Fire Rips Logan Building Causing $80,000 In Losses
A four hour fire at the Johnson Building on E. St. Logan caused about $80,000 in damage to offices and stores on the second floor. Firefighters from Logan and nearby cities, plus civil defense volunteers, battled the blaze starting in the afternoon and bringing it under control by midnight. Injuries included three persons, with extensive damage to J. C. Penny Co. stock and fixtures totaling about $48,000, and multiple smaller losses among tenants and offices.
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Logan
Johnson
E. St
Logan Fire Department
Civil Defense
Roy Stallsmith
J. C. Penny Co. v
Lancaster
Nelsonville
Civilian Defense Auxiliary
Joe Hartman
Logan R. D
Stallsmith
Stalismith
Arthur Gasser
Morris 5
Pythia
Oke
Theuilding
J. C. Penny Co
B. O. Nixon
Herman Luckoff
Luckoff
Theodore Johnson
Letha Lou
Carlos Brashares
Safetee Ribbon & Carbon Co
State Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. Laos
Brashares
Safetee Co
Morris
Jockey Club
State Insurance Co
Sigma Pi Gamma Sorority
Completion of Housing Units Gains Approval
The War Production Board approved completion of more than 100000 under construction war housing units. Public projects include Dayton 750 and Sandusky 200 units, private projects Akron 400 and Dayton 750 units. Lumber supply freeze would have halted nearly all construction.
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Washington
War Production Board
Apartment For Rent Ad Delivers Results On 180 Mill St
The notice promotes an 180 Mill Street apartment with eight large rooms, private bath and entrance, electric, and references. The advertiser asks to cancel their ad after renting the unit and urges others to place ads to find tenants quickly.
Allied Bombers May Make Second Front Unnecessary
American airmen hailed Britain's bombing on Germany as demonstrating aerial warfare power and predicted the growing allied air strength could cripple Nazi Germany without a second front. They noted Cologne and Essen devastation as preludes to a strategic bombing campaign and speculated on American air forces joining in Britain.
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Washington
Britain
Germany
Cologne
Essen
Winston Churchill
High Command
UMW Demands Presented to CIO Directors
Washington report that John L. Lewis’s United Mine Workers presented a set of demands to the CIO National Executive Board as a condition of continued affiliation. President Philip Murray said the board would discuss them but not today, with initial talks focusing on national affairs like war production manpower and wage stabilization.
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Washington
CIO
National Executive Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
UMWA
Priorities Blamed for Lower Tax Receipts
Ohio sales tax receipts fell in the week ended May 23 with a $268,668 drop from the prior year. Furniture and building sectors showed initial declines as total 1942 year to date revenues declined to $21,449,491, down $1,722,065 from 1941. An elderly Gallipolis resident, Mrs. J L McDaniel, aged 98, died at home after a long illness.
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Columbus
Ohio
Gallipolis
J. L. McDaniel
FBI To Meet With Officers In Southern Ohio Cities
FBI announces national defense conferences for law enforcement in six Southern Ohio cities this month. Raymond C. Suran, Cincinnati agent in charge, lists Zanesville on June 11 covering Hocking Perry Muskingum Coshocton Morgan Vinton Meigs Athens Guernsey Washington Noble counties and Portsmouth on June 16 covering Jackson Brown Scioto Adams Pike Lawrence Gallia counties.
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Cincinnati
National Defense
Ohio
Raymond C. Suran
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Zanesville
Hocking
Perry
Muskingum
Coshocton
Morgan
Vinton
Meigs
Athens
Guernsey
Washington
Noble
Portsmouth
Jackson
Brown
Scioto
Adams
Pike
Lawrence
Gallia
War Today: Douhet Theory Revisited as Allied Bombing Rises
In an analysis of air power, Cologne and Essen bear the latest scars of extended bombing, signaling a shift from past limits. The piece questions whether Anglo American air forces can force German collapse without a second front, while noting Krupp and munitions hubs have suffered.
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Essen
Hitler
Europe
Chinese and Allied Forces Fight Japan Across Chekiang Scene
Chinese dispatches report Chiang Kai-shek's forces recaptured Yangki in Chekiang and push a triangular flank against Japanese lines while heavy rains hinder their advance. British and American aid flows to China under lease arrangements amid transportation difficulties.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Chekiang
Yangki
Kinhwa
China
Chuhsien
Chiang
Anthony Eden
London
Britain
United States
Straitsville Woman Anise Holcomb Dies at 68
Mrs Anise Holcomb 68 widow of Jacob Holcomb died Tuesday at her home in New Straitsville. Funeral services Thursday at 1 PM at the Apostolic Gospel Church with burial at Alice Gallia County. She leaves three daughters Mrs Elizabeth Robert of Mansfield Mrs Anie Peal of Columbus and Mrs Lottie Porter of New Straitsville and two sons Jacob of Springfield and Walter of New Straitsville.
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New Straitsville
Anise Holcomb
Jacob Holcomb
Lefternoon
Apostolic Gospel Church
Alice
Gallia County
Holcomb
Elizabeth Robert
Mansfield
Anie Peal
Columbus
Lottie Porter
Jacob
Springfield
Walter
Army Storage Plants To Be Built in Ohio
Four of 11 new general depots for army storage plants will be built this summer in Ohio cities Cincinnati Toledo Warren and Marion. Each costing several million dollars, the depots will store food munitions and equipment for the United States and its allies and will include multiple one story warehouses and extensive open storage ground plus offices and railroad facilities.
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Washington
Ohio
Cincinnati
Toledo
Warren
Marion
Clothing Theft Ring Smashed in Cincinnati
Five merchants signed 10 warrants charging receipt of stolen goods after a Cincinnati AP report. Detectives recovered 452 men suits while losses reach about 1600 suits and merchandise valued over 50000 dollars. The thefts were linked to Indiana Ohio and Kentucky with parcels moved to Chicago.
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Cincinnati
Patrick Hayes
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Chicago
Bricker Urges Ohio Mayors to Form Transportation Groups
Governor Bricker asks all Ohio mayors to form transportation committees and survey communities to conserve tires. He adds new members to the state transportation panel and outlines steps such as staggered work hours, carpooling, and eliminating unnecessary transit stops to speed service. New appointees include Hal G. Sours, Frank Lausche, John Carey, and Walter Draper among others.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
George C. McConnaughey
Trans
Hal G. Sours
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
John Carey
Toledo
Walter Draper
The
Cincinnati Street Railway Co
Doctor Admits Employment as Gestapo Agent
Minneapolis-born Dr Hans Helmut Gros testified at his federal trial that he served as a German intelligence agent with the rank of captain for 200 dollars a month plus a 20000 mark bonus. He said Reich leader Reinhard Heydrich ordered sabotage plans and harbor photography, but he claimed he never intended to act on the orders and only sent clippings from newspapers.
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Los Angeles
Hans Helmut Gros
Farm Trucks To Be Pooled
Ohio farm groups adopt a pooling plan under the Office of Defense Transportation to cut tire wear. The Ohio Agricultural Motor Transportation Council will run dispatching stations to ensure trucks carry full loads one way and at least 75 percent on the return, with cooperation from farmers to reduce tire wear.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Farm Organizations
Office of Defense Transportation
Ohio Agricultural Motor Transportation Council
ODT
Student Pilot Killed In Charleston Crash
One student pilot was killed and another injured when two lightweight planes collided near Charleston Municipal Airport. The dead pilot was Ewing Whiteman 26 from Clarksburg in training at Parkersburg. Paul McGuire 24 from Philadelphia suffered shock and minor injuries when his plane landed in the Kanawha River near Nitro.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charleston Municipal
Ewing Whiteman
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
Paul McGuire
Philadelphia
Kanawha River
Nitro
Prosecution of Rent Violators Is Promised
Cleveland AP says landlords who violate rent regulations of the Office of Price Administration will be dealt with speedily. Regions Akron Canton Revenue Youngstown and Cleveland implement new rent controls Monday. Strong enforcement and possible prosecutions were pledged by regional rent executive Rowland D. Schell.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Rowland D. Schell
Akron
Canton
Youngstown
Cleve
Appropriation For NYA Cut Proposes War Focused Training
A $134,269,660 Labor Department and related agencies bill moves to the House with sharp cuts. NYA receives $58,049,000, down from last year, risking local shops and projects. The committee urges NYA to limit to war related industrial training and require trainees to sign to accept defense industry employment.
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Washington
Labor Department
Social Security Board
House
Appropriations Committee
National Youth Administration
NYA
Immigrant Totals by State Reported by Justice
The Department of Justice lists aliens in Ohio by nationality with 20 429 Hungarians 3 695 Romanians and 765 Bulgarians in the counts.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Ohio
Second Blow in 24 Hours Hurts Essen and Ruhr Foundries
British desert forces pushed 30 miles into Axis territory in North Africa as RAF bombers, perhaps 400 strong, pounded Essen for a second time in 24 hours, setting fires across a city of about 660,000. London said Cologne and Ruhr raids largely achieved goals, with 30,000 RAF planes bombing Germany monthly. German reports acknowledged damage at Duisburg and rising Cologne deaths.
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Britain
North Africa
Essen
London
Cologne
Ruhr
Germany
Canterbury
Duisburg
Ruhr Valley
RAF
Draft bill for doubling Navy ships proposed in Congress
Chairman Vinson of the House Naval Committee drafted an 300 000 000 measure authorizing construction of about 500 fighting ships nearly doubling the U S fleet. The report notes heavy Allied air operations with Dover Strait crossings toward German occupied territory and wartime losses including fourteen RAF bombers missing in an Essen raid.
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Washington
United States
Vinson
D-ia
House Naval
British Forces in North Africa Take Offensive
British reports say Gen. Auchinleck’s forces drove through a sand storm to seize Rotunda Segnali, 44 miles west of Knightbridge, signaling Rommel’s push faltering. Air Ministry stats note 7,700 daylight sweeps over France in a month, with 15 German fighter squadrons destroyed in five months. Volkhovo fighting reported near Leningrad.
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North African
Claude Auchinleck
Rotunda Segnali
Knightbridge
Ightsbridge
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Egypt
Suez Canal
Air Ministry
France
Hitler
Volkhovo
Leningrad
Ukraine
Moscow
United States
U S Ships Part of Murmansk Convoy with Soviet Aid
United States ships joined a large convoy to Murmansk last week, facing five days of heavy attacks by German U boats dive bombers and torpedo planes. Russian and British ships also took part carrying tanks and aircraft to Soviet armies.
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London
United States
Murmansk
War Production Board orders stop to typewriter output by fall
The War Production Board announced that typewriter production would halt by fall while directing producers to sustain current output for two months to stockpile reserve supplies.
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Washington
War Production Board
Seek High School Boys To Aid U S Farmers
U S Education Commissioner John W Studebaker urged school officials to recruit thousands of high school youths to help relieve farm labor shortages. He suggested work credits toward diploma requirements and outlined conditions including meals lodging and pay.
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Washington
U. S. Education
John W. Studebaker
Studebaker
Seek To Speed Bill's Passage
The House Military Committee backs a bill to aid families of service members by allowing dependents to receive part of a serviceman's pay with government top-ups. Chairman May of Kentucky aims for House approval by nightfall, while some members note potential mandatory drafting of family heads if circumstances worsen.
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Washington
House Military Committee
May
D-Ky
House
War Department
Submarine Funding Bill Advances in House Appropriations
The House Appropriations committee sent to the floor a Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard supply bill detailing 654 99 740 in direct appropriations and 1 037 500 000 in contract authorization including 887 500 000 for submarine construction. Official counts of submersibles are undisclosed though semi official estimates suggest the addition of over 100 long range underwater raiders.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard
Gallia Officials Hunt for Missing 10-Year-Old Girl
Jean Lawson, 10, daughter of Clarence Lawson of Logan, has been missing from her mother's home in Gallia for more than 24 hours. Officials continue the search but have yet to find her as of late this morning.
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Gallipolis
Jean Lawson
Clarence Lawson
Logan
Hamilton Board Approves $10 Monthly Pay Increase
The Hamilton Board of Education approves a blanket ten dollar monthly salary increase for all school employees including ex workers, effective this month. The move covers all staff categories and aims to boost pay across the district.
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Hamilton
Hamilton Board of Education
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