Farmers threaten wheat quota strike across Ohio
I E Baker former state senator and Farmers Protective Association leader said farmers would refuse to sell or raise wheat to starve the quota system. Suits challenge the agriculture administration quotas and 49 cent penalties. Louis Bromfield near Mansfield formed a 700 member protest group disavowing any strike. Rep Baumgart Jr suggested buying surplus wheat for Europe with lend-lease funds.
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Ohio
Mansfield
Louis Bromfield
Bromfield
Farmers’ Protective Association
Baker
Germantown
A.aa
A. D. Baumfart, Jr
Europe
Rosenberger Named To Welfare Board
Charlies M. Rosenberger chair of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors was appointed to the county Welfare Board replacing C. I. Brumback whose term expired July 1. Judge Philip Williams ordered the appointment today in the Common Law Order book. Rosenberger will serve a four year term. An additional order reappointed M. E Garvin to the Welfare Board, term expired July 1, 1939.
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Charlies M. Rosenberger
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
County Welfare Board
C. I. Brumback
Philip Williams
Julian Baker
Rosenberger
M. E Garvin
Welfare Board
Louise Newlin Notary Public Commissioned by Governor
Louise Newlin, appointed a Notary Public by Governor Price on April 16, has qualified in the office of the county clerk by posting bond.
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Louise Newlin
Price
Ril 16
Nine Million Battle In Russia (Continued from Page 1)
Soviet high command reported no significant change on the central front near Moscow while claiming German advances near Smolensk were checked and a Soviet tank battalion destroyed in a south Smolensk operation. Berlin and Moscow reports clash over progress as rail and air warnings mount.
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Berlin
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Constanta
Yoo Hooing Case Declared Closed Incident
Washington July 17 Undersecretary Patterson said the War Department considers the disciplinary action against troops who yoo hoo ed at Memphis girl golfers a closed incident. General Lear headed the report and its details remain private. Patterson defended generals and downplayed public interest in the case.
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Robert P. Patter
Ben Lear
Memphis
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Lear
Second Army
War Department
Consuls to Board Lisbon as West Point Arrives
Acting Secretary Welles said trains carrying American consular officials from Germany and Italy will reach Portugal the same day the naval transport West Point lands at Lisbon with Axis consuls expelled from the United States. He noted no German or Italian consular officers may remain in the U S when West Point sailed.
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Germany
Italy
Welles
Portugal
West Point
Lisbon
United States
State Department
Honolulu
New York
Berlin
Europe
Frankfurt-on-Main
San Remo
Elks Concluding National Meeting in Portland
The Seventy-seventh national Elks convention nears its final session in Portland with installation of officers and a grand parade to cap a five day gathering. Over 10 000 members are expected to march as Major General Henry C Pratt urges public resolve against organized minorities hampering defense. Portland was chosen to host the 1942 event.
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National Elks
Henry C. Pratt
Second Army Corps
Portland, Ore
Welsh Miners Reject Plan on Holidays and Sunday Work
Almost 100,000 Welsh coal miners voted against cutting summer holidays in half and against Sunday night work. In South Wales the vote was 60,877 to 38,483 against halved vacations and 54,541 to 44,304 against Sunday night shifts.
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London
South Wales
Brooklyn Teen Survives 17 Hours Adrift Off New York Bay
Eleanor Maldonado a 19 year old from Brooklyn floated in an old inner tube for 17 hours around lower New York bay. She shouted for help as boats passed until she was rescued by the Sandy Hook coast guard boat. She smiled saying she was cold but fine.
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New York
Eleanor Maldonado
Brooklyn
New York Bay
Sandy Hook
Miss Maldonado
Cedar Beach
N. J
Army Eyes Secret Gun Amid Seizure Bill Push
Reports claim the army may have a secret weapon as Congress advances a $3.5 billion tax measure and a broad price stabilization plan. The War Department allegedly struggles to obtain weapon plans, with an inventor demanding a large sum for drawings. Plans could be seized under the proposed property seizure bill, as revisions to the draft are anticipated.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Seutety Committee
War Department
Barkley
Hopkins in London Arrives For Aid Talks With Churchill
Harry L. Hopkins arrived in London today as supervisor of the United States lease lead program. He met Prime Minister Churchill and attended a British cabinet meeting after a safe return in a United States built bomber. He was welcomed by W. Averell Harriman and planned talks with Lord Beaverbrook on tank production.
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London
Harry L. Hopkins
United States
Churchill
Hopkins
England
Britain
W. Averell Harriman
Middle East
Harriman
Lord Beaverbrook
Army shake-up signals more top officer shifts
Washington on July 17. The under-secretary of war Robert P. Patterson said there would be more changes in the army and the army high command after yesterday’s drastic shake-up which gave new chiefs to the Caribbean defense command four army corps and the armored force. He added there would be further shifts of high ranking officers under the War Department policy of assigning generals to duties where they will perform more effectively.
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Washington
Army
Caribbean
Army Corps
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Treasury Receipts and Debts Daily Status Summary
Treasury reports for July show receipts of 9.66 million dollars and expenses of 32.77 million. Gross debt stands at 49.22 billion with a day over day increase of 23.40 million.
R A F Attacks Big Ship and Escort Off Southwest English Coast
British fighters roared across the Dover Strait and dived on a large camouflaged steamship and its escort near Cap Griz Nez in France. The ship vanished into haze after a second low attack as shell bursts lit the Calais sky.
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Dover Strait
Cap Griz Nez
France
Boulogne
Calais
Halifax Praises Lockheed Hudson Bomber Builders
Viscount Halifax the British ambassador to the United States expressed gratitude to Lockheed workers in Burbank California as the 1000th Hudson bomber rolled off the line. He shared praise from an RP pilot who flew a mission over occupied France saying the aircraft endured severe damage yet returned 350 miles on one engine.
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Calif
Viscount Halifax
United States
Lockheed Airplane Factory
M.B.S
Lord Halifax
R.A.P
France
California
Lockheed
Lindbergh Letter Probed by White House Aide
Stephen Early said Lindbergh's protest to the White House over Ickes criticism was aimed more at reporters than the President. He had no comment on the letter's context but noted the text was addressed to the President.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
White House
Ickes
Eee
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
Lindbergh
New York
Early
Rent Control Act May Be Needed
Washington July 17 Leon Henderson price administrator said rent control laws would be necessary in defense areas where voluntary measures fail. He testified in a House committee that in shipbuilding ordnance and cantonment centers many rented houses saw 20 to 100 percent increases since October 1939. He noted about 10 fair rent committees are operating with powers limited to public opinion and warned that law may be invoked where voluntary methods fail.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Farmers May Appeal Wheat Quotas in Frederick County
FE. M. Funk, chairman of the AAA committee, says farmers with excess wheat yield may appeal within 15 days to a review committee if dissatisfied with their acreage allotment. The county organization has informed farmers of provisions of the wheat quota law.
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FE. M. Funk
AAA
Frederick County
Parachute Mystery Explained As Routine Navy Test
A reported falling parachute near Dahlgren Virginia alarmed a Pennsylvania Central Airlines pilot. Navy officials said the dangling flare from a parachute was part of a routine test at the Dahlgren proving ground with no distress observed.
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Washington
Dahlgren
Navy
Ju Juitsu Attack Fells 200-Pound Prisoner in Illinois
George McKenney, a 200 pound Cook county convict, died in Statesville hospital from head injuries after Charles Jung, a 100 pound Chinese prisoner from Chicago, used ju jitsu to answer prolonged heckling. Jung is held in the penitentiary detention ward after the incident in the prison laundry.
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Joliet
George McKenney
Cook County
Statesville
Charles Jung
Chicago
Jung
Marshall Urges Lengthening Service for Emergency Troops
General Marshall testified before the committee urging a formal declaration of national peril to grant the War Department more elbow room. He cited delays in airfield development in Brazil and the Caribbean due to funding restrictions and insisted the aim was military necessity not an AEF expansion. He noted a need to retain trained men to protect national interests and defended actions sending National Guard units to Hawaii when needed.
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Austin
R.-Vt
Congress
War Department
Brazil
Pan-American Airways
Army
Navy
Caribbean
Austin R.-Vt
United States
National Guard
Hawaii
Heironimus Appointed to Timber Ridge Primitive Baptist Board
Ferrin O. Heironimus has been elected and qualified as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Timber Ridge Primitive Baptist Church to succeed the late Evers Shanholtz. An order authorizing this appointment was recorded in the County Clerk’s office by Julian Baker.
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Ferrin O. Heironimus
Timber Ridge
Primii
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