Ward Firm Is Seized by Government
The Chicago Montgomery Ward and Company plant was seized by federal troops after CEO Sewell L. Avery refused to yield to authority. Notices posted say Ward properties are under government control as the Roosevelt administration enforces an expired contract with a CIO union. Avery argued the seizure was illegal but left as officials said the plant is in U.S. possession. Wayne C. Taylor said operations continue as usual with about 9,000 workers.
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Montgomery Ward and Company
Roosevelt
United States
Chicago River
Jesse Jones
Commerce
Ward
War Labor Board
CIO
Department of Commerce
Attorney General’s Office
Sewell L. Avery
Company
Mr. Roosevelt
Avery
U. S
Wayne C. Taylor
Ward Properties
CIO Union
Washington
Biddle
United Mail Order
WLB
OPA Plans Gas Rations to Ferry Voters to Polls
The Office of Price Administration announced that gas rationing may be waived to transport voters to polls in Northern and Central Ohio. Local ration boards will review each request under the test of alternative transportation.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Ohio
OPA
U S and Canadian Ships Collide in Lake Erie
Coast Guard reports heavy fog collision in Pelee Passage Western Lake Erie between the steamer Phillip Minch of Kinsman Transit Cleveland and the steamer Frank Vigor of Columbia Transit. Initial word says both vessels sustained heavy damage but neither sunk.
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Coast Guard
Phillip Minch
Kinsman Transit Co
Frank Vigor
Columbia Transit Co
Pelee
Lake Erie
Soldier ballot bill up for vote in Ohio today
The Ohio Senate planned to vote today on a soldier ballot bill to let all Ohio electors in the armed forces vote in the November 7 election. Gov Bricker urged an inclusive plan letting service members vote for all offices and local options, contrasting with a federal proposal. The measure would move to the House, which was not expected to act until tomorrow.
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Ohio Senate
Ohio
House of Representatives
John W. Bricker
Bricker
United States
Congress
U. S
Strikers Resume Work In Toledo Gas Plant
Partial artificial gas service will be restored to some plants today after CIO service and production workers voted to end a three day stoppage at Ohio Fuel Gas Co. The strike halted service to 1 industrial consumer and left about 20,000 workers idle. Unionists had defied back to work orders from the regional WLB and their international officers.
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Toledo
CIO
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
I. A. Ludwig
WLB
Officer Candidate Schools Are Reduced
Secretary of War Stimson announced a further reduction in officer candidate schools due to shrinking Army needs. Of 26 U S schools, not more than 11 will operate by fall, with overseas sites cut to a single functioning school in Australia.
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Washington
War Stimson
Army
United States
Stimson
Australia
4-Fs for War Jobs Sought
The Selective Service Administration launches a campaign to persuade men over 37 to take essential war work as occupational deferments rather than broad reclassification. The policy targets those not in essential war work and emphasizes contribution over physical or moral fitness.
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Washington
Selective Service Administration
Nancy Collins Dies At New Marshfield
Nancy Collins age 73 wife of Emerson Collins died Wednesday at home after a long illness. Funeral Friday at 2 PM at the Christian Church with burial in the local cemetery. Visitation at Hoodlett Funeral Home after 6 PM. She leaves four sons Chester Shelby Leslie and Garrett, a daughter Lillian Hood, a sister Lillian Dunning, four brothers, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Nancy Collins
Emerson Collins
Christian Church
Hoodlett
Chester
Shelby
Leslie
Garrett
Allistage
W. Va
Lillian Hood
Athens
Lillian Dunning
Dye
William
Charles
Edward Bagent
Gore
Ant
Army furthers mus tering-o payments to discharged personnel
War Secretary Stimson announced the first twelve weeks of the new mus tering-o payment law paid out 653,800 to 3,345 honorably discharged personnel or survivors. By April 25, 279 received the $300 overseas service grant, 2,594 got the $200 for over 60 days service, and 178 received the $100 for under 60 days service.
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Stimson
United States
Ore Carrier James H Reed Sinks After Lake Erie Collision
The James H Reed carrying iron ore from Escanaba to Buffalo sank after a collision with the Canadian steamer Ashcroft in heavy fog about 42 miles west of Long Point north of Conneaut Ohio. Initial reports indicated up to 10 lives lost. Rescue boats were sent from Erie and Conneaut among other Lake Erie ports.
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Interlake Steamship Co
James H. Reed
Escanaba
Mich
Buffalo
N. Y
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Ashcroft
Long Point
Conneaut
Cleveland Company
Ashcraft
Canadian Steamship Lines
Toledo
Erie
Lake Erie
Children Drown After Fall From Bridge At Point Creek
David Detty age 9 and his brother Joseph age 6 drowned yesterday afternoon after they fell from a Baltimore and Ohio railroad bridge abutment while fishing in Point Creek one mile east of Washington Ohio.
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Creek Washington
O. H
David Detty
Joseph
Baltimore and Ohio
Point Creek
FDR Distances Self From Clergy Openness on Bombings
President Roosevelt rejected a letter from 28 clergymen opposing bombing of enemy held Europe. Secretary Stephen Early said the President cannot share the protest’s facts or conclusions and stresses noncombatant deaths and the need to press Germany and Japan to change their philosophy.
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New York
Roosevelt
Europe
Fellowship
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Stephen Early
Superintendent death delays 1945 auto tags
Ohio State penitentiary officials said the death of Charles E Knoedler, superintendent of the prison motor vehicle license tag shop, would delay 1945 plate production until a new superintendent is employed. Sufficient steel is assured to make 2,800,000 single licenses. the 1945 plates will feature blue numerals and letters on white.
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Columbus
Ohio State Penitentiary
Charles E. Knoedler
Eight Canned Vegetables Added To Ration Free List
Washington announces eight more canned vegetables to be point free starting Sunday including tomatoes corn beets asparagus and spinach among others. The May chart also lowers points for condensed and seafood soups and increases tomato products to curb demand while frozen foods remain on point free.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Bombing Blitz Drives Deep Into European Fronts
Allied air forces relentlessly pummeled German targets amid the Krupp works in Essen and Schweinfurt, with 4 500 tons dropped by heavy bombers and additional tonnages on northern France. Russian and Allied fleets attacked Black Sea transports while Mosquitos and carrier planes struck near Paris and Norway. Ground battles raged in Sevastopol and Crimea as 1 800 Germans fell, with Yugoslav Partisans reporting Korcula Island landings and Tito’s forces capturing or killing hundreds of Germans.
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Alon
Ye-U
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Shumushu
Kuriles
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Carolines
Ponape
Marshall Islands
Japan
Manchuria
Bronze Star Award Authorized By President
The Bronze Star for heroic or meritorious achievement against the enemy is authorized by the President. The decoration features an acid-toned bronze star pendant on a ribbon with a central small star. The ribbon is worn on the uniform in place of the medal and is red with white piping and a vertical blue stripe in the center.
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U. S
Four Enemy Airfields on Island Taken
Gen. Douglas MacArthur reports that four enemy airfields on the New Guinea island front have fallen, with two captured at Hollandia on the west and a third at Madang in the east. A fifth airfield, Hollandia Airdrome, was nearing capture as Allied engineers race to repair three newly seized fields.
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Douglas MacArthur
Dutch New Guinea
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Astrolabe Bay
Altape
Aitape
Tadji
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Sixth Army
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Humboldt Bays
Kamiri
Geelvink Bay
Burma
Joseph W. Stillwell
Mogaung
Southeast Asia
Manpin
Postwar Superhighway Plan Proposed by Wooster Manufacturer
T E Steiner of Wooster Ohio proposes a 12 billion dollar postwar superhighway program as a substitute for the 3 billion dollar federal postwar plan. He told the House roads committee that his self liquidating project would be funded by tolls rents and similar charges.
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Washington
T. E. Steiner
Wooster
Steiner
House Roads Committee
City Officials Ordered to Return Illegally Increased Salaries
Bowling Green city officials were ordered by the State Bureau of Inspection to repay 2316 to the city treasury for salary increases deemed illegal. State Auditor Ferguson released the report noting the ordinance raising salaries, effective January 1942, violated state law prohibiting mid tenure increases.
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Columbus
Bowling Green
State Bureau of Inspection
Ferguson
Butter Point Values Cut as Beef Ration Values Rise
Washington reports changes from the Office of Price Administration lowering butter from 16 to 12 points per pound and reducing margarine by four points to two. Beef cuts gain one point, veal holds, and lamb and mutton drop about 50 percent to hasten market from drought areas. Spareribs gain one point per pound after a prior point-free month.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Defend Delay on G I Bill Deliberations in Congress
Leaders of the house veterans' committee defended their delay in reporting the senate approved G I Bill of Rights. Rankin and Rogers said time was needed to craft a workable measure as several hundred American Legion members gather in Washington for week long sessions. Legionnaires said the bill for World War II veterans is before Congress and warrants careful consideration.
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Washington
House Veterans’ Committee
American Legion
Rankin
D-Miss
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
House
Legion
National Executive Committee
Living Costs Remain Stable Despite Clothing and Food Shifts
The Labor Department reported gains in clothing, household equipment, medical care, and shoe repairs from Feb 15 to March 15, offset by a drop in food prices. Secretary Frances Perkins said the overall cost of living stayed stable with only minor variations for a year.
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Washington
Labor Department
Frances Perkins
Columbus sales tax receipts fall from 1943 week
State treasurer Don H. Ebright reported Columbus sales tax receipts for the week ending April 15 totaled 985 428 dollars, down from 1 077 770 dollars in the same week of 1943. The figures show a year over year decline in local revenue.
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Columbus
Don H. Ebright
Second Daughter Born to Actress Alice Faye
Santa Monica reports Alice Faye, the blonde film actress and wife of orchestra leader Pe Harris, welcomed a second daughter today.
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Santa Monica
Alice Faye
Pe \Harris
Legislature Pays Tribute to Capt Don Gentile Ace Pilot
Columbus honors Capt Don Gentile of Piqua Ohio the leading U S fighter pilot with 30 confirmed kills in European combat. The tribute recognizes his service and exploits as the war continues.
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Columbus
America
Don Gentile
Piqua
U. S
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