Ohio election sights heavier vote than forecast
Ohio voters faced a heavy turnout in major cities as Gov. Bricker and John McSweeney competed for a third term. The race, plus 23 congressional contests, a proposed constitutional amendment ending short term judicial appointments, and local issues, framed a broad election day.
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Columbus
Ohio
An W. Bricker
John McSweeney
Wooster
Ate
Cincinnati
Jumbus
Dayton
Toledo
Akron
Youngstown
Ricker
Bricker
Robert A. Taft
Buckeye
Ste
McSweeney
Roosevelt
Bluffton Sets Lead In War Bond Purchases
Bluffton Ohio with 2100 residents has led the state in war bond buying since Pearl Harbor. T D McLaughlin of Lima Allen County War Bond Committee reports since December 7, Bluffton averaged 30000 dollars a month in war bonds, about 14 dollars per person.
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Bluffton
Ohio
T. D. McLaughlin
Lima
Allen County War Bond Committee
Soviet Factory Heads Sentenced to Prison
Soviet prosecutor's office says seven factory department heads were sentenced to prison for failing to send to trial workers who were absent or tardy without reason. In India a cyclone killed more than 11,000 people in Bengal. In Los Angeles the AFL meat cutters strike that shut 2,000 butcher shops was settled.
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Moscow
London
India
Bengal
Providence
Los Angeles
AFL Meat Cutters Union
Night naval duel near Solomons sinks multiple Japanese ships
Captain Ernest Small reports a 40 minute night action near Salvo Island on Oct 11 12 in which American guns sank one heavy cruiser and possibly two other cruisers plus one destroyer and up to four more ships. Crewmates displayed extreme bravery amid burning ships and heavy damage.
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Pearl Harbor
Solomons
Ernest Gregor Small
Salvo Island
Astoria
Quincy
Vincennes
Captain Small
Small
Rehash Gains On Nazi Radio
New York dispatch reports a German radio summary of the war in Russia marking 500 days of fighting. The broadcast claimed 14,000,000 enemy dead wounded or captured but did not clarify civilian losses or German casualties.
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New York
Stalingrad
Red Army
Russia
East Front
Britain Ahead of U S in Feeding Workers
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt found Britain leads the United States in feeding workers. At the ministry of food she learned of 1,721 government sponsored British restaurants serving meals for workers at 20 cents and 17,000 factories with employer run canteens.
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London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Britain
United States
Ministry of Food
Robber Locks Woman in Closet and Steals 1633
Deputy sheriff William Farley announced that a robber locked Mrs. Sadie Janiszewski in a closet at her Toledo home today and stole 1633 from a small safe.
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Toledo
Sadie Janiszewski
William Farley
Jap Convoy Heading for New Guinea Driven Back
A Japanese convoy bound for New Guinea was turned back by Flying Fortresses and B 25s near Buna. The attack faced heavy anti aircraft fire and air resistance, with one large transport damaged and several Zero fighters shot down. The operation involved three waves of bombers against ships guarded by warships, starting at dawn and continuing into night. Major details cited Gen. MacArthur's headquarters and identified airmen including Lieut. William P. Thompson Jr.
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New Guinea
Buna
MacArthur
William G. Benn
Washington
Police search Lynn for two missing girls in a murder scene area
Police widened an intensive hunt for two 14 year old girls missing since October in Lynn Massachusetts. A third girl reported a man in a car warned her she was next and linked the case to the nearby thicket where Frances M Cochran was found a year ago. Bette Andrews vanished October 13 after a short walk to a store and Phyliss Taylor disappeared October 12.
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Lynn
Mass
Bette Andrews
Frances M. Cochran
Cochran
Andrews
Phyliss Taylor
Minimum Coal Price Schedule Amended in Ohio District 4
Washington observes that district 4 Ohio coal price schedules were amended to boost deep mine coal supply for war needs. Rail shipped coal from strip mines may be washed at other mines’ plants and sold at the same minimum price as deep mine coal from the same seam, per Dan H. Wheeler.
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Washington
Ohio
Dan H. Wheeler
Wheeler
Soong Foresees Victory Soon Despite Turbulent Return
Foreign Minister T. V. Soong told reporters in Chungking that his trip from Washington left him with full assurance of victory in the not distant future. He said he returned to China optimistic that the worst is over and the difficulties are passing. In a separate report, Paris radio said the Spanish air force chief and staff arrived in the Canary Islands.
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Chungking
T. V. Soong
Washington
United States
China
Islands
London
Paris
Canary Islands
Messenger To Provide Election News Tonight
An Associated Press wire will deliver Ohio and other states election news to The Messenger tonight. Athens County Board of Elections will provide Messenger representatives with returns from 73 precincts as they are tabulated. Call The Messenger, not the election board, to keep phones free. Dial 0244 0245 or 0246 for updates.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Athens County Board of Elections
Election Board
Election News
Old robberies confessed in Cincinnati case linked to Ironton theft
A string of safe robberies from years ago, including one at the Ironton railroad depot, are solved after a joint confession by Terry Thomas Hopkins and Lee Carter and discovery of cached dynamite under a Cincinnati street viaduct. Investigators delay charges pending full case review.
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Cincinnati
Ironton
Cincinnati Street
John Oman
Terry Thomas Hopkins
West Virginia
Lee Carter
Oman
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Hopkins
City Workers Return After Six Day Walkout
Cincinnati waterworks waste collection and streets crews end six day strike. Gas company maintenance staff who walked out Friday receive a settlement proposal. Local 211 of United Construction Workers union agrees to return to work today, accepting a pay raise offer.
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Cincinnati
United Construction Worker
UMW
Price Ceiling Holds Cost of Drink Down
Cleveland reports a ceiling on the price of straight liquor by the glass, limiting increases to one or two cents per ounce to cover a new federal excise tax. No ceiling applies to mixed drinks. A. J. Anderson, director of liquor and beer sales for the Office of Price Administration, advised local dispensers.
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Cleveland
A. J. Anderson
Office of Price Administration
Opponents of Columbus Liquor Curfew Upheld
A Columbus judge restrained enforcement of a midnight liquor sales curfew after a suit by the Neil House challenging the ordinance as unconstitutional. The order halted the measure before it took effect at midnight Wednesday within city limits.
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Columbus
Bomb the Bombers New Jap Trick Over Guadalcanal
U S forces in the South Pacific report Japanese Zero float planes operating about 1,000 feet above Flying Fortresses near Guadalcanal. The Zeros attempt air bombing, but have not scored any hits in two months of aerial warfare. American gunners view the tactic as a easy target at distance.
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U. S
South Pacific
Solomons
Guadalcanal
34 Jobs Added to Essential List for Draft Deferments
Selective Service headquarters announced additions to the 34 essential occupations guiding local draft boards. New designations cover 50 construction jobs and 39 roles in stone, clay and glass production. Posts require six months or more of training. deferment depends on board assessment of training qualifications and job availability.
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Washington
Selective Service
Police Hunt Suspect After Shotgun Killing
Canton police say a recovered shotgun connected to the slaying of Mrs. Bert Minesinger 45 wife of a former city detective. Mrs. Mason 25 was injured as a shotgun blasts shattered a living room window at the home of John Prince 52. Police expect an arrest soon.
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Canton
Bert Minesinger
Huntington area gets rent administrator
The Office of Price Administration named J. Burke Rich as federal rent administrator for the Huntington area covering Cabell and Wayne counties West Virginia plus Lawrence Ohio and Boyd and Greenup Kentucky. Rich is a sales executive for automobile agencies in Huntington Ashland and Portsmouth.
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Huntington
Office of Price Administration
J. Burke Rich
Huntington Area
Cabell and
Wayne
W. Va
Lawrence
Ohio
Boyd and Greenup
Rich
Ashland
Portsmouth
Gas Fire After Train Hits Rockslide Kills Man
One man is killed as a freight train derails on a rockslide near Safe Harbor Pennsylvania. About 120000 gallons of gasoline and fuel oil ignite in a massive blaze visible for miles.
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Safe Harbor
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lancaster County
Senate Circulation Urges Barkley for Supreme Court Seat
A round robin among senators urged President Roosevelt to appoint Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Senate
Expected 30 Million Americans Vote In Wartime Election
The piece notes upwards of 30 million voters participate in the first wartime election since 1918. Democrats hold Senate House and many governorships with expected losses but no threat to Senate control. Republicans push for New York and other governors, while isolationism fades amid war focus. Maine held Sept 14 elections for governor, senator, and three representatives, all Republicans.
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Congress
Senate
House
New York
Maine
Added Trains Permitted To Run to Florida
The Office of Defense Transportation authorized extra railroad passenger accommodations between New York and southern Florida due to high traffic from Army Navy and industrial centers. Officials stressed it is not tourist travel and that pleasure trips must be avoided. railroads lack locomotives and cars for resort visitors.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
New York
Florida
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Eastman
Executed for Aiding Nazis
London reports the execution of Duncan Alexander Croall Scott-Ford a 21 year old British merchant seaman at Wandsworth Prison for treachery. He was lured by a German agent in Lisbon and provided secret information on the British merchant fleet convoy movements weather and aircraft protection for a payment of 72 dollars with further data promised.
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London
Duncan Alexander Croall Scott-Ford
Wandsworth
Home Office
Scott-Ford
England
Lisbon
Portugal
Britain
Thanksgiving Turkey Gift Arrives for British Wounded
United States soldiers in Britain will surrender their Thanksgiving turkey so wounded and ill British hospital patients may share in the holiday meal.
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London
United States
Britain
Turkey
Navy and Army to share new Pentagon home
Secretary Knox announced the Navy will move into the War Department's pentagon building across the Potomac River in Virginia, accepting War Secretary Stimson's invitation to combine offices under one roof.
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Washington
War and Navy Departments
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Navy
Axis Trial of Strength Over Malta Disaster
The Air Ministry called the mid October air battle over Malta a deliberate axis trial of strength. It said the enemy lost 138 planes and suffered a disaster, forcing a withdrawal after ten days.
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Malta
London
Air Ministry Today
Today's Vote Seen as Check on FD Popularity
Washington analysts view the off year election as a gauge of Franklin D Roosevelt's national support. Voters may punish or reward the administration over gasoline rationing prices wage stabilization and living costs as they cast ballots in 1942. The outcome could shape the Democratic party's next presidential contender while Republicans eye 1944 possibilities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Party
White House
Dewey
New York
Bricker
Ohio
Stassen
Minnesota
Mr. Roosevelt
Eight Enemy Ships Sunk by Knox Reports
Navy Secretary Frank Knox announced U S warships sank two Japanese cruisers and a destroyer off Savo Island in the Solomons on Oct 11 12 amid Allied advances on Guadalcanal New Guinea and in Egypt as Stalingrad and other fronts continued to see heavy fighting Mosquito strikes and ground offensives followed the retreating Japanese forces with warnings against over optimism about the Solomon Islands campaign
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Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Egypt
Stalingrad
Washington
Navy
Frank Knox
U. S. Ware
Savo Island
Solomons
Knox
U. S
Mediterranean
Qattara
Douglas MacArthur
Buna
Kokoda
Nalchik
Ordzhonikidze
Tiflis
Red Army
B. L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
el Alamein
Alexandria
Erwin Rommel
Marshal Rommel
First Lady Visits London Nursery
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt visited a London nursery where local children are cared for before sending them to the countryside for schooling or safety.
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London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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