British Capital Struck In Night Nazi Raid Hits London Hard
Nazi warplanes bombed London in a six hour assault dropping incendiaries and high explosives. The attack caused widespread destruction with hospitals, a department store, and a large hotel damaged. Casualties were reported and thousands fled as fires burned across the city.
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Coventry
London
Berlin
Empire
Bineland Tadaw Aa
Victoria and Albert
King George VI
Thames
Balkans
Ohio House approves two year extension of gas tax
The House Taxation Committee voted 15 to 4 to extend the one cent per gallon liquid fuel tax for two years despite opposition from the Ohio State Chamber of Commerce. The chamber warned of surplus funds and tax cuts next year. Other actions included defeats on earmarking funds for local government and highway construction, and approvals on newsprint source protection, land water conservation bills, and a Senate vote on barring the Communist Party from the ballot.
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Columbus
Ohio State Chamber of Commerce
House Taxation Committee
Bricker
Treasury
Chamber
George B. Chandler
General Revenue Fund
House Judiciary Committee
Oppose River Power Treaty Stalls Canada U S Pact
In Congress opposition forms to the U S Canada St Lawrence River power treaty. Sen Adams questions defense value, noting four to five years to completion. Sen Norris backs the president, arguing national benefits.
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Washington
Congress
Defense Industries
Norris
Suspect Arrested in Indiana Church Bombing
A Greene County farmer was held today in connection with a dynamite blast at the Free Methodist Church in Lyons Indiana that injured four severely and left ten more hurt. Forty people were shaken during Lenten services. the Rev. R C Eastham said the act was retribution for attacks on illegal business from the pulpit.
Explosion at Sersey Powder Plant in Kenil New Jersey
An explosion at the Hercules Powder Co plant in Kenil occurred at noon and was felt as far as Morristown ten miles away. State police reported the blast was slight with no lives lost, occurring on the burning ground where refuse is destroyed.
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Kenil, N. J
Hercules Powder Co
Morristown
Edgar Johnston Dies At Home in Gallipolis
Edgar Johnston aged 79 died at his home in Gallipolis after a brief illness. Funeral services are planned for two o'clock Friday afternoon.
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Edgar Johnston
Gallipolis
Allipolis
Highway Maps To Be Distributed By Ohio Department
The highway department will distribute about 300000 new 1941 road maps to the public starting April 1. Maps can be obtained by direct application to the traffic and safety bureau in Columbus at divisional offices in Ashland Newark Middletown and Chillicothe.
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Columbus
Highway Department
Ashland
Newark
Middletown
Chillicothe
Traffic and Safety Bureau
Architect says eight story buildings safer than shelters
New York architect Erling F. Iversen just returned from a two year tour of war zones and argues that ordinary American eight story or higher structures offer greater safety from bombs than underground shelters.
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New York
Erling F. Iversen
Train collision kills six near Spartanburg
Six trainmen died when two Southern Railway freight trains collided head on near Spartanburg South Carolina causing a major wreck and investigation into the cause remains ongoing.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Southern Railroad
Here
la Adlight
Defense Board Moves Quickly To End Strikes in Vital Industries
The United States Conciliation Service will join the National Defense Mediation Board to resolve disputes in defense industries. A new board chaired by Dr. Clarence A. Dykstra will investigate and publicize settlements without power to compel agreements. Key talks include SWOC wage demands with Carnegie-Illinois Steel, a CIO strike at Harvill Aircraft Die Casting, a New York bus strike, and coal talks with CIO-United Mine Workers.
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Defense Board
United States Conciliation Service
National Defense Mediation Board
Roosevelt
John R. Steelman
Labor Department
Steelman
Clarence A. Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
Selective Service System
Philip Murray
CIO
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Pittsburgh
J. Lester Perry
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
SWOC
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie-Illinois
U. S. Steel
New Defense Mediation Board
Harvill Aircraft Die Casting Corporation
Los Angeles
F. H. LaGuardia
New York
Manhattan
Cio-United Mine Workers
Appalachian
House Approves 7 Billion British Aid Bill By Huge Margin
The House backed a 7.0 billion dollar British aid measure 336 to 55, sending it to the Senate for swift action. The vote included 231 Democrats and 104 Republicans with one Farm Laborer. opposition came from 6 Democrats 45 Republicans 3 Progressives and 1 American Laborist.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
United States
House
Senate Appropriations
Barkley
Byrnes
D-S.g
Taft
Ohio
Great Britain
Clark
D-Mo
Dr. Lewis Bean Dies in Gallipolis
Dr. Lewis C. Bean age seventy four died at home in Gallipolis after a stroke. He practiced as a physician for many years and served as president of the Ohio Valley Bank and a Gallipolis City Commissioner. Survived by wife and three children Dr Leo C Bean Lewis C Bean Jr and Mrs Hugh Evans. Funeral set for Saturday at ten in the Presbyterian Church.
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Gallipolis
Lewis C. Bean
Draft Dependency Will Be Tested in Court
Charles G. Shimola, a 25 year old married bus driver, files suit to avoid induction Friday. His attorney argues the Lakewood draft board abused its discretion by placing him in Class 1-AA due to his wife’s pregnancy in six months.
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Cleveland
Charles G. Shimola
Shimola
Lakewood
Six-Foot Officer Put In Maternity Ward
Independence police officer James Woodrow Porter, a six foot four, 223 pounder, is confined in the hospital maternity ward for a tonsillectomy. Crowded conditions forced the assignment and the bed and pillows are labeled nursery, causing fellow officers to joke about the situation.
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Independence
James Woodrow Porter
Porter
Robe Stealing Cut From Davis Car In Cincinnati
Police report a thief cut a hole in Lew Davis' automobile to steal a robe valued at seven dollars. Davis estimated the repair bill at one hundred forty two dollars.
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Cincinnati
Lew Davis
Davis
Mrs. Flora Chidister Dies in Logan Home
Flora Chidister 81, widow of Harry Chidister, died Wednesday night at her son Charles S. Chidister's Logan home after a long illness. Survived by another son Clyde of Minard Texas, one brother and three sisters. Services Saturday at 2 PM at United Brethren Church with Rev. E B White officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Logan
Flora Chidister
Harry Chidister
Charles S. Chidister
Army to Demobilize National Guard After One Year
Washington AP reports the War Department plans to demobilize National Guard units after one year of federal service barring a grave emergency. The policy also covers thousands drafted under the selective service act for a year of training. Congressional approval would be needed to extend periods as world conditions prompted discussion.
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Washington
War Department
National Guard
Army
Acomb Dies in Athens After Heart Attack Illness
Dr. E Bradford Acomb Athens dentist died at Sheltering Arms Hospital Wednesday at 5 30 p m following a heart attack suffered Sunday March 9 He had earlier attacks and was 12 years a practicing dentist in Athens Survived by wife Edna Quick Acomb daughter Alma and son Richard plus three sisters and two brothers Funeral service set for Friday 10 30 a m at Jagers Funeral Home with burial in Caldwell Ohio
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E. Bradford Acomb
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Loveland
Acomb
Cincinnati Dental College
Athens Lodge of Elks
Acom
W. J. Acomb
Mansfield
Howard H. Acomb
Detroit
Jagers Funeral Home
Caldwell, O
Two Republican Groups Will Meet in Columbus
Ohio Republican party workers will discuss off year political activities at two major group meetings in Columbus. The League of Young Republican Clubs of Ohio holds its annual convention on April 5 and the Ohio Federation of Republican Women's spring conference is set for May 2.
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Columbus
Ohio Republican Party
League of Young Republican Clubs of Ohio
Ohio Federation of Republican Women's Organizations
War Today: Eyes on Britain's Blitz and Global Shifts
The piece argues the Battle of Britain and the Battle of the Atlantic shape the European conflict as Nazi bombing and U boat actions escalate. It notes Italy's Africa campaign, the Balkan and Mediterranean dynamics, Japan's diplomacy in Berlin and Rome, and the looming threat of famine and disease, asserting Britain could win if it withstands the current blitz.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hull
London
Atlantic
Hitler
Britain
England
Italy
Mediterranean
Balkan
Japan
Minaw Matsuoka
Berlin
Rome
Nippon
Far East
United States
Europe
Herr Hitler
Conductor Links Russians to Manhattan Limited Wreck
A conductor testified at an ICC hearing that 44 Russian diplomats or engineers may have been aboard the Manhattan Limited before a collision near Cleveland to Pittsburgh. Officials citing sabotage and railroad workers noting rail loosening. The wreck killed five and injured 114 as the rear sleeper carried uniformed boys.
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Pittsburgh
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Manhattan Limited
Cleveland-to-Pittsburgh
ICC
W. M. Scheiber
CCC
Wichterman Enlists for Army Dental Corps Service
Dr. R. F. Wichterman of Athens will report to Camp Carlisle Pennsylvania on March 27 as a first lieutenant in the Dental Corps. He has practiced in Athens since 1929 after Ohio State University graduation. His wife and daughter will accompany him. he expects one year away with possible transfer to Camp Forest Tennessee after a month at Carlisle.
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R. F. Wichterman
Arden Place
Masonic Building
Officers Reserve Corps
Camp Carlisle
Harrisburg
Dental Corps
Wichterman
Athens
Ohio State University
Wheeling
W. Va
Mary Lou
Dr. Wichterman
Camp Forest
Tennessee
Ohio Tax Collections Exceed 1940 in 1941 Nine Weeks
Ohio's three per cent retail sales tax intake for the first nine weeks of 1941 topped the 1940 period by $1,000,000 as 75 counties reported gains. Only 13 counties posted losses: Adams Brown Fairfield Hocking Madison Monroe Morgan Noble Paulding Perry Pickaway Putnam and Union.
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Columbus
Ohio
Adams
Brown
Fairfield
Hocking
Madison
Monroe
Morgan, Noble
Paulding
Perry
Pickaway
Putram
Union
Peter Grant deferment granted to WLW announcer
Melvin Meredith Maginn 34 known on WLW airwaves as Peter Grant has been granted temporary occupational deferment in the draft.
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Cincinnati
Melvin Meredith Maginn
WLW
Peter Grant
War time price gains lift dairy and grain markets
Prices of dairy and grain commodities rose to multimonth highs as war developments and democracy aid shape demand. Butter futures near 30.5 cents for March, 32.5 for November. wheat around 89 cents a bushel for May. corn about 65 cents. oats and rye at year highs amid shipping and air war factors.
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Chicago
United States
Mercantile Exchange
Second Draft3 Being Planned
Washington reports quiet advance preparations for a second selective service registration day. It would register men who reached twenty first birthday since last Oct 16. By late summer or fall 1,000,000 to 1,250,000 will come of age. Congress may consider changing draft ages toward universal service at a fixed age.
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Washington
Congress
President Roosevelts Florida naval air station visit
President Roosevelt arrived by special train in Jacksonville to inspect the new naval air station serving as a training center for flying sailors and maintenance crews. After the inspection he planned to board the Potomac at Port Everglades for a vacation cruise.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Roosevelt
Naval Air Station
Caribbean-Panama Canal
Port Everglades
Ohio Relief Expense Drops for February
February relief expense totaled 1,889,807 dollars, a decline of 20,418 from January and 631,017 less than February 1940. State Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood reported that state participation is capped at 900,000 dollars, equaling 47.8 percent of the total.
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Columbus
Charles L. Sherwood
Seven U S Warships Arrive in Australia
Crowds line Sydney Harbor to welcome seven United States warships on a training cruise. About 2,000 officers and men are aboard as Australia and the United States express friendship amid cheers from hundreds of thousands of spectators.
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Sydney
Australia
Sydney Harbor
United States
U. S. Navy
Blind Man Lists Dog As Business Expense
Cleveland man Lee Woods, a blind refreshment stand proprietor, awaits IRS ruling after listing his guide dog as a business expense. Last year the doberman pinscher was claimed as a dependent but auditors disallowed it.
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Cleveland
Lee Woods
Sam
Woods
Minister Committed to State Hospital After Sanity Hearing
The Rev. William E. Rooney pastor of St Edward's Catholic Church was committed to Massillon State Hospital for treatment after psychiatrists found him unfit at a probate court sanity hearing. A whipping incident involving a semi nude 16 year old girl was cited in the charge.
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Ashland
William E. Rooney
Massillon State Hospital
St. Edward’s Catholic Church
Gems Stolen From Syracuse Woman in Cincinnati Hotel
Mrs John Gray of Syracuse New York reports gems valued at 10000 dollars stolen while she slept in a downtown Cincinnati hotel. Police are investigating the hotel break in and theft of valuables.
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Cincinnati
John Gray
Syracuse
N. Y
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