Jap Destroyer Force dispersed near Guadalcanal waters
American forces on Guadalcanal gained strategic high ground and repulsed six Japanese counterattacks killing about 150 enemy troops. U S torpedo boats and planes then sank drum loads of supplies found by the ships’ remnants as the enemy destroyers were driven away from the northwest Guadalcanal area.
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Guadalcanal
Knox
Washington
Guadalcanal Island
Solomons
Shortland Island
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Papuan
Sanananda Point
Evaporated Milk Boom Ends as Surplus Goes to Consumers
Former newspaper man Roy F. Hendrickson led the Agricultural Marketing Administration in a year long push that amassed 43 million cases of evaporated milk. As price controls eased in October he released 2 million cases, turning a wartime surplus into relief for milk hungry families and prompting debates over distribution and baby needs.
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Washington
NEA
Agricultural Marketing Administration
Department of Agriculture
Roy F. Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Post Flood Disease Threat Eases in Ohio Cold Snap
Ohio health officials note the current cold snap reduces post flood disease risk. State Health Director R H Markwith says sub freezing temperatures are a blessing and that contagious illness is unlikely to spread as germs thrive less in the cold.
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Columbus
Ohio River
R. H. Markwith
Dr. Markwith
Ohio rabbit hunting season ends today at 6 30 pm
In Columbus the Ohio rabbit hunting season closes at 6:30 p m today. Don Waters state conservation commissioner reports a large rabbit population surviving despite heavy shooting. A pheasant broodstock was the heaviest ever when the season ended December 5.
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Columbus
Don Waters
State Conservation Commistipe
Gasoline Explosion Kills Seven in Massena Restaurant
A can of gasoline exploded in a Massena New York restaurant causing a deadly fire that burned at least seven people. Fire crews battled the blaze as investigators searched for the cause.
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Massena
N. Y
Partial Budget Is Ready for Ohio Assembly
Ohio Governor Bricker presents a six month partial budget totaling 79 286 992 dollars with 68 259 060 dollars drawn from general revenue. The plan raises general revenue due to old age pension increases and includes a bill to pay off 6 274 000 dollars in school debt by February 15. House Speaker McCullouch notes the last day for free introduction of bills may be February 8.
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Columbus
Bricker
General Revenue Fund
H. D. Defenbacher
W. M. McCullouch
Piqua
Beef Shortage Will Continue
Chicago report says no general relief from civilian beef under supply due to Army needs taking priority. American Meat Institute spokesman cites large Army purchases and price ceilings on meat without livestock ceilings as a contributing cause.
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Chicago
American Meat Institute
Ohio River Recedes Prompting Aid Efforts Downstream
Nearly 1,000 families in the Ohio River region awaited a fall in floodwaters as forecasters predicted below flood stage by Friday. In Portsmouth the crest was receding, with $5,000 spent on strengthening the 62-foot flood wall. Army engineers from Camp Atterbury prepared to depart.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana-Kentucky
John C. Hagan
Portsmouth
James F. Parkinson
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Closing of Toledo City Schools Is Threatened
Toledo public schools face closure Monday if the walkout by 164 building employees proceeds. The Board of Education rejected local 13, Building Service Employes AFL wage concessions beyond the teachers’ full pay schedules granted December 14.
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Toledo
Toledo Board of Education
Building Service
AFL
Toledo landlords ordered to repay rent overcharges
More than 350 landlords in Lucas and Wood Counties Ohio and Lenawee and Monroe Counties Michigan must refund tenants for overcharges since March 1 the rent freezing date. Many overcharges have already been returned, announced Toledo rent director James A Bolan.
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Toledo
Office of Rent Control
James A. Bolan
Lucas
Wood
Ohio
Lenawee
Monroe
Michigan
Nazis Resort to Suicide Tactics Over St Nazaire Raid
London based Daily Express reports German fighters adopted a suicide tactic against U S bombers targeting the U boat base at St Nazaire. The initiative led to heavy losses for the Germans as they attacked in pairs head on, with 38 fighters reported down.
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London
London Daily Express
U. S
St. Nazaire
France
Opposition to Roosevelt plan to alter Social Security
A group of influential legislators urged President Roosevelt to omit Social Security revision from the new Congress program. High ranking Democrats announced the plea as Congress convenes, while some urged delaying domestic measures to focus on essential wartime legislation. One member warned the issue could trigger an unnecessary fight with potentially unfortunate results.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Ohio Farmers Problems To Be Discussed In Columbus
Ohio's farm mobilization committee meets in Columbus to develop ways to boost food production amid wartime challenges. The group will work with agricultural leaders and form county chapters to address production difficulties and labor shortages, with H C Ramsower of Ohio State University projections noting modest gains if weather cooperates.
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Columbus
Ohio
H.C. Ramsower
Ohio State ‘University Agricultural Extension
Ramsower
Kentucky Hill
Buckeye
Will Resume Oil Hearings
Washington authorities announce renewed public hearings on gas and fuel oil rationing. Senator Maloney states hearings resume next Monday after rationing officials say no near-term ration increases are expected. Senator Burton adds a unified control is needed despite some regulatory progress.
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Washington
Maloney
Conn
Senate
Burton
Ohio
Two Clyde Farmers Dead In Train Car Crash Near Fremont
A Nickel Plate freight train struck an automobile at a crossing ten miles southeast of Fremont, killing David J. Compton, 30, and Lester J. Fowler, 28, both Clyde farmers.
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Fremont
Here
David J. Compton
Lester J. Fowler
Clyde
Submarine Rescues 29 From Japanese Island in Solomons
A South Pacific operation, led by Admiral Halsey, rescued 29 people from a Japanese held Solomons island under cover of darkness. Among those saved were 17 white women at risk of ill treatment and death and three children. The evacuees were taken to Australia via an American patrol vessel after the mission, conducted by a fleet submarine, succeeded at night.
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South Pacific Fleet
Solomon Group
William F. Halsey
South Pacific Force
Solomons
Peace bid by Axis forecast at UN meeting
British ambassador Lord Halifax forecast that the Axis will seek peace talks to avert total defeat. He warned the United Nations will not accept any settlement that lets Germany avoid a decisive, irrevocable defeat, and said proposals would be rejected.
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Washington
Lord Halifax
United Nations
Halifax
United Nations Information Board
Germany
Grave Diggers Resume Work After Dispute in Cleveland
Striking grave diggers return to work in Cleveland with an agreement to resume regular hours on January 15. The CIO union dispute delayed burial of 14 bodies at Lake View Cemetery.
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Cleveland
Workers’ Cio
Lake View Cemetery
Tank engine assembly resumes at Detroit Chrysler plant
Tank engine production restarted at Chrysler Corporation on Jefferson Avenue as 43 testers returned to work ending an unauthorized strike over a wage dispute.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Jefferson Avenue
Why Don’t They Move From Flood Districts
Marietta residents explain they stay by the river to endure floods. They warn moving uphill would not solve the problem as new residents would return to riverside sites when warned and prompted by flood history.
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Old Man River
Marietta
Alleghenies
Wounded U S Soldiers Return From North Africa
One hundred eighteen wounded United States soldiers were brought to London for treatment from North Africa. Twenty four will be sent on to the United States. First Lieut. Edgar Martin of Philadelphia said, I want to get back there. We have got a job to do and we want to get it over with.
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London
United States
North Africa
Edgar Martin
Philadelphia
Allies Give Notice of Day of Axis Reckoning
Seven teen Allied belligerent governments and the French National Committee warned the Axis and its beneficiaries today that property rights in occupied countries will be restored to rightful owners when the Axis is expelled.
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Washington
French National Committee
Plan To Return Ohio to Pre War Time
The War Production Board urged Ohio to add an extra hour of daylight saving next summer instead of reverting to Central Time. WPB warned a return to prewar time could set a bad example and hinder the war effort while noting significant energy savings from daylight saving. Legislators heard petitions from farmers and workers but Bricker indicated no recommendation against WPB policy. Senate and House leaders were chosen as war-time business continued.
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Ohio
WPB
Columbus
War Production Board
WPB Board
John W. Bricker
95Th General Assembly
Bricker
Senate
Frank E. Whittemore
Akron
William M. Boyd
Cleveland
William M. McCulloch
Piqua
William H. Deddens
Cincinnati
John J. Carney
Ohio Group To Fight Drys In Ohio Campaign
Cleveland report says J A Fetterman for the Cuyahoga Liquor Dealers Association announced the formation of a beverage control council to oppose a return of prohibition. The group includes cigarette makers bottlers phonograph merchants and veterans organizations and seeks backing from hotels taverns and restaurants against the Anti Saloon League and the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
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Cleveland
Ohio
J. A. Fetterman
Cuyahoga Liquor Dealers Association
Anti-Saloon League
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Food Stamp Plan Abandoned in Ohio By March
Columbus AP The U S Department of Agriculture will liquidate the food stamp plan by March 1 affecting 28 Ohio counties and one city. State Welfare Director Charles Sherwood said direct commodity distribution in 60 counties remains unchanged and school lunch programs serving about 160 000 children are unaffected.
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Columbus
U. S. Department of ‘Agriculture
Ohio
State Welfare
Charles L. Sherwood
Sherwood
Oxford Group Members Seek Occupational Deferment
New York draft board records show 28 members of Moral Rearmament founded by Dr. Frank Buchman seeking occupational deferment claiming their work is moral rebuilding and essential to the war program.
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New York
Frank Buchman
Oxford Group
War Worker Missing in Columbus
Police seek Ben C. Zuhars war production board manager for Columbus area missing since December 28. Zuhars home is in Wheelersburg and officers request any information from the public.
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Columbus
Ben C. Zuhars
War Production Board
Zuhars
Wheelersburg
Ruhr Valley Industrial Plants Battered by RAF
RAF bombers battered German industrial targets in the Ruhr Valley for the second night running. Two British planes were reported lost. The 1943 air offensive began Sunday with British bombers over the Continent and American heavy bombers striking at St Nazaire, France, where seven big bombers were lost.
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London
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Germany
Continent
St. Nazaire
France
Parents Are Sentenced For Abandoning Baby
Robert Lee Tyson of Youngstown Ohio was sentenced to eight months in Allegheny County Workhouse for abandoning his 2 year old son George in a Pittsburgh hotel on December 1. Doris Helen Tyson aged 18 was ordered to the Women's Industrial Home at Muncy for an indefinite period on a similar charge. Many have asked to adopt the boy.
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Pittsburgh
Robert Lee Tyson
Youngstown
Allegheny County
George
Doris Helen Tyson
Muncy
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