Meeting of Logan Brothers Sparks Faraway Reunion
Two Logan, Ohio natives Lieut Kenneth C Evans and Sgt Robert Brashares, now serving in the United States Army, meet in Princes Street Edinburgh on leave after traveling over 4000 miles. They recall childhood days together in Logan and greet each other warmly, recounting their paths since boyhood and noting the distance conquered to share a moment abroad. The image and note from the Edinburgh Evening News will be displayed in the Daily News.
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Daily News
Edinburgh
Scotland
Burgh
Nhow
Wheat and oats make good progress in belt
Weather Bureau crop conditions report says wheat, oats and rye are making fair progress in most producing belt areas. Corn planting lags due to wet weather. Ohio oats acreage reduced by heavy rain. Winter wheat conditions improved but below normal. Some potatoes rot in ground.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Murder suspect commits suicide in Nashville case
Police said the suspect, identified as George Johnson from Tullahoma, involved in the Norma Faye Scogin rape and killing case, shot himself with a pistol in Nashville. The grisly incident ends the manhunt as authorities report he died from self-inflicted wounds.
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George
Saim) Johnson
Tullahoma
Hought
Norma Faye Scogin
Geo In
Née Forrest
RAF Mosquito Bombers Pound Nazi Capital
Allied airpower strikes from Holland to southern France hammer Berlin and kill 73 Axis planes, with four Allied aircraft lost. Mosquito bombers hit Berlin for a third time in a week as RAF and U S heavy bombers raid Sardinia Sicily and other targets across Europe while Eden vows continued relentless bombing to win the war.
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India
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Naval Chief Dies in Palm Beach California or Florida?
Pr Admiral Henry Ariosto, retired naval officer who earlier commanded the States Fleet, died in Palm Beach Florida on May 20.
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Fla
Henry Ariosto
Willow Grove Mine Idle Amid UMW Protest at Neffs
Supt Raymond Wilhelm reported the Willow Grove mine at Neffs closed by a work stoppage led by United Mine Workers demanding a new contract. A Columbus UMW spokesman warned other mines may follow suit.
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ST. Clairsville
Raymond Wilhelm
Big Willow Grove
Neffs
United Mine Workers
Columbus
UMW
Miners Strike Paralyzes Pennsylvania Ohio and Kentucky
In Pennsylvania a strike by soft coal miners spread, with Ohio and Kentucky joining. More than 6,000 workers idle and 14 mines closed as shifts failed to report. Wil Helms did work, while a workers committee demanded a new contract before labor resumes.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
Postwar plan sparks taft warning on local government
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio criticizes the National Resources Planning Board postwar program. He claims it abolishes local self government and puts industry under administrative boards with broad powers, predicting a socialist economy and government ownership of railroads and transport.
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National Resources Planning Board
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Cincinnati Republican
The
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Taft
Aerial Offensive Against Japan Foreseen From Aleut Bases
Washington predicts a sustained Pacific air offensive targeting Tokyo from Aleutian base sites. Army Air Force bombers could strike Tokyo this summer, with shorter-range planes attacking Kurile defenses about 600 miles from Attu. Smaller aircraft may support a future Kurile amphibious operation for short-range bombing of Japan.
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Kuriles
Lewis Returns to AFL Seeks Unified Labor Movement
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, petitioned for readmission to the AFL, aiming to unite labor forces and influence 1944 campaigns. AFL officials welcomed the move as orderly. observers doubt immediate impact on CIO. Hutcheson, AFL carpenter leader, praised the sincerity of a unified movement while noting the current soft coal wage dispute.
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John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers
AFL
CIO
Lewis
District 50
UMW
William L. Hutcheson
APL Brotherhood of Carpenters
The
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Hutcheson
Churchill's pledge to crush Japan sparks wartime debate
Washington May 20 Congress hails Churchill pledge to fight Japan alongside the United States. Analysts glimpse how air power may press European victory while Aleutian actions shift toward a sustained air offensive on Japan. Finance talks strain as pay as you go looms, and a vast naval supply bill nears House approval amid budget concerns.
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American Federation of Labor
Germany
Italy
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D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
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Martin
Massachusetts
Draft Dodgers Receive 402 Years In Federal Court
Cleveland May 20 Prison sentences totaling 402 years have been imposed on 121 northeastern Ohioans convicted in federal court of violating the Selective Service Act. Sentences ranged from five years to 14 months, averaging three years and three months. Some cases were dropped or nolled as defendants agreed to Army induction.
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Cleveland
Midwest flood peril spreads across six states
Federal engineer warns levees along the Mississippi River from St. Louis to Cape Girardeau may fail as emergency crews and troops combat floodwaters. Crest at St. Louis could reach 37.5 feet, with 32.9 feet reported the prior day. Death toll reaches 10, over 22,000 displaced across six states, while Red Cross aids 12,000 homeless in Indiana. The Wabash River declines slowly south of Wabash, Indiana, though Terre Haute area remains hard hit.
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Vern Alexander
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Alexander
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Oklahoma
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Red Cross
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Terre Haute
Appleby Calls for Prolonged Postwar Food Rationing
In Hot Springs Virginia on May 20 Undersecretary Paul H. Appleby declared the United States should prepare to continue food rationing for several years after the war. He warned that postwar supply adjustments would be slow and that rationing programs may persist as the nation rebuilds.
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Hot Springs
Paul H. Appleby
United States
Tokyo claims high U S casualty toll at Attu
A Domei radio account of the Attu battle, recorded in New York, acknowledged heavy Japanese losses while alleging U S casualties, claiming major ships hit and a huge water plume. Navy officials in Washington rejected the Japanese assertions as unsubstantiated.
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Crest of Ohio flood reaches Maumee Bay
The flood crest moved down the Maumee River into Maumee Bay as northwest Ohio floodwaters left many residents homeless. River traffic halted by the rapid current, the strongest since 1913, with only a small barge slipping through lower bridges.
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Toledo
Maumee
Northwest Ohio
Maumee River
Ohio residents urged to study ration blanks
Columbus Ohio May 20 4 Ohio residents urged to day to study carefully their application blanks for War Ration Book No 3 before mailing them to distributing centers The blanks through which consumers will register in
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