Roosevelt Aims Early Gasoline Rationing Plan
President Roosevelt said he hopes by Monday to implement most Baruch committee recommendations on rubber and tire rationing. He noted setup will take time and local boards will run the program while a new rubber administrator is named under the War Production Board. The plan includes a 35 mph speed limit and annual mileage caps, plus expanded synthetic rubber production.
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Washington
Roosvelt
Rubber Committee
Roosevelt
War Production Board
W.P.B
Donald M. Nelson
Special Rubber Committee
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Baruch Committee
Fire Destroys Champlin Oil Refinery in Oklahoma
A Champlin Oil refinery fire in EMD Oklahoma was brought under control by company firemen. An oil line overflow caused hot water to ignite oil at a loading dock near six gasoline tank cars, triggering a series of explosions. The storage tank of 200000 barrels burned. core units were gutted with unknown total damage. no injuries reported.
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Associated Press
EMD
Okla
Champlin Oil Company
Bayonets Stop Jap Advance Over Mountain
General MacArthur said Australian troops halted a swift Japanese push toward Port Moresby on the Owen Stanley range. Bitter fighting with heavy casualties continued on the southern slopes while Allied planners, after talks in Canberra, moved to stabilize the New Guinea situation.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Australia
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Owen Stanley
Efogi
Bulletin
John Curtin
House of Representatives
Canberra
Curtin
Efigi
Buna-Gona
Bluefield Flier Killed in Crash
Perry Vernon Addison 23 of Bluefield West Virginia an aviation ordnance man third class was killed when two Jacksonville naval air station planes collided southeast of Jacksonville Florida Ensign David William Kersting of Dayton Ohio was seriously injured Ensign Estes of Alpine Arkansas the pilot and Lawrence Wagner of Kansas City Kansas survived the crash by parachuting Addison left a wife in Bluefield and his father William H Addison of Page Virginia
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Jacksonville
Fla
Perry Vernon Addison
Aviation Ordnance Man
Bluefield
W. Va
David William Kersting
Dayton
Ohio
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
Here
Estes
Alpin
Ark
Addison
Lawrence J. Wagner
Kansas City
Kas
Kersting
William H. Addison
Page, Va
Auto Accessories and Bicycles Thefts Up
Chief J Edgar Hoover reports a 30 percent rise in auto accessories thefts and a 27 percent rise in bicycle thefts in the first six months of the year. He urges stricter precautions and closer citizen-police cooperation during the war emergency.
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Associated Press
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Three Killed As Plant Explodes In New Jersey
Hackettstown New Jersey Essex Specialty company plant explosion injures five and leaves three believed dead. Fire and damage total reach about ten thousand dollars. Two badly burned victims named Helen Coleman 19 and Charles Menzelle 45 were admitted to Dover General Hospital. This is the plant’s second fatal explosion this year and second in New Jersey this month. Officials with government contracts declined comment.
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Hackettstown
N. J
Essex Specialty Company
Army Explosives Branch
Army
Chicago
Washington
Dover General Hospital
Helen Coleman
Stephensburg
Charles Menzelle
New Jersey
Slares
Pedro Torrico to Take Exams and Go to Parris Island
Pedro Torrico aged 128 8th Street Beckley will leave Tuesday for Charleston to take exams and, after completing enlistment, be sent to Parris Island South Carolina the local marine recruiting office reported today.
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Beckley
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Aged Couple Ends Lives with Homemade Guns in Staten Island
In Stapleton, Staten Island, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Podulinski, ages 71 and 68, used home made guns to die together after a final garden walk. They sat facing the devices, lights out, as the fuses ignited, then fell hand in hand. A Polish note explained illness and desire not to live alone. Police found burnt matches, improvised iron pipe guns, and the farewell message.
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Associated Press
New York
Joseph Podulinski
Joseph
Toria
Victoria
Stapleton
Staten Island
Runaway Girls Found and Navy Deserter Named
Police report papers listing Steve Joseph Hodas 23 of Beckley as a navy deserter. Hodas enlisted December 23 1941 in Charleston. Two runaway girls from Richmond Indiana Maxine Lackey 15 and Edith Wise 16 were found on Heber street and held pending parent arrival.
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Steve Joseph Hodas
Beckley
United States Navy
Hodas
Luzanne
Charleston
Roberts
Richmond
Indiana
Maxine Lackey
South 4Th Street
Edith Wise
South 2Nd Street
Heber Street
Three Women To Take Exams For Final Tests
The local army recruiting station announced today the sending of three recruits to Huntington for final physical examination and three applicants for the W A A C to Columbus Ohio for final tests. Raoul Stark Trudell son of Mrs Garner Williams Beckley enlisted as aircraft armorer and Charles Otto Stover Beckley employed as bookkeeper for C and O railroad for 17 years left yesterday. James Roy Sampson Cranberry left today for Huntington for examination after which he will be sent to Fort Thomas Kentucky. The three women sent to Columbus are Miss Pauline F Brown Fireco Miss Ethel L Cook Coal City and Miss Elva Phoebe Cool Gauley Mills.
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Huntington
W.A.A.C
Columbus
Ohio
Raoul Stark Trudell
Garner Williams
Beckley
Charles Otto Stover
James Roy Sampson
Cranberry
Fort Thomas
Kentucky
Pauline F. Brown
Fireco
Ethel L. Cook
Coal City
Elva Phoebe Cool
Gauley Mills
Cake contest at Montgomery County Fair rewards unexpected winner
Housewives carried cakes to Hatfield Pennsylvania fair where women judges sampled without knowing bakers. Five prizes went to one man, Donald Hileman, who explained that his father taught him the craft.
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Hatfield
Montgomery County
Donald Hileman
Hileman
Madagascar ports seized by British in early Madagascar operation
British forces captured three west coast Madagascar ports Ambanja Morondava and Nosy Bay with light casualties and minimal opposition. Churchill said operations were conducted by land sea and air units with US approval, aiming to deny Axis submarine and espionage bases.
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Churchill
House of Commons
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Foreign Office
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Diego Suarez Naval Base
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United States
Big Island
Majunga
Nosh Bay
Ambanya
Nosy Bay
Truck Tire Quota Raised by War Boards
The August tire and tube allotment increases allow certificates for 25 new truck tires and 10 truck tubes, announced by War Price and Rationing Boards No. 406 and 407. Carl Frasure, state director of the Office of Price Administration, authorized the change. The bulletins also revise regulations on grade 2 tires for motorcycles and prohibit transferring new tires between consumers. Plant eligibility for transportation advisory committees depends on a substantial share of output directed to the war effort.
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Loreal War Price and Rationing Boards
Carl Frasure
Office of Price Administration
Duesseldorf Hit By Allied Bombs For 50th Time
British bombers delivered heavy explosions on Duesseldorf and other Western German targets in a night raid, with losses of 31 RAF aircraft. Duesseldorf, near Cologne on the Rhine, is a major metalworking and chemical hub. Russian raids on Berlin Budapest and Koenigsberg followed the lull, as observers noted a coordinated campaign to thin German defenses. Local German fighters contested the coast raid, with Spitfires driving off two Focke-Wulf 190 attackers after an orchard bombing incident.
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London
Duesseldorf
Germany
Berlin
Budapest
Koenigsberg
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Moscow
Britain
Funkhouser charges illegal vote count in Kanawha race
Charleston business man Raymond J. Funkhouser seeks elimination of 29 Kanawha county precincts from the August 4 Republican senatorial primary. He accuses a conspiracy by political leaders and election officials to influence Republican voters to back a slate headed by Raymond Revercomb. A recount is under way in Kanawha and other counties as the race remains unsettled.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Kanawha County
Funkhouser
Chapman Revercomb
Julian F. Bouchelle
Shepherdstown
Revercomb
Kanawha
War Time Teacher Permits Discussed
Charleston state board of education to hold an emergency session to address West Virginia teacher shortages. A survey will assess substitutes and conditions in rural and urban schools. Genevieve Starcher proposes one year war time certificates for rural teachers with 40 college hours to curb urban competition.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Board of Education
West Virginia
W. W. Trent
Trent
Genevieve Starcher
State Truck Owners Ready For Emergency
Charleston West Virginia truck and bus owners pledge to place their vehicles at the government for war use. State registrar Labe G Corey said a survey of thousands shows virtually 100 percent in favor of turning over vehicles to the government to aid the war and protect civilians.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Labe G. Corey
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Corey
UMW Offices Closed For Mrs. John L. Lewis Funeral
The local United Mine Workers office will be closed all day tomorrow in tribute to Mrs. John L. Lewis wife of the UMW president who died Wednesday. Several district 29 officials are traveling to Springfield Illinois for funeral services.
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United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
U.M.W
District 29
Springfield Ilinois
FDR Says No Draft of 18 19 Year Olds Before New Year
President Roosevelt told a press conference there is no need to draft youths aged 18 and 19 before the new year through selective service. He noted current law trains as many men as possible and discussed potential legislation before year’s end to enable younger men’s service. He said navy enlistments of young men may be halted to let selective service allocate them where most needed. about 700,000 men are now enlisted in the navy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Navy
Roosvelt
Navy Department
Nazi assault threatens Stalingrad fronts widen
Dispatches from Red Star say Hitler demanded the capture of Stalingrad at any cost and that the battle is larger than any prior engagement with more troops machines and planes than before. Soviet counterattacks stalled the German plan as fighting rages across the Volga area and beyond with heavy bombardments and nightmarish noise.
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Red Star
Hitler
Stalingrad
Volga
Gets Letter From Jap Prisoner Releasing Her
Louise Holland, 22, of Camden, N J, said she received a typewritten letter from her fiance John Dean, 21, a sailor reported missing in action last December. The letter, signed by Dean, claimed he was a Japanese prisoner and ended with promising to release her from all promises. Louise said she would wait.
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Camden
N. J
Louise Holland
John Dean
Dean
Louise
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