Germans Press Forward in Stalingrad After City Halted
Russian headquarters acknowledged German forces pushed into the northwest outskirts of Stalingrad amid heavy house to house fighting. Soviet reports said some German troops were repulsed while others held gains as Stukas and bombers claimed more destruction.与此同时 Britain launched another Ruhr valley bombing raid with 800 RAF bombers and reported fires.
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Izvestia
Fedor von Bock
Volga
Semeon Timoshenko
von Bock
Leningrad
Central
Caucasus
Red Star
Sinyavino
Volkhov River
Moscow
Britain
Germany
Ruhr Valley
Air Ministry
Reich
Dnb
Colchester
Nazi Reprisals Against Yugoslavs Reported
London dispatch quotes Belgrade reports that Germans shot all male inhabitants of four Yugoslav villages and sent women and children to concentration camps in retaliation for a German military train bombing. Held in Slaying Ironton Mrs Letha Runyon and her daughter Alma Bruce were placed under guard in a hospital pending murder charges in the shooting of Warren Bruce.
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London
Reuters
Itanbul Today
Belgrade
Ironton
Letha Runyon
Alma Bruce
Warren Bruce
Lost Brown Billfold Recovered After Messenger Ad
A Eureka Messenger Lost and Found ad reports a brown billfold lost last Monday night containing $10 and papers including a hunting license. Prompt advertisement led to a quick result with contact through dial the number 336 Call 0242 for the reward and recovery.
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Reward
Dial
Point Pleasant Navy expansion cancelled by U S Navy
The Navy Department canceled the projected expansion of the Marietta Shipbuilding at Point Pleasant West Virginia. Construction of a certain naval auxiliary vessel type was halted to redirect labor and materials to more urgent ships. An abrupt stop left idle steel buildings and halted all work at the Navy Yard adjacent to Marietta Manufacturing.
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Washington
Navy Department
Marietta Shipbuilding Corporation
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Navy
Pomeroy
U. S. Navy
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Meigs County
Navy Shipyard
Meigs
Old Boat Building Company
Maxon Construction Company
Navy Yard At
See No Danger In Draft Plan
Dr Morris Fishbein of the American Medical Association said induction of men with venereal diseases would not jeopardize Army health. Major General Lewis B Hershey announced the Army would take some men with venereal diseases starting in October under treatment and control. Arron strikers at the Barberton plant of Pittsburgh Valve and Fitting Corp voted to return to work after a wage dispute certified to the War Labor Board.
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Chicago
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Army
Fishbein
Association
ARRON
Barberton
Pittsburgh Valve and Fitting Corporation
War Labor Board
War Today weighs Japan options in Asia and risks
The article reports General Hata signaling cooperation between Japan and Nazi Germany as World War II broadens. It argues Japan should consolidate conquests in the Pacific rather than attack India or Russia, noting risks to Southwest Pacific forces and potential American air bases from a Siberian strike. It warns about Japan becoming entwined with Hitler and the impact on allied efforts.
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Hata
China
Nippon
Russia
India
Japan
America
Siberia
Southwest
Pacific
Uncle Sam
Burma
Tokyo
Valdivostok
Siberian
Vladivostok
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
Tananarive
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Arman Annet
Middle East
Shunroku Hata
Washington
Record Crops Hit by Lack Of Harvesters
Cleveland Ohio reports show wartime food crops at risk due to farm labor shortages. North ern counties seek help from U S Employment Service with no available workers. Appeals from pulpits civilian defense and club women prompt action to pick apples and grapes. Hay acres uncut raise next winter grain needs for dairy feeding. Trumbull County dairy farms receive government feed wheat in carload lots, ranking second in Ohio.
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Cleveland
Ohio
U. S
Sandusky
Marcus J. Kintz
Trumbull County
Trumbull
Ohio Counties
Singing Telegrams End For Duration In New York
After midnight tonight singing telegrams via Western Union will be limited to regular rate greetings. the company set a deadline of midnight for special rate social and holiday telegrams, reservation messages and sing-o-grams, allowing performers to rest their voices for the duration.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Co
Oberlin Faculty Urge End to Student Broadcast Bans
Oberlin College and Conservatory music faculty asked Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold to curb bans on non union student broadcasts. Forty instructors signed a letter criticizing AFL head James Petrillo and actions by the Cincinnati union that halted broadcasts at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College and Music Conservatory
Thurman Arnold
Arnold
Cincinnati Union
AFL
American Federation of Musicians
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
James C. Petrillo
Hutchins Named Head of School Bus Group
C. D. Hutchins of Columbus an auditor for the Ohio Department of Education was named chief of the new school bus section within the division of local transport. He will supervise about 90 000 buses in the United States and help administer transportation policies for conserving equipment and tires and aid in allocating new equipment to operators.
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Washington
C. D
Inspectors To Be Placed In All Vital War Plants
Washington AP Director Wendell Lund of the WPB labor production division urged placing inspectors in all vital war plants to ensure labor is used efficiently. He told the House defense migration committee the War Manpower Commission can impose labor market controls without new legislation. He warned employers tend to hoard labor as they hoard materials and noted agencies are deciding how to best crew the army with workers outside the armed forces.
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Washington
Wendell Lund
WPB
House Committee On Defense Migration
War Manpower Commission al
Lund
Selective Service
War Manpower Commission
Roosevelt opposes any change to farm price parity formula
President Roosevelt told Senate and House Banking Committee chairmen that he holds unalter able opposition to altering the current farm price parity. Paul V. McNutt, manpower commissioner chairman, said a national service act giving government controls over labor is inevitable and essential for maximum war production amid plant labor overstocking issues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House Banking Committees
Paul V. McNutt
Manpower Commission
Lund
Film Magnate Tops List of Highest Paid Executives
Washington report details five top earners earning over 75 000 annually. Louis B. Mayer leads with 704 425.60 at Loew s Inc. plus bonuses. Thomas J Watson of IBM earns 100 000 salary and 446 294.26 total. Eugene G. Grace of Bethlehem Steel 180 000 salary and 298 144 bonus. George W Hill of American Tobacco 120 000 salary and 336 415.36 bonus. Francis A Countway of Lever Brothers 30 000 salary and 408 778.70 bonus. Movie star Bingo Crosby receives 302 314.81 from Paramount and 150 000 from Universal Pictures.
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Washington
United States Treasury
Louis B. Mayer
Loew's Incorporated
Treasury
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machines Corporation
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Company
George W. Hill
American Tobacco Company
Francis A. Countway
Lever Brothers Company
Bingo Crosby
Paramount Pictures, Incorporated
Universal Pictures Company, Incorporated
Urges 18 19 draft again for military training
Senator Gurney renewed his plan to draft men aged 18 and 19 for military training. The Military Affairs Committee pig eon-holed the bill pending War Department recommendations. Gurney argued early training would boost survival chances and improve national readiness.
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Washington
Gurney
R.S. D
Senate Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Launch Plan To Raise Small Farm Production
The Farm Security Administration launched a tri state program to lift small farm output in Southern Ohio Indiana and Illinois. FSA regional director Phil G Beck said the plan uses family labor loaning excess workers to neighbors or war industries increases vegetable variety and boosts storage for health.
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Cincinnati
Farm Security Administration
Phil G. Beck
FSA
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Increase in Poultry Production Requested
Secretary Wickard urged poultrymen to produce 200 million additional chickens this year to boost civilian meat supplies. He said this would yield at least 600 million pounds of meat for consumers this winter, noting a prior USDA estimate of a 3 billion pound meat shortage this year.
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Washington
Wickard
Department of Agriculture
Ohioans Told To Use Coal for Heating
Price Administrator Leon Henderson urged Ohio and 29 other eastern and mid western states to switch from oil to coal for winter heat. He warned oil would be scarce and advised households to step up insulation and reduce heat loss to maintain 65 degrees with limited oil.
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Washington
Ohio
Price
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Last WPA Offices Closed in Ohio
Dr. Carl Watson, Ohio WPA administrator, announced the abolishment of the last five WPA district offices effective Oct 1. The offices in Columbus Cleveland Cincinnati Toledo and Zanesville were the final remaining from an original 16 opened in 1935. Watson cited a declining workload now 19 000 with 7 000 to 8 000 awaiting assignment, saying future operations will be centralized at state headquarters.
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Columbus
Carl Watson
Ohio
WPA
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Toledo
Zanesville
Watson
Last National G A R Encampment Opens in Indianapolis
About fifty Civil War veterans gathered in Indianapolis for what is likely the final national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. They met to elect a national commander as leaders of affiliated groups expressed belief no future G A R encampments will be held.
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Indianapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
G.A.R
Proof Captain Smith Backs Up Admiral on Pacific Strength
Captain Smith affirms the Admiral's account of American naval power in the Pacific after a 26 000 mile tour of U S military and naval positions. He reports the United States now holds superior offensive strength in the region.
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Captain Smith
Admiral
Navy Ordnance
America
Pacific
U. S
Davis Raps Music Ban Threat to War Time Airwaves
Elmer Davis testified before a Senate subcommittee that James Petrillos ban on recording and transcriptions disrupted canned music for radio stations and coin operated phonographs. The order hindered publicity and morale across at least 150 stations. In Columbus the National Sheriffs Association rejected midnight closing proposals for beer and liquor establishments.
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Davis
W Ar Information
Congressional Committee
James C. Petrillo
Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Columbus
National Sheriffs’ Association
Yorktown Fight at Midway Shatters Carrier’s Mythic Image
AP war correspondent aboard a U S cruiser on June 4 chronicles the Yorktown in the Battle of Midway. The carrier, badly damaged, is towed away while salvage ships struggle. Japanese torpedo planes and dive bombers strike as U S fighters repel the assault in a tense, unfolding sea battle.
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Yorktown
Associated Press
United States
U. S. Pacific
Midway
Allied Forces Strike Across Pacific in Wide War Effort
Allied and American air and sea actions amid the Pacific war report heavy damage to Japanese ships and crews. Casualties reach about 500 on the enemy side, with advances near Port Moresby and engagement in the Solomon Islands and Madagascar.
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Aleutians
South Seas
U. S
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Port Moresby
United Nations
Owen Stanley
Australia
Choiseul Island
Guadalcanal
Aleutian Islands
Navy
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
U.S. Army
Japan
Kiska Harbor
Fire on Prowler Along Coast of Long Island
The Eastern Defense Command reports a small raft found off the Atlantic coast of Long Island last night and a shot fired in an unsuccessful attempt to stop a prowler. The scene is within 25 miles of Amagansett Beach where Nazi saboteurs landed in June and were tried in Washington. six of eight were executed.
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New York
Eastern Defense Command
Atlantic
Long Island
Amagansett Beach
Florida
Washington
Maps of War Areas Found on Jap Alien Maps
New York report says FBI captured ten enemy aliens in the area for refusing to serve in U S military forces. The group includes seven Germans and two Italians and one Japanese man who had maps of the city water supply system and statistics on U S war areas.
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New York
New City
U. S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
P. E. Foxworth
FBI
United States
Convict Ordered to Buy Ice Cream for Seven Children
In Camden New Jersey a 35 year old man named Bernard Skainy was sentenced on a non support charge to buy ice cream lollipops for his seven children every day for six months. He must also spend each night in jail and pick up the lollipops on his way home from the shipyard.
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Camden
N. J
Bersnard Skainy
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