Russians Claim Naval Victories Across Three Seas
Russian planes and warships were claimed to have crushed German naval forces on three seas as the Red Army fought a fierce defense against a Nazi push toward Kiev. The Bel'Tserkoy and Korosten sectors were centers of action with a multi-pronged German advance near Smolensk and Esto Farens, while Moscow endured its 11th bombing raid in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Bel'Tserkoy
Korosten
Kiev
Smolensk
Dall
Axis Abandons Tobruk Posts
Cairo August 4 Axis troops withdraw from advanced positions in the Tobruk siege ring. British HQ dispatch says siege not lifted and German Italian forces still hold eastern Libya. British patrols failed to contact besiegers as Axis aims to hold without exposed outposts. Bombardment of Suez Canal continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
Libya
Rewon
Suez Canal
Axis
Britain
Mediterranean
No Man’s Bee
Theatre Ticket Present This Clipping for Ad Mission
The Grafton Sentinel invites MIS8 NELL CLINE of 244 W Main St to tonight's screenings at the Strand theatre or the Dice theatre. Identification may be required for admission to Meet John Doe or A Girl A Quy and A God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strand
Dixie
Grafton Sentinel
Nell Cline
Main Street
John Doe
Strand Theatre
God
Dice Theatre
Claim Army plans AEF amid hemisphere debate
Senator Wheeler charged the Army seeks to use selectees and guardsmen outside the western hemisphere once the service extension bill passes. He backed a prompt vote on the bill but vowed to oppose any move to deploy beyond hemispheric limits. Senator Walsh supported lifting the hemisphere ban, while Senator Hill denied such plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Senate
Walsh
D-Mass
Naval Committee
Hill
Alabama
Congress
High Command
ARMY
Weston College Seismograph Logs Major Quake
Father Daniel Linehan of Weston College reports a fairly severe earthquake recorded today on the college seismograph. The quake, 4830 miles from Boston with undetermined direction, began at 6 03 a m and lasted about ninety minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
Mass
Daniel Linehan
Weston College
Linehan
Boston
Gas Stations Close At Night To Obey Order
Traffic along the eastern seaboard remains heavy as many motorists face gas rationing. Most stations from Maine to Florida heeded the 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew, though about half of New York City's independents stayed open. Highways near Long Island lacked fuel and stranded drivers abandoned stalled cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Eastern Seaboard
Maine
Florida
New York City
Harold L. Ickés
Seaboard
Long Island
Clashes Loom in CIO Strike in Pennsylvania
Violence flared in a timber haulers strike as operators tried to resume mine timber deliveries to Fayette county pits. Two CIO unionists were arrested after pickets smashed trucks and cargoes in Addison township near the Fayette county line. Both men held on riotous destruction of property charges under $5,000 bond in Somerset County jail pending hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Fayette County
Merle Glessner
Somerset County
CIO
Addison Township
Glessner
Japs Increase Forces Along Russian Border
Shanghai reports say Japanese troops arrive in increasing numbers at Dairen entry port for Manchukuo. Reinforcements along the Russian border include many cavalry units believed sent from Japan. Unconfirmed rumors of clashes on Manchukuo borders circulated but denial and cautious foreign sourcing note no confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Dairen
Japan
Manchukuo
Coast Defense Troops Take Duty Seriously
SAN DIEGO Aug. 4 Coast defense troops at Fort Rosecrans did their duty and then found themselves in a jam for it Officers of the Navy transport Flying Cloud complained the coast defense searchlight beams trained on them during inspection blinded men on the bridge Previously a commercial vessel captain made a similar complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Coast Defense
Fort Rosencrans
Navy
Flying Cloud
RAF Continues Massive Offensive Against Nazis
British bombers pounded Germany and occupied France over the weekend with a peak Saturday night raid on Berlin. Attacks extended to western Germany including Hannover and Frankfurt and to the Calais and Debark docks. Berlin suffered heavy fires as pilots described vast patches of flame near the city amid continued raids while German defenses and casualties were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
France
Berlin
Weathen
Hannover
Frankfort
Calais
Aste Yaa
Channel
England
Britain
Hamburg
Air Ministry
RAF
Ohio arsenals resume work at Plum Brook and Ravenna
Construction at Plum Brook and Ravenna ordnance plants resumed as 3,200 AFL workers returned after a holiday break, but 400 AFL carpenters remained idle amid a wage dispute. Carpenters walked out near Sandusky Saturday seeking a 35 cent hourly rise on a $1.12 wage, with no negotiations reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky, O
Ohio
Army Ordnance
Plum Brook
Ravenna
AFL
Sandusky
Road Commissioner Addresses Gwinn Family Reunion Speech
LOCKBRIDGE Aug. 4. Road Commissioner Ernest L. Bailey urges Americans to value their form of government more deeply. He notes long enjoyed freedoms and says many only know the words liberty and democracy from a dictionary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockbridge
Ernest L. Bailey
Hfe
Gwinn Family
House Hopes To Rush Tax Bill By Nightfall
President Roosevelt urged three changes to the $3.5 billion revenue measure to exempt earned income of either spouse, but the Ways and Means Committee rejected them. House leaders pressed for swift passage as opposition to the joint filing rule remained strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Roosevelt
Ways and Means
Legisla
Tors
Twin Tragedy Over Phone Sparks Parkersburg Probe
In Parkersburg on August 4 a man identified as Russell Lyons aged 41, a Baltimore and Ohio railroad worker, shot and killed Mrs. Max Jackson and wounded himself. The incident, heard by police via a telephone line, involved a loud argument and cries for help from Mrs. Jackson before three pistol reports. Lieutenant Floyd Dugan found Mrs. Jackson dead and Lyons dying, with Lyons believed to have killed Mrs. Jackson first and then shot himself. Mrs. Jackson was the wife of Lyons’ stepson and was visiting Kentucky at the time. A telephone operator and the telephone company relayed that the call to police briefly connected before the receiver was left off the hook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Russell Lyons
Baltimore and J Ohio Railroad
Max Jackson
Bob Bailey
State Farm Prices Show Increase Over Last Year
Charleston WV August 4 West Virginia farm prices at 114. percent of pre war average on July 15 were unchanged from June but 13 points above the same date last year. Advances in most categories were offset by a 36 point drop in the fruit index to 72 percent of the 1910-14 average. Chickens and eggs up 16 to 118 dairy products up 8 to 120 meat animals and miscellaneous indices up 8 each to 140 and 103 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Desk Clerk Talks Down Robber During First Night
Kansas City dispatch says Bill Rice a 16 year old transplanted Texan served his first night as desk clerk at an apartment hotel when a holdup man pressed a gun against his ribs. He talked the bandit into leaving without taking money or a penny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Bill Rice
Typhoon Hits Guam Island No Casualties Reported
A typhoon swept Guam damaging the Marine post and crops with 120 mph winds. No deaths were reported as shelter was provided for 500 people and communications failed in Agana. Naval and Pan American crews evacuated. vessels moved to sea to avoid the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
United States Marine Post
Here
Pan American Airways
San Francisco
Agana
Mussolini declares world clash as lines drawn
In a public speech, Premier Mussolini told Blackshirts departing for the Russian front that the line up is complete with Rome Berlin and Tokyo on one side and London Washington and Moscow on the other for a clash of worlds. He called the Blackshirts to take part in a battle of giants before leaving Manta on July 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mussolini
Berlin
Tokyo
London
Washington
Moscow
Manta
Red Army
Tr Duce
Potato 15-Pound Packager Demonstrated by State Dept
Wayne August 4. Demonstration of a device that mechanically cleans and packages potatoes in 15 pound containers began today. The state agriculture department plans further showings in potato growing areas to promote uniform adoption of the 15 pound size to boost marketability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
State Agriculture Department
Japan Severs Steamship Ties With United States
Japan suspends all regular direct steamship services to the United States and plans possible national mobilization. The government may invoke the mobilization law to reorganize political, economic, industrial, and social structures amid the crisis, per the Japan Times and Advertiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Japan Times and Advertiser
President Roosevelt Heads Aboard Potomac For Atlantic Cruise
In New London Connecticut on August 4 President Roosevelt sailed aboard the White House yacht Potomac for a secrecy-guarded Atlantic vacation. The voyage, expected to last a week to ten days, followed a special train move to Boston to return promptly if world events demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
White House
Potomac
Atlantic Ocean
Roosevelt
Naval Submarine Base
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington
Boston
City ordinance bans chickens at large. owners face arrest
The city, under Mayor C. G. King, prohibits chickens from running at large and warns that violators will be arrested and prosecuted. The measure targets chicken owners permitting birds to roam freely within city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. King
Germans Push Toward Kiev in New Blitz
German forces claim rapid advances across the eastern front, severing rail links behind the Red Army and driving toward Moscow from the Smolensk region. Reports speak of isolated and destroyed Soviet units and significant gains south of Kiev as Luftwaffe strikes hit supply hubs near the Dvina headwaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ukraine
Red Army
Kilev
Moscow
Smolensk
Kiev
Dvina
Rumor of British Invasion Plans Circulates in Europe
Unconfirmed reports from London and Goteborg describe Britain preparing for an invasion, with mentions of northern theaters and Finland amid Soviet fighting. The press notes fear but prints scattered stories of potential operations, suggesting heightened concern over British naval activity in the Arctic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Aut Iin
Britain
Finland
Soviet
Russia
Goteborg
Sweden
Arctic
Axis
Pinland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Black
Baltic Seas
Harold L. Ickes
Central Press
AEF
Earl Fawcett
Blueville Methodist Church
Nazis
Ohio Arsenals
Gab
Guam Island
United States Marine Barracks
Robert Ruggles Wilbur
San Mateo
Cal
Jeanne Folsom
Jeanne
Mae
Sutton Hridge
Pogland
President Cruises
New
Stalin
Europe
Norway
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!