Lightning Advance Near Berlin Push Reaches Elbe Front
Allied forces press toward Berlin with Ninth Army crossing the Elbe 57 miles from Berlin and 115 from Soviet lines. Second Armored Division established the bridgehead in Magdeburg area as Thira Army advances. Reports suggest Hitler health unclear and Patton divisions pushing toward Czechoslovakia.
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Berlin
Associated Press
William H. Simpson
Elbe River
Magdeburg
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmier
Hitler
Patton
Fourth ‘Armored
Czechoslovakia
Sixth Armored
Leipzig
U. S
Germany
Neustadt
Czecho-Slovakia
Weimar
German Republic
Labor wage scales outline higher rates for drillers and crews
The document details wage adjustments for outside pay versus basic inside day rates. It specifies higher daily and hourly minimums for drillers, shooters, and related operators, with percentage increases if base district rates fall below thresholds. It also notes that inside electricians and repairers receive a minimum daily rate and outlines pay relationships among job classifications.
Visits Pal in Jail Stays To Pay Old Fine
Fragmentary note reports visits to a jailed friend and payment of an old fine. Mentions costs imposed and a daily amount cited as 63 dollars. Sparse details include names and location hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pal
Japan Reports Renewed Air and Sea Assaults in Pacific War
Allied carrier raids at Formosa and Okinawa raids yielded mixed results with Japan counterattacks held to stalemate. American casualties in the Okinawa campaign total 432 dead 2103 wounded and 460 missing with higher Japanese tolls reported. British armor advances in Burma and Japanese recapture efforts in China accompany Spain severing diplomatic ties with Japan over Manila atrocities.
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Armay’ Corps
Unita
Bea
Oki
Nawa
Okinawa
Daiga
Philippines
Luzon
Negros Island
Thazi
Burma
Sichwan Lin
China
Shensi
Chungking
Spain
Japan
Manila
Seven Cities Designated for Veterans Offices in Ohio
Brig. Gen. William Lis Marlin Northern Ohio manager for the veterans organization said yesterday he hoped to have units in operation at Canton Mansfield Sandusky Lima Defiance Marion and Steubenville in approximately a month Local veterans offices will serve seven cities in the state with plans to establish contact offices to assist veterans in claims and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Veterans Administration
William Lis Marlin
Northern Ohio
Veterans, Organization
Canton
Mansfield
Sandusky
Lima
Defiance
Marion
Steubenville
Five Million Jews Massacred by Nazis Reported
Hungarian party leader Dr Bela Fabian claimed in an interview that five million Jews were gassed and cremated at Auschwitz in Upper Silesia. He said he was taken there ten months ago with 500000 other Hungarian Jews and that 400000 were cremated in the first two months, leaving only about 1000 alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erfurt
Germany
Bela Fabian
Hungarian Independent Democratic Party
Auschwitz
Upper
Silesia
Fabian
Theodore Gutman
Los Angeles
Siegmund Fuld
New York City
Soviet Union Signs Friendship Pact With Yugoslavia
Brief notice reports Soviet Russia extending its strengthened ties with Yugoslavia through a signed friendship and mutual assistance pact. The agreement reinforces cooperation and signals longer term alignment among neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Yugoslavia
Union
Ohio Fuel Tax Revenue Falls in January and February
Tax Commissioner Emory Glander reports Ohio fuel and liquid fuel taxes brought in 5.697 million dollars for January and February, down from 6.350 million in the same period last year.
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Ohio
Columbus
Cp—A
Emory
Glander
Columbus Welfare Costs Edge Up in First Quarter 1943
Welfare Director Frazier Reams reported a slight rise in relief costs for the first quarter, with totals reaching 1,458,252 dollars compared to 1,415,565 dollars in the same period of 1942. Reports indicate gains in average grants for needy residents in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Frazier ‘Reams
OPA Group Aims to End Small Meat Packers
Washington reports an OPA drive seeks to wipe out small meat packers as price controls provoke industry distress. A German broadcast announced a new Hitler volunteer corps to attack enemy tank units with minimal gear, while Spain breaks with taps over anti monopoly law and faltering meat markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Second Army
Adel
Washington
OPA
Man Thomas
D-Oklia
Court of Appeals
Food Investigating Committee
Findlay
Wilma J
Thomas
Okuley
van Buren
Ithin Opa
Herr$mall
al Thomas
Senate Bank
Ing
Oklahoma
Spain
Madrid
J Ames E. Coonty
Philp
Wilson and Co
Change To Be Asked in Ohio Bingo Ruling
A fragmented note discusses Ohio policy on declaring bingo legal through an act amended in Newcomerstown. The text mentions Senator Shurtz proposing wording to limit bingo to a person’s own profit and questions the interpretation of indirect relation to gambling.
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Ohio
George
Newcomerstown
Shurtz
Inauguration of Training Young Americans for Rehabilitation Work
Cleveland hosts the start of an experiment by the Christian Service Committee of the Congregational Christian Church to train outstanding college graduates in social problems for rehabilitation work in Europe and in city and county agencies. Dr Robert Stemme, secretary of the Cleveland Congregational Union, said officials hope graduates nationwide will apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Europe
Christian Service
Christian Church
Robert Stemme
Cleveland Congregational Union
Mediem Bill Approved by State Senate Vote
The measure, authored by Senator C. Stanley Mechem of Nelsonville, prohibits mercantile establishments from using the descriptions Army Navy or Marine in store names. It now goes to the governor for approval or veto.
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Olumbue
Army
Navy
C. Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
Engineer To Report On River Channel Plan
COLUMBUS Ohio River Division engineer C L Hall will prepare a report on deepening the Ohio River channel from nine to 12 feet. It will take several months before the War Department can consider it. RULE ON JURISDICTION Probate courts have exclusive jurisdiction in guardianship matters per the Ohio Supreme Court.
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Columbus
C. L. Hall
Ohio River Division
Ohio River
War Department
Ohio Supreme Court
Three Negro officers face charges at Freeman Field
Public relations officer Robert W. McIntosh said three Negro officers Captain A Thompson Shirley R Clinton and Roger C Terry faced charges for jostling a provost marshal on duty. The officers reportedly protested discrimination and were held for court martial proceedings after protesting.
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Ae Sd
Robert W. McIntosh
Freeman Field Army Base
Here
McIntosh
las _Marsden
A.' Thompson
Los ‘“Angeles
Shirley
Camden, N. J
Roger C. Terry
Los Angeles
News-York Post
Washington
Thomp
Clinton
Terry
Allied Armies Gain in Italy Push Against Santerno
Allied Eighth Army reports crossing the Santerno River after heavy resistance as they push through a second German line. American forces with Italian Partisans seize Carrara, while many towns around German defenses are reduced to rubble by artillery. A German withdrawal north of Sarajevo is noted in Yugoslavia.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Ranve
Santerno
Carrara
Italy
Sarajevo
Yugoslavia
Carpathian Mountains
Poeland
Santerng River
Senio
Massa
la Spezia
Mark W. Clark
Lasch
Koenigsberg
General Hines Foresees Japanese Surrender After German Defeat
General John L. Hines, former Army chief of staff, visits Cincinnati and states he believes Japan may surrender soon after Germany is defeated. He cautions the war could end sooner than many expect and would not be surprised by an early Japanese capitulation following German collapse.
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Cincinnati
John L. Hines
Army
Germany
Surrender Policy Unchanged Amid Western Front Advance
Prime Minister Churchill reiterated that unconditional surrender of Germany remains policy though Eisenhower notes a clean end is not guaranteed. Allied forces, including the Second Armored Division, broke major Elbe line obstacles near Leipzig and Dresden, achieving the greatest single day's advance on German soil. First and Third Armies operated under blackout as tank thrust neared Leipzig.
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London
Churchill
Germany
Eisenhower
Europe
Leipzig
Dresden
Second Armored
Simpson
Ninth Strmy
Elbe
Berlin
Allied Push Across Germany In Major Western Offensive
British Second Army crossed the Aller southeast of Bremen and pressed toward Germany's ports. The U S Seventh Army advanced near Magdeburg while the Canadian First Army neared traps in Northwest Germany and Holland. Mosquito and Beaufighter raids struck Berlin and German shipping, with 112 German aircraft destroyed overnight.
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Jack
MacFarlane
Wood
Calif
Germany
Merkers
U. S. Third Army
Bremen
Essen
Ruhr
Nordhausen
Coburg
Brunswick
Dortmund
Bochum
Erfurt
U.S. Seventh Army
Schweintfurt
First Army
Holland
Deventer
Zutphen
Berlin
Nuernberg
Bayreuth
Russians Push Westward to Link Up with Allies
Allied advances in Europe accelerate with Red Army linking near the Oder and Neisse bridges as Soviet forces close on Vienna and Linz. American and Italian offensive actions press toward La Spezia and Massa while German punitive measures loom. Martial Malinovsky and Tolbukhin's units drive through Austria and the Danube region.
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Moscow
Red Army
Oder
Neisse
Vienna
Danube River
Berlin
Krems and
Melk
Bavaria
Linz
Malinovsky
Ukraine
Tolbukhin
Danube’ Canal
Czechoslovakia
Fire wrecks Bank Newark in four hour blaze
A four hour fire gutted the interior of a bank building in Kirketsville near Newark early today. Firefighters battled the flames as smoke poured from the bank structure and caused extensive damage to the banking hall and offices.
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BANK
Newark
Kirketsville
Gas Dealer Cited by OPA for Shortage and Records Failure
Cincinnati dealer C. S. Bangs Ham of Franklin Ohio suspended six months by the OPA over a 1.446 gallon shortage and failure to produce proper records.
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Cincinnati
C. S. Bangsham
Franklin, O
OPA
Ban May Be Put on Farmers Bags Dresses
Washington UPI reports the War Production Board advisory committee recommends prohibiting dress print fabrics in secondhand bag production. The concern is discarded bags used in shipping may flood cities as waste and hamper re use.
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Washington
UPI
War Production Board
A. Ia
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Shaun Howard C. Potts
Tokyo War Industries
Carri Ier
Formosa
Sumatra
Formoza
Tokyo Radio Today
Jima
Nakajima _ Mar
Verne
Aoa
Alr
Vetersn
Sento
Lugo
whUen
Fifth Army
Mace
Mrongpoist
OPA Group
Senate
Hines
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