Germans emulate Genghis Khan in war aims in Russia
AP dispatch reports German army and officials view Nazi power split as pivotal on eve of invasion of Russia. Advisers compare German campaign to Genghis Khan sweeping from Amur to Danube, while planning to destroy the Red Army and install puppet states in Ukraine and the Baltic. | The piece notes concerns over Axis air burden shifting to Italy and the potential reach toward Alaska via the Caucasus and Iran.
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Washington
Nazi Party
Genghis Khan
Amur
Asia
Danube
Russia
Far East
Berlin
Socialist Party
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Germany
Japan
Siberian
Alaska
Red Army
Ukraine
Baltic
Caucasus
Middle East
Iran
Mediterranean
Aid Objectors at Methodist Conference Stirs Debate
The Northeast Methodist Conference debated assisting conscientious objectors. The commission urged supporting objectors with material aid and work camps and sought government help to share financial burdens. A motion to negotiate peace and to disband excess provisions faced a narrow vote of 148 to 145 against removal.
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Weland
Methodist Conference
Carl Soule
Beach City
Norman Flickinger
Steubenville
Doctors Urge Caution In Fourth Celebrations
Ohio doctors urge caution during Fourth of July celebrations to prevent injuries and reduce burdens on hospitals and funeral directors as Independence Day activities continue. The Ohio State Medical Association calls for common sense and safer practices to limit emergency room visits and trauma cases.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State
Westing Company Cuts Aluminum Use With Substitutes
The Westing Company in Iansfield reports saving aluminum in manufacturing and other appliances by substituting materials, including for 7 bombing planes.
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Iansfield
Westing+ Company
Ole Senator, Son of Houston, Is Dead
Senator Jackson Houston aged 87 of Texas died last night. He was the son of Sam Houston and the eldest man to hold state office, appointed recently by the governor to succeed Morris Sheppard who had died.
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Ole Senator
Houston
Lington
Jackson Houston
Sam Houston
Texas
Rnor of
Morris Sheppard
Roosevelts Invite Community To Library Dedication
President Roosevelt issues informal invitations for the dedication ceremony of the Franklin D Roosevelt library in Hudson Valley. Local residents and neighbors receive notices for the Monday event honoring the president and his landmark project.
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Hudk Valley
Rooseay
Franklin D. Rooseary
Twenty Women Replace Men At Two Uptown Filling Stations
Harrisburg report notes twenty attractive young women now work at two uptown filling stations after the proprietor lost 24 male employees to the army and defense industries.
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Harrisburg
Army
Defense
Officials May Alter Induction Test Process
The Army reviews a planned shift in selective service where physical and mental fitness are assessed before camp. Pennsylvania hosts a month long experiment, with possible expansion to other states, to reduce late rejections caused by dental and examination results.
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Washington
Army
Pennsylvania
Selective Service
Frank Kittsmiller Dies In Detroit Hospital
Logan resident Frank Kittsmiller age 71 died Thursday at 2 pm in Ford Hospital Detroit after a weeklong illness. He worked 18 years for Ford, survived by wife Frances and daughter Ruth died earlier. he was uncle to Mrs. Melrose Harbaugh. He belonged to Knights of Pythias and Masonic Order. Funeral at Woodard Funeral Home Saturday at 3 pm, Oak Grove Cemetery burial.
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LOGAN
Frank Kittsmiller
Joe
Mahala Kittsmiller
Ford Hospital
Detroit
Kittsmiller
Ford Company
Frances
Ruth
Melrose Harbaugh
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Masonic Order
Woodard Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
Ammunition Shortage Faces U S Defense Efforts
President Roosevelt warned of a national ammunition shortage affecting defense needs. He said rifles could not be sent to Ireland due to shortages, unless Ireland could prove it would defend itself against Germany. He expected to discuss aid to Russia by telephone with Secretary Welles and awaited a report from the Russian envoy.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Ireland
Russia
Sumner Welles
Dumansky
Welles
New York
America
Ohio Supreme Court Clears Way For Miner Benefit Payments
The court refused to extend a restraining order and allowed immediate payment of 269000 dollars to about 6500 coal miners idle 42 days in 1939 contract talks between operators and union officials.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Athens County Divides $30,000 for 1939 Unemployment Benefits
About 700 Athens County miners will share roughly $30,000 in benefits under the unemployment compensation program for 42 idle days in 1939 during wage contract talks. The case involves 22 large operators seeking to enjoin early payment while appeals work through Common Pleas Courts. The supreme court has yet to decide whether to review those appeals.
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BUC
Supreme Court
U. S. Coal Co
Lorain Coal and Dock Co
Board of Review
Unemployment Compensation Department
Common Pleas
Atorney C. F. Taplin
Cleveland
E. G. Schuessler
Attorney General's Office
Review Board
Taplan
Taplin
Atorney John Cinque
Bellaire
Schuessler
U.S. Coal Company
Ten child Rogers family names new baby Glenn Dale
In Shenandoah Iowa Herbert Hoover repression Rogers and Franklin Roosevelt Recession Rogers have a baby brother named Glenn Dale born to Mr and Mrs J P Rogers. He is the tenth child in the family and the unusual names have attracted wide attention.
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Shenandoah
Herbert Hoover
Rogers
Franklin Roosevelt
J. P. Rogers
Glenn Dale
Chillicothe Man Promoted to Major in Army Medical Corps
Thomas M. England of Chillicothe rises from captain to major in the army medical administrative corps at Fort Hayes. He participated in Major Walter Reed's yellow fever experiments in Cuba at the turn of the century.
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Columbus
Thomas M. England
Chillicothe
Walter Reed
Cuba
Army
Fort Hayes
Machinists End Strike Return to Work Monday
Six hundred CIO machinists voted to return to work Monday after a 47 day walkout that stalled defense orders at eleven San Francisco Bay shipyards. A separate AFL agreement would also resume work for 1,200 machinists under a master contract covering West Coast shipyards.
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NEW York
San Francisco Bay
CIO
Siamanad Shafawe
Spacu Velore Lien
Maruer
AFL
CIO Transport
New York City
Chicago
Daily News
Daily Times
Herald- American
International Typographical Union
Washington
A. Z. Larsson
AFL Electrical Workers Union
Columbus
Appendicitis Ends Grace Karweick Graduation Performance
Grace Karweick rehearsed Capriccio Brilliant with the school orchestra for two years and planned to perform Mendelssohn on graduation night. She was hospitalized with appendicitis the day before graduation and received her diploma there.
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Rochester
N. Y
Grace Karweick
Capricio Brilliant
Mendelssohn
Blown Gasket Shuts Power At Ohio State Offices
A blown gasket in the Ohio Penitentiary power plant cut off electricity to most state offices. The outage halted electric bookkeeping computing and checkwriting machines for several hours delaying state work and payroll processing.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
GOP Loses in Indiana Fight over State Appointments
Indiana Supreme Court voided the 1941 Republican laws aimed at forcing Democratic Governor Schricker to share appointive power with four GOP officials. Four Democratic judges joined, one Republican dissented, ending the centralization created by Paul V. McNutt’s 1933 reorganization act affecting about 12,000 state jobs.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Board and Commission
Paul V. McNutt
Supreme Court
G.O.P
Henry F. Schricker
McNutt
Federal Security
Wheat Prices Jump to 13 Month Highs in Chicago
An early advance of about a cent carried wheat prices to new highs for the past 13 months in Chicago trading.
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Chicago
Russian Retirement Cites Gains as Germans Push Deep into Russian Territory
Russian reports say German armored thrusts drive back Soviet forces toward Vilna and Baranowicze in Lithuania and Polish territory. Moscow acknowledges retreats but vows reformed forces for new operations while RAF raids Britain’s 17th night atop invasion coasts.
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Germany
RAF
Russia
Vilna
Lithuania
Baranowicze
Poland
Soviet Resistance Strong as Russians Hit Three Drives
Soviet forces defend and strike across three main axes near Minsk Vilna Baranowiecze and Brody while Red airmen raid Constanta Bucharest and Ploesti. German bulletins admit stiff Soviet resistance and air losses as Britain protests troop movements toward Finland and Sweden.
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Vilna
Minsk
White Russia
Baranowiecze
Brody
Pinsk
Ukraine
Kremlin
Constanta
Bucharest
Ploesti
Europe
Nazis Seize Allies in Europe and Turkish Transit Reported
The report describes Hitler demanding anti communist contingents from各 nations, Spain forming a Spanish legion, volunteers in Norway Denmark Sweden and occupied France, Croatia Slovakia and Denmark severing ties with the USSR. Ankara cites Turkey granting transit to Vichy forces from Syria. British and Free French efforts in the Levant near end, RAF raids on Kiel Cologne Dusseldorf, and Japanese cabinet comments on U.S. aid to the Soviet Union.
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Spain
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
France
Croatia
Slovakia
U.S.S.R
Netherlands
Belgium
Portugal
Levant
Vichy
Finland
Leningrad
Kronstadt
Turku
Pravda
Moscow
Communist Party
Germany
America
RAF
Kiel
Cologne
Duesseledorf
Army Will Free Key Workers
Ohio selective service announced that workers in key industry positions may be relieved from military service if civilian work is urgently needed. Lt. Col. C. W. Goble said the employer must commit to rehiring the soldier upon release, and army approval will depend on case merits and service needs.
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Columbus
Ohio Selective Service
C. W. Goble
Army
Goble
U S Made Flying Boats Aid Atlantic War Effort
London reports mass produced corvettes and American Catalina flying boats boosting Britain's Atlantic campaign. Experts credit Catalina patrols and corvettes with driving U boats down and keeping long range bombers away. The rapid, mass production style resembles automobile manufacturing, accelerating naval aid to Britain.
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London
Britain
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Tokyo Says Japs Leaving U.S. Islands
Tokyo broadcast via Domei reports about 500 Japanese booked to sail from the Philippine Islands within a month. The agency notes these departures as part of wartime evacuations affecting U S and Philippine territories.
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Tokyo
U.S. Islands
New York
Domei
Tokyo Today
Philippine Islands
United States Axis Exchange to Sail From New York to Lisbon
The United States and the Axis powers plan a prisoner swap exchanging over 500 consular officers. The exchange will depart New York on an American vessel and travel to Lisbon before July.
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Washington
United States
Ie York
Lisbon
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