Flood Hearings Highlight Hocking River Damage Across Counties
A public hearing on flood damage and control along the Hocking River in Fairfield, Hocking, and Athens Counties, held by Army Engineers, heard from city and county officials, planing commissions, and citizens. Estimates cite more than half a million dollars in March 1945 damages, with ongoing discussions of flood control, water supply, and wildlife benefits across seven counties.
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Bartlett Logan
Fairfield
Hocking
Athens Counties
Fairfield County
Athens County
Packras
War Department
Pockras
Army
Barton Hall
Logan
Perry
West Virginian Message in Line for Labor Post
A West Virginian, Marvin Jones, is identified as a candidate for the secretary of labor or similar post. He has ties to the AFL and food administration work. Potential successors include J. P Hutson, deputy in charge of agricultural reconversion, and James Byrnes, who could return to government service as secretary of state if Stettinius steps into a world security organization role.
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AFL
Marvin Jones
Fr Claimis
J. P_ Hutson
A N Johnson Athens service safety director dies
A N Johnson aged 57 Athens city service safety director died Wednesday night at his Grosvenor Street home. A carpenter and contractor before 1942 he was appointed director by Mayor Franz Woodworth. He leaves a wife Laura Jewell Johnson two brothers J W Johnson Albany and W H Johnson Beaverton Falls Pa and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at First Christian Church with burial in Union Cemetery. LANCASTER NATIVE DIES CHICAGO Sherman Steele Loyola University law professor native of Lancaster Ohio died last night.
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A. N
Gus) Johnson
Athens
City Service
Grosvenor St
Reformer
Mr. Johnson
Stewart
John and Mary Johnson
Athens County
Marietta
Johnson
Béavier Falls
Pearl - Jewell
Esides
James Davis
Parkersburg
Johnsons
First Christian Church
Frank Donaldson
Charleston
W. Va
Joe B. “Maffett
W. Union Cemetery
Lancaster
Chicago
Sherman Steele
Loyola University
Truck Driver Dies After Accidental Shooting in Youngstown
Youngstown police say Angelo Vacchiano 22 died three hours after being accidentally shot by friend Gordon Sigle 28 while the two express truck drivers discussed a hypothetical hold-up. Police chief John B. Thomas reported the incident occurred Tuesday night in the hospital.
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Trones
Youngstown
Angelo Vacchiano
Gordon Sigle
John B.thomas
Vacchiano
Sigle
Express
NLRB Sues to Enforce Union Recognition Ruling
The National Labor Relations Board seeks enforcement of a Sixth Circuit order against Logan Clay Products Co. Logan Ohio. The enforcement relates to a labor dispute with United Brick and Clay Workers Union over recognition of an independent employee union.
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NLRB
United States ‘Court of Appeals
Logan Clay Products Co
Logan
United € Brick, and Clay ‘Workers Union
Churchill Says V-E Is a Matter for Russia Too
London prime minister Churchill said V-E Day would be announced jointly with the Russians, noting the matter cannot be decided by Britain alone. He described German atrocities exposed in camps, including Buchenwald at Weimar, as urgent and pledged a solemn warning to German authorities. Eisenhower invited MPs to witness the crimes firsthand, with a warning to top leaders and to those who committed the cruelties.
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London
Churchill
Germany
Commons
Eisenhower
Weimar
Wald
Russia
United States
Yanks Reach Northern Tip Of Okinawa
American ground forces reached the northern tip of Okinawa Island, about 325 miles from Japan, while sweeping 85 miles along Mindanao’s coast in a second invasion of the Philippines. British forces captured three towns in Central Burma and North Central China saw Chin recapture Fancheng, aiding the wider Allied push. Fighter planes from Iwo Jima and Philippines bombers reported heavy activity, and American Marines reached the northern end of Okinawa as the 24th Army pressed on the island’s southern end with guerrilla support aiding Mindanao advances toward Davao.
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Associated Press
Okinawa
Japan
Mindanao
Burma
China
Fancheng
Hupen
Jima
T Élois
Podri Forthern
Formosa
U. S.chiang Air Base
Mor Long-Land
U.S. Navy
Navy
Ryukyu
Third Amphibious Corps
U. S. Army Corps
11Th Division
Te Airbase
Wendell W- Fertig
Boulder
Colo
Davao
Philippines
Chaplin's Affair Costs Him Four Figures
Los Angeles reports Charlie Chaplin must pay 75 a week in child support to Joan Berry for their eight month old daughter Carol Ann while a court rules on paternity. The jury determined Chaplin is the father. Also noted Pope Pius XII asks May prayers for peace in Vatican.
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Los Angeles
Charlie
Chaplin
Joan Berry
Joan
Carol
Ann
Vatican
Pope Pius C0
Bill To Restore Stripped Land Get House Senate Review
A House Conservation subcommittee drafted a workable restoration bill for land stripped by coal mining. A three member Senate subcommittee began a Southeastern Ohio tour to inspect strip mined land and coal company restoration projects. The House bill would blend features from two prior measures, including a six cent per ton operator contribution or a $150 per acre deposit to ensure restoration.
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Columbus —Jr
House Conservation Committee
Senate Conservation Committee
Ohio
House
Furlough Lengthened for 104 Ohio Soldiers
A group of 104 Ohio soldiers liberated from European prison camps were informed by the War Department that their furloughs would be 0 days, not the previously announced 21 days. The decision alters planned home leaves as they return from service.
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Columbus
Ohio
War Department
Telephone service not to improve quickly says AT&T chief
Walter S. Gifford president of American Telephone and Telegraph told stockholders today the public should not expect immediate improvements in telephone service after government allows new equipment. He warned the transition will take a relatively long time.
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New. York
Walter 3. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
WLB Sees Prolonged Paper Shortage Despite V E Day
Washington reports the War Production Board stating victory in Europe will not end the pulp and paper shortage. Benton R. Cancel, WPB forest products director, says overall demand for paper paperboard and pulp will remain high for a long time, despite declines in military and export needs.
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Washington
War Production Board
Europe
Benton R. Cancel
WPB
Forest Products Bureau
Endorse Plan For Four New State Parks
In Columbus, a Senate Conservation Committee hearing heard endorsements from labor leaders, sportsmen, chambers, and industry for four new state parks costing 3,403,000. Plans include 43,000 acres in Hocking Forest Purchase Area 653,000, 20,030 acres in Lake and Geauga Counties 800,000, 20,160 acres in Lucas Henry and Fulton Counties 900,000, and 4,800 acres in Butler and Preble Counties 950,000. Tom Downs urged postwar 40 hour weeks to fund recreation. Other speakers included William Lancaster and Walter Gordon.
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Columbus
Labor, Sportsmen
Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Senate Conservation Committee
O. A. Alderman
Hocking Forest
Lake and
Geauga
Lucas
Henry
Fulton
Butler
Preble
Tom Downs
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Ohio State Federation of Labor
William Lancaster
Logan Danly News
Walter Gordon
Lancaster
Veterans Hospitals Under Investigation by VFW
Ohio VFW probes alleged inadequate patient care at state veterans hospitals. State commander Thomas Feltz inspected Dayton facility and planned to visit Toledo Cleveland Sandusky and additional campuses to review operations.
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Hamilton
Veterans Hospitals
Ohio
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Thomas Feltz
VFW
Veterans Hospital
Dayton
Toledo
Cleveland
Sandusky
Huge flood relief funds flow to Ohio plant plan
The Ohio river valley flood relief plan authorizes 1 million dollars for rehabilitation and a 750000 dollar grant to build a huge chemical plant at Ironton run by Allied Dye. The project, to cost about 1.1 million, will produce phthalic anhydride and serve counties townships municipalities and school districts along the river.
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Columbus
Washington
Ipl
Te Ferse Plant Corporation
Ohio Valley
Ohio Senate
Ironton
Allied Chemical
Townships Municipalities& Dye Corporation of
New York
Ohio
Ross
Fairfield Counties
First and Ninth Armies Complete What May Be Greatest Victory of War
American forces in Czechoslovakia and Germany reported a decisive advance with the First and Ninth Armies sealing the Ruhr pocket, capturing hundreds of thousands of prisoners and taking key industrial cities. Bradley said Germany may need occupation before victory. Churchill signaled V E Day near. Nuernberg faced crack SS resistance as Allied gains extended toward Hamburg and the Elbe.
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Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Leipzig
Chemniitz
Bradley
12Th Army Group
Germany
Ruhr
Rhine
Churchill
Seventh Army
Nuernberg
Lower
Elbe
Hamburg
North Sea
Berlin
Holland
Allies drive deep into Czechoslovakia as Berlin threat grows
American Third Army reached Gottmannszgrun two miles inside Czechoslovakia while forces near the western Czech frontier pressed toward Chemnitz and German lines near Fuerth and Zwickau. The Ninth Army held the Elbe bridgehead about 45 to 50 miles from Berlin as Soviet troops surged toward the capital, claiming advances across the Neisse and Oder rivers and near Bautzen, Dresden, and Cottbus. In Italy, British Eighth Army breached the Argenta Gap and captured Baccalone, with U S Fifth Army fighting hard on highway 64. Soviet gains west of Vienna moved toward Linz and Munich, and Pillau yielded 9,730 Germans amid a two-day toll of 14,000.
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Czechoslovakia
Gottmannszgrun
Czech
Chemnitz
Fuerth
Zwickau
Ninth Army
Elbe
Berlin
Red Army
Seelow
Wriezen
Néisse River
Bautzen
Dresden
U. S. Third Army
Spree
Cottbus
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Moscow
Neisse
Oder
Germany
RAF Heavies
Ferrara
Eighth Army
Italy
Argenta
Bocacaleone
U. S. Fifth Army
Highway 64
Vienna
Linz
Munich
Bruenn
Grno
Czechoslovak War Center
Moravska Ostrava
Bruenn J
Laa
Prague
Baltic
Pillau
First Annual Meeting of Tri County Industrialists Held in Point Pleasant
The first annual dinner of the Ohio West Virginia Tri County Industrial Association bringing Gallia Meigs and Mason Counties together. Governors of both states attended along with 300 leading citizens. Chester Brown praised local workers for plant success at General Chemical Defense Corp West Virginia Ordnance Works. Judge Edgar Ervin highlighted Mason County’s war materiel production and cross river worker ties.
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Tri-County
Point Pleasant
Sam A. Simmons
Ohio-West Virginia
Tri-County Industrial Association
Gallia
Meigs
Ohio
Mason County
W. Va
General Chemical Defense Corporation
West Virginia
Middleport
Association
The
Common Pleas Court
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Mittenwolde
Ehar
Sanulda Wriezens Letschin
Strausberg
Druedersdorf
Berli
Luckenwalde
Jueterbog
Wittenburg
Luebben
Sitterfeld
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Inkfurt
Uska
Waisswasser
Plauen
Memnitz
Maissen
Miles
Ninth
First
Halle
Magdeburg
Frankwafurt
Bill
Armen Erim
Ernie Pyle
G. 1. Doe
Eizenhower
Seater
Omar Bradley
Normandy
WLB
Duesseldorf
Solingen
Remscheid
Barmen
Stalingrad
Dessau
Smith
Pomeroy
Leonard Samworth
Ohio Valley Bus Co
W. H. Lamb
Sylvania Electric Products Co
Donald Smith
Liverpool Salt and Coal Co
Hartford
Norman Wein
Ohio River Salt Corporation
Mason City
Harry Koehler
Parkersburg Rig and Reet Co
Dewey A. Windsor
Walter A.windsor
Marietta ManSactuing Co
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