Bricker Flags New Deal and Labor Unrest Washington Speech
Ohio Governor John Bricker blasted labor unrest and New Deal policies at a Lincoln Birthday banquet and National Press Club luncheon in Washington. He called for wartime anti-strike laws, a balanced budget, simplified taxes, and limited federal power while opposing postwar world central authority.
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Bricker
Washington
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Capital News Corps
National Press Club
Tey
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
U. S
United States
Plane plunges into Mississippi River near Memphis
A Transcontinental American Airlines plane with 21 passengers including at least 10 armed forces members sank in the Mississippi River 15 miles below Memphis after midnight. Coast Guard, FBI, and airline divers search. 24 feared dead as crews expected to hit bottom in swift currents. Flight No. 2 had stopped at Dallas and Little Rock. crew were Capt. D B Francis First Officer R R Majors and stewardess Davie Holybee.
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Memphis
American Airlines
Mississippi River
Coast Guard
Airlines
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dallas
Little Rock
D. B. Francis
R. R. Majors
Davie
Holybee
Fort Worth
Walter H. Kilbourne
American Aviation Corporation
Jamestown
N. Y
Ralph T. Burgin
Cincinnati
War Contract Bill Completed
Senators George and Murray introduced a war contracts termination bill to provide quick settlement and cash to manufacturers as war work ends. The act would guarantee compensation for termination including expenses and profit on uncompleted contracts to support postwar employment.
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Washington
Senate
George
D-Ga
Murray
D.mont
Would Permit Pay Increases Amid Subsidy Debate
Senator Pepper of Florida proposes relaxing the Little Steel formula to allow a three per cent wage rise for all workers. The plan accompanies a bill extending the Commodity Credit Corporation while ending food subsidies. Pepper argues subsidy repeal would raise living costs, so wages should follow.
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Washington
Pepper D.-Fla
Commodity Credit Corporation
Pepper
Navy urges Ohio plants to use air transport service
The Navy urged Ohio war plants to ship via the air transport service from Cleveland Municipal Airport. From the base at Cleveland the Navy moves 2 to 6 tons of equipment daily, reaching South Pacific fronts in about 72 hours. Ensign R L Mayer, head of the service, reported.
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Cleveland
Navy
Ohio
R. L. Mayer
Navy Air Transport Service
Reward Offered for Missing Portmouth Girl Billie Ramey
Naomi Ramey Peed offers 1000 dollars for information leading to the return of her daughter Billie Ramey a blonde blue eyed Portmouth High School student who vanished nearly a year ago after missing class and last seen in the Portsmouth area.
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Portsmouth
Willa
Billie” Ramey
Naomi Ramey
Portsmouth High School
General Beightler Receives Legion of Merit in South Pacific
Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler, commander of the 37th Division largely from Ohio, has been awarded the Legion of Merit as part of a group of Army Navy and Marine officers cited for roles in operations against Japanese forces.
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Columbus
Robert S. Beightler
Ohio
South Pacific
Beightler
Ohio Highway
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
President Roosevelt to speak Saturday afternoon
President Roosevelt will address the nation tomorrow afternoon from 4 30 to 5 o clock Eastern War Time. The speech accompanies ceremonies for the presentation of a destroyer escort to French naval authorities under lend lease.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Northeastern States Blanketed by Heavy Snow Storm
A winter storm hit the northeast with wind driven snow and heavy cold in the Midwest. NYC expected 8 to 12 inches. New England up to 10 inches. trains delayed. La Guardia flights canceled. Little Galva North Dakota recorded 42 below zero as the coldest point and one traffic death occurred in Indiana.
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Associated Press
United States
Midwest
New York City
Weather Bureau
Boston
New England
la Guardia Field
New York
Little Galva
N. D
Yanks Join Aussies in New Guinea
Allied forces completed the Huon Peninsula campaign in New Guinea as Australian and American troops joined to drive Japanese from Saidor area. The operation gains 150 miles of coast while inflicting heavy enemy losses. Rabaul’s defenses erode as raids continue elsewhere in the Pacific. General MacArthur reports the cost to Japan about 14 thousand men.
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Central Pacific
Bismarck Archipelago
Saidor
New Guinea
Huon Peninsula
MacArthur
Madang
Alexishafen
Finnish Industrial City Bombed by Reds
The Finns announced 150 Russian planes bombed the industrial city of Kotka, 70 miles east of Helsinki on the Gulf of Finland, for two hours last night.
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London
Kotka
Helsinki
Gulf of Finland
U.S. Bombers Hit Frankfurt and Other Targets in Major Raid
American B 17 and Liberator bombers struck Frankfurt am Main for the second time in four days and fourth since Jan 29. Marauders hit targets in the rocket gun sector in northern France while attacks in Pas de Calais continued. Yesterday's raids on Brunswick and Gilze-Rijen followed heavy air battles with 84 enemy planes downed. 29 bombers and eight fighters were lost.
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Rabaul
Philippines
South Pacific
Navy
Wake Island
Central Pacific
Coronado
U. S
Kwajalein
Marshalls
Pacific Fleet
London
Frankfurt on-the-Main
Frankfurt
Liberators
Pas-De-Calais
France
Brunswick
Gilze-Rijen
Holland
Mrs. Anna Strauss Dies At Home In Pomeroy
Mrs. Anna Strauss, 69, widow, died at her Pomeroy home this morning. She was a member of the Pomeroy Methodist Church. Survived by children Sam Strauss Athens Edward Strauss Pomeroy Charles Strauss Pomeroy Donald Strauss Navy Ruth Strauss Mildred Grindley. sisters Chris Gluesenkamp Charleston Charles Price Columbus Helen Nease Lenora Hobstetter Pomeroy. brother George Hobstetter Pomeroy. seven grandchildren one great grandchild. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home.
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Pomeroy
Anna Strauss
Dale Lee
Racine
Counterrevolution Reported in Bolivia
Santiago Chile La Hora reported an uncon firmed private tip that Bolivia’s Villarroel government was ousted in a counterrevolution and leaders jailed.
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Bolivia
Santiago
Chile
la Hora
Gualberto Villarroel
Cold Wave Forecast Sweeps Ohio After Snowstorm
Ohio cities report heavy snow and ice with two to four inches on the ground. Columbus records two inches at 10 am while Cleveland sees four inches. Akron has two inches as ice delays commuters in Cincinnati and a transport jam forms from iced trolley wires. The storm ushers in a bitter Arctic surge ending a long drought in parts of the state.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Akron
Cincinnati
Ohio suits test Soldiers Act over voting rights
Two lawsuits in Franklin and Trumbull counties challenge county boards of elections over removing armed forces personnel from registration lists. Prosecutors argue such removals violate the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act which allows temporary stay of actions that could prejudice service members civil rights.
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Columbus
Ohio
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Act
Ralph J. Bartlett
Franklin County
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Mobile Anti Aircraft Weapon Demonstrated in Cleveland
After action in Africa Sicily and Italy a 2000 shot a minute highly mobile anti aircraft weapon was demonstrated to civilians in Cleveland. The half track carrier with four .50 caliber Browing machine guns is the first highly mobile anti aircraft weapon in use. Its guns can be fired while the half track travels at 50 miles an hour.
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Cleveland
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Bricker Gains Backing With Clear Pro War Pleas
Governor Bricker won strong backing from Ohio Republicans after a Lincoln Day speech in which he urged wartime law enforcement against strikes, continued Army Navy war programs, and opposition to a national service law. He praised war conduct, urged steady progress under representative government, and noted broad welcome from Democrats and Republicans alike.
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Washington
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Congress
Thomas A. Jenkins
Lranton
Brickes
Walter E. Brehm
Logan
Army
Navy Departments
George H. Bender
Cleveland
Bender
Robert Jones
Bricker
Capital
Bucan
Roosevelt
Weather and Combat Rattle Rome Beachhead Amid German Assault
President Roosevelt voiced concern over a tense Rome beachhead where German forces claim to have captured Carroceto railway station. Heavy rain curtailed Allied air operations but Berlin claims report 4,000 Allied surrender and 89 tanks lost, while Algiers notes describe the Allied air assault as a major ground support operation.
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Roosevelt
Rome
Carroceto
Aprilia
Algiers
Berlin
Germans Blasted In Air Attacks Near Rome
Allied forces intensified air strikes south of Rome with heavy bombers and fighter-bombers joining to destroy German positions around the Bridgehead. The 65th Division was identified in the line as five divisions and a brigade were called up to push the bridgehead back.
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65Th
Americans Press Forward in Cassino Barrier Fight
Allied forces reported progress against German fortifications in Cassino region with five buildings captured after shelling and close-quarters demolition. Air strikes targeted Monterotondo Vicovaro and Palestrina junctions while US and British units battled to hold positions near Cisterna Albano Cecchina Campoleone. Vatican property near Castel Gandolfo reportedly avoided damage per Vatican communications.
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Albano
Cisterna
Cec China
Velletri
Campoleone
Monterotondo
Rome
Vicovaro
Palestrina
Kasserine Pass
Tunisia
Salerno de Naples
Carreceto
Red Army closes on Korsun as Germans face dire trap
Soviet forces driving on Korsun near the Dnieper bend within seven miles press the encircled German group of up to ten divisions. Meanwhile Krivoi Rog ore center is under pressure as spearheads split from the main force. German supply lines collapse and airfields are being destroyed.
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Korsun
Dnieper
Krivol Rog
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Ivan Ss.Koney
Associated Press
Moscow
Stalingrad
Leonid A. Govorovy
Leningrad
Zheltsy
Luga
Pskov
K. A. Meretskov
Volkhov
Lake Peipus
Estonia
Junkers
Red Army
Plant Pleas Mercy for 11 Year Fugitive Auto Thief
Cleveland war plant appeals to Gov. Bricker to grant clemency for Robert W. Mahony a 41 year old Parker Appliance Co transportation department employee and former mobile thief who escaped London Prison Farm in 1933 and was recently recaptured. Mahony says he has stayed employed and will remain law abiding.
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Cleveland
John W. Bricker
Robert W. Mahony
Transportation Department
Parker Appliance Co
Mahoney
London
Ohio
Chaplin Charged With Mann Act Violation
Charlie Chaplin, 54, facing a federal indictment for Mann Act violation and conspiracy, linked to a relationship with former protégé Joan Berry who alleges he is the father of her four month old daughter.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
Chaplin
McCormick Denies Candidacy for Republican Nomination
In Chicago Col. Robert R. McCormick states he will not enter the Republican presidential race despite petitions to place him on the Illinois primary ballot. He said he will not become a candidate.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Robert R. McCormick
Wake Avengers Take Rest After Record Month in Pacific
The Wake Avengers, a Marine squadron named for airmen who defended a tiny Pacific isle, have left combat for a well earned break. Their Corsairs carried a record of 71 Japanese zeros shot down over Rabaul in a month with only one pilot lost in combat.
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South Pacific
Pacific Jisle
Rabaul
New Britain
Reform Church Leader Sanctions Air Raids
Dr Norman Vincent Peale of the Re formed Church in America voiced support for Allied bombing of German cities calling it retributive justice. He spoke after criticism in the House of Lords from Lord Lang former archbishop of Canterbury.
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New York
Norman Vincent Peale
Reformed Church In
America
House of Lords
Lord Lang
Canterbury
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