Study Step as Safeguard for Panama Canal
Washington weighs a US response to Vichy bases near the Panama Canal as British forces push through Madagascar. France's Laval signals neutrality while Hull warns of possible US action. British and French actions raise fears of a wider conflict affecting Allied sea routes.
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Madagascar
Washington
United States
Panama Canal
United Nations
Caribbean
Martinique
Guadeloupe
French Guiana
Vichy
Bearn
Germany
London
Diego Traval
Andrakaka
Diego Suarez
Stragetic
Middle East
India
China
France
Pierre Laval
Great Britain
Laval
Hawaii Over-Sold War Savings May Day Quota
Hawaii sold War Savings Stamps well beyond its May Day quota of 250 000 dollars, with the final tabulation showing sales totaling 1 017 755 dollars. Deputy administrator John Snell reported the overage occurred as the state exceeded the target by fourfold.
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Honolulu
John Snell
Hawaii
Ask Farmers To Report on War Material
Athens County farmers receive USDA War Board salvage questionnaires by mail this week. The form asks for scrap metal rubber rags and waste paper and includes a postage free card to return promptly. County officials plan to collect and price salvage material for national defense purposes.
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Athens County
Usda War Board
War Board
County War Board
Frank Pugh
Price Freeze Impacts Ohio Liquor Monopoly Prices
In Columbus officials said an Office of Price Administration order restoring retail prices to March levels will affect Ohio Liquor Control Department pricing. No April changes breakdown was available yet and officials could not estimate the number of decreases likely in May under the order.
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Columbus
Office of Price Administration
Ohio
Liquor Control Department
Limits on charge accounts to curb rising living costs
The Federal Reserve Board imposed new rules on credit purchases affecting nearly every household item except food drugs and cosmetics. The measures require payment by the tenth day of the second month or risk loss of credit and allow debt repayment in fixed installments over six months. Larger down payments and shorter terms apply to installment credit with a minimum monthly payment of five dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve Board
Russians See More Bombing Of Jap Cities
Red Star reports allied aviation in the Pacific is offensive and Japan faced raids from modern American bombers. The piece notes Allies once lagged in numbers but held air superiority in speed and firepower, while Japan must spread forces, hinting at rising Anglo American activity.
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Moscow
Red Star
Pacific
Japan
U S Destroyer Sinks U Boat
The Third Naval District reports another Axis submarine destroyed by Atlantic patrol. An older four stack destroyer fired on the surfaced sub, forcing it to the depths. Sub crewmen leaped into the sea and were captured after shell fire.
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New York
Third Naval District
Atlantic Patrol
Cut Eastern Motorists Gas Rations in Half
The War Production Board orders eastern motorists to cut gasoline use to one half of last year’s level. The rationing takes effect May 16 and limits weekly consumption to five to six gallons in the seaboard region.
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Washington
War Production Board
Seaboard
Fall of Corregidor and Philippine defense impact
The article reviews Japan's capture of Corregidor and its forts in Manila Bay, noting the 28 day defense before surrender, the lack of air protection, and the strategic value for Allied defenses of Australia and Malaya. It contrasts with Bataan and stresses air and sea dominance by Japan.
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DE Witt MacKenzie
Corregidor
Manila
Gibraltar
Bataan
Australia
Indonesia
Philippines
Wainwright
Caballo
el Fraile
Carabao
Malaya
Singapore
Manila Bay
GMC Defies Labor Board dispute over Sunday double time
Washington reports a major labor dispute between General Motors and the CIO United Automobile Workers over Sunday and holiday pay and a proposed extension of the contract. C. E. Wilson rejected a three week extension order, highlighting a $1 daily wage rise and union security as core demands affecting about 200 000 workers in 85 plants.
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Washington
War Labor Board
General Motors Corporation
CIO
United Automobile Workers
C. E. Wilson
General Motors
Little Steel
Everett J Hawk Dies At Home In Coolville
Everett James Hawk died at his home on Hockingport Road Coolville after a five month illness. He was born in Jackson County West Virginia son of F F and Harriet Hawk and belonged to the Church of God. Survived by wife Mirley two daughters Anna Harrel Mildred Higgens R L Houston Emma Caetta two sons Paul and Warren one sister Emma Curry and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at Congregation Church Coolville Thursday at 2 30 conducted by Rev Ford Kinder of Corning friends may call at the home.
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Coolville
Everett James Hawk
Hockingport Road
Mr. Hawk
Jackson County
W. Va
F. F
Harriet Hawk
Church of God
Mirley Hawk
Anna Harre
Parkersburg
Mildred Higgens
Cleveland
R. L. Houston
Emma Caetta
Akron
Paul
Warren
U. S. Navy
Emma Curry
Sandyville
Congregation
Ford Kinder
Corning
Two Depot Warehouses Authorized for Ohio
The War Department announced authorization for construction of two depot warehouses in Ohio. Locations were not disclosed. Each warehouse would cost in excess of 3,000,000 dollars. The Columbus and Pittsburgh district engineers offices will supervise construction.
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Washington
War Department
Ohio
Columbus
Pittsburgh
Norwegian Vessel Torpedoed Off Atlantic Coast
The Navy reports a small Norwegian merchant vessel was torpedoed off the Atlantic coast. Survivors have been landed at East Coast ports.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Alliance Retires Veteran School Chief Benjamin F Stanton
Benjamin F Stanton ends 29 year tenure as superintendent of schools in Alliance upon retirement in August. He has led district programs and campus improvements through almost three decades.
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Alliance
Benjamin F. Stanton
After School Joy Ride Ends in Train Crash
Five teenagers die when their car, radio blaring, is struck by a fast passenger train near Newark at the Baltimore and Ohio crossing two miles east of town. Victims are Barbara Deutsch 14 Jean Bush 15 Harry Sullivan 17 Kenneth Baktel 17 and Fred Enhlemann 17. Car owned by father of driver Harry Sullivan.
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Newark
Baltimore and Ohio
Here
Barbara Deutsch
Jean Bush
Harry Sullivan
Kenneth Baktel
Fred Enhlermann
G. W. Sapp
Sullivan
Civilian Commissioning Approved by House Military Panel
The House Military Committee reversed its stance and voted to empower the War Department to commission civilians for special duty. It deleted a rider restricting commissions to officer trained men and replaced it with an amendment allowing civilian appointees with special knowledge or experience despite no military training.
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Washington
House Military Committee
War Department
Steel plate demand outpaces ship building needs
New York AP report notes demand for ship building materials has risen sharply since the war entry and will keep steel plate production below war demand for months. The Iron Age says ship production remains limited by plate and propulsion equipment output.
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New York
United States
Magazine
Canton Board Backs Favoring Teachers With Husbands in Service
The Canton board of education will prefer married teachers whose husbands are in the armed forces for substitute positions. It reaffirmed a policy to dismiss women teachers who marry during the school year, despite a new tenure law.
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Canton
Board of Education
No Free Licenses for Columbus Hunters Amendment
The Conservation Division announced that the law prohibits issuing tree hunting and dishing licenses to members of the armed forces.
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Columbus
Control Wardens To Guard Price Ceilings
New York AP reports civilian price control wardens will be formed to help enforce inflation controls. They will lack legal powers over retailers but have enforcement options if needed as price ceilings take effect May 18, says Dr. John F. Sly regional price director for the Office of Price Administration.
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New York
Uncle Sam
John F. Sly
Office of Price Administration
General Wainwright Surrenders With Forces at Corregidor
Major General Jonathan M. Wainwright, ally of General MacArthur, is believed to have surrendered with his troops after the Corregidor fortress capitulation in Manila Bay. Last dispatches place Wainwright with his fighters.
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Jonathan M. Wainwright
MacArthur
UMWA Invests Million Dollars In U S Bonds
The United Mine Workers of America bought $1,000,000 in a new issue of treasury bonds in Washington. Thomas Kennedy presented a $45,000 check to Army Emergency Relief, matching a prior Navy Relief donation. Bonds yield 2.5 percent and mature in 20 to 25 years. The move followed Treasury rejection of a $5,000,000 war bond purchase.
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Washington
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Treasury
Thomas Kennedy
Miners’ Treasury
Army Emergency Relief Association
Navy Relief Fund
Union
Brave Midway Island Defenses Detailed After Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor dispatch notes Midway Island repulsed five Japanese attacks since December 7. Admiral Nimitz returned from a Midway visit and awarded honors to Marine Corps and naval personnel who helped defend the outpost 1,149 miles northwest of Hawaii.
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Pearl Harbor
Midway Island
Pacific
United States
Hawaii
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Midway
Marine Corps
Legal ban bars possible 10 mile speed limit
Columbus report says legal barriers likely prevent a 40 mph speed limit on Ohio highways to conserve tires. Governor Bricker indicated the state will rely on voluntary adherence unless the traffic code is amended.
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Columbus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Wainwrights Forces Surrender After 28 Day Manila Stand
Lieut. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright capitulated to Japanese forces after a 28 day siege of Corregidor and Manila Bay forts. About 7,000 troops and nurses were on the islands including Marines and bluejackets who reached Corregidor from Bataan.
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Jonathan Wainwright
Manila Bay
War Department
Corregidor Island
Corregidor
Bataan
U S Bomber Raids Minga Ladon Airdrome Again
In a second straight raid on Minga Ladon Airdrome near Rangoon, 40 Japanese planes were destroyed and 25 badly damaged by Major General Lewis Brereton’s bomber force. Fires lit the harbor area as the attack began, with heavy defender casualties reported from General Wainwright’s communique.
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New Delhi
India
Mingaladon
Rangoon
Lewis H. Brereton
Roosevelt lauds island defenders as fall of Corregidor looms
Amid dwindling food and ammunition American Filipino garrisons receive a message from President Roosevelt praising their patriotism and sacrifice. The article notes Japanese victories across Hong Kong Manila Singapore Batavia and Bataan and outlines Allied retreat across Burma and into India as British and Chinese forces pull back from Mandalay Lashio and Akyab.
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Roosevelt
Corregidor
Japan
Orient
Hongkong
Manila
Singapore
Batavia
Raw
Bataan
Burma
China
Joseph W. Stillwell
Lashio
Yunnan Province
Mandalay
Imperial Tokyo
Akyab
Burma-India
Calcutta
New Delhi
India
Harold Alexander
Taft Proposes Family Status Based Draft Classifications
Senator Taft urges a seven class draft system aligned to family status rather than direct financial dependency. The plan would exhaust each class before calling the next and would keep existing occupational deferments, not be retroactive, and address perceived nationwide discrimination in dependency rulings.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
United States
Tafte
Nazi War Prisoners Steal Training Plane
A training plane was stolen from Barker Field at 3 40 am and crashed a quarter mile away. Officials believe two escaped German prisoners of war took the aircraft in a bid to escape. The fugitives Lieutenant Reinhardt Pfundtee and Ernst Wagner vanished from Bowmanville Ontario camp yesterday. The damaged plane was abandoned and the Germans remained at large.
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Vichy
Hull
Madagascar
Diego Suarez
London
Adolf Hitler
Leningrad
Orel
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Britain
Stuttgart
Germany
France
Low Countries
England
Toronto
Barker Field
Reinhardt Pfundtee
Ernst Wagner
Bowmanville
Ont
Treasurer Notes Drop In Sales Tax Receipts
Columbus AP report shows weekly prepaid sales tax receipts totaling 1 018 026 for the week ended April 25, down 154 722 from the 1941 period. State Treasurer Don H. Ebright attributes the decline to wartime shortages.
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Columbus
Don H. Ebright
Ohio senatorial plan kept intact through 199 census
Columbus AP reports State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson signed a revised Ohio senatorial apportionment plan that maintains current districts until the 199 census.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ohio
Apartment For Rent Ad Brings Quick Tenant
Three room furnished apartment in UNION 8ST W 83 offers gas electricity private bath for 20 dollars. Advertiser asks to cancel ad as apartment is rented. Apartments Wanted: if you have a vacant unit, call to place ad now and get a tenant tomorrow may be too late.
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Union 8St
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Associated Press
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U.S
GMC
Labor Board
Everett J. Hawk
Stanton
UMWA
U. S
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Roger D. Greene
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