Deishire to stay on 49 years Federal telegraphist retires plan delayed
Fred G. Deishire of 581 West Front Street ends a 49 year service with the C. and O. Railroad. He will continue in the railroad telegraph office at Logan after his plans to retire were postponed by company officials who value his experience and skill. He began as a telegraph operator in 1895, first in Lancaster, then Sandusky, then Logan where he has worked. He hopes eventually to retire to his flower garden.
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Fred G. Deishire
West Front Street
Railroad Telegraph Office
Deishire
Lancaster
Sandusky
Logan
Marines Push Toward Palau Clashes and Philippine Talks
First Division Marines report destroying Japanese tanks and heavy artillery on Peleliu as they advance in Palau. About 5,500 enemy dead in four days. Asias town and Ngarmoked islet seized. Army 91st Division clears Angurur island, taking a phosphate refinery at Sai Pan and a railway yard. Tokyo says bombers strike Davao and hints Morotai airfield active.
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Palau
Tokyo
U. S
Philippines
Peleliu Island
First Division
Asias
Ngarmoked
Seize Refinery
Anggur
Japan
Saipan
Davao
Morotai Island
Ohio seeks soldier letters for state museum collection
Columbus Ohio September 19 Original letters written by Ohioans in the war will be collected and preserved in the Ohio State Museum Ron Ansley a member of the Ohio War History Commission announced today He added that 1 000 000 letters from service men and women are desired.
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Columbus
Ohio State Museum
Ron Ansley
Ohio War History Commission
Council Elects Cleveland Leader at Annual Meeting
The Ohio Safety Council elected H. oe aa of Porter, Ohio, during its annual business meeting held last night in Cleveland. The report notes the council’s leadership selection and ongoing safety initiatives.
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Cleveland
Ohio Safety Council
H. Oeea
Porter O
Green Endorses Non-Partisan Plan at Labor Convention
William L. Green of the American Federation of Labor urged a no partisanship policy to back friends and oppose enemies. He urged members to study voting records to judge public servants and criticized Congress for postwar unemployment benefits. He cited Kilgore bill as constructive reconversion with 25 dollars weekly pay and job transport, opposing varied state schedules for returning servicemen.
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Columbus
William L. Green
American Federation of Labor
Ohio Federation of Labor
Green
Robots From Planes Hit London After Bomb Attacks
Robots launched from planes struck London and southern England killing at least 13, including women and children who had ignored evacuation pleas. Earlier, British coastal guns opened fire across the Straits of Dover as a two week lull ended with renewed air and shelling attacks.
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London
North Sea
England
British Channel
Straits of Dover
Dover
Finland’s Orbit: From War to Strategic Posture
The column notes Finland’s rapid, repeated conflicts within five years. It explains how a brave stand and a strong propaganda campaign won sympathy but led to a government shift that ultimately aided the United Nations cause. The piece frames Finland as a byproduct of broader war dynamics and international politics.
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Finland
Leningrad
United Nations
Hearings Open On Pay Increases For Mail Workers
Senate Post Office Committee to begin hearings on a Mead bill to grant 350,000 full time postal workers a 400 dollar permanent annual raise replacing the wartime 300 dollar bonus set to expire June 30 1945. The proposal also raises permanent pay scales for part time and hourly workers by 23 percent.
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Washington
Senate Post Office Committee
Mead
D-Ny
Congress
To Hear Grievances Of Timken Workers
In Canton Ohio on September 19 a company union meeting will air grievances of three Timken Roller Bearing Co. employees discharged after a work stoppage that halted bun ring line operations since Saturday. Finas Reynolds CIO union leader will join the grievances committee to meet with Timken's rolling mill superintendent.
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Canton
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Finas Reynolds
Cio-United Steelworkers
Gilden Lodge
Timken
Prepare To Cut Federal Rolls
President Roosevelt directed a plan to liquidate war agencies and reconvert the government to peace as Germany battles end. He ordered Budget Director Harold D. Smith to prepare now for demobilization. The Civil Service Commission reported federal payrolls at 2,936,602 nationwide, with 270,502 in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
White House
Harold D. Smith
Europe
Civil Service Commission
Legion Hears Army Navy Heads Forecast Doom
American Legion delegates at the Chicago convention heard from Admiral Nimitz and General Arnold about bold blows planned against Germany and Japan. Marshall reported 60 divisions in action with eight more sailing this month as Palau falls would remove a key obstacle to the Philippines campaign and future safety hinges on strong air power and universal training.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Navy
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Germany
Japan
Army Long
Legion
Arnold
Nimitz
George C. Marshall
Army
Pacific
Palau
MacArthur
Philippine
Philippine Campaign.” Gen. Arnold
Meat program criticism heats Senate debate
Senator Gillette charged the administration’s meat program favors packers and forces hog producers to accept inadequate floor prices and unjust ceilings. He cited hog prices from 1942 and warned the support price would drop to 12.50 on October 1, detailing proposed adjustments tied to packer subsidies and OPA opposition to raising the ceiling. He noted farmers boosted 1943 production but did not receive promised prices.
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Washington
Senate Gillette
Iowa
Senate
Gillette
The
Iowan
Marvin Jones
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Dewey Attacks New Deal Over Labor Strikes in Oregon
Republican presidential hopeful Thomas E. Dewey campaigned in Oregon arguing the New Deal caused most wartime strikes. He urged labor support in Portland and Seattle crowds cited a lack of labor department leadership. Meanwhile Democratic efforts included Texas electors pledges battles and Brownell predicting a rising labor affinity for Dewey.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Oregon
New York
Portland
Roosevelt
Washington
Herbert Brownell
Texas
Smith
D-Sc
Dewey
Seattle
New Deal
War Labor Board
Supreme Court
Bricker argues GOP platform acceptable with performance
Governor Bricker, amid a 3200 mile campaign swing from Chicago to Maryland and New England, told Erie crowds that the Republican platform can be accepted "at full value with an assurance of performance" and criticized the New Deal as worsening unemployment. He contrasted GOP leadership with Democratic promises and cited past GOP governance.
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E. E. Easterly
Erie
John W. Bricker
Pennsylvania
Republican Party
Congress
Ohio
Union Station
Bricker
Democratic Party
Maryland
Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Chicago
American Legion National
Army plane crashes near Fullerton farm in Kentucky
An army pursuit plane crashed and burned on a farm near Fullerton Kentucky last night. The pilot parachuted to safety landing in a 75 foot tree on Carl Hayward’s property. Police say the aircraft likely originated from Romulus Michigan.
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Portsmouth
Fullerton
Carl Hayward
Romulus
Mich
Allied Airborne Forces Take Firm Hold on Holland
Allied airborne troops tied down key water lanes in Holland with artillery drop support and ground reinforcements. British Second Army and air corps seized Eindhoven, 16 miles in 24 hours, while Glendrop fell to armor. Brest reportedly abandoned. Germans retreating to peninsulas. Airborne artillery and bazooka use backed by gliders aided the push toward the Rhine and Hannover plain, threatening Amsterdam and Rotterdam amid stiff resistance.
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West Wall
Eindhoven
Glendrop
Brittany
Holanderican First Army
Amfarther
Rhineland
Netherlands
Hannover
Berlin
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Berth
Nijmegen
Arnhem
Amercan Fifth Army
Italy
Lancaster Soldier Driver for Captor of 20,000 Germans
Pfc. Ralph E. Anderson of Lancaster Ohio, a jeep driver, was among the first 11 Americans to invade German territory south of the Loire. He later joined Lt. Samuel McGill to the German command post where the terms of surrender were pursued as Allied forces trapped a large German force. McGill’s platoon patrolled 1,200 square miles below the Loire for two weeks and earned the nickname That gang of Sergeant Yorks.
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McGill
Loire River
Yorks
Elevator Blaze Hurts Worker in Toledo Lumber Fire
A fire aided by strong wind swept through the Maumee Lumber and Supply Co and the Maumee elevator of the Toledo Grain and Milling Co in Toledo Ohio. Damages exceed 62000 dollars and one person was seriously injured.
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Toledo, O
Maumee Lumber & Supply Co
Maumee
Toledo Grain & Milling Co
CAP flyers injured in Findlay plane crash
Sergeant Ed Hottensmith aged 34 and Clarence Dyer aged 44, both civil aviation patrol volunteers from Findlay, were critically injured when their aircraft crashed on the Walter Swinehart farm near Findlay last night. Authorities investigated the accident and Bperations resumed at dawn.
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C.A.P. Fliers
Hart Findlay
Ed Hottensmith
Clarence Dyer
Findlay
Civilian Air Patrol
Walter Swinehart
Finland Signs Armistice With Russia And Britain
Moscow radio reports Finland signed an armistice with Russia and Britain for the United Nations. Negotiations ran Sept 14 to today. terms to be disclosed later. Stockholm dispatch says Finnish parliament approved the accord in early morning session following a closed deputies’ meeting.
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London
Moscow Radio
Finland
Russia
Britain
Soviet Information Office
Soviet Monitor
United Nations
Stockholm
Helsinki
Miners weigh four year halt on amendments
In Cincinnati on September 19 the United Mine Workers of America planned to present and likely adopt a constitutional amendment to pause all amendments for four years. Backed by John L. Lewis, the measure would align conventions with union and national elections. Lewis faces no opposition in December and would not run again until 1948. The convention already approved extending officer terms from two to four years, delaying autonomy goals until 1948 if the constitutional convention interval is also lengthened.
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South Pacific
Richard Lee Bumgardner
Boyd B. Bumgardner
Guam
Paris
Italy
Berlin
China
India
New Guinea
Aleutians
Cincinnati
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Perry GOP Leaders Host Dinner in New Lexington
Dr. Walter E. Brehm hosted Perry Republican committeemen and candidates at a political dinner in New Lexington last Monday. Logan, seeking reelection to Congress, attended as a guest and other county leaders were invited. Brehm plans similar gatherings across the Eleventh District with county guests invited to future dinners.
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Walter E. Brehm
Logan
Perry
New Lexington
Brehm
Hocking County
Polio Peak Said to End for 1944 in U S
New York report states the peak of the infantile paralysis epidemic appears to have passed for 1944 Basil president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports 10 959 cases nation wide indicating the decline.
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New York
Basil
Foation
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Ohio Division of Forestry
James D. Wells
West Main Street
Ohio Forester
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State Division of Conservation and Natural Resources
Eleanor Cole
J. G. Cole
North Walnut Street
Logan High School
Marines
U.S
Morotai
Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
SKY
Lewis H. Brereton
Sky Train Army
J. M. Roberts, Jr
DeWitt MacKenzie
F.C
Marshall
American Legionnaires
Agriculture Department
Republican Platform
By Dwight Pitkir
Brest
Sucide
Dr. Brehm
Perry Gop
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