Allied fleet massed at Gibraltar nears Mediterrean action
Reports say a vast Allied armada moved through the Straits of Gibraltar as Gen Montgomerie’s forces pound Enfidaville and Axis defenses stiffen in Tunisia. Berlin touts a major Mediterranean fleet movement while Allied and French troops push toward Cape Achkel near Bizerte.
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Ohio House to dock pay for absentees amid session unrest
About 40 representatives skipped the first Friday session of the year in Columbus as lawmakers considered emergency bills. A $20 per day penalty for absences was warned, while House leaders scheduled another session next Friday. Speaker McCulloch faced tight roll calls and one member objected to excusing absences to restore full salaries.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
William M. McCulloch
William H. Deddens
Rep. Cloyd V. Acton
R-Preble
Capital Tempers Flare As Miners Stop Work
Washington faces a wartime coal stoppage with the White House silent as lawmakers weigh drastic labor action. Elmer Davis and Prentiss Brown urge miners to return, while President Roosevelt could deploy military authority or martial law if needed to avert a national crisis. Senator Connally plans a bill to allow government takeover of struck plants and mines.
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White House
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Capitol Hill
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Haydenville Soldier Returns Note From North Africa Prison Camp
Mrs. William Bond of Haydenville reports a letter from her son Wilbur Bond known as Red who serves in the United States Army in North Africa. He was listed as missing in action on March 17 and writes from a German prison camp.
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Red) Bond
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North Africa
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Miners in Ohio Join Uprising Over Pay Rise
Adolph Pacifico of United Mine Workers says a complete work stoppage grips eastern and southern Ohio with about 20 000 miners participating. Contracts expired at midnight and workers refuse to return until a higher pay agreement is reached. Observers report many stayed away while night shifts left lamps off. Ford Sampson warns against striking amid coal shortages.
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State liquor board suspends Bertha Jackson permit
The state liquor board suspended for 20 days the D-1 permit of Bertha Jackson owner of Jack's Tavern 342 Wiley Avenue Lancaster for sale to an intoxicated person.
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State Liquor Board
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Stalin Calls for Unconditional Surrender and Second Front
Stalin lauded Allied air strikes on Europe and urged a second front as the path to an unconditional surrender of Hitler’s Germany. He vowed the Axis collapse, praised the North Africa campaign, and warned that two or three more powerful blows are needed to secure victory.
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Japanese subs raid south Pacific as U boats hunted
Allied reports indicate Japanese submarines have shifted tactics and begun raiding supply lines east of Australia in Nazi wolf pack fashion. Canadian authorities announce expanded convoy protection between Canada and Britain and plan air patrols to cover the Atlantic from North America to Europe.
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Burton backs Bricker in 1944 GOP race
Washington May 1 4 Sen Harold H Burton of Cleveland adds his name to Buckeye legislators pledged to back Ohio's favorite son candidate for the 1944 Republican presidential nomination He would follow party tradition backing a favorite son Burton avoided questions on future candidacy while friends said the statement does not close the door on a possible presidential timber bid.
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Washington
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland
Buckeye
Ohio
Burton
John W. Bricker
Selective Service to Screen Registrants May 5 at Court House
Notices mailed to 51 Logan and Hocking County registrants order them to report for screening at the Court House next Wednesday night May 5. The exam will be conducted by city and county physicians with Dr. H. G. Southard, county health commissioner, assisting, as announced Saturday by Selective Service officials.
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Hocking County
Court House
Selective Service
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President to address nation on coal strike crisis
President Roosevelt ordered immediate takeover of striking coal mines and any necessary action by the War Department. He announced a national radio address for 10 PM Sunday as miners resist a wage accord, with soft coal 85 percent idle and hard coal largely paralyzed across states.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
America
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
UMW
Army
Navy
Recorder's Receipts in Hocking County April Report
Mrs. Herman Bratton, Hocking County recorder, reports April receipts totaling 129.89 with 97.88 for recording fees 24.66 for filing papers 6.00 for cancellations and 1.35 for searches.
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Hocking County
Recorder
Army Sergeant Killed in Jeep Crash Near Logan
A U S Army sergeant was killed when a jeep left State Route 664, overturned into an embankment twelve miles south of Logan. Another soldier from the former CCC camp was injured and treated at an army hospital. Sheriff deputies investigated and Acting Coroner St Clair ruled death accidental.
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Camp Hocking
CCC
Logan
Hocking
Floyd Duffy
Frank Larimer
Jack Waldron
Frank St. Clair
Three Die In Auto Train Collision Near Mansfield
Three persons died in a collision between their automobile and a Baltimore and Ohio train five miles north of Mansfield, reported by the State Highway Patrol. Names listed include Edith, Mil East Mansfield, and Ray pirate geet 1% of Mansfield, per local patrol records.
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M St
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