Army airmen recount Midway as they blast Yamamoto fleet
American Army bombers and Marine fliers describe the decisive Battle of Midway actions that repelled the Japanese fleet, damaged carriers and ships, and showcased joint Army Navy and Marine cooperation. They note fatigue, brave sacrifice, and the pivotal high altitude and dive bombing strikes that helped turn the tide.
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Midway
Brook Allen
Pearl Harbor
Service
Army
Navy
Marines
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific
United States Army
Marine Corps
20 Year British Soviet Pact Sneaks Toward War Front Unity
Washington announced a full understanding among the United States Great Britain and Russia on opening a second front in Europe this year and the signing of a 20 year mutual assistance treaty between Great Britain and the Soviet Union. Molotov visited Washington for talks with President Roosevelt and key U S officials. The accords aim to speed supplies and coordinate postwar peace efforts while denying any public spoilers on timing for the western front.
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FDR
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Europe
London
Germany
Vyacheslav Molotov
White House
Anthony Eden
Soviet Union
Maceopera Union
Nazis Claim Bir Hacheim Captured by Axis Forces
German high command asserted Bir Hacheim fell to Axis storming after days of fighting. British and Free French denied, saying they repulsed Rommel’s tanks with RAF support. Sevastopol defense under heavy assault, with Axis siege forces pressing in Crimea. Kharkov fighting continues as red army reports a battle with limited details.
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Bir Hacheim
Adolf Hitler
North Africa
London
Erwin Rommel
Birbane
Bir Hachim
Rommel
Sevastopol
Russia
Crimean
Hitler
Bol
Crimea
Caucasus
Kharkov
Pittsburgh
Ukraine
Moscow
Red Army
Germans Refrigerating Tanks Used in Africa
Berlin reports that well informed circles say Rommel’s Libyan operations owe much of their success to refrigerated tanks. Officials note interior temperatures rise to extreme heat, but a gas refrigeration system between engine and cooler keeps tanks cool even in Libya’s harsh climate.
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Berlin
DNB
Rommel
Libya
Crabtree Out Again as Wings Manager
Rochester Bed Wings announce Bate Crabtree will be removed as club manager due to ill health. Ray Hayworth, veteran catcher and current Cardinals coach, will succeed him.
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Ager
Rochester Bed Wings
Ray Hayworth
St. Louis Cardinals
Ela
Wings
War Production Board Approves 550 Mile Texas to Illinois Pipeline
The WPB authorized immediate construction of a 550 mile 24 inch petroleum conduit from Longview Texas to Salem Illinois to move 350000 barrels of oil daily to the Salem area for eastward shipment. The line aims chiefly for fuel oil with potential future extension toward the New York Philadelphia refining area. An additional Ohio River branch is planned to supply 100000 barrels for barge transport to Pittsburgh.
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Washington
War Production Board
Longview
Texas
Salem
Ill
Great Lakes
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
New York-Philadelphia
Ickes
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Baumhart Urges Tires Rationing Reconsideration
Rep. A. D. Baumhart Jr. calls for discretion in tire restrictions for educators, arguing the blanket ban goes too far. He says rationing should be equitable and wartime efforts require balanced limits.
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Washington
A. D. Baumhart Jr
Vermillion, C
Office of Price Administration
Logan Man Charged With Draft Evasion
Logan Seifert of Logan R D 4 was arrested by Sheriff Floyd Duffy on a charge of failing to report for Army induction scheduled May 12. The FBI filed the complaint, and deputy U S marshals brought him to city for arraignment before Federal Judge Mell Underwood.
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Logan
Alva Seifert
R.D
Floyd Duffy
Seifert
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S
Columbus
Mell Underwood
Soldier’s Medal Awarded to Private Wilson P. O’Brien
The War Department awarded the Soldier’s Medal for heroism to Private Wilson P. O’Brien of Steubenville Ohio for rescuing a man from drowning in the East River New York on Heb 10.
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Washington
War Department
Wilson P. O'Brien
Steubenville
East River
New York
House Nears Showdown on Wartime WPA
Washington lawmakers prepare for a floor clash over a $280 million wartime WPA appropriation aimed at funding about 400 000 workers monthly. Critics call the program wasteful and unnecessary while Rep Taber argues work is available elsewhere and WPA favors wasteful payrolls.
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Washington
Taber
R-Ny
WPA
Denial of Temporary Coal Price Increases
The Interior Department's bituminous coal division rejected requests for temporary increases in minimum coal prices east of the Mississippi Iowa and northeastern Colorado. Acting director Dan H Wheeler ruled after informal conferences with district coal boards presenting data to justify higher minima due to increased production costs.
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Washington
Mississippi
Iowa
Colorado
Dan H. Wheeler
Marietta Boat Plant Told to End Antiunion Actions
Cincinnati April 4 George Bokat a labor bound trial examiner recommended that Marietta Manufacturing Co Point Pleasant West Virginia a boat building firm be directed to cease discouraging employees from joining the CIO United Steelworkers and to reinstate with back pay 17 workers dismissed for alleged union activities.
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Cincinnati
George Bokat
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Cio-United Steelworkers of America
Jap Losses in China Top Two Million
London AP reports that Japanese casualties in China through 1941 ended above two million killed and wounded. Chinese Ministry of Information director K C George Yeh in London could not give exact figures but asserted Chinese losses were not smaller than Japan's.
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China
London
K. C. George Yeh
Chilean Break With Axis Delayed by Parliament
A Chilean congressional committee refused to consider a proposal to sever relations with Axis powers, ruling that only the president holds constitutional authority to make such a break. The decision delays Chile's move amid World War II alignments.
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Santiago
Chile
Logan City appoints two 90 day city patrolmen
City Service Director Roy Loomis announced shortly before noon that Ellinger and Rafferty received 90 day provisional appointments as patrolmen to fill two vacancies. Ellinger is a former Hocking County deputy sheriff and Rafferty worked in WPA offices. Roger Friend had announced 14 men passed the civil service exam and were eligible.
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Logan
City Service
Roy Loomis
Ellinger
William Rafferty
Hocking County
Rafferty
WPA
Roger Friend
the Civil Service Commission
Advocates Call Rationing Of Scarce Necessities
Granville report says Consumers Union urges immediate rationing of scarce goods and creation of volunteer price watchers to enforce ceilings. A second resolution supports higher taxes based on ability to pay and opposes a federal sales tax.
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Granville
The
Consumers Union Today
Office of Price Administration
Alf
University and Athens schools open summer session registrations
Registrations for University Elementary School and Athens High School summer session remain open through this week and next ending July 31. No charge for attendance and opportunities for recreation and regular work in Kindergarten through all grades. Further plans detailed on page 5.
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University
Athens High School
Four More Ships Added To Submarine Victims
Enemy submarines in the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific were credited with sinking 266 Allied and neutral ships since Pearl Harbor. The latest losses include two small American fishing craft a medium English merchantman and a medium United States merchant vessel for an Atlantic war score of 259.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
United States
Ohio to Test Blackout in Steubenville Next Wednesday
Ohio's first test blackout of an industrial city will be held next Wednesday night at Steubenville. The state defense council announced Steubenville is a steel making center.
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Columbus
Ohio
Steubenville
State Defense Council
Sugar law violator among others indicted in Columbus
John Ever ett Gills aged 53 of Gallipolis faces federal charges for failure to render a sugar disposition return and is among several individuals named in true bills by a federal grand jury. Gills co-owns Gills Produce Co. Others include Elza Clifford Bennett of Athens charged with a Selective Service Act violation.
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Columbus
John Everett Gills
Gallipolis
U. S
Calvin Crawford
Gills
Internal Revenue Department
Gills Produce Co
Athens
Elza Clifford Bennett
New Jersey Shipyard Launches Santa Fe Cruiser
In Camden New Jersey the New York Shipbuilding Corp launched the cruiser Santa Fe in a closed ceremony. The keel had been laid a year and three days earlier. A water from the Santa Fe River was broken on the bow after blessing by the Archbishop of Santa Fe.
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Camden
N. J
Santa Fe
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
America
Army fliers praise Marines after Midway heroism
General Emmons cites Marine bravery at Midway. Col. Sweeney and Army pilots praise Marines as cool, selfless, and fearless. An Army flyer recalls a Marine pilot who sacrificed himself to draw fire, enabling others to attack. Marines stayed to fight despite heavy losses as the battle raged.
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Emmons
Territory OF Hawaii
Battle of
Midway
United States
Walter C. Sweeney, Jr
Flying Fortress Squadron
America
Eden Reveals 20 Year Soviet Britain Pact in Commons
British Foreign Secretary Eden announced a 20 year postwar treaty with Russia in the House of Commons. U S Ambassador Winant and Russian envoy Maisky attended the diplomats gallery as Eden outlined non aggression and security principles, with no secret commitments and a potential League of Nations type framework. The pact excludes Japan and sets a path for Europe’s security and economic prosperity.
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London
Eden
House of Commons
Ivan Maisky
United States
John G. Winant
Russia
Baltic States
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Hitler
Japan
Europe
Organization of Security and Economic Prosperity
United Nations
Britain
League of Nations
U. S
John G. Wileant
Mayor orders big cut in Columbus employes
Mayor Floyd F. Green after the defeat of a special levy ordered a sharp curtailment of city services and the layoff of 450 to 475 workers next Monday. The plan cuts refuse and garbage collections, ends supervision at playgrounds, and dismisses park staff except watchmen.
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Columbus
Floyd F. Green
Green
Gasoline Storage Seen as Major Ohio Fire Hazard
Columbus report warns that individuals storing gasoline for rationing poses a top fire risk across Ohio. State Fire Marshal Gill says some officials may treat personal gasoline storage as sabotage if it causes fire or damage.
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Columbus
Ohio
Gill
Jap War Industries Offer Perfect Targets
Congress member Stephen Young says U S air force leaders agree that Japan’s war industries present perfect targets. He cites General Doolittle’s raid as a hint of what is to come and urges continued strikes from Washington.
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Washington
U.S. Air Force
Stephen Young
Ohio
Japan
Doolittle
Ohio Receives Over 730 Million From WPA
The Works Project Administration informed a congressional committee that it spent 730.084 million dollars in Ohio from 1935 to March 1942.
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Ohio
Washington
Works Project Administration
Uough
Baby Cribs Wanted Spark Local Furniture Trade
Local furniture store owners report a surge in inquiries for baby cribs strollers and baby buggies amid scarce supplies. Dealers warn the period presents an excellent chance to cash in unused items.
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Yamamoto
Mamnes
Willis H. Hale
Colorado Springs
Molotov
Joseph Stalin
Maxim Litvinoff
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
Associated Press
Africa
Crabtree
Rochester, N. Y
Bate
Texas - Illinois Petroleum Line
Baumhart
Logan Man
Axis
Logan City
New Jersey Shipyard
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