Britons Say Japanese Ready to Attack Siberia
British military quarters report Japan massed about 400000 troops in Manchukuo opposite a 1000 mile frontier and plan multiple drives to isolate Vladivostok. They expect August and September as optimum campaigning months for a Siberian objective in the last half of 1942.
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Siberia
Japan
Manchukuo
Siberian
Vladivostok
Sea of Japan
Tokyo
North Pacific
Ohio Guards Repel Paratroops Then Fall Back At Camp Zaleski
Ohio State Guardsmen repelled a surprise para troop invasion and simulated bomber attacks but retreated to a new defensive line at camp hospital after a hornet incident. A fortification unit conducted a guerilla maneuver with a lookout in a tree.
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Zaleski
Ohio State
Stalin Secret Pact Revealed To Hopkins In Letter
The Ladies Home Journal reports Premier Stalin told Harry Hopkins that he unlocked Soviet defense secrets and promised to stand firm against Nazi aggression. Roosevelt could decide how to use the information. In the Pacific, Allied forces claim nine Japanese planes downed near Port Darwin and a transport set ablaze off New Guinea.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Stalin
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Stalin
Hopkins
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Pacific
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Port Darwin
Gona
Kokoda
Midway
Gona Mission
Papua
China
Joseph W. Stillwell
Hengyang
Marietta Father and Son Enlist in Army Together
Gerald Lon Baberger 41 and his 20 year old son Paul from Marietta joined the Army yesterday. Paul organized a group of selectees and the father, due to be inducted next month, chose to enlist with his son saying he wanted to stay together.
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Columbus
Gerald Lon- Baberger
Paul
Marietta
FBI Investigates Powder Plant Blast At King's Mills
Explosions at the King Powder Company's plant in King's Mills killed five men and caused about $25,000 in damage. FBI agents began work minutes after the blast but had little to show, with agent in charge Raymond Suran saying nothing conclusive was learned.
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Lebanon
King Powder Company
King's Mills
FBI
Raymond
Suran
Union Dispute Halts Work at Pontiac Plant
Pontiac Michigan General Motors Pontiac Motor Division halted production as day shift workers joined a CIO AFL organized protest. A Retail Clerks Union action and allied AFL teamsters blockaded food deliveries to nonunion stores to pressure for AFL contracts in the Pontiac area.
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Pontiac
Mich
Pontiac Motor Division
General Motors Corporation
CIO
Tunmith
United Wholesale, Retail and Department Store
CSO
AFL
Retail Clerks’ Union
AFL Teamsters
Secret US weapons tour ends with surprises for enemies
Rep. Thomas reports inspection of Army’s most secret matériel at Aberdeen proving grounds showing American arms superiority. He says some weapons have never been hinted publicly and will surprise the enemy. In Colorado Springs Count Reventlow marries socialite Mrs. Margaret Drayton after a prior divorce from Barbara Hutton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas
R.N. J
Aberdeen
House
Colorado Springs
Colo
Count Court Haugwitzreventlow
Margaret Drayton
New York
Charleston
S.C
Count Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
World's Largest Air Transport Plane In Mass Production
Troops and jeeps line up outside the new giant C 46 Curtiss Com mando, the world's largest twin motor military transport. The fully loaded aircraft weighs 25 tons, spans 108 feet, and is powered by two 5 000 horsepower engines. Turn to Page 2 to see how soldiers and a jeep are carried aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Civil Court Trial Denied Seven Saboteur Suspects
The Supreme Court denied habeas corpus relief to seven of eight accused Nazi saboteurs, allowing their military commission trial to proceed. Justices ruled the charges are offenses triable by military commission and that the defendants remain in lawful custody. The proceedings continued as final arguments were prepared by prosecution and defense.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Stone
Biddle
William Hummell
Defense Council
U S Captain Held Prisoner On Nazi Sub
The Navy reported the seizure of an American ship's captain by a German U boat amid the sinking of another U S merchantman in the Western Atlantic. Survivors recounted an English speaking commander saying the captain would be aboard for about 11 days, insisting he would be treated well.
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Washington
Navy
U. S
Atlantic
Associated Press
South Atlantic
Ohio Doctors Under 45 Given 48 Hour Limit
Columbus reports that Ohio physicians under 45 must apply for army commissions within 48 hours or show why they are essential in civilian practice. Telegraph orders will be sent to those deemed non essential by the procurement and assignment service.
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Columbus
Ohio
Fire Destroys 18 Tons of Rubber in Gallipolis Yard
Fire at Maggied Brothers junk yard in Gallipolis destroyed 18 tons of rubber. Officers say incinediarism is suspected and a probe was opened into the blaze.
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Gallipolis
Maggied Brothers
Speeders To Be Listed With Local Tire Boards
The OPA regional office launched a campaign to flag speed violators for local tire boards. Ohio clerks will report traffic conviction lists to the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and the region seeks license data for speeds over 40 mph.
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Cleveland
OPA
Birkett L. Willams
Ohio
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Columbus
Harry T. Beckmann
Beckmann
John W. Bricker
Two Motorists Fined For Reckless Driving
Two motorists were fined for unsafe operation of automobiles in Athens and Glouster after collisions and arrests by the State Highway Patrol. Charles Wilson, 31, of Tiffin, paid $5 and costs following a crash with John Robbins, 65, of Indianapolis on U S Route 56 near Guysville. Walter Bruneister, 50, of Cleveland, paid $10 and costs after arrest on State Route 13 near Glouster.
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State Highway Patrol
Franz Woodworth
Athens
Thomas Williams, Sr
Glouster
Charles Wilson
Tiffin
Woodworth
John Robbins
Indianapolis
Guysville
Wilson
Walter Bruneister
Cleveland
Williams
Soviet Pact Extended For One More Year
Soviet Ambassador Maxim Litvinoff met with Secretary Hull to exchange notes renewing the 1937 Soviet American commercial agreement for another year. The pact will stay in force until Aug 6 1943 unless superseded, with most favored nation treatment reaffirmed amid shifting trade, military needs shaping next year.
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Washington
Maxim Litvinoff
Hull
State Department
United States
Soviet Union
Litvinoff
Harold G. Shane Named State Supervisor of Elementary Education
Harold G. Shane, visiting lecturer in education at Ohio University, has been appointed state supervisor of elementary education announced by Kenneth C. Ray. A Milwaukee State Teachers College graduate, Shane earned an MA at OSU and did PhD work there and at Cincinnati. He taught at Toledo and Ohio State and led a statewide survey on elementary teacher status.
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Harold G. Shane
Ohio University
Kenneth C. Ray
Shane
Milwaukee State Teachers College
University of Cincinnati
Ohio State University
OSU
University of Toledo
State of
Ohio
State Department of Education
The
Ohio Education Association
Big Canadian convoy reaches English shores
A large Canadian force arrives in Britain from Canada with ground crews for RCAF squadrons. The Atlantic crossing was reported as safe and largely uneventful, signaling strengthening Allied air and ground operations in the United Kingdom.
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English
Britain
Canada
Atlantic
Curtin names Sturdee to lead Australian mission in Washington
Prime Minister John Curtin announced that Lieutenant General Vernon Sturdee, chief of the Australian general staff, will go to Washington to head the Australian military mission.
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Canberra
Australia
John Curtin
Vernon Sturdee
Washington
Essex nears launch at Newport News shipyard
The Essex, the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier launched since Pearl Harbor, was set to slide into the James River at Newport News today, marking a major milestone for wartime naval strength.
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Newport News
United States Navy
Pearl Harbor
James River
Planes Plan for Giants Loom in War Shipyards
Henry J. Kaiser told a Senate committee Donald Nelson pledged full support for a plan to build giant troop and cargo planes in his shipyard. Kaiser said Nelson wants to know if enough men and materials can be provided. Dr William W Christmas, self described dean of aeronautic engineers, proposed a 564 ton plywood battle plane capable of carrying 3000 men 1200 miles and backed using shipyards to build massive flying boats for army transport.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Senate
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Kaiser
William W. Christmas
New York
Christmas
Aeronautic Engineers
Canned Music Output To Halt At Midnight
New York reports that 138000 union musicians will halt canned music at midnight by order of President James Petrillo. He claims about 500000 jukeboxes in the U S and Canada have displaced 8000 musicians with thousands more out of work, due to 500 radio stations not employing any live musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James’, Petrillo
Afl-American Federation of Musicians
Petrillo
Canada
Ice Cream Banned at U.S. Army Camps in England
London reports the ministry of food ruled ice cream production non essential and banned it at United States army camps in the British Isles. The measure aims to save 30,000 tons of transport and 1,000 tons of paper annually.
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London
British Isles
Ministry of Food
Russian Reserves Turning Tide of Battle in Caucasus
Soviet fronts report mixed fortunes amid heavy fighting as German spearheads advance toward the Caucasus oil fields while Soviet troops keep pressure along the Don and near Rostov. Front-line accounts claim German tank wedges failed, with 120 tanks destroyed in one sector and heavy losses reported as Red Army forces push back in multiple areas.
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Caucasus
Don River
Stalingrad
Adolf Hitler
Don
Salsk
Rostov
Rzhev
Moscow
Volkhov
Leningrad
Vole Ley
Germany
Red Star
Steppes
Lower
Midway
Tsimlyansk
Red Army
Invasion Signs Rise as Allied Preparations Stir Europe
Reports from London note four high ranking U S Army Air Force officers arriving amid a large Canadian troop contingent in Britain fueling invasion talk. Soviet envoy Maisky urges a second front and Cripps hints Britain has plans, while RAF and Allied air activity continues along the invasion coast and near El Alamein.
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London
U. S. Army Air Force
British Isles
Europe
Ivan Maisky
Stafford Cripps
Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
London Telegraph
Frank C. D Hunter
Asa N. Duncan
Air Force
Red
East Anglia
Berlin
Birmingham
Kingdom
RAF
Reich
Boulogne
Egypt
el Alamein
Alexandria
Desert
Fornt
July War Bond Sales Beat June in Fourth District
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland reports July daily average war bond sales surpassed June across Ohio Eastern Kentucky Western Pennsylvania and the West Virginia Panhandle. Through July 27 Series E bonds reached 31.492 million dollars versus 27.445 million for all June.
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Cleveland
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Ohio
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Panhandle
Improve Financial Aid Plan for Ohio Farmers
The Farm Security Administration introduces a decentralized approach for aid to needy Ohio farmers. Plans will vary by local physical, economic, and social needs across three areas, with Athens as headquarters for the Southern hill area and new area supervisors named.
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Ohio
Columbus
Farm Security Administration
FSA
A. L. Sorensen
Sorensen
Southern Hill
Athens
Glen W. Pryor
State Farm Home Improvement
Edna Caston
Zanesville
Jap Beetles Rampage Through Ohio Gardens This Summer
The Ohio summer sees widespread Japanese beetle damage across counties and cities. State entomologists warn of outbreaks in Youngstown, North Salem, Akron, Canton, Steubenville, Marietta, and Gallipolis threatening artichokes to zinnia crops and garden areas.
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Ohio
Youngstown
North Salem
Akron
Canton
Steubenville
Marietta
Gallipolis
GE Develops Blackout Street Light for Invisibility
General Electric engineers announce a blackout street light that emits light about one sixtieth of a full moon. A F Dickerson head of the Light Division says the light is completely invisible to enemy fire and provides just enough illumination for safe homeward travel.
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Schenectady WN
Ohio salvage output climbs with iron steel lead in last two months
The War Production Board salvage section reports 156,323 tons of iron and steel 9,890 tons of non ferrous metals 1,359 tons of rubber and 11,340 tons of miscellaneous materials produced from Cleveland industrial scrap in the last 60 days.
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Cleveland
Ohio
War Production Board
Angler Drowns Chasing Fish in Quarry
Delaware reports 28 year old Glenn R. Hensley drowned in a quarry yesterday while pursuing a fish that broke his line. He was an angler chasing a prized lure when the accident occurred.
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Delaware
Glenn R. Hensley
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Hornets
Russia
NEA Telephoto
U.S
White House
Connecticut
Harold Shane
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AEF
England
Roger D. Greenf
General Electric
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