Logan to Hold First Blackout in Hocking County
Hocking County Civilian Defense Council with Mayor Weltner and Service Director Loomis discussed plans for the first county wide blackout on Wednesday night May 12. Eight central Ohio counties join, using the state system with Columbus HQ and a noon whistle alert.
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Hocking County
Civilian Defense Council
W. Denzil Weltner
R. R. Loomis
Ohio
Franklin
Marion
Morrow
Delaware
Licking Madison
Pickaway
Fairfield
Columbus
Howard E. Kirk
Harry W. Shaw
Logan
Dark Days for Hitler Fronts as Allies Inch Forward
Soviet forces near Novorossisk threaten a Caucasus push while Tunisia shows rapid Allied gains. Eisenhower reports British and American advances at Djebel Bou Aoukaz and Bizerte as fronts deepen and Axis defenses crumble, despite Italian resistance.
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Adolf Hitler
Soviet
Caucasus
Tunisia
Europe
Moscow
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1St Army
Djebel
Tebourba
8Th Army
Djebel Bou Aoukaz
Tunis Plain
U. S. Army
2Nd Corps
Defenbaughs Hog Market Lead in Laurelville Area
Local pork producers George Defenbaugh and Sons near Laurelville report about 100 fattening hogs ready for market within 10 days, averaging over 300 pounds, with 50 to 60 more hogs of 250 pounds soon available. Wooley Brothers in Falls Township are among first to begin corn planting in Hocking County, with plowing nearly finished and fields being harrowed and dragged. Cpl. Don Knapp, formerly with Daily News, transferred to Edgewood Arsenal Maryland as tympanist and field drummer with the Headquarters Band, Chemical Warfare Center, broadcasting Fridays on Mutual network.
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Hocking County
Wooley Brothers
Falls Township
Logan
James R. Smoot
Don Knapp
Daily News
Chemical Warfare Center
Edgewood Arsenal
Maryland
Third Service Command
U. S. Army Band
Navy Band
Coast Guard
U. S. Military Academy
Mutual
EWT
Warren Schafer
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Don
Cpl
Donald E. Knapp
Compulsory speed governors urged by Cleveland official
Cleveland May 6 Compulsory installation of governors to limit auto speed to 35 mph urged by Traffic Commissioner Martin A Blecke Cure the machine not the driver. You cannot change driving habits by asking drivers to be patriotic. A disc in the carburetor or a simple governor installed in minutes would enforce the limit.
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Cleveland
Martin A. Blecke
Blecke
Buckeye Gunner's Luck Holds Good In Iceland Crash
Staff Sgt. George A. Eisel sole survivor of the Iceland air tragedy reports minor injuries in the War Department release. The crash killed Lieut. Gen. Frank M. Andrews Brig. Gen. Charles H. Barth and Bishop Adna W. Leonard among others.
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Columbus
George A. Eisel
Iceland
Europe
Africa
George Ejssel
War Department
Eisel
Frank M. Andrews
Charles H. Barth
Adna W. Leonard
The
Methodist Church
Cincinnati
Ohio voters to decide restaurant meal tax amendment
The Ohio State Restaurant Association pushes to write into the state constitution an amendment banning sales tax on restaurant meals. Officials seek about 179,000 petition signatures with November ballot likely approval. Governor Bricker’s tax bill faced defeat as the house taxation committee rejected removal of the tax from restaurant foods and medicines.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State Restaurant Association
Robert R. Williams
John W. Bricker
House Taxation Committee
King Boris Rumored to Flee Capital in Bulgaria Crisis
Bulgarian rumors swirl of upheaval as Sofia reports 700 arrests after May Day demonstrations. King Boris is said to have fled, with Berlin sources and Moscow allies cited amid police hunts for Col. Athanas Panteff’s killer and roads closed to leave the country.
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Bulgaria
Balkans
Turkey
London Daily Mail
Sofia
Boris
Berlin
Athanas Panteff
Hungary
Germany
Hitler
Devers Named to Succeed Andrews in European Command
Lieut General Jacob L. Devers, head of the armored force, is named by Secretary Stimson to replace Lieut General Frank M. Andrews as commander of American army troops in the European theater after Andrews perished in a plane crash in Iceland. Devers is praised for organization and administration and had recent study trips to European North African and Middle East theaters.
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Washington
Jacob L. Devers
War Stimson
Frank M. Andrews
Andrews
Iceland
Stimson
Logan to Start Tin Can Collection Campaign May 10
The long delayed Tin Can Collection Campaign begins in Logan Monday May 10 at 9 A M. County trucks will pick up cans at curbs and haul them to Lancaster for loading onto a freight car. All tin cans are acceptable. flatten and knock out ends before placing at the curb for easy collection.
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Logan
C. Wood Bowen
City Salvage
Bowen
Couny
E. N. Turner
County Salvage
Lancaster
Ten Die In Etna Mine Explosion Near Lafollette
Eighteen miners trapped behind a canvas barrier two thousand feet underground survived an explosion at the Etna Coal and Coke Company mine in Lafollette Tennessee. They fought deadly fumes for more than eight hours and crawled to safety as rescue teams freed their companions.
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Lafollette
Tenn
Etna Coal and Coke Company
Scenic Ohio district pushes future economy through forests and minerals
Logan and Hocking County host Ohio Senate and House finance committee members and guests. The message urges long term development of scenic resources to boost tourism, reforestation, lumbering, and potential uses for low grade coals and chemical brines, aiming to lift Southern Ohio’s economy.
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Ohio Senate
U S Bombs Hit Burmese Base In Major Air Raid
U S heavy bombers reportedly dropped more than 30 tons on Toungoo Burma while Liberators in the southwest Pacific attacked a large Japanese ship off New Guinea. Field Marshal Wavell’s forces also reported dislodging Japanese troops from a hill near the Maungdaw Buthedaung road and inflicting casualties in minor engagements.
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Toungoo
Burma
Southwest Pacific
U. S. Liberators
New Guinea
U. S. Army Air Force
Archibald P. Wavell
Maungdaw-Buthedaung Road
Akyab
Early Spring Heat Reaches 89 As Hocking County Warms
The warm spell hit Hocking County Thursday with 70 degrees at 7 30 am and 89 by noon the year’s high. Blossoms burst while a brisk afternoon wind threatened storms and cooler air. A glass door at 62 East Main Street shattered, narrowly missing two pedestrians.
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Hocking County
State Highway
Mercury
East Main Street
Stalin Calls for Free Poland in Postwar Era
Premier Joseph Stalin urged a strong independent Polish state after the war in a letter to New York Times Moscow correspondent Ralph Parker. The letter appeared in the Times and was cited as part of a copyrighted report.
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New York
Joseph Stalin
Russia
New York Times
Moscow
Ralph Parker
Publication halted by strike at Massillon daily
Massillon Ohio May 6 The Independent daily paper halted today due to a strike of 15 composing room employees affiliated with the International Typographical Union. Union president Raymond R Baker cited management failure to meet wage increase demands as the cause of the walkout.
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Massillon
the Independent
International Typographical Union
Raymond R. Baker
War Labor Board weighs coal dispute and tax plan
A three member War Labor Board panel revisited the coal wage dispute as the administration shows new executive safety measures. Capitol Hill debated the board’s authority amid a nationwide walkout sparked by the dispute.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Thesgs
Capitol Hill
Laundry Worries Added To List Of Ration Problems
Cleveland housewives face new wartime domestic worry as laundries refuse new customers for 60 to 100 days. Five of the 35 largest Cleveland laundries closed in three months due to wartime labor shifts. Buyers report no washing machines sold in almost a year as soap hoarding worsens.
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Cleveland
William E. Kenney
Davis Laundry & Cleaning Co
Laundry Institute of Cleveland
Greater Cleveland
Kenney
Proctor & Gamble
Urge Pacts Extended in Washington Trade Move
The May 6 report notes a 3 year extension of the administration's reciprocal trade agreements program. The expansion aims to boost American trade and help secure world stability in the face of a potential global crisis.
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Washington
America
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