British U Boats Sink 32 Ships In Daring Foray
British submarines sank 32 Japanese vessels in daring forays across the Indian Ocean. They hit Port Owen in Burma, sank two gunboats, shelled oil tanks on Christmas Island, and operated as far as Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Indian Ocean
Admiralty
London
Port Owen
Burma
Christmas Island
Java
Sunda Strait
Sumatra
Adm
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific Command
Batavia
MacArthur
Australia
Philippines
Chester W. Nimitz
Palau
Paramushiro
Marshalls
Truk
Marcus
Wake
Iwo
Nimitz
Palau Islands
Peleliu
Tokyo
Woman Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Dies in Oakland
Autopsy to be performed on 53 year old evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson after she was found dying in a hotel room in Oakland. Sister Aimee, famed for 34 years of preaching and a showman’s entrance by horse and buggy, died of a heart attack as reported by her son Rolf.
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Aimee Semple Meerson
Oakland
Cal
Calif
Aimee Semple McPherson
McPherson
Aimee
Rolf
Oakland Auditorium
Two Hurt as Trailer Truck Jack-knifes on Route 26
Delaware dispatch reports two people burned when a trailer truck jack-knifed on New Dover bridge and caught fire on Route 26 between Delaware and Marysville. Driver Daniel Barleycamp, 22, Mansfield, suffered a fractured left leg and severe burns, listed as fair at Grant Hospital in Columbus. Passenger Euretta Schlosser, 19, Mansfield, burned on left arm and leg, condition described as fairly good to fair by the hospital.
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Delaware
New Dover
Here
Marysville
State Highway Patrol
Daniel Barleycamp
Mansfield
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Euretta Schlosser
American Heavies Again Smash Reich
More than 1,000 American heavy bombers attacked German war factories at Magdeburg Kassel and Merseburg and hit the Magdeburg railroad yard. The raids followed four straight days of air offensives after RAF strikes on Kaiserslautern amid the Saar industrial region.
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London
Magdeburg
Kassel
Merseburg
Reich
RAF Heavies
Kaiserslautern
Saar
Release From Strike Vote Sought By CIO Workers
Four CIO local leaders in northern Ohio and Pennsylvania ask the NLRB to allow withdrawal from a strike vote set for October 7 among employees of five power companies. Walter E. Tang said the petitions, filed by Akron Youngstown and Jo saboiture members and others, likely will be accepted. The vote covers Ohio Edison Penn Power Ohio Power Dayton Power and Light and Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co workers amid tension over wage rise actions and a sympathy strike contingency.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
CIO Utility Workers Organizing Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Walter E. Tang
NLRB
Akron
Youngstown
Jo Saboicture
Ohio Edison Co
New Castle, Pa
Penn Power Co
Tang
Ohio Power Co
Dayton Power and Light Co
Cleveland Electic Illuminating Co
Regional War Labor Board
Ohio Knights of Pythias hold 1945 convention details
The 75th convention was decided in Springfield Findlay with delegates meeting in Findlay. Marguerite Lord of Fostoria was named grand chief of the Pythian Sisters in the annual election.
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K. OF P
Springfield
Ohio Knights of Pythias
Findlay
Marguerite Lord of
Lausche Attacks GOP Chairman Over Mine Safety Bill
Cleveland mayor Frank Lausche accused state Republican Chairman Ed Schorr of influencing mine safety legislation. He claimed Schorr's office obtained, dissected, and stripped mandatory safety provisions from a 1941 bill, asserting Schorr dominated the legislature and would control the governorship if Republican James Garfield Stewart won in November.
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Glouster
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Athens County
Ed D. Schorr
Lausche
Schorr
James Garfield Stewart
Cincinnati
Tony Edwards
Nephew To Carry on Vindication Fight
Oberlin M. Carter of Gallipolis Ohio was court martialed in 1899 and condemned to Leavenworth. he believed a political military conspiracy wronged him. His nephew Emmerson Carter Lucas of Florence Alabama, with Red Cross in Memphis, will pursue the case using Carter’s documents he received from probate court in Chicago. Carter died July 8 at age 88.
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Chicago
Oberlin M. Carter
Gallipolis
Emmerson Carter Lucas
Red Cross
Memphis
Tenn
Florence
Ala
Lucas
Carter
Leavenworth
Savannah
Seven New Polio Cases Reported in Ohio
Ohio health officials reported seven new cases of infantile paralysis today, raising the yearly total to 840. Geauga County registered two new cases while Cuyahoga Franklin Morrow Ross and Trumbull counties each reported one case.
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Columbus
Ohio
James Bauman
Bauman
Geauga County
Cuyahoga
Franklin
Morrow
Ross
Trumbull
War Today: Arnhem Defeat Spurs War Weariness
War Today comments that Allied setbacks at Arnhem and the Siegfried Line bolster belief the war is lost. The piece criticizes past optimism and notes a trend toward success conditioning after Cassino, with the column continuing on page two.
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
DeWitt Mackenzie
Arnhem
Siegfried Line
Cassino
Continued Drouth Hinders Sprouting Of Ohio Fall Crops
Ohio reports show more than half the state too dry for fall sown crops to germinate. Meteorologist Mindling notes weekly rainfall averaged only .22 inch, with uneven amounts across sections. Wheat has been widely sown, germination limited to Eastern Ohio, while some corn remains unripe and vulnerable to frost.
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Columbus
Weather Bureau
George W. Mindling
Mindling
Norwalk
Ohio
World Security Talks End With Key Dispute
At Dumbarton Oaks officials from the United States Britain and Russia wrap up phase one with 90 percent agreement on a world organization plan. A main unresolved issue is whether a accused aggressor should have a vote in the world council. Russia supports it while the US and likely Britain oppose. The second phase begins tomorrow with talks alongside Chinese delegates. Senate Chairman Connally says a treaty could reach Congress in January.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Dumbarton Oaks
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
World Council
Russia
Hull
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Next Political Oratory Blast Takes On Postwar Jobs
The piece notes contrasting views on postwar employment from Dewey Wallace and Roosevelt as the 1940s campaign heats up. Bricker plans a St Louis broadcast on October 4 with Roosevelt and Dewey set for Washington and Charleston broadcasts. Wallace tells Philadelphia shipyard workers Democrats offer better jobs and a public works push. Dewey argues the New Deal fears unemployment are unfounded and vows job guarantees if trusted. Bricker begins a four week southern midwestern tour. Gannett, Rochester publisher, says donor lists will be fought in court as his group claims non political advocacy against communism and fascism.
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Associated Press
Dewey
Wallace
John W. Bricker
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Washington
Charleston
W. Va
Philadelphia
Hoover
Albany
New Deal
Muncie
Ind
Bricker
Frank E. Gannett
Rochester
N. Y
Committee For Constitutional Government, Inc
House Campaign Expenditures Committee
Gannett
Appeals Court To Hear Collett Plea In Ohio Case
The second district Court of Appeals in Washington Court House Ohio will convene October 10 to hear attorney arguments for James W Collett a 60 year old Clinton County hog breeder convicted of the triple murder of Elmer McCoy his wife Forrest and daughter Mildred He has been on death row at Ohio Penitentiary for weeks The court will decide the date of execution if no trial exceptions are found or set a new date for review.
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Washington Court House
Second District Court of Appeals
James W. Collett
Clinton County
Elmer McCoy
Collett
Forrest
Mildred
Ohio
New Shoe Stamp Validated November 1 in Ration Book Three
Washington September 28 The Office of Price Administration announced a new shoe ration stamp will be validated November 1 under the two pairs a year schedule. The stamp will be good indefinitely along with airplane stamps 1 and 2 in Ration Book Three. The stamp number will be designated later.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Gripsholm Passengers Say Nazi Morale Low
New York dispatch reports 218 wounded and ill American soldiers aboard the Gripsholm returning to America. Lt John E Fawcett of Orrville Ohio and Corp Paul Stevenson of Canton Ohio describe German morale as very low, with other soldiers concurring.
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New York
John E. Fawcett
Orrville
Ohio
Paul Stevenson
Canton
America
Gripsholm
Fawcett
Canton Repository
British Second Narrows Escape Gap in Holland
British Second Army narrows the escape corridor for German forces in western Holland. Churchill told Commons the destruction of about 200000 German troops in Holland was deemed highly probable amid Arnhem setbacks. Allied landings and airborne actions near Hertogen bosch are unconfirmed, with reports praising British airborne divisions. Bad weather signals a hard winter campaign as U.S. Third Army and First Army clash around Metz on the Moselle.
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William L. Ryan
Associated Press
Holland
Churchill
Commons
Arnhem
North
Europe
Nipmegen
Neder Rhine
Ijssel Meer
Zuider Zee
Berlin
Hertogenbosch
Rhine
101St Airborne
Metz
Third Army
Moselle
U. S. First Army
System To Force Rehiring of Vets In Ohio Explained
Capt. Lafayette W. Argetsinger Jr described a veteran reintegration system in Ohio. Within 40 days of discharge a veteran must apply for the old job, or appeal via local draft boards. If denied, state selective service intervenes, then a local advisory committee pressures colleagues and the case may go to court at no cost to the veteran. Dismissals will be investigated.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joe
Jane
Lafayette W. Argetsinger
Veterans’ Personnel Division
Argestsinger
Argetsinger
Rationing Ends for Most Farm Machinery in 1944 Season
War Food Administration ended rationing and distribution control of all farm machinery and equipment except corn pickers. Marvin Jones announced that the 1944 production period and season of use had passed and no further controls are anticipated except on corn pickers during the crop year.
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Washington
War Food Administration
War Food
Marvin Jones
Glass Workers Join Hike Plea Before War Labor Board
The CIO glass workers prepare to join steel and other unions in arguing for an upward revision of the Little Steel Wage Formula before the War Labor Board. Al Froesch of Columbus Ohio leads the Federation of Glass Ceramic and Silica Land Workers of America and is slated to speak. The request seeks a general 17 cent hourly wage increase, mirroring the steelworkers push to raise wages under the Little Steel Formula.
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Washington
CIO
Glass
War Labor Board
WLB
al Froesch
Columbus
Federation of Glass, Ceramic and Silica
Land Workers of America
Greek Guerrillas Join Allied Command
Greek guerrilla forces have placed themselves under the jurisdiction of the Allied command. This marks a formal link between Greek resistance groups and Allied military leadership amid ongoing operations in the theater.
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Rome
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