Roosevelt Warns U S Public of Growing Shortages
President Roosevelt warned of progressive shortages in essential foods and urged full civilian participation in a scrap salvage drive. He said some items now available would be lacking later due to high meat demand, war production, and off season effects while stressing increased output of planes, tanks and guns with more scrap.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Armed Services
Samuel Rosenman
New York Supreme Court
Congress
Japs Take No Chances War Lords Blocked Peace Bid
The piece recounts Hirohito era tensions as President Roosevelt appeals to intervene, Grew reports, and Japan moves to Pearl Harbor. It notes censors allowed messages, timing before the attack, and mixed judgments inside Tokyo on the strike’s impact and Japan’s prospects.
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Max Hill
Lourenco Marques
Washington
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
United States
Associated Press
State Department
Shigenori Togo
Grew
Togo
Foreign Office
Asia
Hawaii
War Department approves expansion of Mason plant in West Virginia
The War Department formally announces authorization for expanding a West Virginia manufacturing plant at a cost over 3 million dollars under Huntington district engineers. Senator Rosier aides had said the plant is in Mason County. Major P. V. Kieffer declined to reveal details of the expansion.
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Washington
War Department
West Virginia
Huntington District
Rosier
D. Wva
Mason County
P. V. Kieffer
The
Huntington District Engineers
70 Year Old Meigs Woman Kills Herself
Mrs. Mary Jane St. Clair aged 70 was found dead in an out building at her home in Eagle Ridge by her husband. She apparently shot herself in the forehead with a .22 caliber pistol. The family says she had been in ill health. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 PM at Eagle Ridge Church with burial in Eagle Ridge Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Mary Jane St. Clair
Dana St. Clair
Eagle Ringe
Eagle Ridge
Taxation Proposed to Enforce Forced Saving to Curb Inflation
Washington's Senate Finance Committee considers taxation as the practical method to enact compulsory savings if needed. Chairman George of Georgia suggests bonds tied to the tax could repay after the war as induced saving. Senator Taft argues forced saving would be fairer than excess profits taxes on individuals.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Taft
Ohio
Three Killed by Train Near Urbana in Berry Pickers
Three people were struck and killed by a freight train near Westville while picking berries beside a Pennsylvania Railroad right of way. The victims were George Forst 73, his wife Mary Jane 63, and Mrs. Bessie E. Clark all from Springfield.
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Urbana
Westville
George Forst
Mary Jane
Bessie E. Clark
Springfield
War Agencies Propose 8 Hour Day 48 Hour Week Plan
Eight government agencies urge a 48 hour week across six eight hour days for war industry workers. The policy favors an orderly schedule with one rest day per week and a 30 minute meal period. Vacations should be spread over the longest possible period to sustain production.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Sticker replaces Ohio license plates for wartime needs
Ohio motor vehicle registrations will switch to a single windshield sticker in place of 1943 plates. State registrar Dylon Wallace cited steel shortages for the change and said stickers will be red or yellow and two by four inches bearing the license number. A duplicate card will show car type make engine number and other registration details. Small plastic plates may be issued for motorcycles and trailers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dylon Wallace
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Wallace
Airplane Repair Depot Finished in Australia
A huge airplane repair depot has been built in Australia to salvage damaged allied planes and handle large aircraft. Brig. Gen. Hugh J. Casey says the US Army and Allied Works Council have already built at least 20 airfields and thousands of miles of strategic highways across the commonwealth in recent months.
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Australia
Wide World
United Nations
Hugh J. Casey
U. S
United States Army
Allied Works Council
Commonwealth
Principal resigns to enter Navy at Kananga
Ronald Williams, the Kananga school principal, resigned today to join the Navy. The move follows a staff special report noting his departure from the local education department.
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NAVY
Gallipolis
Ronald Williams
Kananga
Navy Outwits Axis U Boats in Caribbean
Aboard a U S warship in the Caribbean Sea the first Caribbean convoy reached its destination and another is returning. Lt Comdr John F Walsh, commanding officer, reports no torpedo has struck the merchant fleet despite skirmishes, as depth charge attacks and tactical maneuvers fend off submerged threats.
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E. W. W. Jones
U. S
United States Navy
Associated Press
Earl Shugars
United States
Comdr
John F. Walsh
Naval Academy
Foreign Service
Walsh
George N. Hagerman
Richmond
Nazi Agents File Appeals Before Supreme Court
Petitions seeking writs of habeas corpus on trial before a mill commission were formally presented to Supreme Court justices as a special term was set to begin. Nine typewritten copies were filed, with expectations of lengthy argument before any ruling.
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Washington
Mill Commission
Supreme Court
Mrs Elizabeth Ale Dies Near Point Rock
Mrs Elizabeth Ale 81 died Monday at her daughter’s home near Point Rock. Survived by Hayes Ale Edna Radcliff and Nanna Cot trill. Services Thursday at 3 pm at the Varigan home followed by burial Mt Olive Cemetery.
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Dexter
Elizabeth Ale
Carnet Varigan
Point Rock
Hayes Ale
Chicago
Edna Radcliff
Radcliff
Nanna Cottrill
Varigan
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Admiralty figures show Axis losses since war start and this year
The Admiralty estimated 7,184,760 tons of German and Italian shipping sunk captured damaged or interned since the war began. Britain and allies excluding Soviet Russia have sunk captured or damaged 953,681 tons since January 1.
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London
Admiralty
United States
Britain
Soviet
Russia
German Air Raid on Suez Canal Reported
Berlin dispatch: the German high command says overnight air raids on Suez Canal port installations hit quays and fuel dumps, with extensive fires. An airdrome west of Alexandria and air bases on Malta were raided by German and Italian planes.
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Berlin
Suez Canal
Alexandria
Malta
Oral Daugherty Seeks Nomination for Congress in Tenth District
Oral Daugherty, Athens County Democrat leader, will seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Tenth District in the August 11 primary. With no formal contest, supporters plan a write-in drive using regular party channels across counties to win at least eight percent of the top-ticket votes.
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Nelsonville
Oral Daugherty
Athens County
C. E. Handley
Democrat Central Committee
Athens County Board of Elections
Handley
Congress Committee
Daugherty
Key Centers To Help Trucks Get Full Loads
The Office of Defense Transportation will set up informative centers in key cities to reduce trips with partial loads. Starting next Saturday trucks must carry full capacity on most trips and operators must pursue full capacity on round trips. Speed is limited to 40 mph.
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Columbus
Office of Defense Transportation
First Lady Busy With Hopkins Macy Wedding Plans
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt checks duties as the White House prepares for the Hopkins Macy marriage, the first wedding there in 24 years. Harry Hopkins, 51, and Louise Gill Macy, 36, will wed in a simple ceremony.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Hopkins-Macy
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Louise Gill Macy
New York
To Avoid Pork Shortage With Early Market
Agricultural officials from ten midwestern states plan to market hogs earlier this fall to prevent a pork shortage. Secretary Wickard urged spreading peak marketing and changing feeding methods to keep hogs fat for early shipping while conserving corn amid a rapid corn borer threat in the east.
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Chicago
Wickard
War Board
Extension — Service
OPA Reports Large Drop in Car Registrations
OPA announced thousands of cars have been scrapped or stored as a 10 percent fall in new ration book registrations appears in the eastern gasoline rationing area. Projecting nationwide, about 700,000 fewer passenger cars may be in operation than last May’s 7,745,382 registered under the temporary plan.
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Washington
OPA
Axis worry over second front as Allies eye Western Europe
Dispatches from Berlin and Bern show German nerves about a possible Allied invasion of Western Europe. Hamburg suffered a large air raid, while Paris and the Dutch coast were watched for signs of Western front preparations. German forces are described as mobilizing new weapons and fortifications.
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Germany
Russia
Europe
DNB
Paris
Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Channel
Holland
Americans in Africa cited in British broadcast
Lord Swinton reports Americans present in the global conflict after a Accra broadcast. He cites cooperation with United States General Fitzgerald. RAF planes raid Germany and Western Europe in night attacks as invasion prelude rumors swirl.
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London
Reuters
Today
Lord Swinton
West Africa
Accra
Gold Coast
United States
Fitzgerald
Great Fires Left in Hamburg Amid New Bombardment Strikes
British Air Ministry reports 32 bombers missing in the Hamburg raid as RAF says fires rage in port areas after 600-plane attack with two ton bombs. Harris vows wider air strikes and cooperation with American forces. On the Caucasus front Soviet forces report deepening advances while German artillery shell Stalingrad approaches. In Egypt British and Axis patrols clash while Suda Bay and Crete remain vital supply points. In New Guinea Allied patrols drive back Japanese forces near Kokoda Port Moresby remains under threat.
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Hamburg
Air Ministry
RAF
Britain
Arthur T. Harris
Germany
Reich
Sir Arthur
Adolf Hitler
Caucasus
Rostov
Kushchevka
Rostov-Baku
Suda Bay
Crete
North Africa
Douglas MacArthur
Kokoda
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Hitlers gamble on Caucasus oil backs into tougher war
The piece argues Hitler must not only block Russian access to Caucasus oil but also secure resources elsewhere. It notes potential German barriers at the Caucasus mouth and the risk of deteriorating supplies as Allied strength grows, with Britain and America warning of a looming oil and food crunch for Germany.
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DE Witt MacKenzie
Hitler
Caucasus
Middle East
Europe
Russia
Persian Gulf
Caucasian
Black Sea
Caspian
London
Meat Shortage Danger Grows Across Cities
A brief from the National Livestock Advisory Council to the Office of Price Administration warns meat shortages may spread nationally due to curtailed cattle feeding. Council President Jay Colburn says beef tonnage is at risk as cattle are marketed lighter, losing 100 pounds or more per animal, risking possible meat rationing by December 1.
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Omaha
National Livestock Advisory Council
Office of Price Administration
Washington
Dee. 1
Council
Jay Colburn
Harlan
Tua
Man Returns to Prison After 16 Years in Ohio
Byron Moore aged 42 who fled the Ohio prison farm at Junction City in 1926 surrendered to Detective Sergeant John Moddy in Cleveland. He said he was glad to be back and that 16 years of haunting affected him, claiming he kept his secret well even from his wife. Meanwhile Adolf Hitler sent a telegram of congratulations on Benito Mussolini’s 59th birthday.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Junction City
John Moddy
Byron Moore
Andrew Cartage Co
Moore
Roddy
Wife's Complaining Defies Air Raid Test
In Brockton Massachusetts a husband remained mowing his lawn during an air raid drill. he refused to go inside until a policeman explained to his wife why he should stay. The wardens, also married, obtained the police to relay the instruction.
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Brockton
Mass
Gond
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