Nazis Repeat Claim That Greer Fired at Sub First
Berlin officials rejected Washington claims that the U boat attacked the Greer first and urged the world to see no German desire for conflict with the United States. The incident sparked bitter press commentary in Germany and sympathy from Britain and Japan as naval actions continued in the Atlantic and Pacific regions.
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Sub
Berlin
Germany
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Zwoelf Uhr Blatt
London
Admiralty
Atlantic
U.S
U. S
Tokyo
Russia
Pacific
Kokumin
Japan
Farm Production Program 1942 Aims for Record Output
Secretary Wickard unveiled the 1942 farm program seeking the largest U S agricultural production in history to meet domestic needs and aid nations resisting the Axis. Goals target record outputs for pork eggs evaporated milk dry skim milk cheese poultry vegetables peanuts soybeans while cotton wheat and tobacco stay tightly controlled. Exports are expected to surge, with Britain needing 6–8 percent of output and other nations about 2 percent, totaling a volume double the current year.
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Washington
Wickard
Hitler
Britain
California Girl Miss America 1941
Miss Rosemary La Planche of Los Angeles wins the 1941 Miss America title in Atlantic City after returning from the 1940 pageant as runner up. The 19 year old, 5 foot 5 and a half inch winner measures 34 24 36 and weighs 120 pounds and aims for a movie career.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Rosemary la Planche
Los Angeles
Calif
Rosemary
Frances Marie Burke
Philadelphia
California
Native of Marion Is Given State Position
Charles H. Jones announced the appointment of James F. Merkel age 34 as assistant chief of the Securities Division effective Sept. 15 Merkel, a Marion native, succeeds John B. Martin who resigned to take a post in Washington with the office of price control.
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Columbus
Charles H. Jones
James F. Merkel
Merkel
Marion
John B. Martin
Martin
Washington
Office of
Price Control
Senate Fight Over Harbors Bill Draws Fire
Senator Clark denounces the rivers and harbors bill as pork barrel. The measure, totaling 675 million dollars for 175 projects, awaits House Rivers and Harbors Committee approval with 50 more projects to be heard September 22. House and Senate conferees prepare to reconcile defense tax bill differences.
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Washington
Senate
House
Clark
D-Mo
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
United States
Henderson and Dies in Clash Over Dismissal
Washington reports Martin Dies and Leon Henderson clashed over firing Henderson and four aides from the Office of Price Administration. Dies urged Roosevelt to dismiss the workers for alleged communistic views, while Henderson asked the Civil Service Commission to rule, warning against unlawful punitive action.
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Washington
Martin Dies
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Dies
House
Texas
Committee On
Unamerican
Roosevelt
Henderson
Civil Service Commission
Akron Jury Taken To Scene of Girl's Death
Jurors selected to try Albert B Lukens 62 visit the North Hill Methodist Church, scene of Ruth Zwicker 24, a pianist, whom Lukens is accused of killing after an alleged attack and cremating in the church furnace on Easter morning. Prosecution outlines the charge as first degree murder before opening statements.
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Akron
Albert B. Lukens
North Hill Methodist Church
Ruth Zwicker
Lukens
Canton Defense Plant Nearing Completion
The Canton naval ordnance plant employs 400, growing by 40 weekly, with full completion expected by mid November. One sixth of the machine tools are in operation as work continues on the $17,000,000 facility aiming for 1,800 workers at full production.
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Canton
Jobless claims to fall short of 30,000 peak this winter
Columbus reports the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation spokesman says winter jobless claims will rise to about 20,000 a month, still well below the 30,000 peak reached earlier this year.
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Columbus
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Ohio defense plants seek 31 000 workers in last four months 1941
Ohio labor officials say defense industries need 31 000 workers from September to December 1941. Nineteen thousand skilled trades and 12 000 general laborers are required. The Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reports 14 874 skilled workers are registered and forecasts shortages in machinists tool and die makers sheet metal workers and aircraft workers. It plans to divert 2 000 workers from nondefense layoffs if possible.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation Commission
BUC
Ask Lifting of Gas Curfew
American Automobile Association urged lifting the eastern seaboard 7 p m gasoline curfew as an unnecessary inconvenience with little effect on supply. Russell E Singer, AAA general manager, told a Senate special committee the night closing of filling stations is not in the public interest and not justified for conservation. He noted savings from lower operating costs are not passed to consumers.
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Washington
American Automobile Association
Seaboard
Russell E. Singer
Association
Senate
Singer
Kenton Man Reappointed to Civil Service Board
Carl W. Smith of Kenton was re appointed by Gov. Bricker to a second term on the State Civil Service Commission. The Democrat will serve with Chairman Gertrude Jones of Findlay on the two member panel. His salary is $4,000 yearly.
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Columbus
Carl W. Smith
Kenton
John W. Bricker
State Civil Service Commission
Smith
Gertrude Jones
Findlay
Production Nears in Huge Sandusky Plant
The Plum Brook ordnance plant in Sandusky is about half completed, Capt. Frank Ray said. Production of explosives is set to begin November 15.
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Sandusky
Plum Brook
Frank Ray
Bathing Tragedy Near Sandusky Claims 12-Year-Old
A 12 year old girl Edith Sharp of Norwalk drowned Saturday while bathing in Lake Erie about ten miles east of Sandusky. The incident occurred in the lake near the shoreline with authorities investigating the cause.
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Sandusky
Lake Erie
Here
Edith Sharp
Nor
Mass arrests in Paris as Germany tightens grip on occupied France
Reports from Vichy say over 100 Jews and two prominent French lawyers including former Justice Minister Pierre Masse were seized as hostages by German authorities after attacks on German troops. Police hunt an accomplice of Paul Colette linked to the Laval and Deat shooting as reprisals raise tensions.
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Vichy
France
Old Republic
Paris
Pierre Masse
Theodore Valensi
Corsica
Cri du Peuple
Germany
Porte St. Denis
Masse
Valensi
Poincare
Democratic Alliance
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Paul Colette
Pierre Laval
Marcel Deat
Versailles
Laval
Deat
Communist Party
Moscow
Evacuation orders issued to Hannover Jews over book claim
Hundreds of Jews in Hannover were told to evacuate within 24 hours and could take only essential items. Unneeded property would be sold and proceeds returned later. The move was linked to a book attributed to Theodore N. Kaufman titled Germany Must Perish and urging sterilization of Germans.
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Berlin
Hannover
Kaufmann
New York
Germany
Theodore N. Kaufman
Argyle Press
Newark
N. J
Ohio River Landmark Is Destroyed by Fire
The McKee homestead near Hanging Rock on the Ohio River was destroyed by fire. An earlier arson attempt on the unoccupied dwelling was reported by Deputy Fire Marshal Henry C. Rudd. The home, sold by 85 year old William B. McKee to J. W. Thornberry of Ashland Kentucky.
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Ironton
McKee
Hanging Rock
Henry C. Rudd
William B. McKee
J. W. Thornberry
Ashland
iKy
Boy George Popovich Shot Dead in Accidental Toll
Coroner Edward Wiegand ruled George Popovich age 15 died in an accidental shooting. The pistol discharged when another youth placed it on a table, the coroner was told in Sandusky.
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Sandusky
Edward Wiegand
George Popovich
Death of FDR’s mother roosevelt family to bury
Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt died aged 86 on Sept 21 after a period of illness. She had been in a coma for twelve hours and suffered an acute circulatory collapse attributed to advanced age. Funeral at the family home will be private with burial in St James Episcopal Church plot where President Roosevelt’s father rests.
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Lew Y
Wwesueus
White House
Scott L. Smith
James Roosevelt
Washington
Hyde Park
N. Y
Sara Delano Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
Huge Increase In U S Aid Is Predicted
Washington defense officials said American war supplies will flow in greatly increased amounts to Axis opponents within six months. Supplies already move to China Britain the Middle East the Netherlands East Indies Russia the Free French and Polish war trainees in Canada, with production ramping up next spring as factories hit mass production tempo and small plants join defense orders.
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Washington
America
China
Burma
Britain
Middle East
Netherlands East Indies
Russia
Canada
Former Meigs Woman Succumbs in Cincinnati
Emma Kincaid age 73 widow of John Kincaid died Sunday at her daughter's home in Cincinnati. Survived by six daughters and one son. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 pm at the Rutland Methodist Church with burial in Miles Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Emma Kincaid
John Kincaid
Cincinnati
Rutland
Miles Cemetery
Rites for Mrs Welker To Be Held on Tuesday
Funeral services for Sophronia Welker age 81 widow of Silas Welker will be at Burlingham Church Tuesday at 2 pm She died Saturday at the Darwin home She is survived by two brothers G E Howett Darwin and H D Howlett Pomeroy plus several nieces and nephews
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Pomeroy
Sophronia Welker
Silas Welker
Burlingham
Soviet Expulsion of 390000 Germans From Volga
The Soviet government orders the uprooting of about 390000 ethnic Germans from the lower Volga region, sending them toward Siberia. Moscow cites thousands of fifth columnists among the German Volga republic as saboteurs aiding Hitler. The mass migration, 2000 miles by rail amid winter, tests logistics and underscores Bolshevik resolve to resist the Nazi invasion.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Lower Volga
Siberia
Moscow
German Volga
Republic
Hitler
Volga
RAF Delivers Heaviest Berlin Raid of War Overnight
London reports Berlin hit by five hour RAF assault with high explosive and incendiary bombs. Berlin fires razed across the city as night fighters joined the raid.
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RAF
Berlin
Reich
British Press Association
Germany
London Air Ministry
Air Ministry
Netherlands
Brittany
Leningrad
Russians Order Mass Move of Volga Germans
Moscow reports the Soviet government orders about 390000 people of German origin from the Volga region to be moved to Western Siberia and other areas. The decree cites Nazi spies and saboteurs among Volga Germans and directs resettlement under state aid and land allotments as soon as possible.
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Catherine the Great
Volga
Novosibirsk
Siberia
Altai
Kazakhstan
Kremlin
Michael Kalinin
National Defense Council
Joseph Stalin
Veteran Fliers Killed in Crash near Rockville
Two senior Air Corps officers Lieut. Col. Rufus B. Davidsen and Major Fred M. Murchison died when their two seat training aircraft fell into woods during a violent thunderstorm near Vivalia southeast of Rockville Indiana at dawn yesterday. They had left Scott Field Illinois on a routine flight to Patterson Field Ohio. Investigations by state police and county sheriff's officials began today to determine the crash cause.
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Rockville
Ind
Larmy Air Corps
Vivalia
Here
Rufus B. Davidson
Fred M. Murchison
Scott Field
Ill
Davidson
Murchison
Patterson Field
Ohio
Air Corps
Putnam County
Ohio Colleges Join Civil Pilot Training Program
Washington reports that Marietta College Hiram College Miami University Mount Union College Ohio Northern University and Youngstown College will cooperate in the civilian pilot training program this year under the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
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Washington
Ohio
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Marietta
Hiram
Miami
Mount Union
Ohio Northern
Youngstown
Bert Rupe Dies After Car Crash Near Gallipolis
Bert Rupe aged 28 died from injuries after an automobile strike near Gallipolis Saturday midnight. He succumbed this morning at Holzer Hospital. Details on Page 10.
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Gallipolis
Bert Rupe
Holzer Hospital
Many Ohio Soldiers To Be Home for Holidays
Columbus reports Major Gen. Clement A. Trott announces 1,400 soldiers in the Fifth Corps Area will be released for Christmas. National Guardsmen and selectees will be discharged in order by dependency and hardship, age 28 or older as of July 1, and those seeking discharge after 12 months’ service.
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Columbus
Fifth Corps
Clement A. Trott
Part of 1 100 Striking Workers Back on Jobs
Part of the American Ship Building Co. Lorain plant with 1 100 workers returned to work through CIO picket lines. A few skirmishes occurred but no injuries were recorded. Police Chief Theodore Walker said about 200 men entered the shipyard, which holds naval contracts, and that anyone who wished to work was escorted into the yard.
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Lorain
The
American Ship Building Co
CIO
Theodore Walker
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