Allied rail unions claim a strike would fail to halt wage demands
Officials said a national railroad strike planned to start in two weeks would be averted. Brotherhood leaders argued wage increases are essential and predicted mediation next Monday would produce an acceptable settlement. They warned of wartime strain if pay gains are blocked.
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Sof
Ional Mediation Board
Chicago
Brotherhoods
John Pelley
Assot
Jo B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Daniel Loomis
Western Carriers
Fraser
Pelley
Eastman
Its
Cy Board
Ohio Factories Play Big Role in War Production
Ohio factories are slated to supply about 13 percent of the Navy landing craft program. The production board official said units total 25,000, with two thirds of key steel parts from the Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Pennsylvania region. WPB deputy notes Ohio workers are essential as every plant focuses on landing craft with top priority over aircraft and other urgent war products.
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Ohio
Navy
W. F. Wpb
Ohio- West Virginia
Kentucky- Pennsylvania
Nekworth
Middletown
Alliance
Troy
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Akron
Earle L. Johnson
Ohio Aviation
Army Air Forces
Civil Air Patrol
Wright brothers rights anniversary ceremony observed
Six witnesses will mark the 40th anniversary of the Wright brothers heavier flight with ceremonies at Huffman Prairie memorial base. Military authorities sponsor events at Wright Field overlooking the Hilt area as Kit guests attend tomorrow.
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WTON
Payton
Wright
Wrights
Huffman Prairie
Roosevelt En Route Back to United States
Lieutenant Roosevelt Jr expresses pleasure upon sighting a marker off Charleston while returning with the Navy from Sicily. The report notes his unit’s ongoing voyage and the resumed presence in U.S. waters.
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Aleston C
Lt. Roosevelt, Jr
Charleston
Navy
Cam
Gunnery Sgt Tyre Weaver Made His Own Parachute Jump Decision
Two Rivers Wisconsin reports reveal Sgt Tyre C Weaver a Flying Fortress gunner chose to jump from the wounded aircraft over Germany to save his life. Lt Keith Koske who threw him out clarifies there were no protests and Maj Gen Frederick L Anderson commends Koske for saving Weaver, who survived after being wounded by a German shell near Hanover.
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Two Rivers
Wis
Tyre C. Weaver
Keith Koske
Leslie
Mike
Sgt. Weaver
Weaver
Koske
Frederick L. Anderson
Eighth Air Force
Two Eastern Streamliners Wrecked Near Lumberton N C
Two Atlantic Coast Line streamliners on the New York to Florida run derailed in Buie North Carolina near Lumberton shortly after 1 am. Estimates ranged from at least 50 to 76 killed with many injured. Reports described derailed rear and northbound cars and lines of communication down due to snow and ice.
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Lumberton
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
Buie
North Carolina
Coast Line
Rocky Mount
The
Robesonian
ACL General
Wilmington
S. W. Fleming
Highsmith Hospital
Fayetteville
Fleming
Meat Ration Moratorium Urged by Industry Leader
George A. Casey of the Independent Meat Packers Association urged New York officials to impose a two week moratorium on meat rationing. He said stockyards and slaughterhouses face glut and potential spoilage as government asks farmers to hold back livestock. He warned east of Ohio warehouses are full, and lifting rationing could curb black market activity at OPA ceiling prices.
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New York
George A. Casey
Independent Meat Packers Association
New York State
Legislative Committee On Nutrition
Ohio
Glass of Grand Rapids Eyes Clean Sweep in War Era
Harry Glass, once Michigan's youngest state senator, serves as a private with the Fifth Air Force in New Guinea. The article notes his hopeful ambition for a political comeback despite wartime service.
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Harry ‘Glass
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Fifth Air Force
New Guinea
Eisenhower says war enters crucial phase after Cairo talks
Allied Commander in Chief Dwight D. Eisenhower declared the war entering a crucial phase in a message to his troops after returning from Cairo. Observers believe the Cairo conferences laid plans for major offensives against Germany and Japan.
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Algiers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cairo
Eisenhower
Germany
Japan
Miss Louise Stallbohm Reserves Dorm Room 20 Months Ahead
Lima High School junior Miss Louise Stallbohm has reserved a Bowling Green State University dorm room for 1945, twenty months in advance, to beat late applicants and ensure housing.
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Bowling Green
Lima High School
Louise Stallbohm
Bowling Green State University
Stallbohm
Civilian Gas Supply Cut Across Most Regions
The Petroleum Administration for War ordered January to March civilian gasoline allocations with all districts except the Southwest receiving smaller shares. The Midwest faced the largest cut, 34,000 barrels per day, reducing the quota to 399,000 while total civilian use certification stands at 1,117,000 barrels daily, down from 1,160,000.
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Washington
The
Petroleum Administration For
Southwest
PAW
Midwest
Trench Mouth Spread Warned By Baltimore Dentist
Dr Kyrle W Preis of the Baltimore City Dental Society warns that Vincent's infection is highly contagious and can be spread by kissing and farewells, urging caution to avoid spreading the disease during furloughs and meetings.
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Baltimore
Kyrle W. Preis
Baltimore City Dental Society
Snow Affects Deep South Cities With Rare Snowfall
In Washington a light snowstorm drew businessmen from offices to play e against one another while a military policeman and a civilian officer exchanged pellet fire. Soldiers watched, as Pensacola Florida and New Orleans Louisiana experienced uncommon snowfalls, the first in decades in Pensacola and eight years in New Orleans.
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Washington
Deep South
Pensacola
Fla
New Orleans
Allied Air Raids Pound Arawe New Britain Base
Allied bombers unleash a day-long assault on Arawe in New Britain totaling 356 tons of explosives and 174000 rounds of ammunition. The raid targets barges installations and personnel as part of a broader push toward a possible invasion of Japan.
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Southwest Pacific
Allierd Mbeavdquarters
New Britain
Asland
Japan
South Pacific
Arawe
China
Burma
Pacific
New Guinea
Solomons
Gilberts
Southwest
Solomons-New Guinea
Gasmata
Kavieng
New Ireland
Rabaul
V U. S. 14Th Army Air Force
Rice Bowl
Changteh
Hunan
Former Ohio AP Chief Speaks in Columbus
Raymond P. Cronin, once head of the Associated Press Bureau in Columbus before a Manila assignment, returns to Columbus to address a Charity Newsies banquet. A former prisoner of nearly two years, Cronin recently came back to the U S on the Gripsholm exchange ship.
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Columbus
Raymond P. Cronin
Associated Press
Manila
Philippines
Newsies
Cronin
United States
Gripsholm
A. P
Indiana University track coach dies after illness
Bloominton Indiana report states E C Billy Hayes Indiana University track coach died in a local hospital hours after being stricken with pneumonia.
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Bloomington
Ind
E. C
Billy) Hayes
Indiana University
Cold Epidemic Is Past Peak Says Ohio Health Official
Dr. R. H. Markwith, Ohio state health director, said the respiratory illness wave sweeping the state since December has passed its peak. He estimated about one tenth of Ohio’s population has been affected. He noted Midwest peers report the highest case rate in the first 15 days after onset and expects natural decline after the coming week.
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Columbus
Ohio
R. H. Markwith
Markwith
Minnesota
Gas Company Would Transfer Ohio Wells
The Securities and Exchange Commission considered Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation's plan to swap properties between its Ohio Fuel Gas subsidiary and East Ohio Gas. Ohio Fuel would transfer 74 natural gas wells in Stark County and related rights in exchange for East Ohio's wells in Ashland Coshocton Holmes Knox Medina and Wayne Counties.
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Philadelphia
Securities and Exchange Commission
Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
East Ohio Gas Company
Ohio Fuel
East Ohio
Stark County
Ohio
Ashland
Coshocton
Holmes
Knox
Medina
Wayne Counties
Ohio Sets Stage for Wrights Anniversary and Postwar Aviation Plan
Ohio marks the 40th anniversary of heavier than air flight with ceremonies honoring Orville and Wilbur Wright in Dayton. Gov Bricker proclaims Aviation Week as plans for an airport maintenance and development organization advance, aiming to improve roadside landing strips and air ports across the state.
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Ohio
Wrights
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Orville Wright
Wilbur
Dayton
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Ohio Development
Hal G. Sours
Civil Air Patrol Wing
Wright Field
Wright Brothers
Commission
Allied air strikes hit Brenner Pass targets in Europe
American heavy bombers struck the Brenner Pass lifeline between Germany and Italy with attacks on Innsbruck Austria Bolzano and the nearby Avisio River viaduct in Northern Italy as Allied headquarters announced.
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Brenner Pass
Germany
Italy
Innsbruck
Austria
Bolzano
Avisio River
Allied
Churchill Ill In Middle East Amid Tehran Conference News
Prime Minister Churchill, marking his 69th birthday at Teheran, is reported to have patchy pneumonia in the left lung. Deputy Prime Minister Atlee told Parliament Churchill’s condition is as satisfactory as possible given the circumstances and that he remains somewhere in the Middle East.
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Churchill Iil
Middle East
London
Churchill
Teheran
Clement Atlee
House of Commons
Atlee
Cairo
Whiskey Will Pay War Bills
Senator George proposes advancing the federal excise tax on 117,000,000 gallons of four year old whiskey stored in bonded warehouses. He says shortening the tax free period to four years would push whiskey to market to ease a shortage. One distiller doubts 117 million gallons will suffice.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt plane forced landing reported by German agency
A Berlin broadcast via the German news agency DNB claimed President Roosevelt’s aircraft made a forced landing in the Azores near Terceira while en route to Cairo and Teheran. No official confirmation of the stop was provided and the report mixes with German claims of Soviet offensives near Kiev Smela and Nevel.
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London
DNB
Lisbon
Portugal
Roosevelt
Azores
Atlantic
Cairo
Teheran
Berlin
Terceira
Kremenchug
Kiev
Smela
Kirovograd
Baltic
Leningrad
Nevel
Latvia
Zhiobin
White Russia
Republicans See Possible House Control
Republican leaders in Washington foresee a path to controlling the House by filling vacancies before the November election. With 208 Republicans and 218 Democrats, vacancies raise the count to 11 since January. If Republicans win four of the five target seats, they would reach 212 to 219.
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Washington
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Farm Groups Refuse Subsidy Compromise
Leaders of the Big Four farm organizations rejected proposals for limited subsidy use to stabilize consumer food prices. They urged the Senate Banking Committee to move repeal legislation to the Senate floor for an immediate vote, opposing Taft's suggested $600 million yearly cap.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate Banking Committee
House
Senate
Rising Temperatures Forecast in Midwest
Forecasters predicted rising temperatures for the Midwest on Friday while Ohio remained cold. Cincinnati and Dayton registered lows around 3 and 2 degrees above, Newark fell to 1 above, and Toledo recorded 2 degrees.
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Midwest
Columbus
Prophecy Fulfilled Ends With Sudden Injury
In a front yard scene, client David Phillips is wounded by a stray bullet after a neighbor shoots at a gopher. Two insurance salesmen warn of danger while a neighbor’s action leads to the incident. A local ad notes a doll carriage search and child safety themes.
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Ray Williams
Gus Johnson
David ©. Phillips
Phillips
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