Property Seizure Bill Faces Senate Floor Fight
In Washington the Senate braces for clash as a government power bill to requisition private property for defense faces strong opposition. Senator Reynolds predicts quick committee action, while Senator McNary signals Republican resistance amid debates on extending National Guard and trainee service and possible incentives for longer service.
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Senate
Washington
Reynolds
D-Nc
Senate Military Committee
Ee Reynolds
War Department
McNary
Oregon
Congress
Military Committee
George C. Marshall
Army
Western Hemisphere
Marshall
Congressional
Eight Ohioans Drowned Over Weekend Report
The Associated Press notes at least eight Ohioans died by drowning over the weekend. Victims include Cooper Boyd 46 and Marguerite 45 who perished when a homemade boat overturned in Lake Erie. Others were Raymond Leissiger 21 in the Great Miami River Cincinnati Ohio. Lawrence Grunely 48 Grove City in a Curtiss Wright pit. Fred Myers 28 Lake Vesuvius. Martha Dudas 16 near Willoughby. and brothers Clifford Godneaver 13 Cecil 15 at Pymatuning Lake Simons. Two couples were rescued from the Erie incident.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Cooper Boyd
Marguerite
Lake Erie
William Harsh
Hamilton County
Raymond Leissiger
Cincinnati
Miami River
Columbus
Lawrence Grunely
Grove City
Curtiss- Wright Corp
Ironton
Fred Myers
Lake Vesuvius
Martha Dudas
Willoughby
Clifford Godneaver, Jr
Cecile
Simonds, O
Nazi Consulars Tarry in U. S.
In San Francisco Japanese liner Yawata Maru sailed westward with no Fritz Wiedemann and Dr. Hans Borchers exiled German consuls general aboard. They missed the boat on purpose and spent about 12 hours trying to catch it. Wiedemann asked the captain to turn back but the master refused. The British embassy in Washington later said the Nazis would not be molested en route.
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San. Francisco
Fritz Wiedermann
Hans Borchers
Pacific
Washington
Wiedemann
Wool Labels Required for All Wool Products
Beginning today all wool products must bear labels showing the percentage of wool each contains and whether it is reprocessed or reused wool. The act defines wool as a hair fiber not reclaimed from any wool product. Reprocessed wool means woven or felted without prior use and reused wool is reprocessed wool after prior use.
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Washington
Ohio week end traffic death toll jumps to 15
Five WPA workers from Toledo were killed when their car was struck by a New York Central train at a Lacarne station Erie County crossing. The Erie Township WPA project crew died returning home from the job.
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Ohio
Columbus
WPA
Erie County
Lacarne Station
Port Clinton
Charles E. Daniels
David A. Ferguson
Cornelius Caldwell
Edward Cunings
Thomas R. Ellis
Toledo
Erie Township
New York Central
Bremen Man Kills Himself After Family Visit
Abraham McVay a 62 year old oil well driller from Bremen killed himself at his daughter’s Haydenville home after asking to see his infant grandson Milburn Wolfe. He died two hours later in Cherrington Hospital Logan. He planned to work as a driller at New Pittsburg Hollow but traveled to his daughter’s home. His death marks Haydenville’s third suicide since February. Surviving daughter Miss Bernadine McVay lives in Northern Ohio. The body was taken to Lancaster for funeral arrangements.
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Logan
Abraham McVay
Bremen
Fred Wolfe
Haydenville
Milburn Wolfe
McVay
Cherrington
Floyd Duffy
Pittsburg Hollow
Bernadine McVay
Ohio
Lancaster
Giles L. Whitlock Dies At Syracuse Residence
Giles L. Whitlock 74 died Saturday night at his home in Syracuse. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 PM at the Finsterwald Home in Pomeroy with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. Survived by wife, four daughters, one son, a brother, a sister, and a half sister.
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Pomeroy
Giles L. Whitlock
Syracuse
Finsterwald
Beech Grove Cemetery
Whitlock
Oscar
Ravenna
William Watson
Faye Davis
East Liverpool
Adrian Mubbard
Dixie Frazee
Michigan
William
Magnolia
Alten
New Philadelphia
Emma O'Connor
Canton
Two Columbus Women Rescued from Flaming Car Crash
James Zorzit, 35, of Columbus, pulled two stunned women from a burning automobile after a collision last night. Mrs. Lydia Vaupel, 47, and Mrs. Abraham Ohlinger, 46, suffered head lacerations and bruises but were saved from serious injury.
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Columbus
James Zorzit
Lydia Vaupel
Abraham Ohlinger
Lancaster Outage Hits Downtown Power Loss
Lancaster experiences a 41 minute blackout after two transformers fail at the Ohio Power Co substation cutting electricity to downtown. Utility crews work to restore supply and assess damage.
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Lancaster
Ohio Power Co
Air show crash in Columbus kills pilot Laverne C. Marsh
In Columbus a light airplane spun out of control during an air show and crashed. The pilot, Laverne C. Marsh, 35, was killed. He served as a motor bicycle patrolman.
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Columbus
Laverne C. Marsh
Former Athens County Coroner L F Jones Dies at 59
L F Jones, 59, former Athens County coroner and long time Athens area businessman, died at White Cross Hospital Columbus after pneumonia followed injuries from an auto crash. Survived by wife Fanny Carpenter and two daughters Mrs Arthur Bleesing and Mrs John Collins. Funeral plans not set. Born Perry County, long Glouster resident.
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L. F. Jones
Athens County
Athens
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Perry County
Jones
Glouster
N. Congress St
Ohio State College of Embalming
Muskegon Strike Peace Effort Amid Defense Orders
The defense mediation board urged Sealed Power Corporation workers in Muskegon Michigan to return to production while mediating a dispute over wage demands and union shop. Concurrently a CIO shipyard union at Kearny New Jersey deferred a strike to support a union ship and paid vacations.
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Defense Mediation Board
Sealed Power Corporation
Muskegon
Mich
AFL
United Automobile Workers
Mediation Board
CIO
Federal Shipbuilding Corporation
Kearny
N. J
Labor Department
San Diego
Calif
St. Louis
Carpenters’ District Council
International Association of Machinists
Elks Plan 77th Annual Convention in Philadelphia
Philadelphia hosts the Elks 77th annual convention with about 50 000 delegates expected to register at mid city HQ. Tonight opening ceremonies will be held at Independence Hall and General John J Pershing will be honored in a NBC network broadcast at 8 30 p m from Walter Reed Hospital in Washington.
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Philadelphia
the Elks
The
Order
Independence Hall
John J. Pershing
National Broadcasting Company
Pershing
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Rubber Company Workers Get Pay Increase
A contract approved by the United Rubber Workers of America CIO will raise about 1,500 Ohio Rubber Company employees from seven to 15 cents an hour. The basic wage is 70 cents an hour.
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Willoughby
United Rubber Workers of America
CIO
Ohio Rubber Co
Air minded Ohio leads nation in aircraft production and training
Ohio tops national rankings in aircraft production and trained cadets for the Army Fifth Corps Area. Earle L. Johnson cites Civilian Pilot Training Program licenses to 2,687 since 1939 and 900 currently in 46 units. Ohio airports and plants, including Aeronca and Wright Laboratory, underpin a large share of U.S. aviation manufacturing.
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Ohio
Columbus
Army
Fifth Corps
Earle L. Johnson
Johnson
Uties
State Bureau of Aeronautics
Aeronca
Taylorcraft
Waco
Cleveland
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Cincinnati
Churchill Sees Britain Striking Back At Nazi Germany
In a series of Hyde Park and civil defense rallies Prime Minister Churchill declared Britain has begun a powerful retaliation against Germany. He warned of tougher months ahead yet praised Londoners for resilience and pledged to continue a relentless bombing of German targets until Nazi rule ends. He urged that the French spirit endure and praised General De Gaulle as France fights on.
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London
Britain
Churchill
Hyde Park
Germany
Hitler
Abomaneed
United States
Charles de Gaulle
France
Fred Fisher Founder of Fisher Body Dies in Detroit
Fred Fisher, oldest of the seven Fisher brothers and co founder of Fisher Body Corporation, died at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit at age 64 after weeks of illness. Fisher played a prominent role in the automotive industry and his death followed a worsening heart ailment.
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Detroit
Fred Fisher
Fisher Brothers
Fisher Body Corporation
Henry Ford Hospital
Fisher
Hilliards Man Killed At Columbus Tavern
Coroner E. E. Smith said a murder charge was expected today against Andrew C. Pegram 59 proprietor of the Columbus inn where Raymond Rice 55 of Hilliards was shot to death yesterday. Deputies Frank Martin and Elmer Grossman said Rice was ordered out after attempting to settle an argument.
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Columbus
E. E. Smith
Andrew C. Pegram
Raymond Rice
Hilliards
Frank Martin
Elmer Grossman
Rice
Reciprocal Release of Aliens Asked by Italy
Rome reports Italian authorities asked the United States to permit departure of Americans on a reciprocal basis for Italians leaving the United States. The move follows pursuit of mutual exit rights for citizens.
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Italy
Rome
United States
Churchill Says RAF Bombing Heavier Than German Attacks
The article notes Churchill’s claim that Britain’s RAF is bombing the Nazis at a higher rate than Germany bombed Britain in any month, signaling growth in British air power aided by U.S. support. It discusses Moscow Berlin claims on the Stalin Line and why the Baltic port of Leningrad features in the shifting war outlook.
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Britain
Russia
Western
Churchill
Royal Air Force
British Isles
United States
John Bull
Moscow
Berlin
Bolshevists
London
Leningrad
Baltic
Red Navy
Claims retail boom ended by defense led rationing
Atlantic City N J Leon Henderson said the retail sales boom from defense spending is over as defense needs will require rationing. He warned aluminum copper steel nickel zinc chromite manganese and other materials will be diverted to armaments leaving little for consumer durable goods.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Civilian Supply
New York Housewares Manufacturers Association
Fall of Kiev Leningrad Nears in German Drive
German forces press toward Kiev and Leningrad amid combined air and land assault. Berlin reports breakthroughs while Soviet claims describe atrocities and a lull in overnight fighting. Britain and Moscow sign a pact as Britain, France coordinate efforts in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Berlin
Ukraine
DNB
Adolf Hitler
Pinsk
Dnepr
Dvina
Fuehrer
Karelia
Lake
Ladoga
Ankara
Turkey
Red Capital
Gorki
London
Women Learn Plane Building at Long Beach School
Twenty five women gathered at a Long Beach mechanics school to learn aircraft manufacture with a six week job promise. The Frye aviation school runs eight and a half hour days with lunch, under approval from the labor division of the office of production management. Additional classes of similar size start each Monday for weeks.
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Long Beach
Calif
United States
Frye Aviation School
Office of Production Management
Ohio Soldier Shot at Hattiesburg Night Club
Pvt. Charles Duke 34 of Lucasville Ohio was shot leaving a Hattiesburg night club and was in serious condition at Camp Shelby base hospital. Assault charges were filed against Jimmie Hopkins and E J White, both of Hattiesburg, in connection with the incident. Duke is attached to Headquarters Battery First Battalion 134th Field Artillery 37th Division.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Jimmie Hopkins
E. J. White
Charles Duke
Lucasville
Duke
Camp Shelby Base
134Th Field Artillery
37Th Division
Ohioan Killed in Mansfield Auto Crash
Daniel N. Nagle Jr., 22, of Mansfield, was killed when his car overturned on a county road eight miles north of Mount Vernon Ohio.
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Mount Vernon
Daniel N. Nagle, Jr
Mansfield
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