Rail unions reject arbitration in wage dispute
Mediation board says offer of arbitration rejected by 19 unions amid a nationwide strike authorization vote. 283,429 of 287,000 ballots supported a strike, with 3,571 against. Leaders warned a strike would be set within three days, pending Roosevelt appointed fact finding.
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Chicago
National Railway Mediation Board
Roosevelt
Alvaney Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Johnston
Baruch urges single defense administrator and price ceiling
Baruch, Roosevelt adviser, calls for one defense chief and nationwide price ceilings to accelerate arms production. He cites past WW II success and criticizes current seven member priorities board as a faltering step. President creates a new contract distribution division led by Floyd B. Odlum, offering only a cautious move forward.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Office of
Floyd B. Odlum
New York
White House
Wallace
War Industries Board
Germany
Marshal von Hindenburg
Army Shifts to Younger Officers and Expands Equipment
The army announced a billion dollars more combat gear and a plan to replace about 5,000 older officers with younger, fitter leaders to strengthen morale and endure modern warfare. The move affects roughly 500 regular officers and about 20 percent of National Guard leaders on duty.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
National Guard
Suspect Held in Columbus Assault Series
Columbus police announce the arrest of a 28 year old Black man tied to six assaults in the last five months. Sgt. C C Cole says two Beechwold area housewives and an Ohio State University co ed were victims. The suspect reportedly admitted involvement in the attacks.
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Columbus
C. C.cole
Cole
Beechwold
North End
Ohio State University
Ex-Bishop Paul Jones Dies. Socialist Leader and Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate
YELLOW SPRINGS Bishop Paul Jones died yesterday. Former Episcopal bishop and Ohio State Socialist chairman, he resigned during World War I over his stance. Funeral services were planned for this afternoon. He ran as the Socialist party candidate for governor of Ohio in the last election.
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Yellow Springs
Paul Jones
Episcopal House of Bishops
Socialist Party
Ohio
Bishop Jones
First Navy Patrol Blimp Nearing Completion
Akron report notes the Goodyear company will have the first of five 400000 cubic foot patrol blimps ready for trial flights next week. The K-3 class blimp, three times larger than earlier training ships, features a 2000 mile cruising range, 80 mph speed, crew of eight, and an estimated cost of 325000 dollars.
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AKRON
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Desertion Report From Le Triomphant Docking San Diego
An undisclosed number of French sailors deserted from the Free French destroyer Le Triomphant which is in San Diego Harbor for fuel and repairs.
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San Diego
Calif
le Triomphant
Tracy Funeral To Be Sunday
Mrs. Effie Tracy aged 68 died after a six month illness at her Pomeroy home. Funeral services will be Sunday at two at Simpson Methodist Church with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. She was survived by husband A O Tracy four sons Ray Roy Otho and Dana a brother Mitt Arnold five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She was active in the Methodist Church the Daughters of Union Veterans Daughters of America and the Pythian Sisters.
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Pomeroy
Effie Tracy
Second St
Simpson Methodist Church
Beech Grove Cemetery
Athens
Mitt Arnold
Columbus
Tracy
Methodist Church
Daughters of Union Veterans
The
Daughters of America
Pythian Sisters
Meigs County
Ability To Think Aided By Mental Exercises
CHICAGO. Edward M. Glaser of the U S Public Health Service reported to the American Psychological Association that simple mental exercises trained high school seniors to think more effectively. The study showed permanent improvement in thinking abilities compared with peers not receiving the training.
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Chicago
Edward M. Glaser
U. S. Public Health Service
Chillicothe
American Psychological Association
Suspect in Oklahoma Murder Held in Ohio
A 31 year old man was held in county jail today as a suspect in the slaying of Miss Billie Grayson 18 whose nude body was found in a cemetery at Chandler Okla William Souter Sheriff of Erie County made the arrest last night at nearby Rye Beach at the request of Marvin Roberts sheriff at Chandler and booked the prisoner as Courtney Douglass Orrell.
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Sandusky
Billie Grayson
Chandler
Oklo
William Souter
Erie County
Rye Beach
Marvin Roberts
Courtney Douglass Orrell
Farmer shoots chicken thief at Wellston henhouse
In Salt Creek Township farmer Joe Porter shot and killed a man at his henhouse early today after an alert for chicken thieves. Sheriff Charles Radcliff identified the dead man as Henry Erwin, 38, of Welgton.
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Circleville
Joe Porter
Salt Creek Township
Charles Radcliff
Henry Erwin
Weljgton
Defense Holds Nazis at Bay at Leningrad
A vast wartime battle around Leningrad shows German troops under direct fire while Soviet forces recapture four outlying villages. Russians say Leningrad Kiev Odessa defenses hold firm and heavy toll on German assault along the lower Dnieper. British submarines report multiple sinkings in the Mediterranean including an Italian troop transport.
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Leningrad
Kiev
Odessa
Dnieper
Mediterranean
Petain
Vichy
United States
Gaston
Henry Haye
Washington
Berlin
la Pallice
France
Germany
Britain
Far East
Domei News Agency
Soviet Russia
Vladivostok
Senate stalls on revenue bill amid split income dispute
Washington senators struggle to advance a 3.63 billion revenue bill as eight states oppose a provision barring husbands and wives from splitting income on tax returns. The chamber also debates a 5 annual use tax on cars and a gambling slot machine tax.
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Washington
Senate
Bailey
D.-N.c
Bunker
D.-Ney
Chamber
Ex Big League Hurler Still Has His Control
Temple Texas reports Roy Mitchell once of the Cincinnati Reds used his pitching instinct to kill a rabbit raiding his livestock with a single accurate throw from his old windup. The incident recalls his major league days and shows he still wields control on the strike zone.
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Temple
Tex
Roy Mitchell
Cincinnati Reds
Mitchell
Night watchman dies in two alarm warehouse fire
A night watchman perished in a two alarm blaze that swept the Market Waste and Material Co warehouse a two story building on Central Avenue.
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Cleveland
Market Waste and Material Co
Central Avenue
Man's Skeleton Found In Gallia Gravel Pit
A 45 year old man likely buried in a Gallia County gravel pit near Kanauga was found today. The Gallia County coroner investigates as officials seek clues to the victim’s identity.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Hager
Kanauga
Gallia County
The War Today: Mackenzie on Submarine Warfare and Russia
Dewitt Mackenzie notes that a German U-boat may have torpedoed the Greer but warns against rush to conclusions. He analyzes Hitler’s aims, Britain’s possible spring invasion, and the impact of Soviet battles on Allied plans, stressing Nazi trouble in Russia and Bolshevik resilience.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Confucius
United States
Greer
Herr Hitler
America
Mediterranean
Britain
Russia
English Channel
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Dienst
Bolshevists
Grain Farmers Profiting by Higher Prices
Steadily rising grain prices have added more than 700 million dollars of wealth to the cereal belt in the last three months. Prices for wheat corn oats rye barley and soybeans rose 12 to 37 percent to four year highs while harvests climbed from about 4.9 to 5.1 billion bushels, boosting producer wealth through direct marketings or feeding livestock.
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Chicago
Southwest
Girl's Spy Activities Cost Father His Job
New York report says Karl Boehmler lost his twelve year laundry job after his 18-year-old daughter Lucy and two men aged 19 and 20 pleaded guilty to conspiring to gather and send information vital to national defense to Germany.
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New York
Karl Boehmler
Lucy
Hans Pagel
Frederick Schlosser
Germany
Quality of Peach Crop Exceptional This Year
Ohio State University horticulturist Frank H. Beach notes the peach crop is of exceptional quality and flavor. The government estimates a harvest near 1,394,000 bushels, with picking in full swing during Ohio Peach Week proclaimed by Gov. Bricker.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank H. Beach
Ohio State University
John W. Bricker
JUNGLES TO BE HIT BY NEW COUNTY ACTION
County commissioners move under a new law that could eradicate shanty towns and jungle villages or improve living conditions, with the measure taking effect today.
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Columbus
Roosevelt says Greer attacked by submarine off Iceland will be eliminated
President Roosevelt announced that the unidentified submarine that attacked the U S destroyer Greer off Iceland will be tracked and eliminated if found. He noted the Greer was daylight attacked on the American side with clear identification and flag, and praised Lieut. Commander Laurence H. Frost for dropping depth charges.
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Laurence Hugh Frost
U. S
Greer
North Atlantic
Iceland
Roosevelt
Laurence H. Frost
Atlantic
Germany
Papa
State Department
Navy Department
Britain
Royal Navy
Berlin
London
Congress
United States
Adolf Hitler
Senate Naval Committee
Knox
Navy
Greenland
Commander's Wife Noted In Meigs As Greer Incident Analyzed
Louise Albers Frost, wife of Lieut Commander Laurence H. Frost of the USS Greer, is remembered in Meigs and Washington D C. as debates unfold over the Greer incident. President Roosevelt and officials discuss naval procedures, blockade legality, and responses to alleged submarine attacks amid rising tensions in the Atlantic.
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Laurence H. Frost
Greer
Louise Albers
Middleport
Homer Grant
Frost
Washington, D. C
Henry Albers
Trains Move East to End Oil Shortage
Washington reports a green light for hundreds of trains to depart the West and relieve the oil emergency in the East. Industry and government pledged full use of tank cars and rapid movement from producing regions to the Atlantic seaboard, with an aim to end the shortage within two weeks.
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Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Senate
37th Division Praised For Sharpshooting Tactics
Grantz Louisiana report lauds the 37th Division under Maj. Gen. Robert Beightler for hard hitting tactics during war games. Maj. Gen. Edmund Daley commends high morale and progress in training as the Buckeyes drill in field exercises as part of Third Army.
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Grantz
Ohio
Robert S. Beightler
Edmund L. Daley
37Th
17 Killed in Raid by American Made Plane
Dutch radio reports 17 killed and 95 wounded in RAF raid on Rotterdam using American made fortress aircraft. Royal Air Force bombed the city yesterday amid wartime actions in the Netherlands.
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New York
Netherlands Radio
Rotterdam
Railroad settles for 23 700 with Ashtabula wreck victim
Philadelphia report recalls a 65 year old settlement for Harry Ellsworth Bennett once injured in the Ashtabula Ohio train wreck that killed 95. He received a daily pension of one dollar and has now collected 23 700 on his 101st birthday.
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Philadelphia
Ashtabula
Harry Ellsworth Bennett
Bennett
Communist Journalist Wounded by Terrorist in Paris
Marcel Gitton once a Communist journalist in Vichy France was reported seriously wounded last night in German occupied Paris by a terrorist.
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Vichy
France
Marcel Gitton
Paris
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