Food Stamp Plan Expands Across Ohio Counties
SMA surveys extend the orange and blue food stamps to at least 23 more Ohio counties. L. B. Von Spach says eight northeast counties and multiple other counties, including Franklin, Darke, Preble, Butler, Montgomery, Warren, Clinton, Clermont, Williams, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Wood, Ottawa, and Sandusky, participate or are planned. Blue stamps could raise annual purchasing power by about $1.65 million. Trumbull and Stark counties expect $300,000 and $200,000 respectively.
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Cleveland
Surplus Marketing Administration
Ohio
SMA
L. B. von Spach
Cuyahoga County
Cincinnati
Darke
Preble
Butler
Montgomery
Warren
Clinton
Clermont
Toledo
Williams
Defiance
Fulton
Henry
Wood
Ottawa
Sandusky
Franklin County
Hamilton County
Marietta
Washington County
Dayton
Akron
Barberton
Cuyahoga Falls
von Spach
Trumbull County
Stark
Young Mother And Child Lost In Wilderness
In Montrose Colorado a young mother Laura Boyd 22 and her six year old daughter are missing after leaving their ranch for Montrose. Searchers trailed in crusted snow as signals and clues recovered include a handbag stockings and leggings. Rancher Burl Herman found the trail and helped summon a search party as the route through the Uncompahgre Plateau Basin vanished with melting snow.
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Montrose
Colo
Laura Boyd
Burl Herman
Boyds
Herman
Otis Boyd
Telluride
Army Finds Definite Evidence of Sabotage
Fort George G. Meade construction officers reported definite photographic evidence of prolonged and skillful sabotage at the post. They cited acts like sawing uprights to weaken structures and driving spikes into power and telephone lines.
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Fort George G. Meade
U. S. Army
Fear of Draft Prompted Man to Take His Life
Coroner W. W. Lynch stated that fear of military service led John Cole Jr. aged 28 to commit suicide yesterday in Ironton. The death was ruled a self inflicted act amid draft anxiety. Proceeding findings were announced today.
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Ironton— Vn
W. W. Lynch
John Cole, Jr
Yestery
War Worry Fatal in Kenton Suicide
Coroner J A Mooney says 66 year old L C Povemire killed himself over anxiety about the future of the United States after the defense boom collapses. The death was ruled a suicide in Kenton.
Hood College dean named next Lake Erie College president
Dr. Helen D. Bragdon, dean at Hood College Frederick Maryland, will succeed Dr. Vivian B. Small as Lake Erie College president starting next September.
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Painesville
Helen D. Bragdon
Hood College
Frederick, Md
Vivian B. Small
Rough Sea Delays FDRs Fishing Trip
President Roosevelt aboard the Potomac Yorktown class yacht awaiting better weather as chop seas and a strong offshore wind kept the Potomac and escort destroyer in port at Port Everglades Florida just before dawn.
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Port Everglades
Fla
Potomac
President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
White House
Benson
Takes Fire Truck Home Authority and Location
Frank Paul Boron, 23, was sentenced to two years in jail after appropriating Moscow Pennsylvania’s only fire truck to drive to his Farmdale Ohio home. He said he found the borough hall open, saw the keys in the ignition, and planned to sleep on the truck’s front seat before driving home.
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Warren
Moscow
Farmdale
Frank Paul Boron
Boron
Will Leach
New York
Borough Hall
U. S. Studies Nazi Panzer Divisions Tactics in France
Washington reports new data on how Germany’s Panzer divisions were used during the French campaign. The Army General Staff studies the material as Congress reviews plans for expanding the army’s armored force.
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Washington
Germany
France
Army General Staff
Congress
Defense Leaders Prepared To Spend Gigantic Sum This Year
Washington AP defense leaders outlined a 4.07 billion dollar addition for Army and Navy in the current year including 1.0 billion for 3,600 bombing planes at four new plants, 343 million for 1,425 other bombers and transports, and 971 million for ordnance and reserves. Navy allotment totals 295.4 million for anti aircraft guns and merchant ship arming. Knudsen promised seven billion dollar British aid would be committed in the year starting July 1, while mediation talks eased labor disputes and New York CIO bus drivers ended a 11 day walkout.
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Washington
Army
Navy
House
Appropriations Committee
Air Corps
Atlantic
William S. Knudsen
Senate
New York Cio
AFL Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers Brotherhood
Painting and Decorating Contractors of America
Link Chooses New Chief Clerk for Athens Draft Board
In Athens County Draft Board No 1 the eighth call of 14 men from Athens left at 8 this morning. Edward Lee Yeager 21 The Plains replaces Harry Allen Hope whose examination was incomplete. Board Chairman G D Gorham announced Henry Wheatley Link 134 N Congress St has been appointed chief clerk replacing Dorothy Parmiter who resigned.
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Athens
Athens County
Edward Lee Yeager
The
Plains
Harry Allen Hope
G. D. Gorham
Henry Wheatley Link
Congress St
Dorothy Parmiter
Registration of School Busses Questioned in Suit
A mandamus suit filed in the state supreme court seeks to compel Cylan W. Wallace the state registrar of motor vehicles to license all school buses. Dorothy Walls of Youngstown argues the law exempting school buses from annual license fees is unconstitutional and discriminatory.
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Columbus
Cylan W. Wallace
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
State Supreme Court
Dorothy Walls
Youngstown
Mandamus
Market Quota for Crops Debated in Senate Proposal
Senate Agriculture Committee chair proposes marketing quotas for corn and wheat with options for two year one year or no quota. Officials say large government loaned stocks require a grower referendum this year. Penalties would rise to 30 cents per bushel for corn and 50 cents for wheat.
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Washington
Senate
Smith
D-S.c
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Congress
Dutch Nazi decree extends authority for summary executions
A Berlin reported decree gives German High Commissioner Seyss-Inquart power to establish machinery for summary justice and to remove Dutch officials as needed for public security. The emergency administration could apply to all Holland or selected districts and is to be used if riots strikes or conspiracies against German authority recur.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Berlin
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Holland
Pastor Rooney Faces Sanity Test in Whipping Case
Ashland Ohio reports Rev. William E. Rooney 47 a pastor at St Edward s Catholic Church is to stand trial if found sane in common pleas court for whipping Virginia Barrett 16 a ward who lived in the parish house The grand jury indicted him after a judge overruled a probate ruling that he was mentally ill and should be committed to Massachusetts State Hospital
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Ashland
Common Pleas Court
William E. Rooney
Virginia Barrett
St. Edward's Catholic Church
Ashland County
Grand Jury
Common Pleas
H. E. Culbertson
Massillon State Hospital
Treasury launches sale drive for defense securities
The Treasury begins a 500000 strong campaign to sell defense savings securities to Americans. The program targets employers schools unions and banks to promote investor participation with denominations from 10 cents to 10000 and bonds redeemable in cash or exchangeable for savings bonds. Series F and G require six months before cashing with 30 days notice possible.
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Washington
The
Treasury Today
Defense Savings
Gale F. Johnston
St. Louis
Morgenthau
Treasury
Whitmore and Maccombs Fail To Get Parole
Ira Whitmore and Walter Maccombs, former Athens County commissioners, must serve at least five more months in prison on one to 10 year sentences for soliciting bribes in county purchases. Parole cases were continued to August after a first hearing since last April. Also, 51 inmates at London Prison Farm were released. Athens inmate Chris Handley, convicted of manslaughter, is listed with a May 1 release date.
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Columbus
Ira Whitmore
Walter Maccombs
Athens County
Ohio and Parole Commission
London Prison Farm
Athens
Chris Handley
Roosevelt Sends Bill on Great Lakes Power Project
President Roosevelt submitted a proposed agreement with Canada to develop the St Lawrence waterway power project. The plan envisions deep sea navigation linking the Great Lakes and Atlantic and adds 2 200 000 new hydro electric horsepower for both nations. Cost estimated over 500 million dollars. The agreement mirrors a treaty not ratified by the Senate in 1934 and now requires Congressional approval.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Canada
St. Lawrence Waterway
Great Lakes
Atlantic
United States Senate
Steel contract awarded by Navy Dept to Ohio firm
A $315 786 contract for steel pipe and special couplings was awarded yesterday by the Navy Department to the American Rolling Mill Company of Middletown Ohio.
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STEEL
Washington
Navy Department
American Rolling Mill Company
Middletown
Bobcats Ready for Semi Final Clash with CCNY in Garden
Ohio University Bobcats, riding a surge after beating Duquesne, prepare for a Saturday semi final against Nat Holman’s CCNY in Madison Square Garden as part of the national invitation tournament. CCNY relies on speed with Beavers showcasing a fast attack while Ohio counters with size parity and Pete Lalich’s scoring.
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Bobcats
CCNY
Long Island
Duquesne
City College
Virginia
Beavers
Ohio
Pete Lalich
Nat Holman
Oklahoma A
Niagara
Santa Clara
Ohio State vs City College of New York NIT Semi Final
The Messenger delays Saturday night edition to cover Ohio University game with City College of New York in the National Invitation Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden. The match starts at 9 30 and ends about 11 with results to appear Sunday along with other NIT outcomes and lineup details for Monday.
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G. BE. Mitchell
NEW York
Duquesne
Ohio University
Bobcats
City College of New York
Madison Square Garden
Nat Holman
Beavers
Seton Hall
Orange
N. J
Long Island
the Messenger
G. F E. Mitchell
Messenger
Injuries Fatal To Paul Wright
Paul Wright age 20 of Nelsonville died in Barberton hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile crash on March 5. Five boys were injured and one killed. Wright, a Nelsonville High School graduate class of 1937, leaves parents, two sisters, and a brother. Funeral services Monday at 2 at Stout Funeral Home with burial at Green Lawn.
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Nelsonville
Paul Wright
Barberton
Earnest Wright
Wadsworth
Young Wright
Clarice
Lene
Don
Nelsonville High School
Stout Funeral
Greenlawn
Woman Exchanged Babies at Manlius Hospital Mixup
Mrs James Kirtpatrick was told by a hospital attendant that she had been given the wrong baby after returning home from a birth. An infant was presented for exchange and she agreed to swap. The incident occurred at the hospital in Manlius Illinois.
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Manlius, Il
James Kirtpatrick
Progress Reported In Coal Seale Parley
A joint sub committee representing the nation's bituminous coal miners and operators resumed negotiations today on a new contract to replace the one expiring March 31, with both sides agreeing that some progress had been made.
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New York
Airplane Shipments To England Increased in 1940
London reports Aeroplane magazine shows 1875 American made airplanes shipped to England in 1940 up from 300 in 1939. The data reflects a surge in wartime airlift and supply.
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England
London
Aeroplane
Yugoslav Decision Moves Axis Closer Power Shift
Belgrade announced Yugoslavia would join the Rome Berlin Tokyo pact, prompting a government crisis with three ministers resigning amid rising Serb opposition. In Britain, Plymouth endured heavy Luftwaffe bombing as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth toured naval yards. Churchill welcomed John G. Winant as the new U.S. ambassador to London.
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Crown Council
Tokyo
Adolf Hitler
Greece
Belgrade
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Germany
Britain
George V
Elizabeth
Plymouth
Berlin
Vienna
Ten Draftees Appeal to President for Release
Only 10 selective service eligibles out of about 2 600 000 drafted have appealed to President Roosevelt from local draft board rulings, it was announced today in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ohio youths hold two day farming group meeting
Columbus hosts a two day gathering as Ohio Young Farmer Association and Future Farmers of America meet to discuss Building a Better Farming's Community. Local youths and agricultural leaders participate in sessions on community building and farming improvements.
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Columbus
Ohio Farm
Ohio Young Farmer Association
Future Farmers of America
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