Senate approves $20 plus billion Army supply bill and WPA funds
The Senate passed a massive war aid package totaling about $20 billion including $12.7 billion for lend lease, $11 billion for aviation, and $9.95 billion for purchases and transport. The measure also funds the Woman's Army Auxiliary Corps and authorizes $32 million for war production printing. House expected to approve and send to the President.
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Ashington
Senate
House
Congress
E House
Roose
Worksets Administration
White House
District of Colum
Avia
Plea of Little Steel gains support for wage rise
A War Labor Board report backing a $1 raise for 157 Little Steel workers also endorses union dues checkoffs and membership retention. The panel did not fix the exact increase but noted Bethlehem, Republic, US Steel, and US Steel companies could pay the sum, with earnings have declined 13.3 percent since the last wage survey.
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Ashington
War Labor Rd
Little Steel
E- Panel
Bethlehem
Republic
D Steel Companies
Gstown Sheet and Tube Com
CIO United
Indus
Per Cent Increase In Telephone Calls
Ashington reports a rise of more than 50 percent in long distance telephone use over the last 18 months. Federal Communications Commissioner James Lawrence Fly warned of undesirable effects unless calls are voluntarily reduced. He proposed expanded carrier materials or definite means to curb demand on the system. Oscar J. Innes, 64, farmer, died from heat during wheat field work near yesterday. coroner attributed death to overheating.
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Ashington
Irman James Lawrence Fly
Federal Communications Coinion
Oscar J. Inn
King
J. der
Sold All the Booseberries Adetis Classified Notice
The brief notes an advertiser stating all booseberries were sold and more could be available, despite listing multiple times. It records a sold-out status and implied demand in a messenger classified context.
Gooseberries and classifieds ad contact lines
Short ad text offers gooseberries at low prices and invites readers to call 22084 or visit 27 Richiana Ave for selling items. Mentions no priority on classified ads or results from them and gives dial numbers for placing or listing goods.
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Richiana Ave
Still Smoking Bremen Is Rocked by RAF Bombers
Bremen, Germany’s second port and submarine base, was heavily bombed last night in what officials called a strong RAF attack. About 300 planes reportedly took part, as Bremen remained smoldering from prior raids in five nights of bombing.
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Bremen
London
Germany
Air Ministry
France
RAF
East Midlands
East Anglia
Atlantic Ship Toll Reaches 324 Losses in Atlantic War
AP reports seven ships sunk this week bringing total Western Atlantic losses to 324 since Pearl Harbor. Navy announced recent sinks include a large American tug, a small Norwegian craft, a Yugoslav freighter in rescue, and a small U.S. freighter. An American merchant ship was disclosed Sunday. Eastern Pacific losses stay at eight.
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Washington
Associated Press
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
U.S
Navy
Eastern Pacific
Sabotage Convictions Hit 177, FBI Reports
Washington AP The FBI reports 177 sabotage convictions and 5 246 complaints investigated in the ten months since last July 1.
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FBI
Washington
Continuance of Fairs Favored By Managers
Officials of Ohio county and independent fairs decided to operate during the war. The Ohio Fair Managers Association voted 47 to 6 to continue fairs where not hindering the war, amid debate over a federal request to curb tire use. President Ralph Haines and former Gov. Myers Y. Cooper spoke against suspending expositions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Fair Managers Association
Ralph Haines
Dayton
Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
A. B. McDaniel
Lucas County
Draft Evader Given Four Year Sentence in Cleveland
William Hampson age 28 of East Liverpool was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary for violating the Selective Service Act. Before sentencing he told Federal Judge Emerick B. Freed that he served as a minister of a religious society.
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Cleveland
William Hampson
East Liverpool
Emerick B. Freed
Traffic Death Toll Drops 25 Percent in May
CHICAGO A record 25 percent drop in the nation's traffic death toll in May was attributed by the national safety council to less driving and more caution in efforts to save cars tires and gasoline.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
War Situation in Africa Complicates Allied Stand near Egypt
The Allies face a perilous withdrawal as Rommel presses a strong offensive. British forces holding near El Daba may retreat further to delay the Axis push toward Alexandria, Cairo, and the Suez Canal. Fresh troops arrive and American air support strengthens defense as both sides seek air superiority.
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Hitler
Rommel
Fuka
el Daba
Alexandria
Cairo
Suez Canal
Angelo
U S Army Airmen Help Slow Rommel In North Africa
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's advance toward Egypt faced stiffer resistance as U S Army Airmen and New Zealand troops reinforced British defenses. The clash near Alexandria intensified with heavy fighting 140 miles west of the naval base as Rommel's 175 mile drive into Egypt encountered delays.
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New Zealand
Alexandria
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Matruh
Tobruk
Libya
Eighth Army
Fuka
London
Churchill
United States
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Middle East
Cairo
Mustapha Hadas Pasha
Anthony Eden
Jap Armies Advance on China Front
Japan's invasion armies gain another 20 miles in a two way drive along the Chekiang Kiangsi Rail way in Eastern China. Chinese armies retreat southward from the railway as Japan aims to seize the 450 mile link and expand overland transport south of the Yangtze.
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Associated Press
Japan
Tokyo
Chekiang-Kiangsi
China
Fukien
Hangchow
Chekiang
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Hankow
Canton
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Singapore
China Sea
Nazis Deport French Rebels
German authorities in Vichy announced immediate deportation of 50 hostages from Pas de Calais after anti Nazi attacks and sabotage. They warned another 50 would be sent if those responsible for the listed actions were not captured by July 7. The detainees were drawn from hostages in Pas de Calais amid tolls of telegraph and railway sabotage.
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Vichy
France
Pas de Calais
Wheat Farmers Paid Lowest Prices Since Pearl Harbor
Chicago reports the lowest wheat prices since before Pearl Harbor with July delivery around 1.15 dollars on the Chicago Board of Trade. The nation holds a carryover wheat surplus of about 630 million bushels, exceeding prior bumper harvests.
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Chicago
Pearl Harbor
Chicago Board of Trade
Neighbor Held After Ironton Youth Dies
Ironton report states 21 year old Ravencraft Bill Raven craft shot in head and neck with a .44 rifle dying early today. A 48 year old neighbor was held for investigation after a confrontation as Ravencraft tried to pass the neighbor’s house en route to church last night.
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Ironton
Bill Ravencraft
Ravencraft
Anna
U S Red Cross Aids Over Fifteen Million Worldwide
President Roosevelt submitted to Congress a Red Cross report showing more than 15 million people in Europe Asia and Africa received effective assistance through the organization.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
American Red Cross
Europe
Asia
Africa
Ohio Farm Income Reaches 448 Million in Last Year
The Agriculture Department reported Ohio farmers earned 448.594 million dollars in the past year, reflecting overall income levels for the agriculture sector nationwide.
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Washington
Ohio
Agriculture Department
Costliest Fiscal Year in U.S. History Ends
The Treasury closes a record cost year with 32 billion dollars spent in the 12 months, 26 billion of which funded direct war purposes. The new fiscal year budget is projected well over 70 billion, with 67 billion for direct war costs. Budget Director Harold D. Smith estimates the upcoming year’s total at 73.141 billion.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
Harold D. Smith
Bombers Hit Wake Island In Long Over-Water Raid
American Army bombers struck Wake Island under moonlight in what observers call the longest range over-water bombing mission to date. All planes returned safely, main building set aflame, and existing defenses crippled. Col. Art W. Meehan noted the raid likely delays Japanese air reinforcements and damaged key facilities on the atoll.
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Hawaiian Air Force
Wake Island
Atoll
Art W. Meehan
West Point
Wake
Pearl Harbor
Midway Island
Marine Corps
Meehan
Fix Dates for Training Ohio State Guards
Adj Gen Donald F Pancoast fixed training dates for 2200 Ohio State Guardsmen. From July 10 to 26 units from Columbus Chillicothe Athens Lancaster London Delaware Marysville Marion Marietta Zanesville Westerville train at Camp Zaleski in Vinton County. Camp Hocking hosts units from Akron Canton Warren Youngstown Cleveland Norwalk Mansfield Findlay Toledo Napoleon Bucyrus and a special weapons company from Washington DC plus four Ohio Naval militia divisions from Columbus and Cleveland. The Aug 2 period continues at Camp Zaleski with Cincinnati Eaton Hamilton Manchester Hillsboro Xenia Kenton Sidney Piqua. A Cleveland company encamps Aug 2– 9 at Camp Herae.
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Columbus
Ohio
Adj
Donald F. Pancoast
Camp
Mansfield
Findlay
Toledo
Napoleon
Bucyrus
Fifty-Eive Thousand Ohioans Register For Draft
About 85,000 Ohio youths age 18 to 20 percent are expected to register for possible military service in the nation’s fifth draft. The army seeks authorization to draft 18 and 19 year olds, as officials say these ages often perform well in combat roles amid a broad recruiting push targeting men under 20.
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Columbus
Nazi Battleship Gneisenau Dismantled at Gdynia
British aerial photos show the German battleship Gneisenau anchored at Gdynia after slipping from Brest on February 13. Her three 11 inch gun turrets are dismantled, and the 26,000 ton vessel rests in the former Polish port.
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London
English Channel
Brest
Gdynia
Over Million Jews Die Under Nazi Oppression
London officials of the World Jewish Congress estimate that more than 1 million Jews were killed or died from ill treatment under German domination. They report 700,000 dead in Poland and Lithuania and 125,000 in Romania.
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London
World Jewish Congress
Germany
Poland
Lithuania
Rumania
Voting Simplified for Men in Armed Forces
Secretary of State John E. Sweeney announced a simplified mail voting plan for soldiers to be used in the August 11 primary. Cards similar to those for the general election will handle registration and requests for absent voter ballots.
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Columbus
John E. Sweeney
Enlistment urged for Ohio doctors and dentists
Ohio physicians and dentists under 45 were urged to enlist at once to receive commissions or face reclassification by draft boards. Major Perry and Captain Northrup warned that about 2,500 physicians must serve by July end, with a Fifth Corps Area quota of 5,000.
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Columbus
Army
Ohio
Perry
Clarence E. Northrup
Fifth Corps
Northrup
Utility Workers' Strike Averted by War Board
A threatened walkout by about 550 Ohio Power Co. workers at Philo Ohio and Windsor West Virginia plants, seeking a $1 daily rise and a union shop, was averted when their dispute was certified to the War Labor Board last midnight.
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Steubenville
Philo
Windsor
W. Va
Ohio Power Co
War Labor Board
Mrs Gerda Melind Engaged To Saboteur Held By FBI
Chicago widow Mrs Gerda Melind engaged to Hans Haupt, a member of a German saboteur group, was separated from him after FBI exposure. She said she felt something was wrong and avoided recent contact, as authorities investigated the sabotage plot.
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Gerda Melind
Chicago
Hans Haupt
Feld
FBI
Government Rubber Drive Expanded As Offices Contribute
President Roosevelt through budget director Harold Smith orders all Washington and national agencies to surrender rubber for the scrap collection campaign. After a ten day delay and a 219000 ton tally, the drive will continue through July 10 as Ickes and officials clash over mats from the Interior Department.
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Washington
Harold Smith
Roosevelt
Ickes
Federal Petroleum Coordinator
White House
Iekes
Public Building Administration
Interior Department
Favor Establishment of Objectors Camp
In the Northwest Ohio Conference a majority of delegates voted 265 to 49 to establish and manage at least one conscientious objectors camp as practical evidence of church concern. Twenty six delegates expressed doubt, with Methodism urged to stand by objectors and support the camp.
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Lakeside
Northwest Ohio
Social Service Commission
Twentysix
Army Seeks 35 mm Cameras and Lenses for War Work
The War Department urged immediate public sale of 35 mm motion picture cameras and lenses. Owners should send full description age condition and expected price to the Signal Corps Photographic Purchase Board at 35 11 35th Avenue Long Island City New York.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Signal Corps Photographic Purchase ‘Board
35Th Avenue
Long Island City
N. Y
Negro appeals second indictment for larceny
Arkansas educator Co C Haraway, once freed on an all white grand jury, appeals to the Supreme Court alleging an all Negro grand jury later indicted him. He was charged with grand larceny in local school food fund misappropriation and received prison terms after conflicting verdicts by state courts.
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Washington
Arkansas
Supreme Court Today
Co. C. Haraway
Howard County
Senteneas
State Supreme Court
Haraway
Heroes die rather than surrender at Sevastopol front
Soviet dispatches say a Red Army battery, surrounded by Germans on the Sevastopol front, fired to the last man after a three day stand. Sevastopol defenders rallied amid a 48 hour German assault as Kursk and Kharkov battles widen with heavy tank losses reported.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Red Army
Crimean
Red Star
Kursk
Kharkov
Fedor von Bock
Caucasus
Bank Abduction And Robbery In Cleveland Case
Sher man Sharwell alerted police after a bank stop leading to a theft. Three men abducted him and robbed him of 2800 dollars, half cash and half checks, during the incident in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Sherman Sharwell
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