Politician Defends Dies Committee Vote In Congress
Congress man Walter E. Brehm faced questions in Washington about his support for continuing the Dies Committee. He cited Earl Browder of the Communist Party as advocating its ousting, while noting that the United Socialist Party also campaigned against the committee. He asserted his vote to continue the Dies Committee.
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Washington
Lhy
Dies
Walter E. Brehm
Communist Party of America
Earl Browder
Unist
Gandhi ends 21 day hunger strike in Delhi
Indian nationalist leader Gandhi, age 73, halted a 21 day fast protesting British internment by drinking orange juice at 9 30 AM. A communique said he showed strain but remained in good spirits as he returns to status of political prisoner with limited visitors. He had been in confinement since August 9 after leading noncooperation and civil disobedience.
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Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandh
Gandhi
Confin
all-India Congress Party
Lord Linlithgow
General Wo gan ill after eating mushrooms in California
Major Gen. John B. Wogan commander of the 18th armored division was seriously ill with food poisoning at Camp Beale. Capt. Chandler Sprague said Wogan his wife and their daughter Patsy 16 were stricken after dining on what they believed were mushrooms.
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Marysville
Calif
John B. Wogan
18Th Armored Division
Chandler Sprague
Camp
Beale
Sprague
Wogan
Patsy
Richmond Presbyterian Church Destroyed by Fire
The 91 year old Presbyterian Church in Richmond was destroyed by fire yesterday in Steubenville Ohio. Estimated loss stands at $10,000 with authorities noting the blaze caused total ruin of the structure.
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Steubenville, O
Richmond
Sale of horse meat keeps Ohio dinner tables open
Ohio health committee defeated a bill to prohibit horse meat for human consumption. Rep. John R. Wood accused backers of porking the measure and warned that revealing who voted against it would reveal motives. Hill Packing Co reported shipping nearly 1,000,000 pounds of horse meat into Ohio last year. The legislature also extended life-prison parole, made mutilation of dead bodies a felony, reenacted a liquid fuel tax, and rejected a war-rationed theft bill.
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Columbus
Ohio
House of Representatives
John R. Wood
Montgomery
Wood
Hill Packing Company
Topeka
Kas
Senate
House
Rationing of Meats and Fats To Begin April 1
Washington reports that meats cheese butter and cooking fats will be rationed starting April 1 under No 2 ration book plans. Sources say meat rations may run about 1% pounds per person per week as preparations proceed and a press conference will discuss further details.
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Washington
Prentiss Brown
Madame Chiang urges postwar peace of charity and forgiveness
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek urged a postwar peace of charity and forgiveness for the enemy as the United Nations victory arrives. Speaking to 17,000 in Madison Square Garden and a nationwide radio audience, she called for a future world as one great state with justice, co existence, cooperation, and mutual respect. Lieutenant General H. H. Arnold said the Air Force aims for wide scale bombing of Japan to ensure total destruction on its own soil.
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Mme. Chiang
H. H. Arnold
United States Army Air Force
Japan
Methodists Arrange Free Taxicab Service
Bluster and snow this March evening keep nobody away from the Week of Dedication program at the Methodist Church at 7 30. A call on number 92 will summon free taxi transport for anyone fearing the journey. E Don Bancroft will lecture on Laymen and the New World Order. Harry Heinlein organized the taxi service.
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Methodist
E. Don Bancroft
New World Order
Harry Heinlein
Army glider crashes after breaking tow in Lucasville
A glider broke from its tow plane and crashed at Lucasville near Portsmouth, killing one person and injuring another. The aircraft and glider were based at Pope Field in Charlotte, North Carolina. Names of the victims were withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Portsmouth
Lucasville
Pope Field
Charlotte
N. C
Wallace to Address Franklin County Farmers Day
Vice President Henry A Wallace will address Franklin County farmers and consumers in Columbus on National Farm Day. He will speak at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware earlier that day as part of the nationwide observance.
Japanese convoy sunk and damaged in Pacific air onslaught
Allied reports say four transports and cargo ships of a 14-ship Japanese convoy were sunk or damaged as Gen. MacArthur’s air force hunted the remnants near Lae New Guinea. The bulletin notes 13 Japanese fighters shot down and multiple hits on warships. MacArthur’s planes also struck Lae Soemba Soembava islands Wide Bay and Gasmata airfields.
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Australia
Bismarck Sea
Lae
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Soemba
Soembava Islands
Wide Bay
New Britain
Four-City Pool Proposed for Fire Equipment in Ohio
The Tiffin City Council proposed a regional pool of fire equipment serving Tiffin Fostoria Findlay and Fremont to be used in emergencies, a plan announced March 3.
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Tiffin, O
Tiffin
Fostoria
Findlay
Fremont
OPA Adjusts Ohio Milk Prices and Areas
The Office of Price Administration announced minor milk price adjustments and redefined distribution territories in Ohio. Montgomery County distributors gain a half cent per quart to align with Cincinnati Middleton and Hamilton prices, while Sandusky County sees a one cent per quart rise to prevent diversion to higher Toledo area prices. The Cleveland Akron Toledo and Cincinnati market delivery areas are redefined.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Office of Price Administration
Montgomery County
OPA
Cincinnati
Middletown
Hamilton
Edward C. Welsh
Sandusky
Toledo
Welsh
Akron
Navy casualties may be 10 percent
Washington March 3 A grim warning to expect a 10 per cent casualty rate in Navy personnel was laid before Congress as Secretary Knox disclosed an operating force plan to 2,250,000 by July 1944. The figures were presented as the House subcommittee completed work on a new 4 billion dollar naval spending bill.
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Washington
Congress
Knox
Navy
House
Subcommittee On Naval Appropriations
Train kills worker on tracks near Bucyrus
A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train struck and killed Ray Crissinger, 61, a laborer, as he worked on the tracks yesterday near Bucyrus Ohio.
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Bucyrus, O
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ray Crissinger
43 Senators Back Ag Deferments in War Draft Debate
Washington reports that 43 senators backed a blanket farm deferment plan, six shy of a majority, as opponents pursued a substitute limiting the deferment to essential agricultural work. The Bankhead measure, approved by the military committee, would defer until January 1, 1944, those regularly engaged in farming.
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Washington
Bankhead
D-Ala
Military Committee
War Department
Selective Service
Rules Committee
Sabath
Senate
British Troops Rout Enemy in Tunisian Battle
British First Army repulsed German armored and infantry units in northern Tunisia on Tuesday as artillery barrages and determined resistance forced a German retreat. In central Tunisia, Allied forces—American, British, and French—made steady gains against Rommel’s offensive, while German claims about Rzhev north of Moscow appeared to mask broader retirements.
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Semeon Timoshenko
Rzhev
Moscow
Berlin
RAF
Germany
Tunisia
Jurgen von Arnim
Erwin Rommel
Stalingrad
MGM Studio Appeals Mickey Rooney 1A Status
MGM appeals Mickey Rooney 1-A classification as draft deferment tests whether acting acts as essential industry. Rooney, 21, agrees with military service if required, while his mother says the studio initiated the move. MGM says appeal aims to assess deferment for Rooney and other actors.
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Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Mickey
M-G-M
Selective Service
Sacramento
Calif
Sam
Nell Pankey
Rooney
Inferno wipes out Miami Valley Lumber main building
Oxford reports the worst fire in 25 years swept the Miami Valley Lumber Co main structure late last night. Officials estimate damage between 75 thousand and 100 thousand dollars. Fire crews battled the blaze as investigators begin examining the site.
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Oxford, O
Oxford
Miami Valley Lumber Co
Congressmen Struggle With Old Problems On Capitol Hill
The AP reports Washington lawmakers debate farm labor deferments and draft relief while plans for postwar veterans surface. A one year lend lease extension looms as Europe's 1943 food supply appears 15 percent below pre war levels. Doughboys and income tax questions dominate House and Senate discussions amid continued Ruml plan opposition.
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Senate
House
Capitol Hill
Agriculture Department
Europe
Armed Services
Treasury
Beardsley Ruml
Ways and Mears
Butter rationing planned by OPA in coming months
Washington reports butter cheese and cooking fats and oils rationing under consideration with April 1 target date if approved. Tentative meat rationing plans set a weekly allowance of about one and three quarters pounds per person with March 28 as a kickoff date.
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Washington
OPA
Marion County commissioner Zachman dies at 59
Urban F. Zachman aged 59, longtime Marion County commissioner and former city councilman, died today from a heart ailment. He had served as president of the Commissioners Association.
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Marion
Urban F. Zachman
Marion County
Ninemissioners Association
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