War boosted attendance at Ohio lakes and parks in 1942
The Ohio Division Conservation reports at least two and a quarter million people visited inland lakes and parks in 1942, slightly more than 1941, due to war driven use closer to home. A Golden Wand item notes kites and a future bombardier, art by Donald Kimble, strong stamp sales at West School, and juvenile reading trends favoring humor over classics.
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Lakes
Ohio Division , Conservation and Natural Resources
W. R. Wheelock
Inland Lakes and Park Section
Reaon
Ben Franklin
Donald Kimble
Sunday Dispatch
Rosa Bonheur
West School
Reading Circle
Suzette
Belinda
Joe
Opal Hart
Rader
Health chief cites flood contaminated well illness near Jaynesville
Dr. Edward Blair Warren County health commissioner reports over 100 residents of Jaynesville became ill after drinking water from a flood contaminated well. He says the situation is improving and “everything is alright now.”
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Lebanon
Edward Blair
Warren County
Jaynesville
Expect Early Statement of Post-War Aims
The Associated Press reports on Congressional action as House debates tax abatement and post-war policy on labor salaries civilian supplies and farm fronts. April ration stamps become valid though not usable for a week. A bloc forms on Capitol Hill to push a pay as you go compromise to offset income taxes for 1942 or 1943. The administration’s position on the nation’s postwar plan is unsettled.
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Washington
House
Capitol Hill
Congress
Daniel W James Dies at Athens
Daniel W. James 64, former local theater operator, died at Sheltering Arms hospital Athens after a recent limb amputation operation. Funeral services set for Saturday at Dowler Ferguson funeral home in Athens. He had lived with his sister Mrs Leonard Coates since last June and previously taught school in Perry County.
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Dowler-Ferguson Funeral Home
Athens
Daniel W. James
Sheltering Arms Hospital
James
Leonard Coates
Coalburg
Perry County
Beauty operator buys Main Street building
Miss Camille Messmore, Logan beauty salon operator, purchased the Lehman Paint and Wallpaper Store building at 69 East Main Street at a trustees sale of George Blum’s property held Wednesday afternoon. Messmore opened her first beauty shop in the building on November 6, 1924, and she said plans for future disposal will be announced.
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Camille Messmore
Logan Beauty Salon
Lehman Paint and W Wallpaper
East Main Street
George Blum
Messmore
Forgotten Pass Halts Marriage at Army AF Chapel
Staff Sgt. M Hufford and Betty C Welker of Lancaster Ohio wed in the Army Air Forces instrument instructors school chapel in Bryan Texas. Before departure Hufford forgot a post pass for his bride to enter the post, delaying the ceremony but the marriage went ahead.
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Bryan
Tex
M. Hufford
Betty C. Welker
Lancaster
Ohio
Army Air Forces Instrument Instructors
Hufford
Ground Sinks Beneath City After Mine Cave-In
A mine cave-in in Pittston, Pennsylvania, caused widespread ground subsidence in a city of about 16,000. Over 150 homes and buildings cracked or sank, with yawning crevices, swinging trees, and ruptured water and gas mains. A $400,000 high school building was severely cracked and feared to collapse, as fissures spread from the school site. Police and fire departments warned the sinking could continue.
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Pittston
Pennsylvania
Sherwood May Quit for Parole Position
Governor Bricker and Welfare Director Sherwood declined to confirm a report that Sherwood will resign next month to join the Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission. A source said if he seeks the Jewell seat, he could obtain the appointment when terms expire March 31.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
State Welfare
Charles L. Sherwood
Sherwood
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Harrison W. Jewell
Delaware
Lady with bell dies in Cincinnati baseball town
Cincinnati reports the death of Goldie Jane Grandma Fox aged 65 known for ringing a cowbell at Reds games. She began playing baseball in her fifties as a daily recreation and became a local character at home games.
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Lady With Bell
Cincinnati
Reds
Goldie Jane
Great Lakes navigation season opens on Lake Erie
Lake Erie eastern end clears enough for traffic as 1943 Great Lakes season opens. Commander Roscoe House of the U S Coast Guard reports ice conditions have cleared sufficiently to permit vessels entering for the season.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Roscoe House
U. S. Coast Guard
Ten Die in Portage Ordnance Plant Blast
An explosion at the Portage ordnance depot in Ravenna killed ten workers and seriously injured two others. Col. Raymond A. Brown said no cause would be released until after investigation while operations continue with normal staffing. The dead include Rufus Bankston and Robert Scott among others. the injured were evacuated.
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Ravenna
Col
Raymond A. Brown
Surrendering Italians Struck By German Unit Near Tunis
Forty Italian soldiers surrendering to an American force near Makinassy in central Tunisia were immediately fired upon by a German unit. An American officer said the action was highly significant and could affect the number of prisoners taken from the group.
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Makinassy
Wargo Boy Dies of Accidental Gun Wounds
Robert Wargo, 12, died from gunshot wounds received when his 10-year-old brother Thomas accidentally shot him in the abdomen last Tuesday. Coroner S. C. Ward of Lorain County released the findings in Elyria on March 25.
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Elyria, O
Robert Wargo
Julius Wargo
S. C. Ward
Lorain County
Thomas
Canned Goods Ration Stamps Valid Thursday
Washington reports March 25 marks validity for April canned goods stamps though housewives may hold them for a week. Officials hint at April value reductions for many processed fruits and vegetables and announce a new fruit and vegetable point table. March stamps must be spent by midnight or Wednesday or they become worthless.
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Washington
OPA
Million Dollar School Bill Before Senate
A bill before the Ohio Senate proposes a state public school rehabilitation and equalization fund of about 1 million dollars to aid districts in financial distress. It would grant the Education Department authority to require management changes as a condition for aid, aiming to remedy poor district administration and foster ongoing supervision. The measure seeks to stabilize finances, pay delinquent salaries, and fund building and equipment needs.
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Columbus
Senate
State Department of Education
Albert L. Daniels
Highland
Director of Education
Board of Education
High School Boys Ordered to Work or Fight in Euclid
Euclid Draft Board 49 ordered 18 year old high school boys to study or fight after teachers complained that deferred students planned to graduate without studying. H P Lane, clerk, said 50 students received the order.
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Cleveland
Euclid Selective Service Board
H. P. Lane
Draft Board 49
Blind child dies in Toledo home fire
Leonard Luce three year old blind son of Mr and Mrs Owen Luce died from burns in a house fire that destroyed their home near Toledo Ohio yesterday.
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Toledo,o
Leonard Luce
Owen Luce
Here
Americans Score Local Gains in Maknassy Area
American patrols scored local gains in the Maknassy area as US long range 155 mm guns bombarded Mezzouna air field near the Tunisian coast. Allied air squadrons attacked Axis concentrations along a 20 mile stretch between Mareth and Gabes while Montgomery’s forces repelled counterattacks at the Mareth Line.
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Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
8Th Army
Mareth Line
Tunisia
U. S
Mezzouna
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Maknassy
Gafsa
Mareth
Gabes
Tunisian
Montgomery
London
el Alamein
Meat Packers Say Shortage Not Imminent in Chicago
The meat packing industry argues meat comes from livestock not ration books and point values won’t guarantee supply. Government purchases in April will take 30 to 80 percent of meat from federally inspected plants, with veal at 30 percent and lower quality beef at 80 percent.
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Chicago
Wartime Food Policy Debate Signals New Agency
Washington reports a planned wartime food administration to manage production distribution and pricing. Chester C. Davis is tipped to head the agency while Prentiss M. Brown warns that Bankhead and Pace farm bills could lift consumer costs by about 17 to 18 percent and end price and wage stabilization.
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Washington
Bankhead
Pace
Roosevelt
Food Administration
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Prentiss M. Brown Jit
Brown
House
Farmers to plant more corn this year in Ohio
The Department of Agriculture reports a March 1 survey showing Ohio farmers will plant 3,493,000 acres of corn, up two percent from 1942 but down 1.4 percent from the national average. Oats rise two percent, soybeans seven, tameha four, potatoes two, and burley tobacco five.
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Columbus
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Burley Tobacco
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