Elks Arrange Magazine Shipments for Overseas Servicemen
Desmond Braddock of BPOE No 452 reports the Elks War Commission has organized magazine shipments to U S Army overseas units. Members are asked to donate Readers Digest Time News Week Blue Book Liberty Collier and similar titles plus comics and detective mags. Political or propaganda publications are to be excluded from the shipments.
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Desmond Braddock
B.P.O.E. No
Elks War Commission
U. S. Army
Order
Time
News Week
Blue Book
Lberty
Colliers
Liquor Rationing Effective June 1 in Ohio
Ohio State Liquor Director Don Fisher announced June 1 as the effective date for the liquor rationing program. He unveiled sample copies of the ration book, titled a customer identification and liquor purchase record, a pocket sized slip with a watermark to prevent counterfeiting.
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Columbus
Don Fisher
Ohio
State Board of Liquor Control
Tin can collection drive begins in Logan Monday
Logan launches its first tin can collection campaign on Monday May 10 at 9 AM. Residents are instructed to remove tops and bottoms and flatten cans for easy handling. County trucks will begin curb pickups at 9 o'clock and continue throughout the day to aid the war effort.
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Logan
War Labor Board faces 48 hour week price fears
The War Labor Board moves toward a stabilization crisis as wage disputes loom. The War Manpower Commission weighs a nationwide 48 hour week and its potential price impact. Senate supporters of the modified Ruml plan push for a committee showdown amid a swift finance committee session on the revenue bill. Leon Henderson returns to Washington as Republicans mount a fourth term campaign.
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Washington
Senate
War Labor Board
War Manpower Commission
House
Leon Henderson
Senate Finance Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Restaurant prices frozen at Dayton area
The Office of Price Administration ordered the freezing of Dayton region restaurant prices at the highest levels from the base period April 4 to 10. The order, effective tomorrow and permanent, covers Montgomery County establishments including restaurants hotels delis soda fountains and boarding houses. It bans changes in quality or quantity of food and prohibits increases in service charges and cov ers charges. New restaurants fall under the regulation.
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Cleveland
Regional
Office of Price Administration
Dayton Area
Montgomery County
OPA
Landlords Given Extra Time to Appeal in Ohio
In seven northern Ohio cities including Canton Ravenna Youngstown Sandusky Mansfield Akron and Cleveland landlords receive a 45 day extension to file reviews of denied petitions. The period lengthens from 15 to 60 days to gather further material supporting denied adjustment petitions announced by Alfred A Benesch rent director for the Cleveland district.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Alfred A. Benesch
Canton
Ravenna
Youngstown
Sandusky
Mansfield
Akron
Buckeye Soldier Recalls Fatal Iceland Plane Crash
Sgt. George A. Eisel, lone survivor of the Iceland crash that killed Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews Bishop Adna W. Leonard and 12 others, said the victims died instantly after the plane struck a mountain in bad weather. He waited 26 hours in wreckage before rescue, endured hunger and thirst, and suffered minor injuries. His wife Iva lives in Columbus, Ohio.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Frank M. Andrews
Adna W. Leonard
George A. Eisel
Europe
Tunisia
Iva
Columbus
Ohio
Eisel
Gen. Andrews
Aet
England
Icoland
Two Wounded in Separate Shootings at Selfridge Field
At Selfridge Field Michigan a civilian was shot by a sentry after ignoring three challenges and three warning shots. William Bridges a 23 year old Negro from Montclair New Jersey fired into the chest of William H. Hasse 54 of Grand Rapids Michigan. Both men were wounded and listed as fair. Earlier, Colonel Colman was alleged to have fired a revolver at Private William McCrae 24 of the base garage with no further details.
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Selfridge Field
Mich
Army Air Base
Richard Ramey
William Bridges
Montclair
N. J
William H. Hasse
Grand Rapids
Army Base Hospital
William McCrae
Colman
McCrae
Wheat slips at open on selling by southern houses
Chicago May 7 Wheat declined at the opening as selling by southern houses weighed on prices. Oats held steady while rye fell. May wheat traded around 1.45 and July near 1.44 with a slight adjustment. Corn remained steady at ceiling levels selling near 1.05.
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Chicago
Eight Women Hurt in Akron Bus Crash
Eight women on their way to work at Goodyear Aircraft Corp. in Akron and two other persons were injured slightly in a crash at a downtown intersection yesterday when a bus collided with three automobiles.
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Canton
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Akron
German air raid hits East Anglian town at dawn
London reports two or three German planes crossed the channel just after dawn to bomb a town on the East Anglian coast. About 10 persons were killed and several wounded in the raid.
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London
English Channel
East Anglian
Davies to Garry Letter to Stalin
President Roosevelt announced Joseph E. Davies will depart for Moscow to deliver a personal letter to Joseph Stalin. The president refused to reveal letter contents or discuss a possible meeting, noting Davies does not know the letter’s contents. Roosevelt said the trip will be brief and Davies will return soon.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph E. Davies
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Davies
Russia
Winston Churchill
Vishinski accuses ex ambassador of guilt in espionage
Moscow reports Vishinski, vice foreign affairs chief, told Western reporters that Polish government in exile operatives spied in Russia and that some had confessed and been sentenced. He stated former Ambassador Stanislaw Kot admitted involvement and expressed regret, noting Kot now heads information in London.
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Moscow
Andrei J. Vishinski
London
Russia
Stanislaw Kot
Vishinski
Kot
Hitler Admits Losses Heavy at Lutze Funeral
Adolf Hitler spoke at Viktor Lutze’s funeral in Berlin saying losses were heavy in a war that claimed many sacrifices. He noted fighters and collaborators die, and claimed the Reich is secure and sustained by its people, with an Associated Press account recording the Berlin broadcast.
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Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Viktor Lutze
Storm
Potsdam
National Socialist Party
Germany
Associated Press
Berlin
Reich
FDR Expects No Coal Miners Strike Against Government
President Roosevelt told reporters at a press conference that he expects no strike by coal miners employed by the government. He affirmed he cannot recall any government employee strike against the government and said he has heard nothing about stopping mine operations or a new contract affecting government takeovers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Orson Welles Rejected for Army Induction
Actor and director Orson Welles, released from the Army, said he waived a deferment to appear for induction yesterday but was rejected. He stated he would assist the war effort as a propagandist and contribute to national needs.
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Hollywood
Orson Welles
Lightning Kills Farmer Plowing in Lima Ohio
In Lima Ohio, Cyrus Lee Burkholder, 51, was struck dead by lightning while plowing a corn field with a tractor last night. The fatal incident was reported from the scene with Burkholder identified as the victim.
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Lima
Cyrus Lee Burkholder
Many Prisoners Taken in Drive on Tunisian Front
Allied headquarters report deep penetrations near Bi zerte and Tunis as U S Second Corps and British 8th Army press advances. Reconnaissance says suburbs of Bizerte breached and many more prisoners taken in the Tunisian campaign.
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North Africa
Bizerte
Tunis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S. Second Corps
8Th Army
Allied troops near Tunis push toward city as campaign nears end
Allied announcements report American forces storming within nine miles of the Great Bizerte base and British 1st Army at 12 miles from Tunis, with Gen Harold Alexander declaring the campaign in its last phase. U S troops reach Ferryville, while Axis defenses crumble near Lake Achkel.
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Bizerte
Tunis
Harold Alexander
Algiers
U. S
Ferryville
Lake Achkel
Lake Bizerte
Medjez-el-Bab
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russia
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Stockholm
Norwegian
Pacific
Australia
MacArthur
Salamaua
New Guinea
China
Shansi
Jurgen von Arnim
Cap Bon
Motorists May Get Single License Plate in 1944
Ohio senators voted to allow automobile and truck owners to use a single license tag next year, instead of two, or rely on windshield stickers. The plan awaits House action, with officials stating enough metal would be allocated for one 1944 tag per car amid steel shortages.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
Frank E. Whittemore
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Fire Sweeps Two-Story Cleveland Building
A $50,000 blaze swept a two story business and apartment building on Cleveland's southeast side. Twelve people fled as smoke trapped five firemen on the structure. Five children and three adults escaped from second floor suites. four adults left first floor stores. The fire started in the basement yesterday under a store. cause undetermined.
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Cleveland
Strike Halts Mayor’s Trip To Engi City Transit Talks
Wage negotiations between the City Transit System and the AFL Street Car and Bus Drivers Union halted Mayor Frank J Lausduie’s planned trip to Engi scheduled for May 12. Davis leads the union negotiations as the halt stretches into the week.
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Cleveland
AFL
Frank J. Lausduie
Engi
Davis
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