British Troops In 100-mile Dash Around Rommel
Allied reports describe American tank units sealing Maknassy Tunisia and British forces marching 100 miles around the Mareth Line toward El Hamma. Montgomery's 8th Army breaches Mareth defenses, with 1,700 prisoners taken and continued heavy fighting as Rommel masses reserves.
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Rommel
Makinassy
Tunisia
Algiers
el Hamma
Gabes
Field
Erwin Rommel
Mareth Line
8Th Army
RAF
St. Nazaire
France
U. S
Sicilian
Palermo
Smolensk
Morocco
Adolf Hitler
George S. Patton, Jr
Maknassy
Gulf
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Montgomery
Mareth
Eighth Army
Afrika Korps
Egypt
One-year-old Blum aids war bond drive in Columbus
Paul Edward Blum, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Blum, buys his second war bond after first at six months. His family, formerly Logan residents, now in Columbus where his father works at Curtiss Wright. Uncle Joseph D Cooper stationed at Ft Lewis. An old boot on display, donated by Charles M Mohler and Jim Iles, is a museum piece with a storied past from Old Man's Cave era.
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Paul Edward Blum
Paul Blum
Logan
Columbus
Curtiss- Wright Corporation
Joseph D. Cooper
U. S. Army
Ft. Lewis
Washington
Charles M. Mohler
Hunter Street
Daily News
Mohler
Jim Iles
Old Man’s Cave
M. B. Iles
M. B
Kay Kyser Loses Draft Appeal in 1-A Class
Rocky Mount reports Kay Kyser, 37, unmarried band leader, had his appeal for deferred essential civilian status rejected. John Coley, chairman of Kyser’s draft board, said the decision was made late yesterday and a date for examination remains undecided. Kyser, speaking from Los Angeles, said he is ready to serve in the U S Armed Forces.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
John Coley
Kay Kyser
Coley
Kyser
Ohio canners set minimum peas price for farmers
Chairman Elmer F. Kruse of the Ohio Agriculture War Board announced that certified Ohio canners have agreed to pay farmers a minimum average of 55.50 dollars per ton for canning peas this year.
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Columbus
Elmer F. Kruse
Ohio Agriculture War Board
Ohio
First 1943 Baby Honored by Logan Merchants
Earl Joy Crothers and his mother Mrs Lester Crothers of Haydenville were guests of Logan merchants for the annual First Baby Party honoring the first baby born in Hocking re. Earl Joy, born January 2, 1943, is noted as the first 1943 baby.
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Earl Joy Crothers
Lester Crothers
Haydenville
Logan Merchants
Logan
Hocking Re
Earl Joy
Axis Agrees On World Order In Tokyo Talks
The Berlin and Tokyo radios reported Monday night that Germany Japan and Italy reached complete agreement in Tokyo on creation of a new world order based on justice and eternal world peace. Tojo may have attended though no special envoys were noted. European Axis committees also worked on drafting proposals.
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Berlin
Tokyo
Germany
Japan
Italy
Associated Press
Hideki Tojo
Europe
Trial Continued in Embezzlement Case
Common Pleas Judge Ralph Sugrue postponed the embezzlement trial of Clarence W. Crobaugh, 48, executive secretary of the Citizens Building Association Co., from tomorrow to Monday to give lawyers more prep time. Crobaugh was indicted March 10 on charges of embezzling $170,000 from the firm.
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Tiffin
Common Pleas
Ralph Sugrue
Clarence W. Crobaugh
Citizens Building Association Co
Crobaugh
Two Arrested in Shotgun Death Near Jackson Ohio
Sheriff Cramer announced first degree murder charges against Charles Woods 18 and Russell Wills 24 both of Ray in the killing of George Borland 71 last Saturday. Borland was found on a neighbor’s farm as he fed stock. Woods said Wills seized a shotgun and fired. both suspects were arrested after neighbors reported seeing them nearby. Wills held at McArthur jail Woods at Jackson County jail.
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Jackson
Charles Cramer
Charles Woods
Russell Wills
Ray
George Borland
Borland
Woods
Wills
Miller
Cramer
McArthur
Jackson County
Two Horses Killed in Shawnee Gasoline Blast
In New Lexington Ohio on March 23 a Happy Hatem gasoline station at Shawnee exploded during unloading of gasoline from a truck. Two horses on the premises were destroyed and a farmer had left them there minutes before the blast. No injuries reported.
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New Lexington
Shawnee
Three People On Campus During The Crime Mystery
Agatha Brown, nearing fifty, hides a life altering letter as suspicion falls on a lover who may be a traitor. In a sunlit Bardsdale, John Callahan and Cleantine prepare for a reunion while Otto’s war machine looms as a possible weapon for enemies. The drama hints at romance, loyalty, and danger ahead.
Union Grants 30 Day Mine Pause in Appalachi a Pact
United Mine Workers proposed to northern Appalachian coal mine operators that all mines in the area stay open for 30 days after April 1 under the existing contract. Wage increases or hours improvements would be retroactive. President Roosevelt urged uninterrupted work as contracts expire March 31, and wage adjustments must follow the wage stabilization act. Operators rejected a similar proposal Saturday and meet again after caucus to consider the renewed offer.
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New York
United Mine Workers Union
Appalachian
Roosevelt
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
Southern Coal Producers Association
Steel Company Head Testifies in Probe
J Lester Perry president of Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp testified before the Truman Committee that higher management was not involved in failures to follow prescribed testing procedures on steel plates for Navy orders from the Irvin Pennsylvania works. The committee had evidence from employees claiming tensile strength tests and chemical analyses were faked.
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Washington
J. Lester Perry
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Navy
Irvin, Pa
Perry
Truman Committee
Special
Senate Committee
Deferred AG Workers Urged to Stay on Farm
Col. C. W. Goble, state selective service director, warned registrants that men deferred for farm work must stay on the job to remain eligible for 2-C or 3-C classifications or face summons. He said boards have reports that some in 2-C and 3-C are not devoting full time to agriculture and spend only part on the farm.
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Columbus
Col. C. W. Goble
Selective Service
Col. Goble
Solons OKay Welfare Bill in Ohio House Vote
The Ohio House approved a bill to consolidate county welfare activities despite Republican Rep. Ralph A. Siferd warning it reeked of politics. Rep. C B Mcrae argued merger would promote economy and efficiency in welfare functions.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Ralph A. Siferd
Auglaize County
Rep
C. B. Mcrae
R Summit
House
Who’s a 3-B In the Draft
A May 23 federal filing describes a bagger earning 20 dollars weekly moved from 1-A to 3-B after appealing. The reason given was dependents and an essential activity job, not inherent necessity. Officials say this highlights widespread misunderstanding by local boards of national draft instructions.
Roosevelt confers ambassador rank on seven envoys
President Roosevelt conferred the top rank of ambassador today on United States envoys to seven Latin American countries. Senate confirmation of nominees will mean the United States is represented in all countries south of its borders by ambassadorial not ministerial officials.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Senate
Postwar planning echoes across nations in new debate
Washington reports compare Churchill's four year postwar plan with the U S National Planning Board goals while lawmakers clash over UN proposals and labor wage disputes. Charles Eliot welcomes the likeness, saying Churchill’s plan seems moderate. Senate and House leaders push debt and wage policy amid stalled stalled farm price and coal wage fights. Barkley signals action on repealing the wage order but in a bill unlikely to pass.
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Washington
Churchill
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United Nations
Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Lewis
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Plane crash at Hofstra College课堂 building fire
A low flying army plane crashed into the side of a Hofstra College classroom building at Mitchell Field early today. The building caught fire but no students were in the vicinity at the time, and police reported no injuries.
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Hempstead
Hofstra College
Mitchell Field
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