Service Men Return and Vehicle Sticker Instructions
Three service members return for furloughs to Mrs Knapp and Miss Florence Kittamiller at 51 South Depot Street as Don Knapp from Edgewood Arsenal drives home for leave, Bill Kittsmiller studies at Eglin, and John Kittsmiller travels from Ft Worth. New auto license stickers must be applied to windshields by April 1, with the glue inherent in the sticker. place face out in the lower right corner and smooth wrinkles. Metal license tags remain required on all vehicles.
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Et Knapp
Florence Kittamiller
South Depot Street
Don Knapp
Edgewood Arsenal
Bill
Eglin
Florida
John Kittsmiller
Logan
Ft. Worth
Texas
Addes C. W. Wallace
The
Reau of Motor Vehicles
Ohio Department of Highways
Revised Labor Bill Aims To Expand War-Era Labor Rules
Columbus March 5 A compromise bill on female and child labor was offered by the senate sub committee on commerce and labor. It would empower the State Industrial Commission to regulate occupations and working hours for women and minors and instruct a industrial relations department to continue policing war conditions. The substitute rewrites the Ross Bill to widen work hours for women and open more jobs, while lowering age limits for full time employment. The Ross Bill earlier sought suspension or modification of current laws during the war emergency.
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Columbus
Senate
Commerce
State Industrial Commission
Ross
Japanese convoy fear as radio silent on New Guinea fears
New York dispatch notes Japan keeping radio silence amid intensified fear after a 22-ship convoy near New Guinea was crushed by American forces.
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New York
New Guinea
Fatal crossing accident claims two lives in Jub an Hartwell
In Cincinnati on March 5 a crossing accident in Jub an Hartwell killed Oscar McClure aged 60 and Benjamin O Bannan aged 33.
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Cincinnati
Aade
Juban Hartwell
Oscar McClure
Benjamin O’bannan
OWI probes fourth term propaganda amid political fight
The OWI faced Republican charges of distributing fourth term propaganda as it defended a Roosevelt life pamphlet in 12 languages. Over 500,000 pamphlets were printed for foreign populations, while Wickard warned belt tightening for UN food needs and Brown signaled broader price controls. The House labor committee revived to probe labor conditions amid absenteeism uproar.
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Claude R. Wickard
United Nations
Prentiss M. Brown
House Labor Committee
OWI
Elmer Davis
Roosevelt
Tabor
R-Ny
House
Allied airmen end Japanese convoy assault in Tunisia
Southwest Pacific command airmen from American, British, Dutch and Australian forces completed the destruction of a 22 ship Japanese convoy near Allied headquarters in Tunisia. They sank two damaged destroyers and raised enemy planes shot down to 82, with three days totaling 12 transports and 10 cruisers or destroyers sunk. Japanese troops and seamen losses ran into thousands as New Guinea garrison efforts were turned into a major disaster.
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Tunisia
Southwest Pacific Command
New Guinea
Fire blamed on blocked hydrants after Cincinnati blaze
Deputy Sheriff Albert Pining reports a house fire in Cincinnati that killed two children, 7 month old Robert Daniels and 2 year old Delores Jean Fields. Firemen found hydrants nearby jammed with stones, possibly delaying control of the blaze. The officer said the children may have packed the hydrants in play.
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Cincinnati
Albert Pining
Robert Daniels
Delores Jean Fields
London shelter disaster claims 178 lives in raid
London authorities tightened shelter controls after 178 people suffocated or crushed during a German air raid. Two constables were posted at deep subway entrances and urgent safety measures were ordered, including better lighting and rail barriers to separate staircases. A separate inquiry was ordered by King George VI amid the tragedy that began when a woman, her baby, and a bundle were caught in a crowded stairway.
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London
Ministry of Home Security
George VI
Pernal Hankison 79 Dies Friday Morning
Pernal W Hankison 79 retired timber cutter dies at 1 15 am Friday at 661 West Hunter Street after months illness Leonard Funeral Service to handle services He leaves wife Emma one son Arthur Milan Ohio two daughters Mrs Chester Hicks at home and Mrs Martin Nader Junction City two brothers Nelson Hankison Black Jack and Charles Hankison Toledo and one sister Mrs Kathryn Hilty Columbus
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Pernal W. Hankison
West Hunter Street
Leonard
Hankison
Emma
Arthur
Milan
Chester Hicks
Martin Nader
Junction City
Nelson Hankison
Black Jack
Charles Hankison
Toledo
Kathryn Hilty
Columbus
Meat price ceilings to curb black markets in rationing era
Washington reports uniform price ceilings will soon apply to beef veal lamb and mutton with pork ceilings to follow within weeks. Officials say the move will help housewives know exact prices and distribute supplies fairly as meat rationing nears April 1. A rigid livestock licensing system is also expected to be announced to curb unlawful buying selling and slaughtering.
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Wickard
Prices set for top pork items by OPA April first
The Office of Price Administration set maximum April first prices for five popular pork products with two separate ceilings: one for independents under 250 thousand in annual sales and another for chains and independents over 250 thousand. Zone seven Ohio prices feature sliced bacon 47 and 45, ham center slices 60 and 57, whole ham 40 and 39, center cut pork chops 42 and 40, salt pork 25 and 23.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Ohio
Tax official halves critique on Ohio sales tax system
Tax Commissioner William S. Evatt opposed a legislative push for an inquiry into Ohio sales tax administration. He acknowledged bracket Inequalities but argued vendors collect roughly 3 percent of gross receipts, while consumers face up to 11 percent at the point of sale. Evatt welcomed an investigation but defended the system's overall performance.
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Columbus
William S. Evatt
Ohio
Response Generous to Red Cross War Appeal
Logan's Red Cross War Fund drive, led by Sherman Sebold, saw an instant hearty response. By 4 pm Thursday the Special Gifts Committee reported 12 pledges totaling 1250 dollars, 11 from individuals, with rural residents sending first replies via mail to conserve fuel. Individual gifts ranged from double to ten times prior years' Red Cross commitments.
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Red Cross War Fund
Logan
Sherman
Pete) Sebold
Hocking County War Fund
Forest E. Weinrich
Sebold
Red Cross
Viereck Freed After Year Behind Foreign Agents Conviction
George Sylvester Viereck, once a propagandist for German interests, was technically free of custody after a year’s service for violating the foreign agents registration act. The Supreme Court revised his conviction on Monday.
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Washington
George Sylvester Viereck
Supreme Court
Union Leader Opposes Penalty For Absentees
Washington March 5 A union leader N P Alifis district president of the International Association of Machinists AFL opposed a House Naval Committee plan to require submission of absentee records of war workers to draft boards saying it would turn the country into a penal institution He argued the measure could be used to prevent strikes Rep Lyndon Johnson D Tex challenged his understanding of the bill calling his stance shocking and noting he had not studied the motive behind it.
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Washington
N. P. Alifis
International Association of Machinists
AFL
House Naval Committee
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Organized Labor
Cagney and Garson Win Film Academy Awards
Hollywood march 5 James Cagney and Greer Garson win the Academy Awards for best actor and actress for 1942 performances. Yankee Doodle Dandy and Mrs Miniver lead, with Van Heflin Teresa Wright Wyler and Heindorf Roemheld among other winners.
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Hollywood
James Cagney
Greer Garson
Motion Picture Academy
Academy
Filmland
Cagney
Warner Brothers
Miss Garson
Mrs. Miniver
van Heflin
Johnny Eager
Teresa Wright
William Wyler
Ray Heindorf
Heinz Roemheld
The
Invaders
King’s Row
Pied Piper
Random Harvest
Bette Davis
Katherine Hepburn
Rosalind Russell
Red Army Seizes 52 Towns as Axis Faces Allied Offensives
Allied forces push across Tunisia and the Russian front reports 52 towns and villages captured northwest of Moscow as Red Army drives towards Kharkov. British First Army tanks retake Sedjenane near Bizerte while RAF continues nightly air raids on western Germany.
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First Army
Sedjenane
Bizerte
Tunisia
Red Army
Moscow
Kharkov
RAF
Germany
North Africa
Mateur-Tabarka
Jurgen von Arnim
Mareth Line
Tripolitania
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Djedeida
Tunis
Sicilian
Naples
Salerno
San Vitaliano
Bougie
Philippeville
Woman's body found in canal near Phoenix mystery deepens
The body of Jessie Beasley, a pretty brunette, was recovered from the grand canal about a mile from the car last seen with her. Beasley vanished Wednesday after accepting a ride to work from James Billetti, a 31 year old ranch caretaker for William Spagnola, mayor of Youngstown, Ohio. Billetti killed himself with a shotgun when authorities cornered him hiding in a chicken coop.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Jessie Beasley
Grand Canal
Beasley
James Billetti
William Spagnola
Youngstown
Ohio
Billetti
Blackout in 30 Areas Termed Successful by Go
Civilian Defense officials called Ohio's 30 county blackout a successful test. Ralph Stone and Col. Robert S. Harsh observed Cleveland from a civil air patrol plane. Over 1,000 industrial plants in the area participated for at least five minutes amid scattered lights and one serious accident injuring two volunteers in Jefferson County.
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Ohio
Ralph Stone
State Defense
Robert S. Harsh
Fifth Service Command
Fifth Region
OCD
Cleveland
Civil Air Patrol
Stone
Elias Bloch
Stevenville
Jefferson County Defense Corps
OPA to Seek Injunctions Against Ohio Slaughterers
The regional Office of Price Administration said it would seek injunctions today against more than 120 slaughterers and packers in Ohio Michigan Kentucky and West Virginia to curb black market practices. James C. Gruener said actions name defendants in Ohio cities and accuse them of failing to keep records and possibly exceeding meat quotas after investigations of buyers markets auctions packers and slaughterers.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
West Virginia
Gruener
James C. Gruener
OPA
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Borough of
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Long Island
New York City
JAP Radio 8
Gop
Associated Press
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General Engineering & Drydock Company
Alameda
Charles Young
Young
International
Pernal Hankison
Special Gifts Committee
Viereck Freed
Cagney, Garson
Film Academy Awards
RAF Hammers
Carl C. Cranmer
Phoenix
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