Thousands of Workers Idle In War Plants
Millions faced fuel gas and bread shortages across Ohio as a severe blizzard idle thousands in war plants. Milk deliveries were curtailed. gas served industries and homes saw steep cuts. Cincinnati sought dramatic energy reductions, while Cleveland and Canton faced major shortages. Rescue efforts saved hundreds trapped in drifts. schools closed. utilities rationed. reports described widespread disruption and a push to conserve fuel.
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Ohio
Buckeye
Canton
Cleveland
H. W. Ingersoll, Jr
Associated Milk Dealers of
East Ohio Gag Co
Cincinnati
H. C. Blackwell
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
W. R. Kellogg
Kellogg
Republic Steel Corp
East Liverpool
Light & Heat Co
Ohio Valley
Ohio-Pennsylvania
Brilant, O
Scio
Canton-Massillon
Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Fostoria
Toledo
Captured Nazi Espionage Pair Held After Submarine Landing
Erich Gimpel, a German citizen, and William Curtis Colepaugh, a Connecticut native and former U S Navy man, are held on an open charge after FBI arrests. Hoover says they landed by submarine on Maine's coast a month ago to carry out espionage and sabotage and were trained as Nazi agents in German spy schools.
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Erich Gimpel
William Curtis Colepaugh
Connecticut
U.S. Navy
FBI
Maine
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Army Tightens Grasp On Mail Order Stores
The Army tightened control over the seized Montgomery Ward and Company assets in seven cities. Army officials moved to claim complete operating authority and ousted 11 company executives who resisted cooperation after the takeover last Thursday.
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Army
Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
Iowa Senator Nominated to Federal Surplus Property Board
Iowa Senator Guy M. Gillette, whose term ended today, was nominated by President Boca to serve as the third member of the Surplus Property Board. Robert Hurley and Lt. Col. Edward Heller have been confirmed by the Senate. Gillette’s nomination could not be presented in the last Congress due to a law forbidding appointing a legislator to agencies created during his term.
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Washington
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Boca
Surplus Property Board
Robert Hurley
Edward Heller
Senate
Gillette
Nelsonville Soldier Missing Since Dec 19
Nelsonville Pfc. Carlyle F. R. Mender, son of Mr and Mrs Earl Mender of 415 Poplar St, is listed as missing in action with the Ninth Army in Europe after being wounded in the invasion of France and returning to his unit. A separate dispatch from Yuma Arizona reports Master Sergeant J H Maier of Covington Ohio identified among dead in C 47 wreck near Blythe California, with the message noting the aircraft had been missing since December 19 and overseas about a year.
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Nelsonville
Carlyle FR. Mender
Earl Mender
Poplar St
Ninth Army
Europe
War Department
Young Mender
France
Yuma
Ariz
J. H. Maier
Covington
Mender
Blythe
Calif
Allied air power cripples Nazi and Japanese war centers
British American daylight and night raids hit German railway yards, highways, and tank concentrations in Western Germany. US Ninth Air Force sorties destroy armored vehicles and rail assets around Bastogne. Superfortress and B 25 strikes target Nagoya Osaka and Hamamatsu in Japan. Manila Clark Field attacked as MacArthur’s forces project reach across the Philippines and Formosa. Homma warns of Luzon invasion as US air campaign expands.
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Berlin
Germany
Nurnberg
Ludwigshafen
France
Belgium
Holland
S. Ninth Air Force
Associated Press
Tokyo
Nippon
MacArthur
Formosa
Japan
Philippines
Nagoya
Osaka
Hamamatsu
Honshu
Imperial Headquarters
Manila
Clark Field
U. S
Masaharu Homma
Islands
Luzon
Lausche Opposes Ohio State Payroll Bonus Plan
In Columbus AP notes Ohio lawmakers rush to approve a 2.95 million dollar bonus for state employees before Bricker leaves office. Bricker supports up to 20 percent retroactive raises. Lausche opposes and would veto after Monday. He favors regular raises up to 30 percent with an estimated 11.6 million cost in 1945 and 1946.
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Columbus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Senate
White House urges widest farm youth draft during war
Washington reports President Roosevelt authorized War Mobilization Director Byrnes to press Selective Service to draft all farm workers aged 18 to 25 to support the war effort. Byrnes said 364,000 in that group hold agricultural deferments and warned the Army and Navy need more young men, while agriculture can be carried by older workers. Byrnes noted Hershey might otherwise call up older men, many of whom are fathers, if farm workers are not available. Byrnes stressed the Tydings Amendment to curb exemptions and indicated potential increased calls under the draft system.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
James FI
Byrnes
Selective Service
Lewis B.hershey
Army
Navy
Hershey
Marvin Jones
Tydings
Congress
More American Captives Murdered by Hun Officer
Veterans of the Battle of St. Vith said eight members of a captured supply train were shot by an SS officer after German armor overran the position. The line of prisoners was executed as a second firing attempt occurred, with one man briefly breaking cover and dying after neck wounds. Majors Cothran and Norfleet recounted how their armored unit, nearly solo, withstood portions of three German divisions for 36 hours until Seventh Armored support arrived.
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William Bont
Belgium
Battle of
St. Vith
Ben Cothran
Rome
Frank M- Norfleet
Kimbrough Towers
Memphis
Tenn
Armored
Seventh Armored
Work-or-Fight Plan Approved by President
The Seventy-First Congress opens amid debate over universal service and work-or-fight legislation. President Roosevelt signals support at a news conference, while urging Congress to draft the measures and aligning with War Mobilizer Byrnes on expanding government control over men deemed unfit for Army service.
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Roosevelt
Congress
James F. Byrnes
Nazis Are Induced To Spend Night in Prison
Police and sheriff's deputies assisted two German prisoners of war stationed at Camp Ferry who refused to stay another night in the Erie County Jail after being relocated from Camp Perry due to impassable roads. They refused to leave the jail bus, delaying transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Erie County
Camp Ferry
Union Chain and Manufacturing Co
Camp Perry
Veteran Greek Soldier Named To End Strife
Gen Nicholas Plastiras, veteran Greek soldier and politician, began forming a new all party government in Athens to end the civil strife as British artillery repelled ELAS shelling.
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Athens
Nicholas Plastiras
Greece
ELAS
Flee Home in Zero Weather in Orbistog Blaze
James O Nail and his 11 year old son fled their Orbistog 11 room home with a nephew Orville Mohler as a severe winter fire destroyed the residence shortly after midnight along with the season’s food clothing and household furnishings.
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Nelsonville
James O’nail
Orville Mohler
Orbistog
Intermediary in Kidnap Case Dies at 84
Dr. John F. Condon known as Jaffie, the intermediary who delivered the Lindbergh ransom, died at 84 in his Bronx home of pneumonia. He had been celebrated for his role in the high profile case, as Hauptmann’s trial opened ten years prior. The report notes his retirement as a New York City public school principal and mentions household relocations and a liquor department update in Columbus.
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New York
VPI
John F. Condon
Jaffie
Bronx
New York City
Bruno Richart Hauptmann
Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey Dies in Belgium Crash
Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey, aged 62, Allied naval commander famed for rescuing 385,000 British and French troops at Dunkirk and directing naval actions of the western invasion under General Eisenhower. NEA Telephoto.
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Sir Bertram Ramsey
Belgium
Bertram
Dunkerque
Eisenhower
NEA
FDR Sees Give and Take Among Allies After War
President Roosevelt outlined a postwar give and take among the Allies on Europe. He signaled compromises likely before a February meeting with Stalin and Churchill. He cited sound principles but said applying them to every issue will be difficult and that differences may persist.
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Washington
Europe
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Rooseveltd
Nazis Claim Heavy American Losses Since Dec Nineteenth Breakthrough
German High Command says eight U S divisions were committed to the Bastogne ring effort, with about 110000 Americans assaulting the sector. Since the December 16 start of the offensive, German sources claim American casualties exceed 190000. In the south U S forces under L Gen Alexander Patch retreated near Bitche Maginot region, then halted advances amid stubborn fighting.
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Associated Press
Third
Seventh Army
Saarbrucken
Rhine
Belgian Bulge
Third Army
Bastogne
U. S
Alexander M. Patch
Bitche
Maginot Line
Bhes
Germans List Yank Losses Behind the Siegfried Line
German communique reports increased enemy activity in the Saarland and Palatinate with units across the Bries River east of Sarreguemines. Three Belgian Luxembourg bulge towns recaptured. 24,000 American prisoners and 1,230 armored vehicles captured or lost as Patton’s forces push toward St Vith and Bastogne.
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Sarreguemines
Bitche
U. S
Field Marshal von Rundstedt
Siegfried Line
Saarland
Palatinate
Communiqte
Bries
Sarregue
Saar
Rhine
Belgium-Luxembourg
Margaret
Gerimont
Mande
St. Hubert
George S. Patton
St. Vith
Moircy
Patton
Die
Lambay Fays Forest
Bastogne
Third Army
Michamps
Harry
Honville
Arlon
Fuge
Budapest Battles Endure as Red Army Advances
Heavy fighting rages across Budapest as Soviet forces seize about 1000 blocks of Buda and Pest. German losses mount with estimates of 10 000 dead and up to 30 000 wounded. enemy garrisons possibly 75 000 to 100 000 Germans and 30 000 Hungarians. Front dispatches report guns duelling in the shattered city and German armor striking toward Vienna from Austria. In Italy Canadian forces press toward Alfonsine on the Ravenna Ferrara highway amid German resistance. Soviet reports say Budapest’s university was converted into a fortress as a German breakout attempt fails. State Banking issues a call for the condition of state banks as of December 30.
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Ravenna-Ferrara
Fosso Vecchio
Senio
Budapest
Izvestia
Budapest University
New Congress Moves To Aid War Veterans
Washington opens with eager proposals to aid veterans as about 500 measures are filed in the House during the 79th Congress. Bills range from claims to damages to broad overhauls of government procedures.
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Congress
Washington
C?i
Danish Patriots Blast Hun Magic Eye Plant
Eighty Danish patriots blew up a radio plant in Copenhagen that makes magic eyes and V 2 parts for Germany. They overpowered twenty guards early yesterday morning, killing one guard, the Free Danish Press Service reported.
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Danish Patriots Blast Hun ‘Magic Eye’ Plant
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Free Danish Press Service
Icebreaker Mackinaw Pilots Ships Through Heavy Lakes Ice
Four maritime cargo ships will voyage from Duluth to Chicago aided by the icebreaker Mackinaw. The trial runs smashed a ten foot ice channel in the St. Marys River, establishing a new late winter shipping record as U S S Mackinaw conducts trials and supports transport through frozen lakes.
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Cleveland
Maritime Commission
Duluth
Chicago
U. S. S. Mackinaw
St. Mary's River
Taft objects to ceilings on beef cattle prices
Senator Robert A. Taft protests proposals to cap beef cattle prices. He said experts may not want to encourage beef consumption and urged Economic Stabilizer Fred Vinson to review the issue before any action.
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Taft
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Fred Vinson
Remembers Kind of Food Yanks Enjoy
Sgt Cyrus Ainsworth of Grosshack Texas recalls meeting a German veteran with a wooden leg. The German asks about American rations and Ainsworth jokes that it’s better now, implying a possible surrender. The anecdote echoes WWII era humor about eating and war experiences.
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London
Cyrus Ainsworth
Grosshack
Tex
Ainsworth
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