RAF loses hit record in saturation raid on Berlin
British bomber force hit Berlin before dawn in a massive saturation raid. 58 RAF planes were missing amid reports of extensive damage and civilian evacuation. Germans acknowledged damage as Rome efforts gained urgency and Soviet forces advanced on the Donets front.
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London
U. S
Berlin
Goebbels
RAF
Pilsen
Czechoslovakia
Mannheim
Germany
Rome
Stefani
Italy
United States
Russia
Donets River
AFL Manpower Agenda Highlights Ohio Convention
The Ohio State Federation of Labor meets in Columbus to discuss war manpower issues ahead of an AFL head William Green’s address. Officials warn that unresolved employer employee tensions could invite more government interference, with War Labor Board Director Lewis Gill urging postwar cooperation and stability. Patterson and Keeney address the crowd as Green prepares to speak, marking his first appearance since 1939.
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Columbus
Ohio State Federation of Labor
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Ohio
Coshocton Me
Green
Lewis Gill
Regional War Labor Board
Parolee Charged in Glouster Post Office Robbery
London prison farm parolee and C Circone aged 32 faced arraignment on an 11 year charge for robbing the Glouster post office of 685 dollars in stamps and registered mail. Circone had been indicted with four others in the Glouster robbery and was released yesterday after a Servia term for a Grove City bank robbery.
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Columbus
London Prison Farm Parolee
C. Circone
Gloust
Circone
Grove City
Quebec Leaders Map War Strategy At WW II Conference
Roosevelt and Churchill close plans to force unconditional surrender of Axis powers after a prolonged Quebec strategy meeting. Officials say military decisions of great importance were reached, with Bracken predicting lasting fame for Quebec as a decision hub. Roosevelt heads to Ottawa then Washington. Churchill to fish then likely Washington. King to Ottawa with Roosevelt.
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Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Europe
Asia
Brenden Bracken
Bracken
Navy
Air Force
Chateau Frontenac
Ottawa
Washington
Britain
MacKenzie King
Canada
State of Emergency Declared in Six Danish Towns
A state of emergency has been declared in six Danish towns by German occupation officials to curb sabotage. The move follows a wave of attacks including theft of several thousand rifles from a Nazi arsenal and the destruction of a power plant that supplied the entire northeast Jutland region.
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New York
United States Broadcast Intelligence Service
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Jutland
Engineer Slain in Columbus Home Dispute
In Columbus today, 73 year old retired engineer A Henry was shot dead in a quarrel with his son Norman 43 at their home. Detective Chief Leo Phillips reported the incident.
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Columbus
Red
A. Henry
Norman
Leo Phillips
Four arrested in wartime espionage ring linked to Nazi Germany
Justice Department announces arrests of four people under the wartime espionage act, including Grace Buchanan-Dineen and Theresa Behrens, both Detroit residents, amid reports of a spy ring supplying war information to Germany. Two unidentified German women were also detained in Detroit.
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Washington
Justice Department
Nazi Germany
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Grace
Buchanan-Dineen
Bertrand Steuart Hoffman
Theresa Behrens
Fred Williams Thomas
Detroit
Mooney Accused In Investigation Of Mental Cases
Cleveland August 24 Mayor Lausche accuses State Welfare Director Mooney of failing to take responsibility for mental defectives. The Plain Dealer says state administration would not attend the mayor's second conference on mental care. The first meeting ended with Mooney pledging to survey institutions for capacity.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Herbert R. Mooney
the Plain Dealer
Mooney
Lausche
Henry Hagert
Bricker Takes Flight for Wyoming Fishing and Politics
Governor John W. Bricker left Columbus this morning at 8 30 a m by plane bound for Wyoming for a trip described as involving fishing and political duties.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Wyoming
Nazi Gestapo Chief Honored
London reports that Adolf Hitler appointed Heinrich Himmler, head of the Nazi secret service and police, to also serve as minister of the interior and chief of the Reich administration under Gestapo rule.
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London
Gestapo
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Secret Service
Semi-Nude Man Found Dead in Car in Cleveland
The semi-nude body of Haines E. Ewing, 36, a steelworker, was found in a car behind a Central Avenue home. He had been stabbed through the heart, according to Detective Emil Musil.
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Cleveland
Emil Musil
Haines E. Ewing
Central Avenue
Army general reshuffle announced by War Department
A triple-shift of Army three and two star generals is announced. Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum relinquishes command of the first army and eastern defense command to chair the inter American defense board. Lieut. Gen. Stanley D. Embick moves to a top but undisclosed assignment. Maj. Gen. George Gruner is named to New York as Drum’s temporary successor with deputy command er duties. The inter American board represents 21 republics and handles hemispheric defense measures.
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Washington
War Department
Hugh A. Drum
First Army
Eastern Defense Command
inter-American Defense Board
Stanley D. Embick
Inter- American Board
George Gruner
New York
Drum
Inter-American Board
Gunert
Army Service Forces
White Haven
Army
al Wonce
Fort Brady
Mich
Regular Army
France
Embick
War Plans Division
General Staff
Father draft near unless Congress acts
Washington reports the prospect of drafting seven of every 100 pre Pearl Harbor fathers unless Congress stops it. Selective Service Director Hershey says 44,000 physically fit fathers are needed by January 1, with possible action after September 14. Induction totals rely on 907,000 men in last quarter and 1,893,000 for H2 1943, with 6.56 million fathers in draft age.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Congress
Senate
WRA Director Denies Committee Charges
War Relocation Authority Director Dillon S. Myer denied subcommittee claims that safeguards were neglected in releasing Japanese from camps. He said 18,000 people are on seasonal or indefinite leave and there has been no report of subversive activity among them.
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Washington
House
War Relocation Authority
WRA
Dillon S. Myer
Myer
Allied air sweep targets Japanese shipping in Burma to Sumatra
Allied bombers and fighters pounded targets from Burma to the Nicobars and off northwestern Sumatra. RAF and U S. Air Force communiques reported attacks on Japanese shipping communications and installations in broad daylight missions across the region.
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New Delhi
Burma
Nicobar Islands
Sumatra
RAF
U. S. Air Force
Graf named to Ohio engineering registration board
Gov Bricker announces Walter F Graf of Lancaster appointed to the State Board of Registration for Engineers and Examiners. The term runs from now to September 25, 1948.
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Walter Graf
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Walter F. Graf
Lancaster
State Board of Registration For Engineers and Examiners
Catholic Women's Union Attacks Modern Women’s Clothes
The National Catholic Women's Union at its annual meeting said styles since Pearl Harbor have become more offensive. It called sport wear shamelessly brief with skirts raised above modesty and decency and fabrics used to create sensual allure.
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Springfield
National Catholic Women’s Union
Pearl Harbor
Trio Makes Bids For Governorship Tuesday
Jackson Mississippi August 24 A.M. and Thomas L Bailey bid for the governorship in a Democratic runoff primary viewed as the decisive election. The winner will succeed Gov. Paul R Johnson next January.
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Jackson
Miss
Thomas L. Bailey
Mississippi
Paul R. Johnson
Japan Losses 147 Warships Reported in UN Communiques
New York reports that Japan has lost 147 cruisers and destroyers according to United Nations communiques since Pearl Harbor. Senate figures show 46 cruisers built and 10 building, 125 destroyers built and 11 building. Losses cited include 96 ships in the Solomon campaign and casualties around Kiska in the Aleutians.
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New York
United Nations
Pearl Harbor
Senate Naval Affairs
Walsh
D.mass
Senate Committee
Japan
Kiska
Aleutians
South Pacific
UAW Chief Protests Army Navy E Award Move
R. J. Thomas, president of the United Automobile Workers, protested to the war department against a proposed Army Navy E award to Thompson Products Co of Cleveland. He argued the firm had defied an NLRB order to disband a company union and warned the award would be a laughing stock.
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Detroit
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers (Cio
War Department
Thompson Products Co
Cleveland
Thomas
NLRB
Salt Creek Township Quota Set for Third War Loan Drive
Salt Creek Township’s quota in the Third War Loan drive opens September 9 at $19,787 with Earl Elberfeld as War Finance Committee chair. The county total for Logan, Murray City and Laurelville is $421,000, with Nelson DeLong named captain for Area 12 and lieutenants Francis A. Davis and Pearl Featherolf among others.
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Salt Creek Township
Earl Elberfeld
Hocking County War Finance Committee
Logan
Murray City
Laurelville
Area 12
Nelson DeLong
Francis A. Davis
Pearl Featherolf
Willian
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A.f.l’s
Glouster P. C
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Catholic Women’s Union
Trio
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