Allied forces advance after Kasserine gap breakout in North Africa
Allied infantry artillery and armor push northeast from Kasserine gap as Rommel’s offensive in the east slows. German armored thrusts in the north are repelled with heavy losses, while Feriana falls to American engineers clearing mined lines. RAF daylight and night bombings pound Germany and France, marking a record bombing month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
RAF
France
North Africa
Feriana
Gafsa
Tebessa
Algeria
Kasserine
Erwin Rommel
Kasserine Gap
Sheitla
Sap Runs In Hocking County Sugar Maples
In Homer Armstrong residence on Hunter and Orchard streets two sugar maples were tapped with a weekend yield described as satisfactory. Seamen Second Class Eddie Hamilton and Otto Hartman Jr. of Logan are hospitalized at Great Lakes Naval Training Station with mumps. City Councilman John Tipton bought the first 1943 fishing license issued by Miss Thelma Keyes, with Walter C. Lehman purchasing Monday morning. Tin scarcity means metal fishing licenses will be unavailable this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Armstrong
Hunter and
Orchard Streets
Eddie Hamilton
Otto Hartman Jr
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Hamilton
Hartman
John Tipton
Thelma Keyes
Hocking County
Paul Brown's nature insight on spring and wildlife
Paul Brown compares spring to John Burroughs, noting cold winds as moods of a day. He observes blackbirds and bluejays in his garden as irritants nibble oriental poppies and fox squirrels and chipmunks play among shrubs. Hyacinths and tulips challenge the sun in his way of knowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Brown
John Burroughs
Paul
Death claims H. W. Harden 78 at Logan auto dealer
H. W. Harden 78 an established automobile dealer died at 8 am in his East Hunter Street apartment from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born in Honey Fork, Washington Township, he moved to New Plymouth as a blacksmith then opened the Logan Buick Sales and Service Co. He leaves wife Amy and five children plus a son at Camp Breckinridge. Funeral arrangements pending with Woodard Funeral Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wines W. Harden
East
Hunter Street
Harden
Honey Fork
Washington Township
Harien
New Plymouth
Logan
Logan Buick Sales and Service Co
Mingo Lodge
A.M
First Presbyterian Church
Amy Harden
J. Cc. Cremean
Frank Piarden
J. D. Harris
S. W. Murphy
Zanesville
Lawrence Harden
Motor Corps
Camp Breckinridge
Woodard
Army bomber crash claims two officers in Wyoming
Casper air base officers reported ten killed when an Army bomber crashed 28 miles northeast of Glenrock last Thursday. Among the dead were Sec ted Lt. Harry M. Cannon of Columbiana and Staff Sgt. John F. Elson of Waynesburg.
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Casper
Wyo
Glenrock
Casper Air Base
Harry M. Cannon
Columbiana
John F. Elson
Waynesburg
Work or Fight Legislation Up for Draft Help
Agriculture Director John T. Brown urged changes to the draft and farm programs to avert a predicted drop in Ohio food production in 1943. He cited labor and machinery shortages, unharvested corn and soybeans, and loss of farm help due to military service, calling for a unified effort by Selective Service and related agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
John T. Brown
Ohio
Bankhead
D-Ala
Senate Appropriations Committee
Brown
Twelve Grandsons in Service and Seven Await Call
Merlin E. Kline joins Army on February 18 marking B. F. Bail of Greendale as the county’s most starved grandfather with 12 grandsons already in service and seven more awaiting their call. The Lambert and Kline families, plus cousins Nelson and Wallace from Logan, supply most of the names in this dedicated squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlin E. Kline
John Kline
East Front Street
B. F. Bail
Greendale
Hocking County
Lambert Boys
Mary Dixon
Athens
Donald Ervin
Coroner rules Harrisons death an accident
Coroner G W Sapp ruled the death of Lem Hariston a Columbus man aged 54 an accident. Hariston disappeared during a hunting trip on November 21. His body was found yesterday in Green Creek by officers and American Legion members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
G. W. Sapp
Lem Hariston
Columbus
Harriston
Green Creek
American Legion
Work or fight bills move to curb wartime absenteeism
Congress tackles work or fight legislation to draft Navy yard workers who miss shifts, with local boards allowed to reclassify absentees. Senate action on farm labor induction limits and a push to keep lend-lease program alive are also noted as wartime rationing begins with 48 points per person and one million volunteers stationed in stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Navy Yard
Senator Bankhead
D-Ala
Senate Military Committee
Bankhead
Senate Judiciary Committee
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate
Roosevelt
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
1943 Auto Plates Of Paper On Sale Today
In Columbus Ohio on March 1 1943 automobile licenses for 1943 paper windshield stickers go on sale through deputy registrars for use starting April 1. Dylon W Wallace registrar says stickers belong in the lower right windshield corner. Cars must also display 1942 metal plates to conserve war materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Motor Vehicles
Dylon W. Wallace
Dodgers Manager Durocher Rejected by Army
New York dispatch reports Leo The Lip Durocher, manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, was rejected by the Army today due to a perforated ear drum. The decision ends his current eligibility status with military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leo
the Lip) Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Army
Gandhi on 20th Day Maintains Strength in Bombay Fast
Bombay March 1 Gandhi in the next to last day of his 21 day fast maintained his strength and vitality according to reports from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gandhi
Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Rescuers Battle Gas to Reach Trapped Miners
In Bearcreek Montana rescuers fought deadly gases with an emergency air blower to reach 69 miners trapped since Saturday. At least five dead and seven more bodies located, with relatives awaiting word as conditions delay lift. The blast cause remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bearcreek
Mont
Smith
Bill Romek
Newsprint Ceiling Raised by $4 a Ton
Washington reports joint action by the Office of Price Administration and the Canadian Wartime Prices and Trade board increasing the standard newsprint ceiling by four dollars per ton. The hike takes effect Monday as wartime costs rise and the industry struggles to absorb higher costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Canadian Wartime Prices and Trade Board
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Violent Death Toll In Ohio From February Weekend
Nineteen people died violently in Ohio over the final weekend of February. Auto crashes caused eleven deaths, trains killed three, a child and an elderly man perished in burns, a plant supervisor died in an explosion, a miner was killed by a rock fall, and a boy was fatally shot while playing a game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cincinnati
Ohio Military Institute
Carl Fraile
Covington
William Weil
Detroit
Paul Baer
Pvt
Leroy Luce
Conneaut
Stanley J. Czajka
Edward Popak
Cleveland
William Kisil
Pierpont
Alice Ruth Denzer
Kenton
A. W. Denzer
Pettigrew
Ark
J. F. McDermott
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
Seward Ray Smith
Washingtonville
Jesse Young
Niles
Lionel Alexie
Canton
Ronald Blakely
Mgr
Kenneth Blakely
Springfield
Henry Dewald
Seneca County
Tiffin
John Franklin Jr
Coshocton
MacArthur warns of Japanese buildup near Australia
Allied and U S leaders warned of a growing Japanese buildup in the island perimeter north of Australia. MacArthur said the enemy concentrates major force as air reconnaissance notes reinforcement. Nimitz said the Pacific campaign now reaches a tougher phase to destroy ships planes and neutralize island strongholds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Allied
Chester W. Nimitz
United States Pacific Fleet
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Admiral Nimitz
American Red Cross
Red Cross Launches Big War Fund Drive
Ohio Red Cross chapters opened a drive to raise 6 993 900 toward the national goal of 125 million dollars. Americans are urged to donate double their previous amounts. Local and international programs will receive equal shares. President Roosevelt urged at least 125 million dollars to aid every American boy on every front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Red Cross
Roosevelt
Peanut Vendor to 7 Presidents Succumbs
Steve Vasilakos a 58 year old known to seven presidents as the man who sold peanuts before the White House died of heart disease yesterday He had also sold war bonds totaling $50 000 before his final illness setting a record for serving dignitaries and visitors with peanuts and popcorn at the White House front curb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Steve Vasilakos
White House
Vasilakos
House Trailer Fire Causes $125 Damage
A house trailer owned by Hugh Wharton on North Mulberry Street was damaged by fire, causing about $125 in damage Sunday after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Wharton
Coupon System Goes Into Effect Across Nation Monday
Washington dispatch notes the new wartime rationing begins after eight days of halted sales with blue coupon stamps valid for March. About 1,000,000 trained volunteers stand ready nationwide to assist the public. Housewives are advised to study shopping lists and point charts before shopping, and to have stores or delivery boys supervise coupon use. Red stamps are reserved for meat rationing starting March 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
OPA
Paul M. O’leary
Five Members of Ranch Family Slain in Auburn Calif
A deputy sheriff uncovered a grisly massacre on an Auburn ranch as five members of the Laishaw family were found dead. Amos Laishaw 38 and wife Ollie were in a well while Bertha 55 Charles 57 and young Charles 6 lay shot in a bedroom. Bodies showed two weeks’ delay, leaving murder or mass suicide as possible explanations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Calif
Califonia
Charles H. Silva
Amos Laishaw
Ollie
Laishaw
Mo Bertha
Charles
Mill Fire Destroys Plant in Oakland. Losses Top Five Million
A six alarm blaze engulfed the Albers Milling Company plant in Oakland causing losses estimated at about 5.5 million dollars. The fire also touched a merchant ship nearby, which was later extinguished as flames threatened nearby buildings. Firefighters stated the blaze approached within 200 feet of structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Albers Milling Company
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Donets Basin
Carl C. Cranmer
Associated Press
Medjez-el-Bab
Allied Headquarters
Erwin Romimel
Red Army
Donets
Dnieper
Ukraine
Kharkov
Kursk
Aoa
H. W. Harden
The
Durocher
India
Corp. Darrall L. McAfee
Bedan
Kan
Stewart Streit
Nimitz
United Nations
Douglas MacArthur
Ring of Islands
Peanut Vendor
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