Certificates honor farm families in 1943 drive
The national Certificate of Farm War Service will be presented to Hocking County farm families joining the nation wide drive for maximum food production in 1943. Secretary Wickard says the 11 by 14 inch certificates honor the fighting units of the food front and reflect appreciation for the long hard work and ingenuity of farm families amid total war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Hocking County
Paul H. Shaw
Usda War Board
County War Board
AAA
Wickard
C10 Chief Attacks Tax Hire Bill in Ohio Hearing
Ted Silvey of the Ohio CIO attacked the administration's unemployment insurance tax measure in a Senate hearing. The bill would add a 1 percent surtax on wages of wartime plants and raise 5 million dollars yearly for benefit funds, seen as favoring 200 large manufacturers over 57,600 other employers.
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Columbus
Ted Silvey
Ohio Cio
Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Silvey
Labor Committee
Richard Savey Joins Railway Mail Service
Richard Savey of South Logan, a decade long Logan Post Office clerk, transferred to the Railway Mail Service. He left Monday for Columbus to start new duties at the Columbus mail terminal, while Mrs. Savey will remain behind.
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Richard Savey
South Logan
Logan Post Office
Railway
Columbus
Savey
Colsman Roy Rinehart Dies In Hit-Skip Crash
Roy W. Rinehart a 33 year old Columbus man on his way to a new warplant job was killed when struck by a hit skip motorist. The incident occurred in Columbus Ohio amidst wartime industrial activity. Authorities investigated as a fatal traffic collision requiring further details.
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Columbus
Roy W. Rinehart
United Mine Workers Leader Warns of April Work Stoppage
John L. Lewis says northern soft coal operators must negotiate a new contract by March 31 or 450,000 miners will not report for work on April 1. He blames operators for failure to bargain and warns the industry to avoid costly strikes, while proposing set negotiations and committees to restart talks.
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New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
Charles O’neill
Northern
County Lacks Funds for Property Appraisal
County Auditor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald said Hocking County will skip the regular six year real estate appraisal this year due to no appropriation. The last appraisal occurred in 1937 and would have computed individual and aggregate values of lands and buildings in the city and county.
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Kenneth R. Fitzgerald
Hocking County
Doanville Youth Missing In Action In Navy Casualties
Washington reports 49 Navy casualties last night including six dead and 43 missing. The total since December 7, 1941 rises to 24,395 for Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard with 6,740 dead 4,612 wounded and 13,043 missing. Ohio names include James Arthur Blrtcher listed missing and Clara Dewees Guardian of Doanville.
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Washington
Navy
Navy Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
Ohio
Blrtcher
James Arthur
Guardian
Clara Dewees
Doanville
Entertainer Jacob Raub Dies at 85 in Seneca Infirmary
In Ohio, Jacob Raub longtime medicine show performer died at 85 in Seneca infirmary. He joined a traveling medicine show at 17 and retired at 70 to become a house painter.
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Tiffin, O
Jacob Raub
Seneca Infirmary
Mickey Rooney Rejected by Army After Physical Exam
Hollywood star Mickey Rooney, 21, has been rejected by the Army following a medical examination. Lt. Col. Agard H. Bailey announced the decision from the Los Angeles induction center after Rooney was referred by draft officials and underwent a thorough checkup. Rooney cited no specific reasons but noted he had not yet been informed of the result. his mother had reported high blood pressure and a heart flutter two weeks earlier.
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Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Agard H. Bailey
Los Angeles Induction Center
Rooney
Bailey
Nell Pankey
Mickey
Bricker Says Farmers Shun U S Job Service
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker told a farm belt governors conference that farmers in Ohio have become discouraged with the United States Employment Service. He said rules and time-consuming procedures deter farmers from seeking aid for needed labor and warned that unless action is taken, America could go hungry. Ohio crops may fall 10 to 11 percent below 1942 levels.
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United States Employment Service
Washington
Bricker
Ohio
America
Housewives Get Same Point Quota
The Office of Price Administration said housewives will keep 48 ration points for April. Blue stamps D E F in book No 2 remain valid through March. A B C stamps good through March 31. A overlapping week lets April stamps be used from March 25 to April 30 to maximize remaining denominations.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Hocking County Man Seeks Compensation for Snakebite
Merton Lama of Rockbridge Hocking County sues for compensation after a copperhead bit his right hand and wrist twice while cutting a power line right of way in Fairfield County. He claims venom caused lasting disability and a wry neck. Ohio Industrial Commission meanwhile investigates the first such case.
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Columbus
Ohio
Industrial Commission
Merton
Lama
Rockbridge
Hocking County
Commission
Will Blake
Dren
Columbus & Southern Electric Co
Fairfield County
Edwards. Thomas
Ohio State Museum
Thomas
World police proposal stalls in Congress showdown
In Washington on March 16 the world police plan splits Senate and House along party lines. Taft opposes a multinational force while Connally supports it but avoids specifics. In the House the Ruml tax debate edges toward a 1944 campaign clash as leaders seek compromises on manpower draft and abatement terms. President Green of the AFL may testify to push labor influence with possible revisions.
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Congress
Senate
House
Taft
Ohio
Wheeler
D-Mont
Connally
Texas
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Settlement sought in Canton Timken strike
A federal conciliator sought a settlement of a day-old strike at Timken Roller Bearing Co. Gambrinus plant in Canton Ohio as 225 of 600 first-shift workers returned. The company released a telegram claiming machining operations were idle due to a protest against promoting Negro workers, prompting ministers to request federal intervention.
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Canton
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Gambrinus
A. T. Pinkney
Cleveland Conciliation Office
Washington
Judge Stepherson Seriously Ill After Heart Attacks
PORTSMOUTH March 16 Judge Will P. Stepherson former Ohio Supreme Court member is gravely ill at his West Union home after suffering three heart attacks in five days doctors say he is too weak for hospital transfer and remains under care at home
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Portsmouth
Will P. Stepherson
Ohio Supreme Court
West Union
New Gains Counter Kharkov Victory In Central Front
Allied dispatches report Red Army gains of at least 47 towns and villages west of Smolensk threatening to offset the German Kharkov victory. Smolensk as pivot of the front, four Russian columns closing in, possible shift of German reserves north. In Tunisia, Gen Anderson's 1st Army reportedly advanced toward Bizerta with no resistance, while Montgomery's 8th Army saw a quiet day along the Mareth Line.
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Smolensk
Kharkov
Ukraine
Dnieper River
Smidlensk
K. A. N. Anderson
Sedjenane
Bizerte
Gafsa
Mareth
Tunisia
Bernard L. Montgomery
Hitler
Brown appeals to Ohio egg dealers on new grading rules
Director John T. Brown of the State Department of Agriculture urged Ohio egg wholesalers and retailers to follow Office of Price Administration standards in newly proclaimed regulations. The rules, effective March 6 and 11, adopt federal state grade standards and require dealers to grade eggs themselves.
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Columbus
John T. Brown
State Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Office of Price Administration
Brown
OPA
Ex-Beer Baron Edward O'Donnell Survives Third Assassination Attempt
Chicago reports that Edward Spike O'Donnell, famed prohibition era beer baron, again escaped death after a man shot him in the back near his south side home. Doctors say the bullet lodged near the spine and chest but he is expected to recover.
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Chicago
Edward
Spike) O’donnell
O’donnell
South Side
Little Company of Mary Hospital
Allied planes blast two enemy troop vessels near Dobo
Allied airmen struck in the Aroe Islands area piling pressure on Japanese concentrations north west of Australia. Bombers hit two of three troop transports in a convoy bound for Dobo, with near hits on the third ship as Darwin faced a major 49 plane assault and Oro Bay endured a 15 plane raid.
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Australia
Dobo
MacArthur
Darwin
Oro Bay
New Guinea
Aroe Islands
French youths resist draft as German planes bomb rebellion near Alps
German planes bomb guerrilla bands of French youths hiding in Alpine foothills near the Swiss border after they resisted a forced labor draft. Up to 7,000 believed in hiding around Thonon and in the Mont Blanc region. British reports say Allied planes supply rebels while occupation troops may advance.
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London
Germany
Thonon
Haute Savoie
Lake Geneva
Switzerland
Aix-Les-Bains
Mont Blanc
Savoie
London Daily Herald
France
Woman Fatally Burned in Cincinnati Suburban Home
Detective Lee Kiley said cleaning fluid apparently ignited and fatally burned Mrs. Nick J. Lammers, 30, in her Norwood home on March 16 according to city dispatches.
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Cincinnati
Lee Kiley
Nick J. Lammers
Norwood
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