Leningrad Bombardment Sparks Fire Fronts Across Finland
Reports say Helsinki and southern Finland were raided by Soviet aircraft in retaliation to German strikes on Leningrad which reportedly left the city in flames. Finland allegedly declared war on Russia as combat continued with Finnish civilians killed and Lapneenranta set ablaze.
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Leningrad
Finland
Germany
Russia
Helsinki
Berlin
Lapneenranta
Pravda
Communist Party
LaGuardia Calls Nationwide Scrap Aluminum Drive
Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia urged a nationwide collection of scrap aluminum to build 2,000 fighter planes. Citizens urged to donate old pots pans washing machines and golf clubs with a July 21 collection deadline. Local officials civic groups and youth organizations will organize the drive with state governors directing final details.
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Washington
Fiorella LaGuardia
New York
LaGuardia
OPM
American Legion
Cuyahoga County
John O. McWilliams
Greater Cleveland
Loyal Order of Moose
American Guild of Variety Artists
Naval Appropriation Plans 2360 Planes and 19 Ships
The appropriation committee recommended a $742,465,145 naval budget including 2,236 new airplanes and 19 auxiliary ships. The total funds cover guns and ammunition and 20 millimeter cannon purchases. The plan would raise total Navy aircraft to 10,400 by June 30, 1943, with 3,600 on hand by next month and plant capacity expanded by $25 million.
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Washington
Navy
House
Appropriations Committee
U S Cargoes Move to Red Sea and Rangoon Links
U S officials disclosed that large lease lead cargoes are heading into the Red Sea for General Wavell’s Nile forces. Additional consignments have reached Rangoon for the China Burma Road supply route. President Roosevelt endorsed American technical workers serving abroad and said US citizens may enlist with British or Chinese armed forces.
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Washington
Red Sea
United States
Adopt New Test for Intoxicated Drivers
Cincinnati adopts urinalysis method to prosecute drunken drivers effective July 15. City Manager C. O. Sherrill says Dr. Carl A. Welzbach health commissioner Police Chief Eugene Weatherly and Prosecutor Robert Paul will prepare to operate the plan as used in Cleveland.
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Cincinnati
C. O. Sherrill
Carl A. Welzbach
Eugene Weatherly
Robert Paul
Cleveland
Body of hunter found after three days missing
Thomas M. Halliday, 44, of Loyal Oak, disappeared last Saturday during a woodchuck hunting trip. Sheriff deputies located his body last night, appearing to have been shot when he became entangled in a fence while attempting to free himself.
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Akron
Thomas M. Halliday
Loyal Oak
Halliday
Sheriff's
Logan Resident Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Sarah Redman 69, wife of Charles Redman, died after a three year illness at her daughter’s home 477 Oak St. Funeral services set for Friday at Nazarene Church at two PM with interment at Smith Chapel Cemetery. Survived by brothers Hollis White Union Furnace and William White Henderson West Virginia.
Supreme Court Hears Miners Appeal Friday
The Ohio Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Lorrain Coal and Dock Co. affecting 21 miners' benefits in a dispute over 1939 unemployment payments. The decision could decide whether about 6 500 miners receive 287 600 dollars in benefits. If review is denied, payments proceed. if granted, final ruling waits until next fall.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Carl V. Weygandt
Lorrain Coal and Dock Co
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Federal Board Zones Airways To Separate Military Traffic
The Civil Aeronautics Board set airspace rules to facilitate military flights and improve safety amid rising civil and military traffic. Airspace above 17 000 feet designated for military use with special authorization for certain commercial and civil testing. From July 1 all civil aircraft between 3 500 and 17 000 feet must have two way radio and altimeter. space below 3 500 feet remains unrestricted.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Firefighters Stung Battling Grass Fire Near Bee Hives
Idaho Falls firemen battled a grass fire and were stung while crews contained the blaze. The flames threatened about 200 bee hives along the path of the fire.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Government To Inspect Coal Mines Annually
A 107 member inspector force is proposed to begin October 1 to inspect all U S coal mines at least once yearly. The Bureau of Mines says about 2,500 mines meet the 25 worker threshold and 14,000 total exist. Most inspectors would serve Appalachia with 30 assigned to Western Pennsylvania Ohio Maryland and Northern West Virginia.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
R. R. Sayers
House Appropriations Committee
United Mine Workers of America
Appalachian
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
Ohio
Deadline Set For Accepting New Contract
Strategists of the CIO United Mine Workers expected Southern Appalachian soft coal producers to accept a two year labor contract before a July 7 deadline to avert mine shutdowns. John L. Lewis said 12 of 13 operator associations acquiesced with only the Harlan County operators declining.
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CIO United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
Southern Producers Wage Conference
Harlan County
Ky.) Coal Operators Association
Lewis
Harlan
Southern
Northern
San Francisco Bay
AFL
CIO
Haydenville Man Dies in Self Inflicted Wound En Route to Work
Dr. H. M. Cherrington, acting Hocking County coroner, ruled a death by self action in the case of William Bond aged 58. Bond slashed his throat with a razor early today and was found in the Natco plant yard at Haydenville by fellow worker Denver Brown as he was about to start his shift at 6. The death was investigated by Dr. Cherrington and Sheriff Floyd Duffey. Bond was married and left a family.
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Logan
H. M. Cherrington
Hocking County
William Bond
Natco
Haydenville
Bond
Denver Brown
Cherrington
Floyd Duffey
Lineman Sues Ohio Power for Overtime and Injunction
TIFFIN Ohio man Martin L Hudson a utility line worker sues Ohio Power Co claiming 10 368 overtime hours amounting to 43198 dollars. He seeks 14099 overtime pay equal liquidating damages 15000 attorney fees and an injunction to prevent discharge alleging union activity discrimination.
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Tiffin
Martin L. Hudson
Ohio Power Co
Car Owners Asked To Pare Oil and Gas
Washington launches a gas and oil conservation program urging 167388 automobile owners to reduce car use by 20 percent to ease energy demand.
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Washington
Prospects for Immediate Aid to Russia
Washington officials study quick ways to aid Soviet Russia while the president pledges full support to the Red Army. The Treasury frees frozen Russian assets and promises export licenses for war materials, but officials concede uncertainty over what can be spared.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Soviet
Russia
Mr. Roosevelt
Lie
Germany
Italy
Art Student Mary Glendening Missing After Weeks
Police search for Mary Louise Glendening 19 year old art student continues after three weeks with no clues. Her mother Mrs. Joseph A. Glendening says she last attended evening art classes on June 2 and then vanished.
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Columbus
Mary Louise Glendening
Joseph A. Glendening
FBI To Clean U.S. Payrolls In New Probe
Congress approves a $100,000 FBI inquiry funded by the Justice Department budget to investigate federal employees who may belong to subversive organizations. Rep. Robert Jones argues current law allows employees to stay on the payroll by affidavit, prompting the probe.
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FBI
U.S
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Justice Department
Roosevelt
Robert Jones
Ohio
Jones
Congress
House
Chicagoan in Iron Lung Tests Portable Respirator
Fred Snite Jr a Chicagoan who has spent five years in an iron lung rested here today before trying a new portable apparatus that may give him greater freedom.
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Dayton
Fred Snite, Jr
Great Successes Claim German War Advances
Germany announced progress with great successes in prospect as deep thrusts into Russian territories continued. Reports from Turkey claimed Russians offered little resistance in Bessarabia while a German parachute division prepared to attack Odessa.
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Germany
Turkey
Bessarabia
Odessa
Black Sea
Vilna
Hellsinki
Leningrad
Ankara
Cernauti
Bucovina
British Advance in Syria and World War II Air Losses
British claims of retaking Merdjayoun and advancing toward Beirut outline a push to seize Syria from Vichy French forces. A Soviet communique tallies German and Soviet air losses, notes three major spearheads into Soviet territory, and reports bombings of Sevastopol Minsk Kiev Riga and other cities amid heavy combat.
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Syria
Merdjayoun
Beirut
East Prussia
Kaunas
Siauliai
Lithuania
Grodno
Wolkowysk
Kobryn
Poland
Pinsk
Wlodozimierz
Brody
Polish Ukraine
DNB
Crimean Sevastopol
Minsk
White
Russia
Kiev
Ukraine
Riga
Latvia
Benes Links Hess Flight to Nazi Dispute and War Outlook
Former Czech leader Eduard Benes said Rudolf Hess flew to Britain after a six month Nazi leadership rift over next steps. Hess believed he could persuade Britain to halt hostilities as Hitler planned to strike Soviet Russia after Britain’s defeat. Benes argued Hitler’s invasion of Russia now ended any Nazi victory hope.
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London
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Rudolf Hess
Britain
Benes
Scotland
Hitler
Soviet
Russia
Holy Hour Draws 75000 at National Eucharistic Congress
In St Paul a vast male congregation of about 75000 gathered at the Minnesota Fairgrounds for the Holy Hour For Men during the National Eucharistic Congress. Archbishop John Mitty urged belief in Christ crucified and the litany of the Sacred Heart filled the night with candlelight and benediction led by Bishop James Griffin.
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Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
Arrow
Philadelphia
Pius XII
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota Fairgrounds
John J. Mitty
San Francisco
James Griffin
Springfield
Graham
Christ
Alaska lecture opens summer session at Ohio University
About 1,500 attendees gathered in Memorial Auditorium for Karl Robinson’s illustrated talk on Alaska. He showed color motion pictures and discussed salmon industry wildlife mountains and native life, stressing Alaska as the United States last frontier amid recent developments.
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Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Karl Robinson
Alaska
Robinson
Alaska Territory
Northern Territory
United States
Crawford Rites To Be Held in Logan Friday
Mrs. Belle Crawford 69 died this morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Van Atta after a long illness. Funeral at 2 PM Friday at the Methodist Church with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. Survived by two sisters Mrs. Van Atta Logan and Mrs. Jacob Horn Sugar Grove and one brother Dr. G. M. Crawford California.
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Logan
Belle Crawford
Earnest van Atta
S. Orchard
Methodist Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Crawford
van Atta
Jacob Horn
Sugar Grove
G. M. Crawford
California
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