First corn of the year arrives from local gardens
Adolph Gompf reports a 10 dozen ears of yellow hybrid sweet corn from a one acre patch near Scotts Creek three miles south of Logan. James R. Smoot, county extension agent, notes roasting ears from his Spancross crop planted in 63 days. Lafe Allen from Logan Route 1 is recovering in University Hospital Columbus after major surgery.
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Adolph Gompf
Scotts Creek
Logan
Gompf
Lafe Allen
Logan Route 1
University Hospital
Columbus
James R. Smoot
Three Drivers Cited Over Nonessential Driving Violations
Cleveland July 6 Three persons were cited for nonessential driving violations by OPA investigators who checked Northern Ohio resorts over the holiday weekend. Hugo V. Prucha reported 132 motorists with B and C gasoline rations interviewed at Cedar Point, Geneva, Lakeside, Catawba Point and Pymatuning Lake, but only three individuals in the district were ordered to appear for a hearing.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Ohio
Hugo V. Prucha
OPA
Cedar Point
Geneva
Lakeside
Catawba Point
Pymatuning Lake
Germans accuse Britain of civilian bombings in white paper
London reports a German foreign office white paper charging Britain with sole guilt for civilian bombings. It cites Allied raids on German cities and says German air terror was planned to destroy Europe, noting casualties in Britain while refraining from specific casualty figures.
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London
Warsaw
Rotterdam
Coventry
Foreign Office
Britain
Europe
House Senate Oppose For On Many Issues
The Senate and House clash on farm crop insurance and Guffey act regulation as Congress debates postwar policy. Officials consider new tax plans to curb wartime purchasing power while gazing toward a summer recess. President Roosevelt faces challenges over railway worker pay and government market involvement.
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Senate
House
Bill Guffey
Ways and Means
Guffey
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
Rules Committee
George
D-Ga
Committee On
Congress
Treasury
D. C
Fred M. Vinson
Island Queen Paddle Suction injures passengers at Cincinnati
John Gondkovic a Xavier University medical student from Mingo Junction Ohio narrowly escaped serious harm after a paddle wheel suction drew a 26 foot pleasure boat toward the Island Queen excursion steamer on the Ohio River near Cincinnati He and four others aboard the Ray-Ann were rescued with minor rib and back injuries and the party included Ann Burns 17 Paul Connair 17 Dayton Joe O Neill 20 Newark Ohio and Gondkovic.
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Cincinnati
John Gondkovic
Mingo Junction
Xavier University
Gondkovic
Ray-Ann
Sylvester J. Burns
Dayton Automobile Dealer
Burns
Ann
Paul Connair
Dayton
Joe O'Neill
Newark
Polish General's Death Is Mourned
A head on collision near Marienville Pennsylvania killed eight people and injured five Akron residents. An 18 month old Akron boy survived, and police identified three other victims as Owen J D Brown Robert J Storm and Gar M Wood. The crash left one car with seven occupants burned. Investigators delayed final toll as condition of the Akron survivors improved.
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Marienville
Here
Akron
Ohio
Thomas Boland, Jr
Philip Boland
Owen JD. Brown
Robert J. Storm
Elmira
N. Y
Gar M. Wood
Ithaca
Chillicothian Hero Recipient For Rescue Mission
Cairo July 6 Sergt Harry M Parmeter of Chillicothe received a soldier's medal for saving the lives of three Indian guards trapped in a burning truck. Brig Gen Gilbert Cheves read the citation praising Parmeter's heroism and noting he suffered severe burns during the rescue.
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Cairo
Harry M., Parmeter
Chillicothe
Gilbert Cheves
Army Services of Supply
Parmeter
U. S
Whiskey Fire Destroys Gottleib Bros Plant near Cincinnati
Fire tore through the Gottleib Bros renovation plant in Golf Manor causing the three story brick structure to collapse. Officials estimate losses at about 40000 dollars as thousands of whisky barrels burned.
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Cincinnati
Gottleib Bros
Golf Manor
Churchill notes Sikorski death as heavy loss to Poland
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Churchill called the death of General Wladyslaw Sikorski premier of the Polish government in exile a heavy stroke. He also confirmed Brig. Gen. J P Whiteley among 16 killed in the Gibraltar Liberator crash carrying Sikorski home from the Middle East inspection tour.
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M. Miholajek
Wladislaw Sikorski
Center
Sophia
ATS
Gibraltar
London
Middle East
Churchill
House of Commons
Wladyslaw Sikorski
House
J. P. Whiteley
Sikorski
Akron business man pardoned by governor
L Ray Laughlin of Akron, who previously served time in Mansfield Reformatory, was pardoned by Governor Bricker to permit him to apply for an Army commission. He pled guilty in January 1931 to writing checks with insufficient funds in Stark County and received a one to three year sentence, with parole in December 1931.
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Columbus, O
L. Ray Laughlin
Akron
Mansfield Reformatory
John W. Bricker
Laughlin
Stark County
OPA Halts 10 Slaughterers in Cleveland District
The Office of Price Administration suspended 10 northern Ohio slaughterers including Dominic Rebman of Lorain and Howard E. Long of Barberton for failure to surrender ration points and other violations. The suspensions may be lifted after accounts are corrected. continued slaughtering could prompt criminal charges. The Cleveland district now totals 31 suspensions in 19 counties over two weeks.
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Cleveland, O
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Ohio
Dominic Rebman
Lorain
Howard E. Long
Barberton
Robert P. Scholte
Cleveland
Nazi military head sees Japan downfall
Berlin correspondent Major Otto Mossdorf, German military commentator, says General Douglas MacArthur's south Pacific offensive may mark a turn of events for the Japanese. Mossdorf notes Japan failed for six years to finish the Chinese war quickly.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Stockholms Tidingen
Otto Mossdorf
Douglas MacArthur
South Pacific
Mossdorf
Chiang Kai-Shek Predicts Jap Defeat Within Two Years
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek told China that the time limit for defeating Japan cannot exceed two years as China marks the war’s sixth anniversary. He forecasts aggressive offensives across theatres and a continuing stream of victories signaling allied victory and Japan’s elimination as a military power.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Japan
Chi
Far East
Ho Ying-Chin
United Nations
Jayjan
Wallace Jones flare up aired for committee
Washington July 6 Six foot two Jesse Jones the administration's banker and vice president Henry Wallace traded harsh charges over BEW and RFC policies in a week long verbal slugging match Jones accused Wallace of malice and half truths Perkins replied in writing and Senator Bridges urged a military affairs inquiry to settle who is right
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Board of Economic Warfare
Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
BEW
Milo Perkins
BSW
RFC
Rip van Winkle
Senate Appropriations Committee
Perkins
Senate
Bridges
RNH
Military Affairs Committee
Congress
Gasoline Restrictions Relaxed for Vacation Travel
Representative Hartley announced that the Office of Price Administration agreed to relax gasoline restrictions in 12 eastern states. After July 15, A card holders may take vacation trips, following discussions with OPA director Prentiss M. Brown.
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Washington
Hartley
R-Nj
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Eastern Seaboard
Prentiss M. Brown
Ickes Maps Steps to Lift Mine Safety Standards
Interior Secretary Ickes announced government mine program steps to raise safety and health conditions to legal standards. He said the moves aim to protect miners and ensure maximum production at government operated coal mines.
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Washington
Ickes
Ohio Solon Dies Washington Congressman Ansberry 71
Timothy T. Ansberry 71 former Ohio fifth district congressman from 1907 to 1915 died yesterday from a heart condition after an operation. Services will be held here Thursday.
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Ohio
Long Awaited Push In Russia Starts
The German offensive across a 165 mile front faced stiff Soviet defense. Soviet forces reported heavy German losses and destroyed tanks in the opening hours. Allied actions extended to the Pacific and Mediterranean as U S and Japanese forces clashed near Rendova and the Solomon Islands.
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Russia
U.S
Adolph Hitler
Moscow
Orel
Belgorod
Southwest Pacific
Mediterranean
United Nations
Japan
Europe
Pacific
U. S
Solomon Islands
Rendova
New Georgia
Rendova Island
Newspapers Face Newsprint Slash
The War Production Board ordered further newsprint reductions for 1943's third quarter up to five percent for large users. The rule excludes the first 25 tons for smaller papers under 500 tons quarterly. The move follows industry advisory recommendations and aims to curb consumption while aiding smaller newspapers.
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Washington
War Production Board Today
WPB
H. M. Bitner
WPB Printing and Publishing Division
Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee
Labor Advisory Committee
Salem Man Dies From Crash Injuries
George MacCommon, 41, of Salem, died today from injuries after his automobile struck a bridge abutment near here Sunday.
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Salem
George MacCommon
Here
Farm hand 17 confesses murder of six year old
Celina Ohio July 6 Louis Vernon Hand a 17 year old farm hand confessed to killing six year old Richard Stober. He told police the boy razzed him about a broken farm tool and he hit him with a claw hammer multiple times. Hand said the boy was the son of Rufus Stober and that he was on probation from federal court in Toledo for auto theft. He had previously been committed to the Boys Industrial School at Lancaster.
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Celina
Louis Vernon Hand
Richard Stober
Greenville
Rufus Stober
Ora McClellan
Hand
Ansonia
Federal District Court
Toledo
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Fourth Accident Toll Is Lowest
The Associated Press reports wartime travel curbs during the three day July 4 weekend saved lives with at least 298 deaths over the period, of which 127 were traffic fatalities. In 1941 pre gas restrictions there were 500 deaths and 1942 had 320. No fireworks deaths were recorded. Ohio deaths from traffic accidents drownings and other causes are noted.
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Associated Press
Ohio
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