Nazis Attack English Base At Alexandria
Axis warplanes bombed Alexandria Egypt killing over 100 as British forces massed off the Syrian coast. French-type planes attacked Amman and Turkey braced for security measures as German troops reportedly infiltrated Syria. Allied boosts included reinforced Palestine Iraq and Cyprus defenses amid Tobruk shelling and Galla Sidamo fighting.
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Alexandria
Egypt
London Radio
Amman
Transjordan
Beirut
Lebanon
Rhodes
Syria
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Palestine
Cyprus
Turkey
Sukru Saracoglu
Franz von Papen
Saracoglu
Iraq
Ankara
Syrian
Reuters
Rayak
Middle East
Archibald P. Wavell
Hitler
Birmingham
Chatham
London
Boulogne
France
Zeebrugge
Belgium
Stockholm
Gotland
North African
Tobruk
Libya
Ethiopia
High
Galla Sidamo
Millionaire Railroad Magnate A C James Dies
Arthur Curtiss James died at age 74 in New York. He was one of the nation’s wealthiest but least-known industrialists with gifts running into the millions. His fortune, once estimated at 350 million dollars, came from inherited mines and vast railroad holdings.
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New York
Arthur Curtiss Jammes
James
Ohio Medical Association Moves To Standardize Plans
The Ohio State Medical Association authorized a special advisory committee after its final session to coordinate proposals from medical groups and advise on standardizing medical service plans for low wage earners in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio State Medical Association
Association
House of Delegates
Ohio
Army to Reach 2.8 Million Man Force Amid Camp Rush
Washington AP reports a surprise billion dollar camp construction program led lawmakers to believe the War Department plans to raise field forces to 2,800,000 men. Brig. Gen Bre hon Somervell testified that contracts worth about 1 billion dollars were ordered to be rushed, with details not disclosed.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Army
Brehon Somervell
House
Rain Ends Drought Statewide. Southeast Hits Roads Hard
Six days of intermittent rain ended for most of Ohio with fair and mild weather. Southeastern Ohio suffered damage to roads and crops estimated in thousands as rainfall peaked at 8.31 inches in some areas, washing out crops and bridges around Marietta McArthur and Athens. No flood danger along the Ohio River. Northern Ohio saw below normal river flow.
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Ohio River
Ohio
Lockheed reports defense plane value for five months
Lockheed Aircraft Corp reports 45.871 million dollars worth of planes built and delivered for the national defense program in the five months ending May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
National Defense Program
Union Landed For Pay Hike At Ravenna Arsenal
Labor Leader Kenneth Statler says without union organization, workers on the Ravenna arsenal project would earn 40 cents an hour instead of 65 cents. He notes men who could not raise a $19 initiation fee were unable to continue work on the $30 million defense plant.
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Akron
Kenneth Statler
Ravenna Arsenal
Statler
AFL International
Arsenal
Five Day Week Idea From Mayo Doctor To Ease Tycoon Strain
Dr. Edgar V. Allen of Mayo Clinic told the American Medical Association that ambition and the strenuous life harm executives. He urged a five day week with eight hour days for business men to gain happiness and health, warning life has conquered man if current stress continues.
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Cleveland
American Medical Association
Edgar V.allen
Mayo Clinic
Dr. Allen
Army supply bill sought 40 000 planes despite shortage
Washington AP A $10 009655187 army supply bill the largest single appropriation since World War days was sent from the appropriations committee to the House with a blunt note that the fund is insufficient. Robert P Patterson undersecretary of war testified that the War Department expects a military need for all planes in the program.
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Washington
Air Corps
House
Appropriations Committee
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Ickes Indicates Gasless Sundays East Likely Soon
Petroleum Administrator Ickes spoke at a press conference about gasless Sundays and oil consumption restrictions likely to be limited to the East within a month. He urged daylight saving time nationwide and warned of a worsening power shortage. He noted Germany's aircraft capacity and a ramped up program in conquered lands.
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Washington
Ickes
Phone Rate Reductions Benefit Ohio Bell Customers
Ohio telephone users will save more than $500,000 yearly from long distance rate reductions ordered by the FCC. President Randolph Eide of Ohio Bell Telephone Co. estimates the cuts, effective July 10, apply to interstate and intrastate calls.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Federal Communications Commission
Randolph Eide
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Book lending declines in Cincinnati May activity drop
A public library reports a May decline of 32 411 in books circulated, attributing the drop to reduced industrial activity and slower public usage in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Steel Men Study OPM Request For Increase In Production
In New York industry representatives met to discuss the Office of Production Management request for a 10 million ton rise in annual steel output. The proposal, already at capacity, emerged from a secret Washington meeting between defense authorities and leaders of U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel, which together control about half the sector's capacity.
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New York
Office of Production Management
Washington
Defense
U. S. Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Foes of New Power for FD Gain Strength
Congress calls for drastic amendment of the administration bill enabling the President to requisition property for defense. Key senators including George Danaher LaFollette and Davis express opposition, questioning enforcement and effectiveness in labor disputes and plant operation if government takes control.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Danaher
R-Conn
LaFollette
Davis
R-Pa
Secretary of
Labor
Hitler Would Not Attend Ex Kaiser Wilhelm’s Funeral
Germany cross of official participation in Wilhelm II funeral. General Friedrich Christiansen to lay wreath for Adolf Hitler. The former emperor to be buried Monday with military honors.
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Hitler
Doorn
Occupied Netherlands
Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Friedrich Christiansen
Netherlands
Adolf Hitler
Plum Brook Defense Plant Land Cost Tops Records
The Plum Brook ordnance plant near Sandusky required 7 808 acres bought by the Federal Government at a total payment of 7 623 738 938 dollars excluding 17 condemnation parcels. Initial government estimates were 500 000 dollars with reports the project could cost 500 000 000 to 1 000 000 000 dollars and take about two years to build with steel firms likely to operate facilities. Some estimates reach 1 250 000 000 dollars but a full priority program could shorten construction to a few months.
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Roosevelt
Congress
St. Lawrence Seaway
Canada
Norway
Dardanelles
United States
New York State
International Rapids
St. Lawrence
Sandusky
Plum Brook
Washington
Skilled Workers May Be Taken From Army
The War Department announced that soldiers with specialty skills may be released from military service to return to civilian defense industry employment upon request by former employers. This marks a new policy for the military establishment.
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Washington
War Department
Standard Oil of Ohio Grants Small Salary Increases
Cleveland reports Standard Oil of Ohio approved monthly raises of $10 for employees earning under $5,000 yearly, effective this week. The move targets lower salaried workers in the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Standard Oil Co. of
Ohio
Rural Voters May Be Asked To Register
Ohio lawmakers enacted a rural registration option to curb fraud, allowing county boards to require city wide elector records where desired. The Bricker administration also approved a patrol licensing audit bill and boosts in workers compensation and death benefits. A new law bars the Communist Party from the Ohio ballot, effective in 90 days.
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Columbus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Seibert
State Highway Patrol
Communist Party
Oil Pipelines Proposed As War-Time Shortage Measures
Washington sources say a quick shift to oil pipelines is likely to address looming East Coast oil shortages. Roosevelt-backed bill aims to speed pipeline construction but may face House passaging hurdles. Experts doubt immediate relief, noting new pipelines would need 12 to 15 months to complete and gasless Sundays could be considered.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
Farm commodity prices rise as in 1917
Chicago reports farm prices and consumer food costs climbing past parity levels. Butter cheese eggs hogs rice beef cattle and other staples show gains since last year and since March as government and foreign aid programs expand purchases for welfare and Britain.
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Chicago
France
Red Cross
Britain
Roosevelt Facing Possible Action Over CIO Strike
A CIO walkout at North American Aviation plant in Inglewood halts defense aircraft production as the Defense Mediation Board weighs steps. Roosevelt urged use of the national emergency mediation machinery to end stoppages. Orton of the CIO Northwest slams the board, while two other defense essential strikes in coal and aluminum loom, with local settlements in San Francisco and Detroit reducing some labor tensions.
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CIO
Defense Mediation Board
North American Aviation Corporation
Inglewood
Calif
Washington
Roosevelt
North American
Mediation Board
W. P. Goodman
United Automobile Workers
CIO Lumber Workers
Northwest
United States
National Defense Mediation Board
O. M. Orton
Pacific Northwest
Orton
National Defense
United Mine Workers
Appalachian
San Francisco
Bay Area
Detroit
Federal
James F. Dewey
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Illicit Ambulance Crash Claims Careys in Ironton
A Dec 23 ambulance collision in Ironton claimed Mrs. Thomas Carey age 50 and her large pet who were riding in the ambulance. Mrs. Carey died last night. the pand is listed as killed.
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Ironton
Thomas Carey
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Great Lakes Steel Company
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