Author Saved From Japs Urges Extra War Bonds
Shelley Smith, wife of Life photographer Carl Mydans, urges Americans to buy bonds and then buy extra as a means to win the war. She recounts the courage of Filipino women aiding prisoners of war and notes the Mydanses were interned by the Japanese before returning home on the J. Gripsholm repatriation ship.
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Shelley Smith
Life Magazine
Life
Carl Mydans
Mudanses
America
J. Gripsholm
Trades Council Meeting Notes From Hamilton Lodge
The Hamilton Co operative Trader and Labor Council held a well attended meeting Tuesday night with Ralph Morningstar presiding. Credentials for Hamilton Lodge 241 representatives were read and will be installed next meeting. APlumbers Union and other unions were represented as delegates discussed affiliations and per capita tax. Upcoming speakers Marion Davidson and John Breidenback were announced and a bond drive was raised.
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Hamilton Co-operative Trader and Labor Council
Ralph Morningstar
George R. Tann
J. Russell Sheley
H. H. Howard
Hamilton Lodge
International Association of Machinists
Delega
Ray Beck
Plumbers Union
A. F. of L
Frank Vidourek
Ed Dulli
Mabel Warren
Joe Spaulding
Union
Russ Overly
Hamilton Lodge of Moose
Marion Davidson
John E. Breidenback
Dayton
Shearer
Lehman
Hamilton
Morningstar
City Wide Safety Award Rally Set In Moose Hall
The first City-Wide Safety Award Rally will be held at Moose Hall on Saturday night January 22 at o o’clock. A total of 292 drivers and 89 Hamilton companies will receive awards for driving an entire year without an accident. 56 percent of Fire Prevention Week recommendations have been complied with. A total of 1 016 recommendations were made. A follow-up will be conducted by the Fire Prevention Division of the Hamilton Safety Council. Industrial Salvage quota met. The War Production Board reports December met and exceeded the 5 116 pound quota with 5 826 016 pounds. Industries have cooperated splendidly. Apprentice Training Service. TL A Moward, Director of Apprentice Training Service of the War Man Power Commission, addressed Industrial Psychology at the high school on January 6. Dr E Barsehak of Minat University lectured. she is recognized in psychology.
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War Production Board
Tollal
TL. A. Moward
War Man Power Commission
E. Barsehak
Minat University
Barsehak
Voting Precincts To Be Reduced In County
Fred Stitsinger, clerk of the Board of Elections, announced a plan to reduce the county’s voting precincts after a survey. Abeyance on changes in Hamilton and Middle town until after the November presidential vote. Oxford to cut from five to three, New Miami to merge two into one, Lemon Township to combine west and southwest while central remains.
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Fred Stitsinger
Board of Elections
Hamilton
Middletown
Oxford
New Miami
Lemon Township
Stitsinger
Attorney In Line For City Position In Middletown Ohio
Robert T Sullivan of 513 Fifteenth Avenue, attorney and chairman of the Middletown ration board, is being considered for appointment as Assistant City Attorney and Municipal Court Center. The vacant position since January 16 will be filled by the City Commission.
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Middletown
Ohio
Robert T. Sullivan
Fifteenth Avenue
Municipal Court
Thomas Stubbs
AFL Opposes Draft Labor Plan Urges Defeat in Congress
Washington D C President William Green of the AFL declares a resolute opposition to Roosevelt’s National Service Act draft labor plan. He urges Congress and affiliated unions to press representatives to defeat the plan and warn that it won’t prevent strikes or manpower problems and could undermine democracy.
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AFL
Congress
Washington, D
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Green
Eiter
American Federation of Tabor
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Capitol
White House
Federation
Great Britain
Britain
America
War Manpower Commission
Tee
Bernard Baruch
APL
Pearl Harbor
Elrikes
AFL Allicils
Fox Drive Set For Oxford Township February 12
Sponsors announce another fox drive in Oxford Township on Saturday February 12. In a prior December fox drive, three foxes were slain. The new hunt will cover entirely new territory with the center of the drive northwest of Oxford.
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Oxford Township
Oxford
Polio fund reaches 908 dollars in Middletown drive
Middletown Ohio firefighters report contributions to the mile of dimes for infantile paralysis totaled 908 dollars by Saturday. Members said the fund campaign continues with more donations expected.
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Middletown
Ohio
The
Firefighters Association
Firemen Install Officers in Local 98 Hamilton 1944
The Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen and Oilers Local No 98 in Hamilton Ohio installed officers for 1944 at the last meeting. President Anthony Corso and Vice President William Welch Jr led the slate with Corresponding Secretary O P McCormick Treasurer Chas E Butts and Ralph Yordy assisting Mitchel Chandler and James Keefe for a multi year term.
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Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
Hamilton
Ohio
Anthony Corso
William Welch, Jr
0. P. McCormick
Chas
E. Butts
Ralph Yordy
Mitchel Chandler
James Keefe
Fans pledge $1,500 for baseball club in Ohio State League
In Middletown Ohio sponsors report pledges totaling 1500 to fund a newly organized Ohio State League baseball club. The group aims for about 4500 to cover working capital and equipment costs.
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Middletown
Ohio
Ohio State League
New Businesses Open Across Middletown Area
Hamilton Howard Warner opens a grocery at 1045 Hunt Ave. Guy Dee Harrison starts a watch repair shop at 1047 Central Ave. Omer Rudhill launches an appliances business at 1700 Tytus Ave. Oscar Poff runs an auto repairs shop at 109 N Main St. Roscoe Sloan begins repairs at 1011 Hughes. Gabriel Katona debuts a restaurant at 2020 Yankee Rd.
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Middletown
Guy Dee Harrison
Central Avenue
Omer Rudhill
Tytus Avenue
Oscar Poff
N. Main Street
Roscoe Sloan
Hughes
Gabriel Katona
Yankee Road
Imfeld Appointed City Prosecutor in Local Move
Attorney Clem Imfeld was appointed City Prosecutor by Acting Law Director Frederick Reister to succeed E. H. Perrson, who will soon join the armed services. Imfeld is a Salmon P. Chase Law School graduate in Cincinnati.
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Clem Imfeld
Frederick Reister
E. H. Perrson
Armed Services
Imfeld
Salmon P. Chase Law School
Cincinnati
Moose Bowling League Valentine Dance Announced
The Moose Bowling League will sponsor a St Valentine’s dance in the Moose auditorium on Saturday February 12. Dancing runs from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Admission is charged and reservations can be made by phone 3225.
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Moose Bowling League
Moose Auditorium
Roosevelt's Five Point Program for National Service
President Roosevelt outlines a five point program including a realistic tax law to curb profits, renegotiation of war contracts, a cost of food law with price floors and ceilings, re enacted stabilization statutes, and a nationwide service law for the war effort. He argues these measures form a just and equitable whole and links them to reducing the war's burden on citizens.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Railroad Revenues Share of Employees Drops in 1943
Hinton D C The Interstate Commerce Commission reports railroads revenues rose to a new high in 1943 while the portion paid to employees fell from 68.54 percent of net income in 1940 to 62 percent in 1943. Net income after taxes increased by about 2.097 billion dollars from 1940 levels, with investors gaining a larger share.
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Hinton
D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Women War Workers To Get Shoes From Employer
Detroit readers learn that Elec tromaster Inc makers of war materials received War Labor Board approval to supply proper factory shoes for women workers. The plan, deemed not an indirect wage rise, was backed by OPA allowing a stock of safety shoes as workers previously labored barefoot or in inappropriate footwear to avoid ration stamps.
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Detroit
ILNS
War Labor Board
Electromaster, Inc
OPA
Letter To The Editor From Maud Causes Debate On Government Power
A reader from Butler County criticizes federal centralization in the United States. The letter argues that government control has increased through permits and officials, contrasting with Abraham Lincoln’s view that a minimally governed people is best. The writer questions current governance and uses metaphor of a tail being cut.
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Butler County Press
Maud
Ohio
United States of America
Abraham Lincoln
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Shelly Smith
Trades Council
Chamber OF Commerce
Chicago Market CO
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Polio Fund
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