, urging diversion of over ten percent of airplane output to transportation. Describing air transport as the war’s only chance, he called shipbuilding efforts futile if Hitler can sink them.
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Congressional Committee
United Nations
Lee
Dokla
Senate
Hitler
Navy Officer Faces Court Martial Over Tony Martin Affair
San Francisco report states Lieut. Commander Maurice N. Aroff is tried on scandalous conduct and soliciting a fee for aiding actor Tony Martin's enlistment. Prosecution alleges he sought a $950 car gift from Martin as compensation.
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Maurice N. Aroff
Beverly Hills
Tony Martin
Naval
Martin
Naval Reserve
Aroff
Germans Stall Russian Forces in Rostov Sector Push
The Rostov region actions pull 625000 German troops toward the east bank of the Don as Soviet and Nazi reports diverge on gains. Red Star notes growing difficulty in meeting the pressure while Soviets claim to have repelled several German tank and motorized assaults near the Don head before Stalingrad.
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Red
Renew Plea for Second Front as Nazi Push Presses Don
Soviet reports claim thousands of Nazi dead litter the Don banks as the invaders press to widen bridgeheads between Rostov and Stalingrad. Pravda notes German divisions moved from France to strike the English Channel coast, while Berlin fears Allied invasion. In North Africa, Auchinleck’s forces clash near El Alamein as RAF strikes Germany’s axis positions. London battles draw night alarms with raids on Birmingham and eastern targets.
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Berlin
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Europe
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Alexandria
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Erwin Romel
Trento
Britain
Birmingham
England
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East Anglia
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Hamburg
Locked Steering Wheel Plunges Car Into Lake
James Kelly a 58 year old Cleveland bartender was rescued from Lake Erie after the steering mechanism in his 1929 car locked causing it to reel 175 feet from Bulkley Boulevard and roll 15 feet down an embankment into the water. He was freed by Michael Jackson who was driving behind him and pulled from the sinking vehicle.
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Lake Erie
James Kelly
Kelly
Michael Jackson
Bulkley Boulevard
Submarine Skipper Bombs Japanese Destroyers Off Alaska
In fog near Kiska, an American submarine commander ignored rules and torpedoed three anchored Japanese destroyers within minutes. A second torpedo salvo finished a fourth, with no U.S. casualties as the sub continued its patrol and other boats sank more ships later that day.
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Keith
Chicago Times, Inc
Alaska
Tokyo
Kiska
Kiska Harbor
North Pacific Subs
Bond Workers Stage Contest in Ohio
Ohio War Savings Staff announces a statewide contest for volunteer bond workers. Nine districts will select monthly champions who win a 25 bond and silver medal. county champions will also be named each month with certificates. July winners announced around August 15.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio War Savings
Man Fatally Struck When Wheel Came Off Car
Elyria. Charles Decker aged 57 escaped injury when the left rear wheel came off his car. While replacing the wheel a second vehicle struck the car, knocking it off the jack. The hub crushed his leg causing a compound fracture and internal injuries. He died a few hours later.
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Elyria
Charles Decker
Decker
Don t Fear Mom Its Homesickness
Washington report details Rep Greg Holbrook seeking War Department action after an Ohio mother writes that her soldier son is recovering from nostalgia described by an Army doctor as homesickness. Holbrook confirms the term nostalgia was used to describe the condition.
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Greg Holbrook
Dohio
Ohio
Herbetter
Holbrook
War Department
Army
Holbrock
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