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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1942
Page
7
Reports from the Navy Department outline the Midway victory over Japan as a pivotal carrier battle. American forces damaged or sunk multiple enemy ships and aircraft, with Japanese losses totaling about 20 ships and nearly 48,000 sailors and soldiers. American casualties were comparatively light.
Mrs. Henderson mourns aviator son Major Lofton Henderson of the Marine Corps who sacrificed his life in the Midway battle. Henderson led a diving attack on a Japanese carrier. he formerly starred at Lorain High School and played college football at the Naval Academy before commissioning in 1928.
Mansfield flier Witla F. Sawhill of Manchew Aya member of the suicide squad to attack the Wapatmnada at Midway with a M20 torpedo plane. Sastill, 23, was an aviation radio operator and runner on one torpedo plane. Parente. No.2 Continued in Page 2.
Columbus man Captain Elliott Buckmaster, 32, commanded the U S aircraft carrier Yorktown in Midway fighting. He was unharmed in the attack and expected home soon for a visit with relatives while his ship undergoes repairs. Buckmaster, a Columbus High School and Annapolis graduate, has served in the Navy since 19.
Donald Hintner, 50, of Elyria, jailed for an indeterminate term of one to twenty years in Mansfield Reformatory for shooting with intent to commit an offense. He pleaded guilty to shooting New York Central Railroad engineer E. J. Becker near Elyria on May 8 to halt war supplies movement. Becker survived. Judge J. A. Cook deferred sentencing, citing concerns over mental competency after review with prosecutors and authorities.
Washington July 13 40 h A small group of Marine Corps aviators and Navy torpedo plane squadron members earned honor on the Midway battle line. The story highlights how a handful faced overwhelming odds to slow the Japanese advance while others sacrificed to fulfill a mission that protected Pearl Harbor. Only a few planes survived as the squadron attacked the enemy carrier group, intercepting and stalling a vast carrier force with limited support. The piece recalls Admiral Chester W Nimitz’s leadership and honors those who gave their lives in the Midway action.
A test case on whether Bank Night, practiced by Elyria theatres, is legal loomed after Mayor Petra and Police Chief Stankard warned arrest warrants may issue if held. Theater manager Greenwald said Bank Night would proceed tonight, with attorneys Schwartz of Cleveland backing the event amid a countywide call to ban organized gambling.
Dr Norman Basinger begins active duty as a lieutenant in the Navy Medical Corps. He is son of Dr and Mrs S F Basing of Ohio Street Belteday for South Virginia. Lindt Dasmeer has long served at Huron Mood Hrepatal in Cleveland since 1938 but lived in Elyria earlier. He attended Flynn School, Merchersburg Academy, earned a bachelor from Adelbert, and studied at the University of Philadelphia Medical College from 1935 to 1. We ran a general postgraduate path at the Concrete of Pennys fame in TEA and then returned to the Hur Keat Heapad as a resident Phonan.
Dean serves as secretary of the Junior C O F C. A meeting at the Jamar Chamber discusses the war effort with EP Hayes addressing staff at the Oben Manufacturing Company. The report notes how warm air surface manufacturing and the program affect industry and labor during wartime.
Cairo dispatch reports Rommel launches a third assault at the Hill of Jesus on the Alamein front. Axis tanks and infantry clash with Australian and British forces amid heavy losses. reinforcements and air raids continue as Allies press counterattacks along the Qattara Depression.
Former Argentine president and United States ally Dr Omz dial died of bronchial pneumonia at 634 m {EWT}. He resigned twenty days earlier amid failing health and returned to his palace seeking treatment. Castile became president after Ortiz stepped down.
Lorain County residents contributed 292 tons of scrap rubber during a countywide drive organized by the Lorain County Petroleum Industry Committee. Chairman C. E Beta and others led the effort, with Four-H Clubs and civic groups coordinating house to house canvassing and trucking provided by local firms to move scrap to processing mills.
A salvage fats price of five cents per pound was fixed by the local collection committee yesterday. Mrs. Leonard Fulford announced the new rate, noting dealers had paused at four and a half cents while Cleveland already set five. The policy directs that salvaged fats be turned in at meat markets.
Elyria stores now host 14 special War Stamp booths as part of the July Retailers for Victory campaign, two more than the initial dozen opened July 1. Twelve women’s volunteer workers man the booths, arranged through the Elyria Unit of the American Women’s Voluntary Services, with involvement from groups including Campas Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliaries, Elyria Club Sears Roebuck, Spanish War Veterans, Neisner Brothers, Ohio Public Service Company, Junior Women’s Clubs, and Capitol Theatre.
Austin Flanders, 37, of Lorain, was sentenced by Judge D. A. Conk at Mansfield to concurrent terms for robbery and criminal assault. He admitted holding up Edna M. Felder on May 3, took her watch, stamps, and $33 after forcing her car to the roadside. He also pleaded guilty to attempted criminal assault and confessed further robberies of two other Lorain women, hiding in back seats to threaten them.
Washington July 3 leaders prepared for debate on the new war tax bill described as conceived in a series of trades and a shameless bargain. Representative Harold Kratson, a Minnesotan, warned it would hit corporate taxes and excess profits, with a projected fiscal year deficit and revenue estimates outlined by the House Ways and Means Committee.
Soviet dispatch reports stubborn resistance around Voronezh with street by street fighting. German attempts to break the front faltered, leaving hundreds of German casualties and tanks abandoned as the Red Army defended key districts amid ongoing combat.
War report says Soviet forces repelled a Voronezh counterattack while German units press toward Rostov and Stalingrad. In Africa, Hommel directs tank assaults against the British in a third offensive attempt near Egypt. In Europe, a Ukrainian city leader is killed, and unrest grows in France amid protests and reported violence.
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