Ohio University Bobcats Rally Falls to Long Island in MSG Final
In the Madison Square Garden finale, Ohio University’s Bobcats fought Hard and trailed Long Island by a wide margin, 56 to 42. Frank Baumholtz was named outstanding player after scoring 53 in the tournament and setting two records. The Bobcats had earlier upset Duquesne and CCNY, led 14-3 early, and were ousted by Long Island’s sharp shooting and rebounding advantage.
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G. E. Mitchell
New York
N. Y
Ohio University
Madison Square Garden
Long Island
Bobcats
Frank Baumholtz
Midvale
Ohio
Duquesne
City College of New York
Blackbirds
Lobello
Schwartz
Shechtman
Baumholtz
Defense Hikes Appropriations Toward 25 Billion Total
Congress advances defense outlays toward a record 25 billion dollars for one year as plans grow. The House has approved about 17.8 billion including 7 billion for British aid, with 7.35 billion more awaiting action. Experts expect further supplemental requests as needs expand.
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Washington
Congressional
House
Roosevelt
Ohio Freighting Studied As Defense Measure
A Ohio Valley study will review freight movements for three months to speed production under the defense program. Railroads plan to add 135000 new cars by October, said A M Stephens of Louisville in a pre conference board meeting.
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Columbus
Ohio Valley
A. M. Stephens
Louisville
Surrender of Prisoners By U S Chagrins Nazis
Berlin reports describe US officials ordering the surrender of two escaped German war prisoners to Canada as very unchivalrous. A Nazi spokesman criticized the move saying not even England would do a trick like that.
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Berlin
United States
Canada
England
Pulling of Teeth Fails To Save Two Draftees
Two reluctant draftees from Ohio faced the draft despite attempts to evade it by pulling teeth. A Canton truck driver and a Defiance County farm youth will soon report to training camps as Maj. M. Ray Allison confirms 22 teeth were extracted in the effort to avoid induction.
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Columbus
Ohio
Canton
Defiance County
M. Ray Allison
Selective Service
Warren steak house murders leave investigators void of motive
Police pursue possible links after James Munsene aged 52 and Felix Monfrino aged 29 are killed at the Prime Steak House in the Flats District. Two well dressed gunmen entered, bought whiskey, then opened fire killing both victims as bystanders were struck, including Earl Huffman. Witnesses could not obtain license details for the shooters. Benny Guandale reported the gunmen pressured him to identify Munsene.
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Warren
James Munsene
Felix Monfrino
Munsene
Monirino
Earl Huffman
Youngstown
Huffman
Monfrino
Benny Gaundale
S. Park and
Clinton Sts
Guandale
Britain reports continued drop in sea losses in Atlantic battles
A British admiralty bulletin shows Britain's sea losses falling for the second straight week while naval forces trade blows in the Battle of the Atlantic and maintain pressure on enemy shipping lanes.
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London
Britain
Draft Officials Question Wives
Selective service officials in Youngstown check married men whose wives quit jobs to help avoid military service. Regulations defer men with dependents, but boards seek proof wives resigned to enable the husband’s draft avoidance. Companies report more resignations among stenographers and specialized workers. Registrants can be reclassified by notifying boards of status changes.
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Youngstown
Transatlantic Airline Subsidy Approved by Senate Panel
A Senate appropriations subcommittee approved an $800,000 subsidy for American Export Lines to start a new Transatlantic airline service. The aid adds to $1,146,000 already provided for Pan-American Airways, though the House had rejected the subsidy.
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Washington
Senate
American Export Lines, Inc
House
Pan-American Airways
War Objectors in Holmes County Support Camps
Rugged Holmes County where Mennonite and Amish compose a fifth of residents sends hundreds of men to the conscientious objector class under the selective service law. Churches plan a pay their own way system funding civilian work camps with 50 cent assessments per member to raise about $1,800 in six months. Funds will support food and clothing in government built camps and may include golf conservation and public health projects.
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Millersburg
Holmes County
National Service Board For
Holmes
Ohio
Stark
Tuscarawas
Wayne
Missing Man Beatty Found Shot in Ohio Lane
Missing furniture salesman Herbert G. Beatty aged 58 from Ashland Kentucky was shot six times in a lane four miles south of Batavia Ohio. Coroner Sam White said powder burns on his hands show a struggle for the gun. Beatty disappeared March 11 after leaving Ashland for Cincinnati and did not call his wife. Ashland Police Chief C F Brooks noted he habitually picked up hitchhikers.
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Batavia
Herbert G. Beatty
Ashland
Jackson
Sam White
Clermont County
Earl Binning
Here
Beatty
Cincinnati
Vine Street
C. F. Brooks
Atlas Coal Seeks Mine Under Ohio River Near Moundsville
Public Land Corporation meets to consider Atlas Coal and Dredge Company of Columbus request to mine coal beneath the Ohio River. Proposal covers 1336 acres of river bottom near Moundsville with state likely earning about 150000 from rentals and royalties if approved.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Public Land Corporation
Atlas Coal and Dredge Company
Columbus
Ohio River
Moundsville
Atty
Clarence W. Meadows
Yugoslavia Joins Axis Seen Shifting Balance of Power
A German source claimed Yugoslavia joining the Rome Berlin Tokyo alliance will outstrip past signings in impact. The informant compared current alignments to World War I and asserted that their bloc is now equal to any on earth.
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Berlin
Yugoslavia
Germany
US Tanker Cities Service Denver Explodes Off Carolina Coast
Coast Guardsmen from three stations raced to aid the stricken 9,316 ton Cities Service Denver after an explosion and fire. Nineteen seamen were reported missing 80 miles south and east of Beaufort Inlet, off Morehead City, North Carolina.
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Morehead City
N. C
Denver
Beauford Inlet
Beaufort Inlet
Sergeant Sneeze Calls Roll at Fort Jackson
At Fort Jackson South Carolina the 28th Infantry service company completes roll call listing soldiers with Polish sounding surnames alongside a John Smith. The readable roster includes Dziengielewski Gosciewski Jakubiec Kobylarczk Marciczkiewicz Masciovecchio Drozdowski Tumidajewicz Koscioszczek Konikiewicz Sczepankiewicz Ynunciaga.
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Fort Jackson
S. C
28Th Infantry
Dziengielewski
Gosciewski
Jakubiec
Kobylarczk
Marciczkiewicz
Masciovecchio
Drozdowski
Tumidajewicz
Koscioszczek
Konikiewicz
Sczepankiewicz
Ynunciaga
John Smith
British Aid Airmail Bill Clears Congress for Roosevelt
Congress approved a 7 billion dollar British aid appropriation and sent the bill to President Roosevelt. Senate passed 67 to 9. House delayed by adjournment, Speaker Rayburn and Vice President Wallace to sign. Wheeler opposed, noting debate over war or peace use of the aid.
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Rayburn
Wallace
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Wheeler
Mont
Barkley
Kentucky
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Britain
Montanan
Rival Union Dispute Halts Ohio Metal Plant
In Cleveland the Overly-Hautz Co plant halted sheet metal parts work for heavy defense machinery as rival unions enforce bargaining rights. The plant employs 120 workers on three shifts. President Harry W. Overly expects an early settlement.
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Ohio Metal
Cleveland
Overly-Hautz Co
Harry W. Overly
A. F. of L
Police Seek 2 Who Rob Theater of $200
Two gunmen robbed the Paramount Theater on Federal Street forcing assistant manager Henry Clipperly to open the office safe. They escaped with $200.
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Youngstown
Paramount Theater
Federal Street
Henry Clipperly
Chicago Picket Battle Halted In Union Fight
The National Defense Mediation Board in Washington urged restraint as sporadic violence marked labor actions at Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem Penn and International Harvester McCormick Works in Chicago. CIO strikes fed tensions with police dealing with picket incidents and goon squad violence.
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McCormick Works
International Harvester Co
Chicago
National Defense Mediation Board
Washington
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem
International Harvester McCormick
CIO
Clarence A. Dykstra
United States
Dykstra
Bethlehem Steel
SWOC
International Har McCormick
American Federation of Labor
John Stege
Woman Slayer To Be Examined for Insanity
PORTSMOUTH Ohio Mrs Goldie Pauley 30 will be examined for insanity after confessing she shot and killed her husband Lee Pauley 42 at their home on January 21 The court ordered 30 days of observation at Lima State Hospital for the criminally insance.
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Portsmouth
Goldie Pauley
Lee Pauley
Lima State Hospital
Pauley
Massive magnesium deposit eyed for near term production
A 68 acre magnesium bearing rock find near Augusta Georgia could yield about 12 million pounds of metallic magnesium annually for the next fifty years. Georgia State Geologist Garland Peyton calls it almost pure magnesium silicate and predicts a 20 percent rise in U S output. Mining engineer Page B Blakemore Sr plans development with commercial production expected soon. by product chrome iron compounds may be recovered for steel making.
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Augusta
Georgia
Garland Peyton
WPA
Peyton
Page B. Blakemore
College Park
Willkie Tours Canada in Montreal Speech Tour
Wendell L. Willkie arrived in Montreal on the second day of his Canadian speaking tour after visiting Toronto. He urged ship support for victory and warned against postwar trade barriers that would imprison 80 million people, stressing Nazi eradication as the goal.
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Montreal
Wendell L. Willkie
Toronto
United States
Fire Destroys Whitby Place Home of Mrs Goode
An evening blaze reduced Whitby Place, the mansion of Mrs W H C Goode, to a blackened ruin erasing a noted community landmark.
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Sidney
Whitby Place
Senate Votes on New Auto Rules in Ohio
Ohio Senate considers semi annual vehicle inspections driver reporting of accidents and penalties for noncompliance while prohibiting licenses to minors under 16. It also outlines parent liability for under 18 misconduct and a new highway patrol exam section. The House advances a super highway plan toward the Senate for action.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
House
Senate
Highway Patrol
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Yugoslavia Signs Axis Pact Amid Balkan Tension
Yugoslavia formally joined the Rome Berlin Tokyo alliance in Vienna with Hitler in attendance, pledging not to let Axis troops violate its frontiers while enabling transit of war and hospital equipment. Observers note danger signals as Greece and Britain reinforce plans and Soviet and Turkish moves unfold.
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Vienna
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Balkan
Britain
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Vardar
Struma
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Albania
Turkish Thrace
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Prince Paul
Hungary
Rumania
Slovakia
London
Adriatic
The
Balkans
Russia
Turkey
Europe
Anthony Eden
Viosa
Belgrade
Italy
Three Die in Kerosene Fire In Ohio Home
In Circleville a grandmother and two young girls died in a three room residence fire caused by an explosion when Mrs. Eliza Schreckengaust aged 63 poured kerosene on hot coals in the living room stove. The victims are Helen Marshall 7 and Jo Anne Marshall 6.
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Circleville
Talmer Wise
Eliza Schreckengaust
Helen Marshall
Jo Anne
Auto hits wagon killing farmer and animals in Williamsville
Sheriff reports an automobile struck a farm wagon driven by Ed Farrow age 60 of Williamsville. Farrow died along with his team and his dog in the collision. Authorities investigation ongoing.
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Batavia
Tom Brooks
Ed Farrow
Williamsville
Farrow
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