British in hot pursuit of Rommel and a wartime muskets tale
A Daily News window displays an ancient Civil War musket once owned by John Ogg of Depot Hotel. The piece links a family visit by Joe Gompf and relatives to his return to work on April 1 at Smith and Young Wholesale Florist Supply, tracing his training with his Logan greenhouse and Whitmore's.
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Daily News
John Ogg
Depot Hotel
Abandson
Neal Michels
Elliott, O
Joe Gompf
Gary
Margie Ann
Columbus
Mrs. Gompf
South Mulberry Street
Logan
the Cross Hospital
Joe
Smith and Young Wholesale
Orist Supply Company
Whitmore’s
Yorkville Village Crowned for Cosmopolitan Population
Yorkville Ohio March 30 The village known as Champs holds more than a basketball title It leads Buckeye country in foreign born residents among towns 1000 to 2500 population In 1963 Yorkville had 778 overseas born inhabitants and 829 children of foreign born parents Among players Walter Jokovich Richard Dayoub Carl Casshie Anton Radakovich James Franko J Karanzas William Kolas Harry Gevas Armand Fiorn and Robert Jackson highlight the diverse roster.
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Yorkville
Ohio River
Buckeye
Ohio
Walter Jokovich
Richard Dayoub
Carl Casshie
Anton Radakovich
James Franko
J. Karanzas
William Kolas
Harry Gevas
Armand ‘Fior
Andel Magnone
Star
Robert Jackson
Brazilian Police Uncover Spy Plot Against United States
Rio de Janeiro march 30 an Axis spy plot involving a Brazilian army artillery unit and other Brazilian nationals plus current and former Axis diplomats was disclosed to the tribunal of national security. Intercepted clandestine radio to Germany showed Capt Tullio Regis do Nascimento sought official permission to visit American war plants and study fire control gear on U S naval vessels.
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Rio DE Janeiro
United States
U. S
Brazil
Germany
Ofcer
Tullio Regis Do Nasimento
Plane crash in Canadian northwest claims USO members
Washington dispatch reports a Royal Canadian Air Force crash in the Canadian northwest last Saturday. Miss Christeen Street, 32, of Barberton Ohio, and two other USO workers were among the those killed in the incident.
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Washington
Christeen Street
Barberton
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canadian Northwest
Nazis Sell Out Middle Class Warned by OWI Report
The Office of War Information charged that the Nazi regime betrayed its pledge to foster a healthy middle class in Germany. It said small businesses were forced to close or become subsidiaries of giant combines, with consumers' interests ignored in centralized policy as wartime taxes and postwar labor issues loomed in Congress.
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Washington
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
Capitol Hill
Office of War Information
OWI
Hitler
House of Representatives
Mme Chiang Appeals for Labor Unity and Victory
Mme Chiang Kai-Shek urged American workers to unite as fellow laborers in a wartime appeal at a CIO AFL and Railroad Brotherhood gathering in San Francisco. She emphasized shared sacrifice, pledged solidarity with U S labor, and urged production and victory through unity.
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San Francisco
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
America
China
CIO
AFL
Railroad Brotherhood
Mme. Chiang
Directors to Meet Next Week on Draft Changes
Washington March 30 A conference of state selective service directors is set for next week to discuss regulations that may allow drafting of fathers when other classes are exhausted. Officials describe the gathering as an annual affair to exchange problems, though reports of major rule changes persist.
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Washington
National Headquarters
Paul V. MecNutt
Armed Services
Athens Taxi Operator Found Dead In Cab Near City
Pearl Day, 43, a taxi operator in Athens, was found dead last night in a parked cab along a road near Athens. Coroner A. L. Pritchard returned a verdict of death by his own action, stating exhaust fumes were drawn into the vehicle.
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Athens
Pearl Day
Here
A. L. Pritchard
Emergency meat rationing conference slated in Columbus
An emergency conference to discuss meat rationing was called for April 7 and 8 in Columbus by the Ohio Restaurant Association.
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Columbus
Ohio Restaurant Association
War Fund Contributions Surpass $7 800 Goal in Hocking County
Hocking County exceeded its Red Cross War Fund quota by 1626.53 with a total of 9426.53 banked and more contributions expected. Sherman H Lebold reports Logan area raised 7392.85 and rural regions 2033.68. Forest E Weinrich led Logan drive and Rev A L Heyde led rural campaigns.
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Hocking County
Red Cross
Sherman H
Pete) Lebold
General War Fund
Lebold
War Fund Committee
Ohio
Sebold
Logan City
Forest E. Weinrich
Logan
Rev
A. L. Heyde
Germans Reconcile To Sleepless Nights
Stockholm report quotes Berlin correspondent of Aftonbladet noting German spokesmen fear last night’s British raid on Berlin signals a potential start to an invasion of the European continent.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Gas station owner shot after refusals in Elyria
Elyria Ohio report states Ray Belin about 55 the station operator was shot in the left side and wounded critically today after refusing to turn over station receipts to a gunman according to police.
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Elyria, O
Ray Belin
Elyria
Speck the Lion to Be Given Mickey Finn in Basement Holdout
Kansas City reports a 600 pound lion Speck refused to leave his basement den in a boarding house. Efforts to lure him into a cage failed. Police and zoo officials considered anesthetic in his food to knockout the beast, with plans to place him with an animal troupe.
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Lion
Mickey Finn
Speck
Mary Pratt
Pratt
Work stoppage in mines checked in Appalachian region
New York March 30 A threatened work stoppage in the Appalachian soft coal mines was averted by agreement of southern district operators and the United Mine Workers to extend contract negotiations to April 30 if needed. The northern group will reconvene for sub committee talks, while the southern group meets this afternoon. About 450000 miners in the northern and southern Appalachian regions are affected. UMW seeks a $2 daily pay rise, a minimum $8 per day for mine field workers, and unionization of minor bosses.
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New York
Appalachian
Southern
United Mine Workers Union
Northern Appalachian
UMW
Traffic deaths at historic lows in February Chicago
The National Safety Council reports February traffic fatalities at the lowest level in 16 years. The toll about 1,600 was 32 percent below February 1942 and 38 percent under the February 1941 peak, with signs of a bottoming trend amid wartime restrictions.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Montgomery's Army Sweeps Through Gabes
Gen Sir Bernard L Montgomery's 8th Army drives 20 miles from the Mareth Line into Gabes and El Hamma to trap Rommel's Africa Corps. Churchill hails fall of Gabes as 8th Army and Allied forces tally 8,000 prisoners. Junction with American troops nears as Axis retreat under air attack. 50 Axis vehicles destroyed and nearly 300 damaged north of Gabes to Sfax. Luftwaffe and British reports note new tank busting methods and heavy bombardment.
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Bernard L. Montgomery
8Th Army
Gabes
Mareth Line
Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
Churchill
Mareth
Dwight D. Eisenhower
el Hamma
Rommel
Oudres
Sfax
London
Preacher-Farmer Defies Guardsmen in Kentucky Standoff
In Lexington a farmer preacher Frank Hopkins barricaded himself and family in a one room shanty after a gun duel with contractor Andrew Pierson. He surrendered after 24 hours, wounded, as Fayette County police and militia surrounded the home. A deputy and a child carrying whiskey and aspirin were among the family.
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Lexington
Fayette County
Lexington Rifles
Kentucky
Fayette
J. W. McCord
Hopkins
J. Archer Gray
McCord
McCord That the Barricaded Man Was Adamant In His Refusal To Surrender. Dr. Gray
Jesus
Bricker Meets GOP Heads on 10 View Problems
Gov. John W. Bricker met with Ohio Republican leaders to resolve session delays. Proposals include not exceeding 97 million dollars for school appropriations, simplifying utility rate computations, extending the .65% utilities tax to April 30, 1945, caution against highway director speed limit bills, and seriously considering liquor rationing. Administration experts show a possible extra 2.1 million for 1943-44 without breaching the budget. A utilities commission bill would use original investment in rate making.
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Columbus
John W .Bricker
Ohio
Senate Taxation Committee
House
Senate
State Utilities Commission
Restricted area around London set by Home Secretary
Home Secretary Herbert Morrison announced in the House of Commons that the east and south coasts to ten miles inland will become a restricted area from Thursday April 1. He said no general ban on visiting, but access to certain places may be restricted or barred without prior notice by military authorities for military purposes.
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London
Herbert Morrison
Home Secretary
Home Security
House of Commons
Morrison
New tonnage exceeds shipping losses in Allies’ eight months
London reports that A V Alexander states at the Guildhall the Allies produced shipping tonnage in the last eight months exceeding losses by well over two million tons. He warns the U boat remains the deadly menace and notes the Axis still poses a serious threat.
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London
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Guildhall
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