Governor Recommends Record Appropriations in Ohio Budget
Governor Bricker presents a 1941 42 budget totaling 352 million dollars, claiming a surplus of 46 thousand in general revenue. Democrats question sales tax projections while supporting pension increases and building funds. emphasis on state aid to cities and local government relief.
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Columbus
Ohio
House Finance Committee
John W. Bricker
General Assembly
William M. Boyd
Senate
State ‘Emergency
Ohio State Guard
Highway Patrol
Industrial Commission
Bricker
Athens County Attorney L A Koons dies at 87
L A Koons veteran Athens County attorney died Wednesday afternoon at his home 65 Franklin Ave aged 87. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 30 at the Christian Church with Rev Miles Hoon and the Athens County Bar Association. Burial at Union Street Cemetery. Survived by three children Herman Koons of Ventura California Nellie Fulton of Great Falls Montana and Lena Swaim who lived with him.
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L. A. Koons
Athens
Franklin Ave
Christian Church
Miles Hoon
Athens County Bar Association
Union Street
Dover Township
Koons
British Raid Seizes 225 Prisoners Off Lofoten Islands
British and Allied Norwegian forces led a surprise raid on the Lofoten Islands off Norway capturing 225 prisoners. The operation destroyed a fish oil plant and sank German shipping, fulfilling three objectives with notable success per a joint admiralty communiqué.
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London
Lofoten Islands
Norway
Narvik Fjord
Akron Defense Housing Postponed Indefinitely
A 300 unit defense housing project for Akron is postponed indefinitely as Canton work will begin once a site is settled. Fred Kramer, case housing coordinator, said the Akron project is held in abeyance because it is not ceded now.
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Washington
Akron
Canton
Fred Kramer
Case
Kramer
rglum Sculptor Dies After Brief Illness
Chicago telegram reports sculptor Gutzon Borg aged 69 died after a brief illness. He had been at Henrotin Hospital since early March after returning from a period of intense work.
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Rglum
Chicago
Gutzon Borg
Japs Claim Gains in China and Doom of Chiang Regime
Hong Kong reports Japanese landings at six Chinese Gulf of Tonkin points cited as nullifying U.S. aid to the Chongqing government. An army spokesman says Chiang Kai-Shek's regime is doomed, while Chungking says Japan is pressed inland. Observers fear food supply cuts to Hong Kong and further isolation of Nationalist forces. Japan claims Burma Road traffic is already paralyzed.
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Hong Kong
Gulf of Tonkin
United States
Canton
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chungking
Hongkong
Hongkong-Chungking
Shinkwan
Burma Road
Burma
Ohio Supreme Court Spurts Benefits Suit
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to rehear a US coal company's suit to stop unemployment benefits for 6,675 miners amounting to 288,476 dollars tied to a 1939 suspension of mining. An injunction in Franklin County may be dissolved as miners claimed benefits since they were not on strike.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
United States Coal Company
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Second-Degree Murder Charged in Clubbing
NEW PHILADELPHIA Frank McGuire age 46 will be arraigned on second degree murder charges filed by Sheriff John McIntosh in the fatal clubbing of Ferdinand Sandri. The sheriff said the meat packing worker signed a confession that he struck Sandri over the head with a gambrel stick because the victim always was riding me and shooting off his mouth.
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New Philadelphia
Frank McGuire
John McIntosh
Ferdinand Sandri
Sandri
Father Divine Faces Judgment of Ex Angel
New York State Supreme Court Justice Philip J. McCook signed an order demanding Father Divine be imprisoned for allegedly failing to pay a $5,949 judgment won by a former angel in his earthly kingdom.
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New York
Father Divine
State Supreme Court
Philip J. McCook
Spicer Manufacturing to Expand in Toledo
R. E. Carpenter vice president announced a $350000 expansion of the Spicer Manufacturing Co in Toledo will begin within the next 32 days. The project adds facilities and equipment to boost production.
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Toledo
Spicer Manufacturing Co
R. E. Carpenter
Riflers Hit Bullseye Thief Hits Jackpot
In the basement of Harburger Brothers Hardware Store Logan, sharp shooters practiced at a rifle range while upstairs a thief looted the cash register taking 35 dollars.
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Logan
Harburger Brothers
Jenkins Blames Roosevelt Politics for Defense Failures
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins claims President Roosevelt uses political aims to control the defense program, saying the President keeps tight reins and bears responsibility for production shortfalls. He cites a South Point Ohio site decision reversed after Sen. Barkley interceded for Henderson Kentucky.
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Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Roosevelt
Ironton Republican
House
War Department
South Point
Barkley
Henderson
Jenkins
U S Farm Exports Fall to 1869 Low in January
Commerce Department figures show January farm exports at 22 million dollars out of 325.355 million total foreign trade, under 7 percent. The decline reflects wartime demands and shifting policy as the nation pivots from agriculture to military production.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Cincinnati Pupils Shiver During Janitors Strike
In Cincinnati today most of the city’s 58 000 public school pupils faced heatless classrooms as a strike vote by operating engineers loomed. Local No 20 business manager L J Nolan said about 70 members across 63 schools demanded pay raises and other concessions.
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Cincinnati
L. J. Nolan
Dr. Lewis C. Bean Suffered Paralytic Stroke in Gallipolis
Gallipolis reports 74 year old Dr. Lewis C. Bean president of the city commission and Ohio Valley Bank was declared seriously ill after a paralytic stroke suffered last night.
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Dr. Bean
Gallipolis
Lewis C. Bean
City Commission
Ohio Valley Bank
Admiralty says Germany and Italy inflated Empire warship losses
The Admiralty stated that Germany and Italy claimed to have sunk or seriously damaged 34 Empire battleships or battle cruisers, while Britain had only 15 such warships at the war’s outbreak.
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London
Admiralty
Germany
Italy
Britain
New Dealers Fight Power Restrictions
In Washington the Senate concentrates on defeating amendments that would curb the Presidents power to send U S forces abroad. Senator Ellender proposes a clause to deny any expansion of presidential powers, while leaders expect a final vote later with possible compromises from O Mahoney and Clark. An AP poll shows 55 in favor, 25 against, 15 uncommitted. one seat vacant.
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Washington
Senate
Western Hemisphere
Ellender
D-La
Hull
Japan
Orient
Geeorge
George
Dga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
O’mahoney
D-Wyo
Clark
D-Mo
Wheeler
D-Mont
Johnson
R-Calif
Nye
RNC
Associated Press
Nazis Punish Dutch Plotters Am Set To Execute 18
A German military court in Amsterdam sentenced 18 Dutch subjects to death for spying for England and plotting to aid the British in case of invasion. The court president warned that any person even thinking to plot against the German army risks death. He noted German soldiers were harmed by drownings and sniper attacks.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
England
Goodyear to Build Army Bomber Bodies for Martin Aircraft
Goodyear Aircraft Corp plans a new plant near Akron to hire about five thousand workers to manufacture tail surfaces wings and fuselages for Martin bombers. Goodyear will supply body structures while Chrysler builds the engines for assembly at Glenn Martin Co.'s Omaha plant.
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Akron
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Corporation
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Chrysler Corp
Glenn Martin Co
Omaha
Goodyear Aircraft
Truce Talks Largely Resume Defense Plants Production
Mediation yielded talks across major strikes with production kept steady in defense industries. AFL Iron Workers halted action at In ls Iron Works Alabama after a National Defense Commission envoy arrived. CIO at Edgewater New Jersey paused strike threats pending talks and a federal conciliator review. Michigan reported progress avoiding a large electrical workers strike that could affect 900 communities. 350 CIOs agreed to return to Combustion Engineering Tennessee pending wage, hours, and bargaining agent discussions. Three hundred AFL shipbuilders in San Diego agreed to resume work transforming purse-seiners to navy mine sweepers with a union shop and wage adjustments. Ongoing holds at Orange Texas and Midland Pennsylvania delayed destroyers and Army Air Corps work at Wright Field Ohio. Washington talks to resolve four Harvester plants wage and recognition disputes continue.
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Associated Press
AFL Structural Iron Workers
Inls Iron Works Company
Irmingham
Ala
National Defense Commission
CIO
Edgewater
N. J
Aluminum Company of America
Manage
Michigan
AFL
Washington
Combustion Engineering Company
Chattanooga
Tenn
San Diego
Calif
Navy
Army Air Corps
Wright Field
Ohio
International Harvester Company
CIO Farm Equipment Workers Organizing Committee
Warner Back From England
Milo J. Warner national commander of the American Legion and three legionnaires returned from England after studying civilian defense in London area sites including army navy RAF and coastal units. The group will report to the Legion's national executive committee in Indianapolis next week. Warner noted British resolve to defeat their enemy.
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New York
Milo J. Warner
American Legion
England
London
Navy
Legion
Indianapolis
January Liquor Sales Dip in Ohio Report
Ohio's January liquor sales fell from 1940 levels with net profits and gallonage tax totaling 1,099,024 for the first 25 days, down 92,673. Total sales reached 4,011,538, down 2,195 from last year, though 1939 figures show larger declines in both profit and revenue.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio seeks uniform traffic rules across state
A Senate passed bill seeks to standardize signals signs and regulations for all motorists in Ohio and requires municipalities to follow the rules with a shareable cost. The highway director could set speed zones and adjust limits with the present standard. The measure also bans Cleveland’s rotary turn at intersections and sets a minimum cigarette sale price to protect independent retailers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House
Cleveland
Maurice W. Lipscher
Dmahoning
Murray S. Parker
Dsummit
Theodore M. Gray
Miami
U S Closes 2 Italian Offices
The United States ordered Italy to close its consulates in Detroit Michigan and Newark New Jersey for reasons of national policy. The move follows Italy's decision to close U S consulates in Naples and Palermo. Personnel withdrawal prevents transfers to Italian posts elsewhere in the United States.
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Washington
United States
Italy
Detroit
Newark
N. J
State Department
Naples
Palermo
High Court Rules On Two Narrow Ohio Elections
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to review lower court rulings and upheld results in two close contests. George R. Clark defeated William M. Baldwin for Lawrence County commissioner by eight votes. Grover C. Smith defeated Homer H. Weedon for Noble County surveyor by two votes.
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George R. Clark
Lawrence County
William M. Baldwin
Grover C. Smith
Noble County
Homer H. Weedon
Ralston Gets Contract For Steel Auto Cars
The Pere Marquette Railway announces a contract for 100 all steel 40 foot automobile cars to be built by the Ralston Steel Car Co in Columbus Ohio at an approximate cost of 335000 dollars.
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Cleveland
Ralston Steel Car Co
Columbus
Pere Marquette Railway
Federal drive targets unlicensed radio operators near Marietta Belpre
Federal agents launched a crackdown against unlicensed radio operators in the Marietta and Belpre area. Investigators report 10 to 12 bootleg transmitters in use and moved to seize equipment and halt broadcasts.
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Columbus
Marietta
Belpre
Russians Eye Axis English Balkan Tussle
Red Star argues Balkan events may shape the war with both sides pursuing own military aims. Bulgaria’s axis entry breaks neutrality, signaling sharper Yugoslavian and Turkish stakes, as Berlin Ankara talks intensify and Eden visits Turkey. Red Fleet hints at a Salonika front.
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Moscow
Red Star
Balkans
Balkan
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Turkey
Berlin
Ankara
Anthony Eden
Red Fleet
Salonika
Pilot body identified in Mount Tipton crash near Kingman
A Warren, Ohio pilot was identified as Joe S. Martinek after a Mount Tipton crash 30 miles north of Kingman, Arizona. North American Aviation officials said Paul Penrose located the wreckage and, with chief pilot Paul Balfour, climbed five miles to reach the body.
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Los Angeles
North American Aviation Company
Mount Tipton
Kingman
Ariz
Joe S. Martinek
Warren
O. Paul Penrose
Paul Balfour
Local Relief Authorities Immunity From Damage Suits
Columbus Ohio Atty. Gen. Thomas J. Herbert ruled that local relief authorities as state agencies may not be sued for damages from negligent acts of their employer. The ruling came in the wake of an accident involving a truck owned by the Scioto County relief board.
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Columbus
Atty
Thomas J. Herbert
Scioto County Relief Board
East Liverpool Pottery Industry Expands Again
East Liverpool reports Potters Supply Co awards contracts for a 100000 expansion including a continuous kiln office building and plant addition. The district totals pottery industry expansion now reach 263000.
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East Liverpool
the Potters Supply Co
Offensive Is Expected To Begin Soon
Greece massed 90 000 troops in the mountains north of Salone to meet an imminent German assault of 150 000 along the Greek Bulgarian frontier. Berlin’s force faces Allied defense as Britain and Greece pledge to fight to final victory with diplomatic moves in Sofia and Ankara signaling escalating Balkan tension.
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Britain
Greece
Saloneika
Sofia
Bulgaria
Aegean
Anthony Eden
John G. Dill
Athens
Turkey
Russia
Germany
Europe
Dardanelles
Bucharest
Romania
Moscow
Rumania
Black Sea
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Adolf Hitler
Ion Antonescu
Vienna
Reichsmarshal Herman Wilhelm Goering
Far East
Tokyo
France
Thailand
Japan
Dust Storms Follow Rainfall in California
Dust storms sweep southern California after a month of rain. Officials report continued unsettled weather with only partial cloud cover and a forecast of more fair conditions ahead.
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California
Los Angeles
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