U S and Russia Agree on Second Front Wartime Pact
The House nears a showdown over continuing the WPA with a $280 million allotment to employ about 400000 workers monthly. Critics call the program wasteful while supporters say funds support war-related projects and unemployment remains in some regions. Norton proposes $6 million for WPA nurseries for children of working mothers.
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WPA
Taber
Rep. Cannon
Missouri
Norton
New Jersey
House Labor Committee
Roosevelt Sees Molotov, Sets Military Goals
The United States Great Britain and Russia disclosed a full understanding on creating a second front in Europe in 1942. A White House statement said Roosevelt and Molotov agreed on launching a mighty Allied offensive against Germany and on speeding up Allied aid to the Soviet Union.
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United States
Great Britain
Russia
Europe
White House
London
Roosevelt
V. M. Molotov
Germany
Molotov
Hitler
Sugar Registration for City Resumed in Portsmouth
Arrival of extra supplies allows Portsmouth residents previously unable to register for home canning sugar to do so now. Registrations are in room 2 Bond Street School from 9:30 to 3:30 daily, with Friday and Monday hours unchanged. Women’s auxiliaries from Second Presbyterian and All Saints churches volunteer as registrars.
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Portsmouth
Richard S. Kendall
Bond Street
Kendall
All Saints
Chest Leaders to Meet Friday to Discuss War Chest
Scioto county War Chest leaders plan a noon Friday meeting to review a campaign short of its goal. The drive closed Tuesday at $105,206 with $2,396 still needed. General chairman Harry M. Denton remains hopeful and county chairman George Wood continues fundraising efforts.
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Scioto County War Chest
Harry M. Denton
George Wood
Denton
Fall Nose Injury Causes Childs Death in Leon
Patricia Ann Bradley 15 months died from cerebral hemorrhages after a fall from a bed Sunday while visiting grandparents in Leon Carter County. Funeral at Hale's Creek Baptist Church near South Webster with interment in South Webster cemetery.
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Leon
Carter County
Patricia Ann Bradley
Saul Bradley
Wheelersburg
Frank Sparkman
Patricia Ann
Pine Creek
Hale’s Creek Baptist Church
South Webster
D. W. Davis
Boy 8 Dies in Ohio River Tragedy
William Collins eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Robert Neal of 1803 Seventh street drowned in the Ohio river near Ofmnere street at noon while three boys played on a log. David Gray twelve attempted a rescue and was forced to retreat after Collins struck him. James Baisden ten and Morris Cooper eleven also fell from the log and were helped ashore. Firemen searched with drag lines as Collins left Wilson school students and family mourn.
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William Collins
Robert Neal
Seventh Street
Ohio River
Collins
David Gray
Sixth Street
James Baisden
Arthur Baisden
Morris Cooper
Craddock Cooper
Weather Outlook and Temperatures Across Ohio Valley
Continued hot with scattered showers tonight. Observer Schirrman reports today at 11 a.m. temperature 86. Today's high 89 and low 73. One year ago today high 71 and low 61.
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Ohio Valley
Schirrman
Britain and Russia vow 20 year anti Hitler pact
London June 11 Britain and Russia signed a 20 year mutual assistance treaty pledging common action to resist aggression by Hitlerite Germany. Eden said the pact commits both nations to post war peace, economic cooperation, and no alliance against the other, with Molotov signing the document in London. United States was kept informed as talks followed in Moscow and Washington.
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Anthony Eden
Germany
Europe
Roosevelt
Churchill
White House
Molotov
London
Britain
Russia
Eden
Vyacheslav Molotov
Washington
Moscow
United States
Japan
Hitler
Winston Churchill
Organization of Security and
United Nations
League of Nations
U.S
John G. Winant
Gal
Lery
House of Commons
Joseph Stalin
War fronts flare as Midway battle ends in rout for Japan
Reports from the Pacific note a decisive Allied victory near Midway Island with Admiral Nimitz stating thousands of Japanese deaths amid a chaotic retreat. German claims of Bir Hacheim fallen in North Africa surface as fighting rages on the Nazi Russian front and other fronts show heavy combat.
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Associated Press
America
Midway Island
Pacific
Bir Hacheim
North
Africa
Professor Charles Owens Slain at Ohio State Laboratory
In Columbus on June 11 a 16 year old boy killed Dr. Charles R. Owens, chemical engineering instructor at Ohio State University, in his vacant chemistry lab after declaring intent to kill. Campus Officer William North reported the youth drew a .32 caliber pistol and fired once, striking Owens in the heart.
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Columbus
Charles R. Owens
Ohio State University
William North
North
Dr. Owens
Ferguson Files Candidacy for Governor
Columbus June 11 State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson filed his declaration of candidacy petitions as a Democratic gubernatorial candidate.
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Ferguson
Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Congress Praises Second Front Accord In Europe
Washington June 11 Immediate congressional approval followed the full understanding reached by President Roosevelt and Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov on creating a second front in Europe this year. Senator Austin of Vermont said he was delighted at the White House announcement. Senator Tydings of Maryland called the plan the most sensible thing that can be done now.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Molotov
Europe
Austin
Vermont
White House
Tydings
Maryland
Army Warbirds Tell How They Did It At Midway
Army heavy bombers and Marine dive bombers struck the Japanese fleet off Midway on June 3 and 4 in a decisive assault. General Willis H Hale described the pivotal afternoon as Army Fortresses attacked from high altitude, damaging a carrier and other vessels while Japanese planes bombed Midway. Colonel Walter C Sweeney Jr led the squadron in multiple attacks as the battle swung in favor of the Americans.
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ARMY
Midway
Willis H. Hale
Ernaommand
Medway
Amd
Navy
Band Island
Hale
Walter C. Sweeney Jr
San Francisco
Walter C. Sweeney
California State Guard
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House Appropriations Committee
Santa Monica
Calif
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Maxim Litvinoff
Harry Hopkins
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
Bond St. School
CHEST
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Axis
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. Pacific
Nimitz
Masanori Ito
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Congress
Clark Lee
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