Roosevelt Rules Out Peace Talks Amid War Strikes
President Roosevelt rejected peace rumors linked to Germany and Japan while the defense mediation board tackles west coast labor disputes. He said Winant brought no peace offer and ordered no action until the board settles aviation and lumber stoppages.
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Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Japan
Far East
Indies
John G. Winant
England
Defense Mediation Board
Iff
North American Aviation Company
California
Stephen Early
O. M. Orton
International Woodworkers of America
Pacific Northwest
Mediation Board
Golt Coal Industry
CIO United Mine Workers
CIO
United Automobile Workers (Cio
North American Aviation Corp
Inglewood
Calif
Ohio Increases Highway Speed Limit to 50 MPH
Gov. John W. Bricker signed measures advancing uniform Ohio traffic laws and raising the speed limit from 45 to 50 mph. Other bills forbid issuing licenses to under 16 without guardian liability, allow village councils to appoint Marshals, regulate egg sizing for nonfarmers, and levy one cent per bushel on apples to promote the industry.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dance Cap Plan for Motorists Considered
NEW PHILADELPHIA plan eyed by City Council would let motorists cited for minor violations choose court or a 5 to 35 minute等待 corner punishment beside the highway under a sign. Sen Walter Nickels seeks Bricker and Black approval for the dunce cap scheme.
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NEW
Philadelphia
Walter Nickels
John W. Bricker
Col
Lynn Black
Dunce Cap
Death of Dr William Muir Auld Pastor and Author
Dr William Muir Auld aged 57 heart attack last night ending 17 years as pastor of the First Congregational Church in Elyria and author of the best selling Christmas Traditions.
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Elyria
William Muir Auld
First Congregational Church
Save-for-Defense Month Injects 441 Million Into Treasury
Washington reports the first Save-for-Defense month contributed 441,782,000 dollars to the U S Treasury, described as enough cash to purchase four battleships, highlighting the wartime finance effort and large national cash flow.
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Washington
U. S. Treasury
Suggest 27 as Top Draft Age
The Senate military committee considered automatically deferring men over 27 from military training under the selective service act. Brigadier General Lewis B. Hershey, director of selective service, urged making 27 the top limit given current circumstances. He testified in a closed session that the army needs younger men most, noting few over 30 are in training but cause most complaints.
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Washington
The
Senate Military Committee
Selective Service Act
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Army
Paroles Granted at Ohio Prison Farm
Forty seven inmates at London Prison Farm received parole and one conditional release from the Ohio Pard on and Parole Commission. Among those freed were Harrison Hart of Athens for manslaughter with a July 15 release to Portage County and James Lavely of Hocking for embezzlement with a July 15 date.
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Columbus
London Prison Farm
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Athens
Harrison Hart
Portage County
Hocking
James Lavely
Dismissal of Teachers Not To Be Allowed
Walton of the Ohio Education Association states that districts under the new tenure act must rehire all five year veterans on indefinite contracts. The rule applies only in year one, with boards retaining dismissal for just cause. Dietrich had warned many one year hires may be dropped.
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Bliss
Board of Education
Draft Boards To Meet In Athens On June 13
State selective service headquarters announced five more sectional conferences to discuss procedural changes and deferment interpretations with local draft boards. The Athens gathering is set for June 13 at 8 p.m. in Athens with Meigs, Vinton, Gallia, Washington and Hocking counties invited.
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Athens
Columbus
Selective Service
Meigs
Vinton
Gallia
Washington
Hocking
Landing Strips Along Highways Planned for nation
Senator McCarren announces a national highway defense bill section to build landing strips on major highways for giant bombers and large passenger airliners.
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Washington
McCarren
Nev
Eighteen Athens Countians Seek U S Citizenship
Eighteen foreign born applicants appeared before Judge O F Rowland and U S naturalization examiner P B McHugh in Athens County Common Pleas Court for final examinations prior to oath. Each brought two witnesses testifying to good character. proceedings filled the courtroom after 10 am. The applicants expressed strong devotion to the United States and its ideals. Captained on Page 5.
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O. F. Rowland
P. B. McHugh
U. S
Athens County
Rowland
Alberta Grones
McHugh
United States
Warn Against Labor Trouble at Ravenna Arsenal
Seven thousand laborers at the Ravenna arsenal received a pay raise from 65 to 70 cents an hour retroactive to May 26 after talks with government and AFL officials. The union had sought 90 cents after a four day unauthorized strike. Wages to be reviewed Oct 1 as the project nears its first anniversary, while the commandant ordered a six day week with multiple shifts to push accelerated work.
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North American Averation Company
CIO
AFL
Western Association of Railway
Net Inccome
Ravenna
Ravenna Arsenal
S. E. Hunkin
Hunkin-Conkey Construction Co
Washington
Hod Carriers
Hankin
R. S. Chavin
Ohio University ROTC Earns Excellent Rating
For the fifth straight year Ohio University's ROTC unit received an Excellent rating. Major General C A Trott of the Fifth Corps Area thanked Dr. Herman G. James for leadership and cited limited armory facilities as a factor in the adjusted rating. Trott extended congratulations to the corps and army personnel for their proficiency.
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Ohio University
Herman G. James
C. A. Trott
Fifth Corps
United States Army
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Guards Miss Comforts of Camp Shelby
Ohio National Guardsmen from the 37th Division, about 10,000 strong, endure a month of maneuvers near Camp Claiborne Louisiana. They sleep two to a pup tent, face heat and pests, and hike for bathing water as a prolonged dry season causes shortages. Nearby showers at Camp Claiborne provide relief, while drinking water remains safe and adequate.
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Camp Claiborne
Ohio
Camp Shelby
Miss
Alexandria
37Th Division
New Vaccine Spray Aims at Cold Control
Reported at the American Medical Association meeting a new spray vaccine into the nose seeks to prevent colds. Separate forecast notes show showers expected Saturday and Sunday across western Ohio Valley regions.
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Cleveland
American Medical Association
Columbus
Theodore E. Walsh
St. Mont’s
Louis
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Kentucky
Eight Million May Be Added to Taxpayers
Members of the House Ways and Means Committee were reported seeking a formula to make about 8 million federal income taxpayers who file returns but currently pay no income tax into taxpayers.
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Washington — (P
House
Ways and Means Committee
Royal Navy Sinks Supply Ships Aiding Bismarck
The Admiralty announced the Royal Navy sank three supply ships and an armed trawler believed to be aiding the German battleship Bismarck and other Nazi warships.
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London
Admiralty
Royal Navy
Gallia County faces heavy federal social program costs
Gallia County and other southeastern Ohio counties struggle to cover at least 60 thousand dollars annually for federal sponsored social agencies while only about 20 thousand in monthly influx flows in. Tax officials warn that unless the programs are curtailed or new funds found, county finances will be strained as bank balances drain and no bonds have been issued to cover the sponsorships.
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Berlin
United States
Winant
Britain
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
Germany
Indies
Great Rock
Gibraltar
Mediterranean Sea
Suez Canal
Alexandria
London Radio
Meawhile
France
Vichy
U.S
Cordell Hull
Adolf Hitler
Henri Dentz
Syria
Lebanon
NBC
Ankara
Turkey
Damascus
Trans-Jordan
Beirut
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ohio
WPA
NYA
Heavy Tax on Profiteering Is Advocated
Officers of three farm groups representing 3,000,000 farm people in 48 states urged that unwarranted profits of industry labor and agriculture be recaptured by taxation to fund the defense program. Delegates from the American Farm Bureau Federation the National Grange and the National Council of Farmers Cooperative joined in a two day policy statement. They urged funding defense from current income to curb inflation and debt and stressed true patriotism and national security require full production of essentials with speed and efficiency.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
National Council of Farmers Cooperatives
Wheat Loan Rate Set for This Year
The Agriculture Department announced a schedule of rates averaging about 98 cents per bushel to loan farmers on this year's wheat crop. The loan program, under new legislation, aims to support market prices at 85 percent of parity for wheat, cotton, corn, rice, and tobacco, versus 56 percent of parity last year for wheat loans.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Strike Negotiator Residence Bombed in Cincinnati
A bomb ripped a 20 inch hole in the front lawn of Milton Schloss a strike negotiator in a packing house dispute in Cincinnati shattering three windows of his home authorities reported no injuries.
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Cincinnati
Milton Schloss
Roosevelt signs ship seizure bill to take over idle foreign ships
President Roosevelt signed legislation allowing the government to take over and operate about 80 foreign ships idle in American waters. He ordered the maritime commission to implement the act's terms immediately.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Maritime Commission
Ohioans Eligible for July Second Registration
StateSelective Director C. W. Goble announced an official Washington estimate of 42,513 Ohioans who will be classified under the second registration starting July 1. The group includes men who turned 21 since last October.
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Columbus
C. W. Goble
Washington
Seizure Bill Appears Lost in Congress
Washington sources report administration leaders concede the War Departments property seizure bill cannot pass in its current form. A substitute measure is expected to be drafted, aiming to empower the President to seize property for national defense while avoiding charges of dictatorship. Senator Byrnes says cooler heads will draft a workable bill.
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Washington
Administration
War Department
Roosevelt
Byrnes
S. C
Patrick Patrick protests picketing with potato parade in Washington
Representative Patrick of Alabama staged a one man protest outside the White House carrying Irish potatoes and peeling them as he paced. He claimed to do something constructive and wore a sign on his leg saying appeasers communists bandits can picket but can they work.
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Washington
Patrick
D-Ala
White House
Louis Chevrolet Dies Pioneer Driver at 63
Louis Chevrolet a pioneer motorcar designer and famed race driver died at his Detroit home. He helped build the first Chevrolet automobile in 1911 with William C. Durant and the company joined General Motors in 1915.
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Detroit
Louis Chevrolet
William Co. Durant
Chevrolet Company
General Motors Corporation
Truck collision kills Jennie Hayes and son in Ohio
Mrs. Jennie Hayes aged 90 and her son Albert aged 57 died when their car crashed into a truck on U S Route 25 near Bowling Green Ohio authorities said. Investigation ongoing.
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Bowling Green
Jennie Hayes
Albert
U. S. Route 25
Lima Locomotive Works to Build 15 Freight Locomotives
The Lima Locomotive Works will construct 15 freight locomotives for the Nickel Plate Railroad at an estimated cost of 2 153 000 dollars.
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Lima
Lima Locomotive Works
Nickel Plate Railroad
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