Delay Action On Plan for Cooperation
Washington lawmakers show a tendency to delay approval of Roosevelt proposals to join an international food and agriculture organization and other world peace efforts. The plan aims to raise nutrition, improve production, and support a growing world economy with the United States contributing 25 percent of initial costs. The issue likely waits on the San Francisco UN conference and Bretton Woods talks.
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Washington
Congress
America
United Nations’ Conference
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Food and Agriculture Organization
Capitol
Bretton Woods
N. H
Senate
Chicago
Connally
D-Tex
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Agriculture Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
House Banking Committee
Bretton “Woods
Hot Springs
United States
FAO
Middleport Man Hurt As Auto Hits Train
POMEROY Staff Special Middleport man Young 27 is in Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after his car crashed into a freight train at Hobson crossing just after midnight Monday. His wife and three children were in the car and uninjured. the family resides with Jacob Young father in Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Orville Young
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Hobson Crossing
Middleport
Mr. Young
Jacob Young
Lloyd George Dies at North Wales Farm Home
Britain mourns David Lloyd George the wartime prime minister who guided the country through the first world conflict and in later years warned of Germany. Leaders, press, and public unite in tribute to the statesman who steered Britain through war and urged vigilance against renewed danger.
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London
Britain
David Lloyd George
North
Wales
Germany
Three Die in Lancaster Collision at Route 22 Crossing
Three persons die in a crash between an auto and a Pennsylvania freighter at a Route 22 crossing three miles east of Lancaster. Coroner Richard G. Smith identifies the victims as Walter J. Starrett 50 Latimore Pike County Mrs Clara Ennis 54 Cincinnati and Samuel Ennis 50 Cincinnati driver of the car. Also note: two freighters pass through the Davis Locks in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario marking an early opening for the locks.
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Lancaster
Here
Richard G. Smith
Walter J. Starrett
Lathew
Pike County
Clara Enniis
Cincinnati
Samuel Ennis
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Davis Locks
Third Ukraine Army Reaches Raba River Near Hungary
The Third Ukrainian Army advanced to the lower Raba River about 60 to 65 miles from Vienna with strong German resistance along the Danube south bank. Soviet forces reportedly breached the Berlin front near Kuestrin and closed to within 31 miles of Gyur as they push toward the Austrian border.
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London
Third
Raba
Vienna
High Command
Hungary
Danube
Gyor
Bratislova
Telbukhin
Papa
Lovaszpatona
Berlin
Kuestrin
Oder
Baltic
Danzig
Gdynia
Gyur
Austria
OPA Tightens Rules on C Motorists Regulation Change
The OPA tightened gasoline coupon rules to standardize local boards and create a new semi preferred class with a monthly 825 mile ceiling. C rations will be granted only for work essential to plants when done under contract or paid separately and with strict travel tests.
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Washington
OPA
Father of 23 Failed For Scrap Paper Theft
Cincinnati man Homer Braswell, 43, claimed to be father of 23 children in front of Municipal Judge Daniel Handley. He was fined $50 and sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse on a petit larceny charge over waste paper intended for scrap collection for war needs.
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Cincinnati
Homer Braswell
Daniel Handley
Ohio moves to extend tax measures and guard force
Ohio legislators push two year extensions on a one cent per gallon liquid fuel tax and a two cent per package cigaret levy to avert sunset. The Senate and House also advance a measure to keep the Ohio State Guard active until National Guard units return. A pregnant women syphilis testing bill passes the Senate, with evidence from the U S Public Health Service supporting early treatment to keep most babies normal.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
Ohio State Guard
National Guard
U. S. Army
Margaret A. Mahoney
Cleveland
U. S. Public Health Service
Biddle Rejects Senate Advice on Political Pamphlet
Washington letter from Attorney General Biddle shows he refused to institute criminal proceedings against the CIO Council over a political pamphlet during Ohio's senatorial campaign. The CIO issued a critical piece of Senator Taft's renomination, and the Senate committee had urged a test case under the federal corrupt practices act. Biddle suggested handling the matter via amendatory legislation.
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Washington
Biddle
CIO Council
Ohio
Senate
Ohio Industrial Union Council
CIO
Taft
Senate Campaign Investigating
Justice Department
Green
D-Ri
Biddie
Warships and Planes Hammer Islands in Pacific Invasions Report
U S warships and aircraft attacked 1000 miles of enemy islands as Japan announced two new invasions. Superforts hit Kyushu airfields while bombers neutralized Formosa. Tokyo said a second American task force shelled Pratas as Kerama Islands lay west of Okinawa. Parisians report Patton's Third Army near Lohr 225 miles from Berlin. First Army tanks burst into Weilburg as Patton breaks toward Frankfurt.
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Third Army
Lohr
Reich Capital
LE Associated Press
Cebu
Philippines
Kerama Islands
Ryukyu Chain
U. S
Kyushu
Japan
U.S. Fifth Fleet
Ryukyus
Formosa
Tokyo
Pratas
Hong Kong
Okinawa
Paris
First Army
Weilburg
Berlin
Rhine
Third
Reich
Frankfurt
Main
Wuerzburg
Stuttgart-Hannover
Germany
Luxembourg
Czechoslovakia
Bavaria
Italy
Austria
First
Nimitz
Keramas
Mikado
High Command
U.S
Negros
Leyte
Philippine Islands
MacArthur
Central China Front
Okiwa
U. S. Air Force
Laohokow
Honan
Bauan
Reicenlio
Navy Still Needs Men and Officers Amid War Struggle
Navy officials say persistent manpower shortages threaten combat and seagoing operations. Fleet Admiral King notes redistribution after Japan’s collapse may reshape forces while attacks on Okinawa proceed. MacArthur reports higher Philippine casualties and prisoners, with B 29 strikes on Kyushu and stalled Japanese advances in Nan’an and Hunan fronts.
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D. King
Washington
Germany
Ernest
King
Glouster Man Among Three OPA Violators
Three Ohio merchants faced suspensions from selling rationed goods at hearings led by Dennis Dunlavy of the Office of Price Administration. Carl Clayton Co. of Jackson Center must halt shoe sales for 30 days starting April 15 after selling 2524 rationed pairs without stamps. Ben H. Goldberg of Glouster received a two week suspension beginning April 15, with potential reopening if proof of no oversell is provided. E. H. McGuire Clothing Co. of Centrebury was given a one week suspension starting April 13 on a consent order. Sam Z. Snelling of Zanesville, Ohio, placed on two weeks probation from April 15 on a consent order. Two companies, E. J. Norris & Son Co. of Westerville and Cavet-Jones Clothing Co. of Oak Hill, had charges dismissed with warnings.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dennis Dunlavy
Office of Price Administration
Carl Clayton Co
Jackson Center
Ben H. Goldberg
Glousier
E. HE. McGuire Clothing Co
Centerbury
Sam Z. Snelling
Zanasville
E. J. Norris & Son Co
Westerville, Lak
Cavet-Jones Clothing Co
Oak Hill
Pay Raise For 50,000 Aluminum Workers Postponed Wage Hike
The War Labor Board raised second and third shift differentials at about 20 aluminum plants represented by United Steel Workers from three and five cents to four and six cents per hour. The increases are retroactive to May 1, 1944. The board rejected union requests for a 15 cent general wage rise, a 35 cent minimum, and guaranteed 40 hours per week.
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Washington
Aluminum Corporation of America
War Labor Board
WLB
United Steel Workers of America
Whole Blood Shipments Save Two Marines Lives
Recently developed methods move whole blood from donors across the United States for transfusions near battle fronts. The procedure saved the lives of two Marines brought from a bloody island for treatment, with few deaths among the thousands wounded and awaiting care on the island.
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Marianas Islands
Wed States
Chioan Admits Slaying Wife in Rural Mystery
Elton Tuttle, 30, is held on a murder charge after confessing to shooting his wife Nellie on March 12. He said he left her body in the basement, moved it to a ravine, and implicated a man alleged to have been involved with his wife. The nude body was found Sunday by farmer Joseph Young in a hall of his rural home 15 miles northwest of Hamilton. Detectives seek the unnamed man for further light on the case.
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Iamilton
Elton Tuttle
Albert Crowthers
Tuttle
Nellie Tuttle
Joseph Young
Crowthers
End Quarantine For Scarlet Fever In Ohio
Ohio officials urge dropping the 21 day quarantine rule as penicillin and sulpha drugs hasten cures. State Health Director Roger Heering says many sore throats labeled scarlet fever are mild and just as contagious, noting no quarantine for septic sore throats despite reportable status.
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Columbus
Ohio
Roger Heering
Honolulu Torpedo Hit Deep Crippled Cruiser
The Japanese aerial torpedo struck the Honolulu during the East invasion on the first day of October, severely damaging the cruiser. The attack left 65 crew dead and 47 wounded as the Navy reports the 19,000 ton vessel will fall.
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Honolulu
Navy
Cruser
Hitler Calls Special Nazi Meeting at Berchtesgaden
The Daily Sketch quotes a Stockholm dispatch saying Adolf Hitler summoned a special meeting of Nazi gauleiters at Berchtesgaden. A preliminary secret session with his closest associates lacking army officials was reportedly held last Sunday.
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London
Daily Sketch
Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Advances Near Frankfurt Break German Lines In Ruhr Campaign
German forces evacuated Offenbach near Frankfurt as Allied units push from the Ruhr toward Fulda and Wuerzburg. American Ninth Army and British Second Army advance through Ruhr factories toward Berlin’s approaches while Montgomery’s units threaten a decisive breakout on the northern front.
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Offenbach
Main
Frankfurt
Berlin
Stockholm
Fulda
Wuerzeburg
Ruhr
Westphalia
Hisenhower
Rhine
Weilburg
Limburg
Essen
Ninth Army
Sterkade
Duisburg
First Army
Hachenburg
Hams
Montgomery
Pohele
Allied Gains On 175 Mile Front Reported Incomplete
Allied forces reportedly achieved major progress along the 175 mile front with the Gere mans bewildered and disorganized. The First Army advanced east of Bonn and below the Ruhtr s southern limits while censors kept details scarce to confuse the enemy. Altenkirchen fell as 4,782 Germans were caged and estimates said 8,000 to 10,000 more streamed rearward.
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First
Bonn
Hodges
Altenkirchen
Comblenz
Kesselring
Texas Bill) Simpson
Nini
Ruhr
Duesseldorf - Arnhem
Lipper River
Gahlen
Rhine
Ninth Army
Lippe River
Berlin
Wool
Alles
Gereman
Bertin
Sach
Medical Chief Favors School Lunch Programs
Surgeon General Thomas Parran told the House Agriculture Committee that malnutrition is widespread and serious, with many school children suffering from hidden hunger. He testified on a bill to create a permanent federal school lunch program spearheaded by Chairman Flannagan.
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Washington
Lpi
Thomas Parran
Parran
House Agriculture Committee
Flannagan
D-Va
WFA Plan Guarantees Purchase From Canners
The War Food Administration announced a guaranty purchase plan to protect canners of fruits and vegetables against losses as they meet higher yearly demand. The plan guarantees purchases for any stock set aside under WFA orders if not bought by the Army Quartermaster Corps, the government procurement representative.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WEA
Army Quartermaster Corps
Cincinnati police chase missing mother and newborn
A frantic search across 15 police units in the Cincinnati area centers on Mildred Peters and her expected newborn. Her husband Carl Peters reports she left Newport for Booth Hospital in Covington, but hospital staff say no registration exists. A telegram claimed a baby boy was born at 11:00 am, seven pounds one ounce, with mother and child reportedly missing.
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Cincinnati
Stark
Mildred Peters
Carl Peters
Newport
Booth Hass Pital
Covington, By
Peters
Raby Boi
Mothe
B. Tangles
Delertme
Ask Miners, Operators To Continue Contract
Secretary of Interior Irkos stresses continuation of current contract with miners and operators at least until March 1. No wage changes anticipated under present terms. potential adjustments remain possible if negotiations fail to progress. Dr. George AL Cribbs, 60, history professor at Mount Lycon College, dies. telegrams indicate a missing woman linked to a separate incident. police investigate connections in Covington area.
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UPS
Interior
Irkos
Urarrempter Raat
Hudson
Anette Tors
Neners
Erecator
San Ol—Il
George AL Cribbs
Hisiory Mount Liyon Col
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Bay
First Airborne Army
NEA Radio
Ruhe
Belgium
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Hamburg
John Worthen
Leipzig
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Dresden
Brestau
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Reds
Holland
Denmark
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Morave
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Krakow
Slovakia
Budapest
Miles
England
Winston Caulchill
Glouster Man
Chioan
WFA
Canners
Cincinnati Area
Henn Sehwemeyer
Booth Hospital
Henri Sehwemeger
Ad Bavei Meister
Qualing
Tee Telegram
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Nolice
Onid
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