Allies To Continue Air War Over Europe
President Roosevelt confidant James Byrnes signals the Allies will press the Nazi conflict mainly by aerial bombardment for now. He warns no unconditional surrender soon and calls for home-front sacrifice while promising relief in living costs. Roosevelt, Churchill to discuss long range bombing of Romanian refineries.
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Roosevelt
Europe
James F. Byrnes
Germany
Byrnes
Office of ‘War Mobilization
King George
Great Britain
Churchill
Preseni
Plasti
Romania
Logan 101 Years Ago to Day Parade Notice
The 4th Brigade 7th Division Ohio Militia officers ordered to parade in Logan on Friday August 12 at 10 a.m. for two days muster and camp duty with full equipment by order of Brigadier General Thomas Worthington. The item appears in the Hocking Sentinel 1842 edition.
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Logan
Ohio
Thomas Worthington
Hocking
Municipal Judge Oscar Bell Dies After Illness
Cleveland August 17 Municipal Judge Oscar C Bell 63 a candidate for re election died at his home after a short illness.
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Cleveland
Oscar C. Bell
Navy to add 194000 sailors by year end
Washington officials unveil expansion plans showing total naval services strength rising from 2,666,500 to 2,861,100 by year end. Current figures list 150000 officers and 2000000 enlisted in the Navy, plus Marine Corps and Coast Guard totals.
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Washington
Naval Services
Knox
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
City Commissioner and Son Shot Dead in Sleep
Covington Kentucky August 17 police report City Commissioner Carl Kiger age 59 and his six year old son Jerry were found shot to death in their countryside Boone County home. Kiger’s wife wounded in the leg escaped to hospital. Sheriff Williams said Kiger was shot multiple times in the head chest and shoulders while the family slept in adjoining rooms.
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Covington
Carl Kiger
Jerry
Kiger
Boone County
J. T. Williams
Williams
Potato Chips Get Temporary Price Ceiling
The Office of Price Administration ordered a temporary price ceiling on potato chips today in Washington. The move will raise the cost to consumers by about 10 percent per package.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
War workers lead in Ohio Michigan and Kentucky
The War Manpower Commission reports over 1.5 million people in Ohio Michigan and Kentucky work in war producing industries. About 10.2 percent of the trio states population is employed in arms and munition production. Edward L. Keenan is named Ohio director with offices in Columbus and Wade Hammond joins as assistant.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
War Manpower Commission
Robert C. Goodwin
Goodwin
WMC
Yanks Imperil Enemys Bases In Solomon Islands Invasion
American sea power sharpens pressure on Japan as Gen Douglas MacArthur reveals U S troops seized Vella Lavella island in a surprise Sunday landing. The move threatens Bougainville Vila Kolombangara and air bases around Bougainville with at least 34 Japanese planes shot down and two U S planes lost.
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Solomon Islands
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Vella Lavella
Fallen Munda
Solomon
Bougainville Island
Archiepelago
Bougainville
Vila
Kolombangara
Munda
Imperial Tokyo
Disloyal Japanese Remain Firm in War Relocation
In San Francisco on August 17, Robert B. Cozzens of the War Relocation Authority said a minority of interned Japanese who showed sympathy for Japan during a six month earlier registration still hold that view. He noted those who pledged loyalty then remain committed.
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San Francisco
Robert B. Cozzens
The
War Relocation Authority
Japan
Acamnent
Quebec War Conference Enters Second Week
The Quebec war conference enters its second week amid signals that its careful handling aims to heighten Axis nervousness over key Allied military moves. Arrangements are in place for President Roosevelt to join Churchill for a sixth formal war council. Reports from London suggest Eisenhower may attend, possibly already in Canada, though unconfirmed.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Don Iddon
London Daily Mail
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Canada
Tire Crisis Declared Over by Goodyear Chief
P W Litchfield chairman of Goodyear Tire says the United Nations have passed the tire crisis and civilian use tires should be released by next spring. He expects synthetic rubber output to match prewar natural rubber by October and equal wartime usage by January.
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New York
P. W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
United Nations
England
Litchfield
United States
Foresee New Blow at European Fortress
Britain moves to clear non residents from coastal barricades as invasion talk rises. Allies pursue multiple strategic moves including American raids on French airfields and efforts to isolate Italy with telecom cuts, while Churchill meets in Quebec and RAF bomber commands target Italian industry.
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Britain
Adolf Hitler
European
Russia
Mediterranean
Balkans
English
France
Aeiameratins Oh
Norway
Italy
Switzerland
Chiasso
Churchill
Quebec
Allies Seize Messina Marking Sicily Breakthrough
Allied forces entered Messina after a 14 mile 24 hour push as heavy bombardment opened a path for U S troops to the port city end the Sicily campaign. British 8th army pressed toward Messina from the south while German and Italian forces withdrew to the mainland.
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Messina
Sicily
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S. 3Rd Division
Berlin
8Th Army
Knox says Nazis rely on U boat reserves
Secretary Knox said combat losses and Allied bombings push Germans to use U boat reserves to disrupt Allied Atlantic supply lanes. He noted the destruction of more than 90 submarines by May to July and warned the Nazis have lost some of their best skippers, a loss harder to replace than ships.
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Washington
Knox
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Churchill
Navy
Woman electrocuted removing lamp in porch incident
Coroner Virgil Fowler reports Mrs. Christine Mae Poetker, 23, of Portsmouth was electrocuted while attempting to remove a connected floor lamp from a tin roofed porch yesterday. The accident happened in the city where she was alone at the time.
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Portsmouth
Virgil Fowler
Christine Mae Poetker
Quota Set for September War Loan Drive in County
Hocking County announces a September 9 start for the Third War Loan with a $421,000 quota set by Earl Elberfeld chairing the War Finance Committee. The nationwide target is $15 billion and no bank allocations are allowed. The drive aims for 100 percent employee participation and cash purchases, with Victory Center on West Main Street serving as headquarters.
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Hocking County
Earl Elberfeld
Hocking County War Finance Committee
Elberfeld
James L. Young
War Finance
War Savings Committee
County Victory Fund Committee
Victory Center
West Main Street
Ohio liquor ration to be increased likely August 23
Columbus official hints Ohio bottle liquor ration may rise from the quarter fifth allowance every four weeks. A backlog since June 1 supports a broader distribution to retail customers. Shortening the period or increasing the unit could achieve this if the four week purchase window remains.
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Columbus
Ohio
Liquor Department
Hold Liquor Suspects In Cleveland Thefts
Police held two suspects today in the theft of 200 cases of liquor valued at 5000 from nine vest stores, seven in Cleveland, one in Toledo and one in Akron. An officer said one suspect confessed to the thefts.
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Aug
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Clevland
Toledo
Akron
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