Train Collision Kills Sixteen on Detroit School Bus
A Grand Trunk Western passenger train struck a Detroit Street Railways bus at Caniff Avenue, killing sixteen people including several students. Eyewitnesses reported electric signals were operating and the bus entered the crossing as the southbound train approached, tearing the bus in half and scattering bodies along the right of way.
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Detroit
Detroit Street Railways
Grand Trunk Western
Chicago
William F. Clos
Caniff Ave
Mary Alla
Eos
Hamtramck
Fred A. Nolan
Detroit Transportation System
Clos
Arthur Curtis
Curtis
RAF Raid on Milan Sparks Fires and Casualties
A Swiss telegraphic dispatch reports the RAF raid on Milan damaged 11 quarters of the industrial center, started 30 large fires and 300 small ones, leaving five homeless. Italian papers say numerous victims remained under debris and 11 killed at a city shelter.
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Bern
Milan
Teleraphic
Cincinnati Hourly Workers Stage City Strike
About 1500 Cincinnati hourly workers walked out at 8 a.m. in a wage dispute. Union business agent George E. Rice said 300 pickets demonstrated at city hall and 100 at waterworks plants while leaflets urged support for the strike.
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Cincinnati
George E. Rice
Rice
City Hall
Steel Is Allotted for Texas to East Pipeline
An official of the Petroleum Coordination Office said the War Production Board has allocated the steel needed to complete the world’s largest oil pipeline from Texas to the Philadelphia New York area. Ohio apple crop 85 percent harvested with slight losses from early frosts reported by Wade Hammond of the U. S. Employment Service.
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Washington
Petroleum Coordination Office
War Production Board
Texas
Philadelphia
New York
Columbus
Wade C. Hammond
The
U. S. Employment Service
Ohio
Government Orders Salaries Up To 25000 Yearly Frozen
Washington AP An order by Economic Director Byrnes and approved by President Roosevelt freezes all public and private salaries up to 25000 a year to curb wartime inflation and raise federal tax revenues. Increases require War Labor Board or Treasury approval with automatic raises for promotions or merit within set ranges. The rule excludes small employers and professional fees unless paid as regular salaries.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Treasury
Byrnes
End Jap West Coast Exodus
The Army reports 110,599 persons of Japanese ancestry moved from West Coast military areas in eight months. The final relocations from Santa Anita and Fresno assembly centers occurred this week, sending all internees to ten interior relocation centers with free housing food and medical care, and paid work.
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San Francisco
Strategic m
West Coast
Santa Anita
Fresno
Britons Tour U.S. War Plants From Cleveland Stop
British labor leaders Jack Tanner of the Amalgamated Engineers Union and another official visit U.S. war plants in Cleveland. Tanner says plants are new and well equipped but production is not rapid enough. They note England has lifted all production-retarding rules.
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Cleveland
Jack Tanner
Amalgated Engineers Union
England
Ohio population grows by over 52 thousand since 1940
The census bureau reports Ohio's population on May 1 at 6 959 627, up 52 905 since April 1 1940 despite wartime manpower losses. The net rise comes from births exceeding deaths during the two year period and reflects the state’s continued wartime demography.
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Ohio
Washington
Armed Services
Census Bureau
Ohio lieutenant earns Navy Cross in Coral Sea action
Lieut. Harlan R. Dickson of Ohio receives the Navy Cross and the Gold Star for aiding in the destruction of an enemy aircraft carrier during the Coral Sea battle on May 7.
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Oakland
Calif
Harlan R. Dickson
Ohio
War Manpower Commission Promises Farm Labor Deferments
The War Manpower Commission issued a directive to stabilize wages and grant draft deferments for dairy livestock and poultry workers. It urged contractors and employers to avoid hiring such labor, asked draft boards to grant occupational deferments, and called the Agriculture Department to stabilize wages and control dairy cow sales to prevent reduced production.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Army
Navy
Agriculture Department
Japs Destroy Ten American Fighter Planes
NEW DELHI India reports reveal that Japanese raids on American airfields in Northeast India destroyed or damaged at least 10 grounded fighters. The same note says about 50 Japanese bombers and 45 fighters attacked on Sunday, followed by a second assault with 27 fighters guiding five recon planes on Monday. Lieutenant Edward M. Nollmeyer of Everett Washington is credited with shooting down one of the 27 attackers solo.
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New Delhi
India
U. S. Army
China
United States Army
Edward M. Nollmeyer
Everett
Wash
No Showdown Yet For U S Jap Fleets
Vice Admiral Richard S. Edwards said both Japan and the United States hesitate to bring World War I era battleships into action. He noted sea engagements have been outpost skirmishes by screening forces, with Midway the only major battle so far. Edwards is chief of staff to Admiral Ernest J. King, head of naval operations.
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Cleveland
Japan
United States
Richard S. Edwards
Midway
Edwards
Ernest J. King
U. S
U.S. War Casualties At 47 463 With Filipino Scouts
United States casualties announced thus far total 47 463 killed wounded and missing. The figures include 17 500 Americans and 11 000 Philippine scouts missing in action in the Philippines, many possibly captured. Navy Marine and Coast Guard losses are 4 453 killed 1 593 wounded and 9 768 missing. Army records show 1 016 killed 1 461 wounded 611 missing and 61 prisoners of war in addition to those missing in the Philippines.
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Washington
United States
U. S. Army
Philippines
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Leland P. Lovette
Bureau of Public Relations
Billy Mitchell’s Son Dies After Brief Illness
Lieut. Aan Lendrum Mitchell, 22, son of the late Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, dies in Pine Camp after three weeks with a rare blood disease. His mother Mrs. Franklin F. Korell of Alexandria, Virginia, is at his bedside.
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Pine Camp
N. Y
Aan Lendrum Mitchell
William “Billy Mitchell
Franklin F. Korell
Alexandria
Six Day Week Is Approved In Coal Fields
In a preliminary accord aimed at boosting output from 550000 to 600000 tons next year, bituminous coal operators and Northern Appalachian workers agreed in principle to a six day week. The deal follows a request from Secretary of the Interior Ickes. Ezra Van Horn, Ohio Coal Association official, and Thomas Kennedy, UMW secretary treasurer, announced the agreement after the conference.
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New York
Appalachian
Interior
Sckies
Ezra van Horn
Ohio Coal Association of Cleveland
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers’ Union
Taft Calls War a One Man Job at Denison
Senator Robert A. Taft of Cincinnati told Denison University listeners that war is a one man job controlled by the President not Congress. He urged constant Congressional criticism of the administration and said more constructive criticism is needed.
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Senator Taft
Granville
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Denison University
Allied RAF raids target Genoa-Turin-Milan industrial triangle
Allied bombers based in England raid northern Italy targeting Genoa Turin and Milan to cripple war industries and delay Axis shipments to Africa via Genoa port. The raids pursue dual aims of destroying Italian industry and hindering supplies bound for Africa.
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Genoa
Turin-Milan
Italy
England
Africa
Coffee Can Puncturing Approved to Deter Hoarding
Washington says grocers may puncture vacuum packed coffee cans to prevent excessive stocking. Deputy OPA administrator J. K. Galbraith calls it a reasonable step. In separate notes, Dr Leona Baumgartner reports 24 percent of American adults immunized against diphtheria and 68 percent against smallpox.
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Washington
O. K
J. K. Galbraith
OPA
ST. Louis
Leona Baumgartner
Cornell Medical College
Wasp Survivor recounts heroism of crew in wartime
William S. Jones 19, aviation machinist mate third class aboard the Wasp, described his plane’s destruction, rescuing the captain, swimming through shark infested waters, and an appendectomy after depth charges exploded nearby. He said the crew kept calm while fires and shell blasts raged and then were picked up by a destroyer and moved to another ship.
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Painesville
William S. Jones
Wasp
Perry
Jones
Roosevelt Says Atlantic Charter Applies To All Humanity
President Roosevelt renewed assurance that the Atlantic charter applied to all humanity. He authorized reporters to quote him replying to Wendell Willkie that many in Asia and Eastern Europe were puzzled by America’s war aims and asked what about a world charter.
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Washington
President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Asia
Europe
America
Funeral services for William Phillips in Pomeroy
William Phillips died Monday at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 3 o'clock at the family residence in Pomeroy. Burial will follow at Beechgrove Cemetery in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
William Phillips
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Beechgrove Cemetery
British Russians Make New Gains Amid World War II Fronts
British desert armies reportedly pierced Axis defenses in Egypt while the Russians counter attacked in the Western Caucasus and American troops held lines in the Solomon Islands. U S fighter pilots shot down seven Axis planes on the Egyptian front as the Solomons campaign reported heavy ship losses for Japan with 12 ships definitely sunk and 55 damaged. Tokyo radio trumpeted victory claims as US sources noted numbers would balance as efforts against Japan continued.
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Egypt
Caucasus
Solomon Islands
U. S
South Seas
Washington
Solomons
Tokyo
London
Southwest
Pacific
Japan
Nemesis of Wasp Is Quickly Sunk
Tampa report quotes Wasp survivor Jack H. Westbrook 18 quartermaster aboard the carrier stating the Japanese submarine that torpedoed the Wasp was sunk by an American destroyer after the explosion. He described seeing the sub surface and breaking in two as depth charges dropped.
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Tampa
Fla
U. S
Wasp
Jack H. Westbrook
Quartemaster
Roosevelts undecided term as Navy cites savage blows in South Seas fight
In Washington President Roosevelt hesitates to label the South Seas clash decisive while Navy Secretary Knox asserts the Navy has dealt savage blows and has just begun to fight. Destroyers and a cruiser and another destroyer were reported damaged in a broad battle across the 900 mile archipelago.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Frank Knox
Guadalcanal Battles Shift on Land and Sea
U S forces report intense fighting on Guadalcanal as Japanese troops breach the south flank during Oct 25 26 night but are repulsed by Army units. Marines hold the west flank while airfields near the front boost US bombers against shipping as Navy and Marine dive bombers, Wildcats, and Catalinas engage enemy destroyers and a carrier.
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Guadalcanal
Navy
United States
Australia
Marine Corps
Ed States
Guadalcanal Field
Tulagi
Allies Gain Ground in East and North Africa and Russia
British Eighth Army pushes toward El Alamein as tank battles intensify and Axis losses mount. Soviet forces report gains at Tuapse and Stalingrad despite heavy German assaults, with 900 Germans killed and multiple tanks and vehicles destroyed. Russian and Allied notices highlight continued advances on multiple fronts.
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Egypt
B. L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
el Alamein Line
Alexandria
Russia
Black Sea
Caucasus
Tuapse
Stalingrad
Red Army
Steppes
Volga-Don
Knox Sees Long Battle Ahead Before Victory
Navy Secretary Frank Knox told about 3 000 at Navy Day dinner that the United States faces a long, costly fight to victory. He warned of suffering and losses but said the nation is building military strength and will meet its destiny. Over 50 000 troops overseas, training for more, with Navy personnel more than doubling.
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New York
Navy
Frank Knox
Knox
United States
Iti
Australia
Volga
Ohio to Win Large Share Of Victory Pennants
Columbus report says Ohio will win a big share of salvage victory pennants awarded to counties producing 100 pounds or more of scrap metal and rubber during the two month campaign ending Saturday. Robert Wible, executive secretary of the War Production Board's Ohio Salvage section, estimated the state produced more than 350000 tons of metal.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert ©. Wible
War Production Board
Draft directives separate from age change order says state officials
Columbus report says local draft boards were instructed to re-examine Class 3A registrants with no link to plans to draft 18 and 19 year olds. Officials note instructions were issued before the lower age legislation took definite form.
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Columbus
Selective Service
Santa Claus Back To Climb Chimneys This Christmas
Chicago reports Santa Claus will be active as usual. Toy manufacturers and distributors at the Merchandise Mart say production is meeting the season’s record demand despite material shortages labor losses and few workspaces.
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Santa Claus
Chicago
Merchandise Mart
Santa
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