Roosevelt Urges Control of Living Costs in War Effort
The Associated Press reports mounting pressure to curb living costs as wartime strain grows. British air forces intensify Western Europe bombing while Soviet forces launch a major offensive to push Finland out of the war, aiming to outflank German northern lines near Leningrad. Nearly 2,000 Finnish soldiers killed in the latest fighting.
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RAF
Europe
Russia
Finland
Leningrad
Red Army
Nazi Submarines Sweep Atlantic Tolling Allied Vessels
Axis submarines sent twelve allied ships to the bottom last week in the Atlantic battle, raising total wartime losses since Pearl Harbor to about 150. The latest victims were seven American, two Norwegian, two Panamanian and one Canadian ships, amid a broader Nazi push for strategic impact on the war.
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New York
Atlantic
Fearl Harbor
Wartime Garden Tools and Classified Ad Offer
Victory Gardens are being planned everywhere and there is demand for garden cultivators plows and related equipment. A Messenger classified ad will sell unused gear and help raise cash for War Bonds and Stamps. To place your ad call 0242.
Huge Naval Battle Nears As Japs Mass Forces
Allied bombers strike Japanese bases in Ae Lae New Guinea and Bougainville as Japan concentrates forces for a possible operation toward Australia. Port Moresby was attacked without lasting effect while observers anticipate a major clash in the Pacific theater.
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Mle I Wien
Ae Lae
New Guinea
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Port Moresby
Australia
New Zealand
New Caledonia
Vicky
Washington
Marshall Island
Hawaii
Car Jumps Tube Track Four Die 262 Injured
In Jersey City four people died and 262 were injured when the third car of a Hudson River tube train derailed 75 feet underground at Expense Place Station. The crash cut power lines and left four other cars off the rails as rescue teams fought fumes from battery storage and worked in the dark tunnel.
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Jersey City
N. J
Hudson River
Expense Place
Noted Crash Kills Two as Coupe Hits Rural Bridge Abutment
Coroner Arnold Devon said a coupe carrying seven persons struck a rural road bridge abutment near here on Sunday, killing two men.
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Arnold Devon
Vichy Denies Japanese Elements in Madagascar Calm
London report says Vichy radio denied foreign reports about Japanese presence in Madagascar and proclaimed complete calm on the French island off East Africa.
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London
Vichy Radio
Madagascar
East Africa
Coal Shipping Costs Cut in Ohio Sub Districts
The Bituminous Coal Division reduced minimum prices by 10 cents a ton for strip mine shipments in Ohio Sub District No. 1 and set new minimums for river shipments from strip mines in Ohio Sub District Three. Both subdistricts are in Southeastern Ohio. Acting division director Dan M. Wheeler said the cut reflects the 10 cent price differential between strip and deep mined coal.
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Washington
Ohio
Dan M. Wheeler
Ohio Road Rules May Be Changed for War
Columbus reports George McConnaughey of the utilities commission says Ohio truck size and load rules are flexible for wartime needs. President Roosevelt calls a federal state conference for May 5 6 and 7 to discuss removing shipping restrictions at state lines and other trade barriers affecting the war effort.
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Ohio
Columbus
George McConnaughey
The
Utilities Commission
Roosevelt
Aged Gallia Farmer Stricken With Paralysis
Gomer Jones aged 76 prominent Gallia County farmer was stricken with paralysis today in Gallipolis. His condition is reported as serious by local staff.
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Gallipolis
Gomer Jones
Gallia County
Hitler consolidates power as German war aims widen
Adolf Hitler, now supreme master of Germany and civil as well as military ruler, demands absolute obedience from all, amid fears of internal crisis after a brutal Russian winter. He pledges victory though no date is given, and vows retaliation for Allied air attacks while mocking Allied leaders.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Reichstag
Hitler
Soviet Russia
Reich
Fuehrer
Britain
Russia
United Nations
England
United States
MacArthur
German Public Astonished Again Over Hitler Powers Demand
Reuters reports Berlin’s Baseler Nachrichten correspondent says the German public is astonished by Hitler’s demand for far reaching powers. The Berlin view notes surprise at his silence about past German successes and a lack of his usual prediction of events.
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London
Reuters
Berlin
National Zeitung
Basel
Switzerland
Hitler
Federal Board Takes Control Of Rationing
Gov. Bricker announced federal government will take over rationing of motor vehicles tires and tubes. Leon Henderson asked for recommendations for a state director under the plan. Sugar rationing starting May 5 also shifts to federal control. Beckmann named as candidate but Henderson seeks a panel to select from.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Office of State
Bricker
Harry T. Beckmann
van Wert
Henderson
O.P.A
Beckmann
Study Buyer's War Problems at Granville Conference
Officials from the Office of Price Administration attend a five day Denison University session to review consumer conference results as a model for elsewhere. Housewives seek guidance on maintaining pantry supplies amid rationing and rising prices.
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Granville
Office of Price Administration
Denison University
Last Registrants Enrolled as Draft Registration Concludes
President Roosevelt and about 13 million men aged 45 to 65 register today to complete the manpower inventory. When finished, roughly 40 million men aged 20 to 64 will be registered. 18 to 20 year olds already registered. women to register voluntarily later.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Taft Warns Against Income Ceilings Promoting Communism
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio said any ceiling on individual income would be very unfortunate and could stimulate Communism. He spoke to Sen. Pepper of Florida as they discussed war profit limits proposed by Roosevelt.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Cincinnati
Pepper
Roosevelt
Three Men Die in Boiler Explosion in Bellefontaine
A locomotive boiler explosion in the New York Central roundhouse killed three men. Sanford Hicks aged 49 died on Saturday night while Sherman Dobie 37 and Kenyon Miller 41 died of burns the following day. All victims were Bellefontaine residents.
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Bellefontaine
New York Central
Sanford Hicks
Sherman Dobie
Kenyon Miller
Ohio State Professor Killed in Auto Mishap
Dr. Paul B. Yates of Columbus assistant professor in the anatomy department at Ohio State University died when his auto left Highway No 4 south of Bucyrus. The crash occurred in the afternoon and investigators were handling the scene.
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Ohio State
Bucyrus
Paul B. Yates
Columbus
Ohio State University
Here
Sugar Sale Freeze Ends One Week Later
Washington reports a one week sugar freeze ending tonight with sales halted and rationing to begin May 5. Retailers urged to stock up to May quota as stamps allow one pound per period May 5-16 and May 17-30, then May 31-June 13, and June 14-27 with later limits to be announced.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Ohio Defense Officials Meet for Coordinated Plan
State and regional civilian defense officials meet in Columbus to work out a coordinated program for both agencies. Gov Bricker Dan Moore and Courtney Burton will confer midweek to prevent overlapping functions. A full coordination program was agreed last week to reduce friction between the state defense council and OCD.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Dan T. Moore
Office of Civilian Defense
Courtney Burton
State Defense
Bricker
Moore
State Defense Council
OCD
Ohio restaurant men insist on more sugar
Ohio's 23,000 restaurants feed 34 percent more people than a year ago and face hardship from a 50 percent sugar quota. Robert R. Williams of the Ohio State Restaurant Association telegraphed a protest to Price Administrator Leon Henderson, noting others have 70 percent quotas.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert R. Williams
Ohio State Restaurant Association
Williams
Leon Henderson
Tramp Is Fatally Injured When Horse Dragging Car
Mrs. John R. Matz age 44 was injured fatally as a horse dragged an automobile from a burning barn. The vehicle was on fire and the horse led the car away before the crash.
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Circleville
John R. Matz
War Workers Will Be Sent Where Needed Nationwide
Washington reports a sweeping shift in labor as the War Manpower Commission orders men and women into vital war jobs. Maj. Gen. Hershey forecasts up to 10 million affected before year end, boosting total war industry employment to 15 million in 1942.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Inew War Manpower Commission
Roosevelt
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
U. S. Army
War Manpower Commission
Hershey
Perkins
Roosevelt proposes seven point plan to curb cost of living
President Roosevelt outlined a seven point program to fight rising living costs during the war. He urged wage stabilization, higher taxes on state and local bonds, continued 40 hour work week with overtime pay, and limits on price increases for farmers and essential goods. He said Congress should act on farm price stabilization and tax measures with further action if costs keep rising. The plan also calls for rationing scarce commodities and boosting War Bond purchases. The president planned a radio address Tuesday night to discuss the proposal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Reneal
Sos
Senate
Barkley
White House
House
Roosevelt Sets Six Goals to Curb Rising Living Costs
The President outlined six objectives for Congress to restrain the cost of living. They include heavy taxation with reasonable profits, price and rent ceilings, stable wages and farm prices, increased War Bond purchases, rationing scarce essentials, and curbing credit. He planned a radio address to explain the program and an expected date for formal action.
Walter Davis Victim Of Line Accident
Walter Davis Jr a lineman with the Southern Ohio Electric Co was injured on Route 56 while at the top of a utility pole. He was unconscious at Sheltering Arms Hospital three hours after the accident and received artificial respiration from his crew before transport.
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Walter Davis, Jr
Stewart St
Athens
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Route 56
Davis
Ohio War Workers and Two Day Strike
Four hundred workers at the Hydraulic Press Manufacturing Co. returned to their jobs in two plants after a two day layoff. Union officials urged a return Saturday to prevent war production delays while a New York contract agreement with AFL Machinists was sought.
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Mount Gilead
Hydraulic Press Manufacturing Co
AFL
New York
Runaway Gallia Convict Captured at Charleston
Ohio Prison Farm superintendent reports Elbert Randall Deckard 28 of Gallipolis is captured in Charleston West Virginia. Deckard walked from the Lebanon branch Feb 23 and is serving one to 20 years for forgery.
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London
W. F. Amrine
Ohio
Elbert Randall Deckard
Gallipolis
Lebanon
Charleston
W. Va
Coal Men Stress Buy Now Campaign At Congress
The American Mining Congress opened in Cincinnati with hundreds of coal industry representatives to hear papers on fueling the war effort and a buy now promotion stressing immediate coal purchase. Julian D. Conover, congress secretary, outlined the program for today and tomorrow.
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Cincinnati
American Mining Congress
Julian D. Conover
Washington
Congress
Dwyer Commissioned as Army Major
District Attorney William O Dwyer known for pursuing Murder Inc Brooklyn syndicate was notified today that he had been commissioned a major in the Army. He had previously lost the mayoralty race to Fiorello LaGuardia.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
Murder, Inc
Brooklyn
F. H. LaGuardia
Grant Spirit Laments Prepared Enemies at Ceremony
Judge John W. Haussermann of New Richmond spoke at Sugy day ceremonies marking the 120th anniversary of General Grant's birth in Point Pleasant Ohio. He urged America to recapture Grant's spirit as the nation faces current conflict and urged readiness against well prepared adversaries.
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Grant
Point Pleasant
America
Ulysses S. Grant
John W. Haussermann
New Richmond
General Grant
Ohio Youth Plays In Embattled Fort
Ohio youth from New Boston Scioto County joins other U S musicians in Corregidor Forts jam sessions amid air raids. The War Department notes the group as one of the best pick up bands west of the International Date Line and east of the China Sea.
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Washington
Orville C. Harris
New Boston
Scioto County
War
Corregidor
Harris
United States
War Department
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