Transfer Honors Lt. Jones to Rice University for PE and drill
After six months at San Diego Naval Base Lt. C. W. Jones is transferred June six to Rice University Houston as an instructor in physical education and infantry drill. His wife Mrs Louise Heine Jones travels with him. Jones, former principal of Rockbridge High, coached basketball and led local amateur teams to recognition. Jim Bob King shows a World War I Thrift Card, noting the 16 stamps could be exchanged for War Savings Certificates redeemable from 1923. Thrift Stamps, not redeemable after 1918, carried no interest.
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San Diego Naval Base
C. W
Jack) Jones
John Jones
East Bowen Street
Rice University
Houston
Texas
Jim Bob King
Jim Bob
Nazi Purge Hinted as Invasion Looms Says Finns
Allied war brief details major raids across Europe with RAF bombers striking Duesseldorf and Messina raids by US heavy bombers targeting Sicily and Italian fronts. Finnish radio hints invasion continent is certain while Russia reports shifts and Berlin pressures on Romania. Rome says Messina repeatedly attacked with damage to center. Italians claim 44 Raiders shot down. Allies report 11 lost.
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Finland
Far Pacific
Southwest Pacific
North Pacific
U. S
Attu
Russia
Moscow
Balkans
Romania
Turkey
RAF
Duesseldorf
British
Ruhr
Dortmund
Italy
Messina
Northwest African Air Force
Desert Air Force
Rome
Urge Hire For Rail Workers
An emergency board of the National Railway Labor panel recommends an 8 cent hour wage increase for over a million railroad workers. It rejects a 20 cent request with a 70 cent minimum and union shop, calling the raise a minimum non inflationary adjustment to aid wartime prosecution. Increases retroactive to February 1 would be paid in War Bonds.
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Washington
National Railway Labor Panel
War Labor Board
Secrets of Roosevelt and Churchill Talks Made Public
The White House said President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill are preparing a brief joint statement on their war councils. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early stated the timing was unclear and not expected today, noting the leaders spent most of the morning together.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stephen Early
Edsel Ford Dies at 49 in Detroit Suburb
Edsel Ford, 49, chief executive of the Ford Company for 24 years, died at 1:30 A. M. at his Grosse Pointe Shores home after a battle with a stomach malady and undulant fever. His death comes as the company pushes wartime production. His four children were with him. sons Henry Benson and William are in the armed forces, daughter Josephine lives nearby. Henry Ford II is not mentioned.
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Detroit
Edsel Ford
Henry Ford
Ford
Grosse Pointe Shores
Ford Company
Edsel
Florida
Henry
Benson
William
Armed Services
Josephine
Leo Fox Named Council President
Leo Fox a West Hunter Street grocer was named president of Logan City Council succeeding Sterling Smith who resigned. Mayor W D Weltner announced the appointment and council approval came in the regular session. Fox stepped into duties immediately due to the illness of president pro tem C L Wonn. Smith had resigned after being moved to the Western Union Columbus office where he had long served as Logan branch manager.
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Leo Fox
West Hunter Street Grocer
Logan
Sterling Smith
W. Denzil Weltner
Fox
C. L. Wonn
Smith
Columbus
Western Union
Weltner
Keith Schultz
OCWMS Elects Zanesville Woman President
OCWMS in Ohio selects Mrs. Clarence Hamilton of Oberlin as new president during the May meeting held in Zanesville. The decision announces leadership for the Ohio Christian Women's Missionary Society.
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Zanesville, O
Ohio Christian Women’s Missionary Society
Clarence Hamilton
Oberlin
Approvals Seen for Pay As You Go Tax Bill in Congress
The Associated Press reports House and Senate conferees reached a compromise on pay as you go income tax, aiming to enact by July 1. The bill would cancel a year's tax for those owing $50 or less, cancel 75 percent for others, with remaining amounts split between 1944 and 1945. A 20 percent withholding on wages and quarterly payments for non wage income are proposed, with Doughton hoping swift passage and presidential approval.
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Washington
House
Senate
Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means Committee
Murder deaths ruled murder and death by own action
Coroner Wray Davies ruled the Ohio State University engineering student Gaylen L. Burke and his 45 year old companion W. C. Troeger died in a hotel room in Delaware Ohio as murder and death by own action. Troeger shot Burke in the head and then killed himself after the pair registered Sunday in the university district. Burke had been slated for induction Monday and a deferment request for an operation was denied by Selective Service officials.
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Delaware
Wray Davies
Ohio State University Engineering
W. C. Troeger
Columbus
Gaylen L. Burke
Wheelersburg
Burke
Armed Forces
Selective Service Board 19
Troeger
Sign Exchange for Steinway Grand Promoted
A public notice from New York announces a barter offer exchanging a dozen pairs of nylons plus cash for a medium sized Steinway Grand piano. The ad seeks immediate contact and emphasizes a straightforward trade.
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the Times New York
Release New Car Quota Sets June Allocation At 51000
The Office of Price Administration set a quota of 51,000 new passenger automobiles for rationing in June, an increase of 1,000 over May.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Memorial Parade To Be Next Monday
Logan observes Memorial Day with a 9:30 A M parade forming at 9:15 A M on South Market Street. Committees led by C Wood Bowen plan graves marking, flowers, band, and service details with Logan High School Band, firing squad, and parade units proceeding to cemeteries and the Soldiers Monument for memorial rites.
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Harold Larimer
John McBroom
W. W. Martin
Don Bort
Forest Weinrich
Russell James
Floyd Duffy
South Market Street
Logan High School
Logan Post
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Market Street
Soliders’ Monument
Churchill Bid to Italians to Quit War and Help
Washington May 26 British Prime Minister Churchill urged Italians to disown their leaders and quit the war while Russia sought indirect cooperation against Japan. He offered no concrete plan for an Allied European front and said no decision had been made on an additional commander. Churchill warned Italians to seek justice from their leaders and noted Soviet strength may grow as time goes on.
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Washington
Churchill
Russia
Europe
Roosevelt
Soviet Union
Japan
Rubber Strike Halts Work in Akron Plants
A 50 000 strong Akron rubber workers strike over an eight cent wage boost capped by a War Labor Board rejection. The CIO United Rubber Workers called an extraordinary meeting after Baltimore transit workers voted to strike, threatening to disrupt four fifths of that citys system while a wage dispute simmered nationwide.
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Akron
Akron, O
Baltimore
War Labor Board
WLB
CIO United Rubber Workers
American Federation of Labor Union
Baltimore Transit
Flood endangers two Illinois plants and region
Two large southern Illinois industrial plants remain imperilled as the Mississippi River and tributaries flood the area. Upstream rivers show some drop, but the lower reaches continue to surge along a wide flood zone, threatening communities in eastern Missouri and southern Illinois.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Missouri
Mississippi
Roosevelt orders tight limits on government vehicle use
The White House said on May 26 that President Roosevelt has instructed all federal department and agency heads to restrict government vehicle operation to the bare minimum needed for essential governmental activities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Queen Mary Marks 76th Birthday Quietly at Windsor Estate
Queen Mary quietly observed her 76th birthday at her 600 acre estate near a west England village that has been her home since the war began.
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London
Queen Mary
West England
Ohio Farmers Month Behind in Planting
Ohio farmers lag in field work as rains push planting back by a month to six weeks. H C Ramsower of Ohio State University's extension service warned that not more than 10 percent of central Ohio corn is planted and at least 25 percent of plowing remains incomplete in northwestern Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
H. C. Ramsower
Ohio State University
University
Time question stirs Ohio fast vs slow time debate
In Columbus on May 26, lawmakers debated shifting Ohio to Eastern War Time for summer. Rural House members, led by Rep. Willis Cory, oppose the fast time bill amid farm inconveniences. Senator Stanley Mechem backs Central War Time, while urging an end to the time confusion.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Ohio
Senate Rules Committee
House
Willis I. Cory
Seneca
Cory
House Agriculture Committee
Ohio State Grange
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Stanley Mechem
Athens
Lucas County Senior High Tops Ohio State Tests
Ottawa Hills High School student Hubert Whiting Paul Jr. led Ohio statewide scholarship tests with 260 of 300 points. Walter Zopf Jr. of Dayton followed as second high scorer, reported by Dr. Ray G, director of tests, in Columbus on May 26.
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Columbus
Hubert Whiting Paul Jr
Ottawa Hills High School
Lucas County
Ohio
Education Department
Ray G
Walter Zopf, Jr
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