Tomato display celebrates local victory gardeners
The Daily News window shows two large tomatoes from Mrs Ralph Moorehead Logan and Mrs Olive Gordon Logan Route 1. One tomato weighs about two pounds and another two and a half pounds. The report highlights pride in home gardens and the appeal of ripe, juicy tomatoes for soups and table alike.
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Victory Gardeners
Daily News
Ralph Moorehead
Olive Gordon
Logan
Logan Route 1
Victory Garden
Moorehead
Death of Mrs Campbell recalls Logan High class of 1890
The Logan High School class of 1890 had seven girls and six boys. Forty years later six members remained alive including Myra Brown F A Koppe Cora Hane Jennie Bowen John Frasch and Rev Rudolph Senwartz. The obituary notes remaining members and lists the deceased: Elizabeth McManigal H F Ambrose Mrs Campbell Harry Vail Harry Slisher Oliver Crawford and Dr Charles Balger.
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Clara Campbell
Logan High School
Campbell
Myra Brown
F. A. Koppe
Cora Hane
Jennie Bowen
John Frasch
Rudolph Senwartz
Elizabeth McManigal
H. F. Ambrose
Harry Vail
Harry Slisher
Oliver Crawford
Charles Balger
Dayton Man Dies After Hat Chases Fall
John Hartman 72 died from injuries after tumbling down a 20 foot bank while chasing his hat in Dayton Ohio. He fell while outdoors. authorities report no other persons involved.
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Dayton, O
John Hartman
Seventh Army Flanks Toulon in Drive West
Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Patch’s Seventh Army widened its southern France beachhead to 1,000 square miles and moved 31 miles from Marseille flanking Toulon. American and French forces pushed inland at least 32 miles, with Salernes and La Roquebrussanne among farthest towns reached as they pushed toward the Rhone valley and a potential junction with Eisenhower’s armies.
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Alexander M. _ Patch
Seventh Army
France
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Avignon
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Vernon
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Court House to Close for Campbell Services
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Campbell will be held Monday at 2 P M at the Keynes residence for the woman who served Hocking County as court stenographer for over 40 years. Rev Clinton W Swengel will officiate the service, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Woodard Funeral Service in charge. Court House offices will close at 1 30 P M in respect.
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Clara Campbell
Ella Keynes
East Main Street
Keynes
Oak Grove Cemetery
Woodard
Campbell
Hocking County
Court House
Boy Killed by Truck While Chasing Sister in Street
Cleveland reporting that three year old James Brandt, son of a Marine believed en route overseas, died after running into the street and being struck by a truck. The incident followed a plea from his father to keep his sister from running in the street.
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Cleveland
James Brandt
Little Sister
Petain Government Moves From Vichy to Unnamed Capital
Berlin broadcast says Petain era shifts from Vichy to an unidentified new capital as American tank spearheads engage German security forces south of Paris.
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London
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Berlin
Paris
Planes Tear Up Nazi Transport Planes Tear Up Nazi Transport
Allied airmen destroyed or damaged over 3800 German vehicles in Northwest France yesterday and hit fresh divisions today. Night raids by 1000 RAF bombers struck Bremen and oil, rail installations in Germany, France, and Belgium. Mosquito crews dropped two ton bombs on Berlin for the fourth time in five nights and attacked retreating German roads during darkness. Mosquito crews called the daylight fighting the best hunting since D Day as they pressed the Seine crossroads advance with Patton’s Third Army nearby.
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London
France
Guenther von Kluge
Bremen
Germany
Belgium
Seine
George S. Patton
U. S. Third Army
Mosquito
Army Deserter Arrested Near Sand Run Friday
Lee Rutherford of Carbon Hill was captured near Sand Run Friday after a month absent from the Army. Sheriff Floyd Duffy and Deputy Jack Waldron made the arrest and he is jailed in Hocking County awaiting Army officials.
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Lee Rutherford
Carbon Hill
Sand Run
Floyd Duffy
Jack Waldron
San Run
Hocking County
First Allied pilots hail ME-163 dive fastest controlled flight
At a British fighter base on August 18, delayed report states the ME-163 Flying Wing rocket plane impressed three Allied pilots by its vertical dive, claimed as the fastest controlled flight ever achieved by man.
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Britain
Reds Trap 30,000 Along Vistula River
Eddie Gilmore reports that three eastern front divisions, possibly 30,000 men, were trapped north of Sandomierz on the Vistula’s west bank. Germans launched a major armored counter at Saiuliai west of Lithuania to halt Soviet advances, while Red Army pressure increased near Praga and along the East Prussian border. Soviet progress continued as Moscow broadcasts claimed advancing lines and intensified fighting on the threshold of East Prussia.
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Moscow
Hitler
Sandomierz
West Bank
Vistula
Red Army
East Prussia
Saiuliai
Warsaw
Praga
Red
Junker
London
Secretary Forrestal Arrives in London
Secretary of Navy James V. Forrestal has arrived in London amid censorship that prevents any speculation about the purpose of his visit.
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Forrestal
London
Secretary of Navy
James V. Forrestal
Rationing to be lifted gradually after war ends
Chester A Bowles head of the Office of Price Administration says rationing and price ceilings will end as supply catches demand. He warns changes will be gradual item by item to avoid price spikes and market collapse seen after World War I. He praises wartime farm production and urges a postwar income level for farmers and purchasing power above prewar levels.
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Columbus
Chester A. Bowles
Office of Price Administration
Ohio State Grange
Bowles
OPA
America
Hull and Dulles to Meet in Capital for World Security Talk
Secretary Cordell Hull and John Foster Dulles, potential successor if Dewey wins, expected to confer in Washington on postwar world security organization. The meeting follows early talks among United States, Russia, and Britain on organizational functions. Dewey’s team endorses bipartisan cooperation and the session aims to advance nonpartisan postwar planning.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Thomas E. Dewey
World Security Organization
United States
Russia
Britain
Hull
John Foster Dulles
Dewey
Dulles
Drought and disease threaten future wheat harvests
Chicago dispatch reports rapid progress in harvesting spring wheat across northwestern states and Canadian provinces. Despite large yields in many areas, spotty conditions and weather threats may trim total output. Montana yields range 12 to 45 bushels per acre, while South Dakota notes resistance in some wheat varieties. Excessive rains and hail remain possible damages as favorable weather improves storage prospects. Movement of new wheat is slow outside advanced Dakotas regions where combining nears completion.
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Chicago
Montana
South Dakota
Dakotas
Auto Hurts Fatal Dayton Child in Miamisburg
Joseph Snyder, age 10, of Gratis, died from injuries after being struck by an automobile in Miamisburg. The accident occurred on a August day as he crossed or was near the street, prompting a fatal outcome. Local authorities are investigating the incident and notifying the child's family and ambulance services.
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Dayton, O
Joseph Snyder
Miamisburg
Allied Forces Press Toward Paris in Last French Push
Allied air forces reported 3,800 German vehicles destroyed as Allied armored patrols moved from Dreux toward Paris. Canadian forces reached Cabourg and Dives-sur-Mer near Caen, while many German units flee northeast. Eisenhower met with top officers amid signs a major decision reshapes the Western Front as Germany fights to escape the Seine line.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Rouen
Seine
Second Army
Normandy
First Army
Cabourg
Dives-sur- Mer
Caen
le Havre
Supreme Command
Third Army
Argentan
Dreux
Allied planes pound enemy across Pacific fronts
Allied bombers struck Nipponese targets from Timor to the Volcano Islands as ground fighting in China remained indecisive. MacArthur reported raids on Moluccas airfields and Mindanao as Nimitz's planes hit Truk and Volcano islands. Japanese redeploy two divisions to northern Hunan to shield a rail hub near Hengyang.
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Timor
Volcano Islands
China
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Douglas MacArthur
Moluccas
Halmahera
Amboina
Ceram
Boeroe
Mindanao
Davao Gulf
Philippines
Amboina-Ceram
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Volcano Group
Tokyo
Rota
Pagan
Marianas
Truk
Carolines
Hunan
Hengyang
Polio ban hits Fremont high school drills
In Fremont Ohio on August 19 the polio fear bans youths from gatherings and extends to the high school football team, postponing drills on Monday due to the infantile paralysis scare.
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POLIO
Fremont
Ex Mayor Jes sie W. Seitz Dies in Ohio
Jes sie W. Seitz, 73, former mayor of Republic, Ohio, died suddenly near Tiffin on August 18. The longtime resident and public servant was remembered for local leadership noted in this dispatch.
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Tiffin
Jessie W. Seitz
Republic
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