Fritzsche's 250 Acres Face Harvest With Help From Kin
Howard Fritzsche, a farmer ten miles northeast of Wessington, expects a strong 1942 grain harvest. With 250 acres of small grain and only his 13-year-old son Don and daughter Dorothy to help, he aims for high yields as he and his family press to bring in crops before shock troops arrive from Huron and Beadle County.
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Howard Fritzsche
Wessington
Huron
Beadle County
Fritzsche
Don
Don Fritzsche
Alice
Nance Township
Await Decision On Steel Wages By JOSEPH A. LOFTUS
The War Labor Board planned to announce a 44 cent daily wage rise for Little Steel workers, a pivotal decision with 157,000 affected and potential wider effects for about 600,000 steel workers. The CIO United Steelworkers had pressed for a $1 increase, while four labor members opposed the larger sum. Public and employer members backed the 44 cent rise, signaling broader implications for durable goods industries.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Chinese Claim Tsingtien Taken After Heavy Jap Losses
The Chinese high command announced the re occupation of Tsingtien in Chekiang Province on Sunday with up to 600 Japanese killed or wounded and the rest fleeing toward Wenchow. Japanese forces took Wenchow on Saturday. Chinese dispatches say over 2,000 Japanese killed or wounded east of Hgigoyi in central Shansi. Stillwell's air force reported nothing to report. Chungking endures a tenth day of heat with water scarcity as power plants are repaired. Sweating coolies carry water from the Yangtze.
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Chungking
Tsingttien
Chekiang Province
Wenchow
Tsingtien
Hgigoyi
Shansi
Joseph W. Stillwell
United States Air Force
Yangtze
Woisy Children Blamed For Murder
In San Francisco on July 18 a 68 year old woman, Mary Slater, was held on a murder charge for shooting Lucien Doyen, 38, over persistent noise from the Doyen children in the downstairs flat. Police inspectors say Slater confessed but claimed Doyen provoked her with insults.
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San Francisco
Charite Today
Lucien Doyen
Doyen
Frank Ahearn
al Corrasa
Mary Slater
Club To Sponsor Inductee Sendoff In Huron Monday Afternoon
The Huron Co Operative Club will sponsor a send off for Beadle County Selective Service inductees next Monday afternoon. The group will march from the post office to the Great Northern depot at 12 45 pm with the Municipal Band and American Legion Junior Drum and Bugle Corps. Cigarettes candy bars and oranges will be donated to the departing group. The contingent meets at 11 45 am at the local draft board headquarters and joins the parade at 12 15 pm. Some local stores will close from 12 to 1 pm in honor of the inductees with all Huronians urged to attend.
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Huron Co-Operative Club
Beadle County Selective Service
Stita Nickelich
American Legion Committee
Co-Operative Club
Huron Municipal Band
American Legion
Huron Post Office
Great Northern
B. A. Kiser
Co- Operative Club
Draft Board
House Debates Huge Wartime Tax Bill On Corporation Rates
Washington July 16 The house opened debate on the largest tax bill in American history a 6 1439 000 wartime measure with heavier income and corporation levies An attempt by Rep Knutson to recommit the bill to raise excess profits to at least 90 and cut top rates to 40 failed to gain traction The rules panel set three days for general debate and passage appeared likely after 18 weeks of committee work
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Knutson
Minnesota
Germany Pounded In Daylight Raids
British bombers conducted daylight raids on Germany this afternoon affecting the Ruhr and northwest Germany and the Netherlands. Some fighter activity occurred despite cloudy weather while railway yards and French coast targets drew attention. Rubber conservation promotes free admission for horse and carriage drivers at Lake County Fair on August 25 and 26 per Fair Board Director Fred M. Leyde.
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London
Germany
Ruhr
Netherlands
Rubber Conservation
Painesville
Lake County Fair
Fair Board
Fred M. Leyde
FDR Move On Wage Freezing Tied to New Crisis Action
Washington July 16 The Roosevelt administration, facing strains in the price control system, may seek new legislation centered on wage stabilization. Roosevelt has briefed Congressional leaders, and insiders say he is ready to reveal remedial steps. Wage stabilization could follow as Henderson flags rising farm prices and costs bite, while Congress weighs a large supplemental appropriation for the Office of Price Administration and bans on subsidy payments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Leon Henderson
Jan Henderson
Hess
Senate
House
Office of Price Feeninis
OPA
Henderson
War Today Analysis Calls Second Front Urgency
DEWITT MACKENZIE notes Russia’s position and the southern front danger, arguing Hitler’s gains risk heavy losses of blood and material. He suggests an Allied second front could divert German effort, exploiting overstretched transports and looming equipment shortages to undermine the Nazi advance.
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MacKenzie
Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Dutzkrieg
Red Army
Caucasus
MacKenzie Page
Axis Base On Bengasi Bombed In Daylight Raid
United States Army Air Forces heavy bombers conducted a daytime attack on the Axis base at Bengasi Libya, starting a large dock fire as part of the western desert battle. RAF and Allied air forces targeted Bengasi and Tobruk, while Rommel's German Italian troops reportedly yielded ground west of El Alamein and held Tel El Eisa. Australian forces advanced to secure Tel El Eisa, and British artillery and planes bombarded Axis positions, with several tanks knocked out.
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Cairo
United States Army Air Forces
Bengasi
Libya
Western Desert
RAF
Tobruk
Erwin Rommel
el Alamein
Tel el Fisa
el Alemein
Tel el Bisa
Hill of Jesus
Tel el Eisa
el, Alamein
Rommel
Band Concert Program Huron Municipal Band
Huron Municipal Band directed by Christensen with J. W. Campbell presents a concert at Park on Thursday July 16 at 8 00 PM featuring Star Spangled Banner March The Coast Pacific Overture Goddess of the Dawn Losey Walse Bastan from Drigo ballet Millions d Artequin arr Laurendeau selection Little Miss Fit It arr Reeves Romance Duet for Cornets Losey Al Teuber Arnold Tillman Characteristic The Old Frog Pond Alford Selection Wang Marae Characteristic Cheera Wendland Intermezzo La Pepita Tobani Fantasia Sunny Spain Trarch Tent City and Star Spangled Banner.
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Star Spangied
Coast Pacific
Losey
Drigo
Losey al Teuber
Arnold Tillman
Frog Pond
Alford
Wang
Spain
Tent City
Sales Tax Needed to Support War Effort
Washington July 16 Rep Treadway Massachusetts Republican told the House that more taxes are likely and a sales tax must eventually be used to sustain the war effort and distribute the cost among all classes He supported the $8 143 900 000 revenue bill noting taxpayers can bear a greater burden gradually The Treasury opposed a sales tax preferring the bill fall short If necessary the sales tax will be used to raise funds for the government.
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Washington
Treadway
Massachusetts
House
Ways and Means
Treasury Department
Two Footholds Gained Voronezh Battle Intensifies
Voronezh battle grows fiercer as Russian reports concede German footholds about 20 miles inside the northern Caucasus and on the Don front. British analyses note Germany massing for a major offensive while Allies hesitate on a second front this summer. The piece also covers Laval’s protest of US liaison with Free France and key US military appointments with De Gaulle.
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Caucasus
Voronezh
Enemgy
Don River
Germany
Britain
United States
Europe
Belgium
France
Africa
Pierre Laval
Washington
Free France
Vichy
U. S
Alexandria
Vicky
Harold R. Stark
Charles L. Bolte
London
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulliet Comm
Stark
Bolto
AVG Pilots Credit Japanese Fliers Skill in Sky Fight
AVG pilots visiting home before rejoining the U S Army credit Japanese adversaries for capability and skill. George Burgard of Sunbury says Japanese aviators machine gunned airmen in parachutes and he lost a friend. Burgard has 12 confirmed victories. F Wolf of Shawano notes early Japanese pilots were strong but sent top fliers to Midway, with inferior pilots to China.
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AVG
Miami
Fla
George Burgard
Sunbury
George Christman
Burgard
United States Army
F. & Wolf
Shawano
Wis
Midway
China
Wolf
Errol Flynn Collapses Again in Fatigue Stress
Hollywood reports that Errol Flynn was taken off the set in a state of collapse. Doctors say fatigue caused the episode and will conduct further examinations. Flynn has collapsed twice in six weeks, the studio notes.
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Errol Flynn
Hollywood
Flynn
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Stettinius
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FDR
M. R. Woltheil
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Cal
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Norfolk, Sr
Axis
Hang Christensen
J. W. Campbell Park
Eisenberg
Levy
Laval
Clyde A. Farnsworth
Associated Press
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