Laurelville Tragedy Ends in Double Suicide by Jealous Lover
Clyde Weaver 26, an Army reject, shot his 16 year old sweetheart Phyllis Johnson and then killed himself after Phyllis refused to continue their five month romance. The killings occurred at the Notestone home in Laurelville as neighbors looked on. Sheriff Floyd Duffy and prosecutors said motive was thwarted love.
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Laurelville
Ocking County
Clyde Weaver
Eatch
Phylis Johnson
South Bloomingile
Himlf
Ruth Notestone
Uth Bloomingville
Floyd Duffy
Harley Meyer
Dputy
Frank
Phyllis
Rs. Notestone
Freida Waters
Evelyn Johnson
Lancaser
Virgie Eveland
Weaver
Ndt
Berry
Clyde
Ruth
Weav
Peanuts For Hens and Messenger Want Ads
A poultry expert suggests peanuts as part of a hen diet and mentions novelty in ideas. The text also highlights Messenger Want Ads finding homes for three 8 week old Scotty puppies and invites readers to use the service with a stated phone number and charge option.
Congress Faces Food Subsidy and Payroll Tax Deadlines
Congress returns with two clear deadlines on February 17 for food subsidies and the Commodity Credit Corporation, and in March for Social Security payroll tax rate changes. The Senate Finance Committee backs extending the tax freeze through 1944 as the revenue bill moves forward, while the session opens amid uncertainty over the President’s State of the Union address and Roosevelt’s health.
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Washington
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
CDC
Ond
Senate Finance Committee
George
Roosevelt
Mackinac declaration cited as only concrete foreign policy signature
In Chicago, E Spangler of the Republican National Committee calls the Mackinac declaration the sole concrete and comprehensive foreign policy statement from any party. He attacks Roosevelt for labeling Democrats as the Win the War party and asserts the country is Republican now. He notes a press conference and an informal soldier sentiment survey suggesting about 56 percent favor the Republicans in 1944.
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Chicago
Mackinac
Harrison
E. Spangler
Republican National Committee
Spangler
Roosevelt
England
Waste Paper Declared No 1 Critical Material
New York reports the U S Victory Waste Paper Campaign headquarters announce waste paper has become the No 1 critical material. The nationwide effort coordinated by newspapers emphasizes collecting paper to support war needs.
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New York
U. S. Victory
Roosevelt to Send Annual Message by Noon and Air Briefly
President Roosevelt will deliver the annual message to Congress at noon tomorrow by telecast or radio, with a shortened version to the country planned for tomorrow night. The administration urges absentee voting for servicemen, requiring early ballot printing and state enabling legislation. The Senate supports leaving voting to the states and will send the issue to the House committee. Mustering-out-pay concerns affect 75,000 monthly discharges, as the Senate approves lump-sum payments of 200 to 500 dollars for those below general rank.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Singlehanded Capture by Pvt Billy Miller in San Vittore Fight
Pvt Billy Miller of Peoria Illinois tricked a German lieutenant and 18 enlisted men into believing they were surrounded and led them 600 yards across No Man's Land to capture. He acted during a hill assault in the San Vittore area and later found himself in a cave with German troops. The lieutenant spoke English and warned they could not be stopped, while Miller plotted a daring escape as fighting raged. The story continues on page 5.
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Billy Miller
Peoria
Ill
Captivi
No Man’s Land
Miller
San Vittore
Billy
Jerries
Green Calls Workers to Back War Loan Drive
Indianapolis Ind January 4 William Green president of the American Federation of Labor said during a broadcast that American workers who have suffered injuries and deaths in wartime will not withhold their dollars in the fourth War Loan Drive. He noted more than 80 000 workers killed and 7 000 000 injured on the production front as the drive runs January 18 to February 15. Ted Gamble national director of the Treasury War Finance Committee joined the kickoff praising labor and reporting nearly 27 000 000 workers contributing 430 000 000 each month for bonds.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Ted Gamble
The
Treasury
War Finance Committee
Gamble
Solons Barred from Service In Armed Forces
President Roosevelt told War and Navy secretaries that members of Congress may not serve in active military components. Attorney General Biddle advised the Constitution bars simultaneous service in Congress and the armed forces. The move ends a long dispute as several lawmakers already wore uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Canadian Oil Dispute Reaches Congress
The War Department and the Senate Truman Committee face off over a $134 million Canada oil development. The committee says continue only with new agreements granting the United States post war rights, involving Imperial Oil Co. Ltd. and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Senate
Truman Committee
Canada
Congress
Imperial Oil Co., Ltd
United States
American Bombing Caused Heavy Damage In Europe
Reconnaissance photos from the January 5 heavy bomber raid show severe damage to Kiel submarine yards, a bolt and screw factory at Neuss, and an aircraft plant at Tours Parcay Meslay, according to Army headquarters disclosures.
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London
Kiel
Neuss
Germany
Tours-Parcay-Meslay
France
Woman's Intuition Proves Right as Furnace Fumes Inhaled
In Memphis Mrs. Emmett Galloway sensed danger and left a movie to check home. She found her two children and a neighbor's son lying on the living room floor from furnace fumes. All were hospitalized but expected to recover.
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Memphis
Tenn
Emmett Galloway
Lyinjyr
Stiffer Japanese Resistance Baffles Allied Advances
Allied dispatches report renewed Japanese resistance in the Southwest Pacific with stubborn defense at New Britain invasion points and slowed Australian progress along the New Guinea coast. Air battles intensify as Allied fliers match Nipponese sorties, while MacArthur notes Marine gains inland from Bargen Bay. Allied and Japanese air actions target Rabaul and surrounding areas, with numerous ships and aircraft involved.
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Pacific
New Britain
New Guinea
Warren J. Clear
Army General Staff
Japan
Los Angeles
MacArthur
Bargen Bay
Cape Gloucester
Dallman’ River
Finschhafen
Cape St. George
New Ireland
Fred Hampson
Associated Press
Rabaul
Tokyo
Seventh Army Air Force
Mili Atoll
Marshalls
Tarawa
Gilberts
China
Joseph W. Stillwell
Urge Tobacco Growers Not To Sell Crops
Lancaster County tobacco growers were urged to withhold their 1943 crop when the OPA freeze lifts, in ads led by B. S. Bard president of the county growers association. They estimate production at 37,000,000 pounds worth about 8 million dollars as a protest against set prices.
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Lancaster
Lancaster County
OPA
8. S. Bard
Co Pilot on Gable’s Plane Reported Missing
Co-Pilot on a Fortress mission led by Col William A. Hatcher of Detroit is missing over enemy territory. Hatcher, commander of a Flying Fortress unit, was the first Eighth Air Force group commander lost in action. He previously served as co-pilot on the fortress Eight Ball with Clark Gable aboard.
Fire Destroys New Lexington Plant
New Lexington The Star Foundry and Machine Co was destroyed by fire believed caused by a spark from a shaft furnace. Loss was estimated at 40000 dollars. Fire officials investigated the blaze and no injuries were reported.
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New Lexington
Star Foundry and Machine Co
Paget Arrives in Cairo to Take Middle East Command
Gen. Sir Bernard Paget arrived in Cairo to assume the Allied command in the Middle East. The official announcement confirmed his new role following his designation as commander in chief.
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London
Bernard Paget
Middle East
Cairo
Fifth Army presses Cassino break with peak captures
Allied forces push deeper into Cassino defenses with American troops seizing the 3,500 foot Mount Malo road peak and Mount Chiaia as British hold a Peccia River bridgehead. Clark’s men advance through the fortifications toward Cassino while heavy rains and counterattacks test frontline resolve.
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Allied
Algiers
Fifth Army
Cassino
Pecoia River
Mount Malo
Fallen San Vittore
Peccia
Mount Maggiore
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Clark
Chiaia
Cassino Road
Mount
Porchia
Cervaro
San Vittore
Mount Chiaia
Cerraro
Safety Measures Urged On Railroads After Rising Accidents
The Interstate Commerce Commission urged carriers to rigorously enforce operating rules and install safety measures before disasters occur. The commission cited a 43.6 percent rise in passengers carried and a 92.9 percent rise in passenger miles in the first half of 1943 compared with 1942.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Invasion Ship Workers Return to Cramp Shipyards
About 17 000 Cramp Shipbuilding employees in Philadelphia prepared to resume work on invasion ships for the Allied nations, ending a strike that halted operations since last Thursday. Workers voted to return after Navy liaison J M L Jolsin promised to press management to settle grievances, with the painters discharge dispute atop the list. The Navy was instructed by Secretary Knox to aid civilian authorities in ensuring ready access to the plant for returning workers.
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Philadelphia
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
J. M. L. Jolsin
Navy
Cramps
Fourth Naval District
Secretary of Navy
Knox
Child Found On Roof Dies In Bronx Incident
A two and a half year old boy, Joseph Moran, was found dying on a Bronx rooftop after a 12 hour search in bitter cold. He died an hour later at Lincoln Hospital. Relatives said the child, curious about a red pinwheel, climbed onto a roof when locked out by a resident.
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New York
Joseph Moran
Bronx
Lincoln Hospital
Edward Ruane
Joseph
Misunderstandings About Federal Income Tax Returns
The article debunks common myths that employer withholdings or past credits excuse a filing. It notes many taxpayers err in believing no return is needed or that a government payment relieves future obligations. It clarifies obligations for 1943 income taxes and withholding.
Red Army advances push toward Bug River and Dnieper
Soviet forces under Generals Vatutin and Konev broke toward the Bug River and Vinnitsa, nearing key rail links to the Dnieper Bend. They captured towns, killed hundreds of German troops, and pressed to connect with allied armies while Germans reported counterattacks and retreat as air power waned.
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Nikolai Vatutin
Bug
Vinnitsa
Dnieper
Vatutin
Smela Gap
Dnieper River
Ivan S. Konev
Alexandrovka
Kirovograd
Sarny
Old Poland
Zhernishche
Bug River
Odessa-Warsaw
Big River
Transnistria
Rumania
Schastlivaya
Ukraine
Ochakov
Black Sea
Odessa
Stockholm
Berlin
Koney
Polonnoe
Kaments Podolsk
Zhitomir
Buki
Kiev
Kagarlyk
Kzhishchev
Konev
Britain
Aachen
U.S
Rhineland
Ludwigshafen
Ion Antonescu
Bessarabia
Mihai
Exiled Lithuanian Leader Antanas Smetona Dies in Fire
Antanas Smetona, Lithuania's exiled president, died at 69 in a residence fire in Cleveland. He had fled German pressure and Russian occupation and had lived with his wife Sofie since 1942, seeking to recover a fur coat in an attic apartment when the fire occurred.
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Cleveland
I Antanas Smetona
Lithuania
Sofie
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U. S .Army
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Ariz
Santa Fe
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Anzacs
Gable
Eighth Army
Air Command
Adriatic
Pola
Italy
Istrian
Ancona
Aquila
G. I. Kid
Avaline
Tony Mao
U. S
G. I
Lieut
Anderson Smith
Barnesville
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