War Manpower lists non deferable occupations
War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt told the House Military Affairs Committee that by year’s end ten of every fourteen able bodied men aged 8 to 38 will be in the armed forces. The 65 non deferable occupations include bartenders florists newsboys and many service workers with 30 day extension for those registered with the U S Employment Service.
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Washington
V. McNutt
House Military Affairs Committee
McNutt
Armed Services
Selective Service
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service Bureau
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
U. S. Employment Service
Roosevelt
Joint House
Naval-Military Committee
Selective Service Boards
To Finish Ohio WPA Projects by March 1
Columbus says all Ohio Works Progress Administration construction jobs should end by the last of March with liquidation of WPA in the state except for administrative details Administrator Carl Watson said today. WPA rolls have dropped from 11 097 last Dec 27 to about 5 000 and will continue to dwindle as projects close.
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Columbus
Ohio Work Projects Administration
WPA
Carl Watson
Dominic Cocco Near Death Row Over 1941 Slaying
Dominic Cocco, 32, of Bellaire, is under sentence of death in Ohio's electric chair for the May 16 1941 slaying of Robert Efinger during an attempted holdup with a $13 500 robbery stake.
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Canton
Dominic Cocco
Bellaire
Ohio
Robert Efinger
Inflation menace grows Treasury eyes higher taxes to curb demand
Treasury officials warned the inflation threat could accelerate if more money remains in citizens hands. Daniel W. Bell said about 130 billion dollars would reach individuals this year with only 75 billion in goods and services, risking excessive purchasing power and higher prices. Morgenthau noted support for higher taxes.
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Treasury
Morgenthau
Airmed Bombers Hit Rabaul Airdromes in Night Raid
United States B 17s blasted Japanese airfields in the Rabaul area New Guinea with estimates of 20 to 50 enemy planes knocked out. Capt Kenneth McCullar of Batesville Mississippi praised the raid as the best night raid yet. Lieut Waldo Schauwaker of Bowling Green Ohio reported 20 large fires and many planes visible on the ground at Lakunai the busiest airfield. McCullars crew included Staff Sgt Orville Coulter of Zanesville Ohio as crew chief.
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New Guinea
Rabaul
Kenneth McCullar
Batesville
Miss
Waldo Schauwaker
Bowling Green
Ohio
Lakunai
McCullar
Orville Coulter
Zanesville
State Apple Authority Suggested for Ohio
Columbus Rep Frank I Giffin of Mt Gilead introduced a bill to establish an Ohio state apple authority to promote apple sales and educate the public on varieties grown in the state. The self sustaining authority would have five apple growers plus agriculture and bureau of markets chiefs and be funded by a one cent per bushel assessment on apples sold.
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Columbus
Frank I. Giffin
Mt Gilead
Ohio State
Bureau of Markets
Two Enemy Battleships Hit by Subs
The Chungking Official Central Daily News dispatch says two Japanese battleships were damaged and several rice laden ships sunk Jan 11 about 40 miles off Shanghai in an Allied submarine attack. Ships damaged returned to Shanghai for repairs with allied actions against Japanese bases noted.
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Chungking
Central Daily News
Shanghai
Tokyo Radio
Solomon Islands
Burma
Donbaik
Mayu Peninsula
Akyab
Akyab Island
Lieutenant David Silver Receives Distinguished Flying Cross
Lima Ohio native 4 Lieutenant David Silver earned the Distinguished Flying Cross from Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox for attacking and destroying a Japanese plane in the Solomons on November 12.
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Hawaii
David Silver
Lima, O
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Solomons
Rickenbacker condemns wartime absenteeism in plants
Los Angeles captain Eddie Rickenbacker denounces high absentee rates in war plants, cites 26 percent at Boeing and 11,000 missing at Douglas after Christmas, urges troops to factories or front-line workers to boost production, seeks legislation for veteran employment rights.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Advertising Club
Rickenbacker
Congress
Boeing
Douglas
Pacific
Africa
Accelerated Allied Drive Against Subs Foreseen
Washington reports that after a White House Casablanca conference President Roosevelt warned Congress the war will be long and costly. He stressed submarine threats require a faster allied counter-offensive and roughly estimated seven and a half million men in khaki would be needed for manpower.
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Washington
United Nations
White House
Roosevelt
Casablanca
Churchill
Congress
UMW To Seek Pay Increase
Washington The United Mine Workers policy committee opens a campaign to challenge the War Labor Board Little Steel formula and win a substantial wage increase for 450000 bituminous miners. President John L. Lewis calls the meeting six weeks before new contract talks with operators begin.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
UMW
Little Steel
Further Steps To Stabilize Bread Prices
The Agriculture Department announced a new measure to curb flour and bread price rises by setting a price under millfeed. The plan covers flour by products used for human consumption and aims to push millfeeds into feed channels to boost livestock production.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Senate panel probes liquor shortage in Ohio
The Ohio Senate Liquor Control Committee met to explain the liquor shortage but achieved no new facts. State liquor director Don Fisher said Ohio received more liquor than last year but could not meet rising demand due to increased buying power.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate Liquor Control Committee
Don Fisher
Ohio
Injuries Fatal in Circleville Crash
Edgar Glenn Isaac a 17 year old from Kokomo Indiana died last night from injuries suffered in a traffic accident Sunday near Circleville. Police investigated the crash but details were not released.
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Columbus
Edgar Glenn Isaac
Kokomo
Ind
Circleville
Time Change Measure Up For Vote in State Senate
The Ohio Senate votes on a bill to revert clocks one hour. Supporters claim sufficient votes. critics fear failure to pass as an emergency measure delays effect by 90 days. War-time effects and power savings are cited by proponents and officials.
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Senate
Columbus
Ohio Senate
Frank E. Whittemore
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
House
William M. McCullough
Ohio
Ohio Power Companies
Marion Reserve Power
Hamilton Municipal System
British Not Mourning Over Ruined Buildings
Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt says English people including King George VI are not mourning deeply over wartime destruction. She told the New York Junior League that only human beings have value while viewing destroyed blocks alongside the King during a visit to England.
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New York
England
George VI
Franklin Roosevelt
New York Junior League
Rickenbacker Names Fortress After Self
Long Beach California CAPT Eddie Rickenbacker christened a Flying Fortress named Captain Eddie after inspecting the gun and flag ceremony. The ceremony occurred during his tour of aircraft factories highlighting war efforts and production.
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Long Beach
Calif
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eddie
Rickenbacker
Public Schools Threatened by Toledo Strike
Pickets ring the Lucas County courthouse as the state county and municipal employees union calls a strike over eight dismissals in the county sanitary engineers department. Road maintenance and sanitary departments close. Washington Township school workers report for now. The county commission president says workers were laid off for lack of work.
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Toledo
Lucas County
State
AFL
County Sanitary Engineers Department
Road Maintenance Department
Sanitary Engineers Department
Robert J. Moran
Washington Township
Moran
Louis H. Lanzenbacher
Lucas County Commissioners
Wickard Faces Senate Over Farm Incentive Plan
Senate inquiry questions Secretary Wickard about funding and manpower for a $100,000,000 incentive payment program to boost farm production amid shortages. Senator Thomas of Oklahoma pressed for details on sources of money and personnel to support the plan.
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Washington
Senate
Wickard
Thomas
D-Okla
Congress
Killed in Barn Bellevue
A loaded barn loft collapsed resulting in the death of Debo Evanoff, 55, of Oberlin. The incident occurred at Bellevue and is being investigated by local authorities.
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Bellevue
Debo Evanoff
Oberlin
Churchill Flies to Ankara After Roosevelt Conference
British Prime Minister travels to Turkey with Roosevelt message and likely assurances of Allied aid to bolster Eastern Mediterranean flank for upcoming European invasion.
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Ankara
Roosevelt
Churchill
Turkey
Mediterranean
Europe
Roosevelt outlines Casablanca aims and Turkey talks
President Roosevelt said the Casablanca conference with Churchill aimed to win the war and enforce unconditional surrender. He noted Russia and China at war with Germany and described coordinated Allied moves in Tunisia while Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek remained aligned. Churchill met Turkish leaders in Ankara to discuss material support and security, with Germany unaware of the details.
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Roosevelt
Casablanca
Winston Churchill
Congress
United Nations
Europe
Joseph Stalin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Russia
Japan
China
Germany
United States
Ankara
Turkey
Berlin
Transocean
Franz von Papen
Allied push nears Maknassy front in Tunisia
United States forces close in on Maknassy as part of a drive to sever the Gulf of Gabes coastal road and split Axis defenses. Sened village captured and held after raiding operations while another American force advances from Sidi Bouzid. In Europe the Stalingrad battle nears decisive end as Red Army advances near Rostov Krasnodar Kursk.
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Maknassy
Gulf of Gabes
Sened
Gafsa
Sidi Bouzid
Tunisian
Marshal Rommel
Faid Pass
Robaa
Pont du Fahs
Thenemy
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Tunisia
Stalingrad
Rostov
Caucasus
Red Army
Krasnodar
Kursk
Kharkov
Ohio Bricker Budget Seeks 1943 44 Legislature Approval
Governor Bricker submits a record 366,028,921 dollar biennial budget to the Ohio Legislature for 1943 44 projecting a 17 million dollar surplus by end of the period. He proposes 19 111 000 for building and other needs and outlines shifts in funding including a 4 million transfer to highways and a 475 000 rise to expand the Ohio State Guard.
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Bricker
Columbus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
General Revenue Fund
Ohio State Guard
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans’ Home
East Liverpool retains Eastern War Time despite bill
East Liverpool council voted to keep the current time, preserving Eastern War Time. Officials argued a move to Eastern Standard would place the city an hour behind nearby Pennsylvania and West Virginia job centers where most residents work.
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East Liverpool
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Two German Generals Killed at Stalingrad
London broadcast from German military quarters reported by the Associated Press that Lieut Gen Von Hartmann and Maj Gen Stempel were killed at the head of their troops after weeks of resistance in Stalingrad. Both were Knights of the Iron Cross.
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London
Associated Press
von Hartmann
Stempel
Stalingrad
Knights of the Iron Cross
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