Amendment in Taft Bill Seeks Broad Selective Service Changes
Washington reports outline amendments to grant the President authority to classify men by family status and dependency for draft purposes. Senator Taft endorses regulations tying classifications to triage and family allowance, with potential universal war risk insurance.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Selective Voice
Johnson
D-Coro
Senate
Bill Torrow
Taft
Ohio
Army
Ason
House
Senate Committee
Jobs Open for Men as Organic Chemists in War Plants
Ohio employment service seeks 500 men aged 2 to 40 for organic chemistry work in war plants. Director Wade Hammond says the bureau has already placed workers in 400 similar positions and urges applicants with high school and plant experience from chemical, sugar, oil fields to apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Oral Employment Service
Ohio
Wade Hammond
Bureau
Russians Praise U S Planes With Red Air Force Front
A Soviet pursuit squadron defending Moscow uses American planes including Bell Airacobras Curtiss Kittyhawks and Tomahawks. The unit claims 86 enemy kills since the war began with 29 in American aircraft. Pilots Gorbatyukov and Lyo vilin praise maneuverability speed and mention upgrades and armor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Cassidy
RED Air Force
Moscow
Bell
Evgeni Mikhailovich Gorbatyukov
Russia
Soviet Union
Gorbatyukov
Semeon Lyovin
See Need for Rationing of Transportation
Washington unveils a drive to ration transport as rail, bus, plane, and ship services tighten. The Office of Defense Transportation will audit freight loadings across rail stations, while a week of railroad passenger traffic checks in 100 key cities will set the stage for passenger space rationing.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
United Mine Workers to Adopt War Policy
Washington report says the United Mine Workers policy committee and executive board will approve a statement in support of the war effort. The group plans to forgo its annual vacation and set up a system to promote war bonds through members, backing government war policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers’policy Committee
Executive Board
John L. Lewis
Merirs
Mowry Named to Civil Service Board at Logan
Logan mayor announces Eber Mowry, secretary manager of Logan Federal Savings and Loan, appointed to the Municipal Civil Service Board. He fills the late Clinton Webb’s seat, with Roger Friend and Clarence Blosser as other board members.
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Mowry
Civil Service Board
Logan
Denzil Webtner
Eber Mowry
Logan’ Federal Savings and ‘Loan
Municipal Civil Service Board
Clinton Webb
Roger Friend
Clarence Blosser
Ohio 1942 Peach Crop Damaged by Weather
Ohio's 1942 peach crop will reach 60 to 70 percent of last year's yield, the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station said. Low January temperatures damaged many orchards in southern and southeastern sections, with Lake Erie area crops also affected.
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Wooster
Ohio
Leon Graves
The
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Lake Erie
Pilots Safe in Mid-Air Crash Near Teaneck
Two Army planes lock wings and collide above Teaneck New Jersey two pilots parachute to safety Second Lieutenant Meade M Brown from Louisville Kentucky lands in a swamp while Lewis Bowen from Champaign Illinois lands on a State Highway 4 front lawn Brown and Bowen survive with no reported injuries as wreckage ignites in a garage and a plane crashes on an unpaved road nearby
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Teaneck
N. J
Meade M. Brown
Louisville
Lewis Bowen
Champaign
Ill
Brown
Bowen
New York
Goodrich Company Delivers Rubber Tracks Ahead of Schedule
B F Goodrich announces completion of a large army rubber track order 45 days early. Spokesman says production increases moved deliveries about six weeks ahead of the contract deadline and urges attention from Hitler and Japanese war lords.
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Akron
U. S
B. F. Goodrich Company
Hitler
New York Patrolman Is New Mr America
New York City patrolman Frank Leight age 29 won the Henry Radhel trophy at the National AAU senior weight lifting championship, earning top honors over 140 contestants. Cincinnati firefighter Bill Bush placed second.
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Cincinnati
Frank Leight
New York City
A.A.U
Leight
Henry Radhel
Bill Bush
Horse trainer George J. Foster dies at 79
George J. Foster, a widely known harness horse trainer, died yesterday in Springfield at age 79. His long career influenced many in the harness racing community and left a lasting mark on local stables and races.
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Springfield
George J. Foster
Logan Youths Missing in the Philippines
Five Logan men serving in the Army are reported missing after the fall of Corregidor on May 7. The group includes Private Ralph Hipe Private Joe Matheny Sergeant Bob Schubert First Lieutenant Kenneth Ooeffler and Private Leonard McKinley. They are believed possibly prisoners but considered missing until an official list is issued.
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Logan
Philippines
Ralph Hipe
George Hipe
Joe Matheny
E. Y. Matheny
Bob Schubert
Theodore Schubert
Shawnee
Kenneth Ooeffler
Eli Oeffler
Leonad McKinley
E. J. McKinley
War Department
Corregidor
Editor's plan for assured world peace in union of nations
Grove Patterson, editor of the Toledo Blade, urged a definite organic union of nations to secure world peace. He proposed initial membership limited to free democracies with admission for others only if they prove commitment to democratic government.
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Cleveland
Grove Patterson
Toledo Blade
Union of Nations
Ohio Federation of Business
Professional Women’s Clubs
Two Boys Drown After Sailboat Capsize at Lake St. Marys
Wavyes overturned a sailboat on Lake St. Marys Saturday night. Stafford Noble Jr. and George Lasher Jr., both 20, drowned. Riverside County Sheriff's Office investigated the tragedy and urged boating safety compliance.
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Lake ST. Marys
Wavyes
Stafford Noble Jr
George Lasher, Jr
Japs Make Gains on China Fronts in Burma and Chekiang
Japanese dispatches report progress on two fronts in China and Burma. In Yun nan, forces crossed the Salween River and secured hills to shield a Burma Road bridgehead toward Paoshan. In Chekiang, Japanese advances threatened Kin gHua, aiming to pressure Chungking and hinder allied air offensives.
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China
Pacific
Yunnan
Salween
Burma
Paoshan
India
Kunming
Chekiang
Kinhwa
Tokyo
Japan
United Nations
Chungking
Chiang Kai- Shek
Australia
Amboina
War Veterans' Club asks voting rights for Ohio soldiers
The War Veterans' Republican Club of Ohio urged Secretary of State John E. Sweeney to allow Ohio soldiers serving abroad to vote in this year's election. The group, in a resolution at its annual convention, cited modern communications and transport as making this feasible.
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AKRON
The
War Veterans’ Republican Club of
Ohio
John E. Sweeney
Newark Safety Director Proposes Farm Repair Plan
Newark safety director Samuel A. Anderson wrote to President Roosevelt proposing older mechanics not in war industry travel between farms using WPA trucks and tools to repair unserviceable farm machinery.
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Newark
Roosevelt
Samuel A. Anderson
Newark Safety
Flash Flood Toll Rises to 26 in Northeastern Pennsylvania
In Honesdale and surrounding towns of eastern Pennsylvania the flood disaster left 26 dead and many missing. Red Cross fed 3000 homeless as rivers receded, while officials urged cleanup, water safety checks, and rapid repair of damaged facilities including Bethlehem Steel plant.
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Honesdale
Pennsylvania
Chester County
Wayne County
Lackawaxen
Lehigh
Schuylkill
Delaware
Red Cross
Easton
Bethlehem
Allentown
Pottstown
Scranton
Hazleton
Wilkes-Barre
Bethlehem Steel Company
Great Lakes Steamer Sets Cargo Record
The Steamer Harry Coulby arrived at South Chicago with 16 399 gross tons of iron ore, beating last year’s peak by 64 tons. The cargo was loaded at Superior Wisconsin on Thursday, marking a new Great Lakes record for the Interlake Steamship Co.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Harry Coulby
South Chicago
Interlake Steamship Co
Superior
Wis
Attorney William F. Hurley dies at 61
William F. Hurley, attorney and former state senator from Ohio New York and New Jersey, died at age 61. He served as a Democrat in the Ohio assembly in 1937 38.
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Lorain
William F. Hurley
Ohio
New York
New Jersey
Ohio Assembly
Stilwell Vows Burma Reentry After Bitter Defeat
Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell said Burma must be retaken from Japan and praised Allied effort despite a heavy defeat. He cited Japanese air superiority and supply challenges, noting 40,000 to 50,000 Japanese troops and the impact of monsoon rains on any overland attack.
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New Delphi
India
Burma
Joseph Stillwell
China
Ing
Stillwell
Chiang
Laval Ouster Hinted by Axis Sources in Paris Talks
Axis sources report that Pierre Laval, meeting German leaders in Paris, shows growing criticism of France’s collaboration pace. Rumors place Jacques Doriot in contention for a new regime in Paris. Vichy officials doubt a decisive move has materialized as Italy pushes for Nice and Corsica and Germany negotiates armistice terms.
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Bern
Switzerland
Pierre Laval
Paris
France
Vichy
Jacques Doriot
Laval
United States
Martinique
Russia
Nice
Corsica
Italy
Armistice Commission
Germany
Enemy Submarine War Toll Rises in Atlantic
Navy reports 19 Allied and neutral merchantmen sunk by German U boats in the Western Atlantic and North Atlantic patrols last week. Casualties amount to more than 185 dead and 101 missing as ships were sunk near allied waters and on convoy routes.
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New York
North Atlantic
Navy
America
Doolittle Vows More Raids on Axis Powers
Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle said the April 18 air strike on Japan will not be a stand alone raid but will be followed by further bold assaults on Axis heartlands. He spoke in San Diego during an inspection tour with Gen. George Marshall and other leaders.
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San Diego
Calif
America
James H. Doolittle
Japan
Doolittle
George Marshall
Army
Toledo man killed in collision with railroad locomotive
Donna B Williams of Toledo was killed instantly when his car was struck by a railroad locomotive at Moline Ohio. He was en route to work at the Plum Brook Ordnance Plant in Sandusky Ohio.
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Toledo
Donna B. Williams
Moline
Plum Brook
Sandusky
Kharkov Front Battles Rage as Wedge Is Fed Wiped
Soviet dispatches report the Kharkov battle entering a savage exchange with heavy losses for Germany as the Red Army presses a drive after repelling flanking attacks. Britain air forces raid the southeast coast while Mexico moves toward declaring war on the Axis and Rome, Tokyo, and Britain issue related war claims. The British Labour Party debates withdrawal from Churchill government amid party leadership divisions.
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Russia
Kharkov
Red Army
Moscow
Taganrog
Caucasus
Izyum-Barvenkova
Britain
France
RAF
England
Mexico
Tokyo
Coral Sea
United States
Rome
British Labor Party
Lord Strabolgi
House of Lords
Churchill
Bargain Classified Ad Highlights Furniture and Equipment
A newspaper note points to unusual bargains in furniture including a Birdseye maple dresser with plate glass mirror and an amplifier advertised at half price. Readers are invited to place Wanted To Buy ads for quick responses at a three-line, three-times-cost rate of 8 cents.
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Iowa
United Mine Workers
Goodrich Company
New
Associated Press
AEF
Adventurers
Manuel Quezon
John D. Bulkeley
Bataan
Stilwell
Joseph W. Stilwell
William McGaff
Bat
N 'S
Axis
Atlantic
Clyde A. Farnsworth
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