War bill funds spread across agencies for fiscal year
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 1 830 0 million supply bill totaling about 228 billion for national defense funding since June 1940. It funds multiple war agencies for the year starting July 1, with most for the War Shipping Administration and a debated $95 million line for the Price Administration. The panel trimmed Henderson’s request and barred transfers to shield OPA funding. It also covers civilian pilot training, aviation gasoline production, FBI staffing, and road agency airstrip projects as part of wartime measures.
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Washington
House
War Ipping Administration
Leon Henderson
Price
OPA
Henderson
Accomplices of Captured Nazi Spies Seized in FBI Round-Up
FBI round up targets connected to captured Nazi spies. British withdrawal signals strategy to avoid a major clash with Rommel’s superior tank forces. Axis gains threaten Matruh as battles shift toward the Nile valley, with air power emphasized on both sides.
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FBI
THE
Associated Press
Axis
Egypt
Matruh
Nile
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Ohio Needs More Hay and Pasture Land
Hillicothe Ohio farmers face a shortage of hay and pasture due to wartime grain use. Dr D R Dodd of Ohio State University warns farmers may substitute grains for forage, risking economic and nutritional shortfalls. He spoke at a conservation and nutrition meeting.
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Ays
Ohio
Hillicothe
D. R. Dodd
Ohio Stateiversity Agronomist
Coniere
Ohio War Damage Insurance Plan Approved
Ohio residents will be able to obtain insurance against damage from enemy attack or physical loss of real and personal property after Wednesday. War Damage Corp, a new federal agency, will write such insurance at 10 cents per $100 on premium policies of $3.
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Olumbus
Fate Insurance
John Yd
War Dam Corp
All-Out Rationing Forecast by Government Officials
Washington AP. The House Appropriations Committee and Price Administrator Leon Henderson predicted heavy demand on basic cost of living items could trigger a general rationing program for the United States before year end. They warned against naming specific items and cited 15 major groups potentially affected, with prices and wage policies shaping outcomes.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Allied Airmen Hit Jap Bases In Prolonged Raid
Allied airmen conducted their longest raid in the Lae Salamaua area of New Guinea and harassed enemy positions for hours during the night. A MacArthur communique called it a light, prolonged raid. A night attack 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
The Office of Price Administration sets Ohio tire and tube quotas for July. Two thousand seven hundred sixty four new tires are allocated for emergency vehicles including fire trucks ambulances and doctors’ cars. One thousand nine hundred forty eight tires are for war workers autos. Recaps total forty six thousand nine hundred ninety one and new tubes total twenty six thousand two hundred eighty two.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Ohio
CAP Vital Time Saver In Nation's War Drive
The Civil Air Patrol with 50 000 volunteers in 48 states expands war work beyond coastal patrols. CAP crews aid forest fire surveys in Georgia and the Carolinas and may assist Red Cross relief efforts. exact submarine patrol details are kept secret. A CAP pilot reported a submarine sighting during a first flight with a coded report.
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Washington
Civil Air Patrol
Army
CAP
Georgia
Carolinas
U. S. Forest Service
Red Cross
Navy
Eight German Agents Taken After Landing
FBI announced arrests in the case of eight Nazi saboteurs landed by U boats on the east coast. The roundup includes several associates and a new cache of $20,000 brings pay-off money to $170,000. Names of all arrested aides not disclosed.
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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 Assigned to Ohio Mines
Dr. R. R. Sayers directed a special investigator be sent to Ohio under the war program to control non military explosives and prevent sabotage. The investigator will work with the Bureau of Mines, FBI, army and navy intelligence, and local authorities.
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Washington
Ohio
Bureau of Mines
R. R. Sayers
Bureau
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Army and Navy
Bottling Caps Reuse Banned By Ohio Official
State agriculture director John T. Brown announced that reusing pop bottle caps on Ohio bottled beverages is not allowed, citing public health concerns and the need to ensure consumer safety.
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Columbus
John T. Brown
Army Bomber Crashes Near Dayton
An Army two engine bomber attempting an emergency landing crashed in a hayfield 25 miles south of Dayton killing all four crewmen aboard. The incident happened late yesterday as the aircraft spiraled downward after circling the field. Authorities described the flight as a routine training exercise when the mishap occurred.
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Dayton
Here
Four Japanese carriers sunk at Midway battle confirmed
The Navy lists Akagi Kaga Soryu Hiryu and Kirishima as sunk, plus several destroyers and transports. Unofficial tallies estimate 18,000 plus deaths and 275 planes, with ten ships lost in the big sea-air clash.
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Poryu
Kiryu
Mogami
Mikuma
Navy
United States
U S Armament Production Optimistic On Targets
Donald M Nelson told a House subcommittee that plane tank and ship goals will be met while consumer outlook remains poor. He said WPB has passed the hump and future gains depend on process improvements and material distribution as facilities prepare for 125000 planes next year and enough material is believed available.
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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 of illness from a fractured hip. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Emma Lanning brothers James and Peter Spimmel of Maxville and sister Mrs. Nancy Decker of Watson West Virginia. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 PM at United Brethren Church with Rev. E B. White. 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 70 years old urged clearing Grover Cleveland Bergdoll of harsher WW1 draft evader punishment. He said Bergdoll was punished more severely than others and urged an end to treating him as a national scapegoat.
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Dayton
Orville Wright
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Wright
Conte Verde sails with 459 U S citizens in Far East repatriation
The Italian liner Conte Verde departed Shanghai carrying key North and South American citizens for Lourenco Marques in the first war repatriation from the Far East. Of the passenger list, 459 were United States citizens.
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Shanghai
Lourenco Marques
U S Industries Face Shortage Of Manpower In War Effort
The House Appropriations Committee warns of a critical manpower shortage across industry agriculture and government service with a peak expected in October. It calls for training and shifting workers from non essential roles to essential industry to meet defense needs and support food production for the United Nations. It estimates needing 11 million more workers in industry and 2.5 million on farms.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
United Nations
Willow Grove No 10 mine faces corrections at Neffs Ohio
Dr. R. R. Sayers head of the Federal Bureau of Mines asks the Hana Coal Co of Ohio to fix substandard conditions at Willow Grove No 10 mine Neffs Ohio. No dates or further details provided.
Bases Voting For Soldiers
COLUMBUS Secretary of State John E Sweeney announced eased voting for Ohio soldiers in training camps from coast to coast. The only steps needed this fall are sending an application card, mailing ballots, and returning ballots to election boards. Cards will reach camps and be available to relatives for mailing to service members.
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Columbus
John E. Sweeney
Ohio
Sweeney
Board of Elections
Two Vessels Sunk Off Northern South America Coast
The Navy reports both a small Norwegian and a small Yugoslavian merchant ship sunk in the Atlantic Ocean near the northern coast of South America.
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Washington
Atlantic Ocean
South America
Battle for Egypt deepens as Rommel drives on Matruh
The war column reports German and Italian claims of Matruh occupation while British reinforcements withdraw, threatening Alexandria and Cairo. Rommel pushes along the southern flank as Hitler may use air power for a Crete airlift and a possible Syria invasion. Crete becomes a focal trouble spot for the Allies in the Near East.
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Russia
Kursk
Moscow
Kharkov
Caucasus
Germany
Middle East
Suez Canal
Alexandria
Egypt
Suez
Asia Minor
Matruh
Nile
Mediterranean
Crete
Eighth Army
London
Tobruk
Cairo
Rommel
Hitler
Syria
Near
Rubber Drive Extended By President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt extended the rubber collection drive for ten more days after disappointing Saturday night totals. Interior Secretary Ickes and William R. Boyd Jr. urged continuation. Six days of collections reached 100,438 tons, not counting rubber held by junk dealers and reclaiming plants.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ickes
William R. Boyd, Jr
Kekes
CIO Ohio Power Plant Wage Dispute May End
Steubenville AP reports CIO Ohio power plant wage dispute easing as company and union reps resume talks to avert a strike at Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia plants. Union seeks a $1 daily raise. walkout threatened at Philo Ohio Windsor West Virginia and Springdale Pennsylvania plants.
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Cio-Ohio
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 Threat to Ohio Wheat
Ohio State University experts warn of 3 million dollars in crop losses from wheat scab this year and up to 30 percent of next year’s crop at risk from Hessian fly. Extension agronomist David F. Beard estimates a 10 percent yield drop this year due to scab from wet cool weather at bloom and heading.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
David F. Beard
Ohio State
OSU Graduate Found Dead in Columbus Rooming House
Robert Bushong, 26, son of Lima State Hospital Superintendent R E Bushong, was found dead in his rooming house in Columbus. A recent Ohio State University graduate, he died of a heart ailment per a physician. He worked as an engineer at Curtiss-Wright Corp. aircraft plant.
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Columbus
Robert Bushong
R. E. Bushong
Lima State Hospital
Young Bushong
Ohio State University
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Cabin fire kills tourist in Springfield incident
An AP report states a tourist cabin fire in Springfield killed William George Marconi, 25, of Alliance, Quebec, who had come to visit his grandmother.
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Springfield
Lit
William George Marconi
Alliance, Q
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