Polish Refugee Catalyst Seen Producing Rubber from Grain Alcohol
A U.S. congressional delegation visited Publicker Commercial Alcohol in Philadelphia to view a Polish refugee’s process turning grain alcohol into butadiene, a key rubber component. Senators Norris and Gillette praised the demonstration as evidence of feasible synthetic rubber production amid wartime needs.
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Philadelphia
INS
Washington
Publicker Commercial Alcohol Company
Waclaw Sczukiewicz
Poland
Simon D. Neuman
Hest
Sen. Norris
L-Mfb
Senate Agriculture
Sen. Gillette
Court Authorizes Bond Election for Airport Project
The county court authorized a $1,000,000 airport bond vote to be held with the August primary. An upcoming bench election in June was announced after a letter from Commerce Secretary Jesse H. Jones indicated a contemplated airport construction bill in Congress. Bonds will not be offered for sale until federal funds supplementing the amount are forthcoming, and until then.
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W.T. Brotherton
Sec. al Commerce
Jesse H. Jones
Congress
Washington
U.S
Werther
Charleston
Dunbar
Goodrich Unveils Tubeless Tire Innovation
B F Goodrich announces a tubeless tire promising seven percent rubber saving in production. President John L Collyer credits a specially designed locking member that retains air to support the tire and improve performance.
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AKEON
B. F. Goodrich Company
John L. Collyer
Twenty Mine Blast Bodies Found in Morgantown Rescue
Morgantown reports the 20th and final body recovered from the Purssieve No. 1 mine blast site. Rescue teams faced heat and toxic air as they worked about 1,000 to 1,500 feet into the workings. Officials noted minimal structural damage and fire promptly extinguished after the blast.
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Morgantown
Revere
Scowl
Wises
Dakem
Marwan
State Movies Department
Charleston
Pete McLinden
McLinden
PB. Rhinehart
Mines Department
Pursglove Company
Ramer
Charles Andy
Jasper Bohen
Pursglove
Mike Barbus
Richard Page
Col
Strings Tied To OPA Fund In House Debate
The passage criticizes an OPA fund use plan, noting prohibition on subsidies and restrictions on price controls. It mentions Price Administrator Leon Hander sen urging sales provisions for producers facing higher costs and delays in enforcing price ceilings on agricultural product based goods.
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Soate
Leon Handersen
Secretary of Agericulture
Mantertala
Finns Claim Naval Assault Against Soviets Rebuffed
Helsinki reports a Soviet force near Somorinsaari was repulsed after two days of fighting between Leningrad and Helsinki. The Finnish communique says German naval units led the defense with air and coastal forces. Russians allegedly suffered 128 killed and 1,143 captured. several hundred drowned. one submarine and another vessel damaged. Finland claims no survival losses.
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Helsinkt
Russi Somorinsaari
Leningrad
Helsinki
Finland
Vesscol Wi
House Group Exempts Draftees From Pay Tax
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to exempt draftees and enlisted personnel from income taxes. It retained personal exemptions of 1500 for married and 750 for single on active duty and raised surtax rates to net about 310 million annually. The switch lowers exemptions for army and navy personnel and would cut overall revenue by 85 million, while increasing surtax income to balance.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Army
Navy
Armed Services
Conover-Tenn
Fierce Desert Fighting as Axis Seizes Rail Point
Allied and Axis desert forces clash west of El Alamein in Egypt. RAF and U S planes reportedly destroyed 400 to 500 Axis vehicles aiding Rommel near Alexandria. Four motor bombers targeted enemy shipping while RAF targeted land lines.
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Cairo
Mediterranean
el Alamein
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Alexandria
Seidnorens
Axis
U. S
Sealanes
RAF
Confessions Read At Saboteur Trial
Prosecution reads signed confessions from eight saboteurs connected to two spy groups. FBI evidence places Long Island and Florida beach landings and Berlin blueprints to disrupt American production. Each confession names conspirators and accomplices as Maj. Gen. Cramer and AG Biddle push to wrap the case.
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Washington
INS
Elineh
U. S
Hitler
FBI
Long Island
Florida
Berlin
Cramer
Biddle
Elmer Davis Calls for Open Press Policy in War News
Elmer Davis director of the Office of War Information orders agencies to keep an open door to the press while saying he is dissatisfied with the secrecy of Nazi saboteur trial reporting. He ends disputes with Maj. Gen. McCoy and pledges to maintain current news handling for security regions.
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Washington
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Davis
Frank McCoy
Military Commission
OWI
War Department
Red Bombers Hit Nazi Bases in Arctic Sea Lanes
Soviet bombing squadrons struck Nazi airstrips in Norway and Finland amid Arctic sea warfare. One Red unit reportedly destroyed about 300 German planes on the ground, damaged 27 more, burned a hangar, and hit a warehouse while Soviet forces claim no losses. German sources claim several submarines and planes sank three Allied ships.
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Moscow
Norway
Finland
Russia
Barents Sea
Tirsitz
Nagi
Prisoners Invent New Gun Swivel
Gene Snowden and Horace West, Kilby prison inmates, claim a new gun elevation and turning device will render manual methods obsolete. The apparatus rests in a guarded workshop inside Kilby pen. Snowden jokes about air guards while West notes his 40 years with machinery.
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Montgomery
Als
INS
Gene Snowden
Horace West
Snowden
West
Kilby
Atlanta
Malta Air Defenses Down Planes At Hourly Pace
Malta reports from official British communiques that anti aircraft defenses and RAF fighters kept an enemy plane loss rate of one an hour for a second time this week. Seventeen Axis aircraft were destroyed in 24 hours and seven more in a second raid on the ding fortress. Last Tuesday twenty four planes were shot down in two and a half hours.
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Valletta
Malta
Al‘nq
Chinese Victory Near Changshu Reported by Chungking
Chungking announced Chinese troops won a victory at Changshu, southwest of Nanchang, with Japanese forces in retreat toward Linchwan. Earlier, Changshu saw a follow up victory at Tringjean, seven miles south of Nanchang, as rail traffic faced disruption.
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Chungking
Chins
Changshu
Nanchang
Linchwan
Tring
Jean
Japan
Turan
Detroit Rent Strike Threat Under Detroit CIO Rent Plan
Detroit was warned of a rent strike as 240,000 DAW-CSO members vowed not to pay a 2.5 percent increase. Patrick V. Sc Namara of the Rent Control Administration backed the increase, while Victor G. Reuther framed the move as a defense measure amid domestic strain.
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METRO
Detroit
Patrick V. ScNamara
Victor G. Reuther
Reuther
Valley Deluged By Cloudburst
A heavy shower yesterday rapid to a cloudburst deluged Charleston and suburbs. Sewers overflowed flooding basements and streets while statehouse offices faced water in the east wing. Officials mobilized custodians to shield records as basements flooded across the capital area.
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Charlestow A
Statehouse
H. N. Martin
Capitol
Piedmont
Tanks Slice Schedule at Massey Harris Plant
Racine Wisconsin July 109-1 Three months ahead of schedule tanks built here since the start of the war rolled off Massey Harris Co assembly lines. Hundreds of employees with army state and company officers celebrated as W K Hyslop vice president said the contract would finish sooner than now. Brig Gen Donald Armstrong noted tanks not expected before mid September were undergoing testing.
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Racine
Wis
Massey-Harris Co
W. K. Hyslop
Donald Armstrong
Chicago Ordnance District
Soviets Admit Rossosh Lost During Voronezh Siege
Soviet high command reported the evacuation of Rossosh as German forces pressed a three-pronged offensive toward Voronezh and Rostov. Marshal Semyon Timoshenko pulled troops back to defend the Don, while Voronezh remained besieged with German armor and air support surrounding the key rail hub.
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Moscow
United Nations
Rossosh
Rossash
Voronezh
Kaniemirovks
Lishhanel
Kharnvy
Rostov
Semyon Timoshenko
Don
Don Basin
Kharkov
Fedor von Bock
Moscow-Rostovy
Lochner says Hitler slipping but end still far off
AP's Louis Lochner, long time Berlin correspondent, told the University of Virginia’s institute that Hitler is losing the Reich’s grip and that a smashing blow by the Allies is needed. He warned the Gestapo could delay decisive anti Nazi action, but stated Hitler is not invulnerable and airpower remains key.
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Ap’s Lochner
Hitler
Charlottesville
Louis Lochner
Chieé
Associated Press Bureau
Berlin
Lanight
Uncle Sam
University of Virgina Institute of Public Affairs
Fuhrer
France
Foe
Lovhner
Gestapo
Lochner
Nimitz Injured In Plane Crash On West Coast
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was injured in a west coast plane crash from which the co pilot Lt. Thomas Morton Rose, 29, of Oakland, Calif., died. The Navy said Nimitz escaped serious injury while he conferred with Admiral Ernest J. King during a continental visit.
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Washington
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Naval Reserve
Navy Department
Pacific
Thomas Morton Rose
Oakland
Calif
Transcontinental
Western Airlines
King Nimitz
Hawaii
Ernest J. King
U.S. Fleet
King
Aleutian Convoy Arrives in Islands Without Encountering Attacks
Japanese broadcasts report a large convoy, escorted by destroyers and cruisers, reached the Aleutian Islands this week. The communication claimed all forces arrived safely and encountered no enemy attacks.
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Tokyo
Aleutian Islands
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