Bombs Rain On Greatest German Port In Night Raid
Allied air forces bombarded Hamburg, a major German port and U boat center, with blockbusters and thousands of incendiaries. The nighttime raid caused heavy property and civilian damage, with dozens of bombers reported missing and further Allied daylight attacks over northern France.
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Hamburg
RAF
Ffenshoe
Blohm-Voss
Adalf Hitler
Stamburg
Germany
Eli
Civdttan
United States Army Air Camps
SAAF
France
Somanield
Royale Forte Eagle
Calais
United Nations
Meier
Europe
Dunsburg
School Board Meeting Scheduled for Tonight
A special Elrrial Day Board of Education session convenes at 8 p.m. to consider bids for a new dealer and related matters. A separate report notes a Bar Scout incident near Winesbure, where a person is believed to have suffered a heart attack.
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Elrrial Day Board of Education
Garford Shhert
Thane Moller
Winesbure
Weather forecast for Ohio shows heat and storms
The Ohio weather note reports warm humid conditions with a thunderstorm potential this afternoon and a cooler period tonight. Visibility may dip as storms move through the area.
Fluoroscope Trailer A Aids Lorain County Tuberculosis Fight
Five Lorain County Legion officials and LB Hindman stand beside the fluoroscope trailer funded by a winter drive. The drive raised about 238 tons of scrap metal and 2500 in pennies, enabling purchase of the trailer and unit to detect early tuberculosis in schoolchildren, aiding public health efforts in Lorain County.
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Lorain County Legion
LB. Hindman
Lorain County
Lorain Most
George A. Hobton
Elyria
Legionnaires
Wellington
Amherst
South Amherst
George Perkins
Uncle Sam
Six Injured in Weekend Traffic Crashes Across County
Police report multiple traffic incidents over the weekend. William Tresh, 38, of Oberlin, lost control on Route 24 near Elyria, crashing into shrubbery and injuring himself. Janet DeLone, 63, jailed, sustained left knee damage. Mrs. Lemmy Fisk of Chicago and her husband faced reckless driving charges after a Middie avenue collision. Fines levied for Fisk and Cle Tolce. Hal Gagner, Warren native, involved in a parked-car accident on Maddie Avenue. Additional injuries and vehicle damage noted on West River and Chertnut Street, with several drivers cited or arrested.
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William Tresh
Oberlin
Elyiza
Treth
Kat Nat
Bert Franklin
Elyria Memorial Despital
Janet Jay DeLone
Wlso
Tresty
Lemmy Fisk
Chicago
Elyria Memorial
Middie Avenue
Tenth Street
Fick
BR. G. Rhrefes
Seventh Street
Cole Lide
Cle Tolce
Fisk
Cendiine Alse
Wolich
Hal Gagner
Warren
Elyria
Beng
Maddie Avenue
Gayner
Iver
Elytia
Terdar
Kemper
Pecordine
Vane Maahinney
Hent
Wat Poxfuction Board Sets 17 Million Ton Scrap Goal
The Wat Poxfuction Board targets 17 million tons of scrap iron and steel to be collected in six months ending December under the national salvage program. Current on-hand scrap totals about 3.4 million tons, a one month supply at current rates, with prior six months in 1912 at 13.7 million tons and regional allocations listed for Ohio West Virginia Kentucky and others.
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Washington
Wat Poxfuction Board
Dee, Vy
WPB Conservation Division
Ohio
West Virginie
Kentucky
Applications For Priorities On Asphalt Rejected
Report states that the applicant sought priority for street resurfacing on Grilethdd and Mass theane streets but was rejected by government officials. The details explain the specific project and why the request could not be granted, outlining the procedural reasons behind the decision.
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Direster 21 Faxnn
Tecay
Intensify Search For Saboteurs In New York
Police said they are intensifying efforts to capture three German saboteurs after a local motorist reported a tied man matching the suspects description. An unnamed merchant marine witness provided details to investigators. Authorities released a description of the trio and their vehicle, and vowed not to relax the manhunt despite unsettled public reaction.
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York
Sasan Evcunte Peltee
Sabetrurs Radstepp
Gerry Tran
Altough
Ren
Capital of Free China Attacked by Japanese
Japanese warplanes attacked Chungking in the capital of Free China during the first raid of the year. U.S. Air Force, under Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, intercepted the raid, with American fighters taking off from a western China base. Most enemy planes failed to reach Chungking as heavy clouds reduced visibility.
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Chungking
United States Air Force
Free Cina
United States
U.S. Air Force
China
Claire L. Ciennault
Sushtamare
Sankow
Klanepel
Ji Ciungsag
Gentralkuunu Chia Rajeuiek
Deine Damert
Boechara
Cleveland bicycle crash injures teen and plant setback
A July incident near Cleveland involved a bicycle collision injuring Walter Keutimen, 17, of Lakeview Avenue. He was treated at Elyria Mercy Hospital after a bicycle accident on Bread Street. a separate construction mishap at a nearby plant delayed production of creobles for ice walls. Police investigated crashes and safety factors.
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Wile Roilo Neay
Cleveland
Valley
Mel & Ken Corp
Hubbard
Newbie
Uday
Et E Co
Walter Keutimen
Lake Wana
Elyria
Meritcal Fengital
Reece Tectay
Bread Street
Imand Read
Gratien
Aceydicg
Lea Police Tepeas
Unclear Local Notice From Painesville In July Report
Fragmentary OCR text mentions an agent and a person named Genevieve Wells in Painesville and a 43 year old, with references to a lake and a street. Details are unreadable, but appears to be a brief local notice or police report fragment.
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Painesville
Alense
Genevieve Wells
Night Bombers Hit Tobruk Duised Gasoline Dumps
Allied U S bombers launched a heavy night raid on Tobruk targeting axis petrol dumps and docks. Fires raged as Liberator type aircraft may have scored a major success, with clouds hindering target visibility and the operation described as the greatest US Air Corps action in the Mediterranean to date.
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Cairo
United States
Tobruk
RAF
Malta
U.S. Air Corps
Mediterranean
Morais
Consid Courthouse Plans Face Prosecution Review
Lorain officials including Probate Judge H Hy Nye County Clerk Agate Sheriff Carl Finepan and A J Leighton proposed courthouse plans and specs. Prosecutor William G Wickes did not approve the specs advancing a meeting with the prosecutor to finalize satisfactory details. The state building department has ordered the dome removed or remitted due to hazardous condition. The medical building committee was convened as required by law for planned work at the palace.
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H. Hy Nye
HE ‘Agate
Carl Finepan
A. J. Leighton
Lorain
William G. Wickes
State Building Department
Gandhi Warns Japan Against Aggression in India
Mahatma Gandhi in an open letter to Japan denounces Japanese aggression and urges Japan to cease actions against India. He accuses Tokyo of misunderstanding Indian independence aims and reiterates peaceful resistance as Britain’s conflict looms.
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Bhombay
Indlay
Siobandas K. Gandhi
India
All- India Congress
Rirstte
Britain
Harijan
Miey
Berauss
Atck
Farewell Party for Rev Mattingly at Elyria Church
A farewell party is planned for Rev Thomas J Mattingly pastor of the Elyria Church of Christ and his family on Wednesday evening at the homes of Malph Cole and C A Gibbons on Lake Avenue. He is departing as Army chaplain with rank of first lieutenant and reports August 9 to Harvard for Reserve Pool duty. The event includes a tavern cluster at 8 PM with program details arranged by the Ladies Aid and church committees. Transportation coordination is requested by members.
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Thomas J. Mattingly
Elyria Church of Christ
Malph Cole
C. A. Gibbons
Lake Avenue
Mattingly
Harvard University
Cambridge
Maus
Mer
Rolle
Beyerare
Tadies
Richard H. King
Japan Faces Food Shortage and Rising Prices
United Press dispatch from Port Louis, July 26, reports shortages affecting Japan with food scarcity and price spikes. The piece traces wartime shocks as President Roosevelt presses for peace and the Pearl Harbor attack alters communications with the Japanese government.
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Robert T. Metlale
United Press -1
Louresco
Matiques
Roosevelt
Hirohito
United States
Lawmaker Proposes New Tax Measures to Fund War
The first public witness before the committee on the war revenue bill argues for an additional five billion in taxes. He supports a 10 percent tax on net income exempt under the bill and a four percent base rate, predicting about 3.009 billion in revenue, and also suggests a sales tax. He contends the current bill is inadequate, as it would add only 7.1 million new taxpayers.
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House
Tle
Trial of Nazi Saboteurs Nears Verdicts
Washington reported eight Nazi saboteurs faced trial with warnings of three likely to be found guilty and the eighth possibly testify as arguments began. Authorities urged vigilance after warnings from J Edgar Hoover as a nationwide alert spread and suspects were named including Walter Karpe and Rudolph Bort.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nation
Seonleur
Walter Karpe
Foemerly
Cincinnati
Crganiz
Germany
Chicago
Desiph Schraldt
Province
Sub. Tartine
Rudulf Bort
Breslin
Adrif
Thors
S Thanine
War Summary July 27 reports European air raids and Pacific advances
War Summary notes heavy Allied bombing of Hamburg after raids on Dusseldorf and other targets. German planes attack British armor in daylight. MacArthur reports success in a new New Guinea invasion area. Poland’s government in exile cites 200,000 Poles killed or sent to internment or execution.
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Pacific
MacArthur
New Guinea
Poland
Polis
Woman Recalls Life in Jap Prison Camp
Newark woman Taruiza McNeary describes life in the Heng 2 internment camp near Hong Kong after its fall, detailing shortages of food and clothing, improvised shelter, and the conditions faced by American and British detainees.
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Taruiza McNeary
Newark
SN. 3
Hong Kong
Ste
Well Known Elyria Radio Operator Enlists In Navy
Richard Jagstevick, a famed Elyria radio operator known as WIVLEL, has enlisted in the Navy. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dosunck of 479 West Eights Street and will report to the Great Lakes Training Station.
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Elyria
Richard
Jagstevick
Antisted
Mire
Great Lakes
Feeat Atraleur
Russian forces halt German advances near Don river
Soviet dispatches report heavy fighting along the Don front with artillery and air support. Russians claim to have halted a German crossing near Rostov and engaged enemy troops at Tsimlyankaya while pushing toward the Caucasus southern bank.
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Moscow
Ressian
Don
Tsimlyankaya
Rostov
Spa
Porte
Sivertay
Cros
Orimacetete
Moe
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Swoa Cutters Health Aggoggn
Free China
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Rev
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Grew
Hireneak
Butee
Imperial Palace
Colt
Ind
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Doriei
Robert T. Bellaire
Uly
Stobtiuks
Alamein
Lourenco
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