Heat Wave Grips Eastern Half With 90s Temperatures
An early season heat wave bakes the eastern half of the nation with 90s as a weak front lags over Illinois. A cooler Canada air mass is not expected to arrive until this weekend. Record highs include 96 in Florence South Carolina and 95 in Atlanta with 93 in Cincinnati and 92 in Washington.
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Illinois
Canada
Atlantic
Florence
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Atlanta
Cincinnati
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Spanish War Veteran Carries SAR Greeting to Darlington
Maj. Joseph Rich, a North Carolina veteran of the Spanish American War, traveled by automobile to Darlington Indiana bearing a message from the 52nd National Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution. He presented SAR greetings to Noah M Brock a 150 year old grandson of the Revolution.
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Columbus
Maj
Joseph Rich
North Carolina
52Nd
National Congress
Sons of the American Revolution
Daniel Boone
Darlington
Ind
Noah M. Brock
Water Shortage Threatens Mahoning Valley Industries
Lake Milton water levels fall to less than half normal and drop about a half inch daily. Caretaker Harry Middleton warned that without rain the supply could last only about 30 days.
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Youngstown
Lake Milton
Mahoning Valley Industries
Harry Middleton
Middleton
Naval Reserves Depart From Columbus for Four Months
Five officers and 85 men of the 52nd Division of Organized Naval Reserves leave Columbus today for the naval station at South Manitou Island Michigan for four months of service.
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Columbus
South Manitou Island
Lake Michigan
California Shipyard Strikers Reject Appeal of Governor
Strikers at California shipyards refuse the governor’s proposed settlement and continue a dispute over labor terms and recognition. Leaders vow to pursue negotiations while state mediators seek a quick resolution amid wartime production pressures.
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California
Melching Named Head of Southeastern Ohio Egg Auction
L B Melching of Columbus awarded manager post for Southeastern Ohio Egg Auction set to open July 8 in Nelsonville. Committee interview process included Harold Koker and Charles Sheppard. Melching to supervise operations and relocate to Nelsonville as site progress reports declared satisfactory. Auctions planned twice weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays with staff hires by management.
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L. B. Melching
Columbus
American Legion
Harold Koker
Cincinnati
Charles Sheppard
Pittsburgh
Melching
Ashland County
Swift & Co
Ohio State University
Amicon
Chestnut St
Farmers Benefit From Ever Normal Granary Plan
Washington reports that cotton and wheat stored under the Agriculture Department’s ever normal granary program have enabled farmers to gain as prices rose. Farmers placed 3,163,000 bales of cotton and 278,000,000 bushels of wheat under government loans, averaging about 9.3 cents per pound for cotton and 65 cents per bushel for wheat, with recent prices around 12 cents and near one dollar respectively.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
New York
Chicago
Oppose Recess For Congress Sessions Debated In Senate
Senate and House leaders faced twin objections to a summer recess. Anti convoy senators urged Congress stay on the job to monitor world affairs while tax experts said months would be needed to complete action on the administration's 3.5 billion dollar tax bill. Senator Nye opposed extended time away fearing events could push the nation toward war.
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Congress
House
Nye
N. D
Body Recovered in Grand Lake boating tragedy
Fred Mersman aged 24 died when an outboard motorboat swamped on Grand Lake Saturday. His body was recovered by searchers yesterday.
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Celina
Grand Lake
Fred Mersman
Senate Group Probing WPA In Cleveland
A state Senate investigating committee questioned WPA operations in Cuyahoga County Cleveland hearings reveal family members in administration timekeeping changes to bypass layoff rules and no proportionate cuts in admin costs. Metzenbaum Daniels Kane sit on the committee as WPA rolls fell from 72 000 to 15 000 with multigraph workers kept idle in shifts.
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State Senate
Cuyahoga County
James Metzenbaum
Albert L. Daniels
Greenfield
Lawrence A. Kane
Cincinnati
Metzenbaum
Multigraph
Glider Attacks Show Nazi Invasion Edge on Crete
Germany tests glider assaults on Crete as a potential invasion precursor for Britain. Gliders carrying six to eight troops, or more, offer landing flexibility and fuel efficiency, with thousands in service and pilots ready. Parachute troops have already featured prominently in early German offensives.
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Germany
Low Countries
Machinists Remain Idle as Strike Persists Across Shipyards
Striking CIO and AFL machinists refuse Culbert Olson appeal and stay out of 11 San Francisco shipyards. AFL leaders vow to bring 15,000 shipbuilders back to work, amid wage disputes and proposed overtime pay. Also reports on Great Lakes shipyard settlement collapse in Buffalo and UMW coal contract tensions. Detroit Hud son strike settlement announced by James F. Dewey.
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AFL
San Francisco
California
Culbert L. Olson
John Frey
Metal Trades Department
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Great Lakes Shipping Farms
Buffalo
N. Y
Southern Soft Coal
United Mine Workers of America
National Defense Mediation Board
Southern
John L. Lewis
Southern Group
Appalachian
Lewis
Cocal
Charles O'Neill
New York
Detroit
James F. Dewey
United Automobile Workers
Youth sentenced to die for Bronx murder in electric chair
George Joseph Cook, 24, of Harrisburg Pennsylvania, was formally sentenced by Judge James M. Barrett to die in the electric chair for the strangulation slaying of Mrs. Catherine Pappas in her Bronx apartment on February 4. He faces additional accusations of robbing or attacking more than a dozen other women in eastern cities.
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New York
George Joseph Cook
Catherine Pappas
Bronx
James M. Barrett
Harrisburg, Pa
Eight Indictments Against Father and Son in Fayette County
Fayette County grand jury returned eight indictments charging 40 counts of forgery obtaining signatures under false pretenses and embezzlement against Henry W. Jones and his son Perrll Jones. Henry W. Jones formerly sheriff and member of the county board of commissioners.
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Fayette County
Henry W. Jones
Perrll
Plan for Huge Civilian Army to Man U S Home Front
Washington reports a plan for voluntary registration of men 36 to 45 and 2.7 сум 27,000,000 women 21 to 46 for civilian defense. Mayor La Guardia to supervise the civilian defense program with Roosevelt backing and selective service support.
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U. S
Washington
Fiorello la Guardia
LaGuardia
Strike Slows Shell Loading Plant Construction at Ravenna
AFL union members walk out at the government shell loading plant near Ravenna delaying work on a $30 million project. About 5,000 to 7,000 laborers seek a 25 cent raise from an average 65 cents per hour, affecting carpentry as well.
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Arsenal
Hankin-Conkey Construction Co
Columbus Attorney Dye Announces Candidacy
Columbus attorney Frank A. Dye formally announces his candidacy for governor in the 1942 primary. He previously ran for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, finishing last among seven contenders a year ago with under 8 000 votes.
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Columbus
Frank A. Dye
Martin L. Davey
Dye
April Ore Record Set For Lake Superior
Lake Superior iron ore consumption in April totaled 5,802,088 gross tons, a new monthly record for the lake. The previous April high was 5,582,000 tons set in 1923, per the Lake Superior Iron Ore Association.
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Cleveland
Lake Superior
Lake
Mrs Nelson Brinkerhoff, Lincoln kissed child, dies at 84
Tiffin mourns Mrs Nelson Brinkerhoff 84 once called Fannie Fishback, daughter of a U S treasury official. She recalled President Lincoln kiss during her childhood.
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Nelson Brinkerhoff
Abraham Lincoln
Fannie Fishback
U. S. Treasury
Battle for Crete Intensifies As German Parachutists Land
Thousands of German aerial invaders struck Crete as a full parachute division of about 7,000 men engaged in the two day assault. British reports said the battle on the Greek island was growing fiercer with German forces pouring in and some footholds established despite Allied defenses. London dispatches cited a large scale operation and noted possible captures of German troops, while officials expressed confidence Crete could be held.
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A. V. Alexander
Berlin
Winston Churchill
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Churchill
Germans strike Crete with glider attack from Greece
News describes German forces using 250 large air transports and gliders to assault Crete. British and Greek defenders, including two Greek divisions and imperial troops, reportedly resist fiercely as Berlin disputes Churchill claims and warns against treatment of Nazi troops.
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Mars
Fockewulf
Crete
Russia
Balkans
George II
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Americans Land in France after Zamzam survivors reach safety
Germans report 140 American Zamzam survivors have landed at St. Jean De Luz France in a group of 62 men 53 women and 25 children. An official note says all 322 aboard were saved. British and American civilians stream from Syria as Nazis expand reach near Damascus and Palmyra.
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St. Jean de Luz
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Slayer To Appear Before Grand Jury
Dearborn County grand jury in Lawrenceburg is expected to receive the case of Virgilinius Dink Carter who sheriff William Winegard says confessed to the shotgun slaying of five members of the Argue family. Carter had recently married and divorced one Argue daughter and then married another.
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Dearborn County
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Carter
William Winegard
Johnston Argue
Agrue
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Scientist Warns Blockade Could Starve Britain
Boston, MA Dr. Robert Harris of MIT warned at the Massachusetts Medical Society meeting that England relies on imports for 40 percent of food and cannot sustain a blockade. he notes Germany can synthesize vitamins locally and German forces consume dried foods to support rapid Panzer operations.
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England
Robert Harris
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Reich
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Massachusetts Medical Society
Lawrence County seeks federal takeover of Huntington Chesapeake Bridge
The Lawrence County Bridge Commission said it would file a federal court action in Cincinnati to condemn and take over the Huntington Chesapeake Bridge over the Ohio River. The move follows the West Virginia Supreme Court reversal of a lower court ruling that Cabell County WV purchase of the span was constructively fraudulent.
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Gasoline Blast Kills Two Cleveland Men
A gasoline station explosion in Cleveland killed Vincent J. Ross and Bernard Frost. The blast, caused by an exploding air compressor, also injured Vincent Cicarelli and Rev. Andrew Pollack who rushed to aid Frost.
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James P. Flynn
Vincent J. Ross
Bernard Frost
Andrew J. Pollack
Vincent Cicarelli
Frost
Executive Personnel Hits All Time High
Washington dispatch reports the executive branch civilian workforce rose to a record 1,202,348 by the end of March, reflecting sustained growth in federal staffing.
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Census Bureau Today
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