May to 7 Bond Sales Top $678 At City Schools
The weekly school officials report shows May 3 to 7 Bond and Stamp sales totaling 678.05 with Junior High leading at 413.20 followed by West 145.95 East 17.30 and Central 70.30. The story notes a Girl Scout Fund Drive starting Monday with 7 troops 135 scouts across Brownie Intermediate and Senior groups plus a planned professional trainer and a central meeting place. The organization runs a summer camp for all scouts.
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West School
East School
Central
Logan
Food program plan launched in capital
Associated Press reports plans for a 2.0 billion dollar annual food subsidy program, with meat coffee and butter subsidies aimed to cut costs by 10 percent starting June 1. Funding through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, possible subsidies for canned fruits and vegetables and other foods are under study amid congressional opposition and questions of authority.
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
First tin can drive to start in Logan on May 10
Logan launches its first tin can collection campaign Monday May 10 at 9 A M. Residents are instructed to remove can tops and bottoms and flatten them for easy handling. County trucks will collect compressed cans from city curbs starting at 9 o'clock and continuing all day. Support the war effort by aiding this vital tin drive.
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Logan
Bricker Praised As GOP Leader At Columbus Meeting
Harrison E. Spangler and U. S. Senator Taft urged unity and warned against Roosevelt seeking a fourth term. Gov. John Bricker drew endorsement from Taft as GOP leader, with Bender and Burton endorsing Bricker and a program stressing victory, peace, freedom, and prosperity.
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Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland
John W. Bricker
George Bender
W. Glenn Suthers
Chicago
National Federation of Women’s Republican Clubs
Taft
Bricker
Republican Party
Bender
America
John Bricker
Burton
Capt Gable on First Bombing Raid Over Antwerp
London reports Capt. Clark Gable, former film star, flew as an observer on the Fortress Eight Ball Second during the May 4 Flying Fortress raid on Antwerp. He said he enjoyed it and learned a lot. The mission passed without enemy planes and had only two small flak holes.
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London
Clark Gable
Antwerp
Eighth Air Force
Gable
Hocking County Commissioners approve bills at regular meeting
The Hocking County Board of Commissioners met Friday in the Court House and approved payment of bills and other routine business.
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Hocking
Hocking County Board of Education Meets Friday Night
Members of the Hocking County Board of Education held a routine meeting Friday night in the office of County Superintendent S. H. Dillon. Regular business was transacted at this meeting.
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Hocking County
Yank forces poised to drive Japanese from Aleutians
American forces in the north Pacific are in position to strike at the Western Aleutians when the high command orders. Amchitka base near Kiska promises constant air attacks, with Adak established further east. The July invasion priority remains, but timing could be this month or next.
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Aleutian Islands
High Command
Amchitka Island
Tokyo
Aleutian
Kiska
Attu Islands
Navy
Amchitka
Adak Island
Adreanois
City Returns to Fast Time on Monday in Logan
Logan will revert to Eastern War Time next week except Court House offices. Logan Retail Merchants Association will open on last time starting Monday May 10, with hours unchanged. Schools will operate on Eastern War Time beginning Tuesday May 11 due to delayed student notification.
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Logan
Court House
Logan Retail Merchants’ Association
George E. Carr
Final Logan Blood Donor Appeal for War Effort
The Red Cross Blood Donor committee in Logan makes a last plea for healthy residents to donate a pint of blood for American soldiers overseas. With a Blood Donor mobile unit arriving Monday, the 300-donor quota remains unmet, though the Logan Honor Roll lists nearly 1500 names. Call Mrs. S. H. Sebold or leave contact details at the Daily News office. tomorrow may be too late.
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Red Cross Blood Donor Committee
Logan
S. H. Sebold
Daily News
Willow Grove Mine Idle as Men Strike
Bellaire Ohio May 8 The Hanna Coal Co Willow Grove mine idle amid a dispute from the general work stoppage. About 200 day shift unionists refused to enter the shaft after fines of 2 dollars each for April 29 and 30. Night shift also did not work and others may follow. Union leaders say fines illegal. company cites old contract terms. The mine operates under government orders pending new directives.
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Ists
Pacifico
Willow Grove
Ohio
Charles Nailler
Williow Grove
Three Die in Auto Train Crash at New Lexington
Three New Lexington residents died Friday night when a car at the W. Mound Street crossing collided with a northbound Toledo and Ohio Central passenger train. The vehicle was hurled into Oxawoosie Creek, over 100 feet from the crossing. Victims were James O. Bailey 50 Nell Inman 45 and her 3 year old son James.
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New Lexington
W. Mound St
James O. Bailey
Nell Inman
James
Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad
Oxawoosie Creek
Ohio Men Named to Head Metal Union Wisconsin Rapids
At the annual convention May 8 reelection of Paul J. Smith of Washington DC as president of the International Council of Fabricated Metal and Enamelware Workers was announced. Other officers named include Thomas Finnegan Canton Ohio Herman Archibald Shadyside QC and Russell Barnett Se bring Ohio as vice presidents.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Paul J. Smith
Washington, D. C
International Council of Fabricated Metal and Enamelware Workers
Thomas Finnegan
Canton
Herman Archibald
Shadyside
Russell Barnett
Sebring, O
Believe Stage Set For Long Awaited Invasion of Europe
Associated Press reports Allied forces close in on Tunis Bizerte after winning control of Tunis and Bizerte, with Mateur breakthrough and Pont Du Fahs capture. Eisenhower bulletin notes French forces seize high ground east of Tunis as Axis positions collapse in North Africa. News reflects Allied victory momentum and broader strategic implications for Europe invasion.
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Tunis
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Tokyo
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Mayu Ridge
India
Arrest Clerkc Who Wed Duke Duchess In Custody
Immigration authorities arrested the Rev. Robert Anderson Jardine and his wife Maude Evelyn Jardine, who married the duke and duchess of Windsor in Los Angeles. They face deportation for overstaying their temporary visa which expired in February 1941 after entering from France in February 1938. Jardine had sought a visa renewal but was denied.
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Washington
Robert Anderson Jardine
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Maude Evelyn Jardine
Los Angeles
Justice Department
Jardines
United States
France
Jardine
Commissioner Dies In Ohio At Age 60
Samuel Dreitzler former Democratic Seneca County commissioner and state highway department purchasing agent died at his farm near Tiffin Ohio He was 60 years old.
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Tiffin
Samuel Dreitzler
Seneca County
State Highway Department
Here
Driver Narrowly Escapes as Tractor-Trailer Crashes
John Riddle of East Second Street narrowly escaped death when brakes on his tractor-trailer locked and it crashed into a tree at Rising Park Lancaster. He suffered facial lacerations and body bruises, was treated at Lancaster Municipal Hospital, then sent home. The trailer crushed the tractor and threw him clear. he operated the outfit for Sam Riddle.
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John Riddle
East Second Street
Rising Park
Lancaster Municipal Hospital
Riddle
Sam Riddle
Germans Claim 13 Allied Convoy Ships Sunk
The German supreme commander announced on Saturday that 13 convoy ships totaling 74 gross tons and 16 ships totaling 120,000 tons were sunk by German submarines in the north Atlantic. An Allied corvette was also sunk and two other ships were hit by torpedoes, the German broadcast said.
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Associated Press
Comer Mand
North
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Rain Falls as Merc Soars to 65 Degrees
Logan residents greet early May days with umbrellas as showers alternate with sun. Friday forecast lists a high near 74 and a near record temperature for the season along State Highway.
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