Army Seeks 8 1-2 Million For Camps in Ohio Area
War Department asks Congress for about 8.5 million to finish eight construction projects in the Ohio Valley region including Fort Knox Kentucky Fort Benjamin Harrison Erie Ordnance Depot and Fort Hayes. Additional land for Fort Knox and a signal depot in the Ohio Valley are needed along with aviation facility expansions at Patterson and Wright Fields. Navy plans include four new non rigid airships at Akron if funds become available.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Kew
Ohio
Indiana
Tri-State
Fort Knox
Army
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indi
House Appropriations Committee
Ohio River Valley
Ohio Valley
Signal Corps
Patterson Field
Wright Field
Wright
Navy
Navy Department
Akron
Goodsyear Company
Air Corps
Pastor Indicted for Draft Evation in Pennsylvania
A federal grand jury indicted Rev. Allen Clay Lambert of Sinking Valley United Lutheran Church near Altoona on draft evasion charges. The 34 year old father of three said he would refuse training, claiming selective training aligns with his understanding of God’s will. He would have been deferred if registered.
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Pittsburgh
Allen Clay Lambert
Sinking Valley United Lutheran Church
Altoona
Ildren
Funeral services for Mrs Nannie Boyd held Thursday
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday for Mrs Nannie Boyd a cousin of Ohio's first governor Edward Tiffin. The Leesburg Ohio native died Monday night at age 95.
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Cincinnati
Nannie Boyd
Ohio
Edward Tiffin
Boyd
Leesburg, C
Pensioner Seeks Reversal of Aid Increase in Ohio
In Columbus the Aid for the Aged program faces an unusual demand as Tom McCaw, head of the pension division, reports a Pickaway County recipient asking the state to rescind the recently granted monthly increase. The retiree states he has been living fine on his previous stipend.
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Columbus
Ohio
Aid
Tom McCaw
Pickaway County
Believe Missing Girl Left to Study Nursing
Fremont authorities say 16 year old Iona Gale of Green Springs vanished after leaving Monday for a music lesson. Deputy Sheriff Ted Paul notes she is a distant relative of the late Wisconsin author of the same name and suspects she may have left to pursue nursing studies.
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Fremont
Iona Gale
Green Springs
Ted Paul
Wisconsin
Germans impose military rule on Dutch province
German authorities in Amsterdam announce a military administration for North Holland due to strikes and riots. Strikers are ordered back to work by Thursday with warnings of imprisonment or capital punishment for violations.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
North Holland
Charge of Red Control in 1939 House Stirs State Senate Elections
In Columbus a Senate elections committee hearing examined claims that Communists controlled the 1939 Ohio House. A J Herzog testified he sat with leaders who boasted control, while other witnesses urged bills to bar Communist or foreign government–dominated parties from ballots and deny state funds to campuses allowing Unamerican activities.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Senate Elections Committee
A. J. Herzog
Elyria
Herzog
Harold Mosier
Cleveland
Dies
Congressional Committee
Communist Party
Russia
Arnold Johnson
Ohio Communist Party
Invasion Danger Seen Less Immediate by Marshall
Congress heard Gen. George C. Marshall say invasion danger has receded from a year ago. He warned the United States would have faced a somewhat helpless plight if the Atlantic had fallen into enemy hands.
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Washington
Congress
George C. Marshall
More Destroyers Sought for Navy
The House Appropriations Committee recommended an immediate outlay of 1.533 billion dollars for army and navy defense. The plan includes 400 submarine chasers and 55 destroyers, naval aviation outposts in Guam and Samoa, and possible future ship transfers to Britain discussed by Admiral Harold R. Stark.
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Washington
Army
Navy
House Appropriations Committee
Pacific
Guam
Samoa
Harold R. Stark
Britain
Wendell L. Willkie
Stark
Naval Operations
Drive Started In Smog City
Pittsburgh Health Director I Hope Alexander announced 14 arrests for violating a 24 year old smoke ordinance. Information filed lists owners or operators of 14 commercial buildings labeled chronic offenders. The ordinance, enforceable with fines up to 100 dollars per day, has been enforced only occasionally since 1917.
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Pittsburgh
I. Hope ‘Alexander
Alexander
Gayda Warns America Of Commercial Isolation
Rome editor Virginio Gayda of LA Giornale D'Italia warned the American people that opposition to the Axis Europe program could lead to political and economic isolation harming its need for commercial expansion.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
LA Giornale D'Italia
Europe
United States
Five Hour Struggle Stops Huge Oil Fire
In Bristow Oklahoma firefighters fought flames from four large gasoline storage tanks that exploded in succession. After a five hour battle using steam and chemical agents the inferno was finally controlled near midnight. The blaze involved thousands of gallons of gasoline and prompted a major emergency response.
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Bristow
Okla
British Advance Captures Over 3000 in Somaliland Drive
British forces reported the capture of more than 3,000 prisoners in a rapid drive in Italian Somaliland. The news came from Nairobi, Kenya Colony, as Allied advances pressed in the region.
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Nairobs
Kenya
Somaliland
Legislature in Army London
The government says 166 members of the House of Lords and 116 in the Commons are currently serving in the armed forces.
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London
House of Lords
Commons
Dems Block Change in Auto Tag Funds
In Columbus AP report the proposed shift of 5 million dollars in auto license tag funds from highways to local government operations is stalled by Democratic opposition. The measure, backed by the administration to aid financially pressed cities and counties, awaits a vote as Republican leaders question its passage and some Republicans resist. The outcome could boost demands for larger sales tax allocations to local governments. The Senate already moved a village marshal appointive bill, and the House approved a Georgetown Grant school house memorial and dog-killed turkey damage claims.
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Columbus
Senate Taxation Committee
William M. Boyd
Senate
House
Grant
Georgetown
Italy
House of Commons
London
Bulgaria
R. A. Butler
Winston Churchill
Turkey
Europe
Greece
Britain
Anthony Eden
Ankara
John G. Dill
Ismet Inonu
Egypt
Germany
Albania
RAF
Somaliland
Nye Wheeler Renew Fight Against British Aid Bill
Senator Nye renewed the Opposition war bill attack on the lease lead program as administration leaders push to block amendments. He argued the British aid bill would force Congress to rubber stamp a war declaration while Navy officials gather Asia mainland data. Senator Wheeler cited an England Parliament forecast of US entry as support for the opposition stance.
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Washington
Nye
R-Nd
Congress
Senate
United States Navy
Asia
Far East
Wheeler
Bus Driver Fights Off Hold-Up With Shotgun Ambush
Clyde F. Bamfield, 56, a rural school bus driver, shot and wounded two gunmen during a garage hold-up in Norwich. One robber fled after Bamfield’s shotgun blast. a captured suspect, Joseph Kijowski, 21, of Ford City, Pa., identified himself. The attackers demanded a $15 bag and a $10 bill before fleeing, leaving Bamfield injured but alive.
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Zanesville
Clyde F. Bamfield
Norwich
Bamfield
Oeoneyman
Harry Bealmear
Joseph Kijowski
Ford City
Bealmear
Kijowski
Killer Denied Reprieve Goes to Chair Tonight
In Columbus, 55 year old William John Sevastis learns Gov Bricker refused reprieve for his electrocution at Ohio Penitentiary tonight. Sevastis killed his employer Mike Manos and two others in a Martins Ferry restaurant during a May 5 salary dispute.
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Columbus
William John Sevastis
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Sevastis
Mike Manos
Martins Ferry
Expect No Shortage On Teaching Staffs
Ohio education officials report a stable teaching staff with no anticipated shortages as teachers leave for military or defense jobs. Harold J. Bowers notes exits occur in good times but expects full staffing despite the exodus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harold J. Bowers
State Department of Education
Take Precautionary Measures at Capitol
Authorities announced new World War restrictions to safeguard the Capitol. Kenneth Romney said visitors would be forbidden to carry cameras, traveling bags, or packages inside the building and would have to check such items with capitol police at the entrance.
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Washington
Capitol
Kenneth Romney
House
Treasury Proposes To Weaken Liquors
The Treasury proposed to legalize weaker brands of whiskey brandy rum and gin. A hearing is set for March 18 on reducing minimum proof from 80 to 60 percent. Officials say demand for cheaper product to compete with bootleg liquor, especially in the South, is driving the move.
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Washington
Treasury
South
Huge Defense Orders Hit by Steel Walkout
Washington reports a CIO strike at Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna plant endangers $1.5 billion in defense orders. Workers demand reinstatement of indefinitely suspended staff, a union election, and a 25 percent raise to avert walkout. Also notes Motor Wheel Corp settlement and Worcester Press Steel walkout.
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Washington
CIO
Lackawanna
N. Y
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Motor Wheel Corporation
Lansing
Mich
AFL
United Automobile
Worcester
Mass
Thad Brown Dies Tuesday
Thaddeus H. Brown a Cleveland political figure and former FRC official died after a one day illness at age 54. He served as secretary of state from 1922 for two terms and sought the 1926 Republican governorship. Brown announced Hoover’s 1928 candidacy and later held senior posts with the Federal Power Commission and the Federal Radio Commission.
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Cleveland
Thaddeus
Thad)h. Brown
Federal Communications System
Brown
Myers Y. Cooper
Vic Donahey
Nation
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Federal Power Commission
Federal Radio Cormmission
Crane Operators Strike Shuts Republic Steel Tube Plant
In Youngstown the Republic Steel electric-weld tube plant shut down today after crane operators went on strike. Company officials said about 700 workers were affected, while CIO leaders put the number at about 1500.
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Youngstown
Republic Steel Corporation
CIO
Navy searches for missing fliers after crash near Kearny Mesa
The Navy continued a sea search for two crewmen in dive bombers from a sister ship of the craft that crashed near Kearney Mesa, five miles east of La Jolla. Both occupants of the earlier crash were killed.
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NAVY
San Diego
Calif
Kearney Mesa
la Jolla
Arms Production Survey Shows 15 Billion Contracts Awarded
The survey notes about 15 billion dollars in contracts awarded by British and U S defense agencies, with another 6 billion in authorized orders awaiting contracts. It cites rapid plane and tank production targets for 1942 and suggests auto industry shifts to aircraft components, while shipbuilding accelerates with a new vessel joining the fleet every 12 days.
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Washington
America
United States
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Knudsen
British Claim Advances in East Africa and War Fronts
British forces seize Mogadiscio the Somaliland capital after a 400 mile push from the Kenya frontier. RAF bombers strike Ruhr targets as German and Italian forces clash with Allied troops in Libya and the Aegean.
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East Africa
Mogadiscio
Somaliland
Kenya
Indian Ocean
Brava
Cheren
Asmara
Italian Eritrea
Rome
Berlin
Libya
Affrica
England
Ireland
Dunkerque
Boulogne
Calais
Cap Gris Nez
France
Tokyo
Army to File Charges Against 8 Reservists
Fort Hayes officers say eight reservists in the Fifth Corps Area will face absent without leave charges and then be dropped as deserters after March 15. They were the only reservists of 1,152 called for duty two weeks ago who failed to report.
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Columbus
Fort Hayes
Fifth Corps
Soviet Budget Shifts Tax Toward Farmers and Defense Share
A tentative Soviet budget proposes raising income tax on farmers and allocating one third of expenses to national defense.
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Moscow
Premier Is Successful Cleveland Night Court
The city opened a night court for traffic infractions. One session drew 243 participants, reflecting early success and steady turnout. The program aims to accelerate handling of violations and reduce daytime caseload.
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Cleveland
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