Nazis Battle To Save Line to Balkans as Reds Score Gains
Soviet bombers pounded Yugoslavia as ground troops push along a 70 to 100 mile front southeast of Belgrade bottling up about 200000 Nazi troops. Red Army advances near the Belgrade Nis railway and toward the Morava Valley route aimed at Greece. Riga liberation claimed as 60 mile gap widens east of the city. Detroit truck driver Victor Richardson dies in Lorain County after a collision with a train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Balkans
Balkan
Red Army
Marshal Tito
Belgrade-Nis
Budapest
Turkey
Hungary
Magyar
Warsaw
Berlin
Morava
Belgrade- Greece
Pravea
Riga
Vidzen
Madona
Pravda
Air Armadas Press Forward in Major Rhine Assault Near Aachen
The U S First Army under Lt Gen Courtney Hodges pressed from the Siegfried Line toward the Rhine. Heavy air and artillery bombardment preceded a breakthrough as American infantry advanced through rubble and smoke near Aachen, ending a two week stalemate along a 460 mile Allied front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. S
First Army
Rhine
Siegfried Line
Aachen
Courtney H. Hodges
Rationing of Coffee Will Not Be Resumed At Present
Washington war mobilization head James F. Byrnes said there is no need to resume coffee rationing now. He cited four months supply for civilians, Brazil's pledge to resume U S importer orders, and ample stocks from wholesalers and roasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Brazil
U. S
Arthur de Souza
Leaders Will Renew Battle
President Roosevelt and Governor Dewey plan major campaign speeches this week shaping tactics for the five weeks before the election. Roosevelt will address party workers in Washington for a get-out-the-vote pep talk, while Dewey presses personal attacks on his Oklahoma City tour and adjusts plans for broader radio outreach in Charleston, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
Dewey
Washington
Charleston
W. Va
Oklahoma City
War plant in Ohio closed as 2200 strike over pay policy
In Norwood Ohio the Globe Wernicke Company halted war material production after about 2200 Local 382 United Auto Workers (AFL) members walked out. The walkout protested the firm's refusal to reimburse two men for time lost during a one week suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Globe-Wernicke Company
Norwood
United Automobile Workers
AFL
Trains Crash Kills Three Rimsley Family Member
Three people died in an automobile train crash Saturday night in Dennison. George L. Rimsley 41 and his wife Bessie 43 of Canton were killed along with Anna Tootham 37 of Flushing.
Sailor recalls a surprised Japanese prisoner at Guam
A Navy medical officer recounts a wartime incident at Guam where a Japanese detainee, attempting harikiri, slit his throat but survived after doctors sewed the wound. The prisoner’s first words once recovered were so solly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
W. W. Nesbit
Oberlin, O
Navy
Guam
Allies Advance As Skies Clear In North Italy
The Fifth Army defeated German counterattacks on Monte Battalia and captured Monte Cappella after a fierce fight. Clear skies allowed the Mediterranean Allied Air Force to support doughboys while air strikes disrupted enemy concentrations. In the Adriatic sector the Eighth Army cleared Savignac and pushed across the Fiumicino against a strong Nazi defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Fifth Army
Monte Battalia
Imola
Monte Cappella
Italy
Mediterranean
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Savignac
Fiumicino
Bricker Attacks Roosevelt Aid With Truman Quotes
Gov. John Bricker of Ohio said the Democratic vice presidential candidate cited by Truman blamed the Roosevelt administration for poor wartime planning and policy delays. Bricker, on a western campaign swing, quoted Truman’s past speeches and reports as proof. He also noted Truman’s criticism of Sidney Hillman of the CIO PAC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Harry S. Truman
Bricker
Truman
Senate
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Hillman
War Production Board
Nelson may be named to foreign trade posting
Washington reports Donald H. Nelson faces a shift from War Production Board chair to a high post aiding postwar economic recovery. Roosevelt's letter notes the new role will enlist other nations as customers for American goods and advance postwar cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald H. Nelson
Roosevelt
Nelson
War Production Board
Civilians Expect Death and German Compliance Under Allied Rule
Lt. Shale L. Tulin of the First Allied Military Government in Kornelimunster reports German civilians largely cooperate, with few sniper incidents near front lines blamed on fleeing Nazi soldiers. He notes strict but nonviolent occupation, allowing radios and Mein Kampf access, and cites a burgemeister's fear of torture had they feared harsher treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kornelimunster
Germany
Shale L. Tulin
East Norwalk
Conn
Reich
Tulin
Hitler
Steel wage policy on war footing sparks political clash
National Association of Manufacturers president urged War Labor Board to keep the Little Steel Wage Formula firm, declaring no broad wage or price hikes are in public interest now. He warned relaxation would hit workers via higher prices and tax shifts, and warned many firms would either raise prices or close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
War Labor Board
Robert M. Gaylord
Gaylord
Treasury
Taft Speaks On State Radio Network This Week
Senator Robert A. Taft campaigns across Ohio with a late night radio address at 10 45 p m on nine stations as part of eight talks this week He is joined by opponent William G Pickrel for an appearance in Warren on Wednesday night in Dayton Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Warren
William G. Pickrel
Dayton
Girl Plunges To Death From Hospital Window
Miss Ann Sopko aged 18 fell from a sixth floor hospital window as she was to undergo an operation to remove swallowed pins from three weeks earlier. Coroner S R Gerber ruled a suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ann Sopko
Lakeside Hospital
S. R. Gerber
War Manpower designates three more acute labor shortage zones
The War Manpower Commission designates Fremont Port Clinton, Fostoria Findlay Tiffin, and Sandusky in Ohio as acute labor shortage zones indicating intensified manpower needs during the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
War Manpower Commission
Fremont-Port Clinton
Fostoria - Findlay - Tiffin
Sandusky
Roseville Girl Killed In Skidding Motorcycle Crash
ZANESVILLE. Esther Fay Pride, 20, of near Roseville was killed yesterday when she was thrown from a skidding motorcycle near Roseville. James Dunkle Jr., 16, of Crooksville, riding with her, was seriously injured, according to Deputy Sheriff Harry Bealmear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Esther Fay Pride
Roseville
Harry Bealmear
James Dunkle, Jr
Crooksville
Horses win lightweight division in 5400-pound pull
Gene Hinton of Commercial Point Pickaway County led a team of horses to top honors in the lightweight division pulling 5400 pounds 27 1 2 feet on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Gene Hinton
Commercial Point
Pickaway County
Austrians Warned To Prepare For Allied Arrival
Allied forces push toward Belfort Gap as Seventh Army advances in western Austria near est. Britain defeats German counterattacks at Nijmegen Corridor while Eisenhower urges Dutch island evacuations ahead of expected heavy bombing. British armor leads drive toward Oss and S Hertogenbosch to seal the Maas front amid German withdrawals in Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucien King Truscott, Jr
Vith Corps
Eisenhower
Seventh
Belfort
Austria
Nijmegen
Caen
Normandy
Schelde
Antwerp
Massive Allied Bomber Assaults Target Cologne Kassel and Aachen
Airmen unleashed a thousand heavy bombers against Cologne and Kassel in the Siegfried Line area while another thousand plus joined the U S First Army near Aachen to assault the West Wall. Mosquito intruders struck Handorf and rail and canal targets across Germany and Holland. No aircraft were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne
Kassel
U. S. First Army
Aachen
Greater
Germany
First Army
Rhine
Hitler
Emden
Handorf
Holland
Indian Troops Outflank Japs Near Tiddim Burma Base
Southeast Asia command reports Indian troops flanking Japanese defenses northeast and east of Tiddim in western Burma. They threaten Japanese communications between Tiddim and the Chindwin River about 40 miles to the east amid scattered fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Thenemy
Burma
Tiddim
Chindwin River
House Maid and Baby Sought by Detroit Police
Detroit police joined a wide search for four month old Robert King and a young housemaid who disappeared Saturday night from the King home. The parents, Mr and Mrs Clarence King, found both missing upon returning from a show. The maid had been employed via a newspaper ad a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Robert King
Clarence King
Youngstown Girl Smuggled from Ireland in Coffin Tale Revealed
Police report Elizabeth Macleod a 19 year old red haired girl said she was smuggled out of Ireland in a coffin aboard a U S army bomber then taken to the United States aboard a Victory ship. She said she engaged with 12 soldiers and sailors and was hidden in a locker during the 28 day crossing to Boston before arriving in Youngstown where she sold engagement rings to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Ireland
John B. Thomas
Elizabeth Macleod
Thomas
Belfast
Scotland
America
Miss Macleod
Boston
Two Die in Flaming Wreck Near Sayler Park
A man and a woman were killed when a gasoline laden double trailer crashed into a small coupe and rammed a grocery building and adjoining cottage in Sayler Park near the Ohio Indiana line. Firemen estimated the damage at twenty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Sayler Park
Coldest Night of Fall Expected Across Ohio Tonight
A weather front moving east after a warm Sunday is forecast to bring clouds and rain, keeping temperatures from dropping far below 40. The Weather Bureau in Columbus said this will be the season's first notably cold night with light frost unlikely due to cloud cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Columbus
Welfare Association to Elect Directors in Athens
Athens Welfare Association will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Little Theater Building at Athens High School to elect four directors. Fred M. McKay, chairman, announced the plan. A separate AP item reports Jackie Jey, 11, drowned in a local quarry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Welfare Association
At & P.m
Little Theater
Athens High School
Fred M. McKay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daniel DE Luce
Canton
Victor Richardson
Sheffield
Lorain County
Adolf Hitler
West Wall
Hodges
Moselle
Wing
Span
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Eulalia Sullivan
Chatham
N. J
Jean MacQueen
Kirkland
Ill
Frank Prist, Jr
Nea-Acme
Costa
South China Sea
Philippine
Mindanao
Borneo
Celebes Sea
Cebes
Manchuria
Shenyang
China
Amoy
Shanghai
Wendhow
Formosa
Manila
East China Sea
Japan
Tokyo
Bonin
Philippine Sea
Davenport
Marianas IS
Palau
New Guinea
Pacific Ocean
Saipan
Miles
Philippines
Philadelphia
Little Rock
Ark
Vital
Sally
Hal Boyle
Maj
Joe Foss
South Pacific
Cheryl June
Santa Barbara
Calif
Major Foss
Gap
Taft
Oss
Maas
Meuse
S Hertogenbosch
Hertogenbosch
Southwesern Holland
Nijemegen
Waal Rhine
States
Welfare Association
Jackie Jey
Mrs. Bralley
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!