Delay in Pre-War Father Draft Approved by President
President approves bill delaying induction of fathers with children into military service. The move shifts authority from Paul V. McNutt to Major Lewis B. Hershey, creating a national selective service plan. The measure, debated in Congress, aims to protect father-induction timelines while preserving overall manpower for the war effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Armed Services
White House
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Nutt
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Se Service
Nation of Manufacturers
York City
Congress
Johnson -Cole
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Reid
Army
Navy Line Corps
Rcal
Burley Tobacco Markets See Higher Sales Volume
Louisville Ky reports Kenky burley tobacco markets show increased sales volume and higher average price. A total of 7,105,461 pounds sold at an average $46.40 per hundred, up nine cents from the prior period, for Wednesday sales.
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Ouisville
Kenky Burley Tobacco
Mayor Rejects Pay Boost for Cleveland Police
Mayor T. J. Lausche rejected a pay boost averaging $240 for Cleveland policemen, dismissing the proposal and prompting questions about the force’s morale and city budget.
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T. J. Lausche
Cleveland
American planess and ships attack Japanese strongholds
Allied air and sea power pounded Japanese defenses along Rabaul and Truk as raids and bombardments targeted Nauru and the Marshall Islands. Carrier aircraft and bombers joined in the strikes aimed at weakening Nipponese bases for potential invasions into the Philippines and the Netherlands East Indies.
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Rabaul
Pacific
Truk
Philippines
Netherlands East Indies
Nauru Island
Gilbert Islands
Marshall Group
New Britain
Huop
New Guinea
Wareo
Changteh
Hunan
Berlin
China
Platform for Willkie Outlined by Minnesota Publisher
John Cowles presents a four point basic political philosophy for Wendell L. Willkie as a possible pre convention platform for the 1944 Republican nomination. The four beliefs emphasize civil liberties free enterprise opportunity international cooperation and candid discussion of national issues.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
John Cowles
Minnena
Willkie
Roosevelt
Cowles
Post Office To Be Open Full Time on Saturdays
The Athens Post Office will be open all day tomorrow and on Saturday December 18 due to Christmas mail. Postmaster Francis Frebault announced windows normally close at noon on Saturdays. There will be two deliveries in Athens on both Saturdays before Christmas.
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Athens
Francis Frebault
Frebault
Leon School Building Destroyed by Morning Fire
A 60‑year‑old Leon grade school building in Mason County burned at 3 am. Officials will transfer three teachers and about 80 pupils to Point Pleasant for the rest of the year.
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Point Pleasant
Leon
Mason County School Board
Ohio Plant To Build Trains for Continent
The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company announced a plant had been rented at New Philadelphia Ohio for assembly of mobile power trains to be used in reconquered Axis cities in Europe.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Europe
Pvt Keith Freeman Dies From Truck Collision Injuries
Private Keith Freeman, 22, died from injuries sustained after being struck by a truck last Friday in Lorain. The incident remains under investigation with officials seeking details from witnesses and reviewing nearby surveillance footage.
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Lorain
Keith Freeman
Gas Service Resumes After Northeast Ohio Strike
Federal Labor Conciliator J. E. Ingersoll reports a final settlement in the Diamond Alkali and Standard Chromate strike near Fairport Harbor. Day shift returns to work at 6 a.m. full production may take 2 to 10 days due to idle plant repairs. The dispute with United Mine Workers halted gas service for about 75,000 residents.
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Painesville
J. E. Ingersoll
Diamond Alkali Co
Standard Chromate Co
Fairport Harbor
Ingersoll
William Schumaker
United Mine Workers District 50
Ohio
Eastern Ohio Mine Is Closed by Strike
A dispute over work assignments closed the David Co. Norton Mine at Adena in eastern Ohio. About 118 men were idle, according to Ford Sampson of the Ohio Coal Association. A separate walkout at the Webb Mine near Shadyside involved 400 men and ended with workers returning to duty. Company spokesmen cited pay scale grievances and sympathy resignations.
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Bellaire
David Co. Norton
Adena
Ford Sampson
Ohio Coal Association
Webb
George M. Jones Co
Shadyside
Final phase of air offensive announced by Army survey
Col Ray W Clifton of the Army Air Force at Fort Leavenworth reports the air campaign against Germany has entered a final knockout stage before a possible invasion. He notes five Luftwaffe infantry divisions formed from captured personnel and says Germany is largely grounded, producing fighters while resources and morale decline.
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Washington
Germany
Ray W Clifton
Army Air Forc
Clifton
Command and General Staff School
Fort Leavenworth
Berlin
Luftwaffe
Europe
Censorship chief condemns volunteer censors over publishing
Washington AP Byron Price denounces volunteer censors who seek to ban war news. He urges editors and broadcasters to ignore unofficial pressure, says only the Office of Censorship may request not to publish or broadcast certain news. The War Department backs the stance, Navy offers no comment.
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Washington
Office of Censorship
Byron Price
Navy Department
War Department
Price
Senate Opens Liquor Probe
The Senate began a formal investigation into a nationwide shortage of high grade whiskies. Chairman Van Nuys said inquiries will determine if the shortage is real and whether it is intensified by interests or business practices to raise prices.
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Washington
Senate
van Nuys
D.-Ind
Ohio Poor Relief to Cost Less This Year
Welfare director Herbert R. Mooney estimates 1943 relief expenditures at about 6.72 million dollars, down from 11.79 million in 1942. The case load is expected near 12,600, compared with 22,479 last year, a reduction of about 44 percent.
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Columbus
Ohio
Herbert R. Mooney
Mooney
Missing Guns Are Sought in McCoy Deaths
Prosecutor John B Hill said autopsies would be performed on Elmer McCoy his wife Forrest and their daughter Mildred to determine bullets that killed them on Thanksgiving eve and to recover two missing bullets from Mrs McCoys body. The caskets will be searched for concealed murder weapons. James W Collett McCoys brother in law remains jailed on a first degree murder charge after a lie detector test.
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Washington
John B. Hill
Elmer McCoy
Forrest
Mildred
Hill
McCoy
James W. Collett
Fayette County
Toledo
Taft Proposes $700 Million Substituting Subsidy Plan
Senator Taft attacks current rollback food subsidies as the worst type and unveils a $700 million substitute plan to fix prices for farmers while retaining key controls. The proposal would cap annual subsidy outlays at about $700 million, replacing the current roughly $1 billion yearly payments. Subsidies would be linked to support prices and the government would guarantee farmers a fixed price for their crops.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Cleveland Youth Set for Execution in Double Killing
Henry Hagert, 18, convicted of the murders of James and Charles Collins, is scheduled to die in the electric chair at the Ohio State Penitentiary on March 27. Common Pleas Judge Charles J. McNamee handed down the sentence.
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Cleveland
Henry Hagert
James
Charles Collins
Ohio State Penitentiary
Common Pleas
Charles J. McNamee
Ohio's 37th Wins New Laurels in Pacific Campaign
The 37th Buckeye Division gains new battle streamer for Pacific service alongside its Lorraine Meuse-Argonne and Ypres-Lys honors. After training from October 1940, the unit fought 13 days on New Georgia and Rendova, advancing from Kokorana to the mainland under General Robert Beightier amid heavy rain and mud.
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Associated Press
New Georgia Island
37Th
Buckeye
Ohio
Lorraine
Meuse-Argonne
Ypres-Lys
National Guard
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi
Eral Robert S. Beightier
Rendova Harbor
Beightier
Columbus
Ohio State Highway Department
Guadalcanal
Kokorana Island
Kokorana
Rendova
New Georgia
Tropics
Reds Capture Rail Center Znamenka as Allied Advances Grow
Russian troops seize Znamenka astride a key rail line near the Dnieper while German defenses crumble in Ukraine. In Italy, the Fifth Army clears the Garigliano area and pushes from Cassino toward Rome as Moscow reports major gains. Marshal Stalin proclaims victory. Bulgaria faces political upheaval as Sofia votes no confidence.
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Znamenka
Dnieper River
Ukraine
Fifth
Italy
Gariglinano
Rocca D'Evendro
Rome
Via Casilina
Cassino
Dnepropetrovsk
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Dnieper
Moscow
Red Army
Marshal Stalin
Kiev
Russia
Turkey
Bulgaria
Sofia
Bosilov
German Propaganda Claims Sinking U S Wisconsin
Berlin radio and Tokyo reports claim the 45 000 ton USS Wisconsin has been sunk in a major sea battle off Bougainville soon after its launch. Observers in London expect Nazi satellites to seek a way out of the war before surrender. Romania Hungary and Finland mentioned as possible defectors.
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London
Tokyo
Berlin
Wisconsin
Bougainville
Germany
Romania
Hungary
Finland
Yanks Reach Upper Garigliano and Monte Samucro
Allied forces in Italy press northeast toward Cassino and Rome as the Fifth Army clears Monte Samucro and advances to the Mignano ridge while Canadians reach the Moro River and Pescara. Atlantic losses in November drop to a low since 1940 with more U boats sunk than Allied losses.
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Eighth Army
Moro
Pescara
Rocca D'Evendro
Camino
Rome
Rocca
Fifth
Cassino
Via Cassino
Monte Samucro
Mignano
Toricello
Pescocostanzo
Rivisiondoli
Roccaraso
Moro River
Mark W. Clark
Samucro
San Vittore
San Pietro
Clark
Bonus Payments Include Income Taxes in 1943
Cleveland reports the 20 percent withholding tax must be deducted from this year's Christmas bonuses. Philip Fusco, regional War Labor Board attorney, warned employers that absorbing the tax when paying 1943 bonuses would violate the wage stabilization act.
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Cleveland
Regional War Labor Board
Philip Fusco
WLB
Plane Workers Strike During Official's Visit
In Paterson New Jersey an unauthorized five plant walkout by Wright Aeronautical Corp. workers occurred as Lt. Gen. William S Knudsen War Production head inspected facilities. CIO spokesmen claimed about 15000 workers struck while the war agency reported 6 were idle.
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Paterson
N. J
Wright Aeronautical Corp
William 8. Knudsen
War Department
CIO
Hunter 18 Stricken Cincinnati
Rufus Adamson 66 of Miamisville was found dead beside a fox he had shot. Dr J C Spence of Milford attributed the death to a heart ailment.
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Cincinnati
Rufus Adamson
Miamisville
J. C. Spence
Milford
Adamson
Denver Democrat Lawrence Lewis Dies at Walter Reed
Representative Lawrence Lewis a Democrat from Denver Colorado died today at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. The report notes his service in Congress and his presumed hold on upcoming duties. His death adds to current congressional absences and response from colleagues.
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Washington
Lawrence Lewis
Denver
Colo
Walter Reed Hospital
Roosevelt Visits Malta Despite Bombings on War Time Base
President Roosevelt toured bomb marked Malta in a C-54 transport with 20 escort fighters. He delivered an illuminated scroll pledging U S support to Britain and allies and spoke of making the war’s outcome a worthwhile victory after the Cairo and Middle East conferences with Prime Minister Churchill.
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Valletta
Malta
Roosevelt
Mediterranean
United States
Churchill
Middle East
Cairo
London Daily Herald
London
Europe
Prices may rise on wage demands in steel industry
A Little Steel executive warned that wage increase demands by steel workers could drive higher prices for steel products. The Little Steel formula, based on a 1942 War Labor Board decision, allows roughly a 15 percent rise from January 1941 levels to offset living cost increases.
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New. York
Little Steel
War Labor Board
Mild Flu Wave Spreads Across Western Ohio
Ohio Health Director Markwith reports a wave of mild influenza in Western Ohio resembling the old fashion grip. He says the illness is not like the 1918 epidemic and proper care usually leads to early recovery. expect spread to other parts of the state by next week.
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Columbus
Ohio
R. Hi. Markwith
Body Found in Ohio River Near Here
The body of Mrs. L. D. Bonene of Fairmont West Virginia was recovered in the Ohio River near this city. She had disappeared on November 11 while visiting her parents in McMechen West Virginia.
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Bellaire
L. D. Bonene
Fairmont
W. Va
McMechen
Ohio River
Here
Reelect Green Chicago Ohio Director Earns AFBF Seat
Perry L. Green of Columbus was reelected a director of the American Farm Bureau Federation at the group’s annual convention in Chicago.
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Chicago
Perry L. Green
Columbus
American Farm Bureau Federation
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