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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
9
Doinoff was convicted of first degree murder and given life imprisonment with mercy in the view of the jury, for the slash of his wife Anna, 26, in their Lorain home on April 6. The court, with judge Husson, followed the jury with a mandatory life term in the penitentiary, absent the mercy recommendation.
The Navy disclosed that Axis submarines sank multiple Central American and other vessels in the Atlantic and Caribbean. Sixty to eighty sailors were reported lost or missing, with several survivors rescued or reaching port. A Cuban north coast area saw further reports of American ships sunk and a raider shelling vessels in the Gulf of Mexico.
Wellington June 16. Flsworth May an employer at the Warren coal yard narrowly escaped being covered by coal at the yard. A worker was pinned by a coal siding down a chute beneath a freight car and the Wellington firemen were called to aid in the rescue, though May received bruises.
Fragmentary weather item indicates warmer temperatures expected tonight in Ohio with brief market mentions on the page. Readable names or specific figures are unavailable in the surviving text. The report remains terse and not fully verifiable from the fragment.
Washington reports indicate Japanese forces in the Aleutians were small and may have lacked reinforcements at Attu. Officials note fog and limited sightings hinder full assessment while Midway’s victory and Pacific actions shape cautious optimism about the broader war picture.
Naval experts under Admiral Nimitz outline a strategy centering air power in future Pacific actions. He notes air superiority shifts balance, cites Coral Sea and Midway as proof, and acknowledges initial Japanese air dominance cost US navy aircraft and crews. Continued discussion promised on page 10.
An elderly woman Bessie Stacey and two children Ronald Cassell nine and Marlene Cassell were injured when Stacey’s northbound car collided with a westbound truck on routes 58 and 20 south of Oberlin. Stacey suffered possible skull fracture. the children had cuts and bruises. The truck driver Myron Coax of Hamilton Ohio escaped injury. A separate Cleveland Street collision damaged two cars. Thomas Warneevil was arrested for reckless driving and to be arraigned.
The Senate committee's investigation faults Phin Teed and Reed for failures in directing wartime conversion of industry. It accuses Reed and others of delays and timidity while pressed by industry representatives loaned to the War Production Board. The panel cites that factory curtailments and slowed conversion hindered war output despite broader mobilization. Page 10 continued story.
Soviet dispatches report Red Army counter-attacks regaining an outer line at Sevastopol and repelling repeated German river-crossing attempts. Pravda notes losses for Germany including 1800 dead, 15 field guns and an artillery regiment. Sevastopol garrison reportedly beat off fierce daily attacks while Kharkov front fighting continued, with observers questioning if the drive will expand to retake Kharkov.
State Salvage Committee figures released today show Lorain County collected nearly eight tons of metal and greater quantities of other materials through June. About 15 573 pounds of rubber were turned in, 26 19 pounds of rags, 12 915 pounds of paper, and 1 310 pounds of metal.
Rubber mats in automobiles are not ideal and mats of other materials would work. Many car owners are donating mats to the serag route Lerent section campaign. They can be turned in at the nearest postal online Giling station.
Chinese troops claim successful attacks on Nanchang defenses in Jiangxi while Japanese forces push on multiple points along the Nanchang-Katchew rail corridor and near Kwek. Chinese commanders say reinforcements rush to the front as Japanese columns advance west of Hangzhou’s line.
Arthur Pryor, famed bandmaster and leader of early American Latin music influence, died after a short illness. Born September 21 in St Joseph Missouri, he earned international recognition while leading orchestras and touring widely. His father organized the band that propelled Pryor to fame. He leaves a large family and was widely mourned after news of the auto accident involving John H. Anderton of Waltham Massachusetts with injuries reported.
British naval officers state Allied convoy breaking Axis lines sealed Malta’s fate while German and Italian forces hurled subs torpedoes and battleships at the battle group. The crew endured long odds as United States planes aided the strike, with Malta and Tobruk receiving critical supplies.
Wellington Ohio June report of the death of Lee G Hershey 78 lifelong Wellington resident and Wellington High School graduate. He collapsed during a joint Wellington Chapter OES and Liber al Chapter OES meeting at the Wellington Masonic Hall and died instantly. He had lived in Wellington 57 years. He was a former dinner guest at a local residence prior to the meeting.
The government in exile urges immediate action to punish Nazi leaders. Reports claim threats toward Czech villages and collective reprisals in Bohemia Moravia. Reprisals tied to Lidice and Vaterland actions raise fears of expanded violence. Continued on page 10.
Dispatched reports describe Allied withdrawals from Adem and Sidi Nezech toward Egypt with light losses despite Rommel's efforts to cut off the retreat. The British command judged it prudent after narrowing front lines between Tobruk and the Egyptian frontier. Continued on Page 10.
War summary from June 15 1942 covers China reporting captured outer defenses near Nanchang and rail line loss. Australia says 37 planes shot down in Port Moresby raid. Tobruk encircled with Axis forces within 50 miles of Egypt. Pacific notes Nimitz revises U S tactics to emphasize air power. Russia claims trench line recaptured near Sevastopol and Kharkov on alert for new German assault. Europe reports guerrilla activity in the third Axis campaign.
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