Germans Claim 136 American Planes Downed in Air Battle
The report cites Swedish press claims that Allied bombers struck near Berlin then hit Magdeburg and Halberstadt, with German sources asserting 136 Second World War aircraft lost by the Eighth Air Force. British and American figures differ, while evacuations and new battles unfold across Europe in this wartime roundup.
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Ermans
Berlin
Magdeburg
Halbertadt
Halberstadt
Stockholm
Stonbladet
London
Germany
Amercans
Eighth Air Force
U. S
Robert F. Travis
Cervaro
Italy
Cassino
Rome
Cairo
Sofia
DNB
Sarny
Old Poland
Moscow
Republicans Attack Roosevelt Bill of Rights Preview
GOP leaders label Roosevelt’s new Bill of Rights as a Democratic platform preview and plan a detailed counter move. RNC members begin study of domestic and foreign issues before June 26 convention to nominate a presidential foe of Roosevelt.
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Dem
Chicago
Roosevelt
Congress
Republican National Committee
Jap Plane Losses Rise to 78 at Rabaul and New Guinea
Allied air and ground forces report fresh successes in the New Guinea operations as Japanese losses near Rabaul reach 78 since January 1. American and New Zealand pilots downed 21 enemy planes and five probables while protecting 30 bombers that hit Rabaul Tobera Airdrome. Meanwhile Cape Gloucester fronts advance and Vitiaz Strait troops push toward Saidor, with a Catalina sinking flare on a Japanese destroyer near Kavieng. Radio Tokyo cites raids near Takao on Formosa.
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Rabaul
New Britain
New Guinea
Tobera
South Pacific
Cape Gloucester
Vitiaz Strait
Buri
Huon Peninsula
U. S. Sixth Army
Saidor
Madang
Catalina
Kavieng
New Ireland
Radio Tokyo
Takao
Formosa
China
Dates of County Fairs Set in Ohio for 1944
The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced dates for 88 county and independent fairs for 1944, up from 67 in 1943, at the Ohio Fair Managers Association meeting. Fairs returning include Cuyahoga Berea Guernsey Old Washington Hancock Findlay Hocking Logan Holmes Millersburg Jackson Wellston Lawrence Ironton Licking Newark Morgan McConnelsville Scioto Lucasville and a Richland County Junior Fair at Mansfield. New independents include Bellville and Loudonville.
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Columbus
State Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Ohio Fair Managers Associations
Cuyahoga
Berea
Guernsey
Old Washington
Hancock
Findlay
Hocking
Logan Holmes
Millersburg
Jackson
Wellston
Lawrence
Ironton
Licking
Newark
Morgan
McConnelsville
Scioto
Lucasville
Richland County
Mansfield
Bellville
Loudonville
Million More Babies Born in Last Two Years
The Census Bureau reports about 1,000,000 more births in the past two years than in peacetime, with a peak roughly one year after Pearl Harbor. The surge reflects a wartime baby boom across the United States.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Pearl Harbor
Bedell Smith Named Chief of Staff in Invasion Command
Maj General Walter Bedell Smith, shown above, is appointed chief of staff for Eisenhower's invasion force. He previously served as chief of staff in the Mediterranean area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Bedell Smith
Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Mercer County Killer Ready for Execution
Mercer County's Louis Vernon Hand, condemned to die in Ohio Penitentiary's electric chair, faces execution Friday. Hand, age seventeen, claimed he could endure whatever was dealt, and was the first person from Mercer County sentenced to death, after fatally bludgeoning Richard Stober, age 6, with a hammer on his father's farm following taunts about a failed grease job.
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Columbus
Louis Vernon Hand
Ohio
Frank Henderson
Mercer County
Hand
Midtown
Richard Stober
U. S Owned Newsprint Stockpile Opposed
The Publishers Association of New York City opposes a government owned stockpile of newsprint arguing it is impracticable and would substitute government officials for publishers in judging newsprint needs.
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U. S
New York
The
Publishers Association of
New York City
War Production Board
Curtailed Passenger Tire Output Continues
Cleveland reports that production of passenger car tires will stay cut back this year, according to Warren W. Leigh, assistant rubber director.
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Cleveland
Warren W. Leigh
Holt Seeks West Virginia Governor Nomination
Holt, former West Virginia senator and longtime New Deal critic, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor to succeed Matthew M. Neely. He left the Senate in 1941 after losing the 1940 primary to Harley Kilgore and previously ran for the Senate in 1934 with UMW backing, defeating Henry Hatfield in the general election and taking his seat on his 30th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
W. Va
Rush Dew Holt
West Virginia
Matthew M. Neely
Holt
Senate
Harley M. Kilgore
Neely
United Mine Workers
Henry D. Hatfield
Execute Ciano and Four Others at Swiss Italian Frontier
At the Swiss Italian frontier the execution of Count Ciano and four other former Fascist Grand Council members was reported as part of a purge against opponents of Italy's alliance with Germany. The deaths follow Mussolini's son in law Emilio de Bono and other high fascists, with further regional trials expected in Nazi occupied Northern Italy amid a wave of assassinations and strikes.
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Count Ciano
Grand Council
Italy
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Emilio de Bono
Wife Reports Mate’s Gas Ration Violation
A Cleveland wife sent a letter to the Office of Price Administration complaining her husband uses his gas ration for out of town dances and for selling insurance. She asks the board to revoke his gas stamps and cites personal grievances.
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Cleveland
Regional Office of Price Administration
Ohio
Congress rejects Roosevelt tax rise plan amid battle over tax hikes
Washington Capitol turmoil persists as Congress, urging by Treasury, rejects the President’s demand for sharp tax increases. Senate starts work on a 2.2756 billion dollar tax bill while freezing social security payroll tax for 1944. Chairman George cautions tax levels and urges keeping employers capable of hiring returning soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevel
Congress
Treasury
Senate
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
Ways and Means Committee
Delay in demobilization tied to job availability
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey urged keeping soldiers in uniform until jobs await them. He warned against sending home thousands to areas with limited employment and said blanket deferment for farmers may need elimination.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Hershey
Veteran fliers laud long range fighters over Germany
London reports America's new extra long range fighters in yesterday raids over Germany credited with more than a dozen missions over Europe. Veteran pilots including aces from the Pacific call the warplane the hottest they have flown against the enemy anywhere.
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London
America
Germany
Europe
Pacific
Senator Seeks End to Meat Rationing to Use Excess Stock
Washington Senator Thomas of Idaho introduced a resolution urging the end of meat rationing for a period to let households use up large supplies that are being wasted due to insufficient storage space.
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Washington
Thomas
Idaho
What It Means Washington Draft Bill Sparks Broad Labor Control
President proposes a law to bring most Americans under government control through a draft. The measure would require registration for women aged 18 to 50 and men 18 to 65, with several exemptions for military personnel, caregivers, and specific dependents. The plan could freeze workers or relocate them, allow plant owners to accept or appeal, but would not alter wages or hours.
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Washington
Austin
R-Vt
al Wadsworth
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Capitol Hill
McNutt
Austin-Wadsworth
Senate
Selective Service
Wadsworth
Thorugh
Selective Service Boards
American Legion
Dewey Draft Talk Grows After Conference
Albany reports mounting belief that Governor Thomas E. Dewey may consent to a presidential draft as reporters press him in New York. The Republican gathering sparked talk of Dewey while party figures from Brick er Willkie Stassen and Dirksen push their own candidacies amid debate on federal legislation and a national service law.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Carroll Reece
Tennessee National Committee
Congress
Reece
Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Wendell L. Willkie
Minnesota
Harold FE. Stassen
Rep
Dirksen
Excise Taxes Rise in Ohio Public Utilities Revenue
Ohio's wartime commerce impact shown in a 1.1 million dollar jump in public utilities excise taxes. Tax Commissioner William S. Evatt notes 1943 revenues at 12,799,639 versus 11,678,961 in 1942 and 10,378,852 in 1940, attributing much to the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
William S. Evatt
Sharp Advance In Feed Grain Prices Report
Ohio farmers saw higher prices for feed grains in the month ended December 15 according to the Federal State Crop Reporting Service. Corn rose six cents to new ceiling levels while oats rye and barley gained three to 10 cents per bushel. Hogs were the only meat animal prices to edge up. wheat potatoes butterfat held steady and horse and egg prices fell. Gov Bricker began a speaking tour of the Southwest with a Kansas City luncheon set for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Federal
Death sentences for 19 Italian fascist leaders at Verona trial
Nineteen Grand Fascist Council members are executed or sentenced after a Verona court found treason. Among the condemned are Count Galeazzo Ciano ex foreign minister and Mussolini son in law, Tullio Ciannetti ex communications minister, and Marshal Emilio de Bono. Twelve others receive long sentences or flee abroad.
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Mussolini
Hitler
Il Duce
Grand Fascist Council
Verona
Italy
Galeazzo Ciano
Tullio Ciannetti
Emilio de Bono
Chicago Hogs Back Up At Stockyards Stalling Traffic
A severe jam at the Union Stockyards prompted Charles Rice, president of the Chicago Livestock Exchange, to request hog producers halt shipments to Chicago for the rest of the week. Trucks blocked South Side streets as heavy arrivals continued after one of the worst jams in stockyards history.
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Chicago
Union Stockyards
Charles Rice
The
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Military committee backs up to 300 in mustering out pay
The House military committee finalized legislation to provide honorably discharged service members a maximum mustering out payment of 300. The measure aims to ease transition for veterans and give a lump sum upon discharge.
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Washington
House Military Committee
National service plan looms in bitter congress fight
President Roosevelt seeks a national service law drafting all men 18 to 65 and women 18 to 50 into government service with limits. Senate and House factions split, with critics calling it fascist and enslaving. supporters say it boosts morale and stabilizes critical industries. March hearings and possible revisions proceed amid wide opposition and administration support.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Wheeler
D.-Mont
CIO
Philip Murray
May
D.-Ky
House Military Committee
Reynolds
D.N.C
Patterson
D.ky
Rep
Wadsworth
Austin
R.-Vt
Id.-N.c
Senate Military Committee
Hitler
Stalin
McNutt
Bill
Dewey and Willkie Lead GOP Committee Poll
In a secret GOP national committee poll Dewey and Willkie led the field for the presidential nomination. Ohio Governor John Bricker placed third in the survey conducted in Chicago.
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Dewey
Willkie
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell Willkie
John Bricker
Ohio
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