Australia Vibrant Warning On Axis Victory Looming
Australian Prime Minister Curtin warned that Axis gains in North Africa and the Russian front threaten Australia. He said Japan’s attack risk rises if Australia falls, citing a Dunkirklike deliverance and Suez access at stake. MacArthur reported Japanese raids on Darwin failed to break defenses as Allied air forces pressed counterattacks. Chinese dispatches claimed Chiang Kai-Shek forces retook a Yangtze port.
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Australia
John Curtin
Hawaii
North American
Curtin
Japan
United Nations
North Africa
Libya
Rommel
Russia
Wellington
New Zealand
Peter Fraser
United States
Patrick J. Hurley
Middle East
Suez
India
Indian Ocean
Australa
Dunkerque
Coral Sea
Melbourne Herald
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Darwin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yangtze River
Congress May Decree All Ain Be Fingerprinted
Washington AP report shows a large portion of the population already fingerprinted due to wartime demands. FBI purchases 48 million cards this year as Army Navy manufacturers send records to the bureau and a legislative leader says mandatory fingerprinting for all is likely later this year.
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Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
S. A. Andretta
Department of Justice
FBI
Army
Navy
Andretta
Marietta Plant Strike Denied by Company Official
President C O Weissenburger of Marietta Manufacturing Co said a late report declared the local strike "absolutely unauthorized" by company officials. He noted about 500 workers reported, with fewer than 100 strikers outside the gate, and no disorder as actions await settlement steps in Washington.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
C. O. Weissenburger
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Production Stoppage Hits Cleveland War Plant Walkout
A walkout of 600 workers including 150 women halted war production at Lamson and Sessions Co in Cleveland. The plant manufactures bolts nuts cables and fittings for aircraft. The stoppage marks the third Cleveland war plant walkout in a week.
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Cleveland
Lamson & Sessions Co
Aircraf
Mother Claim Son Is TH as He Kills Father
In Columbus Charles R Owens an OSU chemical engineering instructor was shot to death in his lab by his stepson Roland Richard Steadman Thompson aged 16 who police say confessed after arrest on campus. The boy described as mentally sick by his mother last night.
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Columbus
Roland Richard Steadman Thompson
Charlies R. Owens
Ohio State University
T.rfully
Army Enlistments Force Wittenberg to Trim Staff
Springfield report shows Wittenberg College cutting 10 faculty and a staff member, effective Sept. 1, due to large numbers of students enlisting in the military. Three instructors are placed on half time schedules as part of the adjustments. President Ren E. Tylloss announced the measures.
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Springfield
Wittenberg College
Ren E. Tylloss
FDR Signs $50 Base Pay Bill For Troops
President Roosevelt signed a law boosting the minimum base pay for U S fighting forces to 850 dollars a month retroactive to June 1. The measure adds about 20 dollars monthly for most servicemen to support families and expenses during leave. Chinese reports noted Japanese advances and retreat near Shangjao, with casualties reaching about 8000 in persistent rail line clashes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hosueh
Hopeh
Shangjao
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Kiangsi
Ing
State Workers Lose Appeal on 48-Hour Week Ruling
Ohio Supreme Court dismisses appeals by Franklin County courts in a case brought by AF of L State County and Municipal Employees. The court held no debatable constitutional questions involved and upheld a lower declaratory judgment that the state Welfare Department need not follow the 8 hour day 48 hour week in institutional staffing.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Franklin County
American Federation of Labor of
Charles Sherwood
Supreme Court
Will Rogers Junior Runs for Congress Against Ford
Beverly Hills report notes Will Rogers Jr. seeks a seat in Congress same body his father once joked in. He also plans to enlist in the army tomorrow, challenging incumbent Leland M. Ford as a Democrat with support from old friends of his father.
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Beverley Hills
Calif
Will Rogers
Congress
Will
Young Will
Army
Republic
Leland M. Ford
Rogers
New Boston School Chief Accepts Portmouth Post
John W. Evans, superintendent of New Boston schools for three years, announced today that he accepted the superintendency of New Philadelphia Public Schools in Portmouth.
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New Boston
Portsmouth
John W. Evans
PRB
le Bole
Bund Leader Froboese Dies En Route to Testimony
George Froboese Jr., a 42 year old Milwaukee born Bund executive and Midwest director, killed himself at the Waterloo Indiana station by lying on a rail after boarding a train bound for New York federal grand jury testimony. He had served as Midwest editor of the Bund paper and was granted citizenship in 1934.
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Garrett
Ind
Bund
George Froboese, Jr
Milwaukee
New York
Robert Nathan
DeKalb County
Froboese
Waterloo
FBI
Washington
President Urges Drive For Physical Fitness
President Roosevelt calls for a national push to achieve total physical and moral fitness. He urges elimination of red light districts near war industry areas, noting they contribute heavily to venereal disease infections in army camps and naval stations in a letter to Paul V. McNutt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Office of Defense Health and Welfare
Vacationers Witness Daring Daylight Submarine Attack
Navy officials reported a brazen daytime assault on two American merchantmen near a Virginia Beach resort with crowds watching. One ship was sunk and the other towed in port while an Axis submarine also claimed a Gulf of Mexico vessel with 14 sailors dead and 30 survivors.
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Virginia Beach
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Navy
Virginia
Gulf
U. S
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Salvage Nears Billion Pounds in Ohio Collections
Columbus officials say Ohio may exceed a billion pounds of scrap metal this year at current pace. Robert O. Weible notes daily totals reach 508,431,527 pounds plus industrial drive and auto yard gains with 7,840,742 pounds rubber 3,393,582 pounds rags and 38,316,237 pounds waste paper already gathered.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert O. Weible
Gandhi declares movement against British rule in India
The headline notes Gandhi's pledge to launch a world affecting movement against Britain, stirring unease in New Delhi and prompting speculation of civil disobedience, jail, or hunger strikes. Observers warn such acts amid wartime could threaten Allied war aims and Hindustan’s role against the Axis.
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Mohandas Gandhi
India
Mahatma
Gandhi
New Delhi
America
Hindustan
Britain
Vichy
Mrs. F. L. Preston Dies at 85 in Logan Hospital
Mrs. F L Preston aged 85 former Logan Logan and widow of prominent Nelsonville Athens businessman died this morning at Cherrington Hospital Logan She is survived by daughter Julia Wheeler Clemens Wadsworth and grandchildren great grandchildren listed Funeral services set for Friday at Leonard Funeral Home Logan with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery Logan
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F. L. Preston
Jennie Murphy
Logan
Nelsonville
Athens
Cherrington Hospital
Preston
Julia Wheeler Clemens
Wadsworth
Frank Wheeler Dew
Byron Danford Dew
Warren Clemens, Jr
Preston Clemens
Joan Clemens
Dix Preston
Jane Dew
Byron Wolfe
John Murphy
Cincinnati
Murphy Memorial Hospital
E. Union St
College St
Leonard Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
Compensation Rate Reduction for Ohio Workers
The Ohio Industrial Commission announced cuts averaging 10.3 percent in workmen's compensation rates effective July 1. Premiums for employers will decrease across 225 classifications while 11 rise and 150 stay the same, reflecting higher wartime industry employment and rising claim costs.
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Columbus
Ohio
Industrial Commission
Congressmen Go Hungry As Waiters Strike in House Restaurant
In Washington the House restaurant waiters walked out during lunch hour demanding higher wages. The crowded dining room of Congressmen, guests, and journalists faced a long delay before meals could be served, leaving patrons puzzled by the sudden walkout.
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Washington
Congress
Brest
35 Direct Hits on Two Fascist Battleships in Mediterranean
Allied air power claimed 35 direct bomb hits on two Italian battleships in a Mediterranean clash last weekend. U S Army and RAF planes also set a cruiser aflame and damaged destroyers while preventing contact with a British convoy.
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Mediterranean
Alfred F. Kalberer
Kalberer
Taranto
RAF
U. S. Army
Nazis Claim Gains At Sevastopol In Crimea Front Clash
Nazi dispatches report German troops stormed Fort Siberia at Sevastopol and pushed Red Army defenders from fortified positions around the Crimean naval base. Soviet lines claim 125000 attackers with 150 tanks, while defenders hold a 15 mile deep entrenchment system.
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Siberia
Sevastopol
Red Army
Crimean
Black
Caucasus
Germany
Cologne
Essen
Wood ships highlighted in Navy expansion plan
In a metals war, wood gains importance for small patrol craft to counter submarines and guard coastwise shipping. Chairman Vinson of the House Naval Committee said a large share of the 1,000 envisioned small boats in the Navy expansion program would be wooden.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House Naval Committee
Navy
J T Goldsworthy Dies At McArthur Residence
James Thomas Goldsworthy 46 owner of Jim's Restaurant was found dead at his McArthur home after months of heart illness. Funeral plans are pending. He leaves widow Sue Merry Goldsworthy and son Jimmy along with several brothers and sisters. The Goldsworthys had lived in McArthur for 15 years.
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McArthur
James Thomas Goldsworthy
Jim’s
Glouster
Athens County
Goldsworthy
Sue Merry Goldsworthy
Jimmy
Goldsworthys
Approval for 8 inch Florida petroleum line announced
Petroleum Coordinator Harold L. Ickes announced approval of plans for an 8 inch petroleum products pipeline across northern Florida. The line will run to serve the Atlantic coastal area and related districts.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Florida
Atlantic Coastal Area
Og Aa Diorlols
Dodgers Face Jail Term
Two Northern Ohio men face four year prison terms on selective service charges. Roland Allman, 24, of Diamond County, was sentenced after claiming conscientious objector status and failing to report for induction. Lester Lenhart, 26, of North Lawrence, Stark County, received the same sentence for not reporting on February 12.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Emerich M. Freed
Roland Allman
Diamond County
Youngstown
Lester Lenhart
North Lawrence
Stark County
Freed
Farm Products To Alcohol for Rubber
Joseph W. Fighter, lecturer for the Ohio State Grange, urged Congress to convert corn and wheat into alcohol for synthetic rubber. He told local lecturers that producing rubber at home is safer and more economical than importing it.
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Oxford
America
Joseph W. Fighter
Ohio State Grange
Grange
Congress
Mayor Green Sees City Crisis Resolved by July 1
Columbus Mayor Floyd F. Green stated the financial crisis that led to 500 city layoffs should be resolved by July 1. He expressed optimism the budget shortfall would be addressed and staff cuts restored as the city stabilizes.
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Columbus
Floyd F. Green
High Schools Begin Pre Flight Training Initiative
Columbus says about one hundred high schools will offer pre flight aeronautical courses to 11th and 12th graders next fall. Kenneth C. Ray notes arrangements for teacher training by Civil Aeronautics Board reps this summer. No flying or military activity is included, the program aims to increase aviation awareness.
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Columbus
Kenneth C. Ray
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ray
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