War program budget pared by House panel to 66 million cut
The House Appropriations Committee cut Henderson’s Price Administration item to 95 000 and trimmed the War Production and Bureau recommendations. The panel also restricted funds to prevent transfers, disclosed large government outlays, and outlined expansion in aviation pilot training, air service personnel, and FBI staff as part of wartime measures.
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Leon Henderson
Henderson
Vision
Mill Camps
FBI
Axis drive in Egypt and Kursk push shape Middle East front
Axis forces claim capture of Matruh threatening the Nile valley as Rommel’s tanks close in. Allied forces including the United States rely on air power. In Russia, the Kursk area offensive enlarges German pressure on Kharkov and central fronts while Axis pincers target Suez and Alexandria from two directions.
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Axis
Egypt
Matruh
The
Nile
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Rommel
United States
Europe
Nile Valley
Russia
Kursk
Moscow
Kharkov
Caucasus
Germany
Middle East
Suez
Asia Minor
Mediterranean
Crete
Eighth Army
London
Tobruk
Ohio farmers urged to expand hay and pasture land
Dr D R Dodd of Ohio State University urged during a conservation and health conference that farmers in Ohio should increase hay and pasture acreage. He warned current grain substitution is inefficient and costly, a wartime risk that could worsen the state's agricultural balance.
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Hillicothe
Ohio
D. R. Dodd
Ohio Stateiversity Agronomist
War Damage Insurance to Be Issued in Ohio
Ohio residents will be able to obtain insurance against enemy attack and related damage to real and personal property after Wednesday. State Insurance Superintendent John yd announced that the War Damage Corporation, a new federal agency, will write such insurance at ten cents per hundred dollars with minimum policy premiums of three dollars.
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Olumbus
All-Out Rationing Forecast by Henderson and House Panel
Washington AP The House Appropriations Committee and Price Administrator Leon Henderson predicted a general rationing program may arise before year end due to heavy demand on major cost of living items. They cautioned against naming specific items to avoid stock runs while noting rationing could stem from wage and tax policy, savings, farm prices, and war progress. The office expected cost of living items to rise about 6 to 10 percent.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Allied Airmen Hit Jap Bases in New Guinea Raid
Allied airmen conducted their longest raid in the Lae and Salamaua area on New Guinea's northeast coast, harassing enemy positions for hours overnight. A MacArthur communiqué described it as a light prolonged attack. A night raid on Tulagi's wharf area in the Solomon Islands was also announced with few details.
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Australia
Lae
Salamaua
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Tulagi
Solomon Islands
OPA Sets Ohio July Tire and Tube Quotas
Washington reports the office of price administration established Ohio’s July quotas with 2 764 new tires for fire trucks ambulances doctors cars and other emergency vehicles 1 948 new tires for war workers autos 46 991 recaps and 26 282 new tubes specified for the period.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Ohio
Vital Time Saver in Nation's War Drive
The Civil Air Patrol grows to over 50 000 volunteers in 48 states and expands from coastal patrols to a courier service aiding war logistics. CAP planes ferry officers, support forest fire mapping with the U S Forest Service, and assist Red Cross tornado flood relief efforts. Submarine patrols are kept secret but CAP achievements are noted as significant in saving time during wartime.
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Civil Air Patrol
Army
CAP
Georgia
Carolinas
U. S. Forest Service
Red Cross
Navy
Eight German Agents Taken After Landing
FBI announced the seizure of several contacts and associates tied to eight Nazi saboteurs landed by U boats on the east coast. The cache of pay-off money rose to 170000 dollars, with arrests reported in Chicago and elsewhere. Names of the Amagansett suspects were given, while plans targeted aluminum plants and key war structures, including Ohio River canal locks near Cincinnati.
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New York
FBI
Long Island
Florida
Earl J. Connolley
J. Edgar Hoover
Chicago
Amagansett
Hoover
George John Dasch
Ernest Peter Burger
Michigan National Guard
Heinrich Harm Heinck
Robert Quirin
Ponte Vedra Beach
Jacksonville
Fla
Edward John Kerling
Herbert Kaupt
Werner Thiel
Hermann Neubauer
Aluminum Company of America
America
Washington
Biddle
Department of Justice
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Special Investigator Ordered to Ohio Mines
Dr. R. R. Sayers directs Bureau of Mines to deploy a special investigator to Ohio under the wartime explosives act. The appointee will cooperate with the FBI, Army and Navy intelligence and local officers to curb non military explosive use and prevent sabotage.
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Washington
Ohio
Bureau of Mines
R. R. Sayers
Bureau
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Army and Navy
Ohio oil bottle cap reuse ban urged by health official
Columbus report states John T. Brown state agriculture director forbids re using pop bottle type caps or Ohio bottled beverages to protect public health.
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Columbus
John T. Brown
Bomber Crashes in Hayfield After Alerted Emergency Landing
A two motor bomber appeared to circle for an emergency landing before plunging into a hayfield 25 miles south of here. The crash occurred late yesterday and killed the four crew members, all army airmen. Authorities report the aircraft had been carrying a crew of four. Local fire and police units responded to the scene to assist in the rescue and investigation.
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Darivu N
Here
Midway loss tally rises with four Japanese carriers sunk
AP reports definitive Navy assessment showing four Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi Kaga Soryu Kiryu sunk at Midway along with several destroyers and cruisers. Unofficial counts place Japanese deaths at around 18,000 with 275 planes.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Midway Island
Soryu
Kiryu
Mogami
Mikuma
Navy
United States
U S Armament Output Seen Meeting War Goals
Donald M. Nelson told a House subcommittee that plane tank and ship targets will be met with 125000 planes planned next year. He warned the consumer outlook is very bad though food and clothing will be adequate and the nation will be better off than England or Germany.
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Washington
Congress
Donald M. Nelson
The
War Production Board
WPB
House Appropriations
Nelson
England
Germany
Mrs. Melissa Rittgers Dies at Logan Home
Mrs. Melissa Rittgers 86 widow of Frank Rittgers died today at 679 East Hunter Street Logan after four years illness from a fractured hip. Survived by daughter Emma Lanning two brothers James and Peter Spimmel Max ville and sister Nancy Decker of Watson West Virginia. Funeral at United Brethren Church Thursday at two with Rev. E B White officiating burial Oak Grove Cemetery.
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United Brethren Church
E. B. White
Oak Grove Cemetery
Wright Seeks End to Bergdoll Punishment
Orville Wright aged 70, co inventor of the airplane, urged an end to Grover Cleveland Bergdoll’s punishment. He said Bergdoll was punished more severely than other WW1 draft evaders and that it is time to stop making a national scapegoat of him.
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Dayton
Orville Wright
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Wright
Bergsdolf
Conte Verde Repatriates 459 U.S. Citizens From China
The Italian liner Conte Verde sailed from Shanghai for Lourenco Marques in the first war repatriation from the Far East. Among its passengers are 459 United States citizens, part of a return effort noted in Japanese broadcasts.
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Shanghai
Lourenco Marques
Portuguese East Africa
Far East
United States
U S Industries Face Manpower Shortage Warns House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee warned of a critical manpower shortage in industry agriculture and government services likely to peak around October. It urged training and transferring workers from non essential to essential roles to meet defense needs and food production for the United Nations while estimating 11 million more workers needed in industry and 2.5 million on farms.
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House Appropriations Committee
United Nations
Correction request at Willow Grove No 10 mine Neffs Ohio
Dr R R Sayers of the Federal Bureau of Mines asks the Hana Coal Co to fix substandard conditions at Willow Grove No 10 mine in Neffs Ohio. The action aims to bring mine safety up to required standards.
British War Outlook Grim as Rommel Presses in Egypt
The War Today reports mounting pressure on British forces in Egypt with Matruh contested and Alexandria in jeopardy. Rommel’s forces push southeast of Matruh as Axis air power and a potential Syria invasion loom. Crete airlift boosts Nazi reach, signaling intensified regional threat.
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Cairo
Rommel
Matruh
Hitler
Syria
London
Crete
Near
Middle East
Rubber Drive Extended By President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt extended the rubber collection drive for ten more days after Saturday night totals showed 219,000 tons collected. Interior Secretary Ickes and campaign head William R. Boyd Jr. recommended continuation. First six days yielded 100,438 tons or 1.52 pounds per person, excluding rubber held by junk dealers carload lot dealers and reclaiming plants.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Interior
Ickes
William R. Boyd, Jr
Ohio Power Plant Wage Dispute Nears Settlement
Steubenville AP reports Company and CIO union will resume talks to avoid a strike over a $1 daily wage increase. The walkout threatens Ohio Power Co. plants in Philo Ohio and Windsor West Virginia and West Penn plant in Springdale Pennsylvania.
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Steubenville
Utility Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio Power Co
Philo
Windsor
W. Va
West Penn Power Co
Springdale
Wheat Scab and Hessian Fly Hit Ohio Wheat
Ohio State University experts estimate wheat scab will cost farmers about 3 million dollars this year and Hessian fly could waste up to 30 percent of next year's crop. Extension agronomist David F. Beard notes a 10 percent yield drop this year due to rain and cold at blossom and heading.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
David F. Beard
Ohio State
Recent OSU Graduate Found Dead in Bed
Robert Bushong a 26 year old OSU graduate and son of Supt R E Bushong of the Lima State Hospital was found dead in his rooming house. A physician said he died of a heart ailment after having worked as an engineer at Curtiss Wright Corp in its airplane plant here.
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Columbus
Robert Bushong
R. E. Bushong
Lima State Hospital
Young Bushong
Ohio State University
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Tourist dies in cabin fire in Springfield
An apparent tourist cabin fire in Springfield Illinois killed 25 year old William Marconi of Alliance Ohio. The victim had come to visit his grandfather according to authorities.
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Ill
Willam — Marconi
Alliance
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