Japanese Radio Says Invasion of Ryukyu Islands Underway
Unconfirmed broadcasts reported American amphibious forces attempting to invade two Ryukyu Islands near Okinawa as air and naval attacks crippled Japanese ships and industry in Japan and Formosa. Reports say Yanks struck Toki and Aka near Okinawa. Nimitz said Ryukyus shelled by 16 inch guns and carriers attacked multiple islands around Okinawa.
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Japanese Planes Raid Iwo First Time As War Sees Japan Attacks
San Francisco dispatch reports Japan’s first raid on Iwo Island since its fall. The alert notes fires and explosions and cites Tokyo claiming a large U S naval carrier and air task force southwest of Okinawa. The piece links Iwo raids to broader Allied offensive actions and aims to control the East China Sea.
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Rubber Workers Back On Job at Newark
About 1,500 striking workers of the Pharis Tire and Rubber Company returned to work in Newark today, ending a strike that began last Thursday. The stoppage protested a War Labor Board order requiring a revert to lower incentive wage scales.
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Churchill Narrowly Escapes Shelling on Wesel Visit
Prime Minister Churchill described a dramatic near miss during a Rhine front visit. He witnessed the new western front offensive from Wesel and reported a German shell event that blasted 50 yards away as he returned to the west bank after inspecting recently occupied areas.
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Bainbridge Man Killed In Route 50 Mishap
Querry Stilwell aged 49 of Bainbridge died and his wife Dorothy 35 was hospitalized after their car left Route 50 west and rolled over an embankment near Chillicothe. The fatal accident occurred last night under unclear conditions.
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Elza A Bowers Dies Rites To Be Tuesday
ALBANY Elza A Bowers age 92 died Sunday at Benson Rest Home Zanesville He oldest of seven children of John and Amanda Williams Bowers lived largely in Athens County Survived by son Clyde E Bowers Nashville daughter Eleanor Bovwer Albany stepson Charles T Morse San Diego step daughter Eva Morse Cabin Chicago wife Orra Morse Bower died last November Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 PM in Albany Methodist Church burial Hebbardsville Cemetery Jolson Weds Again Hollywood reports marriage of 56 year old Al Jolson and his 22 year old protegee Erle Galbraith in December June honeymoon Gable in Injured Hollywood Clark Gable recovering from chest and right flesh injuries after car crash
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Bombers hunt Nazi underground plant in new raids
Allied bombers pressed a campaign against German underground oil depots and hidden factories in a bold push following raids on Berlin and Ruhr targets. 250 Liberators hit underground dumps between Hamburg and Brunswick with reported hits. German losses included 19 planes and 14 ground destroyed, Allied losses 10 bombers and 29 fighters. Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker claimed Luftwaffe is virtually grounded.
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Nurses Draft Debate Stirs WCTU Opposition
Washington advocates of the National Women's Christian Temperance Union oppose a nurse draft as a device to enslave women. Elizabeth A. Smart argues no civilized nation can survive if it enslaves its women. Rep Rogers supports swift Senate action and a permanent nurse corps for veterans hospitals.
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Supply of Whole Blood Dwindling in Pacific
In San Francisco the reserve of whole blood for fort ward fighting areas in the Pacific is dangerously low. Admiral Royal B. Ingersoll said 14 000 pints of whole blood were required for a recent Philippines landing operation.
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Civil War Sailor and Major Die in Ohio and Washington
Isiah Wilson, 99, Ohio’s last Civil War naval veteran, died at home. He sailed on the Union gunboat Curlew and was among the last Ohioans who voted for Lincoln. Major General William H. Rupertus of the First Marine Division died suddenly. President Bevis of Ohio State University announced a $100,000 memorial scholarship for the university’s war dead.
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Ohio State University
Senate Probes Canadian Meat Supply and US Export Limits
Senators question why Britain buys less meat from Canada and more from the United States as they open a food situation inquiry. Wheeler cites ample Canadian meat and calls for lend-lease reassessment while Olmstead notes export restrictions. Wilbur La Roe, Jr. warns of the worst black market in history due to OPA rules forcing packers to operate at a loss.
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Solons Study Bill To Block Miner Strike
Washington lawmakers return to the capital to consider compromise manpower legislation aimed at 400000 soft coal miners. The bill includes a preamble binding civilians to war-essential work and hints at a possible government order to freeze miners in their jobs to prevent a strike.
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Conscientious objector Klopp gets five years
Cincinnati IPI The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed the conviction of William Thomas Klopp, 38, Middletown, Ohio, a furniture company executive, for violating the Selective Service Act. Klopp refused draft classification as a conscientious objector and declined to report to a civilian camp. He was sentenced to five years in prison and fined $3,800.
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Man Guilty of First Degree Murder in 1934 Dunkirk slaying
Hardin County common pleas jury returns guilty verdict against Richard Knight, 38, for the 1934 murder of Loyal W. Bean, a Dunkirk grocer. Knight previously served 10 years after pleading guilty and was freed last March under habeas corpus petitions challenging the court composition.
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Lloyd George Condition Reported Critical at Bedside
London. The condition of David Lloyd George, ill for weeks at his North Wales home, is described as becoming critical in a bedside bulletin issued today.
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Desecration at Mountain View Cemetery targets Japanese and German graves
Fresno report says twenty four graves with Japanese or German names were desecrated in Mountain View Cemetery within two weeks. Headstones toppled and mausoleum door battered in failed entry attempts as nearly 300 Japanese ashes await protection. Sheriff Overholt notes the incident and ongoing investigation. Columbus freight train wreck kills three aboard when engine overturned and plunged down a 20 foot embankment.
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Fourth Russian Offensive Near Vienna Opens New Front
Allied war report details a fourth Soviet push toward Vienna with three simultaneous drives from the south and southeast through Hungary and Slovakia. German defenses retreat near Gyor while Komarom and Bratislava loom. 33,000 German prisoners and over 1,000 tanks reported. Stalin proclaims fall of Heiligenbeil as Russians tighten northern flank. scattered dispatches note battles near Breslau and Danzig with evacuees leaving in submarines and seaplanes.
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Rural PAC plan targets liberals in government
Following the Senate rejection of Aubrey Williams as Rural Electrification Administrator, James G. Patton of the National Farmers' Union announced a rural sister group to the CIO's Political Action Committee. The "Political Information Bureau" would work in rural areas like the CIO in cities, aiming to place liberals in government.
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James G. Patton
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Bus Drivers Remain Idle in Ashland Strike
ASHLAND Ky February 2 Bus drivers and maintenance employees of Blue Ribbon bus lines rejected a work return proposal after AFL Street Railway and Motor Coach Employes Union field representative James Gormley urged the 180-odd workers to go back. The stoppage began last Friday over a demand that company auditor C R Haenderlein be dismissed. The company runs buses to Catlettsburg Ky Columbus Ohio Cincinnati Ohio Ironton Ohio and Fortsmouth Ohio.
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Senate Leaders Signal Long Run Toward Spring Vacation
Senate Democratic Leader Barkley warned of hard work ahead as several appropriations bills await action including an $833,802,000 Agriculture Department measure approved by the House without changes last Saturday.
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Ohio Soldiers Build World Longest Rhine Pontoon Bridge
Twelve Ohio soldiers from the 202nd and 17th Armored Engineers helped construct a 1,146 foot headway pontoon bridge across the Rhine near Wesel. They completed the bridge in nine hours under fire, breaking all existing bridge building records and finishing ahead of other Rhine crossings.
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Ohio Public Health Department Reorganization Approved
The Ohio Public Health Council approved reorganizing the State Public Health Department at a Columbus meeting. Five new divisions were created, and Dr. Roger Heering, the state health director, said the council’s plan will improve health service to the people of the state.
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Education Association criticizes state school funding plan
The Ohio Education Association claims Governor Lausche’s biennial budget would cut state support for schools, arguing the proposed 54.2 million for calendar year is a shortfall from 1944. The group cites 1943 46.2 million and 1944 55.3 million in operating funds, while state finance director notes total aid about 2.5 million below the last biennium. Walton Bliss calls the claimed increase a technicality and urges using 1944 as a fair measure for 1945 46.
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Walton B. Bliss
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Great Nazi Rail Center Outflanked
Paris AP reports dramatic Western Front advances as the Third Army crosses the Main at Aschaffenburg and drives toward the Rhine. Patton’s forces exceed 40 miles beyond the Rhine, with Berlin and Frankfurt targets in reach and Allied armies expanding bridgeheads while Ruhr and Wesel fall to advance.
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