Postwar Daxes and Manpower Hold Capitol Spotlight
Washington debates postwar world police force and pay as you go tax plan as Senate and House split along party lines. WPB studies standardization of designs to free workers for war production while labor boards shift away from the Little Steel wage formula toward equity in increases.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
War Production Board
War Labor Board
Congress
Senate
House
Taft
Ohio
Wheeler
Mont
Connally
Texas
Hatch
N. M
Burton
Hill
Ala
Ball
Minn
Phan
William Green
American Federation of Labor
WPB
Reorganized
Conservation Division
Howard Coonley
War Manpower Commission
WLB
Athens council sets earlier dog and chicken confinement date
Athens city council moved the annual confinement deadline for dogs and chickens from March 15 to March 1 to allow early planting. The Oct. 1 final confinement date remains. The waterworks department received 4000 dollars for pipeline extensions and new equipment.
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Athens
Vandals Damage Cleveland School in Major Raid
Russell Rupp, former Athens Junior High principal and Cleveland official, leads Shaker Heights Junior High in a vandalized loss estimated at 15000 dollars. The spree hits schools, businesses, and homes across Cleveland with mounting damages.
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Russell Rupp
Athens Junior High School
Shaker Heights
Cleveland
Temperature Drop Forecast Drives Cold Wave Across State
Columbus forecast warns a sharp cold wave this afternoon and tonight with temperatures sinking to 25 degrees or lower. Western areas expect the lowest readings as residents brace for severe cold.
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Columbus
Weather Bureau
Cincinnati Detective Links Cleaning Fluid to Lammers Death
Detective Lee Kiley testified that a cleaning fluid apparently ignited and caused the fatal burns to Mrs. Nick J. Lammers, 30, in Cincinnati. The report notes the incident is under investigation with authorities seeking the exact ignition source.
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Cincinnati
Lee Kiley
Nick J. Lammers
April ration points stay at March totals with overlap
The Office of Price Administration said April ration points remain 48, using blue stamps D E F in War Ration Book 2. An overlap week allows use of March and April stamps, while new blue A B C expire March 31.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Bricker Criticizes USES Delays Hurting Ohio Farmers
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker says farmers are discouraged by USES rules and lengthy procedures, leading some to abandon seeking aid for farm labor. He spoke at a conference of farm-belt governors on wartime agricultural needs and urged equal wartime consideration for agriculture.
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Des Moines
John W. Bricker
Ohio
United States Employment Service
Washington
Bricker
Prepare for Emergencies by OCD distributes equipment
More than 680000 pieces of firefighting and protective gear have been distributed to Ohio Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia communities by the Office of Civilian Defense regional director Dan T. Moore. Additional hoses ladders pumps helmets and gas masks will be sent as available with the aim that every strategically important community is prepared for emergencies. The equipment is purchased by OCD and lent to communities based on surveys of military and industrial installations.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Office of Civilian Defense
Dan T. Moore
Moore
OCD
Production Awards For Farmers Planned
Washington announces production awards for farmers who sign up to meet 1943 food targets. Secretary Wickard will issue certificates of farm service, mirroring industrial war plant awards. County boards will distribute certificates after the 1943 farm mobilization drive concludes this month.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
County Agricultural War Boards
Department
Allied Air Attacks Pound Japanese Convoy Near Dobo
Allied airmen blasted a three-ship convoy bound for Dobo in the Aroe Islands, scoring direct hits on two transports and near hits on a third while long range fighters battered the ships. Darwin and Oro Bay faced heavy aerial activity as Japan masses its forces northwest of Australia. Brig. Gen. Claire Chennault promised supplies to China's allies, who urged more US transport planes for the Aerial Burma Road.
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Australia
Dobo
MacArthur
Darwin
Oro Bay
New Guinea
Aroe Islands
Wewak
U. S
China
Burma
Additions to Casualties Announced by Navy
The Navy released 49 new casualties among Navy forces, including six dead and 43 missing. The overall tally to next of kin since December 7, 1941 reaches 24,395 with 6,740 dead, 4,612 wounded and 13,043 missing across Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Appropriation Approved for Soldiers' Babies Care
A 1 200 000 appropriation for caring for babies born to wives of enlisted service members was approved by a Senate-House conference committee. Martha Raye said she shed 22 pounds and contracted yellow fever while entertaining troops in North Africa and Britain.
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Washington
Senate-House
New York
Martha Raye
Screen
Radio Comedienne
North Africa
Britain
Bugler Leonard Fey Wilson Dies In New Orleans At 62
Leonard Fey Wilson who sounded Taps at President McKinley’s funeral in Washington died today in New Orleans at age 62. He served as a bugler in the U S Army and gained recognition for performing at national ceremonies.
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Bugler
New Orleans
Leonard Fey Wilson
McKinley
Washington, D. C
Rooney Rejected After Army Physical
Hollywood star Mickey Rooney, 21, was rejected after a military physical examination at the Los Angeles induction center. Lt. Col. Agard H. Bailey announced Rooney’s referral by draft officials and a thorough checkup.
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Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Agard H. Bailey
Los Angeles
Rooney
Judge Excuses Workers From Petit Jury Service
U. S. Judge Mell G. Underwood in Columbus excuses workers from jury duty in Bellefontaine. W. F. Blinn is freed after claiming he is the town’s sole electrician with many repairs. The judge also releases about a dozen farmers who wish to plow in spring.
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Petit Jury
Columbus
U. S
Mell G. Underwood
Bellefontaine
W. F. Blinn
Blinn
Four Dollar Dogs Break for City of Indianapolis
The Indianapolis city council approves a new plan after Booth Tarkington appeals for the "four dollar dog" allowing a downtown municipal pet shop to sell stray dogs for four dollars and hires a part time veterinarian to improve humane care at the city dog pound.
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Indianapolis
Booth Tarkington
Tarkington
Ohio egg buyers urged to meet new standards
Ohio Director John T. Brown urged wholesalers and retailers to comply with Office of Price Administration egg regulations effective March 6 11. The rules adopt federal state grade standards and require dealers to grade eggs, with enforcement concerns due to staff shortages and loss of 20 licensed graders from the state markets bureau.
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Columbus
John T. Brown
State Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Office of Price Administration
Brown
OPA
State Bureau of Markets
Cost of Living Rise Slowed
Price Administrator Prentiss Brown cautions little chance to cut the cost of living but aims to prevent monthly increases from exceeding half a percent. He notes the 22 percent rise since Sept 1 1939 and the 210 percent jump in the First World War. He warns wage restraint depends on curbing price hikes and cites John L. Lewis’s demand for a $2 daily raise for 450,000 miners.
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Chicago
Prentiss Brown
United States
Poland
Brown
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Leader
Shorter School Terms Threatened in Dayton
Dayton's 49 public schools may shorten terms if the strike by 140 maintenance workers is resolved with higher wages. School board president Paul Schenck announced the potential action today.
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Dayton
Paul Schenck
Income Tax Collectors Tackle Tremendous Job
Ohio tax offices processed a flood of returns and payments after the deadline. Columbus Cleveland and Cincinnati reported totals swelling past hundreds of millions with thousands of returns yet to be counted. Major payments included a Cleveland installment over $250 000 and Cincinnati handling about 38.2 million since January 1 with roughly 35 million more expected.
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Gentsch
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Lewis Threatens to Call Mine Holiday
John L. Lewis warned northern coal operators he will lead 450 000 miners to boycott work on April 1 unless a wage pact is reached by March 31. He condemned operators for rejecting a $2 daily wage rise and an $8 blanket minimum, urging immediate bargaining in closed sessions with a six man committee from each side.
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NEW York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Charles O'Neill
Rosa Sanders Dies in Hospital After Stroke
Miss Rosa Sanders aged 77 of 36 W State St died this morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a week with a stroke. She is survived by a sister Mrs David Johnson and a brother Bert Sanders of Athens. Funeral services at Jagers Funeral Home Thursday afternoon at time to be announced, conducted by Rev Frank Donaldson. Friends may call after Wednesday noon.
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Rosa Sanders
W. State St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
David Johnson
Bert Sanders
Athens
Jagers Funeral Home
Frank Donaldson
Ohio House approves bill to enforce game laws
The Ohio House passed a measure allowing game protectors to enter private lands and waters to enforce game laws. The bill, similar to an earlier rejected version, moves to the Senate. A separate Senate-approved bill would authorize municipal fire departments to protect suburbs and rural districts.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
House
Senate
Essen under martial law after RAF raid
The Essener National Zeitung reports Essen has been placed under martial law since the RAF raid on the Krupps armament works last Friday night. The paper, dated March 9, says special trains are carrying evacuees from the stricken German industrial city daily.
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Stockholm
Essen
Krupps
Essener National Zeitung
Copperhead's Victim Seeks Compensation in Ohio Case
Merton Lama of Rockbridge Ohio seeks workers compensation after a copperhead bite on his right hand and wrist while working for Columbus Southern Electric. He claims two bites caused permanent disability and eye and neck issues, noting the case is the first of its kind before the Ohio Industrial Commission.
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Columbus
Ohio
Industrial Commission
Merton Lama
Rockbridge
Hocking County
Commission
Will Blake
Lama
Columbus & Southern Electric Co
Fairfield County
Student Held in Theft Of Hospital Money
A 21 year old Western Reserve University law student was held by Cleveland police in the theft of 2626 dollars from University hospitals where he worked as a part time office assistant. The money was found under a blanket in his car outside Lakeside Hospital. He will be charged with grand larceny.
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Cleveland
Western Reserve University
University Hospitals
Lakeside Hospital
White
Beer and Wine Sales Rise in Ohio During Short Whisky War
Columbus AP reports Ohio tax figures show beer and wine sales surged amid whisky shortages. January and February tax receipts for 3.2 and high powered beer totaled 1,688,206 dollars, up from 1,269,682 dollars for the same months in 1942, a gain of 418,524 dollars or 32.96 percent.
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Columbus
State
Route 7 Blocked by Ohio River Flood Near Proctorville
The Ohio River overflowed State Route 7 below Proctorville causing road blockages. Dam attendants at dam 28 expected no further flood danger despite the high water.
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Chesapeake
Ohio River
Proctorville
Frontline gains and retreat shape European war fronts
Allied and Axis reports outline rapid Red Army advances toward Smolensk with Kharkov recapture, while German forces reinforce the Kharkov region. In Tunisia, Montgomery’s Eighth Army advances near Bizerte and Gafsa with patrol actions. Berlin touts no British raids as French civilians flee coastlines under escort.
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Smolensk
Kharkov
Ukraine
Moscow
Leningrad
Rostov
Dnieper
R. A. N. Anderson
Eighth Army
Sedjenane
Bizerte
Gafsa
Mareth
Tunisia
Bernard L. Montgomery
Berlin
Germany
England
Grimsby
Humber
France
London
Tass
Monitor
Labor's OPA Seeks Labor Aid in Northeastern Ohio
The Office of Price Administration asks AFL CIO and railroad union leaders to form a 24 member committee within ten days to boost labor participation in price controls and food supply programs across 20 Northeastern Ohio counties. Clinton M. Fiske, acting Cleveland district manager, announced the effort today.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Ohio
Clinton M. Fiske
OPA
AFL, Cio
Railroad Brotherhood
White House Plans Butter Meat and Cheese Rationing
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt said the White House has been serving butter at breakfast for weeks and the presidential mansion is ready for butter meat and cheese rationing which goes into effect on March 29.
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Washington
White House
Eleanor Roosevelt
Presidential Mansion
Train hits car at Main Street crossing kills two
A Pennsylvania railroad passenger train struck an automobile at Main Street crossing in Upper Sandusky, killing C. R. Chriv er, 52, and his sister Maude Schriver, 57.
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Upper Sandusky
Pennsylvania Railroad
Main Street Crossing
C. R. Chriver
Maude Schriver
Ceiling prices for used trucks set by OPA
Washington report says the Office of Price Administration will soon establish ceiling prices for used trucks in a move to curb inflation. Officials announced today that the new pricing rules will apply to the resale of secondhand trucks nationwide.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
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