Ohio Senate approves large 1941 42 budget and unemployment bill
Ohio Senators revise the finance committee allocations cutting university building aid to 450000 while adding 600000 for poor relief loans to counties and 165000 for Bangs disease control in cattle. They return the 352million dollar state budget with an 838760 increase and move toward unemployment insurance reform raising benefits and cutting payroll taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Finance Committee
Bang
Industrial Relations Department
House
Senate
R. E. Sutton Dies After Week of Illness
R. E. Sutton 80 a lifelong Canaan Township resident died Thursday after a weeklong heart ailment. He worked as a carpenter at Canaan Coal Co until its mine closed then partnered with his son in a greenhouse business at Canaanville. Survived by wife Rosa son Grover C and granddaughter Adah Ruth, he was a charter member of Canaan Grange and KP Lodge. Funeral at Canaanville Church Sunday at 2 pm with Rev. Ray Green officiating.
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R. E. Sutton
Canaan Township
Canaan Coal Co
Canaanville
Sutton
George
Canaan Grange
KP Lodge
Rosa
Grover C
Adah Ruth Sutton
Stuent
Ohio University
Canaanville Church
Ray Green
Soys and Parents Meet at Waterloo High
Interested boys and their parents will gather in the Waterloo High School building at 7 30 p m to plan the 4 H Club for the coming season County Extension Agent Ross Wright says parental interest has lagged in recent years Hollywood Corp James Stewart reports his first month in the army went well
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Waterloo High School
Ross Wright
Hollywood
Corp
James Stewart
Tractor Death Echoes Tragic Lancaster Farm Accident
Mrs. McCandlish died after reaching for a runaway tractor wheel at the McCandlish farm six miles east of Lancaster. Her husband William McCandlish, entangled in the machinery, was injured while attempting to unhook a disc and was hospitalized.
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Lancaster
William McCandlish
U S to Spend Record Sum on Defense Production
Washington reports defense production swelling so fast that federal outlays may hit 2 billion dollars monthly starting July 1 next year. The year could tally roughly 24 billion dollars, with about 16 billion for defense and other purposes. The projection came from Stacy May of the Office of Production Management for Senate defense program hearings.
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Washington
Stacy May
Office of Production Management
Senate
Cleveland Man Investigated in Illinois Coed Death
A 46 year old Cleveland man faced a lie detector as a suspect in the slaying of Mary Elliott a University of Illinois coed in Champaign Illinois last November 16. He was arrested after Champaign police questioned postcards suggesting another man killed the girl.
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Cleveland
Mary Elliott
University of Illinois
Champaign
Ill
Ohio plant labor disputes spark settlements and strikes
Settlement of two Ohio labor disputes sent more than 1,500 workers back to their jobs. A tentative pact halted a five county power strike at midnight while 1,400 Midlands Steel workers returned after a wage adjustment.
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Defense Mediation Board
Washington
General Motors Corporation
Leon Henderson
Ohio
Midland Steel Products Co
United Automobile Workers
CSO
U. S
Paul F. Broderick
Cleveland
Midland
Steubenville
Liberty Paper Board Co
Anament
Ohio Power Co
Utility Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Canton
General Motors
Packard Electric
Warren
AFL
Fancy Roping Hobby Nets Suspect Capture
Frank Owens, known for a fancy roping hobby, pursued a purse snatcher from a filling station. He looped a rope and lassoed the suspect’s ankles during a four block chase, securing the robber before police arrived.
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Los Angeles
Frank Owens
Owens
Legionnaires Attend Firefighting Classes in Columbus
Forty American Legionnaires attended the first of 14 weekly firefighting classes in Columbus last night. The city sponsored program aims to equip 100 volunteer firemen to assist during emergencies, Fire Chief Ed Welch said.
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Columbus
American Legionnaires
Ed Welch
Employment Pace Is 59 Per Cent Above '40
Washington reports March placements by state employment services rose 55 percent from a year earlier, with 376,000 workers placed and 53,000 additional hires not yet employed. If the pace continues for a year, over 5,000,000 unemployed could be put to work. ועוד
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Defense
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administrator
Social Security Board
American Federation of Labor
Social Security
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Price Rise Warned By Henderson At Consumers Meet
Washington AP Leon Henderson price administrator warned at a consumers goods conference that rapid price increases disrupt business. Harriet Flintt consumer representative noted widespread substitution of inferior materials to hide price hikes. Government experts projected higher costs ahead for meat vegetables eggs dairy woolen goods shoes and clothing with no shortages expected in ordinary food items.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Consumers’ Goods
Transfer of Axis Ships Sparks Senate Battle
Senate Commerce Committee members denounce moving seized Axis ships to Britain as an act of war while debate grows over authorizing the President to requisition about 80 foreign flag vessels. Bailey hints at possible limits for German and Italian ships in protective custody and a compromise on coastal use. Land reveals plans to use Great Lakes and river crafts to support coastal trade.
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Washington
Senate
Great Britain
United States
Senate Commerce Committee
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
Aulatte
Clark
D-Mo
Johnson
R-Calif
Bailey
D-Nc
Coast Guard
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Land
Great Lakes
Anti-Inflation Plan Outlined by Economists to Congress
The House Ways and Means Committee heard 170 economists propose using taxing power to curb defense related currency inflation. Dr. Albert G. Hart and Dr. S. E. Harris presented a defense tax tied to a monthly index of retail prices and a plan for compulsory defense security purchases to channel public savings away from inflationary pressures.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Albert G. Hart
Iowa State College
S. E. Harris
Harvard University
Defense
Traffic Fatalities Rise Sharply In Early 1941
In Ohio during the first four months of 1941 the death toll on highways climbed with nine metropolitan counties reporting traffic fatalities four to five times higher than 1940. Law enforcement officers cite speed as the chief cause of the upswing amid a booming defense era.
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Columbus
Ohio
Former Ohio boxer Hank Hankinson sentenced in San Quentin
Los Angeles report says Hank Hankinson, once a heavyweight, faces one to ten years in San Quentin for felonious assault tied to the death of film extra Dorothy Ilaverne. The case centers on injuries sustained during an incident in LA.
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Los Angeles
Hank Hankinson
Ohio
San Quentin
Dorothy iLaverne
Lewis Funeral Service To Be Held Saturday
Thomas H. Lewis 83 died at his Moxahala home Thursday. A Perry County election board chair and former statistician for Gov Bushnell, aide to Senator Hanna, and assistant sergeant at arms under McKinley, he was among McKinley’s guards of honor. Funeral services set for Roseville Sunday afternoon.
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New Lexington
Roseville
Thomas H. Lewis
Moxahala
Lewis
Perry County
Truck overturns on steep Hill after skid on Route 50
A tractor-trailer driven by Sam Bruss 45 Nelsonville skidded off Route 50 at Sharpsburg Hill and overturned. Bruss was uninjured, damages estimated at 75 dollars. He faces an unsafe operation charge before Mayor Cliff Cornell tonight at 7 30.
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Sharpsburg Hill
Route 50
Sam Bruss
Nelsonville
State
Bruss
Brass
Cliff Cornell
Flood Control Project Sought for Ohio River Valley
W B Rodgers, president of the Tristate Authority, asks Congress to authorize a 40 million dollar flood control project for the Upper Ohio River Valley, citing strategic defense importance.
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Washington
Ohio River Valley
W. B. Rodgers
Tristate Authority
Congress
Man Dies After Bike Accident in Ironton
Charles Grubb aged 33 dies after being thrown from a bicycle while hitching a ride behind a truck. Officials report a fractured skull as the cause of death.
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Ironton
Charles Grubb
Loadings Jump at Cleveland Port in April
Iron ore shipments through the Upper Great Lakes port rose sharply in April to 6,054,793 tons, far exceeding April 1940's 464,669 tons. The surge underscores a strong rebound in ore traffic and steel production demand.
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Cleveland
Upper Great Lakes
Beaverbrook Heads British War Industry
Churchill reshuffles his cabinet naming Lord Beaverbrook minister of state to run wartime industries. Frederick Leathers becomes minister of wartime communications and a baron, J T C Moore-Brabizon becomes minister of aircraft production. Ronald H Cross moves to high commissioner to Australia. Debates on Greece and North Africa follow.
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London
Winston Churchill
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
Churchill
Frederick Thomas Leathers
J.T.C. Moore-Brabizon
Beaverbrook
Ronald H. Cross
Shipping
Australia
Greece
North
Africa
Full Speed Is Asked by FDR
President Roosevelt urged defense industries to run 24 hours daily with only overhaul breaks. He discussed boosting aircraft output via auto plants, noting efforts to repurpose car factories for parts and planes. He avoided firm bomber production figures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Defense Industry
New Pro Nazi Government Hints at German Armed Help
The London Radio reported that Iraq shelling at Hannaniyah began after Berlin hinted of a Holy War in the Near East. It said Iraq’s pro Nazi premier sought armed help from Germany to oppose British forces, as Iraq’s oil fields and Mosul region came under special troops. Tobruk siege and North Africa actions continued with British counterattacks and new wartime material, much of it American-made, arriving to bolster defenses.
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London
Iraq
Hannaniyah
Baghdad
Berlin
Near East
Germany
Britain
Mosul
Iran
Persia
Tobruk
Libyan
North Africa
Middle East
Cairo
Greece
Africa
B.E.F
Gulf of Corinth
Thomas Blamey
Yugoslavia
Merseyside
Liverpool
Reid
Tobruk Holds Out as Axis Drive Looms in Egypt
Allied forces report Tobruk still defends despite outer fortifications breached as Axis pushes toward Egypt. In the Mediterranean, Germany declares occupation of the Greek Peloponnese with many British troops eliminated or captured, while Berlin cites varying losses for the British expeditionary force.
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Tobruk
Archibald P. Wavell
Egypt
Tripoli
Mediterranean
Gregian Peloponnesus
Allies Prepare Crete Defense After Greece Retreat
Allied officers say Crete will be defended by British and Greek troops who escaped the Greek mainland and landed on Crete. 3,000 BEF troops were left behind on beaches. AAP reports 5,000 Australian troops landed in Alexandria after Greek retreat. Luftwaffe attacked Merseyside briefly.
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Blamey
B.E.F
Greece
Grecian
Crete
Peloponnesus
George II
Larry Allen
Associated Press
Alexandria
Egypt
Roosevelt seeks 20 million for Inter American highway project
President Roosevelt asked Congress to authorize a 20 million dollar appropriation for an Inter American highway extending to the Panama Canal. He transmitted a Hull report and draft legislation proposing the U S pay two thirds of the road’s construction through Central American nations. The highway already reaches south of Mexico City.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Panana Canal
Hull
United States
Mexico City
Legislation Aims to Boost Farm Prices Through Loans
The Agriculture Department proposed a broad package to raise crop prices for cooperatives this year. It would assure farmers $1.04 a bushel for wheat 78.8 cents for corn and 14.87 cents a pound for cotton with higher loan rates and new borrowing authority for the Commodity Credit Corporation to fund the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Rain Shortage Delays Ohio Corn Planting
Ohio corn planting is delayed due to inadequate moisture. OSU Extension Service notes ground is too dry for germination and farmers may wait for surface moisture or risk planting with uncertain rainfall. Wheat and oats remain mostly safe, though wheat straw may be short if rain continues.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University Agricultural Extension Service
Police Settle Arguments By Umpiring Ball Game
In Muncie Indiana a juvenile officer arrived to calm a dispute among boys playing baseball on a vacant lot. A neighbor had called police about their arguments over calls, and the officer ended up umpiring the game to settle the matter.
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Muncie
Ind
al Guzzi
Miner Ends Life in Ironpoint Rooming House
Miner Alex Toki aged 26, of Ironpoint near Shawnee, shot himself in his rooming house Wednesday night. He died five hours later. Coroner H F Minshull ruled death by own action amid ill health concerns.
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New Lexington
Alex Toki
Ironpoint
Shawnee
H. F. Minshull
Funeral services for John St. Clair set Saturday
Funeral services for John St. Clair who died at his home will be held Saturday at 2 PM at the Carlton Church with interment in the adjoining cemetery.
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Darwin
John St. Clair
Carlton
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