Singer to Be Here With Marlene and Army Jeeps
Portsmouth set for a day long war bond celebration next Wednesday featuring Marlene Dietrich Dorothy McVitty and a caravan of army jeeps The event aims to sell war savings stamps and bonds with a pageant and jeep demonstrations at Municipal Stadium and a grand finale at the stadium where Dietrich will appear.
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Portsmouth
Marlene ‘Dietrich
Dorothy McVitty
Miss McVitty
Mmade
Junior Chamber of Commerce Committee
WPAY
WLW
Scioto County
Municipal Stadium
Dietrich
Filling Stations Vie To See Which Can Get Most Rubber
Filling station managers competed to collect the largest amount of scrap rubber in a nationwide drive launched by President Roosevelt. Elmer Huddleston of Scrotoville was reported with 2200 pounds as three local oil men returned from a statewide meeting in Columbus where Governor Bricker urged gathering every bit of scrap rubber to keep autos running.
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Roosevelt
Elmer Huddleston
Gallia Reet
Scrotoville
George H. Bachtrup
Standard Oil
Dollar-a-year men cleared by military subcommittee
A military affairs subcommittee gave a clean bill of health to the dollar-a-year men yesterday amid a probe of the resignation last March of R. Guthrie of Paducah who left a chief position in texture clothing and leather due to private interests from welfare.
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Hington
R. Guthrie
Paducah
Guthrie
Rubber items sought in Uncle Sam’s nationwide drive
The notice lists rubbers the public can donate including worn tires and tubes, hot water bottles, garden hoses, gloves, sheets, baby pants, teething rings, galoshes, rain gear, wringer rolls, and various rubber household and sporting goods to aid the national collection. It names many specific items and household objects to be contributed.
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Uncle Sam
Pay raise for forces signed by Roosevelt
Washington June 17 A measure boosting the minimum base pay of the nation's fighting forces to 50 a month was signed into law by President Roosevelt. It increases most men earnings by at least 20 monthly dollars for necessities and time off. The increase is retroactive to June 1 and covers ranks to and including second lieutenant. A chart of raises for grades appears on Page 11. The bill also raises officer rental allowances.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Home
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Submarine attack hits Virginia beach during holiday crowds
Navy reports two American merchant ships torpedoed off a Virginia coast resort. One ship sank with 46 crew aboard the other has 62. Bombers and a navy blimp pursued the raider as coast guard crews evacuated tourists and recovered one body and three lifeboats.
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New York
Atlantic
U. S
Navy
Virginia
Swift Wooden Boats To Chase Subs In Atlantic
June 17 report notes wood will be used in about a thousand small patrol craft for Atlantic patrols and coastwise shipping protection. Chairman Vinson of Georgia disclosed most of the navy’s fleet expansion funds will favor wood construction to speed builds and conserve metal.
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Atlantic
Washington
Vinson (D
Georgia
House Naval Committee
Weather Update Brief For Local Area
The forecast calls for a mild night with low temperatures around the mid forties to fifty. Yesterday’s high reached the upper sixties with a cool breeze expected overnight.
Australia faces bleak outlook as Curtin warns of possible loss
Prime Minister John Curtin told Australians the war news is dire and Australia may be lost. He cited three major axis thrusts on the United Nations including Libya, Russia, and submarine attacks, warning a setback in the Middle East imperils Suez and India.
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Libya
Melbourne
Australia
John Curtin
Hawaii
North American
Curtin
Russia
Rommel
Wellington
New Zealand
Peter Fraser
United States
Patrick J. Hurley
Middle East
Suez
India
Fingerprinting May Be Forced Under New Law
Washington reports a strong possibility that Congress may require fingerprints for all citizens after officials disclosed a large share of the population has already been fingerprinted during the war. The FBI said many records arrived from army and navy demands that workers in war industries be fingerprinted.
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Washington
Congress
FBI
Army
Navy
Italy discusses purge of Fascist Party members
German radio reports lively talks in Italy on purging the Fascist party of members considered ballast. The plan was first raised by the education minister and echoed by the Fascist monthly Gerarchia, which warned that mass admissions diluted conviction and burdened the party.
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New York
Italy
Gerarchia
Chinese Give Up Key Rail Point Shangjao
Chinese high command said Shangjao in Kiangsi province fell to a Japanese advance after an all day battle with about 8000 casualties. The loss narrows the gap between Japanese columns to about 50 miles while Chinese forces claim to attack the flanks and retake several points in Kiangsi.
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Shangjao
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Kiangsi
Chekiang Province
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Shangja
Two Sentenced To Prison In Ohio Selective Service Case
Two northern Ohio men were sentenced to four years in prison for failure to report to the selective service. Roland Alman, 24, of Diamond Portage County, and Lester Lenhart, 26, of North Lawrence Stark County, were ordered by Federal Judge Emerich M. Freed.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Emerich M. Freed
Roland Alman
Diamond
Portage County
Lester Lenhart
North Lawrence
Stark County
Roosevelt Urges Drive to End Red Light Zones Near War Plants
President Roosevelt calls for a national push for total physical and moral fitness with a focus on eliminating red light districts around war production plants. In a letter to Paul V. McNutt, he says such districts fuel venereal disease and requires full government, business, and community cooperation to protect workers and support victory.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Office of Defense Health and Welfare
McNutt
Petain admits unrest grows on second armistice anniversary
In a June 17 radio broadcast from Vichy Petain acknowledges rising discontent among workers and peasants while defending state failures and condemning profiteers. He appeals for continued faith and asks God to help him achieve salvation for France even after his death.
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Marshal
Vichy
Petain
Germany
France
Little Steel case heads to public hearing decision near
The war labor board panel in charge of the Little Steel case summoned principals for a final meeting to review its report. The report should reach the board early next week enabling a date for a public hearing. The case covers 175,000 to 200,000 workers at Bethlehem, Republic, Insane and Youngstown Sheet & Tube.
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Washington
War Labor Board
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
Bethlehem, Republic, Insane
Youngstown Sheel & Tube
Former Congressman Herbert Bigeos Marries Secretary Me Hen Alsprung
Lexington report states Herbert Bigeos aged 72 of Cincinnati, a former congressman and sponsor of a defeated one age amendment, married his secretary Me Hen Alsprung in Lexington yesterday. His wife died in 306i.
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Lexington
Herbert Bigeos
Cincmnati
Mr Bigeh
Sevastopol and Tobruk Fight to Hold Back Nazis
British and Soviet fronts press hard to stem Axis assaults on Tobruk and Sevastopol as Luftwaffe and Rommel’s forces strike. Axis forces claim prisoner gains while Allied bombers strike Ruhr industrial hubs and convoy operations to Tobruk endure costly air battles.
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Sevastopol
Tobruk
India Leaders Weigh Path Amid Intolerable Situation
New Delhi June 17 Jawaharlal Nehru of the All-India Congress warned that the situation in India is intolerable and that even if Tokyo promises victory the Japanese would only extend India's subjugation if victorious. He urged careful action to avoid further oppression.
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New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
All-India Congress Party
Tokyo
U S Fliers Credited With Hits In Mediterranean Battle
United States Army bombers claimed 35 direct hits on two Italian battleships during a four day convoy battle. RAF also pressed the engagement, sinking or damaging several Axis planes. The Malta bound convoy reached its destination with heavy losses to Axis air power and ships.
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Cologne
Essen
London
Malta
Tobruk
Pacific
U. S. Air Force
Middleton
Associated Press
United States Army
Taranto
RAF
Cairo
United States
Child given twenty years in Morristown case
A jury in Morristown Tenn delivers a twenty year sentence for Mattie Pearl Mamomg a slender 14 year old child widow in a high profile trial.
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Tenn
Mountainmeers
Mattie Pearl Mamomg
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