War emergency ends coal strike with government seizure
Washington AP report confirms wage talks ended after six weeks with miners accepting ten dollar per day inside wage and eight fifty after. President Roosevelt directed Ickes to run seized mines and raise the American flag while calls to keep coal moving to war factories framed the wartime action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Seven State
United Mine “Workers
John L. Lewis
Ritett
Ickes
Ingth
Roosevelt
suOh
Nation's Meat Supply Tightening Reported
CHICAGO, The War Meat Board disclosed today that production in federally inspected plants fell about 22,000,000 pounds last week as the nation's meat supply grows tighter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
War Meat Board
Predict Acute Shortage Of Bituminous Coal Speech
Cleveland based report states Washington officials from the Solid Fuels Administration for War told about a projected national shortfall of 49 million tons of bituminous coal. The meeting drew about five hundred coal dealers and producers' representatives gathering yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Washington
Solid Fuels Administration For War
War agency cutbacks slow arms and ship programs
A fragmentary report notes cutbacks on two small arms and ammunition lines while the navy trims a 1.3 million dollar shipbuilding program. Officials say funds would have been granted only for critical battlefield needs, reflecting tightened war priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hew
Local meeting details cited by Arrati amid home event confusion
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Arrati announcing a home related gathering. Details are unclear, with missing names and places. The readable bits suggest a community or political meeting held at a home setting, but key facts are not fully captured in the surviving text.
Taian Turret Opens Early Amid New Clock Announcement
A fragment hints at MEO and Cotignola in Taian with early downeasting for a new clock. The notice mentions Eighth and front, indicating a preliminary opening or unveiling related to the public timepiece and associated arrangements. An official release clarifies schedule and key participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ati Ck
War's End Plans Hasten for Charinel River Project
Washington reports the war will end soon and a major Ohio River project, led by Army engineers, could create hundreds of jobs. A series of 50 soil conservation clinics began in Cleveland sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank as bankers and farmers convene with agricultural economists to discuss conservation strategies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charinel
Washington
Ohio
Army
Rubber Workers Idle as Majority Voted to Return to Work
Akron reports 30 percent of mixing machine operators failed to report this morning though CIO United Rubber Workers had voted to resume jobs and negotiate grievances with the company. In Columbus, the Senate committee killed a bill allowing margarine makers to color their product before sale.
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Akron
Goortyear. Tite and Ru ‘Co
Cio-United Rubber
Ohio
Columbus
Senate
Commerce. and Labor’. Committee
Monkeys Scarcity Affects Cincinnati Zoo and Butter Markets
The Cincinnati Zoo faces a rare shortage of rhesus monkeys for the summer season as imports from India rise in price to about 25 dollars daily. Grocers report butter point values fluctuating with the War Foods Administration and OPA plans, affecting household budgets and store displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ohio
Cincinnati
Mscit
Cincinnati ‘Zoo
India
Janother
Flood Damage Pictures and Public Donation Call
Fragmentary report describes flood damage visuals and a plea for contributions to support reconstruction. Mentions city officials and city hall involvement, with unclear details on collection process or eligibility.
Unclear Postcard Description of Infant Body
Fragmentary OCR text describes a postal item concerning a baby boy with a fictitious sender name. The legibility is poor and details are uncertain, mentioning Merced Avenue and Euclid Street references, a death by suffocation or related cause, and an address mix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calif
Daleavy
Merced Avent Va
Atlas Authorities
Dyer
Euclid St
Suffec
Irap Attacks Beaten Back on Okinawa
American troops report beating back OFE counterattacks on Okinawa as they seize two former Nipponese naval stations on nearby islands in the Philippines. General MacArthur cites Southern Luzon resistance collapsed. Admiral Nimitz notes 5,009 Japanese killed, 222 prisoners, 43,378 civilians interned in eight days. Units of the 24th Corps disrupt Nipponese counterattacks on Okinawa’s southern end with combined arms assaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofe
Okinawa
Jolo
Busuanga
Philippines
MackArthur
Luzon
Tsugeén
Twenty-Fourth Corps
Nakagusiku Ag.cee
Nimitz
Helle Artiller
Elatora
Ises
Naval
Aiichora
Flesti
Sulu Archipelago
Five Year Sentences For Selective Service Violations
Toledo defendants Frank Junge Philip Carroll Jack Green Donald Hart and Thomas Noggle were sentenced yesterday to five years in prison for violation of the Selective Service Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Federal
Junge
Philip F. Carroll
Jack B. Green
Donald. D. Hart
Spencervitle
Thomas J. Noggleiot Lane
Eisenhower Says Nazi Resistance Collapsed on Western Front
The Associated Press reports that German resistance on the western front has collapsed as Allied forces close the net east of Berlin. Russians advance into Vienna with Nazi defeat approaching. final capitulations anticipated within hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Germany
Berlin
Vienna
Allied Armies Push Toward Berlin From German Front
Allied forces, led by the U S First Army, Ninth and Third Armies, advanced rapidly through central Germany driving toward Berlin. Reports say Hannover fell to the Ninth Army with swift movements and Brunswick showed white flags as the push continued. By nightfall the First and Ninth were about 110 miles from Berlin while an advance across the front continued with multiple spearheads making gains.
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Eisen
Geta Seehower
U.S
First
Nordhausen
Germany
Reich
Hannover
Brunswick
Berlin
Executed German air force members amid revolt crackdown
Reports from 12th Army Group say 102 German air force members were executed on March 31 to suppress an officers revolt, including a general. British tanks and infantry advanced toward Hamburg from the north while armor cut west of Bremen toward the Helgoland Bight. Canadians moved toward the North Sea sealing off Germans in Holland as Deventer and the Issel River strongpoint fell.
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12Th Army Group
Rellahls
Ht.said
Hanned Bab Panapa
Hamburg
Bremen
Helgoland Bight
Weser
North Sea
Holland
Deventer
Issel
Koenigsberg
Prussian
Mondey
Reich
Leipzig
Plauen
U. S
Third Army
Berlin
German foreign ministry staff captured as war nears end near Muehlhausen
Nazi foreign ministry personnel held in apartments and basements as Berlin lies in ruins 75 percent destroyed. Joachim von Ribbenstron not present. Goering works near Salzgitter, 60 miles from Leipzig where link with Russians expected. American Ninth Army advances toward Salzgitter and nearby areas. Third Army nears Czechoslovakia. First Army reaches Nordhausen region while French forces push in the South foothills.
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Berlin
Joachim ‘Ribbentrop
Foreign’ Ministry
Muehlhausen
Foreign Ministry
Hiité Guard
Gestapo
Salzgilter
Goering Steel
Leipzig
Thel
Czechoslovakia
Nordhausen
Brunswick
Berin
Frost Smashes Cherry and Plum Crops Across Ohio
A severe frost devastated stone fruits in Northern and Southeastern Ohio, with early apples and later varieties badly hit. Some regions faced 29 to 80 percent damage, while the 1945 crop may reach 10-year averages in peach-heavy areas. In wartime notes, Soviet advances around Vienna and Fulfillment near Danube are reported as the siege reshapes Eastern Europe.
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Columbus
Ohio
Slovakia
Malinovsky
Bratislava
Point BO
Ukraine
State Bureau of Markets
A. F. Moon
Bureau
Rome
Ohio to Halt Farm Worker Draft Under Deferment Plan
Ohio State Selective Service will suspend drafting farmers if the local board and county farm war board concur on a 2-C deferment for agricultural purposes. Col Chester W Goble cited the Tydings Amendment allowing deferment for essential farm workers pending appeals board approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
UPI
Ohio
State Selective Service
County Farm War Board
Chester W. Goble
Tydings
Appeals Board
Farm War Board
Governor clamps down judge retirement plan in Ohio
In Columbus Governor Lausche denies bidders collusion over highway contracts and says resurfacing awards will resume April 15. Legislative action focuses on unemployment insurance boosts and a judge retirement plan allowing 60 with 12 years service on quarter pay or 18 years on half pay.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Idle Acres Loom in Ohio Farmland Watch
Ohio faces a farm downturn as Director Hodson reports 700000 idle acres this year due to manpower and equipment shortages. Vegetables and canning crops fall about 40 percent below normal, sugar beets 25k–30k acres versus 50k requested, corn five percent under, and fruit half normal. Hog numbers are down 25 percent, cattle and calves off one percent. Governor Lausene urges sending the report to draft boards for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
J. M. Hodson
Elmer Thomas
Okla
U.S. Senate Committee On Apticulture and Forestry
G I Sues for Divorce From Wife in Ireland
Sgt. Jay Creech files a divorce petition in common pleas court here alleging his Belfast born wife refuses to come to the United States or answer his letters. He says they married on June 7 and he was later returned to the U S after being wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Belfast
Ireland
America
Jay Creech
Common Pleas Court
Creech
United States
Names of Liberated Will Be Released
The War Department announced that names of American prisoners of war liberated by Allied armies in Germany will be released immediately by newsmen in the European theater. Official notification continues by the department but many first notices to families will come through newspapers or radio broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Germany
Pee
Spring Pig Deaths Cost Third of Pork Supply
Dr. J. G. Hardenbergh of the American Veterinary Medical Association warns that spring piglet deaths cut the U S pork supply by more than one third each year. He says reducing losses even by half could boost pork production nationwide. The report notes current hog mortality limits output compared with other factors shaping the market.
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J. G. Hardenbergh
American Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio
Nome
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Radio-Telephoto
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PACER
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Detroit
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