Burns Suffered By Three Men At Tube Plant
Three Lorain men were injured at the National Tube company plant and treated at St. Josephs hospital. The burns occurred while pouring hot steel at an open hearth furnace when steel boiled over and splashed onto the workers, though officials said the injuries were not serious. Harry Remke Henry Freucht and Walter Litkowitz were identified as the patients.
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Lorain
St. Joseph’s hospital
National Tube company
Harry Remke
East Thirty-fourth street
Henry Freucht
Waverly place
Walter Litkowitz
West Fourteenth street
Remke
Germans Claim Allied Tanks Destroyed Near Weygand Line
Berlin reports Junkers dive bombers aided German troops along the Weygand Line south of the Somme and Aisne Oise canal. Four 32 ton French tanks were destroyed, according to German military quarters. French experts noted a day of lacking Stukas before the assault, while a high command communique claimed successful progress.
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BERLIN
U.2
Junkers
Weygand Line
Somme river
Aisne-Oise
Adolf Hitler
Planes Ordered By Sweden to Go to Allies
About 260 American airplanes ordered by Sweden last winter will be sent to the Allies, mainly to France. The transfer reportedly has U S approval to prevent the planes from falling into German hands if shipped to Sweden.
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Sweden
LONDON
France
Michigan Hit By Severe Wind And Thunderstorm
A severe wind and thunderstorm struck Michigan causing two deaths in Detroit area and Jackson, where a man was killed by lightning at a golf course and two youths drowned in a lake. Floods and fires followed, a circus tent collapsed at Port Huron injuring two and endangering hundreds.
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DETROIT
Michigan
Jackson
Port Huron
County Board Receives Half-Year Operating Funds
Lorain County Board of Education last night received its operating funds for the last half of 1940. County Superintendent C A Gibbons said a state check for 8750 was received from the State Department of Education, funds provided entirely by the state.
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Lorain County
Local Showers and Thunderstorms Across Ohio Tonight
Weather report notes low pressure over the Great Lakes with another disturbance over the northern plains. Showers and thunderstorms observed in the central valleys and lake region while temperatures stay cooler in northern areas. Generally fair elsewhere with rain mainly in the northwest.
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OHIO
Great Lakes
plains
Pacific northwest
United States
northwest
Pershing urges unlimited armaments for Allies
General Pershing called for unlimited U S armaments to aid the Allies including airplanes artillery small arms and ammunition He supported compulsory military training for American youth and linked the push to the Red Cross war relief drive noting the Allies front line needs and urging prompt action
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WASHINGTON
John J. Pershing
France
United States
Pershing
D. Worth Clark
Senate
Roosevelt
E F Cotton resigns from Lorain County Board of Education
Lorain County Board member E F Cotton resigns after 20 years of service effective immediately. He cites age and heavy commitments as reasons and urges Avon Avon Lake or Sheffield representation on the board. Cotton has held multiple public posts including 16 years as Sheffield Township trustee and eight years on Elyria Township school board.
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E. F. Cotton
Lorain County
Avon
Avon Lake
Sheffield
Cotton
Shefield
Loram County
Ohio
Sheffield Township
Elyria Township
Lorain County Agricultural Society
county
agricultural society
county board of education
county school board
New Wellington Superintendent Likely Chosen Soon
The Wellington Board of Education is expected to select a new superintendent soon from a list narrowed to four candidates. County official C A Gibbens reported the board has visited three of the finalists in their communities, following the departure of A W Shields who left to lead Salineville schools.
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Wellington
Salineville
Columbiana County
Lorain County Bus Drivers Enroll in First Aid Course
Fifteen Lorain county school bus drivers are enrolled in a first aid course in Oberlin. County school superintendent C A Gibbons said most drivers already hold first aid certificates as required by the impending ruling for the next school year.
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Lorain county
Oberlin
C .A. Gibbons
Boy 14 Dies Under Rolling Gasoline Tanks
In Cleveland Martin Patton 14 a Holy Name High School honor student was crushed to death on the first day of summer vacation when he slipped and fell between two large gasoline tanks that rolled together.
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CLEVELAND, O
Martin Patton
Holy Name High school
Conte Biancamano Amid Canal Tension May Be Trojan Ship
The Conte Biancamano, a 23555 ton Italian liner loaded with copper, lay at Balboa as Italy neared entry to the war. Panama fears a Trojan horse sinking in transit could block the canal's locks, prompting strict scrutiny of passengers and crew.
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Panama Canal
Hemisphere
Fifth Column
Latin America
canal
Italy
Rome
Panama American
Panama City
Republic of Panama
Conte Biancamano
Park Pool Opens Tuesday At Cascade Park
Elyria announces the Cascade Park pool begins the 1940 season Tuesday at 9 a.m. daily hours are 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. through the summer, with guards Robert Chesler James Boylan and doorman Donald Yost. Matron Sadie Moore returns. No admission charge. five cent basket fee for dressing areas. two children per basket.
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Elyria
wil
Cascade Park
Robert Chesler
James Boylan
Donald Yost
Sadie Moore
ceases
Infantry Advance Necessary If Hitler Is To Take Paris Says Expert
United Press War Expert argues a German infantry push must follow armored gains near Forges Les Eaux to threaten Paris. The piece notes terrain challenges and possible German maneuvers toward Rouen or Amiens, stressing Weygand’s need to counter and the risk of delays in the drive.
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Hitler
Paris
Berlin
andre Forgés Les
Dieppe
Rouen
Amiens
Seine
Forges Les Eaux
Havre
Abbeville
channel
Wergand
Grand Jury Set to Open Wednesday in Lorain Case
Subpoenas issued for 61 witnesses as the grand jury convenes Wednesday to review about 20 criminal cases. Lead case is first degree murder against Lorain barber John Minoff who killed his wife after divorce papers were served. A third of subpoenas target the Minoff matter.
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John Minoff
Lorain barber
Minoff
French Declare New Defense Line Has Not Been Smashed
Paris dispatch says German tank offensive in Normandy failed to smash Weygand’s new defense system. French forces hold hills north of Soissons with reinforcements as German units are divided by French methods. Allies report serious but not dark conditions along a front from Bresle to Maginot Line.
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Breste
Forges Les ‘Eaux
Hitler
Paris
howeer
Forges Les Eaux
Weygand
Somme
Amiens
channel
Abbeville
U.P
France
Normany
Maxime Weygand
Soissons
Wergand
Bresle river
Soisson
Maginot Line
Normandie
English Channel
Ham
Bresle
Carlepont
Oise
Aisne
Coucy
war office
Generalssamo
Spies Sentenced to Death by Military Tribunal
In Marseilles on June 8 five spies were condemned by a military tribunal to death. Cesar Chabriere Jean Barisone Silva Murato Henri Rosea and Catherine Muratore were sentenced with Rosea and Mme Muratore noted as in flight.
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MARSEILLES
France
Cesar Chabriere
Jean Barisone
Silva Murato
Henri Rosea
Catherine Muratore
Rosea
Mme Muratore
Berlin Suburbs Bombed by French Planes
French planes attacked Berlin suburbs targeting factories in a night raid. Seaplanes took part and all French aircraft returned safely, according to the Admiralty.
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Berlin
PARIS
Admiralty
Paeris
German Planes Bomb English Counities In Wide Raid
German planes scattered bombs over eight English counties in the early morning as part of a third widespread raid in three days. An Air Ministry communiqué said bombs were dropped with damage but no known casualties, though one bomber crashed on a Suffolk rectory, killing two crew and wounding another.
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LONDON
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Suffolk county
Norfolk county
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JOAN J. PERSHING
General Pershing
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Naval Reserve
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Buffalo
Curtiss-Wright
ANies
United Press
J. W. T. Mason
Atlantic
Chipper
Beauvais
Le Havre
Bulletin
England
BERR
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