Navy Seabees Offer World Wide Construction Roles
The Navy Construction Battalions or Seabees offer overseas postings from Iceland to Australia and Africa to back invasion forces with docks, air fields, and barracks. Eligible men 17 to 50 can enlist or be inducted with ratings based on trades, with Athens Navy Recruiting Station open daily except Sunday for information. Lieutenant Zunser of the Civil Engineers corps conducts interviews Wednesdays from 10:30 to 2 and can authorize ratings for qualified applicants.
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Iceland
Alaska
Australia
Africa
Europe
Asia
Seabees
Navy
Athens
Zunser
Civil Engineers Corps
Glider crash at Lambert kills prominent St. Louis figures
A military glider with a missing right wing plunged 1500 feet during a public demonstration at Lambert Field. Fatalities include Maj. William Robertson and Mayor William Deer Becker plus eight others. Libational officials describe the crash as the first fatal glider accident in two years.
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ST. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis Field
William B. Robertson
Pioneer Airplane
William Deer Becker
Army
J. R. Johnston
Army Airforce
Robertson
Becker
Dysart
Max H. Doyne
Robertson Aircraft Corporation
Paul H. Hazelton
Army Airforces Materiel Command
Milton C. Klugh
Troop Carrier Command
Stout Field
Indianapolis
J. M. Davis
Joseph C. Payne
Car Crash Kills Two In Defiance Ohio
Auto truck collision near Defiance Ohio leaves Lawrence K Horner 21 and Elvin La 29 dead. State police report Mae Davis 33 of Sandusky drove the truck and was being detained.
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Defiance
Lawrence K. Horner
Elvin la
Sherwood
Mae Davis
Sandusay
Harlem Riots Leave Four Dead and Many Injured
Four negroes are confirmed dead and 155 people, mostly black, along with 40 policemen, are injured after Harlem clashes. Police say 363 arrests. Mayor La Guardia appeals for order as extra officers and reserves are deployed. Police, fire officials coordinate from west 123rd Street station amid detours and liquor store closures.
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New York
Harlem
la Guardia
Lewis J. Valentine
Patrick Walsh
West 123Rd Street
Zinc Randolph
Sterling Stokes
Frank Stoner
Michael Young
Insurance Agents Union Must Vote
Ohio agents of Prudential Insurance Co. must repeat a bargaining agent election after no union won a majority in the July 29 vote. Walter E. Tang of the NLRB announced results with 2881 for AFL, 373 for the life agents union, 212 for CIO unit, and 67 for no union, across Chillicothe, Hamilton, Portsmouth, Sandusky and Steubenville.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Walter E. Tang
National Labor Relations Board
Tang
American Federation of Industrial and Ordinary Insurance Agents Council
AFL
International Union of Life Insurance Agents
CIO
United Office and Professional Workers of America, Insurance Division
Allied Forces Capture Mistretta in Sicily Prisoner Toll Rises
In North Africa broadcast, Allied action reports ten thousand prisoners taken as Mistretta falls, six miles inland from Sicily’s northern coast. The seizure plugs a major breakthrough and signals a rapid advance against Axis positions.
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North Africa
Mistretta
Sicily
Surgeon Melchior Cockey Dies at 90 in Salina
Dr. Melchior Gist Cockey, 90, longtime surgeon from Salina Kansas, died August in U S Army service era. His career included service as a surgeon general and he was noted for medical contributions in SAS city reporting.
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SAS
City
Melchior Gist Cockey
Salina
Kas
U. 8
Bricker Says GOP Duty Trumps Personal Views on Nomination
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker said a presidential hopeful should be bound by party platform and would uphold policies from the postwar advisory council. He noted the council as the true party voice and dissented with the Post-War Policy Association’s stance, regarding Willkie.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Arrest of Negro Causes Near Riot in Savannah
In Savannah Georgia Sunday police confronted a crowd as they attempted to arrest a negro woman on West Broad Street near Union Station. The crowd gathered after a soldier named Sergt Ed Levant tried to interfere and forced officers to retreat into a nearby building until reinforcements arrived.
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Savannah
West Broad Street
Union Station
L. C. Nosworthy
Sergt
Ed Levant
Vichyite Believes France Divided by Gaulle Giraud
Admiral Georges Robert, former high commissioner of Martinique and Guadalupe, says Gaulle and Giraud create a situation that would split France. He notes Petain supporters would not align with those who opposed the Vichy regime.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Georges Robert
Martinique
Guadalupe
Caribbean
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
France
Marshal Petain
Air raid wardens resign after Toledo drill failure
Fourteen wardens signed a resignation and turned in equipment after Toledo Lucas County air raid practice described as the worst yet. Sector chief Harry Wuerfel cited lack of signal uniformity and confusion, with Perrysburg and Maumee officials criticizing failure to notify raids. Civil air patrol reportedly bombed city and suburbs with cardboard bombs.
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Toledo
Lucas County
Harry Wuerfel
Civil Air Patrol
Rosso Said Appointed Secretary General of Italian Foreign Office
A Berlin broadcast dispatch reported Dr. Augusto Rosso veteran Italian diplomat with an American wife had been named secretary-general of the Italian foreign office.
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London
Berlin
DNB
Augusto Rosso
Foreign Office
Berlin Dig In To Endure A Coventry
Berlin faces evacuation orders as Allied air raids focus on Hamburg and potential strikes on the German capital. Leaflets urge non essentials to relocate to relatives or eastern evacuation areas while schools close and shelters prepare. Reports from Stockholm and Dag Nyheter note near panic and widespread fires from incendiary bombs in Hamburg.
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Stockholm
Hamburg
Berlin
Germany
Aftonbladet
Dagens Nyheter
St. Pauli's
Ham
Drowns in Quarry Near Fostoria Ohio
Charles Briggs 21 of East Toledo drowned in a quarry near Fostoria Ohio yesterday according to coroner William H. Benner.
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Fostoria
Charles Briggs
East Toledo
William H. Benner
FDR Tax Hike Proposal Faces Bipartisan Scrutiny
Washington reports President Roosevelt's renewed push for stiff tax increases as part of a revised 105.869 million dollar budget. Senate leaders from both parties call for tighter government spending and spending reductions alongside possible new taxes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Wherry
R-Neb
America
Radcliffe
President Lin Sen Dies in China at 81
Lin Sen, 81, president of the Chinese Republic, died after a long illness. Chiang Kai Shek was named acting president by the Kuomintang Central Committee. Lin, born in Foochow 1862, had studied in California and led China after 1932 during a pivotal era.
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Chunking
Lin Sen
Generlissimo
Chiang Kai Shek
Koomintang Central Committee
China
Japan
Foochow
Fukien
California
United States
Food available is more nourishing than ever says USDA
The U S Department of Agriculture reports diet quality rose for nearly four years with civilians gaining calories protein fat minerals and vitamins in 1940 41 and 42. Per capita supplies of these essentials are higher this year though calories show no special concern.
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Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Athlete Norman W. Moore Drowns in Canton
The body of Norman W. Moore, 43, known as Legs, a Warren resident and former professional football and baseball player, was recovered in Canton. The incident details indicate a drowning in local waters, with authorities continuing inquiries into the cause and circumstances surrounding the death.
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Canton
Norman W
Allied Bombers Strike Naples in Major War Move
Allied heavy bombers pounded Naples in a raid tied to Eisenhower's threat to press Italy toward peace. Berlin panics spread as 3,000,000 Italians reportedly flee cities. Hamburg and Ploesti targets cited amid attrition claims.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
Badoglio
Naples
Foundrymen to receive five cent wage increase
About 5 000 workers at 23 Miami Valley plants including Hamilton and Overpeck in Butler County will get a five cent hourly raise. The regional War Labor Board says this supersedes a six percent salary hike under the Little Steel formula dated June 22. The board also noted a dispute involving 54 American Aggregates Corp. employees over vacations overtime wages and effective date.
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Cleveland
Miami Valley Foundrymen’s Association
Hamilton and Overpeck
Butler County
War Labor Board
Little Steel
WLB
American Aggregates Corp
Massillon
Federal
AFL
USAAF Bombers Hit Japanese Installations in Burma
U S bombers blasted wharves warehouses and shipping facilities at Katha on the Irrawaddy during Sunday operations in Burma. Direct hits were reported on three large river steamers and other river craft as bombs burst over the target area.
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New Dehli
Katha
Irrawaddy
Burma
U. S. 10Th Aaf
Axis'LL Weep At Figures For U S Production
USAAF marks its 36th birthday with bomb on Ploesti oil fields and reports aircraft output well ahead of Axis totals. Since Pearl Harbor, American factories have delivered 73 132 planes. Nelson cites progress toward meeting 1944 goals of 95 000 planes including 36 000 bombers and 38 000 fighters.
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Washington
U. S. Army Air Force
Europe
Africa
Pacific
USAAF
Ploesti
U. S
Army Air
Japan
Russia
Britain
Pearl Harbor
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Sacrifices at Home Aid War Says Patton
In Hamilton Massachusetts Lieut General George S Patton Jr says home front sacrifices support the Sicily campaign The rationing ensures troops receive butter and other essentials amid the war effort
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Patton
Hamilton
Mass
Sicilian
George S. Patton, Jr
Sicily
Premier Jan Christian to Visit States Soon
London Express dispatch says Marshal Jan Christian, premier of the Union of Africa, plans a visit to the United States likely in September.
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Arg
London Express
John
Jan Christian
Union of Africa
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