Germans Claim Victory At Kharkov In World War II Update
German forces say they recaptured Kharkov after a months long challenge and claim a major setback for Soviet counterattacks west of Belgorod. Moscow reports heavy losses for Red Army as tanks and troops were destroyed in intense fighting in the Kharkov area. The German high command also lauded Waffen SS Elite Guard units for their operational gains in the campaign.
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Kharkov
London
Belgorod
Red Army
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Tax deadline nears as 200,000 returns arrive in Columbus
Monday marks the final 11 PM filing deadline for income tax returns. Late-postmarked filings face penalties up to 5 percent plus another 5 percent per 30 days. Nationwide, 40 million taxpayers rush local offices amid an unprecedented last-minute surge. State highway data show January traffic down 35.4 percent countrywide, 34.6 percent in Ohio, with trucks comprising 40 to 50 percent of interstate road use and car trips shrinking due to rationing and a shift away from long-haul travel.
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Columbus
Ohio Department of Highways
H. G. Sours
Pearl Harbor
Liquor riot wounds Ohio inspector in Cleveland raid
Vernon C. Tobias, 48, a state liquor inspector from Fremont, was shot in the groin with his own revolver during a riot by patrons at Brooklyn Town Hall after a raid on an unlicensed liquor venue. Frank Noble, 62, of Cleveland, tied to the Rod and Gun Club, is jailed on a shooting to kill warrant issued by state agent Floyd A. Gable.
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Brooklyn Town Hall
Vernon C. Tobias
Fremont
Tobias
Frank Noble
Rod and Gun Club
Floyd A. Gable
Noble
Toll of Lost Allied, Neutral Ships Now 626
The Associated Press reports 626 Allied and neutral cargo ships sunk in the western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor. Twenty four seamen were killed, one missing, and 296 rescued in five sinkings last week.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Hoover Links War Purpose to Lasting Peace
Former President Herbert Hoover told a joint session of the Iowa Legislature that the war aims to create a lasting peace. He said Americans across political lines are united to win the war and build a world where people can live in peace, adding that military efforts alone cannot secure peace.
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Des Moines
Herbert Hoover
Iowa
Hoover
Foe Recovers Initiative On Burma Front
Gen Douglas MacArthur warned of a new Japanese threat to Australia as ships, men, and planes mass in bases northwest of the south Pacific. The New Delhi communique said Japanese forces regained initiative in Burma near Rathedaung, 25 miles north of Akyab, while Allied air power hit Japanese convoys and bases from New Guinea to the Aleutians. The communique noted growing transport concentrations around Amboina and Dobo as Japan built landing fields in the northwest area.
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South Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
New Delhi
Burma
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
Akyab
Fiere
Rathedaung
Pacific
New Guinea
Solomons
Aleutian
Kiska
MacArthur
Amboina
Dobo
Darwin
East Indies
Court House Honor Flag One of Six in Ohio
Hocking County commissioners received a formal certification from James L. Young that 90 percent of county employees invest 100 percent or more of their payroll in War Bonds. The courthouse is one of six in Ohio to fly the Minute Man flag with the red ten percent circle.
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Hocking County
James L. Young
Hocking County Payroll War Savings Committee
Young
Hocking County Court House
Ohio
Two More Hocking Boys Reported as Casualties
In mid February fierce fighting in North Africa added two more Hocking County men to the casualty list. Paul Campbell, 25, reported missing in action since February 17, had served in an infantry detach ment since October 1941. Elmo Nice, 24, wounded in action, is the Union Furnace son who had been overseas since November 1942. his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nice, had just learned of his status. Technician Frank Emrick, son of Mrs. Laura M. Emrick, New Straitsville, was also wounded in the North African area per a War Department casualty list released Saturday.
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Hocking County
Paul Campbell
H. E. Campbell
Haydenville
Ray Nice
Union Furnace
War Department
Elmo Nice
North Africa
Frank Emrick
Laura M. Emrick
New Straitsville
Taft Attacks DavIs OWI Talk as Propaganda Broadcasts
Senator Taft charges OWI Director Elmer Davis with commandeering U S radio stations for propaganda broadcasts. Davis rejects the claim, saying no chains were taken and local stations may air their own programs at the time if desired.
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Washington
OWI
Elmer Davis
Taft
Rohio
Davis
United States
Chains
Tankbusters in Cairo disclose Allied air war notes
Cairo march 15 the allied air forces with the British Eighth Army have used tankbuster Hurricane fighters against Rommel s tank army for months. The lifting of censorship bans may reveal details of this air war.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommels
Giraud Quits African Vichy To Form Union Decree
Gen Henri Giraud in Algiers drafts decrees repudiating Vichy influence in Africa and announces a 300000 strong force equipped with American arms. He pledges to safeguard the people of the homeland in a provisional government and hints at cooperation with Charles de Gaulle on a mutual trusteeship.
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Algiers
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Africa
Revolting French Youths Threatened by Axis Troops
Axis occupation authorities threaten to deploy German and Italian troops against several thousand armed French youths hiding along the southern shore of Lake Geneva unless they surrender by tonight. Italian forces have cut wire communications from St. Gingolph area, isolating the guerrillas from the rest of France.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Lake Geneva
Geneva
la Suisse
Germany
St. Gingolph
Taxes and postwar problems dominate capital politics
Washington observers report taxes and postwar issues dominating the capital agenda as millions rush to file 1942 income tax returns while Congress debates Beardsley Ruml’s pay as you go plan. President Roosevelt opposes the plan, and Ways and Means braces for action on renewing the reciprocal trade agreements act as Eden attends.
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Washington
Congress
House
Beardsley Ruml
New York
Roosevelt
Anthony Eden
United States
Ways and Means Committee
Judy Canova Weds Army Private in New Jersey Church
Judy Canova singer comedienne and Pvt Chester B England were married at the First Presbyterian Church in Newton New Jersey by Rev Clarence Rouse. Canova had an annulment after marrying Corp James H Ripley in June 1941 in Honolulu.
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Newton
N. J
Judy Canova
Ohio adjournment hopes dimmed by appropriation bill delay
Columbus March 15 The adjournment of the Ohio General Assembly by April 1 appears unlikely as the $369 million biennial appropriation bill faces further delay in disposition. Chairman Paul H Ballard of the house finance committee had predicted a vote today but now cannot say when the bill will be ready. The measure funds state government operations for 1943-44 and must await action on other expenditure proposals.
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Columbus
Ohio General Assembly
Paul H. Ballard
House Finance Committee
House
Bid for Fourth Term By Bricker Is Viewed
Columbus Ohio March 15 A possible fourth term bid by Gov. John W Bricker is viewed as likely by advisers who say it would add prestige at the Republican national convention and help avert intra party strife before the May 1944 primary. They note several potential successors if Bricker did not seek a fourth term including Lt Gov Paul M Herbert Atty Gen Thomas J Herbert Treasurer Don H Ebright and Mayor James G Stewart of Cincinnati. If Bricker seeks and wins a fourth term and then a presidential nomination the State Central Committee would name another governor candidate. Bricker has said he might seek a fourth term saying You never can tell today what you might do tomorrow.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Paul M. Herbert
Thomas J. Herbert
Don H. Ebright
James G. Stewart
Cincinnati
Republican State Central Committee
Iowa Governor Calls Farm Machinery Ration Foolish
Gov. B B Hickenlooper told a conference of cornbelt governors that federal regulations on farm machinery rationing are impractical and foolish. He noted thousands of combines in storage and a company with 1,004 units unsellable as examples of the misaligned release patterns harming food production goals.
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Des Moines, In
B. B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Dayton School Salary Dispute Threatens City Hospitals
Dayton Ohio March 15 A wage dispute involving 140 non teaching workers endangers 48 of Dayton's 49 schools today Union Business Agent J Bauer warned the stoppage could disrupt maintenance and staffing, with defense class scheduling and potential widespread closures amid unresolved talks.
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Dayton
J. Bauer
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