Father Charged With First Degree Murder In Drowning Of Two-Year-Old
Coshocton Ohio sheriff says Warren Patterson 31 Ashland will face first degree murder charges for drowning his two year old son Larry in Mohican Creek. Patterson allegedly planned to abandon all four boys but could not complete the act after dropping two in the water. Older brother Raymond 7 recounted the event and led to discovery of the body. The other twins Gene and Glenn survived.
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Coshocton
Jay Abbott
Warren Patterson
Ashland
Larry
Mohican Creek
Abbott
Patterson
Charles Fessler
Raymond Patterson
Raymond
Wooster
Gene
Glenn
Coshocton City Hospital
British Massing On North Front
By William L. Ryan, the article reports on a British massing on the North Front with strategic movements and troop dispositions described amid ongoing wartime operations. It notes Allied defenses preparing countermeasures and the broader context of the front-line engagement.
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North Front
Allied Armies Drive Deep in Europe Now Close to Vosges Passes
U S Third and Seventh Armies gain three to five miles as fighting intensifies north of Nancy and along a broad front to the Rhine. Patton’s forces reach Parroy forest near Nancy, while Montgomery’s troops press toward Hertogenbosch and Kleve. In the east and south, Red Army pushes into Hungary and the Lupkow pass, and U S Fifth Army seizes Battaglia near Imola as Italians report rain, mud, and firm defensive lines along the Po valley.
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Associated Press
U. S
Nancy
Vosges
Rhine
Calais
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Remich
Luxembourg
Cologne
George S. Patton
Forest of
Parroy
Moselle
Metz
Port-sur-Seille
Pont-a-Mousson
Seventh Army
Belfort Gap
Saar
Berlin
Third Army
Parroy Forest
Patton
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Holland
Hertogenbosch
Maas
Meuse
Kleve
Aachen
U. S. First Army
Hurtgen
Red Army
Hungary
Romania
Yugoslavia
Lupkow
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Italy
Fifth Army
Battaglia
Imola
Bologna
Rimini
City closes dog shop saving strays from gas chamber
Indianapolis action ends a long fight over a municipal display and sale of stray dogs. Since Aug 5 1943 the shop sold 1100 dogs for 4 plus licenses, raising over 5000 for the general fund. Superintendent Leona Frankfort laments the rent and says most dogs will be killed.
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Indianapolis
Booth Tarkington
Tomlinson Hall
Leona Frankfort
City General Fund
Frank
Tarkington
Episcopal Bishops Ready Mission to US Troops Overseas
The Episcopal Bishop of Albany will join two other church leaders in a mission to American troops overseas. The Rt. Rev. G. Ashton Oldham will represent the national council and chair the mission. Also joining are the Rt. Rev. Henry Wise of Southern Ohio and others, departing first for England from Albany.
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Albany
N. Y
Episcopal
New York City
G. Ashton Oldham
National Council of the Denomination
England
Henry Wise
Ohio
War Today: Allied Actions in Alabama and Balkan Outlook
War Today discusses Allied operations in Alabama as minor airborne and commando landings to seal gaps that might allow enemy forces from Greece to reach northern Italy or Yugoslav routes to Austria. It suggests limited Western action in the Balkans, with Russia and partisans assumed to lead. An Allied command for Greek partisans is noted amid shifting influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Roberts, Jr
DeWitt MacKenzie
Alabama
Greece
Italy
Austria
Balkan
Russia
Prominent Nazi Leader Joseph Buerckel Dies at 49
The Associated Press reports Joseph Buerckel, a high ranking Nazi minister in Hitler's government, died Friday of lung inflammation in Neustadt. Berlin confirmed the death aged 49.
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Associated Press
Joseph Buerckel
Hitler
Buerckel
Berlin
Neustadt
Barrick Dies at 46 Democratic Rep From Coshocton County
Coshocton Ohio Sept 29 George D Barrick 46 Democratic state representative from Coshocton County died last night He served two terms and was unopposed for re election Barely survived by political career and district context remains unclear from the brief notice
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Coshocton
George D. Barrick
Coshocton County
Japs Seize One of 3 Remaining China Airfields
Tokyo radio reported the capture of one of the three remaining advanced American airfields in China as U S fleet carrier forces achieved a record of ship and plane destruction in the Pacific. A separate raid on the central Philippines sank 22 Japanese ships and damaged about 70, with 36 planes destroyed. Seven interceptors fell as raiders struck Cebu Leyte Negros Mactan and southern Luzon, signaling a broken air defense.
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Tokyo
China
U. S
Philippines
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Cebu
Leyte
Negros
Mactan
Luzon
Nimitz
Tanchuk
U.S
Kweilin
Liuchow
Claire L. Chennault
14Th Airforce
Kunming
Dewey Considers Barnstorm Trip Amid Campaign Push
Governor Thomas E. Dewey plans an old fashioned barnstorming tour likely in the Midwest as he repeats promises of a Washington housecleaning and attacks Roosevelt fourth term backers such as the CIO PAC. Sidney Hillman counters GOP opposition as a class war while criticizing labor liberalism and the common man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
Midde West
Albany
Washington
Roosevelt
CIO Political Action Committee
PAC
Sidney Hillman
Government Moves To Protect Negro Vote Rights
U S Attorney General Francis Biddle told the Urban League in Columbus that the federal government may file criminal charges to guarantee Negro voting rights in southern primaries. He cited the Allwright decision and said investigations into suppression claims are nearing completion, with action possibly in the near future.
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Columbus
U. S
Francis Biddle
Urban League
National Urban League
Supreme Court
Allwright
Biddle
Department of Justice
Former official dies in New York at 89
Joseph C. Bonner aged 89 former collector of customs in Ohio served under Presidents McKinley Roosevelt and Taft died yesterday in New York. He held the post during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was noted for long public service. He passed away aged 89 after a brief illness.
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New York
Joseph C. Bonner
Ohio
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Lake Assured 50 000 for Clear Fork Lake Plan
Congressman Walter E. Brehm announced after a telephone talk with an Ohio Conservation Commission member that a 50 000 appropriation was approved to buy lands in the upper Clear Fork valley near Logan O for a water impoundment. The project envisions a 425 acre lake dammed near Route 664, a key goal of Hocking County Izaak Walton League.
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Walter E. Brehm
Logan
Ohio Conservation Commission
Put-in-Bay
Clear Fork
Clear Fork Lake
Hitler May Use New Exploding Projectile against Allied Armies
A Paris to Allied report states Hitler plans a third weapon in his vengeance series. The V-3, a 14-ton projectile about 60 feet long and 5 feet 5 inches in diameter, launches vertically by liquid air and alcohol and is radio controlled. It reportedly has an explosive radius near two miles and could be deployed against Allied armies in France. Information came from American Third Army troops during their advance into Germany.
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France
Hitler
England
Third Army
Germany
Stewart Defends GOP Labor Record at Ohio Rally
Cincinnati Mayor James Garfield Stewart, GOP governor nominee, defended his party’s labor record at a Clark County rally in Springfield. He pledged to enact progressive legislation for workers. The speech responded to Cleveland Mayor Frank Lausche’s claim that Ed D. Schorr, the Republican state chairman, bears fault for weak mine safety rules.
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James Garfield Stewart
Cincinnati
Clark County
Springfield
GOP
Stewart
Glouster
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Lausche
Ed D. Schorr
Ohio
Abandonment of Football At Rio Grande College
Rio Grande College will not field a football team this year due to manpower shortages. President F. W. Mc Dermott announced the program is canceled despite a six game schedule previously arranged. Enrollment for both sexes totals between 50 and 60 students.
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Rio Grande
Rio Grande College
F. W. McDermott
Autopsy Seeks Cause Of McPherson Death
In Oakland on September 29 AP reports that pathological tests began today on the stomach of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson to determine the cause of death. An autopsy yesterday failed to establish a cause, though officials said it was not a heart attack, and the death occurred in a hotel room.
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Oakland
Calif
Aimee Semple McPherson
Union Leaders View Proposal With Suspicion
Public members of the War Labor Board weigh a relaxation of wage controls after Europe victory. AFL and CIO leaders debate the plan at a White House session with Roosevelt and labor advisers. Davis and Taylor seek OPA and Manpower Commission talks to limit wage rise use.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Europe
CIO
White House
Labor Advisory
AFL
William H. Davis
Japan
WLB
Davis
George W. Taylor
OPA
Manpower Commission
Unification urged for Ohio conservation agencies
Ohio author Louis Bromfield called for a single new department to unite state conservation agencies. In the Ohio Conservation Bulletin he blasted current agencies as antiquated and inefficient, citing red tape and poor coordination that hinder resource preservation and development. The Ohio Postwar Program Commission seeks a consolidation plan for the legislature.
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Columbus
Louis Bromfield
Ohio
Farmer
Ohio Conservation Bulletin
Bromfield
Conservation Committee of the
Ohio Postwar Program Commission
Conservation of Natural Resources Commission
Frederick E. Williamson Dies At 68 In New York
Frederick E. Williamson aged 68 died in New York City after resigning the presidency of the New York Central Railroad due to illness. His retirement followed a period of illness and service as a railroad executive. Williamson had led the railroad during a pivotal era of growth and modernization.
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New York
Frederick E. Williamson
New York Central Railroad
Nine Killed in Railroad Crash Near Missouri Valley
A fast freight collided with a passenger train near Missouri Valley Iowa injuring about 100 and killing nine. Three soldiers died and 47 of the injured were treated in Council Bluffs hospitals. Names of some victims include Ben White and Edwin Mayer with others identified or listed as an unidentified year-old girl and Mrs Agnes Steenhoven's two year old daughter.
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Missouri Valley
Council Bluffs
Ft. Crook
Nebr
Chicago and North Western Line
Ben White
Council
Bluffs
Edwin Mayer
Ashland
Ida McLarnan
Moville
Paul G. Spraish
Laverne Minn
Agnes Steenhoven
Hull, Ia
Pennsylvania grade crude oil ceilings set in Zanesville area
The Office of Price Administration reports ceilings on Pennsylvania grade crude in Zanesville area effective August 1 to aid the stripper well plan. Zanesville Pennsylvanian grade crude is capped at 2.25 per barrel, with Blue Rock Township oil similarly priced. Regular Pennsylvania grade in the area is 2.55, but 0.30 discount applies. under the stripper plan the ceiling is 2.55 and first purchasers paying a 0.75 premium could seek full reimbursement of 0.75.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Zanesville
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Morgan, Muskingum
Perry Counties
Zanesville Pennsylvania
Blue Rock Township
Muskingum County
Blue Rock
See No Increase in Farm Machine Sales
Columbus Sept 29 The War Food Administration released all farm machinery from rationing except corn pickers. Ohio officials said lifting rationing will not raise sales. Marvin Jones War Food Administrator stated the policy aligns with wartime regulations and no immediate sales surge expected in Ohio.
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Columbus
War Food Administration
Ohio
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Ohio Farm Bureau
Marvin Jones
WFA
W Applications
Tas & Aed
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