Mine Black Gold Columbus Rubber Scrap Rally
Ohio residents me a wartime salvage boom as thousands dig for old rubber. In three cities, claim jumpers and young prospectors unearthed tens of tons, with 10 million pounds in state stock potentially doubling by month’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Buckeye
E. V. Weber
Petroleum Industry
Youngstown
Republic Rubber Co
Medina Rubber Company
Jin
Akron
New Walkout at Detroit Naval Plant Stalls War Production
Day shift workers at the Hudson Naval Ordnance Plant returned to work while hundreds walked out again in protest over employing Negro workers. Captain A S Wotherspoon refused to give exact numbers but said the bulk comply with union pleas to resume production, leaving the plant largely shut down and war work disrupted.
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Detroit
Hudson Naval Ordnance Plant
A. S. Wotherspoon
Richard T. Frankensteen
United Automobile Workers-Cio
Wotherspoon
School Head Advocates Vocational Training
Supt. E. L. Bowser of Toledo public schools argues that 90 percent of the population works with its hands and schools should provide vocational training to help those workers live more abundantly. He spoke at the annual meeting of Ohio vocational agricultural teachers in Columbus.
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Columbus
E. L. Bowser
Toledo Public Schools
Ohio Vocational Agricultural Teachers
U S Bombers Raid Constanta and Ploesti Reported
A Bucharest observer said reports claim U S bombers raided Constanta, the main Black Sea port, and the oil center Ploesti last week. Four planes reportedly landed in Turkey after the mission.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Bucharest
United States
Constanta
Rumania
Black Sea
Ploesti
Sunday Classifieds Ad Inquiries Dial 0242
An intelligible fragment notes an instruction to place a Sunday classified ad by dialing 0242 for an ad-taker to quote rates or take the order. No further details are readable.
New Duty for State Guards in Ohio Training
The Ohio State guard will receive personal combat training to assist military police, suppress enemy agents, and counter parachute troops. The shift, ordered weeks ago, expands beyond disturbance response and facility guarding. Camp Zaleski in Vinton County and Camp Hocking in Hocking County are studied as summer training bases, pending War Department approval.
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Columbus
Ohio State Guard
Adj
Donald F. Pancoast
Camp Zaleski
Vinton County
Camp Hocking
Hocking County
War Department
Specialists to Replace Officers at Capital
The War Department said it would reduce officers in Washington and replace many with members of the new army specialist corps. The corps will provide administrative professional scientific or technical services to free officers for command or combat duty.
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Washington
War Department
Army Specialist Corps
Admiral King Addresses Annapolis Class On War Sacrifices
Admiral Ernest J. King, commander in chief of the U S fleet, told the naval academy graduates at Annapolis that the United States could win the war only with unremitting labor and many heartaches and sacrifices the nation has never before known.
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Annapolis
Ernest J. King
U. S. Fleet
Naval Academy
United State
Denver Picked as 1943 Kiwanis Convention City
Denver was tentatively chosen as the 1943 Kiwanis International convention city at the closing sessions of the 27th annual Kiwanis International convention.
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Denver
Cleveland
Kiwanis
Japan massing troops in Manchuria to strike Siberia
Chinese high quarters in Chungking say Japan has nearly one million troops in Manchuria and plans to strike Russian Siberia in July as part of a broader aim to block American war production and deter a Pacific offensive. Military actions across New Guinea and Coral Sea battles are described with Allied attempts to sink Japanese ships and defend Port Moresby.
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Russia
Japan
Manchuria
Russian Siberia
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Tokyo
Chungking
South Seas
Hawaii
Siberia
Midway
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Australia
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Port Moresby
New Guinea
United Nations
Coral Sea
Harry Spieth
Portland
Ore
Gestapo Says Heydrich Killers Shot While Resisting
London AP reports the Gestapo announced the Prague church killings of Reinhard Heydrich’s assassins as a typical ending, claiming the suspects were found and shot while resisting arrest. The BBC notes the discovery followed a Czech ultimatum deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Heinrich Himmiler
Gestapo
Germany
Reinhard Heydrich
Prague
British Broadcasting Corporation
Electrician electrocuted at substation in Steubenville outage
Steubenville report says John Caniff 34 a lineman was electrocuted when he touched a 4000 volt line at a substation causing a 45 minute city power outage while his body was removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
John Caniff
Cleveland man sentenced for failure to report for induction
Antonio Pannutti 28, a Warren resident who styled himself as an inventor, was convicted of failing to report for army induction and received a four year federal prison sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Antonio Pannutti
Warren
Ohio's Relief Expense Drops Below Million
Ohio welfare costs fell under one million dollars for the first time in five years as May relief totaled 974 504, a drop from April's 1 138 288 and a record low 34 693 cases. June 65 849 cases. 1937 relief near 937 000 with suspensions in some areas. Total five month 5 925 101 versus 8 551 446 in 1941 period.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles L. Sherwood
Sherwood
U S urged to buy tires for war workers
Wendell Lund director of the WPB labor production division urged the government to purchase tires for non essential private autos and allocate them to war workers. He told a House defense migration committee that the entire victory program relies on worker transportation and called for teeth in the program to ensure rubber and equipment are used for war purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wendell Lund
WPB
House
Setbacks in Africa Delay Allied Drive
London report says Churchill seeks more American aid to hold the Middle East as Libya and Egypt face risk from German advances. A major Western Europe invasion may be postponed to 1943 due to the Libyan Egyptian situation, with commando raids and air attacks seen as possible countermeasures.
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London
Churchill
Washington
United States
Middle East
Libya
Egypt
Ukraine
Caucasus
United Nations
Europe
Hitler
Middle Eastern
Suez
Indies
Russia
Roosevelt
Ime
Marshal Rommel
Mediterranean
Singapore
Turkey
Sweden
Shipbuilding Measure Clears House for Senate Action
The House approved an $8.55 billion ship construction bill aimed at boosting U S naval supremacy and sent it to the Senate after a unanimous, enthusiastic vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Allied plans and risks loom in Churchill Roosevelt talks
The piece surveys allied aims amid talks between Churchill and Roosevelt. It flags potential second front decisions, Chinese aid needs, a possible Japanese attack on Russia, post Midway realignments, and a Turkish Syrian operation scenario. It warns a failed second front would be disastrous and stresses cautious, informed strategy.
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Churchill
Roosevelt
China
Chungking
Russia
Midway
Coral Sea
Pacific
Hitler
Maneuvers Stress Jungle Desert Tactics Across Army
Four months of intensive field maneuvers stressing desert and jungle fighting and joint air ground operations will open up much of the expanded army on July 13. Army Secretary Stimson outlined the plan, detailing six corps across the South and West and new duties for State Guards replacing National Guard units in national service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jetary Stimson
Army
Stimson
War Department
3 300 Men To Check Prices
David Ginsburg of the Office of Price Administration calls reports of hiring 100,000 investigators "absolute nonsense" as next year's budget plans 3,300 inspectors nationwide. The Cleveland region covering Ohio and nearby states orders cuts to county rationing boards and staff effective July 1.
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Cleveland
David Ginsburg
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Michigan
Indiana
Steel Leaders Set for General Wage Increase
Pittsburgh report says leaders in the steel industry anticipate a general wage increase worth nearly 200 million dollars annually. Executives expect the War Labor Board to grant a substantial boost in the pending little steel case and believe the industry will have to accept it within 60 to 90 days.
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Pittsburgh
Ster
War Labor Board
Toledo Jeep Day Spurs $250000 War Bond Sale
Toledo observed Jeep Day with a ceremony that led to the sale of nearly $250000 in War Bonds yesterday. The feature event highlighted local military reconnaissance vehicles manufactured in the city.
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Toledo
Ohio Democrats to share platform at Meyers Lake rally
Five Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidates will speak from the same platform at a rally in Meyers Lake Park, Canton, ahead of the August primary. The event showcases the crowded field with candidates campaigning across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ohio
Meyers Lake Park
Lake Superior Iron Ore Record Set in May
The Lake Superior Iron Ore Association reports blast furnace consumption of lake district ore reached an all time high of 1,239,788 gross tons in May.
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Cleveland
Lake Superior Iron Ore Association
Lake District
Second Front in Europe Top Topic of Washington Parley
Prime Minister Churchill arrives in the United States for a second time in seven months and meets President Roosevelt amid focus on war strategy and the push for a second front in Europe. Generals join talks in Britain while Allied troop movements and press reactions signal pivotal decisions shaping the North Africa and Soviet fronts.
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Second Front
Europe
Washington
Churchill
United States
Roosevelt
Dinana
Alvill
Avalyv
North Africa
Soviet Crimea
Atlantic
London
London Daily Express
England
George C. Marshall
Northern Ireland
Stephen Early
Tokyo
Axis Denigrates Churchill Visit As Political Gesture
Axis broadcasters dismissed Churchill's second wartime U S visit as a political gesture with no real significance. They argued war outcomes depend on arms and not on begging trips. Molotov in Moscow praised allied efforts toward a second front and warned of costs to a common foe due to deepening Soviet Britain U S cooperation.
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New York
Churchill
United States
Sevastopol Defenses Hold Amid Axis Siege Fronts
The article reports Sevastopol stoutly defending against German siege forces with Red Army claims of heroic resistance. In North Africa Rommel’s siege of Tobruk intensifies as Axis spearheads contact outer defenses and German encirclement is claimed. Soviet reports cite heavy German losses at Sevastopol as Russian units counterattack successfully.
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Sevastopol
Red Army
Neil M. Ritchie
Tobruk
Axis
Erwin Rommell
Mediterranean
Rommel
Egypt
Middle East
Caucasus
Battle Near French Coast Describes Losses of British Destroyer
British communique reports a wild sea battle about 100 miles off the French Atlantic coast. Four Spanish fishing trawlers and a 1 120 ton British destroyer Wild Swan were destroyed, while four Junkers were shot down and two collided and sank the destroyer.
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London
Atlantic
Wild Swan
Admiralty
Taft Seeks Deferment for Men With Families
Senator Taft urged the selective service reclassify married men with wives and children into Class III, to be drafted only after younger unmarried men. He doubted many with families over 30 would be needed for active service and urged a definite ruling on their status.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Selective Service
Ford to film Midway Battle before Navy duty
Filmmaker John Ford, director of How Green Was My Valley, is set to film the Battle of Midway. Ford plans to capture the Japanese attack from a naval tower during his wartime service.
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Hollywood
Battle of Midway
John Ford
Green
My Valley
Navy
Ford
Pacific
No Opposition For Bricker
Gov. John W. Bricker faced a vacancy free path to the Republican gubernatorial nomination after Herbert Hoover of Akron was disqualified for lacking 38 signatures on his nominating petitions. Bricker would seek a third term against the Democratic nominee.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Herbert Hoover
Akron
John Sweeney
Hoover
Sweeney
Bricker
Not Even Half Amount Of Aluminum Collected
Washington report notes War Production Board officials found the pots and pans aluminum drive last year yielded less than half of expected metal. After months WPB sought conclusive reports and completed an official statistical review of the one week campaign conducted hast July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Actor Gene Raymond Arrives in Great Britain With Air Corps
Lieut. Gene Raymond, a motion picture actor now serving with the United States Army Air Corps, has arrived in Great Britain, according to today's announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gene Raymond
United States Air Corps
Great Britain
Elimination of County Fairs Is Advocated
Ohio faces possible elimination of 90 independent and county fairs to aid the war effort. Joseph B. Eastman defense transportation director urged deferment of all state and county fairs to prevent government control of travel during the war.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Washington
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Philip D. Reed
Bureau of Industry
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V. Molotov
Supreme Soviet
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