Mountbatten Named Supreme Allied Commander in Southeast Asia
The appointment of Lord Louis Mountbatten as supreme Allied commander in southeastern Asia signals broader Allied operations against Japan in Burma. He plans with Gen. Douglas MacArthur to strike from India or Ceylon, aiming to reopen the Burma Road and ease China’s burden. MacArthur’s forces near Salamaua, while weather disrupts air actions at Hankow and Wushan.
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Louis Mountbatten
Asia
Burma
China
Japan
MacArthur
Salamaua
New Guinea
New Georgia
Solomons
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Hankow
Wushan
Monstrous frog yard frame and a sunken Italian style garden
Fred Deishire’s yard at 581 West Front Street features a monster green frog sculpture and pottery pieces beside a sunken Italian courtyard garden. The rear plot boasts 100 plus blooming varieties including gladiolas, hibiscus, roses, yucca, and delphinium, with rare botanical specimens from several regions.
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West Front Street
Fred Deishire
Sharon
New Mexico
California
Texas
Old Mexico
Hocking Valley
C, and O
Fred
Army court clarifies Rimke case involving Basquette
At Muroc Air Base on August 26 army authorities signal a verdict is likely in the court martial of Pvt. George Paul Rimke 22 who testified he was intimate with actress Lina Basquette but denied her charge of rape.
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Muroc Air Base
Calif
George Paul Rimke
Lina Basquette
Fathers Face Gertain Draft Policy For Fathers
Washington announces post October 1 draft rule for all fathers aged drafteligible. Manpower Commissioner Paul McNutt says deferments now hinge on occupation and war necessity, lifting the pre September 15 birth ban.
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Washington
Paul McNutt
McNutt
Pearl Harbor
Eastern Ohio miners walk out in protest at two mines
In Bellaire Ohio Aug 26 two large eastern Ohio coal mines halted operations as more than 1,000 miners at Powhatan Mining Co and 550 at Hanna Coal Co walked out. They protested a war labor board decision that denied portal-to-portal pay, بحسب mine officials.
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Bellaire, O
Ohio
War Labor Board
Powhatan
Powhatan Mining Co
Dunglen
Hanna Coal Co
Probe Ordered in Farnsworth Death
Hollywood scene star Bette Davis husband Arthur Farnsworth 36, a Minneapolis aero nautical equipment representative, died after injuries from a fall. He was found unconscious on a Hollywood Boulevard sidewalk and suffered a basal skull fracture. Davis faced grief as authorities pursue autopsy findings and motive details.
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Hollywood
Arthur Fansworth
Bette Davis
Minneapolis
Farnsworth
Hollywood Boulevard
Paul Moore
Miss Davis
H. R. Johnson
Dave Freedman
Ffarnsworth
Freedman
Fansworth
U S Employment Service Posts 312771 Jobs In Six Months
During the first six months of 1943 the U S Employment Service filled 312 771 jobs with four fifths in war industries agriculture and government service.
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Columbus
U. S. Employment Service
Ferguson 10 Meet Leaders In Ohio Nation Convention Push
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson invites Democratic leaders to a September 13 meeting at the Neil House to discuss selecting delegates to the Democratic national convention and plans to rejuvenate Ohio’s party. He seeks resignations from Darrell S. Jones and urges unity to pressure Roosevelt officials. The national committee notes no rift within Ohio Democrats despite patrol controversy.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ohio
Ferguson
Darrell Ss. Jones
Newark
Neil House
Jones
Roosevelt
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Patrole
New Dental Resistant Will Prevent Decay
Chicago reports a dental breakthrough by Dr S G Harcotian showing a flour from beef bone minerals can reduce caries. Nine month experiment at Worcester State Hospital with flour rich in calcium phosphorus and fluoride suggests humans may gain immunity to dental decay.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Dental Association
S. G. Harcotian
D. M
Worcester
Mass
Worcester State Hospital
Kingsley Dies in Chillicothe at 77
Charles R. Kingsley 77 father of former state treasurer Clarence Kingsley died in Chillicothe Ohio. He was a lumber dealer and long active in local business.
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Kingsley
Chillicothe, D
Charles R. Kingsley
Clarence Kinsley
William Green Denounces Smith Connally Bill in Ohio Speech
William Green of the American Federation of Labor blasts the Smith Connally anti strike bill as echoing Hitler era policies. He vows to blacklist voting congressmen and urges labor to back Franklin D. Roosevelt for a fourth term while demanding strong postwar labor representation and servicemen retirement compensation.
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Columbus
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Coshocton, O
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Green
Organized Labor
Congress
OFL
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Minute Man Flag at NATCO Factory Nears 100 Percent
The National Fireproofing Corporation in Haydenville reports 95.8 percent of NATCO employees signed payroll deduction cards for a 10.8 percent share. Officials expect full participation by day’s end as the Victory Committee and Phil Faine of the Treasury Department praise the effort.
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National Fireproofing Corporation
Haydenville
James L. Young
County War Finance Committee
Natco
Victory Committee
Phil Faine
Treasury Department
Bricker Angling During Wyoming Vacation
Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio vacationing in Sundance with Nels H. Smith observed Saw Creek's trout population. He caught the legal limit of 10 using a wet fly, while accompanied by his wife.
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Sundance
Wyo
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Wyoming
Nels H. Smith
Fear Malaria Spread By Returning Service Men In Ohio
State Health Director R H Mark warned that Ohio servicemen recuperating from malaria in the South Pacific could trigger an epidemic as the Anopheles quadrimaculatus mosquito transmits the disease. He urged residents to screen windows, especially bedrooms, and noted risk would persist until the first heavy frost.
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Columbus
R. H. Markwith
South Pacific War Zone
Ohio
Markwith
Russian Drive Unabated as Nazis Yield Zenkov
Soviet forces shattered enemy lines around Kharkov seizing Zenkov and pushing toward Lozovaya and Poltava while Donets basin advances inflict heavy German losses. In Italy, Fortresses and Liberators bomb Foggia airfields. RAF raids Berlin for a third night. Mountbatten named supreme Allied commander in Southeast Asia.
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U. S
Foggia
Italy
Berlin
Russia
Red
Dnieper
Zenkov
Kharkov
Lozovaya
Poltava
Donets
Voroshilovgrad
Middle East
Taranto
Naples
Manville Endes Seventh Marriage After Brief Ceremony
Tommy Manville announced he has separated from his seventh wife Macie Marie Ainsworth, who he wed yesterday in New York. He plans to seek an annulment after the couple, dining out, were separated when she left to make a call and did not return, ending the marriage within seven hours and 45 minutes.
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New York
Tommy Manville
Macie Marie
Sunny) Ainsworth
Manville
Workers Return to Nashville Plant After Arbitration Pact
Workers at Consolidated Vultee in Nashville return to their jobs after a walkout over the appointment of two supervisors in one department. They will submit their dispute to arbitration under the agreement.
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Nashville
Tenn
Consolidated Vultee, Inc
Roosevelt heads home for talks with Churchill
President Roosevelt returns to the United States after Quebec talks with Prime Minister Churchill. The meetings produced a plan to aid China and crush Japan and announced Lord Louis Mountbatten as supreme Allied commander in southeastern Asia. Mountbatten, a WWI veteran, leads Britain's combined operations including commandos with acting vice admiral rank.
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Ottawa
Canada
Roosevelt
United States
Churchill
Quebec
Louis Mountbatten
George VI
Asia
Roosevelt-Churchill
China
Japan
Mountbatten
Britain
Pigeon Catching Expedition Fatal
Kenneth Adams, 30, fell to his death from the Licking county courthouse in Newark Ohio while attempting to catch pigeons from the tower with permission of county commissioners.
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Newark
Kenneth Adams
Licking County Courtshouse
Good Hope Township Quota Set for Third War Loan Drive
Good Hope Township’s quota in the Third War Loan drive opens September 9 set at $16 050. Earl Elberfeld chairs the Hocking County War Finance Committee. Rockbridge village is included in the quota. Area No 8 captain of the drive is J F Mc Grady.
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Good Hope Township
Earl Elberfeld
Hocking
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