City council moves toward Portsmouth Gas Co acquisition
City council advanced talks to acquire Portsmouth Gas Co as solicitor to draft legislation enabling a contract with the owners. Officials noted tentative purchase terms, bond funding by future gas revenue, and possible rate relief for consumers if negotiations succeed. Mayor and members stressed details must satisfy all parties before closing.
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Portsmouth Gas Co
Clay D. Lantz
J. W. Bush
Mr. Lantz
Lantz
Talmage Edward
Harold Clayton
United Fuel Gas Co
City Council Examines Street Light Contract Power Use
Council discusses reducing lighting costs after daylight savings. Bush notes daytime reduces needed power for street lights by 15 to 20 percent and suggests consulting Ohio Power Co. for a revised contract. The matter is referred to the council for study.
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Bush
Ohio Power Co
Huddleston Retains Rubber Champion Title at Canvass
Huddleston, operator at Sciotoville II station, retained his rubber champion status today as residents prepared to collect discarded tires. The relay involved four thousand pounds of rubber, with donations and proceeds to U S O and China Relief. House Scouts planned a canvass of New Boston Thursday to gather additional rubber.
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Huddleston
Sciotoville II
Chona Relief
New Boston
Court Orders Dale Contract For 1941 42 At Portsmouth
Fourth district court of appeals directs Portsmouth city school board to grant C S Dale former Ports mouth High principal a continuing contract for 1941 42 and thereafter. Back salary claim for 1941 42 is dismissed on demurrer as not reviewable in mandamus. Dale may sue in common pleas court for salary.
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Fourth District Court of Appeals
Portsmouth
Dale
Common Pleas Court
W. Dennis Perkinson
Wesley Ridenour
State Supreme Court
Final Pledges Put War Chest Over the Top
Scioto county War Chest members announced final success after closing a $2,396 shortfall to exceed the $105,206 goal by 36.47. John M. Salladay continues as president with A. G. Thatcher Jr. as VP and John J. Tierney as treasurer. Florence Hoven camp resigns as secretary effective in 60 days.
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Elks
Legion Aid
Salladay
Nancy Grimes
Scioto County War Chest
War Chest
John M. Salladay
A. G. Thatcher Jr
John J. Tierney
Florence Hovencamp
Portsmouth Welfare Association
War Chest Trustees Elect New Executive Committee
A Portsmouth Welfare association allotment of 6000 dollars was approved to cover June agency allotments. The War Chest trustees named an executive committee including W. K. Adams and William Atlas, with Darragh added after Dowling’s resignation. plans for a future War Chest campaign may reengage the American City Bureau and return Bandy as campaign manager.
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American City Bureau
Bandy
The
War Chest Trustees
W. K. Adams
William Atlas
Joseph Bailey
Charles Baker
L. D. Huestis
H. L. Ballinger
Arthur H. Bannon
C. P. Blair
Denton
C. L. Ferguson
R. F. Fletcher
Albert F. Marting
Blaine E. Matthews
E. O. McCowen
Mr. Salladay
Aronhold C. Sc
Portsmouth Welfare Association
Welfare Association
Mr. Darragh
War Chest
C. E. Dowling
Steubenville Enforces Full Scale Ohio Blackout Test
June 18 Steubenville and nearby steel towns shut off lights in a major blackout test. Civil Air Patrol pilot reports the city nearly invisible from 3000 feet with only three distant lights from furnaces and towns in Mingo Junction Toronto and Weirton.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Civil Air Patrol
Bessemer
Mingo Junction
Toronto
Weirton
Ohio River
Follawsbee
Wellsburg
Weirton Steel
Wheeling Steel
Virginia
War Bond Day Ticket Push For Jeep Rides
War Bond day offers jeep rides to buyers of $25 war savings bonds. Tickets available at Girl Scout booths, banks, post office, and other sales agencies. Larger bond purchases yield multiple jeep tickets, with trade ins counting toward the prize. Jeeps ride Wednesday afternoon at downtown locations as Dietrich and Dorothy make appearances elsewhere.
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Girl Scouts
John Pershing
Pershing
Mr. Pershing
County fair set for August at Lucasville grounds
Following guidance from federal and state agriculture departments a Scioto County fair board meeting on Wednesday finalized the 1942 county fair in Lucasville. The event runs August 4 to 7 with gate admission set at 40 cents.
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Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Scioto County
Fair Board
Lucasville Fairgrounds
Stimson Says Pacific Coast Safer From Raid Now
Secretary of War Stimson said losses inflicted on Japan in the Pacific reduced the threat to the U S coast. He noted only a small landing in the Aleutians and described weather obscuring North Pacific developments. He called Midway reports incomplete but said overall threat is much less.
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Washington
Stimson
Pacific
War and Navy Department
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
North Pacific
Midway
Pacific Ocean
Aleutians
Midway Island
Coral Sea
Australia
Army
Navy
War Department
U S Air Forces to Help China in War Effort
American bombers are being prepared to aid Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek as Japanese forces tighten their grip on southern China. Reports say China fears further plans to attack Siberia, while China and Burma theaters see massed air power with hundreds of Japanese planes.
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Chiang Kai-shek
China
Calebie Haynes
North Carolina
Ascaris
Japan
Chekiang- Kiangsi
Chiang
Chungking
Russian Siberia
Burma
India
Southeast Asia
Manchukuo
Siberia
Weather report for Ohio valley and Schirrman data
The Ohio valley will be somewhat warmer tonight. Observer Schirrman records show today at 11 am a high of 78 and a low of 61. Yesterday reached a maximum of 78. A year ago the high was 85 and the low 55.
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Ohio Valley
Schirrman
Senate Panel Urges WPB Reforms After Criticisms
Senate Special Committee chair Truman demands changes at the War Production Board citing failed duties and organizational flaws. The 32 page report endorses part of Guthrie’s charges and calls for reorganization and personnel shifts to boost wartime production.
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Associated Free Washington
War Production Board
Trumen
Missouri
Special Senate
Pepert
Crisien
WPB
Truman
WPE
WPP
Robert P. Guthrie
Bec
Senate
Nazis claim Sevastopol breach as British split favored
Nazi high command announced Sevastopol defenses breached with Ft. Gorky captured and Libyan British forces split into two, retreating toward the Egyptian frontier. German and Italian units pressed east, claiming pursuit of a fleeing column toward Bardia, while Tobruk area forts reportedly fell. An Italian bulletin cited a general British withdrawal toward Egypt.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
North Africa
Sevastopol
Adolf Hitler
Crimea
Ft. Gorky
Tobruk
Sidi Rezegh
el Adem
Ain el Gazala
Egypt
Europe
St. Nazaire
France
Belgium
Britain
St. Naziare
Nazis Describe Capture of Fort in Sevastopol Battle
German forces stormed northern forts including Maxim Gorky fort and pressed to within three kilometers of the harbor entrance. In the south, German Romanian troops drove Russians from key positions while harbor area stores were destroyed by air raids. Soviet reports claim heavy German losses in Kharkov and earlier in the campaign.
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Sevastopol
Maxim Gorky
Moscow
Volkhov
Leningrad
Murmansk
Kharkov
Fedor von Bock
Arms spending climbs to billion a week in war drive
Budget Director Harold D. Smith announced that U S war expenditures have surged to about one billion dollars weekly as factories run at high capacity. He said the rapid production shows the nation is taking decisive action against the axis.
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Washington
Harold D. Smith
America
Mr. Smith
Cairo Admits Split In Armies
Dispatches from Cairo report British desert forces divided into two groups with one retreating toward fortified positions near the Egyptian border and another defending Tobruk as axis pressure intensifies.
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Cairo
Tobruk
Mediterranean
Egypt
Sugar Stamp 5 Good for Two Pounds Expands
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration announced that sugar stamp 5 will be valid for two pounds. Stamp 6 becomes valid until August 22, extending the sugar ration.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Vichy proverb prompts debate on wartime ethics
A garbled note from Vichy hints at a public discussion over wartime conduct and collaboration. Lost words obscure whether officials or citizens are raising concerns about loyalty, policy shifts, or treatment of dissent.
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Lata and
Council
Sciotoville Man
Jack Armstrong
Don Gordoni
Chicago
Army Gunnery School
Harlingen, Tex
Harry M. Denton
Elks’ Lodge
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Mr. Denton
Frank Bandy
Peeeeeeee
Anne of
Edwin B. Greenwald
National Fathers’ Day Committee
Arthur Ash
Detroit
New York
Girl Scout
Marlene Dietrich
Amous
Dorothy
Carol Bruce
U.S
Bulletin
Red Fort
Reuters
British News Agency
Claude Auchinleck
Vichy
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