Roosevelt Seeks Six Billion More for Axis Foes Aid
The Associated Press reports a Maritime Commission threat to seize 11 overboard ships if arbitration fails. Seven vessels lie in New York Harbor with others in New Orleans Boston and Maine. AFL Seafarers call for higher wages and a walkout amid labor disputes. Union and ship owners have yet to arbitrate. A second mediation talks on captive soft coal mines also faltered. Jerome Hoersting jailed 17 days resisting induction then flunked his army physical at Fort Thomas.
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Maritime Commission
AFL Seafarers International Union
Weehawken
N. J
Commission
New York Harbor
New Orleans
Boston
Maine
Alcoa, Galamar, Robin and
Waterman Lines
Seafarers International Union
AFL
Emory S. Land
Marine Commission
Pacific Coast
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas City Light and Power Company
Union of Utility
Cincinnati — U
Jerome Hoersting
Joe
Fort Thomas
Threaten Test Of Wheat Rule Threaten Test Of Wheat Rule
Lorain County seeks attorney general guidance over the AAA plan to enforce crop restrictions on the County Home farm. The farm exceeded its 25 acre quota by 9.2 acres, producing 223.6 extra bushels valued at $109.56. Local mills will not grind wheat without an AAA marketing card, which requires a bond to lock up excess wheat. Flour at the farm is running low.
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Columbus
Lorain County
AAA
William G. Wickins
Wickens
Ickens
Gas Curfew To Continue In East, Ickes Says
Secretary Ickes announced gasoline rationing and filling station curfew would stay in the East despite a Senate committee finding no oil shortage. He argued a shortage exists and cited East Coast stocks dropping 565000 barrels for the week ending Sept 13.
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Washington
Ickes
Defense Petroleum Coordinator
Senate
Card to FDR Brings U S Court Conviction
TOLEDO Kenneth Gaertner, 25, was convicted of violating U S postal laws over a post card sent to President Roosevelt that criticized foreign policy. The card bore the word Traitor. Federal Judge Frank L. Kloeb deferred sentence.
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Toledo
Kenneth Gaertner
U. S
Roosevelt
Paul Manton
Frank L. Kloeb
Forty four of 45 defendants convicted for picket law violation
Forty four of 45 defendants cited for contempt after a picket line dispute at the United States Gypsum Company plant in Gypsum were convicted by Judge Fred Wolf of Fulton County. They faced charges of violating an injunction restricting picketing.
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Port Clinton
Fortyfour
United States Gypsum Company
Gypsum
Fred Wolf
Fulton County
Soldier Killed in Painesville Motorcycle Collision
Private Arthur W. Baise 22 of Bardstown Kentucky died en route from Pine Camp New York to Detroit with an army truck convoy when his motorcycle collided with an automobile near Painesville Ohio.
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Painesville
Pine Camp
N. Y
Detroit
Arthur W. Baise
Bardstown
Roosevelt asks Congress for extra lend lease funds
President Roosevelt urges speedy action and asks Congress for an additional 5.985 billion dollars to expand lend lease, bringing total funding to 12.985 billion. The plan details allocations for agricultural commodities, ordnance, aircraft, tanks, ships, and defense production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Rayburn
Harold D. Smith
Nazis Close In On Leningrad and Crimea
German troops invested a fortified park and seized 119 pillboxes near Leningrad as siege guns bombarded the city. Reports say the Crimea Peninsula may be cut off, isolating Sevastopol, with Bulgarian and Turkish tensions rising and British moves toward a new front in Europe. German air power claimed several Soviet vessels and craft sunk, with many ships damaged.
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Crimean Peninsula
Kronstadt
London
Adolf Hitler
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Sebastopol
Black Sea
Delay Inquest Into Murder of Woman
An inquest into the fatal bludgeoning of Mrs. Florence Stricker was postponed due to the illness of her husband Dr. George H. Stricker. The will reportedly leaves about half of an estate near $1,000,000 to the husband, authorities said.
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Los Angeles
Florence Stricker
Findlay, O
George H. Stricker
German arrests in Germany over acts hostile to Reich disclosed
Authorities announced that several Chileans have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of engaging in activities hostile to the Reich. A separate report notes Attorney General Thomas J. Herbert ruled substitute teachers are entitled to continuing or permanent contracts like regular staff.
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Berlin
Germany
Reich
Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Lear’s Forces Pierce Third Army Defense
In Central Louisiana, Lear’s Second Army strikes between Krueger’s Third Army flanks along a 75 mile front near Alexandria. Massed infantry, artillery, cavalry, and armor push forward as bombers and fighters engage in the largest air power maneuver of the army’s history.
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Alexandria
Louisiana
Texas
Ben Lear
Second Army
Walter Krueger
Third Army
Logan Merchant Dies at 84 Veteran Shopkeeper
George Fox age 84 longtime Main Street merchant in Logan died this morning at his home after sudden illness. He operated a retail meat market since 1881 and was a Knights of St. John member. Survived by son Paul. six daughters Adelaide Estella Ann Mrs Joe Brown Mrs Louise Boch and Margaret. three brothers and two sisters. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
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Logan
George Fox
Main St
Joe Brown
Louise Boch
Newark
Margaret
Washington, D. C
New Lexington
Ohioans Are Paying Debts
Columbus reports that Ohio political subdivisions reduce debt by about 30 million dollars annually. Debt peaked in 1930 at 976 million across counties municipalities schools and townships and by ten years later fell to 679 million. State debt remains about 12 million tied to the school foundation program and is rapidly being liquidated.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Steel Shortage Forces 700 Westinghouse Layoffs
MANSFIELD Ohio seven hundred employees of the Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co will be furloughed Monday due to a shortage of steel and other materials for electric refrigerators. Plant Manager C L Van Deran says one of three shifts will be laid off, reducing the workforce to 4300.
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Mansfield
Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co
C. L. van Deran
Navy to Escort Merchant Shipping in North Atlantic
Secretary Knox announces American warships will convoy merchantmen in defense waters as Roosevelt demands protection for shipping. German reports claim U boats sink about 30,000 tons daily. Roosevelt warns continued losses threaten Allied victory. The piece notes expected clashes between convoys and Nazi raiders and ponders Hitler’s strategy toward British waters.
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Knox
President Roosevelt
Dienst Aus Deutschland
North Atlantic
Roosevelt
Iceland
Herr Hitler
Legion Backs U S Aid for Soviet Forces
The American Legion's 23rd national convention ends with election of a new commander and a defense program backing President Roosevelt's foreign policy. Delegates vote to extend base lend act to aid the Red Army against Nazi Germany, while supporting neutrality law repeal and use of troops to keep war from reaching American shores. They also oppose a centralized national defense department and push labor harmony, higher armed forces pay, and wage parity with private industry.
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Morgenthau
United States
Russia
Constantine Oumansky
State Department
Oumansky
Treasury
Congress
House
Senate
Milwaukee
American Legion
Roosevelt
Soviet Russia
Legion
Department of National Defense
Ohioans Draft Appeals Favorable in Most Classifications
Columbus reports that about 75 percent of Ohioans’ classification appeals reached the President with favorable results. Of 31 cases since last March, five remained 1-A, 23 moved to 3-A for dependency, and three were remanded for procedural issues. Nineteen appellants were married and twelve single.
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Columbus
Movie Probers Shift To Monopoly Issue
Sen Clark announced the Senate inquiry into war propaganda in film and radio would turn next week to monopoly in the $ film industry. He plans to question top executives starting with Nicholas Schenck of Loews and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to map the industry’s financial and economic background.
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Washington
Clark
D-Ida
Senate
Nicholas Schenck
Loews, Inc
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Motion for New Trial Filed by Southerton Attorney
Walter S. Southerton fined $100 and costs for Ohio Minimum Wage Law violation. He filed a motion for a new trial in Athens County Common Pleas Court. The motion mirrors a previously overruled request decided by Judge O F Rowland.
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Walter S. Southerton
Ohio
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Southerton
Athens Steam Laundry
O. F. Rowland
Plasterers Walk Out Over Defense Housing Specs
Interior work on the government 300 unit defense housing project halted as union plasterers walked off the Canton site in a dispute over specifications.
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Canton
Say U S Air Force Is Tops
In New Orleans two top U S air force officials, Robert A Lovett and Major General Henry H Arnold, expressed belief that U S air power is strong enough to withstand any assault. They noted the Louisiana Texas maneuver area during a facility inspection trip. They declined direct quotes but asserted equipment and personnel are superb and among the best in the world.
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New Orleans
U. S. Air Force
Robert A. Lovett
Air
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Louisiana-Texas
United States
Army Officers Are Promoted In Mass Regular Army Move
Washington announces temporary promotions to lieutenant colonel for 499 majors of the regular army to correct inequalities with reserve officers. Among 12 Ohio officers named are Eugene McGinley of Hamilton and Cyril E. Faine of New Straitsville, both West Point graduates.
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Army
Ohio
Eugene McGinley
L. D. McGinley
Hamilton
Amy
Clara Weiher
Athens
Cyril E. Faine
A. E. Faine
New Straitsville
C. E. Faine
Cecil Faine
Col. Faine
Philip N. Faine
McGinley and
Faine
United States Military Academy At
West Point
Permanent Draft Predicted by Tunney
Lt. Commander James J. Gene Tunney, U S Navy physical education director, predicts compulsory military training for youths ages 17 to 20 will become permanent in America. He interviewed prospective fleet physical education instructors in Cincinnati yesterday.
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Cincinnati
James J
Gene) Tunney
U. S. Navy
America
August Relief Costs Rise for First Time This Year
Columbus report shows August welfare expenses totaling 1,157,852 dollars, about 7,000 dollars higher than July. State Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood announced the increase as the year’s first uptick in relief outlays.
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Columbus
Charles L. Sherwood
Train Plows Crowded Platform in Moravia Killing 18
A limited train struck a crowd waiting for a local at Brunn Moravia today, killing 18 people and injuring many more according to DNB.
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Berlin
Brunn
Moravia
DNB
United States Navy Expands Convoy Protection in Atlantic
Navy Secretary Knox disclosed the Atlantic Fleet now uses all methods including convoys to safeguard British bound cargoes in the 2000 miles of the North Atlantic viewed as defensive waters. He also said a German surface raider may operate near the Galapagos Islands, with a hunt under way. The moves align with President Roosevelt’s policy to protect all shipping in these areas and to deter Axis threats.
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Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
United States Navy
Germany
Erich Raeder
United States
Reich
Knox
North Atlantic
Galapagos Islands
South Pacific
Roosevelt
Raeder
Congress
Food Production Goals For 1942 Announced
Washington reports tentative 1942 food production goals the largest in U S history as farm leaders from Ohio and ten other midwestern states meet with Secretary Wickard in Chicago to align output with defense needs. The plan aims to increase milk eggs other dairy products meat animals and soybeans to assure ample supplies for Britain and the United States.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Ohio
Wickard
Chicago
Great Britain
America
Son Born to Wife of Cincinnati Reds Pitcher
Mrs. Paul Derringer wife of Cincinnati Reds pitcher gave birth to a son Lucien Paul in Sarasota Florida last night. The infant weighed six pounds and the Derringers also have a 15 months old daughter. Both mother and child are reported doing well.
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Sarasota, Fla
Paul Derringer
Cincinnati Reds
Lucien Paul
Warren Company to Manufacture Tanks for Army
Washington announces a federal loan of 484000 to American Welding and Manufacturing Co Warren C for building a factory to produce tanks for the army. Jesse Jones, loan administrator, disclosed the grant today.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
American Welding and Manufacturing Co
Warren, C
Family Class Denver Pupils Help With Homework
Harold Emigh aged 13 and his sister Barbara 15 rely on their Uncle of Emigh for homework help. He is 15 and in the same grade, providing tutoring guidance at home.
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Denver
Colo
Harold Emigh
Barbara
Emigh
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