Jones Coal Co closes Mine 267 at Hunterdon
Jones Coal Co permanently closes Mine 267 near Glouster Ohio two miles west of Glouster in Sunday Creek Valley. About 225 workers mainly from Hollister Glouster and nearby areas lose their jobs as equipment may move to Webb Mine Shadyside. George M Jones Jr says all coal has been mined and the mine must be abandoned.
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George M. Jones Co
Hollister
Sunday Creek
George M. Jones, Jr
Webb
Shadyside
Ohio
A. W. Blackburn
Anna Louise Logue
Blackburn
Miss Logue
High-Salaried Stars Worried Over Wage Ceiling
Hollywood studios face confusion as the government interprets a wage ceiling preventing pay over 1941 levels or $25,000 net, whichever is higher. Top stars, producers, writers and directors see unpaid salaries as lawyers study the decree while some actors offer to work without pay for the rest of the year.
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Hollywood
Soldiers Discourage Replies to Unknown Correspondents
Secretary of War Stimson warned soldiers not to answer letters from unknown writers due to espionage risks. He noted organized correspondence clubs exist for goodwill but many do not understand the War Department’s stance. Also in London: Vichy forces sought an armistice with the British in Southeast Madagascar, hostilities ceasing at 2 PM Madagascar time yesterday.
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Washington
War Stimson
Stimson
War Department
London
Madagascar
Woman Shot at War Plant During Breech Test
Dayton officials report Edna C. Layton aged 25 was accidentally shot and killed in the gun assembly department while a breech testing station used dummy shells containing no explosives. Company officials said the bullet struck her through the heart and that the shells were shipped in sealed packages.
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Dayton
Edna C. Layton
War Plant Workers To Get 3 B Draft Status
Washington officials say selective service plans to grant 3 B status to men in non essential jobs who move to war plants including elevator operators. The aim is to shift large numbers into war work by offering longer draft deferment.
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Washington
Selective Service
Battle Rages On Fronts in Pacific Area
American forces press two pronged assault on Guadalcanal piercing one flank while threatening another. Japanese troops bolstered amid a widening battlefront and persistent combat across the island.
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Pacific
Washington
Guadalcanal
Navy reports heavy Japanese losses in Pacific battles
United Nations forces sunk about 100 Japanese warships of various types in the Pacific since Pearl Harbor. Marines near an American airbase reported successful attacks with 350 Japanese killed and many weapons captured. MacArthur’s command said New Guinea fighting continued with Japanese forces pushed back toward Kokoda. Embattled Japanese positions on Guadalcanal and Timor were shelled. New Zealand broadcast calls for closer US command coordination. Hawaii's military commander announced some of Hawaii’s 161,000 Japanese residents would be evacuated to the mainland.
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United Nations
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South Pacific
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Port Moresby
Kokoda
Macbisse
Ailey
Portuguese Timor
Australia
Salamaua
Buin‘Faisi
New Zealand
Nash
United States
General MacArthur
Admiral Halsey
Honolulu
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Delos C. Emmons
Hawaii
Egypt
Red Army
Stalingrad
Black Sea
Caucasus
Stalin
Soviet
Axis alliance under strain amid Rommel in Egypt and Tokyo Berlin conclave
The three power Axis coalition faces first major stress as Rommel's forces fight westward in the Egyptian desert while Tokyo and Rome reassess ties to Berlin. Rommel may sacrifice Italian units to save his armored corps, sparking concerns in Rome and Mussolini's regime. Japan summons European diplomats to Berlin to align plans, though doubts about alliance cohesion persist. The Egyptian victory threatens a potential Japanese German junction in the Middle East.
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Rommel
Tokyo
Rome
Alrready
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Europe
Orient
Africa
United Nations
Middle East
War Daddies Scarce Among Ohio Soldiers
Ohio health director R H Markwith reports a three month survey shows among 33 871 births in May July only 812 had soldier fathers. Maternity care for wives of enlisted men is rarely problematical due to limited Army cantonment nearby and welfare agencies handle inquiries. Of the 812 war babies 686 were children of non commissioned officers and privates. 126 were officers.
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Columbus
Ohio
R. H. Markwith
Markwith
GOP Senate Votes Now 38
The Associated Press reports Democrats claim 200 Representatives and 15 Senators elected to the 78th Congress with Democrats holding a majority and Republicans at 208 House members and 18 Senators. Contests for three House seats and one Senate seat undecided. Minor parties gain two Progressive House seats and one each for American Labor and Farm Labor.
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Associated Press
Democrats
Senate
Submarine Crew Performs Emergency Operation Aboard
In the Pacific theater an American submarine, acting as a hospital ship, carried out an emergency appendectomy on a crewmember after a 106 degree fever. Lieut. Franz Hoskins, 27, formerly of Tacoma, writes that the operation took two and a half hours and left the patient convalescing in strong condition.
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Tacoma
Wash
Pacific
Franz Hoskins
Hoskins
Dogs in Lee Township Quarantined and Treated
Residents of Albany and Lee Township must keep dogs tied on home premises until Dec 1 following orders by Dr. B. B. Buckley and Mayor O. D. Dailey. Ten people in the area are receiving Pasteur treatment after a Columbus test linked a rabid dog killed in Lee Township to exposure, though they were not bitten. Authorities fear other animals may have contracted rabies from the animal.
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Albany
Lee Township
B. B. Buckley
O. D. Dailey
Columbus
Draft Evasion Brings Five Years in Prison
Cincinnati AP report says William J. Blacksmith six foot 200 pounds was sentenced to five years for failure to report for induction. He pleaded that as a Jehovah's Witness he did not believe he was part of this world.
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Cincinnati
William J. Blacksmith
Jehovah's Witnesses
Victory Coalition forms to back war effort on Capitol Hill
A cross party alliance on Capitol Hill unites Republicans and anti New Deal Democrats to back President Roosevelt for unified war prosecution while seeking an end to New Deal policies. Meatless days proposals stir hotel and restaurant responses as observers anticipate possible joint action to curb New Deal programs.
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Capitol Hill
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Taft
Ohio
Wallace
White House
New
Hurricane moves on Florida east coast
A hurricane bearing winds over 75 mph nears Florida's east coast from the central Bahamas. Warnings extend from Melbourne to Key West as Miami braces for a blow in its path, schools close, a football game is cancelled, and wartime storm news censorship is lifted for warnings.
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Miami
Fla
Bahama Islands
Melbourne
Key West
Long Island
Bahamas
New Providence Island
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Nassau
Government House
Increase in sentiment for sales tax foretold
Administration economic chiefs forecast stronger sentiment for a general retail sales tax in the new Congress. A tax could be added to existing taxes or replace some heavy income taxes. The war budget for January and home-front issues will shape the decision and debate.
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Washington
Administration
Congress
Brehm Aims to Aid District in War Time Push
Ohio congressmen elect pledge total war effort for rapid victory and peace. Walter E. Brehm, Logan dentist who defeated Harold K. Claypool in the Eleventh District, seeks Southeastern Ohio plastics resource development to revive the region once hit by relief dependency. Frances Bolton seeks cuts in non-war spending.
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Columbus
Ohio
National Capitol
Walter E. Brehm
Logan
Harold K. Claypool
Chillicothe
Frances P. Bolton
Slower Driving Reduces Ohio Traffic Fatalities
State highway officials report a 34 percent drop in fatalities on rural Ohio roads in the first nine months. Hal G. Sours observed the decline while noting rural highway deaths reached 421 by Oct 1, compared with 634 in the same period in 1941.
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Columbus
Hal G. Sours
Sours
Army and Navy To Give Legion of Merit Award
Secretary of War Stimson announced the establishment of the Legion of Merit, a new military and naval decoration. The award, modeled after General George Washingtons 1782 badge for military merit, follows the Purple Heart which was reestablished in 1932 for wounds with bravery in action.
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Washington
Legion of Merit
War Stimson
Army
George Washington
Mrs Adeline Watson 85 Dies in Meigs County
Mrs Adeline Watson aged 85 died Thursday evening at the home of her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Monroe Pickens in Antiquity Meigs Co She had five grandsons in the armed services Funeral services likely Sunday at the Charles Spencer home in Racine with interment at Plants She leaves three children Mrs Nett Wolfe and John Watson of East Liverpool and Mrs Charles Spencer of Racine along with 12 grandchildren and six great grandchildren
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Pomeroy
Adeline Watson
Monroe Pickens
Charles Spencer
Racine
Agriculture Department asks farmers adjust vegetable production
Washington reports the Agriculture Department requests farmers reduce output of several vegetables due to labor, transport, fertilizer, and container shortages. They urge increased acreages for carrots, lima beans, snap beans, and onions while meals for green peas, cabbage, fresh tomatoes, beets, and spinach stay at 1942 levels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Annihilation Predicted as Axis Forces Pressed by British
London reports say British tanks close to Matruh 104 miles from El Alamein as Rommel’s men retreat. Roosevelt calls North Africa campaign a major victory with limited American material, while British forces drive wedges into Axis lines near El Daba and Matruh.
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Roger D. Greenf
Associated Press
Egypt
Mediterranean
Matruh
el Alamein
Greece
Adolf Hitler
North Africa
Roosevelt
Rommel
Eighth Army claims victory as Rommel’s forces lag
Field report from British headquarters states the Eighth Army pursued enemy rearguards west of El Daba and has captured at least 13 000 German and Italian prisoners in 14 days. Italy’s Trento Division commander and staff are among the new prisoners.
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Fuka
Matruh
Alexandria
London
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Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Ankara
Turkey
Greece
Hitler
Rommel
Mediterranean
Africa
Athens
Hitler asks Tokyo for naval attack and Mideast aid
Hitler reportedly appealed to Japan for a naval attack on Madagascar or South Africa to force British redeployment, but Tokyo declined citing lack of naval strength due to US fleet damage. Allied armada rumors at Gibraltar and reports of Axis losses in Egypt accompany Russian Red Army progress near Stalingrad.
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Hitler
Egypt
Tokyo
Madagascar
South Africa
Japan
U. S
Pacific
Gibraltar
Tangier
French Morocco
Rommel
United Nations
Mediterranean
Maleme
Crete
Reuters
Cairo
North Africa
Training plan sparks Stimson critique of pre war mentality
The year’s training plan faced criticism from Secretary of War Stimson who denounced the push for a full year of training for younger draftees. He argued the policy would delay buildup and force the Army to rely on older soldiers with dependents, hampering rapid combat readiness.
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Washington
Aremy
Secretary of War
Stimson
Post War Transport Plan Outlined by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt sent Congress a blueprint for a post war American transportation system. It envisions streamlined cars on express highways and thousands of commercial airplanes. The plan was prepared by a special committee of research experts led by Owen D Young under the sponsorship of the National Resources Planning Board.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Owen D. Young
National Resources Planeing Board
Columbus to crack down on blackout violations
Columbus civilian defense commander Paul R. Gingher said charges will be filed against at least five persons or firms in the citys first crackdown on blackout regulation infringements.
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Columbus
Paul R. Gingher
Germans Captured in Barn Near Bowling Green
Police Chief R. E. Monahan reports three German escapees from Army guards aboard a train were arrested in a barn about six miles from Bowling Green Kentucky on Tuesday night.
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Bowling Green
R. E. Monahan
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