Appointment of Bateman as Athens County Sheriff
Athens County commissioners appoint George Bateman to the unexpired sheriff term amid a tense meeting. They also recommend widow Gladys Bayless as deputy at 125 dollars monthly, a proposal she rejected, with Frank Joyce named as deputy in Cana nville replacing B C Day.
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George Bateman
Nelsonville
Athens County
Ieriff
Char W. Bayless
Bateman
Giess
Heriff
Ateman
Gladys Bayless
Bayless
Frank Voyce
Canaonville
B. C. Day
Joyce
Charles Stratton
Board of Commissioners
Commissioners’ Office
Stratton
Leonard Prater
State of
Ohio
Athens County Board of Commissioners
Board of County Commissioners
American Legion reports peak strength amid new war
In Indianapolis Donald G. Glascoff announces the Legion’s membership at 1,005,167 as the organization notes greater strength than ever at this early wartime stage. The report highlights postwar roots and ongoing recruitment during hostilities.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
Donald G. Glascoff
New Sheriff George Bateman of Athens County
George Bateman is appointed sheriff of Athens County at 48. born in Nelsonville, he served as Nelsonville police chief for 12 years and as patrolman before that. He ran for sheriff in 1940, later served as safety superintendent, and has seven children with active military sons Rosser and Richard.
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George Bateman
New Athens County
Nelsonville
Bateman
L. J. Eberle
Charles W. Bayless
C. G. Dew
Drydock
Carbondale
Rendville
Rosser
Westover Field
Mass
Richard
Shepard Field
Texas
Lois Ferrell
Montgomery
W. Va
George, Jr
June
Alma
Tommy
The
Elks, Eagles
Knights of Pythias
Grange
Methodist
Standard Oil Head Defends German Deal
W S Farish president of Standard Oil New Jersey testified before a Senate defense committee, arguing Standard aided U S efforts to develop synthetic rubber. He defended agreements with I G Farben Industrie of Germany, saying patents and processes were shared with the U S government and that Standard promoted a domestic synthetic rubber industry.
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Washington
The
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
W.S. Farish
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Standard
United States
German Dye Trust
Farish
Thurman Arnold
I. G. Farbenindustrie
Germany
Standard Oil
Hold Two Suspects in Woman's Kidnapping
In Cincinnati a report states Mrs Mary Jacobsen 33 of Calumet City Ill was attacked during a kidnapping in Hammond Ind. The Illinois matron identified a 27 year old Hamilton Ohio man as one of two suspects who bound and gagged her and left her on a hillside near Cincinnati. She remains hospitalized for exposure.
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Cincinnati
Illinois
Hamilton, O
Hammond
Ind
Mary Jacobsen
Calumet City
Bethesda Hospital
Weather Data Access For War Industry In Cleveland
The Office for Emergency Management announces that essential war industry manufacturers may obtain specific weather information. This is not an April Fool's joke and signals continued support for critical wartime production in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Office For Emergency Management
Free French Forces Put Under MacArthur Command
General Charles de Gaulle announces that Free French units in the Pacific will operate under General Douglas MacArthur’s supreme command. The arrangement consolidates Allied leadership as Free French officials confirm the change.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Allies Force Burma Retreat as Japanese Trap Fails
In Burma hard fighting repelled a Japanese trap at Toungoo as Chinese defenders pulled back to the north after the fiercest battle yet. Toungoo sits 155 air line miles east of Rangoon, forming the eastern anchor of the Allied line in Central Burma. The Sikh All-Parties Committee rejected Britain's post-war dominion proposal for India.
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Burma
Toungoo
Rangoon
Letters Reaching Boys Down Under Amid World War II News
United States Army reports mail flowing to American troops in Australia under postmaster Major D. H. Stephens. In the Philippines, Japanese forces pounded Wainwright’s line on Bataan while claiming an accidental attack on a U S base hospital. Front-line reports cite bold acts at Toungoo and shifting western Burma positions as Allied air forces strike Japan’s grip. In New Delhi, India debates Dominion status with Congress Party leaders to be announced today.
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United States Army Headquarters
Australia
D. H. Stephens
Pittsburgh
Army
Philippines
War Department
Jonathan M. Wainright
Bataan
Imperial High Command
Toungoo
Sittang River
Shwedaung
Prome
Burma
New Guinea
Britain
India
New Delhi
All-India Congress Party
Young Proposes Public Send Off for Army Inductees
Rep Stephen Young of Cleveland introduces a bill to replace silent drafting with a public send off featuring brass bands. He argues draftees should be marched proudly through their city streets rather than quietly taken from their homes.
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Washington
Sephen Young
Cleveland
Body of Ohio flier found in Texas wreckage
Lieut. Robert B. Brown Jr. of Gambier Ohio missing since departing Duncan Field on a routine flight a week ago was found dead in an army plane wreckage 25 miles northwest of San Antonio Texas. He was the son of the Kenyon College secretary and was to wed Betty Haralson of Tulsa Oklahoma on Easter Sunday.
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San Antonio
Tex
Robert B. Brown, Jr
Gambier
Duncan
Here
Kenyon College
Betty Haralson
Tulsa
Okla
Baby Born as Torpedo Hits
An Axis torpedo struck a merchant ship in Atlantic coastal waters on Sunday morning. A premature infant was born in a struck cabin as the blast occurred. Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews dispatched rescue craft and planes. Mother and baby were later picked up and reported doing as well as can be expected.
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New York
Atlantic
Adolphus Andrews
Eastern Sea Frontier
Labor backs MacArthur in Australia headquarters
United States Army Headquarters in Australia reports strong backing for General Douglas MacArthur from American labor organizations. President William Green of the AFL and James Carey of the CIO read messages at a press conference, and MacArthur praised labor for its patriotism and support.
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United States Army
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
William Green
American Federation of Labor
James Carey
Congress of Industrial Organizations
MacArthur
Army Air Pat uniforms to resemble Army Air Corps
Columbus officer announces Civil Air Patrol members will wear uniforms closely matching the Army Air Corps including trousers shirts shoulder straps and overseas caps. Group Commander S. O. Nollenberger says the change aligns CAP appearance with military standards.
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Columbus
Civil Air Pat
Army Air Corps
S. O. Nollenberger
May Call Up February 16 Registrants in May
Selective Service headquarters announced that February 16 registrants would be classified immediately and may be inducted in May or June. Local boards were instructed to start classification at once to fill the army’s June call and possibly the May call with these registrants and earlier registrants. The Feb 16 group is the Second Age Group joining the First Age Group from Oct 16 1940 and July 1 1941.
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Washington
Selective Service Headquarters
10000 Tons of Scrap Seized for Salvage Drive Near Dayton
U S Marshal served requisition papers on Owen Eby as regional emergency office officials ordered salvage of more than 10000 tons of farm scrap metal. Officials say the scrap dates back a decade and was tied to a Frigidaire dumping contract, with a farmer claiming the metal prevents soil erosion.
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Dayton
Sam Slotky
Office of Emergency Management
Here
U. S
C. H. Sisson
Columbus
Owen Eby
Slotky
Washington
Wheat supply remains large despite short 1942 crops
The Agriculture Department said that despite two consecutive war crop shortfalls and a possibly smaller 1942 output, global wheat supply could be larger than ever. The surplus in the four leading exporters United States, Canada, Australia and Argentina is the largest on record.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Canada
Australia
Argentina
War Today: India’s Rise to Dominion Status in Jeopardy
The column voices pessimism from New Delhi over Britain's offer of dominion status for India. It warns of global fear as rising Japanese forces near Hindustan and questions Gandhi's sagacity amid Burma’s defeats. It argues India lacks military allies and defense, suggesting passive resistance may fail against the Japanese threat.
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New Delhi
Britain
India
Hindustan
Gandhi
England
Burma
All India Congress
Pacific War Council Formed To Map Victory Strategy
Seven men formed the Pacific War Council to devise the United Nations plan against Japan. President Roosevelt announced the council at the White House, summoning Viscount Halifax, Dr. Herbert Evatt, Walter Nash, T. V. Soong, Alexander Loudon, and Hume Wrong to join the session.
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Washington
Pacific War Council
United Nations
Japan
Roosevelt
White House
Viscount Halifax
Herbert V. Evatt
Walter Nash
New Zealand
United States
T. V. Soong
Alexander Loudon
Netherlands
Hume Wrong
Canada
Leighton McCarthy
Water From Condemned Wells Triggers Illness in St Marys
Engineer G A Hall of the State Health Department said St Marys, about 400 people, were stricken by an intestinal ailment after unchlorinated water from two condemned wells entered the city distribution. He found cross connections between a paper box company canal water system and the city plant.
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Columbus
G. A. Hall
State Health Department
St. Marys
Hall
R. H. Markwith
Late Buyers Swamp Auto Tag Deputies
In Columbus police arrested drivers using 1941 license plates as new tags rolled out causing crowds at 800 deputy registrar offices. The war effort will bring small gear-like plates attached to licenses next year to conserve steel, slowing tag distribution.
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Columbus
Middletown rolling mill tops monthly steel output records
Middletown Division of the American Rolling Mill Company finished a month with the highest steel production ever. Mill whistles filled the night as workers marked the record.
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MILLS
Middletown
American Rolling Mill Company
Opening of Hitler spring drive signals massive German Russian forces
Reports say Adolf Hitler massed 12,000,000 Germans and Russians for a climactic spring offensive on a 2,000 mile eastern front. Dispatches note 1.5 million fresh troops in 100 divisions moved east as Soviet and Allied observers foresee major strikes around Orel, Sevastopol, and the Caucasus with attrition on both sides.
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Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Stockholm
London
Orel
Moscow
Marshal Timoshenko
Taganrog
Caucasus
Californians Charged With Sedition and Libel
Robert C. Noble and Eilis O. Jones, isolationists, were rearrested on federal sedition charges after calling for “To hell with MacArthur” and leading a mock impeachment of Roosevelt. California filed criminal libel charges against them and seven others over a pamphlet by Friends of Progress. Noble praised Hitler and justified Pearl Harbor before a state committee.
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Los Angeles
Robert C. Noble
MacArthur
Eilis O. Jones
Roosevelt
Noble
Jones
Douglas MacArthur
Friends of Progress Isolationist Organization
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Francis Biddle
Friends of Progress
State Assembly
Hitler
Europe
Speed in Home Defense Urged
James M. Landis, director of the Office of Civilian Defense, said Cleveland and nearby cities are war fronts and urged faster home defense preparations at a rally. He told 10,000 attendees that this is not someone else's war but their war and that time is of the essence in training wardens, auxiliary firemen, policemen, and nurses' aides.
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Cleveland
Akron
Lorain
Toledo
Bataan
Port Moresby
Port Darwin
James M. Landis
Office of Civilian Defense
Landis
Public Hall
Bricker Adds 27 To Ranks Of State Patrol
Gov John W Bricker approved commissions for 27 new state highway patrol officers after a 10 week training. Ceremonies at the state fair grounds increased patrol strength to 298, two short of the maximum set by the last legislature.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
State Fairgrounds
Censorship Office urges omitting depots from maps
The Office of Censorship asks map publishers to exclude military depots and war production plants from new maps to avoid revealing sensitive sites during wartime.
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Washington
Office of Censorship
Farm Boys To Get Awards at County Fairs
Ohio will shift prizes from the State Junior Fair to county expositions to honor farm youths. John T. Brown, state director of agriculture, notes plans from breeder groups and others to send awards to county fairs as part of expanded events for 4-H boys and girls. Last year the state allotted 24,000 dollars for junior fair prizes with 6,000 dollars donated by organizations. Brown says facilities limited by 1942 junior fair demands prevented using state funds at county fairs.
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Columbus
John T. Brown
Brown
U S Denies Special Aid for Argentine
Washington reports the United States has cut Argentina off from special economic military and naval aid until Argentina joins the hemisphere front against the Axis. The policy prioritizes American republics at war or with Axis ties.
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Washington
United States
Argentina
McSweeney May Seek Democratic Nomination for Governor
Friends of John McSweeney, former congressman at large, said today he may seek the Democratic nomination for governor.
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Cleveland
John McSweeney
You’ll Need Old Tube To Buy Toothpaste
The government issued a rule requiring a trade in an old toothpaste tube or shaving cream tube at purchase. Retailers are responsible for enforcing the tube trade in. Toymakers must stop producing electric trains after July 1 and restrictions were placed on iron steel and zinc in many household gadgets.
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Washington
Sam
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Edward H. O'Hare
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U.S
Mahatma Gandhi
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