Ohio candidates debate surplus and governorship visions
Campaigning in Ohio heats up as four Republicans and six Democrats vie to succeed Gov Bricker while Bricker seeks the presidential nomination. Candidates clash over surplus use from debt retirement to veteran reemployment and conservation reforms, with focus on a new state fair, water supply, and agency restructuring.
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John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Paul M. Herbert
Herbert
State Liquor Department
Don A. Fisher
Atty
Thomas J. Herbert
Department of Conservation
Division of Conservation
Department of Agriculture
Warren
Alliance
Paul Herbert
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Toledo
James W. Huffman
Columbus
Coshocton
James Garfield Stewart
Cincinnati
Paul
Tom Herbert
Frank Dye
Yugoslav Partisans Capture Two Towns Amid Axis Counterattack
Marshal Tito’s headquarters said Partisans captured two towns north and northeast of Zagreb but German forces pushed them back in several places. Dalmatian units reportedly inflicted heavy losses on the Germans in Prolog Ruka and were destroying rail lines across the Dalmatia region.
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London
Zagreb
Croatia
Josip Broz (Tito
Prolog Ruja
Dalmatia
Jenkins Fears Federal Confiscation of Farms
Representative Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton Ohio warned in the House that federal action could extend beyond crops to farms. He recalled past seizures of part of the corn crop and then all of it and questioned whether the government would confiscate farms to meet its aims.
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Jenkins
Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton, D
Bricker to Speak on Agriculture in Des Moines Iowa
Gov John W Bricker will discuss Agriculture Today and Tomorrow in Des Moines Iowa on May 11 An earlier 15 minute discussion on the same topic will air on the Mutual Broadcasting System as part of his campaign schedule.
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Bricker
Iowa
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Des Moines
Mutual Broadcasting
Flood Threat Hits Southwest and Midwest Hard
Flood waters along the Mississippi recede to Cape Girardeau while Texas reports eight deaths 33 injuries and one missing after torrential rains hail and winds. Osage and Neches rivers overflowed in Missouri and East Texas as Red Cross cites improved evacuation as flood damage remains lower than last year.
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Mississippi River
Cape Girardeau
Midwest
Texas
Neches River
Red Cross
St. Louis
Mississippi
AFL Criticizes Army and Navy Over Manpower Policy
The American Federation of Labor denounces Army and Navy officials for inconsistent and conflicting statements on military inductions. It calls the shifting policies indefensible and says they harm public morale on the home front during wartime.
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Philadelphia
American Federation of Labor
Army
Navy
AFL
Executive Council
Portrait of Lt Gen Walter Kreuger and Sixth Army Awarding
Lt Gen Walter Kreuger commander of the Sixth Army in the Southwest Pacific sits as he pins a streamer award on the colors of Headquarters 1 Corps of the Sixth at an advanced base. The corps is cited for action in defeating strong enemy resistance in the area.
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Walter Kreuger
Sixth Army
Southwest Pacific
Approval of Tax Bill Seen Pass House Unanimously
Chairman Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee urged unanimous House approval of a tax simplification bill aimed at 50 million taxpayers. The measure, expected to pass with broad support after two days of debate, would remove the need for many to file returns by adjusting withholding for those earning 5000 dollars or less annually and simplify filings for the rest.
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Washington
Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means
House
Ford Workers Strike After Three Days Work
Windsor plants of Ford Motor Company of Canada idle as United Automobile Workers CIO votes to halt work until a satisfactory grievance procedure settlement is reached. The shutdown follows a three day restart after a 10 day stoppage over a similar dispute.
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Windsor
Hundreds search hills near Portsmouth for missing Ronald Boggs
Several hundred searchers scoured the hilly area northeast of Portsmouth today looking for Ronald Arthur Boggs age 3 and his terrier missing for more than 24 hours.
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Portsmouth
Ronald Arthur Boggs
Naval blitz lifts spirits with Pacific victories in Carolines
Allied air and naval actions over the Pacific report no ship losses for U S warships off the Carolines and New Guinea with heavy strikes on Truk Ponape and Satawan. Air and sea raids across Burma India theater indicate steady Allied advances and diminishing Japanese positions.
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South Pacific
Japan
Carolines
Truk Atoll
Truk
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Sixth Army
Hollandia
Satawan
J. B. Oldendord
W. A. Lee
Ponape
Wake Island
U. S
MacArthur
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Woleai
Caroline Islands
Schouten Islands
Burma-India
Kohima
India
Arakan
Burma
Joseph W. Stillwell
Mogaung
Ohio Man Commander Of Top Aerial Squadron
Colonel Don Blakeslee of Fairport Harbor Ohio leads an Eighth Air Force Mustang group based in England. The unit became the first in the European theater to surpass five hundred enemy kills and destroyed 207 German planes in April as Maj. Gen. William E. Kepner congratulated the crew for a historic record in aerial warfare.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Don Blakeslee
Fairport Harbor
William E. Kepner
Eighth Airforce Fighter Command
Fire destroys Northwest Popcorn Seed Company plant
Delaware reports a blaze six miles north of town at the Northwest Popcorn Seed Company incinerating the facility. Secretary and part owner Ray Parrott estimated losses around $100,000, with about half that figure in stock and equipment.
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Delaware
Northwest Popcorn Seed Company, Inc
Here
Ray Parrottt
Parrott
Allied report cites vast destruction of Japanese small crafts
Gen. MacArthur's headquarters says 1,727 coastal vessels sunk and 3,548 damaged since 1942 in New Guinea and surrounding areas. The campaign has paralyzed enemy supply efforts, forcing reliance on barges as subs and cargo losses leave thousands of troops on short rations with dwindling ammo and medical supplies.
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New Guinea
New Britain
New Ireland
Solomons
Air vets return home with dog Lt Shortsnorter Gremlin
Capt War ren L. Johnson of Elmhurst Indiana and his battle-tested dog Gremlin pose in a Douglas Havoc cockpit at Santa Monica after returning from Southwest Pacific duty. Gremlin logged 225 hours including 75 in combat, carries his own parachute and a dollar bill short-snorter with paw print and crew autographs.
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Warren L. Johnson
Elmhurst
Ind
Shortsnorter Gremlin
Santa Monica
Calif
U. S
Southwest Pacific
Gremlin
Crusade for Christ proposed by Methodists after war
Kansas City reports a $25,000,000 post war reconstruction program called Crusade for Christ. The plan, by a 21 member committee, aims to secure peace through international organization, rebuild church property, rehabilitate war regions, run evangelistic campaigns, and boost Sunday school enrollments. A six month drive would start January 1, 1945 with pledges due by December 31, 1945.
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Kansas City
Committee of 21
Fisk
International Organization For Permanent Peace
Democratic Germany Is New Group’s Aim
A New York group forms a council for a democratic Germany aimed at rallying German democratic forces to aid the war effort and establish a peaceful democratic Germany. It calls for punishment of those guilty of political oppression and Nazi efforts to destroy Jewry.
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Democratic
Germany
New Group
New York
Council For
Dewey Gains State Delegates Amid Florida Alabama Primes
In Florida and Alabama senatorial primaries administration backers fended off critics while Governor Thomas E. Dewey built convention support. Pepper leads in Florida, Hill renominated in Alabama, Gurney wins in South Dakota, giving Dewey 239 pledged delegates toward the 530 needed for the nomination.
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Washington
Florida
Alabama
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Lister Hill
Claude Pepper
Roosevelt
South Dakota
Chan Gurney
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Chicago
Plane Output Falls in April Amid Planned Holdovers
Washington reports April aircraft production at 8 343 planes, down from a March record of 9 118. WPB executive vice chairman Charles E Wilson says the drop was partly planned and that overall output met tactical needs. Some trainers were deferred to next month.
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Washington
War Production Board
Charles E. Wilson
WPB
Wilson
WPB Aircraft Production Board
OPA Lifts Rationing on Most Meats
The Office of Price Administration announced that all meats except beef steaks and roasts will be ration free effective at midnight. Bowles cited halted lend-lease buying and reduced Army and Navy demand as reasons, easing rationing on pork veal lamb mutton sausage variety meats and canned meats and fish.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Bowles
Union To Seek Delay In Ward Election
CIO leaders at Montgomery Ward in Chicago protested the NLRB seven day election deadline saying it violates practice of at least 21 days to prepare ballots. Union official Leonard Levy said a postponement to at least 21 days will be requested as federal court weighs President Roosevelt seizure authority.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
National Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt
NLRB
William H. Holly
Leonard Levy
United Mail Order, Warehouse and Retail Employes
CIO
Laval Declares Allies Invaders Under Armistice Terms
Pierre Laval's Vichy government prepares for a western Allied offensive by telling French citizens they are bound by the armistice with Germany and must treat the Allied forces as invaders.
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Madrid
Pierre Laval
Costello Sees Few Draft Fathers Over 26 This Year
Washington notes Representative Costello says up to 500000 men under 26 with deferments will be drafted in 1944 and that few or none over 26 will be inducted. He cites 1385000 total needed for services, with 400000 for Navy, and outlines allocations among under 26 and over 26 groups.
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Costello
Washington
D-Calif
Selective Service
House
Armed Services
Navy
Army
Nazis Expect Drive Keyed To Invasion
Allied reports said large Allied troop movements in Southern Italy suggested a coordinated invasion from the west under General Eisenhower. Mediterranean air forces bombed Genoa La Spezia Livorno Piacenza Florence Parma Fano and other targets as Mosquitos struck Leverkusen and rail yards in France.
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Italy
Eisenhower
Genoa
la Spezia
Livorno
Piacenza
Florence
Parma
Fano
Leverkusen
Europe
Acheres
France
Time for Ohio Voting
Columbus reports polling hours for the next Tuesday primary vary by time zone. In fast Eastern War Time areas booths open 7:30 a m to 7:30 p m EWT and in slow Central War Time areas 6:30 a m to 6:30 p m EWT. Secretary Edward J. Hummel says no conflict will occur with state wide voting.
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Columbus
Edward J. Hummel
Ohio
Temperatures Reach High Marks in Ohio
Unseasonable weather pushed temperatures to new May records in Ohio. In Cleveland the 1 p.m. reading reached 81 degrees, the hottest May day on record, while Columbus topped 82 degrees marking a new high for the year and 14 degrees above normal.
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Columbus
Mercury
Ohio
Cleveland
Columbus Weather Bureau
Beaver Mahoning Canal Advocated in Congress
Congress urged rapid approval of a Beaver Mahoning Canal as part of a $400 million postwar rivers and harbors program. The push came from House Interior Committee Chairman Mansfield of Texas, highlighting regional commerce and waterway development.
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Beaver-Mahoning Canal
Congress
Washington
Mansafeld
D-Tex
House
Rive
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