Education group gathers 2500 for Southeastern Ohio meeting
Athens hosts 2,500 educators from 11 counties for the 48th annual Southeastern Ohio Education Association session with speeches by Jay Allen Roma Gans and Arthur Murphy. Dinners, general sessions at Memorial Auditorium and multiple luncheon and sectional meetings follow.
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Athens
Southeastern Ohio Education Association
Ohio University
First Methodist Church
The
Christian Church
Ohio University Memorial Auditorium
Jay Allen
Arthur Murphy
Department of
Philosophy
University of Illinois
Socrates
Roma Gans
Columbia University
Gans
Murphy
Allen
J. D. Williams
Marshall College
Huntington
W. Va
Frank B. Pauly
Defense Savings Staff
U. S. Treasury
John A. Miller
Ironton City
Alliance
Africa
Spain
France
Strike in Cincinnati Continues Over Municipal Wage Dispute
Trash and garbage cans line curbs as union federal and city officials seek to end a strike of Cincinnati city workers over wages. City manager C. O. Sherrill says workers abandoned their jobs under civil service rules, while talks on returning them to work go on.
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Cincinnati
C. O. Sherrill
United Mine Workers
Civil Service
Luftwaffe Half Muzzles by RAF and US Across West Fronts
London report states more than half of Germanys fighter plane force is tied down by United States and RAF operations on the western front including Italy Libya and Malta. An RAF commentator credits American air offensives with occupying German fighters that could otherwise threaten Stalingrad.
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London
Germany
United States
Western Front
Italy
Libya
Malta
RAF
Stalingrad
British and Americans To Trade War Films
Official motion pictures of the British war effort will be released for United States audiences under contract with eight leading American distributors. A similar agreement exists between British distributors and the United States Office of War Information.
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London
United States
United States Office of War Information
War Production Board seeks 26,778 Ohio typewriters for armed forces
The War Production Board launches an intensive campaign to obtain 26,778 standard model typewriters from Ohio, requiring units produced in 1935 or later for use by military personnel.
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Cleveland
War Production Board
Ohio
Death of E J Wilson Former State Hospital Supervisor
E J Wilson age 68 a retired supervisor at the State Hospital in Gallipolis died last night after suffering a heart attack. He had served at the hospital in various capacities for many years and was well known in the community. He is survived by his wife and a son. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
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Gallipolis
E. J. Wilson
Showdown Near in Pacific as Japanese Seek Sky and Sea Supremacy
A major Pacific clash looms as Japan mobilizes air sea and land forces from Truk Island, threatening key American positions in the Southwestern theater. American and Japanese combatants appear poised for a decisive engagement with heavy strategic stakes.
War on Guadalcanal Hardens as Japanese Move to Dominate South Pacific
The article reports Guadalcanal in the Solomons being pressed by Japanese sea and air superiority. Marines and Army troops hold a six by three mile strip while Japan masss forces and heavy weapons threaten American footholds. American planners fear a repeat of Bataan as reinforcements and air power are crucial to counter the Japanese push.
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Hawaiian
Australia
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Bataan
Southwest Pacific
New Hebrides
Philippines
Pacific
South Pacific
Censorship Leaders Stress News Supply and Trust
Byron Price argues ample war news from the government sustains press cooperation amid wartime secrecy. Elmer Davis notes major U.S. ship sinkings were announced and Pearl Harbor coverage is forthcoming to verify Navy statements. He cautions that rumors spread from confusion and secrecy, not malice.
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NEW York
Byron Price
Price
New York Times
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
U. S
Davis
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Knox
Mor gan County Banker Carl Patterson Dies at 69
Chesterhill mourns Carl Patterson 69 longtime Mor gan County banker and Friends Meeting minister. Died this morning, survived by widow Edith and two sons George of Columbus and John of Chesterhill. Patterson served 35 years as cashier and six years as executive vice president of Chesterhill National Bank. He traveled to Europe in 1932 as U S Friends representative and spoke in several countries. In Ohio he was active in the yearly meeting of Friends.
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Chesterhill
Carl Patterson
Morgan County
Friends Meeting
Edith Patterson
George
Columbus
John
Patterson
Charles
Elizabeth Ann Morris Patterson
Chesterhill National Bank
Canada US agree on cross border winter parachute training
Ottawa reports a defense pact allowing Canadian parachute troops to train in winter in the United States and American troops to train in Canada. The agreement aims to bolster joint readiness and interoperability between the two nations.
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Ottawa
Canadian Defense Deparment
Canada
United States
Ulysses Sheets Committed After Gallia Court Trial
Ulysses Sheets aged 77 was sentenced to commitment at Lima State Hospital for Criminal Insane after a Gallia County common pleas court trial on a second degree murder charge.
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Gallipolis
Ulysses Sheets
Gallia County
Prison battalion seeks clemency to join armed forces
In Columbus, about 460 inmates in the Ohio Penitentiary military training battalion petitioned Gov. Bricker for individual clemency to enter military service if eligible under Army rules. Warden Henderson supports the idea, noting many could meet eligibility, while the Pardon Commission cautions that Army regulations must be followed and current service includes about 700 former prisoners.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary Military Training Battalion
John W. Bricker
Frank D. Henderson
Menderson
United States
C. Emory Glander
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
H. W. Jewell
Ohio
Jewell
Carsarson
Ohio Old Age Pensions Hit All Time High
Columbus reports Ohio will pay a record November old age pensions totaling about 3.8 million dollars to 138 705 recipients. Chief Karl R Babb of the Division of Aid for the Aged says grants average about 26.94 dollars above October and could reach 27 dollars by year end as living costs rise.
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Columbus
Ohio
Karl R. Babb
Division of Aid For
Many Deferments Are Too Late for Farmers
Washington The War Manpower Commission ordered local selective service boards to defer dairy, livestock and poultry farm workers. Senator Vandenberg said the move offers little relief to farmers who have lost workers to the service or better paid jobs. He noted Michigan, Indiana and Ohio still have beets to harvest enough to make 200 million pounds of sugar but there are no workers to harvest them.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service Boards
Armed Services
Vandenberg
Mich
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
More Marines Arrive At British Isles Base
United States Marine units in the British Isles are reinforced by additional contingents under Col. William T. Clement. Clement, a veteran of Bataan and Corregidor, has led training with Royal Marines as the force strengthens deployment in the region.
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London
United States
British Isles
William T. Clement
Bataan
Corregidor
Philippines
Royal Marines
Hull to Moscow? Paris predicts Hull as U.S. ambassador
The Paris radio predicted Cordell Hull would be sent to Moscow soon as United States ambassador to Russia and that Sumner Welles would ask for someone else.
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Hull
Moscow
London
Paris
Cordell Hull
United States
Russia
Sumner Welles
Shale
Married Men Slated for December Draft in Ohio
Columbus AP report quotes Lieut. Col. Carl Wahl of Ohio Selective Service as saying about half of the December draft call will be married men with a wife only. The order for induction lists single men, single men with dependents, then certain married men, before those with no children. Col Gobie notes 30 to 60 days to process a registrant for final induction.
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Columbus
Carl C. Wahl
Selective Service
Ohio
Wahl
Col
C. W. Gobie
Unified Pacific Control Urged By MacArthur
Washington reports mounting protests over a divided command in the South Pacific. General Douglas MacArthur denies political ambitions and calls for unified direction, insisting he will finish as a soldier. He spoke from his Australia headquarters amid rumors of an appeal to consolidate commands.
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Washington
South Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
United Nations
Australia
MacArthur
Rendezvous in Air Sparks Fatal Midair Crash
An army bomber and an American airliner collided over San Gorgonio Pass near Palm Springs after a planned aerial rendezvous. Twelve aboard the liner died while Second Lt. W N Wilson faces court martial on manslaughter charges.
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Los Angeles
Congressional Investigating Committee
Palm Springs
Jeck Nichols
Oklahoma
W. N. Wilson
Nichols
Wilson
L. F. Reppert
Long Beach
Calif
San Gorgonio Pass
Willkie to Appear on March of Time Tonight
Wendell L. Willkie is scheduled to appear on the March of Time program at 10 30 p m EWT on the NBC network. His topic has not been announced.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
United Nations
EWT
National Broadcasting Company
Four Messerschmitts Down by U. S. Fliers
United States fliers report four Messerschmitt 109 fighters shot down in continued large scale operations over the Egyptian battle line. The communique notes ongoing air actions against the enemy.
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Cairo
Messerschmitt 109
United States
Guadalcanal Battle Tightens Around Air Base
U S Army troops and Marines hold a corridor six by three miles as Japanese forces press three sides against the Guadalcanal air base. American losses run heavy but enemy assaults taper in fierce defenses. Allied air power and bombers strike Rabaul Harbor and Buka base, with fires seen eighty miles away.
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Southwest Pacific
New Hebrides
Fiji Islands
Australia
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Buka
Solomons
Major Sea Battle Looms as Pacific Hold Tightens
Naval observers watched waters north of the Santa Cruz Islands where American planes torpedoed a Japanese carrier and bombed a cruiser. Heavy enemy concentrations suggested another major sea clash could erupt soon as Allied air and sea forces pressed in the Pacific.
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Santa Cruz Islands
U. S. Navy
Egypt
B. L. Montgomery
North Africa
el Alamein
Alexandria
Cairo
United Nation
Adolf Hitler
Caucasus
Draftees Week at Home Shortened by War Dept Edict
Washington says the inactive status period for newly inducted draftees is reduced from two weeks to one week effective November 1. Secretary Stimson cites national necessity and the War Manpower Commission deferment of agricultural workers as reasons, warning of possible shortages next month.
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Washington
War Department
War Manpower Commission
Stimson
1300 Men Enrolled in Tri State Maritime Campaign
A campaign begun October 1 has enrolled 1300 men in Michigan Ohio and Kentucky to crew 60 new Liberty ships. The Maritime Service Regional Office says enrollment will reach 2500 men by Thanksgiving.
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Cleveland
Michigan-Ohio- Kentucky
Maritime Service
Glouster Youth Survives Arctic Convoy Ship Sinking
In a UK port US Navy gunners and merchant seamen recount surviving a mass torpedo attack during the Arctic convoy to northern Russia. Ensign William Roy Kirby of Coffeyville tells how his ship was hit amid flames and torpedoes, forcing a three minute sinking as crew swam to a liferaft. Among survivors are Andrew F. Covella of Glouster and others from Ohio, Cincinnati, and Massachusetts awaiting leave.
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Glouster
Russia
U. S
United Kingdom
Lane
Arctic
Andrew F. Covella
O. U. S. Navy
William Roy Kirby
Coffeyville
Kay
Kirby
Diord
Wackell
Columbus
Robert William Ballman
Cincinnati
John Joseph Boyle
Plymouth
Mass
Archangel
Spitsbergen
Boyle
Andrew Francis Covella
Ralph Eugene Cox
Chillicothe
Thomas Benton Dennison
Akron
Red Cross
Louis J. Vigh
Lorain
Less R. Baxter
Kent
Herbert L. Springfyld,McDopald
Urge Autoists To Obtain Gas Blanks Early
Ohio director Harry T. Beckmann urges motorists to pre register for gasoline rationing by obtaining application forms ahead of time. Forms will be at stations garages and auto clubs by Saturday. Applicants must include auto license data and tire serial numbers. rationing starts November 22.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harry T. Beckmann
Office of Price Administration
Navy
Gable Graduates From Officer Candidate School
Clark Gable, among 2,500 officers graduating in Miami Beach, led classmates in receiving diplomas from Lieut. Gen Henry H. Arnold. He urged the audience to multiply Americans to win the war, the actor appearing tall and bronzed after training.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Clark Gable
Gable
Henry H. Arnold
Air Force
Discourage Calling Enemies Dumb Says Navy Leader
Rear Admiral C. H. Woodward of the Navy incentive division urges Americans to avoid labels like Yellow Jap or Dumb German. He warns such terms erode soldier morale and could cost lives.
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Boston
C. H. Woodward
U.S.N
Navy
Germans fortifying Greek and Balkan coastlines
Jules Blondel former Vichy minister to Sofia reports that German forces are constructing extensive coastal fortifications along Greece and the Black Sea coasts of Bulgaria and Romania.
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London
Jules Blondel
Sofia
Greece
Black Sea
Bulgaria
Rumania
Shell Removed From Gunner Radimeyer in England
A live anti tank shell eight inches long and two inches in diameter was removed from the chest of Gunner Louis Radimeyer in Hertfordshire England in a surgery tent behind the Alamein on Sunday.
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Cairo
Louis Radimeyer
Hertfordshire
England
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