Murray City News Readers Back Student Council Staff
A Murray City report notes Tuesday’s items were compiled by the Murray City High School Student Council rather than a single correspondent, praised for thorough Ward Township coverage. In Logan a Treasury agent warned against counterfeit cheques and urged ID checks, stressing a nationwide education campaign. A Victory Garden meeting, led by Rev. Cecil H. Jones, featured Victor Ries of Ohio State University advising gardeners to use small plots to feed America as 11 million soldiers are mobilized.
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Murray City S
Murray City High School
Cecil H. Jones
Victory Garden Committee
Ohio Power Company
Victor H. Ries
Ohiotate University
America
Logan
Hocking
Boy held in mistreatment passing of sister aged 6
Flint Michigan March 10 John Wesley May sixteen who quit high school last month was held by police after prosecutor John Roach said he admitted torturing and causing fatal harm to his six year old sister because she was noisy. The body of Emmogene May was found wrapped in a rug under a bed in the May home by her mother and an eleven year old sister Tuesday evening. She had been struck three times in the abdomen and severely harmed with an arrow head.
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Flint
Mich
John Wesley May
John Roach
Emmogene May
May
Ohio motorists buy 1943 license stickers in wartime
Columbus March 10 state officials report Ohio motorists are purchasing 1943 automobile license stickers at about the same volume as last year despite gasoline rationing and other war worries.
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Columbus
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Ohio
Tully Marshall Dies in Hollywood at 79
Hollywood memorial reports actor Tully Marshall died at his Encina home early today at age 79. He was a veteran screen character actor with a long career in silent and sound films. Funeral plans were not immediately announced.
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Tully Marshall
Hollywood
Encina
Teacher Foresees Civil War Hatred After End of War
Professor John B. Condliffe of the University of California warned at an Ohio Wesleyan University conference that the postwar world will be poisoned by civil wars and vindictive hatreds. He said peace may be delayed by inflation unemployment broken transport and famine unless reconstruction machinery is prepared now.
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Delaware
John B. Condliffe
University of California
Ohio Wesleyan University
Miners Seek Step Up In Pay In New Contract Talks
March 10 reports negotiations open between Northern Appalachian soft coal operators and the United Mine Workers of America. The union representing about 400,000 miners seeks a $2 per day raise from a $7 base wage as the old contract nears expiration March 31. John L. Lewis chairs, Ezra Van Horn elected permanent chairman, and Thomas Kennedy named permanent secretary as talks cover hours and conditions.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
Appalachian
John L. Lewis
Ezra van Horn
Ohio Coal Operators Association
Thomas Kennedy
China Air Command Formed Under Chennault in China
Creation of China Air Command of United States forces under Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault was announced at General Stilwell's headquarters. Chennault moves from under Brig. Gen. Clayton L. Bissell as commander of American air forces in China Burma and India. Stilwell remains commanding general of U S Army forces in China Burma and India.
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Chungking
China Air Command
United States Forces
Claire L. Chennault
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chennault
Clayton L. Bissell
China
Burma
India
Stilwell
U. S. Army
Tax deadline near. county tax due March 15
County Treasurer Robert N. White announced the real estate tax payment deadline is March 15. The treasurer’s office will stay open all day Saturday March 13 to accommodate taxpayers making payments.
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Robert N. White
Two Primmer brothers listed missing in Africa
War Department telegrams report two Hocking County youths missing in action in North Africa while serving with the U S Army. Clarence Earl Primmer 28 and Wilbur Raymond Primmer 22 were inducted October 22 1941 and last heard since Feb 18 and Feb 17 respectively. Wilbur is married with a child and Ambrose Primmer serves in North Africa.
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Hocking County
War Department
Clarence Earl Primmer
George Primmer
Logan
Wilbur Raymond Primmer
Jeremiah
Bert) Primmer
Rockbridge
Clarence Primmer
Wilbur Primmer
North African
U. S. Army
Lancaster Carbon Company
Jeremiah Primmer
Ambrose
North Africa
Main Street
VETO OF FEMALE LABOR LAW LOOMS
Governor Bricker reportedly threatens a veto of any legislation that would grant war plants unlimited hours for women 18 or older. A bill would raise the work week from 45 in war plants and 48 in most industries to 54, with director approval for emergencies. The Senate sub committee plans a third draft to address labor objections.
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Columbus O
John W. Bricker
Senate Commerce and Labor
Senate
Fred G. Reiners
Cincinnati
Bricker
Auditor cites suspected $6100 city mayor fund shortage
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson said an examiner reported an apparent shortage of about $6100 in the accounts of Columbus Mayor John W. Lyons. The disclosure signals an official inquiry into municipal finances and the Mayor’s handling of city funds.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
John W. Lyons
Rumi Plan Opponents Push Back On Compromise Tax
Washington March 10 The Ways and Means Committee rejected a compromise pay as you go tax plan assailed by Rumi plan supporters as a burdensome doubling up scheme. The panel favored continuing current taxes with modifications including a 20 percent withholding on wages and salaries and a one year payment option based on prior year income.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Falls Township farmer John Dougherty gravely ill
John Dougherty, 86, a well known Falls Township farmer, is reported gravely ill at his residence on U S Route 33 at the east city limits. He has been suffering from a pulmonary ailment. Mrs. Dougherty has also been confined to her bed since Friday.
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John Dougherty
Falls Township
Mr. Dougherty
House Will Approve Continued Aid to Reds
Washington March 10. The House is set to approve a one year extension of lend lease aid to Russia despite mixed reactions in Congress. Standley reported that Moscow lacks full disclosure of U S aid while London rumors hint at US Britain and Russia talks on postwar settlement. Rep Smith warned against relinquishing wealth.
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House
Washington
Russia
U. S.S
William H. Standley
Moscow
Congress
Summers
D-Tex
Judiciary Committee
Wheeler
Dmont
Stalin
Standley
Sumner Welles
United States
London
Great Britain
Wendell Willkie
Lend Lease
Smith
Robio
Ohio moves to curb numbers racket with prison terms
Ohio Attorney General's office backs anti gambling measures aiming at the numbers racket. Proposals impose fines of 50 to 500 dollars for first offenses and up to 1000 dollars plus six months in jail for second offenses. One bill seeks 500 up to 2500 dollars fines and 1 to 3 years imprisonment for repeat offenders. The bills follow Mahoning County findings that current laws fail to halt the racket. The House acted on inviting aviation ace Edward V. Rickenbacker to speak. labor leader A F Whitney was not invited.
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Columbus
Attorney General
Thomas “J. Herbert
House of Representatives Judiciary Committee
Mahoning County
Youngstown
House Judiciary Committee
House
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Lady Hume
D-Cuyahoga
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
Rickenbacker
Victory Fund Workers To Receive Training
The Hocking County Victory Fund Committee holds a school of instruction at the White House with a 6 30 dinner arranged by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Rolland Bright announces James H Warburton will conduct the instruction for the Fourth Area. C Wood Bowen and Rev Cecil Harding Jones provide short talks.
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Hocking County
Victory Fund Committee
White House
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Rolland Bright
Victory Fund
James H. Warburton
C. Wood Bowen
Cecil Harding Jones
Russians Fall Back 100 Miles in Ukrainian Retreat
Allied dispatches report a 100 mile Soviet retreat with eight cities lost including Pavlograd Krasnograd Lozovaya Krasnoarmeisk and Kramatorsk while German forces push toward Kharkov and the Donets basin. Italian sources note Hitler moved 340000 troops from France to Russia as Allies face no second front. Threat to Voroshilovgrad looms as Soviet defense tightens.
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Russia
Adolf Hitler
Kharkov
Donets
Tunisian
Bernard L. Montgomery
8Th
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Erwin Rommel
Mareth Works
Montgomery
Mareth
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sedjenane
Bizerte
Pittsburgh
Red Army
Orel
Rostov
Switzerland
Hitler
France
Pavlograd
Dnieper
Krasnograd
Lozovaya
Krasnoarmeisk
Kramatorsk
Barvenkovo
Slavyansk
Lisichansk
Voroshilovgrad
Abandonment Authorized for Waldheading Branch
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the abandonment of the Waldheading branch of the Pennsylvania Ohio and Detroit railroad. The 17 miles span from Loudonville to Brink Haven in Ohio was approved yesterday.
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Washington
Waldheading
Pennsylvania, Ohio ,and Detroit Railroad
Loudonville
Brink Haven
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congressional curb on army may be sought
Congressional furor over military expansion and civilian mobilization sparked moves to limit the army size. A White House committee led by Hopkins Byrnes Leahy Baruch and Rosenman prepares an initial report on mobilizing war labor while senators push a resolution to cut the army by about two million from a projected 8.2 million. Stimson urged intensified civilian effort as strikes and absenteeism threaten all out war mobilization.
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Washington
White House
Harry Hopkins
James F. Byrnes
William D. Leahy
Bernard M. Baruch
Samuel I. Rosenman
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Bankhead
D-Ala
Nye
RND
Thomas
D-Okla
Stimson
Morgan at Boca Grande in grave financial case
John Pierpont Morgan age 75, financier famed for vast power, remained grave today at Gasparilla Inn Boca Grande Fla. after a recurrence of a heart ailment. Manager Jack Velelly said Morgan was resting easily, though his condition stayed serious as three doctors attended him.
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Boca Grande
Fla
John Pierpont Morgan
Gasparilla Inn
Jack Velelly
Morgan
Club Banquet Wednesday at Hocking County Fish and Game
The Hocking County Fish and Game Club will hold its annual fish fry at the Maccabee Hall Wednesday night at 6:30. The public is invited and tickets cost one dollar at the door. A program with speakers from the state Department of Conservation has been secured.
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Hocking County Fish and Game Club
State Department of Vation
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