Brutal Nazi Atrocities Reported From Occupied Poland
Reports smuggled from Poland describe Fort VII in Poznan as a Gestapo torture center where poison gas was used and prisoners were killed in a ritual hunt. Nazi actions include mass shootings near Warsaw and the liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto with sealed railroad cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Fort VII
Poznan
Gestapo
Hitler
Fuehrer
Hoffman
Warsaw
Warsaw Ghetto
Oswiecim
Himmler
Enalwarid
Parallel Coincident Hope and Vigilance for Press Freedom
Linwood J. Noyes of The Ironwood Globe urges continued warning and steadfast guard of a free press amid a war torn and uncertain world. He warns against complacency, noting history shows battles for liberty run parallel with press duty and urges readers to maintain vigilance for truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Free Press of
Linwood
J. Noyes
The
Ironwood
Mich
Globe
Confusion Ramps Up Over Helmet and Equipment Shipments
Indianapolis wardens asked Washington for 7 740 helmets and received multiple shipments totaling 19 530 helmets for an inland city that has faced a single test blackout. The city also has 48 000 feet of hose, 60 unusable auxiliary pumps, 240 ladders, no compatible fittings, and no trucks to mount them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Washington
Labor Tensions Rise Over Hold the Line Policy
Washington editor notes John L. Lewis maneuvering the Roosevelt administration into a broader conflict over wage policy and War Labor Board powers. Anticipated changes may raise wages via portal-to-portal or living-cost calculations, while inflation and price inequities loom, harming lower paid workers and inviting further scrutiny by OPA and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Lewis
CIO
A. F. of L
Byrnes
OPA
Aluminum capacity study questions Northwest postwar use
Peter Edson reviews a University of Washington study on converting wartime aluminum capacity into stable peacetime production. The report notes Northwest plants built with government funds could employ 6 000 to 7 000 workers, but market and power constraints risk idle capacity without ongoing demand. It highlights limited local consumption and a need for sustained markets, with Boeing in Seattle as a key client and California aircraft demand influencing supply chain costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
N. H. Engle
Bureau of Business Research
University of Washington
U. S. Department of Commerce
Washington State
U. S
Alcoa
Vancouver
Spokane
Reynolds
Longview
Olin
Tacoma
Troutdale
Ore
Defense Plant Corporation
Reynolds Investments
Goverment
Bonneville-Coulee
Boeing
Seattle
California
Murray City School Affair Highlights Banquet and Honor Roll
The Murray City High School hosted its annual Junior Senior banquet on April 24 in the home economics room with 65 in attendance. Speeches were delivered by Supt. J J Stone, Dorothy Simon, Dale Reynolds, and advisors LeFever and Thompson, followed by dancing to Johnny Sanderson and his orchestra. The May 3 honor roll lists named students across grades one through twelve, with several named for each class and age group. Personal notes cover promotions, discharges, furloughs, and visits among local families and service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City
J. J. Stone
Dorothy Simon
Thesenior
Dale Reynolds
Miss LeFever
Mary Thompson
Johnny Sanderson
Jean Garner
Wendell Mitchel
Billy Spencer
Robbie Dixon
Kenneth Mohney
Ronald Six
Roger Barker
Willard Orndorf
Richard Slater
Roger Spencer
Rita Gottke
Colleen Phillips
Patty Robinson
Aves Ann Thompson
Billy Stone
Robert Irvin
Betty Sabo
Nancy Donson
Joe Stone
Dora Dean
Mickey Wooten
Betty Sapp
Jack Booksman
Russell Giffin
John Sabo
Barbara Mohney
Blanche E. Brooker
Fred Donson
Joy Gears
Ruth Koenig
Bill Wolfe
Martha Robinson
Betty Hughes
Becky Kraft
Jean Rowland
Mary Louise Donson
Gloria Bunting
Shirley Lanning
Eleanora Banik
Martha Gottka
Varonia Mowery
Ena Mae Nutter
Juanita Robinson
Clyde Sorrell
Ina Jeanne White
Dorothy Wilson
War era jungle romance betrayal in a Estancia scene
Barry awakens in the estancia to the chicle pack train leaving for Puerto Barrios. Lila accuses Allison of using men to bait Barry while warning him of danger and reveals she arranged with Renaldo to stop him. Barry plans to ride out with the men despite Lila's anger and plots to rescue Allison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry
Estancia
Lila
Tony
Puerto Barrios
Allison
Renaldo
Mancha Suma
Social Notes From Mineral Church Easter Decorations
The Mineral church Easter service featured potted plants, cut flowers, and a large cross on the pulpit block. A tuning class led songs and declamations by Sunday School members with Mrs Jo Emish at piano and Evelyn Coterick on guitar. Local residents and visitors from Athens, Columbus, Granville, and surrounding towns attended and hosted guests over Easter weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methenry
Memby
Jo Emish
Evelyn Coterick
Kimmey
Athens
Misia
Emmett Lowe
Midway
Orvill Crow
Granville
Carbondale
Mn Zellman Crow
Ada Clark
Hamden
Lat Lynch
Melva Crow
Lewis
Verda Phillips
Columbus
Grace Brooks
Matte Brooks
Rebecca Buckley
Robert Riley
Arnold Goodwin
Camp Jackson
Idene_ Elyis
Broughtons
Ray Lowry
Ray Lowy
Patricia
G. L. Stout
Nelsonville
Willard Brattey
West Virginia
Harold Whaley
Easeer
Manpower roadblock delays Ohio worker for Canton job
A letter to editor recounts a wartime staffing obstacle that denied a job in Canton, Ohio. The writer shows how a certificate of avail ability, not actual readiness, barred work despite tools and credentials ready. He travels 352 miles to learn the holdback and laments lost days and wasted effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ohio
Pomeroy
State
Roosevelt
Vineclad
Meigs County
Sisson Brothers In Army Service In Colorado And Texas
Harlan C. Sisson, son of Eldon T. Sisson, trains as an army air forces instructor at Buckley Field Colorado. His brother Raymond M. Sisson serves with the tank buster division at Camp Hood Texas.
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Martha Huston
Franklin Huston
Army
Army Medical Center
Washington
William Dyson
Tacoma
Wash
Charles Johnson
Jim Johnson
Texas
James Wade
Lancaster
Charles Dugan
Tommy
T.T. Cusick
Elenor Cusick
Crooksville
J. S. Murphy
Mary Martha Murphy
Melvin Lucas
Detroit
Ben Lucas
Rosa Welch
Michigan
Elroy Short
Columbus
Joe Williams
Joe, Jr
New Straitsville
Ray Dixon
Gertrude Loar
Bert Anders
Ruth Huston
Wanda Smith
Harry Burgess
North Carolina
Willie Mitchell
Nelsonville
Della Ayers
Vera Langley
James Smart
Jack McGarty
James Shuttleworth
C. A. Slater
Floyd Keeton
Emmett Short
Becky
Jean Craft
Carpenter
Harlan C. Sisson
Eldon T. Sisson
Albany
Buckley Field
Colo
Army Air Forces
Raymond M. Sisson
Camp Hood
Bashan Victory Stitchers 4-H Club Meeting Led by Marilyn Orr
Ten members attended the Bashan Victory Stitchers 4-H Club meeting at Marilyn Orr home with one visitor present. They made sewing boxes and played games. The next meeting is set for May 12 at Audrey Palley’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Bashan Victory Stitchers
Marilyn Orr
Audrey Palley
Answers and Amusements from Daily Ration Etiquette
Q and A style excerpt covers wartime ration rules about canned meat and fish, whistling aboard ships, lost ration books, and sharing ration books in boarding houses. It notes poultry sale rules, the boatswain’s pipe similarity to a whistle, and when roommates must hand over ration books.
Albany Social And Personal Notices Chronicle Easter Visits
Albany residents and visitors share Easter holidays with relatives in Dayton Columbus Wellston and Hamilton West Virginia. F E Bolton recuperates at home after major surgery at Sheltering Hospital. Local families host relatives and friends including the Benners and McDonalds with updates on service members and civilian names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
P.F.C
Charles Ennis
Dayton
William Ennis
Dent Robinett
Maggie Brooks
Herbert Davis
Johnnie
Columbus
William B ®Ley
J. W. Davis
Dennis Pauley
Marie
Hamilt W. Va
Pamother
Adaline Parker
F. E. Bolton
Sheltering Hospital
Orville Ewing
Betty
Barbara
Caroline of
Wellston
E. S. Stanley
Amy Bobo
A. McDonald
A. McDonald, At Glowter
Reward Warner
On Ierly
Stanley
Lioyd Bolin
Chase
June
Greenfield
Ernie Becker
A Milita Lhce
William
Camp McCain
No Wood
Miss
Military Police Cycle Corps
Arthur Leshof
Harvey Devirs
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio Select Last
Audit Bureau of Circulations, Ohio Newspaper Association
Associated Press
Mali
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Mereasury Award
the Athens Messenger
David Lawrence
National Dispatch
Peter Edson
John C. Fleming
Loiseby
NEA Service, Inc
Quiche Country
Blanche Chesser
Mary
Methodist Church
M. G. Woods
Lucile Cooper
Anna Mae Shingler
Ada Carmen
Logan R. D
Lucy Shingler
the Public Forum
the Messenger
Sherd Hostetter
Sisson Brothers
West
Galbraith
Sarden
Nto i
Albany Social and Pe Orsonal
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