Local Hocking County News Roundup From 101 Years Ago
The county convention to nominate candidates is announced as Democrats push Wilson Shannon for governor. Farmers may use War Price and Rationing Board allotments for canning sugar via ration stamps. A Vinton County native, William McNichols, aged 75, has lived in South Bloomingville 43 years with 14 children. he credits tobacco and black pepper for his longevity, joking about tobaccoitus.
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Office of Price Administration
Daily News
William McNichols
Vinton County
South Bloomingville
Ohio cited as model of nationwide food program teamwork
Food Administrator Marvin Jones praised Ohio for uniting statewide farm groups extension service the agricultural adjustment agency and vocational agriculture to boost production. He urged broader local cooperation noting federal directives cannot run a vast varied program and forecast 1944 goals ahead of planting season.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Ohio
Buckeye State
Extension Service
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Vocational Agricultural
Milk dealers press for price increase in four states
Delegation representing Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and West Virginia met War Food Administration officials in Washington seeking a 25 percent rise in farm milk prices. Charles W. Holman of the National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation said the group will stay in D.C. until authority is obtained, while OPA indicated it will not raise agricultural prices and that any adjustment depends on payback against current costs.
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Washington
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
West Virginia
War Food Administration
Charles W. Holman
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Office of Price Administration
Holman
OPA
Cleveland
Pioneer Spirit Prompts 1200 Mile Conestoga Trek
George Martin, 66, begins a 1200 mile trek from Painesville to Minnesota in a modern prairie schooner. The Nebraska native travels with a covered wagon drawn by three percherons toward International Falls. He plans to homestead 500 acres and send for his wife after establishing a home.
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Cleveland
George Martin
Minnesota
Martin
Nebraska
Painesville
International Falls
Minn
America
Lakeshore
Merger to End Dual Telegraph Service
Stockholders of Western Union and Postal Telegraph meet to ratify a merger ending a century old telegraph rivalry. Western Union will acquire all Postal assets and assume liabilities including debts to the Reconstruction Finance Corp, leaving Western Union as the sole domestic written communications firm outside the mails.
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New York
Western Union
Postal Telegraph
Western Union Company
Postal
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Legion seeks renewed confinement for Nisei detainees
In Cincinnati delegates at the 1943 Ohio American Legion war conference passed with one dissent a resolution urging American-born Japanese released from internment under War Relocation Authority supervision be returned to confinement. The action warned that releasing Nisei could harm civilian morale. Governor Bricker could not attend to speak due to travel to the west coast.
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Cincinnati
Ohio American Legion Today
War Relocation Authority
Martin V. Coffey
John W. Bricker
Coffey
Bricker
Bricker Honored by Ohio Legion at Cincinnati
Ohio American Legion delegates prepare a welcome for Gov. John W. Bricker who has not attended a state convention in 15 years. Lee Pennington warns war workers will stop if horseplay harms production. Brig. Gen. Robert L. Denig calls for continued effort, noting 20 months of fighting ahead. Denig, from Sandusky, Ohio, urges realism about the war’s course.
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Cincinnati
Ohio American Legionnaires
John W. Bricker
Lee Pennington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert. .L. Denig
Marines
U.S
Davis Calls For Ground Fight To Beat Germany
Director Elmer Davis of the Office of War Information says after a three week tour of the European theater that defeating Germany requires more than mass air poundings and calls for decisive ground action.
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Washington
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
European War Theater
Germany
Urges Repeal of U S Exclusion Act
Rep. Gossett of Texas urged repeal of the Chinese exclusion act as soon as Congress reconvenes, saying Japanese propaganda aims at a separate peace with China. He accused Japan of using atrocity repents and efforts to win over occupied territories, including passing out candy to Chinese children.
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Washington
China
Rep. Gossett
D-Tex
Congress
Gossett
House Immigration Committee
FATHERS DRAFT UNCERTAINTY CONFESSED BY HERSHEY
Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey says there are too many imponderables to predict how the father draft will work. He tells a House subcommittee he cannot forecast Europe Russia or Pacific conditions in two weeks or a month.
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Los Angeles
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Europe
Russia
Pacific
House
Wallace Rules Out Price and Food Control Role
Vice President Wallace said he plans to stay out of price and food administration problems and has given no advice to the OPA or War Food Administration. He spoke in Detroit and Iowa praising farmers and workers, while noting cattlemen view corn prices as high and jeoparding corn-fed beef supplies. He will address a Chicago rally on Sept 11 supporting international postwar collaboration.
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Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt
Food Administration
Spade
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
OPA
Marvin Jones
War Food Adminis
Chicago
Detroit
Iowa
Columbus Gets WMC Office
Regional director Robert C. Goodwin announced a new state War Manpower Commission office to supervise the Federal Employment Service in Ohio. The Columbus location follows Washington orders shifting administration to state offices amid protest from Gov. Bricker.
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Cleveland
Robert C. Goodwin
The
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Servce
Ohio
Columbus
Washington
Goodwin
John W. Bricker
Paul V. McNutt
Simlar
Michigan
Kentucky
Propaganda Fails to Impress Sicilian Natives
A one man poll by Pvt. Gino Taglieri of Paterson New Jersey finds Sicilians skeptical of Rome driven propaganda as Americans depicted as rapists cowards ogres and millionaires with stolen wealth. Sgt Donald Brunni of Van Wert notes Sicily's historic roots and pride in the conflict.
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Sicily
Mussolini
Gino Taglieri
Paterson
N. J
Il Duce
Donald Brunni
van Wert
Allied push in Sicily slows as enemy resists strongly
Allied troops press toward Messina on the Sicilian front amid stubborn German resistance and minefields. In Russia the Red Army threatens a Kharkov trap, while the RAF targets Mannheim Ludwigshafen munitions plants as bombing raids continue.
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Sicily
Messina
Russia
Red Army
Stalingrad
Kharkov
RAF
Germany
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen
Randazzo
Bronte
U. S
Troina
7Th Army
San Agata
Eighth Army
Cape Orlando
Riposto
Acireale
Kidnapped Babe Found Alive in Albany Case Shocks Town
Judith Gurney, abducted from Albany Hospital last Tuesday, was found alive. Police investigate claims against 26 year old Army wife Catherine Wright who allegedly feigned pregnancy for nine months and produced a two day old infant. District Attorney Weinrich says nurses refuted her hospital birth story and a doctor’s exam found no such birth.
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Albany
Ore
Judith Gurney
Harlow Weinrich
Catherine Wright
Weinrich
Albany Hospital
Paroles Granted to 62 Mansfield Inmates in Ohio
The Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission released 62 Mansfield Reformatory inmates on parole. The list includes Mike Tulak of Hocking County for auto theft with an effective date of September 15.
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Columbus
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
State Reformatory
Mansfield
Hocking
Mike Tulak
Willow Grove Miners Quit Over Gas Worries
Adolph Pacifico of United Mine Workers says Hanna Coal Co failed to adopt two safety measures at Willow Grove mine 600 men quit, as 200,000 cubic feet of methane enter daily. He cites company records and inspector reports to compare Willow Grove with gaseous Stewarts and Big Run mines. A miners meeting with Frank J. Dingell and Harold L. Ickes officials planned to push safety measures.
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Bellaire
Adolph Pacifico
United Mine Workers
Hanna Coal Co
Willow Grove
Frank J. Dingell
Cleveland
Harold L. Ickes
Pacifico
Stewarts
Big Run
Rail and River Coal Company
Pacifica
Atlas Powder Company to operate Ravenna depot
The War Department announced the Portage army ordnance depot at Ravenna Ohio will be operated by Atlas Powder Company on a cost plus fixed fee basis to improve efficiency. This marks the second depot turned over to private management following Procter and Gamble's Milan Tennessee transfer.
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Washington
Portage Army Ordnance Depot
Ravenna
Atlas Powder Company
War Department
Procter and Gamble, Inc
Milan
Tenn
Army
Wt Vete
Stallations
Esvensna
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