Strong urges 18 year olds drafted to speed victory
Secretary Stimson urges expedited legislation to draft 18 and 19 year olds. President Roosevelt backs lowering the draft age to 18 to hasten victory as Congress pledges swift hearings. He says young, well trained units reduce casualties and that manpower mobilization requires broader use of older workers and women.
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Washington
Stimson
House Military Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Mnation
May
D.-Ky
House Military Committee
Russia
China
Germany
Japan
Italy
United Nations
Ohio Army Recruiters Launch Statewide Tour
Columbus report: Army recruiters begin an Ohio wide tour to enlist 18 and 19 year old boys. Recruits may choose any service branch offered including Air Forces, signal corps, field artillery, cavalry, infantry, armored force, quartermaster corps, ordnance, chemical warfare, medical department and corps of military police.
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Columbus
Army
Air Forces
Signal Corps
Field Artillery
Cavalry
Infantry
Armored Force
Quartermaster Corps
Ordnance
Chemical Warfare
Medical Department
Corps of Military Police
Jeffers Stirs Controversy Over Rayon Use
Washington AP report on a Senate Agriculture Committee clash over cotton versus rayon for heavy duty tires. President Roosevelt's rubber administrator William J. Jeffers defied pressure and said he would order rayon if the Army wanted it that way. Senator Norris praised Jeffers while Chairman Smith moved to form a subcommittee to defend cotton from financial interests.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Smith
D-Sc
Agriculture Committee
William J. Jeffers
Army
Norris
Ind-Neb
Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Believe Lewis Preparing for Post War Era
CINCINNATI four associates of John L. Lewis say he plans postwar organizing beyond coal fields. The United Mine Workers may target agriculture with three unions in dairy cattle and grain, while Lewis denies raiding established unions and seeks only independent groups.
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Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
District 50
UMW
United Dairy Farmers
International Executive Board
CIO
George Says Federal Sales Tax Inevitable
Senate Finance Committee Chairman George of Georgia warned that any tax rise beyond the revenue bill now nearing enactment would require approval of a broad retail sales tax. He spoke in Washington saying Treasury policy could not raise taxes without such broad consumer levy.
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George
Washington
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Hunt Clues in Child Kidnap Case
Columbus police and FBI hunted for a woman who slipped into St Ann's Hospital yesterday and abducted an eight month old baby boy. Jean Scanlon the baby's mother said she had no idea who the kidnapper was. The suspect threatened nurse Pauline Caplinger with a gun and fled in a car parked behind the hospital.
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Columbus
Federal Bureau of Investigation
St. Ann’s Hospital
Jean Scanlon
Pauline Caplinger
Miss Caplinger
Chillicothe
Steubenville Officer Wounded in Gunfight with Robbers
A Steubenville policeman was wounded early today in a gunfight with three robbers believed fleeing from a series of Pennsylvania holdups. Local authorities search for the suspects as the officer receives treatment.
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Steubenville
British See Possibility of More Than Two Fronts
A British source says Germany might fight on two three or four fronts across Europe if attacks arise. He notes Nazi statements on defensive warfare and indicates Hitler may have given up on destroying Russia alone. The outlook hinges on impregnable position and ability to spare troops for other theaters.
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London
Europe
Germany
Russia
Hitler
Reds Repel Attacks on Oil Fields
Russia's Caucasian armies report throwing back German forces in the Grozny oil fields as the siege of Stalingrad nears fifty days with a Nazi infantry regiment and fifty tanks renewing the drive toward the Volga.
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Russia
Grozny
Stalingrad
Volga
Caucasus
Don-Volga
Semeon Timoshenko
Malta
Britain
Mediterranean
Germany
Ohio graduate on the Quincy feared wounded in Pearl Harbor action
Marine Captain Fred Frazier of Bellefontaine Ohio, a Ohio University graduate, is recovering from severe burns in a Pearl Harbor hospital. Athens friends believe he was injured during the sinking of the cruiser Quincy by Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands region in August.
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Fred Frazier
Bellefontaine, O
Ohio University
Pearl Harbor
Athens
Quincy
Solomon Islands
Vincennes
U. S
Indiana
Eccles Assumes ODT Supervisor Post in Ohio Region
Henry H. Eccles former principal and Scioto County auditor has become regional administrative officer for the Office of Defense Transportation. He will oversee personnel and operations in Ohio Michigan Kentucky and West Virginia after transferring from an Office of Emergency Management post in Washington. He is an Ohio University graduate.
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Cleveland
Henry H. Eccles
East Liverpool
Portsmouth
Scioto County
Office of Defense Transportation
Eccles
Office of Emergency Management
Washington
ODT
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio University
Athens
Ohio Parole Board Grants 80 Prisoner Paroles
The Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission granted paroles to 80 Ohio State Reformatory prisoners, returned 15 to parole, and continued 56 cases. Notable releases include Mocking Eldon Fox for breaking and entering on Dec 1 and Elmer J. Ahlbin for motor vehicle without owner’s consent on Feb 1. Meigs County releases include William Darst and Carl J. Cook for breaking and entering with Dec 1 dates.
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Columbus
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Ohio
Dispute Over Pay Scale Leaves Ohio Miners Idle
A salary dispute among 150 timbermen halted operations and left 1,675 miners idle in Martins Ferry. Mines at Rail and River Coal Co. and Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Co. in Glen Robbins were shut down as talks failed.
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Ohio
Martins Ferry
Rail and River Coal Co
Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Co
Glen Robbins
Willkie Promises Answer To Criticism By Officials
EDMONTON Alberta AP Wendell Willkie signaled in a prepared statement last night he would respond to criticisms from public officials about his Moscow remarks on a second front. He arrived in Fairbanks Alaska after journeying from China via Mongolia and Siberia, saying he has collected material on the war effort and will report to citizens and the President. He defended his abroad conduct, noting he did not reply while overseas and that he upheld the United Nations hand. in Moscow he urged speed on a second front, prompting reaction in Washington and London.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Wendell Willkie
Moscow
Willkie
Fairbanks
Alaska
Mongolia
Siberia
China
Battlefront
United States
Wilkie
Russia
United Nations
Britain Urges Germany to Free Shackled Prisoners
Prime Minister Churchill said Britain asked Germany to rescind its act of chaining British and Canadian prisoners. If the Nazis agree, Britain will halt reprisal measures. He cited a Geneva convention violation for the Dieppe raid prisoners, 1 376 men, taken August 19, with representations made to Berlin via Switzerland.
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London
Churchill
Germany
Britain
Dieppe
Berlin
Switzerland
United Mine Workers Vote To Admit Non-Hiring Bosses
Cincinnati dispatch reports the United Mine Workers of America voted after three hours of debate to authorize the international executive board to admit non-hiring mine bosses into membership. The move aims to prevent dual unions and could add up to 50,000 members, said Vice President John O'Leary.
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Cincinnati
United Mine Workers of America
International
UMW
John O'Leary
Meigs Man Dies in Auto Collision in Parkerburg
PARKERSBURG Ohio Harry Mason Smith 41 of Long Bottom Meigs County was injured and seven others escaped serious injury in a Sunday automobile collision at a South Parkersburg street intersection.
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Parkersburg
Harry Mason Smith
Long Bottom
Megs County
Navy Assumes Operation of Powder Plant
The Navy took possession of Triumph Explosives plant at Elkton Maryland and two subsidiary facilities in Milford Delaware. A White House statement reported the arrest of a plant vice president and an Army and Navy inspector on bribery charges alleging bribes labeled as service fees. The executive order aims for effective and safe operation, with further arrests anticipated and potential irregularities exceeding one million dollars.
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Washington
Navy
Triumph Explosives, Inc
Elkton
Milford
Del
White House
FBI
Army and Navy
Registration for Gasoline Rationing Starts November 9
The United States will begin gasoline rationing registration on November 9 nationwide except the already rationed East. The plan issues A cards and starts November 22. Applicants must list tire numbers and may not have more than five tires, with mandatory tire inspection and revocation for speeds over 35 miles per hour.
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Washington —T
East
Nimitz at Guadalcanal awards to Ohioan hero
Pearl Harbor dispatch reports Admiral Chester W. Nimitz visited Guadalcanal in the Solomons two weeks ago and presented 27 awards to Navy Marine and Army personnel. Pvt Harry Dunn Springfield Ohio Marine rescued a wounded comrade on patrol beyond the Marines lines at Lunga River on August 27 carrying Private Jack Morrison on his back for two and a half miles.
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Pearl Harbor
U. S. Fleet Headquarters
Chester W. Nimitz
Guadalcanal Island
Solomons
Navy
Marine
Army
Harry Dunn
Springfield
Lunga River
Jack Morrison
Three U S Cruisers Lost In Solomons Battle
Unofficial Navy records show three American cruisers sunk or damaged in the Solomons conflict as Allied forces tightened their offensive since August 7. The Vincennes Astoria and Quincy were lost with Captain Samuel N. Moore among the dead aboard the Quincy.
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Solomons
United States
Vincennes
Astoria
Quincy
Canberra
Navy
Samuel N. Moore
Alexandria
F. L. Riefkohl
Maunabo
Puero Rico
William G. Greenman
Watertown
N. Y
U. S
Quincey
United Nations
New Hebrides
Fiji Islands
New Caledonia
Australia
New Zealand
Crews Folded Clothes Then Leapt As Quincy Sunk
Navy aviation radio man Adam B. Koblitz recalled the Quincy sinking after heavy shelling in the Solomon Islands attack. He described crew calmly folding pants and shirts into neat piles before abandoning ship, donning life jackets, and jumping into the sea, then drifting five hours before rescue.
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Cleveland
Quincy
Adam B. Koblitz
Shaker Heights
Koblitz
Navy
Solomon Islands
AFL Strikers Back on Jobs at Steel Forge Plant
AFL strikers at the Steel Improvement and Forge Co resumed work after the Navy advised the War Labor Board to bar them from war production jobs. The eight day strike ended when 166 of 213 drop forge operators voted to return, after union leaders said management won the chronologs time checkers dispute. E Wayne Patterson said workers agreed to restart once production was confirmed as affected.
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Cleveland
AFL
Steel Improvement & Forge Co
Navy
War Labor Board
E. Wayne Patterson
AFL Blacksmiths
Manpower proposal calls for civilian deferment boards
Washington report says Chairman Tolan proposes special boards to decide who goes to war and who stays at home. He favors reorganizing deferments by shifting authority from selective service to technically qualified boards under the War Manpower Commission.
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Washington
Tolan
de Calif
House Defense Migration Committee
War Manpower Commission
Young junkyard boy leaves $91 thousand cash hidden home
Henry Wefer a 6 year old junkyard handyman died October 6 and left 91000 in cash hidden in his sparsely furnished 10 room home along with abstracts showing ownership of about 17000 acres of Iowa farm land.
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ST. Joseph
Henry Wefer
Iowa
Speed regulator to be sold cheaply by Firestone company
Akron AP announces a low-cost speed regulator that easily attaches to any car and will soon be marketed by Firestone Rubber Co. The device aims to curb speeding with simple installation and broad compatibility.
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AKRON
Firestone — & Rubber Co
Toe. Ay
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