Local theatre repaint and travels during heat wave noted
A log of redecorating activity at the Chakeres Logan Theatre and Ruble Theatre shows workers updating the marquee. A correspondent from Enterprise reports a family outing for the holiday with multiple refreshments sought, remarking drinks were scarce in the heat. Also, two local youths, Jack N. Moorehead and John P. Parry, were called for Army Air Force aviation cadet training at Fort Thomas Kentucky, then Keesler Field Mississippi after passing prelim exams at Lockbourne Air Base. Moorehead is married.
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Jack N. Moorehead
North Mulberry Street
John P. Parry
Hunter Street
U. S. Army Air Force
Fort Thomas
Keesler Field
Miss
Lockbourne Air Base
Hocking County
Columbus
Moorehead
Mrs. Josephine Wuebben Back From Hospital
Staff writer Mrs. Josephine Wuebben returned to work on her Out Door Diary column after a final hospital check. She reunited with two old friends, Mrs. Al Schreck of Cleveland and Mrs. Art McGovern of Columbus, recalling Hocking Valley folk memories.
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Josephine Wuebben
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Logan School
al Schreck
Ruth Gallagher
Cleveland
Art McGovern
Minnie Ambrose
Columbus
Hocking Valley
Nan McBride
LHS
OPA clarifies holiday travel rules on gas rations
Birkett L Williams NSA regional administrator clarifies that holiday driving is not banned. Motorists with A books may use full allotment, while those with B or C must stay within 90 miles per month for non essential trips.
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OPA
Birkett L. Williams
Williams
Chiang Kai-shek Calls UN Strike Now Against Japan
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek urged the United Nations to strike immediately against Japan stating now is the opportune moment to reap great results in shortening the war and saving lives. He said Japan is weakest as its resources near exhaustion and warned against a long drawn-out fight.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
United Nations
Japan
China
Survey Underway To Assess Air Forces Personnel Use
A survey at Wright and Patterson fields near Dayton aims to optimize personnel use across Army Air Forces units. Col. Walter R. Jeffrey directs the effort and hopes the War Department manpower board will set fixed ceilings for the war department.
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Dayton, O
Army Air Forces
Wright and Patterson Fields
Dayton
Walter R. Jeffrey
Corps of Engineers
War Department Manpower Board
War Department
Specialist Dr Thomas Hubbard Dies at 83
Dr Thomas Hubbard an eye ear nose throat specialist and former president of the American Laryngological Society is dead He formerly served as secretary of the Ohio State Medical Society and is credited with perfecting a bronchoscope still in use He was 83.
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Ashtabula, CO
Thomas Hubbard
American Laryngological Society
Ohio State Medical Society
Senate Keeps CCC Subsidy Ban Alive in Deficiency Bill
The Senate voted 36 to 28 to continue the Commodity Credit Corporation subsidy ban, part of a 366 million deficiency appropriations measure, as House opposition and veto threats loom. The bill also advances crop insurance provisions and tax revenue debates.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate
CCC
Nighf
Gas book errors to hit motorists in Cleveland
The regional Office of Price Administration warns motorists that misaddressed renewal applications for the A gasoline ration book may delay receipt beyond July 21. Errors include missing inspection records and the back cover of the original book, slowing processing for several thousand applicants.
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Cleveland
Regional Office of Price Administration
OPA
Charles H. Schreiber
Mal Rationing Executive
Ohio game protectors arrest 139 in June fish and game viols
Ohio game protectors arrested 139 persons for fish and game law violations during June. All were convicted and fines totaled 3055 dollars, the state conservation commission reported.
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Columbus
Ohio Game Protectors
State Conservation Commission
WPB reports May gains in aircraft and naval output
Production of planes and naval vessels rose to new highs in May according to the War Production Board. Overall munitions output was steady from April with declines in ground ordnance and merchant vessels. Shipyard value up to nearly 1.8 million dead weight tons, while merchant ships reached 44 percent of 1943 goals in six months.
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Capitol Hill
War Production Board
WPB
Navy
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Wasch
Desertions Reported in Nazi Occupation Forces in Norway
Norwegian sources in London report Gen. Nikolaus Von Falkenhorst warned camps of a rising desertion problem among Nazi troops. The information came from an underground Norwegian newspaper smuggled to London.
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London
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
Norway
Two Amateur War Wives Harvest 720 Acres in Kansas
Pretty Prairie Kansas July 7 Two war wives from Kansas and Kentucky join three farmhands to harvest 720 acres of wheat. Mrs Venore Voran and Mrs Dottie Watson work sunburned but proud while their husbands serve in North Africa. They push 12 hour days loading grain for shipment as Kansas storage expands to around 30 million bushels awaiting rail transport.
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Pretty Prairie
Kas
Kansas
University
New York
West
Venore Voran
Dottie Watson
Downsville
North Africa
Homer
L. A. French
Kansas City
New Legislation Aims Higher Incomes Tax Plan
Washington July 7 congressional and treasury experts draft a tax formula to tax war income gains at higher rates. The Ways and Means Committee orders study and plans Sept 8 nonpartisan consideration of a new general tax with higher levies. No retroactive taxes. main feature effective January 1, 1944.
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Washington
Congressional
Treasury
House
Ways and Means
FDR Sends Short Wave Greeting to China on Anniversary
President Roosevelt broadcast a special short wave radio greeting to the Chinese people on the sixth anniversary of resisting Japanese aggression. The message read from San Francisco to Chungking and included excerpts from his past addresses in his own voice. It emphasized that U.S. promises are kept and pledges redeemed and extended heartfelt greetings from the United States to China.
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Washington
Roosevelt
China
United States
Red Newspaper Endorses Anti Red Hague
A Daily Worker article signed by William Norman endorses Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City. It argues Hague supports the president's wartime policies and counters charges of Hagueism as an attack on the president. Hague denies knowledge of the piece.
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New York
Daily Worker
Frank Hague
Jersey City
William Norman
New Jersey
Communist Party
Hague
Giraud to Meet Roosevelt at White House Today
General Henri Giraud commander of French forces in North Africa and co chair of the French committee for national liberation will arrive at the White House late today for a conference with President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Henri Giraud
North Africa
French Committee For National Liberation
White House
Roosevelt
Vacations Allowed in East by Price Administration
The Office of Price Administration will allow vacation trips in the eastern region where other transportation is scarce. This change eases travel for residents facing limited options.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Reds Say Nazis Paying Heavily for Slight Gains Made
Warfront dispatch reports U S naval forces crushed Japanese in the Kula gulf round one of the Solomon Islands battle. Score ten to one as American ships cripple six enemy warships and damage four others in a night action July 5 6. MacArthur HQ notes gains near Rendova and Munda as Russia reports German losses during three day summer offensive with tanks and planes. Mediterranean air war targets Gerbini and rail hubs at Catania while RAF raids France railways.
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Solomon Islands
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Kula Gulf
New Georgia Island
New Georgia
Kolombangar Islands
Solomons
Rendova Island
Munda
Russia
Moscow
Mediterranean
U.S
Gerbini
Sicily
Catania
France
East Anglia
England
OWI Cuts Program As Editors Aid War News Coverage
The Office of War Information with a trimmed budget asks publishers to help plan low cost home front news coverage. Palmer Hoyt appointed nine editors to advise as OWI will not print directly to the public and will work through existing media channels. He plans consultations with press, radio, outdoor and advertising interests to gather views.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Congress
Palmer Hoyt
OWI
Hoyt
Missing Woman Reporter Searched Across States
Police in nine states sought Rose Brancato of West Haven after she vanished while on assignment Monday night. The New Haven Journal Courier editorial staff member disappeared on her way to a block party of the Army Air Force technical training command at Yale.
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New Haven
Conn
Rose Brancato
West Haven
New Haven Journal Courier
Dike Breach Floods Lake Erie Area Near Reno Beach
Hundreds of families lose homes after an earthen dike at Reno Beach fails under pounding waves from Lake Erie. Evacuations by boat. about 300 homes surrounded. Red Cross center set up for evacuees. widespread damage to farms and residential districts.
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Toledo
Lake Erie
Reno Beach
Here
Howard Farms
Red Cross
Lucas County
State Highway Patrol
Findlay
Charles Hennessy
Lake Front
West of Diplomacy academy proposed for Foreign Service
Rep Curtis Nebraska introduces legislation to create an Academy Foreign Service modeled on the military academy at Point, N Y. plan aims to train men and women for posts abroad and strengthen diplomatic readiness in Washington.
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Washington
Diplomacy
Acade
Curtis
R-Neb
Foreign Service
Military Academy
Point, N. Y
Strike Hits New York Office Workers
About 28 000 office workers and visitors faced a 55 minute strike in Manhattan shutting Rockefeller Center and nearby offices. Operators protested working conditions and paced picket lines outside major buildings.
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New York
Rockefeller
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Campbell
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Viru Harbor
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Solon
FDR
Red
Giraud
Pacific
MacArthur
By Roger Greene
Frank Knox
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