Shipbuilder Drowns In Lake Near Lorain Home
Walter L. Pittend, 44, a Lorain shipbuilder, drowned while bathing with family and friends near his home on Lake Road west of Lorain city limits. A raft party led to Poland Plack entering the water to assist. he went under after about four feet, was pulled in by Ernest Flack and others, and died despite artificial respiration. Pittend was an employee at the American Ship Building Co.
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Walter L. Pittend
Lake Road
Poland
Taim
Flack
Marlon Ward
Tenty
Miss Ward
Eadh
Nuliding Co
Anti-Inflation Plan Seen From Roosevelt Next Week
Washington reports congressional leaders expect President Roosevelt to unveil a two point anti inflation program next week. It would include wage controls and subsidy payments to curb living costs with wage limits modeled on Canadian practice. Subsidy plans face Senate opposition though the government already subsidizes rail shipments of coal and petroleum for eastern distribution due to Axis submarine activity.
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Washington
Congressional
Roosevelt
Canada
Congress
New
England
Seaboard
Atlantic Seaboard
Senate
Leon Hendersen
Office of
Price Administration
Heute
Rationing Board Office Open Daily
The Elyria War Price and Rating Board announces daily hours from 1 am to 4 pm at 403 Elsria Savings and Trust Building. Sed J Schulke, secretary, says hours will give the public access while noting that some items like typewriters bicycles and automotives may have limited eligibility.
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Elyria War/ Price and Ratinging
Elsria Savings and Trust Building
Cpt
Sed J. Schulke
Tees
Fragments Hint at Local Weather Update
Readable weather fragments indicate ongoing forecast coverage for today and tonight. Temperature notes appear cut off, with page references suggesting continuation on another page.
Ickes Visits Lorain Tube Plant in 24-Inch Pipe Advance
Secretary Ickes toured The National Tube Co at Lorain to view a 24 inch seamless pipe billet roll into a 46 foot length. The line supports a proposed War Emergency Pipeline from Texas to Illinois, with daily output around five miles of pipe and capacity to move 300,000 barrels daily. Jones of War Emergency Pipeline Inc and other officials accompanied Ickes as he praised industry speed and discussed transport costs and wartime subsidies.
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Ickes
National Tube Co
Lorain
O_ Marald Ickes
Interior
Wil
Alton Jones
War Emergency Pipeline, Inc
Ben Fairless
U. S. ShettAemle Telepkotap
Dy Walter A. Godfrey
America
National Tube. Co
Texas
Hlinnis
Wrck
Aps
Exellent Cooperation of American Industry
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Dipeline
Tacor- Upetalid
W. Alton Jones
New Pipeline Corporation
Cities Service Oil Co
Beteen
Wall
Jones
Great Lakes
Erie Canal
New York
Pawers Sulnidy
Wat Aba
Standard Oi
New Jersey
Ena
Tn Temprcss
Ohio Supreme Court Judge Bettman Dies in Cincinnati
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bettman, former attorney general and Cincinnati official, died after a heart attack in a hospital. A Republican, he served as attorney general 1922 to 1972 and on the high court from 1949, with burial set for Monday at Spring Grove Cemetery after services at 11:39 a.m. at his Cincinnati home.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnas
Detiman
John W. Bricker
Helman
Altotreys Ameral
Bish Court
Hay
Noel Wirber
Beteman
Spins Grove
Aervites
Jonah Wie
Red Cross War Production Work Discussed
Plans for an extensive Red Cross war production program were discussed at a meeting at the First Congregational church in Elyria attended by about 100 women from Elyria and surrounding townships. The chapter will move its offices to the Masonic Temple, with expanded quarters to support increased war work. H. W. Pond opened the institute and Miss Edith Metcalf outlined a statewide effort. Mrs. Lea I. Meyer was named chair of the chapter's volunteer service. The meeting covered administration, staff, canteen, nurse aid, home service, and a surgical transport program, with instructions from Washington on disaster work and a new Red Cross cable service for relatives abroad.
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Red Cross
First Congregational Church
Elytia
Elyria
Chanter’s
Masonic Temple
Temple Coast
Ted Cross
H.W. Pond
Elysia
Edith Metcalf
Colum ‘Aus
Lea I. Meyer
Washington
A.P.O
Group To Leave For Army Monday From Elyria
The Elyria draft board reports the first group of five men inducted on July 6 will leave Monday morning for the army reception center to begin service. Nine men were inducted that day. four went directly to the center, five chose a two week furlough and are now in the Enlisted Reserve. Reporting time is 10:90 am with a send off and Bible and sewing kit presentation. A larger group inducted July 6 is scheduled to travel later next week.
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Elyria
Army
Elyria Draft Board
Erna
Certificates To Be Awarded To 200 Women
About 200 women who completed Red Cross home nursing classes will receive certificates at 8 15 pm Monday at the Elks hall. Elyria Chapter of the American Red Cross awards will be led by Richard F Stevens with other speakers including Miss Bell on rationing and Mrs Beller on nursing during the war.
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Red Cross
Department of War Service
Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs
Miss Bell
Elyria
Hey
Rancia A. Brucker
Sleters Church
North Widgeville
Olea Sankely
Wilma Buchhols
Stevens
Hed Cross
U S Bombers Carry Out 21 Missions
Cairo July 18 Gen Lewis H Dretenen head of US Army Air Force in the Middle East says American heavy bombers have carried out 31 tactical missions in 36 date with the loss of only three planes.
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Arenta
Lewis H. Dreteten
New Mander
United States Army ‘Airforce
Lowes
Japan
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Armmild
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Aleutians
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Japecruner B& Mbrl
Acatin
Retired Justice Sutherland Dies in Massachusetts
Bulletin from Stockbridge Massachusetts reports former Supreme Court Justice Craige Sutherland 20 died in bed at Med Lion Inn where he and his wife Tosamond had been staying. Officials say he likely died of a heart attack in his sleep. Sutherland, a conservative jurist who opposed key New Deal legislation, had retired from the Supreme Court in 1940 and lived in Washington.
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Mass
Supreme Court
Craige Sutherland
Tosamond
Med Lion Sim
Heaton J. Treadway
Hep
Alten T. Treadway
H. Mass. Sutherland
Sutherland
Salt, Take City
Utah
Washingtoo
Ths
Truck Wreck Near Cleveland Injures Five Occupants
A Cleveland bound truck damaged and five people injured amid a crash at night. Durbar of Cleveland driver and Lena Weber sustained multiple lacerations and contusions while others suffered minor injuries. Deputies stabilized the scene and arranged hospital care for the injured, with conditions described as serious but not life threatening.
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Rarner Durbar
Cleveland
Daver
Darlng Co
Clevelard
Lena Weber
Bor
Durbar
Frei
Shottler
Dave
Trier
Tien AM
Ten Hospital
Gberkr
Victory at Midway Might Hinder Aleutian Japanese Drive
Washington reports military observers credit Midway victory with delaying Japan in the Aleutians. No US bases in the western Aleutians have been attacked since June 2, amid losses and battlefield claims. Communiques note initial Japanese strikes and Allied counteractions with ships and aircraft losses, while cautioning against inflated casualty tallies.
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Washington
America
Midway
Japan
United States
Jere
Alaska
British Troops Break German Attack at El Alamein
British Eighth Army repelled a major German central sector assault near El Alamein and advanced along the coast as American air support aided a defense. Indian troops held a night push at Audre, inflicting heavy losses on the attackers, while Imperial forces moved southward along a salient in the German line.
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Camo
Claude Auchinieck
Eighth
Alamein Front
Mauweis
Audre
Erwin Rommel
Africa
Alamein
Chaste
Hazardous device and raids report amid daylight strikes
A chaotic wartime bulletin notes a hazardous device incident and daylight raids over Nazi targets. The report mentions RAF operations near Rakins, craters and bomb impacts, with aircraft warnings and border objectives sketched in.
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Ruhr
War Update From July Fronts Across Multiple Theaters
Fragmented war bulletin notes Russian advances near Heston and Veronizh, British gains at El Alamein, Allied actions in the Aleutians halted, Chinese recapture Chekiang city, with scattered reports of further operations and strategic shifts across Africa Asia and the Pacific.
Flames and air battles as Russians report many towns in
Reports say many towns are in flames as Soviet forces continue aerial attacks. Russian planes claim to have destroyed 23 enemy aircraft in the Donbas area while fighting rages near Voronezh. German counterattacks and reinforcements are reported, with heavy casualties on both sides as tanks and infantry advance and retreat across the Voronezh front.
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Rusia
Jojan
Sitdrome
Don
Amd
Voronezh
Tihe
Eed
Aren
Verentch
Thravis
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