Allied Plans for Second Front and Soviet Bases in War Talks
Allied capitals debated a 1942 second front in Europe and possible Russian action against Japan. Discussions centered on Soviet air bases for U S bombers, Vladivostok access, and a broad 20 year aid pact with Britain and Russia shaping a postwar world.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
United Nations
Europe
Japan
Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Vyacheslav Molotov
Vladivostok
U. S
United States
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D-Mont
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Pearl Harbor
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Alaska
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Washington-Moscow
London and Washington Back Urgent Task on Front
London and Washington hailed a White House statement on creating a new front to pressure Germany. British observers warned Hitler massing for a Russia strike. press reaction from Daily Express called it Hitler’s worst day.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Europe
London
Moscow
Germany
London Daily Express
Hitler
Channel
Psychiatrist to Test Mentality Of Boy Killer
A psychiatrist was called to examine Richard Steadman Thompson 16 after he spoke of killing his stepfather Dr. Charles R. Owens 37 a chemistry instructor found shot in an Ohio State University laboratory. Coroner Edward E. Smith quoted Thompson saying he dreamed of killing and pondered suicide murder or persuading his mother not to work.
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Columbus
Ohio State University Laboratory
Charles R. Owens
Joseph H. Koffelt
Richard Steadman Thompson
Edward E. Smith
William Bryant
Thompson
Owens
Bryant
Byron
Hog Marketing Control May Be Needed in Fall
Secretary Wickard says a hog marketing control system may be needed next fall and winter to avert overcrowding of transportation and processing facilities. Farmers would be required to obtain permits to market their hogs under the plan.
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Washington
Wickard
Buckeye Boys State Opens 10 Day Session
The seventh annual Buckeye Boys State opens tomorrow at Ohio Wesleyan University. It provides practical training in democratic government under sponsorship of the Ohio American Legion.
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BOYS
Delaware
Buckeye
Ohio American Legion
Ohio Wesleyan University
Messenger Classifieds Offer Extra Cash for Used Goods
Local Messenger Classifieds announce extra cash through ads for used furniture appliances and other articles no longer needed. Readers urged to sell items for cash to reach hundreds of viewers.
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Messenger
Cnue
Classified Ad Request Slips In Before Saturday Deadline
A fragment notes a sundae classified section deadline before Saturday. An ad-taker phone line 0242 is mentioned for placing an advertisement and processing charges.
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Sunda
Drivers Gain Two-Week Reprieve on Gasoline Rationing
Washington reports a two week delay to the June 30 switch to a coupon book system as the OPA extends the current rationing. Beginning Monday non-essential drivers may buy six gallons per unit, up from three, with their ration cards while registrars and ration boards receive training through July 15.
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Washington
OPA
Scrap Rubber Collection Beginning Next Monday
President Roosevelt announced a two week scrap rubber drive from June 15 to June 30. Citizens were urged to search basements attics and backyards for discarded rubber items. Oil firms will host 400000 collection depots paying one cent a pound and the government refunds them.
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Washington
Roosevelt
$50 Minimum Pay Approved
Washington reports a final Senate and House accord on a $50 a month minimum pay for service members after long debate over $50 versus $42 and the current $30. The agreement moves to the White House for approval. A related allotment bill would classify draftees for dependents and deferment by family status.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
War production lowers Ohio unemployment in May
Ohio's May unemployment payments fell 15 percent as war production rose. Despite the drop, five month totals reached $9,258,990, 39 percent above the same period in 1941. May benefits totaled $1,385,887, down from April's $1,637,796 per Herschel C. Atkinson of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Herschel C. Atkinson
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Saturday Designated As MacArthur Day
President Roosevelt said he signed legislation making Saturday MacArthur Day to honor the United Nations commander in the southwestern Pacific. He said honoring living heroes is good occasionally and noted he would receive 15 living heroes the next day, preferring living to dead.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Nations
Pacific
Kharkov Site Of Big Push By Germans
German armies under Marshal Fedor von Bock attack Kharkov amid signs of a new large offensive. Soviet reports confirm heavy fighting with German advances, as Sevastopol defenses counterattack and Berlin signals promise a forthcoming major push. fighting also rages near Tobruk with North Africa sees tank clashes at Harmat.
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Kharkov
Fedor von Bock
Pittsburgh
Ukraine
Red Army
Crimean
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Red Star
Hitler
Berlin
North Africa
Tobruk
Bir Hacheim
Axis
Harmat
Triumph for Land Planes
Washington observers hailed Midway Island victory as the U S air power triumph with land based forces likely to deter future Japanese offensives. The news portrays Midway as a crushing defeat for Japan and a turning point in Pacific war strategy.
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Washington
United States
Midway Island
Pacific
Richard Donahey to join Nelsonville clay firm
Columbus reports Richard Donahey son of ex senator Vic Donahey will resign as deputy U S marshal and enter clay products manufacturing in Nelsonville with relatives. Marshal Chob Sisson announced the plan stating Donahey will leave active service June 15 after about three years on the force.
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Columbus
Richard Denahey
U. S
Vic Denahey
United States
Nelsonville
Chob Sisson
Sisson
Donahey
Senate Action Set on WPA Funding and Reform
The Senate received a 336 million dollar WPA appropriation to run on a war curtailed basis with 400 thousand monthly workers projected from July. A Republican bid to cut funds and shift relief to states failed 183 to 140, and a bid to bar new nonessential projects failed 184 to 133. An abolition bid lost 109 to 60.
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Washington
Senate
Two Merchantmen Sunk By Axis Submarines
U S Navy reports two more Allied and neutral merchant ships sunk in the western Atlantic by Axis submarines. A Swedish cargo vessel and a medium American ship add to the tally, while Cuban dispatches say an American merchantman shelled and rammed an Axis sub near a Cuban port ten days ago.
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NEW York
Atlantic
Ohio GOP Solons Vote For WPA Reduction
In a House vote to cut next year’s WPA appropriation by one third and shift relief to the states, 11 Ohio Republican members voted yes while eight Democrat members voted no. Columbus reports Secretary of State John Sweeney filed petitions for renomination on the Democratic ticket. Sweeney is serving his first term.
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Washington
Ohio
Columbus
John Sweeney
Sweeney
Loss of Lexington Ties Coral Sea Battle to Australia Stand
The Navy reported the Lexington was sunk in the Coral Sea battle ending May 8 after aircraft damaged the carrier, with 92 percent rescued from a 2300 crew. The engagement burdened the Japanese with heavy losses while American ships Neosho and Sims were also lost.
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Washington
Navy
U. S
Lexington
Coral Sea
Australia
New Guinea
Sims
Japan
Heaviest Losses on March 10 in New Guinea and Coral Sea
The March 10 attack on Salamaua Lae in New Guinea by Admiral Wilson Brown's task force and Australian planes sank or damaged over 20 Japanese ships. The Coral Sea battle began May 4 with Rear Admiral Frank J. Fletcher's force attacking the Tulagi area, sinking or damaging 12 Japanese vessels and destroying six aircraft, at a cost of three American aircraft.
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Pacific
China War
Oun Chao
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chuhsien
Chekiang Province
Kiangsi
Iwu
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Hangchow
Flying Tigers
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
Flying Tiger
U. S. Army Air Force
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Salamaua
Lae
New Guinea
Pacific Fleet
Wilson Brown
Solomon and
Louisaide Islands
Frank J. Fletcher
Tulagi
Solomon Group
South Pacific
Coral Sea
United States
Fletcher
Solomon Islands
Jamard Strait
Pega
Port Mores
Misima Island
Louisiade
Rossel Island
Port Moresby
Coral Sea Battle First Major Aircraft Driven Naval Fight
In the Coral Sea engagement American air power halted a Japanese invasion fleet in the first naval battle where all damage came from aircraft. Despite not being decisive, U S forces broke up the invasion, protected Australia, and inflicted heavy Japanese losses including multiple ships and carriers.
Young American fliers in Coral Sea battle report
An American torpedo plane squadron commander recalls May 7 at Coral Sea, detailing youth in the group, rapid ascent through training, and a dramatic attack on the enemy carrier. The carrier is destroyed with bomb hits as cruisers press, yet the mood remains restrained and focused on mission completion.
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Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Annapolis
May Rains Boost Hay And Pasture Yields
May rains that delayed corn and soybean planting raised hay and pasture yields, the Federal State Crop Reporting Service said. By June 1 the average increase exceeded 20 percent with tame hay up 22 percent, timothy and clever 21 percent, alfalfa 16 percent and pasture 23 percent.
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Columbus
Clever
Timothy
Civilian Government Workforce Expands in April
The executive branch civilian employment reached 2,011,848 at end of April, up 85,774 from March. This total is 1,194,088 higher than the World War I peak and more than double the prewar level before Europe’s 1939 conflict.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Europe
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