Ohio coal crisis prompts federal state actions
The weatherman and the Sol id Fuels Administration joined to ease Ohio coal shortages described as critical. Embargoes limit shipments west of Pittsburgh and north of Central Ohio, with Northern Ohio and Lake Erie area affected. Gov Lausche urged max furnace fuel economy as Ohio towns cope with coal deliveries and library closures.
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Associated Press
Weatherman
Solid Fuels Administration
Ohio
Chicago
Rockies
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Pittsburgh
Indiana
Illinois
SFA
Washington
Toledo
Detroit
Lake Erie
Vaughn Thorne
Ohio Coal Federation
U S Planes Strike Jap Sea Forces Off Indo China
U S carrier planes attack a Japanese sea force off the Indo China coast in a bold operation to protect supply lines to the Philippines. Admiral Nimitz offered few details on targets while noting the air sea battle continues. U S Sixth Army units push toward Manila and Baguio, overrunning dozens of towns and widening a road and rail reach toward northern Luzon.
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U.S
Indo -China
Indo-China
Philippines
Luzon
Nimitz
Formosa
China Sea
U. S. Sixth Army
Manila
Baguio
Dardanelles Open to Allied Ships
British authorities reported that Turkey granted permission for Allied ships to pass the Dardanelles to supply Russia. The move follows diplomatic break with Japan aimed at denying bases for Japanese agents tracking Allied movements through the straits. Opposition formed on both flanks as central forces studied the Japanese defense line.
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London
Turkey
Russia
Dardanelles
Japan
Mediterranean
Black Sea
German Rearguards Fall Back to Ourthe River Front
The article reports German rearguards retreating toward the Ourthe River amid fog and cold near Strasbourg while Allied forces push from the west. It notes German operations in Alsace, French setbacks, and Allied advances in the Ardennes with British and American units linking near St Hubert and Champignon.
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Strasbourg
Paris
Quinte River
Antwerp
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Home Army
Oberheim
Herrlisheim
Rhine
Ardennes
Ourthe
Fallen Laroche
King Peter Faces Yugoslav Cabinet Over Regent Plan
Premier Ivan Subasic of the Yugoslav Government in Exile convened his cabinet in London to address King Peter's opposition to a regency arrangement drafted with Marshal Tito. Foreign Minister Gavrilovitch called Peter's move unconstitutional but said the cabinet would seek a middle course to keep negotiations open with Tito.
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London
Ivan Subasic
Peter
Subasic
Marshal Tito
Ivan Gavrilovitch
Lubashc
Tito
Truce Aims Greek ELAS Talks In Civil War Clash
A truce was announced to permit talks between left wing ELAS representatives and the Greek government. The agreement was signed last night by Lt Gen. Reginald Scobie, British commander in Greece, and four ELAS delegates.
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Athens
ELAS
Rggail M. Scobie
British Commandar
Greece
Ohioan Held: Bank Robbery and Gang Slaying
John Ant O'Boyle, 51, arrested in Chicago on federal bank robbery charges for stealing $107,000 from Bank of America in Los Angeles. He faces prosecution on a gangland murder charge in Youngstown from 1937. FBI agents arrested him Tuesday on the bank robbery statute violation.
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Youngstown
John Ant O'Boyle
Chicago
Bank of America
Los Angeles
O'Boyle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Strikes Shape War Service Law Debates in Congress
Congressional debate shifts toward criminal penalties for men refusing to work or fight. Chairman May reports public hearings reopen next week as opposition grows to Army-Navy work units and support for penalties under the draft law.
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Washington
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
President's Son Takes Part in Luzon Landing Drive
Lt. Cmdr. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., son of the President, and Lt. Cmdr. Charles Francis Adams, son of the secretary of the Navy, commanded a swift destroyer escort during the Luzon landing operation. The force was reportedly sup closed today.
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Pearl Harbor
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Charles Francis Adams
Borier
Teach
Stroyer
Luzon
White Plains Girl Engaged to Prisoner in War Camp
Nineteen year old Eva Caprari shows a diamond ring and says she is engaged to marry an Italian prisoner of war interned at Chambersburg Pennsylvania. Army authorities indicate the marriage might violate the General Convention and edicts of the pro nominating by FDR. Washington report notes her brother in the Army and another killed in service.
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White Plains
Eva Caprari
Chambersburg
Washington
Army
Senate
Air Force
Ohio
Josephine A. Ginfather
Jacksonville
Civilian Goods Output Cut Again Under New Edict
The War Production Board ordered tighter controls on civilian goods production. The move will trim metals allocation for the spot reconversion program as military needs grow, suspending the plan in many labor-short centers and likely canceling many already approved consumer items.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Nazis Trapped on Danube East Bank in Budapest Siege
AP reports the Budapest siege narrows to a two by one mile Nazi pocket on Pest east bank as German attacks fail. Tolbukhin strengthens positions, 16 000 Germans killed and 650 tanks lost in ten days. 4 000 prisoners in last 24 hours. Germans near exhaustion, civilians urged to evacuate to mountains near Kosice.
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Moscow
Budapest
Pest
Danube
Tolbukhin
Suiada
Red Star Front
Eveen
Slovakia
Kassa
Kosice
War speed-up plans boost aircraft output sixfold in six months
J A Krug announces a dramatic war production acceleration. Fifty percent of all programs will rise at a tremendous rate. About $2.5 billion of new arms output is added to the 1945 schedule to equip French divisions and strengthen the fight against Germany. Jobs abound in war industry as layoffs fear eases.
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Washington
J. A. Krug
Germaany
Relief in Ohio Hits Lowest Welfare Outlay Since 1933
Ohio's relief bill for 1944 dropped to a 12 year low with an estimated total of 5,509,386. Officials led by Frazier Reams said the irreducible minimum had been reached and expenditures fell 1,142,076 from 1943 and were 80 percent below 1939 levels when relief began under state supervision.
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Columbus
Ohio
Welfare Department
Frazier Reams
Soldier Sanity in Nobleman's Death Court Martial
Prosecution and defense argued over Pvt. George E. Smith Jr.'s sanity as his court martial for the murder of Sir Eric Teichman neared its end. Smith disrobed, showing tattooed skin from neck to knees, and his counsel characterized him as a homicidal degenerate with a mental age of nine. he declined to testify.
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Atylebridge
Eng
George E. Smith, Jr
Pittsburgh
Eric Teichman
Milwaukee man escapes Germans under fire at Hotton
Frederick E Patterson of Milwaukee Wisconsin was sheltered from German fire near Hotton France by American artillery and escaped after being forced to stand exposed four times. He waded to American lines through waist deep freezing water and avoided capture by a Nazi patrol.
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Frederick’ E. Patterson
Milwaukee
Wis
Hotton
France
Solon Witness In Michigan Probe Slain
In Lansing Michigan Special Prosecutor Kim Sigler pursued leads in the murder of Warren G Hooper a Republican state senator and key witness in the Carr grand jury corruption inquiry Hooper age 40 was found shot and burned near Springport as investigators coordinate the case with warrants targeting more than 50 prominent individuals and multiple convictions and appeals noted in the probe.
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Lansing
Mich
Potice
Warren G. Hooper
Carr Grand Jury
Michigan
Springport
Kim Sigler
Grand Jury
Hooper
Sigler
Tegas
Ovine Ate
Conturia at Athens Higi's Baby and a Tokyo Diplomatic Move
Fragmentary clipping reports Conturia at Athens Higi's Baby and a Jap diplomat sent to Russia. It notes a basketball event at Athens High School with a speech on team qualities and musical performances by Dorothy Peoples Krisler and Daniel Saltzberg. The text also mentions figures in art and diplomacy and a connection to the Berlin and Japanese legations.
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Roger‘Cotinor
Tip Mckee Ca
Studet
Athens High School
Sieming
Corelli
Daniel Saltzberg
Ohio
Prince
Mary Connett
London
Berlin
Washington
Columbus
J — Howard
O. L. Wood
Toya
Chandler Christy
Studer Valommi
Foreign Office
Sieteman
Richard E. Byrd
Moscow
Greenville
Wagstel
Ivelt
Allied push toward Pozorrubio and major Luzon movements
American east flank pressed toward Pozorrubio a key junction while the U S right flank moved on Port Sual and a coastal road to Bataan. Other spearheads targeted Aguilar and San Carlos as Manila and Clark Field lay within reach. Reinforcements kept landing despite Japanese claims of heavy damage.
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Pozorrubio
Epaguio
Manila
U. S
Port Sual
Bataan Peninsula
Aguilar
San Carlas
Ahesd
Clark Field
7Th Amphibious Force
Planes Strafe Luzon Airfields as Allied Drive Advances
Allied air forces swept Lingayen to Manila striking airfields and bridges, with heavy antiaircraft fire near Clark Field. Lingayen Base production praised by MacArthur for Sverdrup, while Seventh Fleet ships report camouflaged enemy barges in Lingayen Gulf. British 14th Army gains Budalin as Burma fighting intensifies near Mandalay.
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Lingayen
Manila
Lugon Plains
Luzon
Clark Field
Manilas
Jbert J. Sverdrup
St. Louis
MacArthur
Sverdrup
Spencer Davis
Associated Press
Navy
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Lingayen Gulf
Est
Idawn
14Th Army
Budalin
Burma
Mandalay
Shweho
Lovins
Irrawaddy
Ohio unemployment payments fall to 1944 low
Ohio unemployment compensation payments totaled 1 087 608 in 1944, a 29 percent drop from 1943 and 95 percent below 1940, as 1 516 recipients averaged per year. The Ohio BUC ended the year with a 422 627 000 reserve balance available for benefits. Miss Anna Haussermann dies at New Richmond at age 76, sister of John W. Haussermann. A grand jury investigates possible slot machine manufacturing ties among several firms, under federal judicial orders.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles H. Jones
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Jones
Ohio Buc
New
Richmond
Anna Haussermann
John W. Haussermann
The
Philippines
Mell G. Underwood
Income tax deadline nears as millions face forms due
Washington reports a looming January 15 deadline affecting about 15 million taxpayers with wages subject to withholding and many still unaware of their duties. The Bureau notes 25 million file in mid‑January while 35 million prepare final 1944 returns, with some awaiting March 15 deadlines.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Jare
Ware
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