Flood control hearing on Hocking River plan urged
A public hearing at the Logan Court House examined flood damage in Fairfield, Hocking and Athens counties with losses estimated near half a million dollars. Army engineers outlined scope, funding, and potential benefits including water supply, wildlife and fish, inviting state and federal aid for broader valley protection.
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Myx
Logan
Fairfield
Hocking
Athens
Fairfield County
Athens County
Hocking County
Ohio Valley
Harry-Pockras
Army
Huntington
Horking
Pockras
Aera
Fockras
Army Engineers
War Department
Barton Hall
West Virginian in Line for Secretary of Labor
Reported discussions among Roosevelt aides and close friends suggest a West Virginian could be named Secretary of Labor. Possible successors include Wickard stepping out and Marvin Jones or J P Hutson under consideration. James Byrnes may return as secretary of state with Stettinius as American representative to a world security organization.
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Roosevelt Ag
Labor Department
CIO
AFL
Agriculture
Wickard
Marvin Jones
Service-Safety Director A N Johnson Dies at 57
Athens veteran A N Johnson age 57 service safety director died at his home on Grosvenor Street after a long career as a carpenter and contractor in Athens County He was born near Stewart son of the late John and Mery Johnson and came to Athens 27 years ago with The McBee Co Funeral services scheduled at First Christian Church with burial in W Union Street Cemetery He leaves a wife Laura Jewell Johnson two brothers J W Johnson and W H Johnson and several nieces and nephews Pope Pius XII urged May prayers for peace and Charlie Chaplin is entangled in a legal dispute over a red hair affair with Joan Berry
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A. N
Gus) ‘Johnson
Athens
Grosventor St
Johnson
Stewart, & Son
John and
Mery Johnson
Athens County
Marietta
McBee Co
Los Angeles
cPi
Charlie
Direc
Chaplin
Franz Woodworth
Joan Berry
First Christian Church
Odd Fellows Lodge
Ee Walton League
Laura Jewell Johnson
Superior Court
J. W. Johnson
Joan
W. H. Johnson
Carol Ann
Pearl Jewell
Ca Pravare KR
Beace James Davis
Parkersburg
Vatican City
Pius
Johnsons
XII
Frank Donaldson
Charleston
Joe B. Maffett
W. Union St
Grosvenor St
Chaplain's Affair Will Cost Him $100 000
LANCASTER NATIVE DIES. CHICAGO 17 Sher man Steele 67 a specialist on constitutional law and equity and professor at Loyola University School of Law died last night. A native of Lancaster Ohio.
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Lancaster
Chicago
Sherman Steele
Loyola University
Yanks Reach Okinawa Northern Tip and Mindanao Coast
American ground forces reached the northern tip of Okinawa Island about 325 miles from Japan and swept up 35 miles of Mindanao coastline as a second Philippine invasion. British, Chinese, and Japanese actions are noted, with Iwo Jima air operations over Tokyo and Formosa airfields bombarded. Casualties in the fighting around Okinawa total about 7,988 by month’s end, with Navy losses near 4,700.
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Associated Press
Okinawa
Japan
Mindanao
Philippine Island
Burma
China
Fancheng
Hupeh
Iwo’ Jime
Tokyo
Formosa
U. S
Chuhiam
Hong
esé_K
U.S. Navy
Tokyo Radio
U.S
Ryukyu
Third Amphibious Corps
Iong
24Th
U. S. Army Corps
Tith
Te Airbase
Wendell’ W. Fertig
Boulder
Colo. Ameritahs
Davao
Philippines
Truck Drivers Death After Accidental Shooting in Youngstown
Angelo Vacchiano, 22, died in a Youngstown hospital Tuesday night three hours after he was accidentally shot by friend Gordon Sigle, 21. Police said Sigle was showing how quickly he could draw a gun during a discussion about what they would do if held up.
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Youngstown
Angelo Vacchiano
Gordon Sigle
Police
John B. Thomas
Vacchiano
Sigle
NLRB Seeks Enforcements of Logan Clay Ruling
The National Labor Relations Board asks the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to enforce an order against Logan Clay Products Co in Logan Ohio after a dispute with the United Brick and Clay Workers Union. The ruling directed the company withdraw recognition of an independent union of its employees.
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NLRB
Logan Company
Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Board
United States Court of Appeals
Logan Clay Products Co
Logan
of & Company
The
United | Brick “and Clay Workers ’Union
Bill For Restoring Stripped Land
A House Conservation Committee subcommittee plans a workable restoration bill for land torn up by strip mining. A Senate subcommittee tours Southeast Ohio to view strip-mined land and reforestation projects by coal companies. The House panel aims to combine features of two measures and add ideas from recent inspections. Proposals include coal operators paying six cents per ton to a county restoration fund and a $150 deposit to support land restoration.
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Columbus
House Conservation Committee
Senate Conservation Committee
Ohio
House
Ffull
Telephone service not to improve quickly, says AT&T head
Walter Gifford, president of American Telephone and Telegraph, told the annual stockholders meeting that the public should not expect immediate improvements in telephone service. He cautioned that new government equipment will be required and the process will take a relatively long time.
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New York
Walter
Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
WPB says V-E Day won’t end paper shortage
Washington says victory in Europe will not end the pulp and paper shortage. WPB forest products bureau director Benton R. Cancell warned that overall needs for paper, paperboard and pulp will remain high for a long time, despite potential declines in military and export demand.
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Washington
War Production Board
Europe
Benton R. Cancell
WPB
Forest Products Whureau
Ohio Soldiers Granted 60 Day Furlough After Liberation
A group of 104 Ohio soldiers returning home from European prison camps were informed by the war department that their furloughs would be 60 days, instead of the previously announced 21 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumbus
Ohio
War Department
Veteran Hospitals Under Investigation by VFW
Ohio veterans hospitals face an inspection probe by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Ohio State Commander Thomas Feltz said he visited Dayton and will visit Toledo Cleveland Sandusky and other facilities to assess treatment standards.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Thomas Feltz
VFW
Veterans’ Hospital
Dayton
Toledo
Cleveland
Sandusky
Churchill Says V-E Is Matter for Russia Too
London reports Prime Minister Churchill said V-E Day would be announced jointly with the Russians and that the matter cannot be settled by Britain alone. He cited urgent German atrocities revealed at Weimar near Buchenwald and said a warning will be prepared for German authorities and those who carried out the crimes.
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London
Churchill
Germany
Commons
Eisenhower
Weimar
Buchen
Wald
Russia
United States
Ohio Senate Approves Flood Rehabilitation Funds
The Ohio Senate unanimously approved a $1,000,000 appropriation for flood rehabilitation in areas hit by the March Ohio Valley flood. Funds will be distributed to counties townships municipalities and school districts along the Ohio River and in Ross and Fairfield Counties.
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Columbus
Ohio Valley
Ohio Senate
Ohio River
Conttigious
Ross and Feirfield
First and Ninth Armies End Greatest War Victory Claims
Allied forces push through Czechoslovakia and into Germany as First and Ninth Armies crush the Ruhr pocket, taking thousands of prisoners and nearing key cities including Leipzig, Dresden, and Hamburg vicinity. Bradley notes a likely need to occupy all Germany before victory. Churchill signals V E Day timing.
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Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Leipzig
Chemnitz
Bradley
12Th Army Group
Germany
Ruhr
Yanks Drive Toward Russians in Czechoslovakia Front
American Third Army pressed two miles into Czechoslovakia at Gottmannszgrun in the northwest, while others advanced toward Chemnitz and Russian lines. Ninth Army held a Berlin-bound bridgehead. Soviets reported gains near Berlin despite Nazi claims of heavy fronts. Allied air forces and British Eighth Army pushed across Italy’s Argenta Gap toward Ferrara.
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Elbe
Hamburg
Berlin
U. S
Leipzig
Halle
Nuernberg
Magdeburg
Third Army
Czechoslovakia
Gottmannszgrun
Czech
Chemnitz
Fuerth
Zwickau
Ninth Army
Ethe
Red Arm
Seelow
Wriezen
Neisse River
Bautzen
Dresden
U. S. Third Army
Spree
Cottbus
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Moscow
Neisse
Oder
Germany
RAF Heavies
Ferrara
Eighth Army
Iitaly
Argenta
Boccaleone
U.S. Fifth Army
Highway 64
Vienna
Linz
Munich
Bruenn
Brno
Javska Ostrava
Tlaa
Prague
Baltic
Pillau
Endorse Plan For Four New State Parks
Ohio lawmakers back a plan to create four state parks costing 3 402 000 with buy sites in Hocking Forest Purchase Area Lake and Geauga counties Lucas Henry and Fulton counties Butler and Preble counties with acres and price tags. Labor leaders and sportsmen endorsed the measure along with state forester O A Alderman. Tom Downs of Columbus urged shorter work hours after the war to enable recreation. Additional speakers included William Lancaster editor and Walter Gordon of Lancaster.
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Columbus
Representatives ‘of Labor, Sportsmen
Chambers , Commerce and Industry
Senate Conservation Committee
O. A. Alderman
Hocksing
Lake and
Geauga
Lucas
Henry
Fulton
Butler
Preble
Tom Downs
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Four Park Hills
William Lancaster
Logan Sarily News
Walter Gordon
Lancaster
Huge Chemical Plant To Be Built at Ironton
Washington report states the Defense Plant Corporation will acquire materials and equipment costing 750000 for an Ironton plant operated by Allied Chemical & Dye Corp of New York. The total plant cost is 1100000 and will produce phthalic anhydride.
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Ironton
Washington
Defense Plant Corporation
Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation of
New York
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 and Meigs Counties in Ohio and Mason County West Virginia gathered about 300 leaders. Governors of both states attended and speakers included Chester M Brown Judge Edgar Ervin and W A Smith as they highlighted industrial growth, war materiel production and cross-river workers.
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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
Westeen Ordnance Works
Barton Jonge
Dire
Tors
Chester M. Brown
The
Chemical Company
Edgar Ervin
Middleport
Association
Common Pleas Court
West Virginia
Mason-Dixon Line
W. A. Smith
Pameray
Leonard Samworth
Ohio Valley Bus Co
W. H. Lamb
Sylvania Electric Products Co
Donald Smith
Liverpool Salt and Coal Co
Hartford
Norman Wein
Ohio Ri Salt Corporation
Mason City
Harry Koehler
Parkersburg
Dewey A. Windsor
Walter A. Windsor
Marehetta Manufacturng Co
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Netherlands
West
Virginian
Secretary of Labor
A.N. Johnson
Stendale
Wittanberge
Zehnderick S
Oranienburg
Ganthin
Barby
Burg
Gueterglueck aZarbst
Roger
Schwedt
BP Zehden
KeZelli
Eberswald
Wriazen a‘e._ Letschine
Strausberg
Ruedersdorf
Mittenwalde
Luckenwalde
Juaterbog
Wittenberg
Sau
Koethen
A ; Meuselwitz
Gera
Greize
Luebben
Ittereld
Delitsch Schkeuditz
Wurzen
Spremberg
Auskou Weisswasser
Ehemnitz
P Meissen
Miles
Bill
WLB
VEW
Bill Aye
Ernie Pyle
G. I. Joe
Omar Bradley
Normandy
Rhine
Seventh Army
Lower
North Sea
Holland
Duesseldorf
Solingen
Remscheid
Barmen
Stalingrad
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