Questionnaires To Be Mailed In Elyria Soon
Elyria draft board announced that AML of the L801 men registered in the February third Selective Service roll will receive occupational questionnaires next week. Mailing will begin Monday at 300 forms per day and finish Saturday, with a 40 day return window and assistance offered through employers, unions, and the U S Employment Service.
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AML
Elyria
Selective Service
Eas
Elyria Draft Board
United States Employment Service
Selective Service Advisory Board
Women's Volunteer Services Unit Opens Office
The Elyria unit of the American Women's Volunteer Services opened headquarters on Court Street second floor to support war work. A staff will assist from 3:30 am to 5:30 pm daily to enroll volunteers and offer information. Led by Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Sibbee, and Mrs. Powers, the group will train women in civilian protection, fingerprinting, motor corps, first aid, home nursing, and public speaking to bolster the war effort and cooperate with Red Cross Civilian Defense No. 2.
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Elyria Unit
American Women's Volunteer Services
Turner Block
Court Street
Elyria
C. A.chen
R. S. Sibbee
Aecretary
Caruter
Neely Powers
Sre
Ittary
Carl L. Smalth
RT. Wirth
George Hoke
Motor Corps Department
W. W. Johnston
Ring Fourtz
Womeen
The
Red Cross
No. 2
Weather report for Ohio with scattered showers today
Scattered light showers are expected in southwest portions today and in northwest and southeast portions this afternoon or early tonight. Temperatures will be somewhat higher across the state.
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Ohio
Jap Columns Cut Off Chinese Defenders Near Mandalay
Chinese forces faced a widening Japanese advance along the Mandalay railway front. Japanese columns crossed the Swa River toward Toungoo and Yedashe, with reports of Chinese holds near Yedashe growing obscure. British communique noted hard fighting from Taungdwingyi to Prome as Japan pressed on the Irrawaddy front.
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Mandalay
Chungking
Swa
Toungoo
Yedashe
Swat
Nanking
China
Joseph W. Stilwall
Toungin
Fartison
Burma
India- Burma
Migyaungye
Minbu Wi
Beitisheon
Evers
London
Magwe
Irrawaddy River
Taungdwingyi
Sinbaungwe
Irrawaddy
Prome
Riveer
Promeleas
Olfields
Minbu- Yenangyaung
President Studes Plan To Freeze Wages Prices Rents
President Roosevelt weighs a broad plan to curb inflation by government control of prices rents and wages with a mix of compulsory and voluntary saving measures. Officials expect a formal outline within two weeks, targeting excess purchasing power and wartime economy stability amid debate over methods.
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Washington
Ronaenclt
Prupaed
Canada
Wirh
Mc. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Easipr
Child Struck By Car Injures 7 Year Old Near Elyria Ave
A 7 year old girl Mary Ann Dziak ran into the side of a passing automobile on Elyria avenue near Larsin at 4 15 p m yesterday. She sustained a fractured sight pcm and was taken to St Josephs Hospital Lorain. The driver Ben cot Bowen of Meister road was cleared of blame.
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Mary Ann Dziak
Elyria Avenue
Larsin
Bencott Bowen
Meister Road
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lorain
Mrs Bines Reaches Elyria After Months In The Far East
Mrs Bines, wife of a British port and import company representative, tells of months fleeing the Malay Peninsula and Singapore as Japanese invasion swept through the region. An ambulance driver, she witnessed bombing raids, was wounded lightly, and endured evacuations by cattle boat and Dutch ships before reaching Melbourne and then New Orleans. She hopes her husband, last seen in Singapore, is alive and possibly a prisoner, with Red Cross channels as her link to word.
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James Andrew Pines
Florence Schoepfle
Elyria
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Java
Bines
Repreentative
Bites
Ma- Nay
Home Guards
Mer
Peninsulao
Ioon
Kuala Lumpur
Mat
Bond
Batavia
Melbourne
Mirhi
New Zealand
New Orleans
Ned Cross
Grand Jury To Have 9 Cases Before next session
Grand jury to consider nine cases when convened next Tuesday transcripts at county clerk’s office list murder case against Andrew Danielf a middle aged Satanist worker accused of stabbing his ten year old wife to death on April 6. Dolnell stabbed wife then himself but recovering breaking and entering case against Jack Ward of Oberlin noted amid several months of family strife and funeral particulars continued on Page 2.
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Chatse
Doinaff
Chatee Ogainst
Jack Ward
Oberlin
Annual Meeting Of Chest Group Tonight
Elyria Community Chest Inc holds its annual meeting at 7 90 today at the Chest headquarters 417 Elyria Saringy and Trot Building. Members will review past year activities and discuss possibilities for the coming year. Six trustees for source year terms are to be elected.
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Community Chest
Elytta Community Chest, Inc
Elyria Saringy and
Laval Return to Power Shifts Franco American Ties
Washington sources warn Laval’s return as vice premier may trigger a reexamination of Franco American relations. Sumner Welles would seek assurances the new cabinet abides by the armistice terms and the accord with Gaston Henry-Haye remains intact. Observers fear closer Axis cooperation and a crisis over the French fleet amid Vichy cabinet changes.
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Washington
Thell
United States
France
Pierre Laval
Aoting
Sumner Welles
Gaston Henry-Haye
Welles
Henry-Haye
Axis
Laval
Vichy
Charles Francais Darlan
Natonal
Brazzayillc
Africa
Solicitation For Scout Funds To Start Soon
A Bly Boy Scouts campaign planning meeting was set for this afternoon at the Lorain County Banking and Trust Building led by Troop Committee chairman RW Butts. The drive for larger memberships is coordinated with Scoutmasters at the camp headquarters under Henry W. Incersoll Jr., with an opening dinner next Monday at the American Legion Home on Ohio Street and a broad list of committee members.
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Teeny Fistiamen
Bly- Boy Scouts
Lorain County Bayings and Trust
RW. Butts
Campatsa
Reomatt Dy
Joseph Q. Petro
Hudnutt
May B. Clymer
Harry My
Harry Inzensall, Jr
Redack
Gi. Rockwood
Hamnld S. Ewing
J. E Dertz
A. d. Wart
Fett E. Nolmes
Jxk Vannafont
T Chiemachtz
Russell Stokiey
FL A. Thathimer
Tushard Timms
Dan W. Kethe
More U S Ships Torpedoed Off Atlantic Coast
Washington April 14 The navy announced two more U S merchant vessels have been torpedoed off the Atlantic coast one is medium sized and the other small the announcement notes the losses in wartime shipping.
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Washington
Navy
UJ. S
Atlantic
Corregidor Gunners Hit Japanese Columns Near Halizon
Washington reports Corregidor's gunners fired on two Japanese tank and trek columns near Halizon and started large fires. American Filipino forces on the island have withstood near continual bombardment from air and artillery after Bataan fell, and secured control of sea approaches by destroying several boats off Manila Bay and sinking a medium Japanese vessel.
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Washington
Corregidor Island
Bataan
Corregidor
Halizon
War Department
Manila Bay
Cavite
Bataan Enaity
Finnest
Far East
Elyria Board Grants Continuing Contracts To 123 Teachers
The Elyria City Board of Education approved continuing contracts for 123 teachers eligible under the Ohio Teacher Tenure Law. Among them is former Elyria High School French teacher Mrs. Luetla Risenmann Drown, whose mandamus case prompted the ruling. Contracts cover the present school year and begin September 1, replacing one-year terms with salary adjustments already in place. The decision notes unsettled questions about married women teachers and tenure law status.
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Elyria City
Elyria
Ohio
Luetla Risenmann Drown
Juning
Ag Ain
Fast & Met
Crnharts
Mthouch Mo
Druma
Crown
Tecanss
Elstia
Brown
Ohio Supreme Court
Vichy reshuffle strengthens Laval regime in France
Vichy officials report Laval returns as vice premier and takes control of national offices while Darlan loses his post but retains navy command. Washington and London warn of a grave crisis ahead as political shifts unfold across Europe. In Burma, Japanese forces cut Chinese supply north of Toungoo, pressing toward Burt. Australian air raids target a Japanese warship as Flying Fortresses strike. In the Philippines, Corregidor guns blast Japanese columns amid ongoing air attacks. Hed cavalry penetrates German lines near Lenincrad.
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Vichy
Viette Laval
France
Darlan
Navy
Washington
London
Hitler pressures Laval to power in Vichy regime
Diplomats say Adolf Hitler used threats to restore Pierre Laval as France’s deputy premier in the Vichy government led by Marshal Petain. Laval’s allies fear a puppet Paris regime, with Petain pleading to move governance back to Paris, while hostages and food shortages press on. Darlan opposed both Germany and Britain, but was not acceptable to Berlin.
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Adolf Hitler
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Henri Philippe Petain
Laval
Hitler
Paris
Petain
France
Germany
North
Africa
Dean Francois Darlan
Germana
Vichy Report: Laval Returns as Vice Premier in Power
In Vichy France April H 5 Piere Laval, famed advocate of collaboration with Germany, is restored to power as Vice Premier overseeing foreign and interior affairs in a new government reshuffle. The move signals a consolidation of authority within the Vichy regime.
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Vichy
France
Piere Laval
Germany
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Mednt Service
National
Setective Service
Ineal Draft Board
Women’s Volunteer Services Unit
Janice Blair
Charleston
N.C
H. Il. Stendell
Janice
Mrs. Bines
Chest Group
U.S
Australia
Philippines
Hed
Lenincrad
Great Presse
United Press
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