Navy plans $8.3 billion drive to expand fleet with carriers
The House Naval Committee approved an $8.5 billion ship program to nearly triple ship tonnage, prioritizing aircraft carriers and destroyers over new battleships. Senators Ellender and Brewster said admirals shifted to air power, abandoning five planned 60,000 ton battleships and accelerating carrier construction this year.
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Washington
United States
House Naval Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Eliender
Brewster
Ellender
Maine
Midway
Coral Islands
House
School Superintendent Sues Over Strike Fallout
Dr. J. A. Reed and Norman J. Stuckey of Butler sued for 10900 dollars each by Willard S. Weekley Butler school superintendent after a student strike and a board suspension order. The board later reinstated Weekley then discharged him. Weekley claims Reed and Stuckey circulated false statements.
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Mansfield
J. A. Reed
Norman J. Stuckey
Butler
Willard S. Weekley
Butler Schools
Board of Education
Weekley
Reed
Stuckey
Union Predicts Victory In Defense Plant Strike
H M McHaffey of the AFL said the Marietta Manufacturing Co shipyards strike included about 90 percent of workers, while company reps cited 40 percent on duty. Weissenburger noted about 500 workers were present, with tensions over NLBR rulings and wartime production.
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Point Pleasant
H. M. McHaffey
Charleston
American Federation of Labor
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Jason T. Weissenburger
McHaffey
L. J. C. Callinan
Marietta Co
Roosevelt
Weissenburger
CIO
National Labor Board
Charleston Building Trades Council
Charleston Council
NLBR
War Department
Rubber Plants Fund Urged by House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee backs a 53.5 million omnibus to speed guayule rubber and boost post office business. It asks Congress for 9.75 million to plant 50 000 acres of guayule and extend nurseries, with 8.835 million set for rubber projects after cuts unspecified.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Congress
Auto Plant Conversion Nears Complete
Representative Thomason reports that the auto industry conversion to war production is more than 98 percent complete. A House committee trip to Detroit found production in the area up to or ahead of schedule.
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Washington
Thomason
D.-Tex
House
House Committee On Military Affairs
Detroit
Signs Inflation Growing in Germany Probed by Measures
BERN Switzerland AP reports Germany bars private stock sales to buyers but allows the national treasury to seize control of any industry by law. The move is viewed as an inflation curb as signs of rising prices appear.
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Bern
Switzerland
Bromfield Named as Rio Grande Trustee
GALLIPOLIS Staff Special Louis H. Bromfield of Mansfield a famous author and conservationist has been elected to the board of trustees of Rio Grande College.
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Gallipolis
Louis H. Bromfield
Mansfield
Rio Grande College
Ohio jobs rise in May via federal employment service
Ohio job placements by the federal employment service rose five percent from April levels, according to state director Wade R. Hammond.
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Ohio
Columbus
Federal Employment Service
Wade Re P
Hammond
Industrial Board Reports Half Drop in Jobless in April
The National Industrial Conference Board said large employment gains in agriculture and industry in April cut U S unemployment nearly in half from March. It estimated about 1,750,000 unemployed in April versus 3,500,000 in March.
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Industrial Board
NEW York
National Industrial Conference Board
The
Conference Board
Pet
Arch
Coal Chemistry proposal eyed to revive Hocking Valley economy
The Messenger quotes F. E. Dowler urging a new state department to maximize coal and other resources. A Severance and Equalization Tax would fund the department, with portions of revenue returning to counties. Dowler argues constitutionality is secondary to current needs.
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Hocking Valley
F. E. Dowler
the Messenger
Department of State
Dowler
Ohio
Labor Board Replaces New England Strikers in War Economy
The National War Labor Board ordered replacements at Arkwright Corporation in Fall River Massachusetts after 125 workers joined a eight day strike over wage demands totaling 81.81 a week. Six loom fixers and two changers were hired as the plant idled about 1,280 workers. Strikers said they are protecting their rights while not halting war production.
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National War Labor Board
Arkwright Corporation
William F. Clark
Fall River
WLB
George H. Bradbury
Bradbury
Leverett Saltonstall
Draft Boards Through With Unsigned Tips
Columbus State selective service headquarters says about 330 draft boards are fed up with anonymous tipsters and registrants who forget to inform boards of work, dependency or physical changes. Col. Goble warns the act has teeth against recalcitrants. He notes most information on status changes arrived as unsigned letters and urges signed letters or hearings for those who appear at the board.
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Columbus
C. W. Goble
Selective Training and Service Act
Goble
Jap Attack on Darwin Costs Allied Strike Losses
Allied headquarters in Australia reported Darwin endured its third attack in as many days. 27 heavy bombers accompanied by 15 Zero fighters bombed both residential zones and the harbor. six enemy fighters were shot down while two Allied planes were lost and overall material damage and casualties were slight.
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Allied
Australia
Darwin
Douglas MacArthur
German Bombers Raid Moscow Reported
Berlin dispatch says German bombers raided Moscow yesterday according to a German communique released today.
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Berlin
Moscow
Police and Fire Forces Slashed in Columbus
Columbus Mayor Floyd F. Green cut half the police and firemen and reduced other department staff amid a municipal financial crisis. He said more funds are needed before full services can resume. Last week voters rejected a 2.5 mill levy to raise about $900000 to cover a 1942 shortage.
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Columbus
Floyd F. Green
Ohio
Green
War Today on Second Fronts and Middle East Role
The piece notes American bomber presence in the southern Russo German theater revealed by forced landings in Turkey. It argues the Middle East Syria Iraq Iran zone is vital and could shape ultimate victory, with Allied support pressuring Turkey to stay firm amid German pressure.
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Turkey
Middle East
Syria
Iraq
Iran
London
United States
Mediterranean
Hitler
Black
Caspian
Big Brothers
Gas Rationing May Expand Beyond Eastern Seaboard
P T Hawkins of the OPA Fuel Rationing Branch in Washington said a future extension of gasoline rationing outside the Eastern Seaboard is a definite possibility though curtailing consumption could make oil rationing unnecessary. He spoke at the National Retail Dry Goods Association mid year convention noting 90 percent of rubber stockpile is tires on cars in use and an estimated 25 million cars may be withdrawn from highways by end of 1944 due to tire exhaustion and that gasoline rationing appears the most equitable control.
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Chicago
P. T. Hawkins
OPA
Washington
Seaboard
Hawkins
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Ilier Dies To Save 200 Men
Lieut James H Mitchell of Cleveland Ohio chose to crash his fighter at Mills Field to spare 200 men from injury or death. The plane struck a hangar causing a fire and killing Mitchell and an enlisted man on the ground. Eyewitnesses reported motor trouble as the craft descended. Mitchell had quit a pre medical course at Marietta College to enlist.
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San Francisco
Mills Field
James H. Mitchell
Cleveland
Mitchell
Marietta (D.) College
June Rainfall Adds Work for Ohio Farmers
June rains increase farm labor in Ohio as heavy showers disrupt cultivation. With statewide rainfall 17 inches below normal through June 1, later downpours reduced corn weed control and delayed fieldwork across crops planted to support wartime food production.
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Columbus
Ohio
America
Ohio fairs to be held this summer in Ohio
BELLEFONTAINE Ohio will host 92 county and independent fairs this summer despite shortages and gas rationing. Mrs. Don A. Detrick executive secretary of the Ohio Fair Managers Association calls fairs a patriotic duty aiding morale and stimulating interest in the food production program.
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
Don A. Detrick
Ohio Fair Managers’ Association
War production tops British output three months early
Evanston report by Donald M. Nelson notes U.S. war production surpasses Britain by about three months, signaling a lead in mobilization and industrial output as wartime demands grow.
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Evanston, Il
United States
Great Britain
Donald M. Nelson
Enemy Ships Reeling After Aleutian Bombing Raids Across Pacific
US reports indicate Japanese naval forces suffered heavy losses as American air forces strike the Aleutian invasion fleet off Attu and Kiska. Early damage includes a cruiser sunk, multiple cruisers damaged, plus at least one destroyer and transport hit, with no American losses disclosed. Attu remains the focal point of the Japanese push while further operations continue.
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Washington
Pacific
Coral Sea
Midway Island
Middle Pacific
Navy Department
Aleutian
Islands
Alaska
Navy
Attu
Dutch Harbor
Kiska
American airmen fight with RAF in Mediterranean support
American and Royal Air Force units have backed allied sea forces in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean for four days, according to a RAF communique. Navy losses in the Coral and Midway battles total 18 ships sunk or damaged, with several carriers and cruisers among them.
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Cairo
United States Army Airforce
RAF
Mediterranean
Battle Nearing Decision In Desert Campaign Drives North Africa News
British and Axis forces battle near Tobruk with withdrawals and counterattacks around Ain El Gazala Acroma and El Adem. Rommel’s columns push to outflank British strongholds as Allied commandoes claim successful holds amid heavy losses in air and sea clashes. China urges new Allied offensive as Sevastopol stalemate continues.
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North Africa
Ain el Gazala
Tobruk
Erwin Rommel
OSU Grants 1,445 Degrees Amid Wartime Confidence
Ohio State University graduated 1,445 students in a wartime ceremony. President Howard L. Bevis told the crowd that America’s war effort was advancing rapidly and more decisively than ever, praising the university’s handling of the war effort.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
America
Howard L. Bevis
Ohio State
Scrap Rubber Drive Off To Rousing Start
Washington reports the scrap rubber drive began strongly across the country on day two. Undersecretary Patterson announced the army will cut rubber use in clothing and gear by 25 percent, noting civilian rubber may not be available until 1944. In Minneapolis nearly 100 tons were gathered in a few hours.
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Washington
America
Patterson
Minneapolis
Six More Ships Sunk in Western Atlantic
The war toll in the western Atlantic rose to 271 ships destroyed or damaged, as six more vessels were sunk by submarines. The Navy studied the fate of the American freighter Miraflores of the Standard Fruit and Steamship Company, missing since February 15.
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Washington
Atlantic
Navy
New Orleans
Standard Fruit and Steamship Company
Women Urged to Stop Chattering by Allied Leaders
Washington AP report cites Col. Frederick George Sutton of the Australian Military Mission stating American women should refrain from chattering to help the United Nations win the war. He is joined by Mrs. Jimmy Doolittle who also condemns idle talk and urges men to quiet too.
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Washington
Frederick George Sutton
United Nations
Jimmy Doolittle
Japan
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