Ohio highway roadside parks draw wartime crowds
Ohio's Gulf Ohio system of 278 roadside parks attracted large wartime attendance with 1942 figures about 600000 higher than 1941. Fifteen more parks will be built after the war, as parks remain donated or land acquired free of charge. Each site features ovens benches water restrooms and landscaping under Dupre's direction with average maintenance of 456 dollars per park yearly.
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Ohio
H. G
Dupre
Michigan
Indiana
State Department of Health
Spurs
Highway Department
State Conservation Department
Price ceilings set on fresh vegetables in central Ohio
OPA fixed local retail prices for spinach 15 cents a pound peas 25 cents a pound carrots four to 12 cents a bunch tomatoes 21 to 35 cents a pound cabbage eight to 11 cents lettuce 10 to 19 cents and beans about 33 cents a pound in 30 counties including Athens Belmont Champaign Clark Coshocton Delaware Fairfield Franklin Gallia Harrison Hocking Knox Licking Logan Madison Meigs Monroe Morgan Morrow Muskingum Noble Pike Ross Scioto Union Washington. Ceiling applies immediately and remains until a nationwide limit is set.
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Columbus
Ohio
OPA
Athens
Belmont
Champaign
Clark
Coshocton
Delaware
Fairfield
Fayette
Franklin
Gallia
Insey
Harrison
Hocking
Mes
Jackson
Jefferson
Knox
Lawrence
Licking
Logan
Madison
Marion
Meigs
Monroe
Morgan
Morrow
Muskingum
Noble Petty
Pike
Ross
Scioto
Union
Ion
Washington
Sentencing postponed for admitted kidnapper Ruby Cremeans
Judge Mell G. Under delayed sentencing of Ruby Cremeans, 23, of Guyandotte West Virginia, in Columbus Ohio until next week. Cremeans admitted kidnapping 8 month old Daniel Scanlon from a location last October 12. delay to allow probation officer investigation.
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Columbus
Mell G
Ruby Cremeans
Guyandotte
W. Va
Daniel Scanlon
Revolt Halts Labor Measure In Ohio Senate
An uprising of 13 Republicans blocked a female and minor labor bill in the Ohio Senate. They insisted on a 48 hour week, defeating the 52 hour provision and sending the measure back to Rules Committee. Governor Bricker was in Cincinnati as the rupture unfolded during a closed caucus.
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Rules Committee
House of Representatives
Senate
Frank E. Whittemore
Akron
Governor’s Office
John W. Bricker
Cincinnati
Knox claims Japan lost a third of ships in war
Secretary of the Navy Knox told a Friendly Sons of St. Patrick meeting in New York that Japan had lost about 1,857,000 tons of shipping, roughly one third of her total tonnage, but had replaced about half of the losses by seizing foreign ships and salvaging and building new vessels. He added that while UN prospects look right, the journey to victory has just begun.
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New York
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Japan
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
United Nations
Nazis Launch Expected Mass U Boat Campaign
Washington reports indicate Germany opened a planned mass U boat campaign against Allied shipping in the north Atlantic. Over 72 hours, Allied escorts and RAF forces sank at least three submarines, with the Coast Guard cutter Campbell ramming and sinking one and depth bombing five others in separate engagements. A joint London Ottawa Washington notice said a master plan to combate U boat warfare had been devised as German efforts aim to choke American supply routes for an European invasion.
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RAF
British Admiralty
London
Coast Guard
Campbell
Navy
Ottawa
Washington
Red Cross says Ohio fund reaches 54 percent of goal
Harold B. Nearman director of the Red Cross lake region reports Ohio chapters have attained 54 percent of the state war fund goal of 696000. The figures reflect progress toward support for wartime relief efforts and total contributions across the state's chapters.
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Alexandria
Harold B. Nearman
American Red Cross
Lake Region
Ohio
Tojo Creates New Jap Board
Tokyo radio broadcasts quoted Prime Minister Hideki Tojo announcing a wartime advisory board to boost fighting strength. The Office of War Information report says Tojo also formed a wartime economic council and an administrative supervisory council to reduce government red tape as the war situation grows more serious.
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Tokyo Radio
Hideki Tojo
Office of War Information
Tojo
Toledo pilot saved after crash man drags parachute field
Captain Leland Cottrell of Detroit, 34, was injured with cuts, bruises, and shock when his parachute dragged him across a field after a disabled army pursuit plane crashed on a nearby farm near Toledo.
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Toledo
Leland Cottrell
Detroit
Federal Crop Board to estimate 1943 acreage
The Federal Crop Reporting Board will estimate prospective 1943 acreages in a report tomorrow. It will base figures on 80 000 farmers nationwide who have long served as crop reporters and will show how severe the food production problem may be and how much civilian consumption might be reduced.
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Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Selective Service Check Reveals Farm to War Industry Shift
Ohio, Columbus March 18 The Ohio Selective Service reports a survey of ten agricultural counties showing twice as many men left farms to join war industry as were inducted into military service. C W Goble says the figure is based on an actual file by file check of every man of military age registered in thirteen local boards. The counties polled were Butler Crawford Highland Madison Medina Morrow Pickaway Putnam Van Wert and Wayne.
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Columbus
Ohio Selective Service
Selective Service
C. W. Goble
Butler
Crawford
Highland
Madison
Medina
Morrow
Pickaway
Putnam
van Wert
Wayne
Bricker Gets Capitol Boost for 1944 Nomination
Gov. John W. Bricker was discussed in Congress as a potential Republican Presidential candidate in 1944. The exchange between Rep. George Bender and Rep. Eberharter highlighted Bricker as a capable leader with clear positions on key issues, though Bricker declined to push himself.
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Washington
John W. Bricker
Congress
Bricker
George Bender
Cleveland
Eberharter
Pennsylvanian
Bender
Republican Party
Ohio
Red Cross Faces Its Greatest Challenge in 1948 War Effort
The piece cites James F. Byrnes on Europe invasion plans by the United Nations and the Red Cross duty to aid sick and wounded. It announces the 1943 Red Cross War Fund goal of $125,000,000 and urges every American to give generously to meet the looming wartime needs.
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Europe
United Nations
Red Cross
James F. Byrnes
The
Congress
United States
Red Cross War Fund
British Storm Mareth Line in Southern Tunisia
Allied forces recaptured the air base at Gafsa in central Tunisia after a 30 mile advance, while Montgomerys 8th Army began assault on the Mareth line with four divisions. Eisenhowers communique noted improved positions in the Mareth front during March 16 and 17 and Patton took command of U.S. western Tunisia forces. Rommels defenses held under heavy fighting as German reports warned of intensified Allied attacks near Ksar Rhilane. In the Donets valley Soviet forces fought a massive tank battle with six counterattacks repulsed and two towns recaptured on the Donets western bank.
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Gafsa
Tunisia
Berlin
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Mareth Line
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Little Maginot
Gatfsa
George S. Patton
U. S
Patton
Erwin Rommel
Mareth Works
Ksar Rhilane
Mareth
Russia
Donets
Kharkov
Chuguev
Civilian Draft Revision Moves Ahead In War Effort
Washington reports a broad revision of civilian draft laws to recruit more women workers and ease labor opposition. The Austin-Wadsworth national service plan may overhaul draft provisions while a Senate bill defers farm workers. House Rules sets a hearing on the Kilday deferment proposal.
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House
Austin-Wadsworth National Service
Nye
R-Nd
War Department
Army Air Force
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate
Austin
Robert A. Taft
Harold H. Burton
Ohio
Strikers at Timken Gambrinus Plant Appeal
Canton area War Manpower Committee urges Timken Gambrinus plant strikers to sacrifice personal feelings for the duration and return to work immediately. Harry C. Markle announces unanimously adopted resolution condemning strikers for defying orders and executive decree banning racial discrimination.
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Canton
Timken . Roller Bearing Co
Gambrinus
Canton Area
War Manpower Committee
Harry C. Markle
Area War Manpower Commission
Bevis Jr Graduates at Ohio State University
Ohio State University will graduate 786 students Friday in Columbus. Among the degree recipients is 21 year old Murray Bevis, son of the university president Dr. Howard Bevis. The ceremony marks the culmination of years of study for the graduates.
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Bevis, JR
Columbus
Ohio State University
Murray Bevis
Howard
Young Bevis
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