Roosevelt to Broadcast War Address as Allies Advance
President Roosevelt plans a one hour radio address at 9 30 p m on all networks to review war progress across the Mediterranean Pacific and Russia. He warns of economic strains and production goals for 1943 while affirming Allied commitment to unconditional surrender and invasions of Europe.
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Ashington
Benito Mussolini
Roosevelt
Tor
White House
Pacific
Russia
Europe
State Hall
White House War Department
J. Roosevelt
State Department
Office of Information
OWI
Vittorio Emanuele
New York
Samuel Grafton
New York Post
Roose
Ous
England
America
Sicily
Allied air raids push on Kiska Wake and Munda fronts
Allied forces conducted 19 attacks on Kiska in two days, bringing four day total to 40. Wake Island raids continue with Liberator bombers destroying several Japanese planes. In the Solomon Islands, U S troops breach defenses near Munda, while operations in New Guinea target Salamaua Bastion with heavy bombing.
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Washington
Pacific Command
Kiska Island
North Pacific
Navy
Wake Island
Central Pacific
Kiska
Army
Solomon Island
Munda
New Guinea
Mt. Tambu
Salamaua
Salamaua Bastion
Welfare Crops Shrink Across State Institutions
Columbus reports Welfare Department crops will drop from four to 44 percent this year due to bad weather. About 13,000 acres are in cultivation across 22 institutions, with produce aimed at feeding more than 36,000 inmates and hospital patients.
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Columbus
State Welfare Department
Herbert R.ooney
Soldier Wins Decoration in Hawaii
Fourteen Ohioans in the Army Air Forces were awarded decorations for meritorious achievement in aerial flights. Among the honorees is Master Sergeant Paul E. Jurgensmier of Logan, receiving the first oak leaf cluster.
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Washington Ae
Army Air Forces
War Depot
Tr Menaidt
Paul E. Jurgensmier
Logan
Rent Division Debate Highlights Administrative Powers
A House Committee report critiques the Office of Price Administration for stabilizing rent during wartime but claims the agency exceeded powers and discriminated against rental property. The review notes a reduced, skeletal department structure and questions authority and state impacts.
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Washington
Ion Office of
Price Admini
Naseinin
Hamburg Hit Again by British Bombers
RAF bombers returned to Hamburg in force in the fourth straight night raid on the North German port amid round-the-clock attacks. Allied forces also struck the Ruhr region and other targets as Mosquito fighters patrolled over Germany, Holland, and France. A separate report notes 14 year old Louis Lesnak drowned while swimming in Lake Milton near Youngstown.
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London
Hamburg
RAF
Ruhr
Air Ministry
United States
Triqueville
France
Zeebrugge
Youngstown
Lake Milton
Louis Lesnak
Campbell
Change Ration Point Costs for Several Foods
The Office of Price Administration extended August Blue stamps to cover part of September, valid until Sept 20. It also announced Aug 1 changes in point values for foods including frozen fruits and berries nine points per unit, beans and vegetables six points, tomato juice one point, and fruit juices down to two points.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
State Highway Dept Appeals to Truckers on Wet Lines
The State Highway Department asked drivers not to cross freshly painted highway lines until they dry. The appeal targets truck operators and urges caution to prevent smearing and safety hazards on Columbus area roads.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Grange Urges Rejection of Labor Food Price Policy
The National Grange urges the U S administration to reject labor demands for food price rollbacks or wage increases. They warn such steps would deepen the food crisis and fuel inflation while criticizing AFL CIO arguments that food costs outpace wages. The Grange favors restoring the food stamp program to assist consumers.
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Washington
National Grange
The
Grange
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Three Soldiers Die in Desert Endurance Mission
CAMP YOUNG California. In a six day waterless endurance maneuver in the Southern California Arizona desert a platoon became lost. Two soldiers died of thirst and a third is missing presumed dead while the rest were rescued. Names withheld pending notification. Survivors suffer sun exposure exhaustion and dehydration but expected to recover.
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Young
Calif
California-Arizona
Hurricane pounds Texas Gulf Coast with multi million losses
A hurricane weakened over the Texas Gulf Coast with no deaths reported. Damage ran to about 1 million dollars in Houston and similar amounts in Galveston Goose Creek Baytown and the Pelly tri city area. Winds averaged 75 miles per hour and peaked at 132 in Houston.
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Houston
Tex
Texas Gulf Coast
Galveston
Goose Creek
Baytown, Pelly
Tri-Cities
Ohio Pork and Dairy Exports For United Nations Use
The War Food Administration announced that seven tons of pork and dairy products from Ohio processing centers were purchased in June and shipped overseas for United Nations use.
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Chicago
War Food Administration
Ohio
WFA
United Nations
Baby Dies in Flash Flood near Blaine Bridgeport
In St Clairs ville area a flash flood killed a seven month old infant and washed out the Chermont Bridge on Route 40 near Lansing. The parents Rudolph and Mrs Butts of Wheeling left their car nearby to seek shelter. flood waters swept the vehicle into a field. A temporary span was set up and traffic reestablished.
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ST Clairsville
Blaine Bridgeport
Justin Halenar
Belmont County
Rudolph Butts
Wheeling
Lansing
State Highway Department
Chermont
Route 40
Russians Report German Retrenchment Around Orel
Moscow reports retreating German forces burning villages and forcing civilians into labor to dig trenches for Orel defense. Red Army says Soviets press three sides toward the city with flank moves, claiming 50 villages captured and 90 tanks plus 44 planes destroyed.
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Moscow
Orel
Red Army
Guenther von Kluege
Bryansk
Wallace Speech Draws Blast From Vandenberg
U S Senator Arthur Vandenberg criticized Henry Wallace after a Detroit speech, saying it proposed an official administration premise that only Wallace supporters are patriots. He urged that any American who opposes Wallace's postwar internationalism is labeled subversive or fascist.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
U. S
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Rmich
Henry A. Wallace
Detroit
Wallace
Infantile Paralysis Epidemic Reported in Southeast
The U S Public Health Service said infantile paralysis has reached epidemic levels in several southeastern states. Cumulative U S cases for the first six and a half months of the year are the highest in 12 years.
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Washington
U. 58 Public Health Service
Coroner Reports 11-Year-Old Drowns in Todds Fork Creek
Coroner C. E. Kinzel states 11-year old Jackie Hayslip drowned while bathing with his father Oscar Hayslip in Todds Fork Creek. Formal ruling notes the accident occurred during a family outing in Clarksville.
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Clarksville
C. E. Kinzel
Jackie Hayslip
Todds Fork Creek
Oscar Hayslip
State Revenue From Liquor Permits Drops
Columbus report shows revenue from liquor and beer permits fell by 220 755 dollars in the first half of 1943 from the same period in 1942 bringing this year’s total to 3 162 835 dollars.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Outbreaks Sweep Milan and Italian Cities Amid Fascist Crisis
Reports say Milan faced gunfire and prison riots as Fascists clashed with civilians and troops. Prison mutiny at Cellulare left one dead. Naples saw deadly fighting as fascism fell. the new cabinet announced the party dissolved while Germany moved troops northward through Italy.
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Reuters
Rome
Algiers
Italy
American forces seize Cefalu as Patton advances in Sicily
American Seventh Army troops capture Cefalu on Sicily's northern coast as Gen. Eisenhower reports progress toward Messina. Patton's units push forward toward Alimena and other towns while German defenses hold at the Etna line. Canadian forces attack Catania area. Eighth Army stalls before Catania for a 13th day.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Seventh Army
Messina
Cefalu
San Stefano
Palermo
Sicily
George S. Patton, Jr
U. S
Catania
Eighth Army
el Alamein
Egypt
Mareth Line
Tunisia
WPB authorizes 25 and 15 percent shoe output increases
The War Production Board authorized higher shoe production for children and infants, boys and misses, plus men's work and safety shoes. The boosts include 25 percent for children and infants and for men's safety shoes and 15 percent for men's work shoes as demand outstrips supply despite rationing.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Yanks in Middle East Surfer Mental Illness
Captain John M Flumerfleet of Philadelphia cites hospital data from the Middle East showing about one in eight American soldiers evacuated or admitted for psychiatric reasons. He details character and situational neuroses, their causes, and the goal of returning men to civilian life with minimal harm.
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Cairo
John M. Flumerfleet
Philadelphia
Middle East
United States
Flumerfleet
38Th General Hospital
Dunkerque
Brown Warns Ickes Against Ration Slash
Rep. Clarence J. Brown Blanchester Republican warns Petroleum Administrator Harold Ickes of a serious misunderstanding with Congress over gasoline rationing. He says Ickes promised advance notice to a Midwest congressionally studying committee but plans for cuts were announced without consultation. Brown argues midwesterners do not seek further rationing now.
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Columbus
Clarence J. Brown
Harold L. Ickes
Congress
Ickes
Brown
Interior
Ohioan
Plan Federal Loans To Aid Tobacco Growers
The War Food Administration announced federal loans at 90 percent of parity to support 1943 tobacco prices for growers in the AAA program. Non cooperators receive 54 percent parity on excess tobacco. Small barley and bark-type purchases are planned for lend-lease shipments. large flue-cured tobacco buys are also expected.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Fight Excess Prices For Meat In Cincinnati
Office of Price Administration officials in Cincinnati launch a pledge system to curb black market activity and petty overcharging. Wholesalers are cited for 10 to 15 percent markups above legal limits, with 500 pounds billed as 550 to 600 pounds and retailers passing the extra cost to customers who rely on scarce cuts.
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Cincinnati
Office of Price Administration
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