Byrnes Assumes New Post to Tackle War Cost of Living
James F. Byrnes, economic stabilization director, vows a home-front war on rising prices. Price ceilings extend to 90 percent of foods. rents rolled back to March 1 levels for 80 million households outside defense areas. Henderson says rents stabilize housing costs and protects tenants from eviction. Byrnes to set wage and price policies with labor management and farmers representatives.
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Pa Vesem
Va Weswamssewa
Leon Henderson
Byrnes
Economic Stabilization Board
Henderson
Defense
Byrne
Plane Crashes Kill 7 Near Akron Airport
Army Air Force investigators studied a medium bomber crash near Akron airport after takeoff from the base. Witnesses said motor failure preceded the fire and fall. A Wright Patterson board questioned witnesses before releasing no comment.
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Akron
Army Air Force
Harry Riley
Baer Field
Wright and Patterson Fields
Dayton
Ample Protein To Supplement Meat Supplies
The department of agriculture announced ample high protein foods will supplement dwindling meat in the civilian diet. Eggs poultry beans peas grain and fish should stay plentiful with dairy products reduced about 10 percent if military and lend-lease commitments are met. Egg supplies stay about unchanged. increased chicken production could add 500 to 600 million pounds for civilian use. Dry beans and peas will be greater and fully adequate. fisheries yield for 1942 will add about two million pounds for food.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Wickard
Sub Grunion Lost Presumed After Pacific Overdue
The Navy said the Grunion submarine launched December in Groton Connecticut is overdue and presumed lost. Commanded by Lt Commander Mannett L Abele of Quincy Massachusetts the vessel carries about 65 men. This marks the fifth submarine loss for the Navy since the war began. London reports RAF bombed Europe on ten nights in early September with roughly 10 million pounds dropped.
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Washington
Pacific
Groton
Conn
Mannett L. Abele
Quincy
Mass
London
RAF
Europe
Air Ministry
Willkie Receives Warm Welcome in Chungking China
Wendell Willkie mingled over four hours with students and faculty at four Chungking education institutions, reiterating his anti imperialist message and receiving a spontaneous, visibly affecting welcome. He lunched with minister of education Chen Li-Fu and hosted Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, commander of the U S Army air forces in China.
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Chungking
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Chen Li-Fu
Claire L. Chennault
U. S. Army Air Forces
China
Axis Army Chiefs Killed Near Stalingrad
Berlin reports General Baron Von Langermann Und Erlencamp commander of a German tank corps and Colonel Nagy commander of a Hungarian division were killed Saturday on the Don front according to German high command announcements.
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Berlin
Baron von Langermann Und Erlencamp
Nagy
Don Front
French Workers Start to Plant in Germany as Labor Draft Begins
The first group of 133,000 French workers left Vichy France for Germany under the compulsory labor program, joined by a number of volunteers.
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Germany
Vichy
France
War Court Opens 1942 Term Amid Nazi Saboteurs Case
Washington reports the wartime Supreme Court reopens for the 1942 43 term with about 450 cases pending after recess. The bench has one vacancy from Justice Byrnes resignation to become economic stabilization director. Attention focuses on petitions for writs of habeas corpus from seven Nazi saboteurs.
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Washington
Supreme Court
James F. Byrnes
Wickard Urges Moving Farmers To Good Land
In Peoria Illinois Secretary Wickard called for a wartime migration of farm families from marginal soil to more productive lands. He estimated about 2,000,000 families could join, calling it a pressing necessity with greater promise than other agriculture measures.
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Peoria
Ill
Wickard
Department of Articulture
Infantile Paralysis Fatalities in Ohio in 1940
The federal census reported 62 Ohioans died from infantile paralysis in 1940. Cerebro spinal meningitis proved fatal to 26, with no smallpox deaths in Ohio and 14 nationwide.
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Ohio
Columbus
Youth Rescues Five Brothers in Fire Tragedy
A 13 year old boy, William Cundiff, rescued five younger brothers after a kitchen stove exploded fatally burning his mother Elsie Cole Cundiff, 32. He was burned on face and shoulders while smothering flames and guiding family members outside before the house burned to the ground. Four of the brothers were ill with whooping cough.
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Wilmington
William Cundiff
Elsie Cole Cundiff
William
U S Ambassador Standley Meets U S Supply Chief in Moscow
U S Ambassador Admiral William H Standley who arrived in Moscow from Kuibyshev conferred today with Maj Gen Follett Bradley head of the U S supply mission in Russia.
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Moscow
U.S
William H. Standley
Kuibyshev
Follett Bradley
U. S
Russia
Standard of Living To Be Hit by Taxes
Sen George of Georgia warned that new revenue measures will push living standards down as the Senate considers a wartime tax bill. He cited a proposed 24 percent top individual rate and up to 82 percent surtax for high earners, with some corporations facing 90 percent. He said the bill would raise about 7.9 billion in direct taxes after rebates. The Senate planned to start debate the next day.
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Washington
George
Senate
Finance Committee
Congress
Treasury
Goering
Germany
Reich
Luftwaffe
Russia
Buka
Solomons
Promises Flow of Goods to Civilian Needs
President Roosevelt told a Boston conference that the government will do everything to allocate products for civilian needs in an orderly, equitable manner. He urged distributors and producers to expedite the free flow of goods to avoid dislocations that could hamper the war effort.
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Boston
Roosevelt
Boston Conference On Distribution
Two Escape Lebanon State Prison Farm
London prison officials report two inmates fled the Lebanon state farm branch. Escapees are Raymond Blivens 24 of Middletown serving burglary sentence and Earl Rittenhouse 30 of Cincinnati serving forgery sentence.
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London
W. F. Amrine
London Prison Farm
Lebanon State Farm
Raymond Blivens
Middletown
Butler County
Earl Rittenhouse
Cincinnati
Rules Alien Enemy May Prosecute Suit in Ohio
Common Pleas Judge Charles J. McNamee ruled that a resident alien enemy may sue in Ohio courts during the war, unless barred by proclamation. The decision arose in Charles Cala an Italian native’s damage suit against the city of Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Common Pleas
Charles J. McNamee
Ohio
Charles Cala
U S Planes and Pilots Outperform the Enemy in War
A U S congressional committee report cites combat figures showing American aircraft and pilots are a match for or superior to enemy planes. From February to Sept 20 totals: 279 enemy planes destroyed by U S forces. 114 U S planes destroyed. In August P 39 and P 40 fighters claimed 37 enemy kills with 5 and 1 losses respectively. The 30 day August 14 to Sept 14 ratio stood at 7.5 to 1 in favor of U S planes.
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Washington
Congressional
United States Army
Uncle Sam
House
United States
Lewis Prepares To Open Mine Workers Convention
AP dispatch from Cincinnati reports John L. Lewis arriving to lead the United Mine Workers annual international convention opening at Music Hall with about 2,800 delegates. Committees began drafting resolutions as the UDF urged 4.5 million dairy farmers to join in raising labor returns and opposed farm bureau and farmers union actions.
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Lewis
Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Music Hall
United Dairy Farmers of America
District 50
UMW
UDF
United States
Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers’ Union
President Roosevelt backs Bennett for New York governor
The President announced his support for Atty. Gen. John J. Bennett Jr. in the New York gubernatorial race. Roosevelt said Bennett is the best qualified of the three major candidates, and his statement was welcomed by Bennett and State Democratic Chairman James A. Farley.
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New York
Roosevelt
John J. Bennett, Jr
U. S
James M. Mead
White House
Bennett
James A. Farley
Frowns on Abandoning of Sales Tax in Ohio
Columbus report says Ohio tax commissioner Evatt opposed a proposal by Senator Herring to repeal state sales taxes in favor of a federal levy. Evatt argued the Ohio tax yields the main revenue and its repeal would force new imposts or cut subsidies to local governments.
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Ohio
Columbus
William
Evatt
Sen. Herring
Iowa
Gallia County Prosecutor Resigns to Seek Probate Judge Seat
Gallia's prosecuting attorney John Howell resigns to run unopposed for probate judge in November. Robert Betz of Gallipolis is appointed to succeed Howell as Gallia County prosecutor.
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Galli
John How
Gallia County
Robert Betz
Gallipolis
Howell
Offer Bound for Place To Reside in Indiana
In Marion Indiana a five inch advertisement notes a $5 reward for information on the availability of a four room furnished apartment amid acute housing shortages.
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Indiana
Marion
Ind
Ridgefield Park Football Player Dies From Injury
Co Captain James Brady a 17 year old Ridgefield Park High School football player died yesterday from an injury suffered in a game here Saturday. The accident occurred during the match in Bogota New Jersey where Brady was hurt and later succumbed to his wounds.
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Bogota
N. J
James Brady
Ridgefield Park
Scrap Hunt of Youths Army Opens Nationwide Drive
The Associated Press reports a nationwide scrap collecting campaign led by newspapers with millions of U S children joining. Governors urge full effort while President Roosevelt says they will do their part. The drive aims to preserve freedoms and contrasts life in Europe as schools declare holidays for the two week effort.
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Associated Press
America
Roosevelt
Europe
Bricker Orders Closing of Gambling House
Gov John W Bricker ordered Sheriff Stuart Harland of Geauga County to close by Saturday the Arrow Club a gambling establishment The governor threatened to have Atty Gen Thomas J Herbert investigate why the sheriff does not enforce the gambling laws if the club is not closed The attorney general will also take steps to enforce the laws Bricker informed Harland and Prosecutor Harold K Bostwick
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Stuart Harland
Geauga County
Arrow Club
Bricker
Thomas J. Herbert
Harland
Harold K. Bostwick
Romania Hungary Near War Over Transylvania
Ankara reports the territorial dispute between Romania and Hungary over Transylvania has escalated to the brink of war. Romanian officials in Bucharest expect conflict with Hungary, an Axis satellite, after the 1940 transfer ordered by Hitler.
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Ankara
Turkey
Rumania
Hungary
Transylvania
Bucharest
Hitler
German soldiers held in Alta in far northern Norway
Reuters dispatch from Stockholm cites Swedish reports that 3 000 to 4 000 German soldiers were imprisoned for unity at Alta in far northern Norway.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
Alta
Norway
Toledo Widow Rose Marek Dies of Heart Attack
Mrs Rose Marek widowed mother of five in the armed forces died today of a heart attack.
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Toledo
Rose Marek
Warning to Japs Cited In Stalin Speech On War Aims
Stalin proclaimed Soviet capacity to resist Germany and any aggressor seeking world domination in a letter to the Associated Press. Allied second front plans were deemed crucial, as Red Army defense lines around Stalingrad showed resilience amid a major German push. The report notes Goering’s winter-holding strategy and ongoing Allied air and naval actions in Europe Africa and the Pacific theater.
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Associated Press
Japan
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Germany
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Oriental
Red Army
Stalin
Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press Bureau
Moscow
Soviet Union
Volga Metropolis
Axia
Reichsmarshal Goering
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North Africa
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