Countywide Bond Rally Set June 7 by D O A
A countywide rally to boost Scioto county war bond sales in the seventh war loan drives is set for Thursday night June 7 at 8 15 p m in G A R hall 943 Third street. D A councils sponsor the event with bond issuing agents from Marting's store on site. The rally aims to lift county bond purchases and features planned entertainment.
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Scioto ‘Co
Councils of the Daughters of America
Avil
G. AR. Hall
Third St
Marting’s
D. of A
Success Council
Seventh War Loan Campaign
Ports mouth High 211 graduates hear moral progress sermon
Dr. Howard Lowry delivered the 77th Ports mouth High School commencement at Municipal stadium. He questioned if progress has truly advanced mankind in 2,000 years yet urged belief in moral progress and a life with purpose as courage, love, and honesty remain valued. He announced plans to address East High that night.
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Municipal Stadium
Portsmouth High School
Howard Lowry
Dr. Lowry
East High School
Allard Park
Harding School
Dr.Lowry
Prometheus
OPA cracks down on home canning sugar chiselers
Washington June 1 The OPA announced a strict crackdown on chiselers seeking sugar for home canning. Price Administrator Chester Bowles said some applicants falsify needs and pledged that all home canning sugar users must sign a pledge to use only for canning or return surplus sugar. Bowles noted ample supply but warned shortages if chipping continues and directed local boards to suspend or slow issuing canning certificates where fruit and vegetable crops are unavailable.
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Associated Press
Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Perkins Leaves Cabinet Sees Great Progress Made
Washington June 1 Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins departs after 12 years in the cabinet saying tremendous progress has been made and she will remain active in public life. Her successor, Lewis B. Schweinhaer, a jurist and former senator from Washington, was confirmed by the senate yesterday and will take office July 1. Perkins forecast a long era of high level employment and a postwar national time of 130000000000 to 191000000000.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Lewis B. Schwellnoach
Senate
Te Jily J
Perkins
Britons Get More Gas As War Ration Reaches Roads
June 1 report from London notes Britain increases gas rations as wartime controls tighten. Drivers across the country receive allocations believed enough to last about a month, reflecting ongoing shortages and government measures affecting travel.
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Ondon
Beeks Named Medical Director of Mt. Logan Sanatorium
Dr. Frank C. Beeks was chosen as medical director and superintendent of Mt. Logan sanatorium Chillicothe by the board of trustees and will assume the post June 15. He will be paid 4500 dollars annually plus maintenance and fees from noncommitted patients. Beeks was selected from seven applicants and nominated by J H Appel,Scioto trustee.
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Frank C. Beeks
Micklethwait Rd
Mt. Logan
Chillicothe
Board of
B. Lainer Chipley
Beeks
J. H. Appel
Kinney’s Lane
Sciotoco
Stoney Wold Sanatorium
Lake
Labor Troubles Hit Three Ohio Cities
Labour disruptions hit Youngstown Akron and Cincinnati area causing steel and aircraft parts production to halt. Workers at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Brier Hill plant refuse to return despite war board order. Akron plants including B F Goodrich and Goodyear Aircraft idle due to walkouts. Cincinnati faces looming WSAI musician walkout over contract terms.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Youngstown
Akron
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Brier Hill
War Labor Board
B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
WSAI
Sergeant held in killing of Mrs Murphy in Youngstown
A sergeant on furlough from Indiantown Gap military reservation was jailed on an open charge in the slaying of Stella Murphy 29. Murphy was shot fatally yesterday as she left the Republic Steel Corp plant where she worked, police said.
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Youngstown
Indiantown Gap
Stella Murphy
John B. Thomas
Weather summary for Ohio valley and observer report
Considerable cloudiness with moderate temperatures tonight and scattered thundershowers Saturday. Observer Schirman records 11 am 82, today’s min 59, yesterday’s max 80. One year ago today the max was 88 and min 68.
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Ohio Valley
Schirrman
Truman eyes doubling US army size for Pacific war
President Truman told Congress the U S army in the Pacific should grow to about 7 000 000 within a year, enabling a force larger than the 3 500 000 that helped crush the Wehrmacht. He urged shipyard work to meet losses, warned of tougher air combat, and outlined military aims in Japan’s defeat.
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Washington
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Pacific
Truman
Europe
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Wehrmacht
Luftwaffe
Firebomb Osaka and Okinawa drive Japanese back in Pacific war
Allied forces push at Okinawa with Sixth Division marines closing Shuri pocket and Naha mop up underway. Osaka and Yokohama suffer major air raids while Shaoyang and Indo-China corridors see Chinese and Allied advances. Tokyo radio acknowledges rising Japanese losses as pushes to Borneo and Tarakan continue.
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Associated Press
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Tenth Army
Rising Sun
Shuri Town
Tokyo Radio
Pacific
Osaka
Japan
21St Bomber Command
Yokohama
China
Shaoyang
Paoching
Hunan
Indo-China
Manila
U.S. 13Th Air Force
Borneo
Tarakan
Shuri
Sixth Division
Naha
Comei
One Killed Three Hurt In Ft Ben Riot And Fire
Indiana July 1 report from Ft Benjamin Harrison details a riot and fire at the army disciplinary barracks. A guard was killed and three prisoners wounded, one seriously, amid an estimated 1,900 inmates involved. Maj Gen James L Collins noted indications the riot was planned and he reported to the War Department.
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Indianapolis
U. S. Army
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
James L. Collins
Fifth Service Command
Ft. Harrison
War Department
Collins
Local sailor survives kamikaze attack on Zellars
Lt. Bruce W. Jones engineering officer aboard the destroyer Zellars returned home to Roosevelt Navy Base Wilming ton after a Japanese death by own action bomber struck off Okinawa. The April 12 hit tore a 30 foot hole in the superstructure killing 34 and wounding 36 with two missing. Jones is son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Jones of Circle Drive.
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Bruce W. Jones
Portsmouth
United States
Okinawa
Zellars
Roosevelt Naval Operating Base
Wilmington
Calif
Associated Press
the Times
Jones
James W. Jones
Doolittle to team up with B 29s in Pacific
Washington reports Gen. Doolittle will lead B 29 Fortresses in the Eighth Air Force in a renewed air assault on Tokyo, signaling a tougher campaign against Japan. Undersecretary Patterson warned Nipponese stronger air pounding than Germany endured, as new plans unfold.
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Doolittle
Pacific
Washington
Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo
Pvt Felty Killed in Luxembourg Jeep Incident
Pvt Conroy F Felty 22 of South Portsmouth killed May 17 in Luxembourg vehicle accident while on a jeep trip. Survived by wife Qoal Felty and two daughters Diana 5 Donna 3, parents Oscar Felty, siblings in the South Pacific and elsewhere. He served since April 1944, wounded in Germany, previously at Ft McClellan, and stationed in Paris before overseas duty.
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Qoal Felty
Diana
Donna
Kendal
Oscar Felty
South Portsmouth
Luxembourg
War Department
Pvt
Felty
Germany
Paris
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Ft. Meade
South Portsmouth High School
Braddock Motor Freight
South Pacific
Robert Felty
Marines
Ralph Felty
Boyd Felty
Virginia Hannah
Firebrick
Velma Lewis
Detroit
George G. Phillips
R. A. Newberry
Siloam
Newberry Fam
Early leaves White House with a medal
Washington June 1 Steve Early, after more than 12 years of "invaluable help" to two commanders in chief, received the Distinguished Service Medal from President Truman in the White House rose garden. He will become executive vice president of Pullman, Inc., on June 15, entering the production and selling fields.
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Washington
Steve Early
Early
Pullman, Inc
Truman
White House
Reds Seek U. S. Credits San Francisco
Soviet requests for long term U S credits may rise from 6 0 22 000 to 12 000 000 000 if Russian financing terms are met. Soviet delegates outside the United Nations conference said that commerce with the United States can form a firm basis for post war cooperation and that trade will be limited only by American credit.
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San Francisco
U S
United States
Drowned boy Victor Young 15 in Ohio River
Victor Young 15, of Ripley, drowned yesterday in the Ohio River. The accident occurred near Ripley as he was attempting to swim. Authorities are investigating the incident and notifying his family.
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Ripley Boy
Ripley
Victor Young
Ohio River
Peace by Force in Syria Sparks European Fire Risk
Associated Press analysis notes that Franco-Syrian upheaval exposes Europe and the Mediterranean to renewed danger as tensions rise. Britain and the United States push toward tripartite talks in London after halting fighting, signaling international involvement in the Syrian crisis.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Europe
Mediterranean
Britain
United States
John Bull
Churchill
de Gaulle
Paris
London
Lynn native dies in Logan coal mine accident
Robert Ellis Keen age 33 son of Mr and Mrs Frank Keen of Lynn was electrocuted while operating an electric loading machine in a coal mine at Logan West Virginia. Born January 17 1912 in Lynn he leaves a son a sister two brothers and a brother killed in action in Africa. Body to arrive Saturday then funeral Sunday conducted by Rev William Moseley at Fuller ton with burial in Winters cemetery under Morton funeral home direction.
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Frank Keen
Lynn
Fullerton
Logan
W. Va
Mr. Keen
Robert Ellis Jr
Ethel
Kermit Keen
Pfc
Elby Keen
New Guinea
Joseph M. Keen
Air Corps
Africa
William Mosely
Winters Cemetery
Morton Funeral Home
Big 3 Generals To Meet In London
A British foreign office spokesman said a conference of General Eisenhower Field Marshal Montgomery and Marshal Zhukov is likely soon, probably in Berlin.
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London
British Foreign Office
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Gregory K. Zhukov
Berlin
United States to join conference on Levant crisis
London reports France refuses to retire troops yet orders cease fire as Churchill and Truman push to end bloodshed. The United States agrees to mediate with Britain and France in a London conference on Syria and Lebanon as casualties mount and Damascus remains unsettled.
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Syria
Okinawa
U. S
Associated Press
London
France
Paris
Truman
United States
Britain
Lebanon
Beyrouth
Damascus
Middle East
Bernard C. Paget
Army asks railway flood protection across three lines
The War Department sought 8.055 million dollars to shield three transcontinental rail routes from floods in an effort to ready for a short war with Japan. Maj. Gen. Robins testified before the House appropriations committee supporting a 12 million emergency plan for levees and flood controls on major rivers and tributaries including the Ohio, Missouri, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Yazoo basins.
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War Department
Associated Press
the Times
Washington
Norfolk & Western
Portsmouth
Thomas M. Robins
U. S. Army Engineers
House Appropriations Committee
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Missouri
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Lower
Mississippi
St. Francis
Arkansas
White
Red
Yazoo
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