British Vows Quick Reprisals Over Gas Use Claims
The British government asserts it has evidence Hitler plans to use poison gas on the Russian front and pledges immediate reprisals against German and satellite military targets. Prime Minister Churchill announced the stance at 10 Downing Street amid an emergency briefing.
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Hitler
Germany
Churchill
Downing Street
Ministry of Iormation
Berlin
Germanoreign
Associated
Kerlin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Unis-Bizerte
Sowers
First Army
American losses termed terrific in North Africa
American Legion national commander Roane jaring said U S casualties in North Africa were "terrific" with many more expected before the enemy is driven out. Eisenhower figures covered Tunisian campaign alone and British broadcasts warned Germany of gas attack risks.
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Washington
Roane Jaring
American Legion
North Africa
the Front
Waring
Dwight D.senhower
Share the Ride Ravenna Update and Plant Worker Survey
Ravenna workers double up on average of 3433 to each auto under the share-the-ride program according to today's survey results. The report highlights how this arrangement affects transportation costs and worker commute patterns in Ravenna.
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Ravenna
Ord- Ace
Aerage
James resigns as president of Ohio University
Dr. Herman G. James announced his resignation as president of Ohio University effective June 30 to resume direct participation in the war effort. He had been on leave to join the State Department as cultural attaché in Brazil and illness forced his return to Athens. He became the university’s 12th president in 1935 succeeding E B Bryan.
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Herman G. James
Ohio University
University Board of Trustees
James
Foreign Service
State Department
Rio de Janeiro
United States Department of State
Brazil
Athens
George Parks
Board of Trustees
Board of ‘Trustees
Dr. James
University
University of South Dakota
E. B. Bryan
Board of
W. 5. Gamertsfelder
Graduate College
College of Arts and Sciences
Genevieve James
Columbus
Margaret Helen Fitzpatrick
Detroit
Many Laid Off At Big Mason County Plant
Point Pleasant residents fear the West Virginia Ordnance Works will close soon as reports of layoffs at the plant spread. Officials limit information, heightening community anxiety about job losses and potential shutdown.
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Big
Mason County
Point Pleasant
Point ‘Pleasant
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Navigation season opens three weeks late in Buffalo
The Buffalo winter fleet of nearly 50 freighters began the 1943 navigation season more than three weeks later than the previous year. The van guard of ships pushed through Eastern Lake Erie with thirteen vessels led by the John J. Boland steamer, the Boland and Cornelius.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Erie Fields
Boland
Cornelius
John J. Boland
Seed Potatoes to Be Sold for Table Use
OPA ruled surplus White seed potatoes may be sold for table use to avoid spoilage. Dealers unable to plant seed potatoes may obtain permission to remove tags and sell them at the lower tablestock ceilings through regional or district offices.
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Washington
OPA
Allied Ship Losses After World War II Balance
The 9 Truman Committee urged a scientific count of usable manpower for armed services as it reported Allied shipping losses of 12 million tons last year, with US production around 8,090,800 deadweight tons. Britain and allies totaled about 2,000,000 tons. the report urges increased shipbuilding, destroyer escorts, and anti-submarine measures. The Navy is praised as superior, and Liberty ships are being redesigned into faster victory ships.
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Washington
Truman
Brewster
R-Me
Senate
United Nations
Committee
United States
Great Britain
United States Navy
Appeal Center Set for Ohio Workers Across 33 Areas
Ohio boards will hear appeals from workers denied statements of availability needed to change jobs under federal wage freeze rules. Wade Hammond announced regional panels will accept appeals if employers refuse to issue statements, with further appeals to the regional employment stabilization board. Headquarters will be in Athens Columbus Ironton Lancaster Marietta and Zanesville.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wade Hammond
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
Regional Employment Stabilization Board
Athens
Ironton
Lancaster
Marietta
Zanesville
Allied Bomber Battle North of Australia Advances
Allied bombers and long range fighter aircraft attacked enemy holdings along the island perimeter north of Australia on Wednesday. A lone Japanese plane raided Morobe at New Guinea under a full moon with minimal impact as Allied fighters intercepted only once. A Flying Fortress repelled four Zeros 45 miles from Rabaul, and a B 17 destroyed a Japanese bomber on the ground at Gasmata airfield.
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Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Morobe
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Gasmata
Hoover Advises Open Talk at Food Conference
Former president Hoover urged there should be no secrecy at the United Nations food conference opening May 18 in Hot Springs Virginia. He said there are no secrets about the global food situation and that information can be gathered from newspapers in Axis and occupied countries.
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New York
Hoover
Hot Springs
MacArthur To Remain On Job in Pacific After Retirement Age
General Douglas MacArthur will continue in active service in the Southwest Pacific after reaching retirement age next January 26. War Undersecretary Patterson announced at a press conference that his services have been of extraordinary value to the country.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Patterson
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
Tax Fight Is Carried Back To Congress
House Democrats and Republicans prepared for another floor clash over the tax abatement issue in legislation. Indications show any enacted measures would include a 20 percent withholding levy and cancel about half of the 1942 personal income taxes.
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Congress
Washington
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Judiciary Committee
War Labor Board To Decide Coal Wage Dispute
Washington reports the soft coal wage dispute has been certified to the War Labor Board after failed compromise attempts. The piece notes partisan tax proposals, a push to exempt Pearl Harbor era fathers from draft, and moves to create a separate civilian-supplies agency or a superboard governing postwar surplus materiel.
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War Labor Board
Washington
Perkins
Senate
Wheeler
D-Mont
Maloney
D-Conn
WPB
Army
Navy
Donald Nelson
James F. Byrnes
Nelson
House
Manasco D.ala
Plane Crash Kills 12 At Evansville Airport
An Army airplane crashed while attempting a landing at Evansville Municipal Airport around 11 26 pm central war time Wednesday. Twelve crew members died and the plane burned after impact as authorities battled the flames. Names were withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Evansville
Ind
F. C. Dickson
Dickson
Plane Output Rises Rapidly in US War Production
Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, says U S airplane production likely to reach 7000 aircraft this month or near that figure. He praises the press for aiding the scrap drive and says Hitler miscalculated America’s rapid shift to war production.
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New York
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
United States
Nelson
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Adolf Hitler
Hocking County to Hold Regional Blackout Test
Ohio Defense Director announces a nine county blackout drill spanning Franklin Marion Morrow Delaware Licking Madison Pickaway Fairfield and Hocking counties to test air raid warning and civilian defense readiness next month. Industrial plants may opt in. date to be announced.
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ADA
Robert O. McClure
Lima
Bell City College
Lake Charles
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Northern University
Ralph H. Stone
Stone
Franklin
Marion
Morrow
Delaware
Licking
Madison
Pickaway
Fairfield
Hocking
Ohio Methodist Leader Dr. McClure Headed Lima District
Dr. McClure rose to superintendent of the Athens Area in 1930 and later led the Chillicothe district after consolidation. He has served as Lima superintendent since 1941 and as a trustee for Ohio Northern University owned by the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church.
Justice Promise In Tokyo Raiders Death
Washington AP reports Gen. Henry H. Arnold orders American air forces to destroy Japanese warlords in the Pacific after they killed several American airmen. The rallying statement vows prosecution of those responsible under wartime conduct.
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Nippon
Tokyo Raiders
Washington
America
Pacific
Henry H. Arnold
Arnold
Tokyo propaganda threats amid Roosevelt cruelty remarks
The AP reports a Tokyo broadcast threatened to execute any U S flier captured in Japan. President Roosevelt announced that some American fliers who bombed Japan last year were executed, drawing international reactions and pledges to seek justice and uphold Geneva conventions.
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United States
Japan
Tokyo
Roosevelt
America
Sabath
Lil
House Rules Committee
Attacks on Manila Barbarie and Japanese Executions
The article reports wartime commu nique details on Manila being bombed by Japanese aircraft after being declared an open city. It covers executions or disappearances of prisoners, a White House statement, and a State Department denial of American aerial attacks on civilians. President Roosevelt condemned the Japanese actions as barbarous and vowed to resist militarism.
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United Nations
Japan
White House
United States
War Department
Manila
Corpus Christi
Tex
State Department
Roosevelt
Russians Kind Po Interned Fliers
Medford Oregon reports Lieutenant Robert G. Emmens and fellow aviators held in Russia are well treated. Emmens writes of wood chopping and a piano moved into their quarters. The communique cites Japanese targeting of churches and cultural centers. MacArthur condemns Manila bombing and calls for retaliation. Tokyo fliers captured by Japan were executed after trials, with eight of 80 Doolittle raiders already listed as killed or missing.
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Medford
Ore
Robert G. Emmens
Tokyo
Russia
Unmined Ohio Coal Seen as New Source of Products
Ohio's 90 million tons of unmined coal could become a source of oil and other products. Charles E. MacQuigg of Ohio State University reports to Rep. Walter E. Brehm that hydrogenation research may liquefy coal for commercial use.
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Ohio
Washington
Charles E. MacQuigg
Engineering Experiment Station
Ohio State University
Walter E. Brehm
Logan
Roosevelt
MacQuigg
Aberdeen Hit In Night Raid
German bombers attacked Aberdeen last night causing heavy civilian casualties feared. Several families were buried under rubble in smashed tenements and a hospital corner bomb killed a nurse and a patient while injuring others.
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London
Berlin
Aberdeen
Summer Homes To Be Free of Rent Control
Washington sources report summer cottages will soon be exempt from Office of Price Administration rent control. The exemption applies only to seasonal properties not used year round or sub let to vacationers during summer months.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
84 Year Old Farmer Bites Gas Ration Rule
In Seymour Connecticut an 84 year old farmer admitted to using gasoline allocated for his tractor in his car to visit his girlfriend. He proposed extra gas for a honeymoon but the ration board rejected the idea.
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Seymour, Conn
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NEA Telephoto
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