Mine Death Toll Fixed After Cadiz Mine Blast
Cadiz Ohio reports 31 miners killed in the Nelms coal mine explosion. Four bodies remained unrecovered as deadly gas hampered cleanup. Funeral for Pete Speicher set for 2 p.m. in Cadiz with victims identified among a long list including Ora Farms of Nelsonville.
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Cadiz
Nelms
Pete Speicher
John Mullen
Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Company
Ohio
Willow Grove
Harrison County
Speicher
Homer Knox
Ben Mazeroski
Jesse Rayl
Ed Prather
F. H. Woods
Robert Dinger
and Fannin
Bryan Griffith
Iliam Carr
Emerson Howes
Lewis Sedgmer
Steve Nameth
Ora Farms
Dan Smith
Herbert Jarboe
Frank Mazeroski
John Mattern
Jules Courtville
Joe Hornyak
David McIntyre
Edgar Marchbank
John Smith
John Bernard
Suit Protests Diversion of Water Funds in Nelsonville
Frank L. Groves of Nelsonville filed in Common Pleas Court seeking a restraining order to stop city officials from diverting water works funds to the Nelsonville light plant. He asks the court to declare the city trustee of diverted funds for the water works and to require an accounting, naming mayor C G Dew and several council members and city officials as defendants.
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Nelsonville
Frank L. Groves
Common Pleas Court
Groves
C. G. Dew
Board of Control
Ellsworth F. DeVore
Alonzo Figgins
Francis G. Kouri
Public Service and Safety
Frank Huddy
Gerald Nelson
John Barrows
William Anderson
William Glenn
Charles Glenn
Arthur Kennedy
Win Bols
Frank N. Poston
Airmen Battle In Indo China Over Frontier Clash
Reports from Hanoi describe a 20 minute air battle between French and Siamese war planes near Thaithek as French colonial forces vow retaliation. Frontier fighting continues with Thailand pressing for territorial concessions amid patrol clashes. Monsignor Gouin and an Ursuline nun claim they were held and tortured in an iron cage before crossing into Indo China.
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Hanoi
Thaithek
Thailand
Gouin
Thakhek
Indo-China
Prosecution Policy For Violations Of Federal Campaign Laws
Washington reports the special Senate campaign committee will pursue prosecutions for all violations of federal laws on political expenditures and contributions. Chairman Gillette of Iowa says many complaints of excessive spending and evasions will be referred to the federal grand jury investigation opening tomorrow under Attorney General Jackson.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Committee
Gillette
D-Ia
Senate Committee
Federal Grand Jury
Jackson
Retired Merchant Dies At Home in Gallipolis
Charles E. Clark age 81 retired merchant and former band leader died at his Gallipolis home after a long illness. His wife is dead. Funeral services under the Knights Templar will be held at the home at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
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Gallipolis
Charles E. Clark
Knights Templar
U C Trustee Dies Cincinnati Leader George Warrington
George H. Warrington 68 longtime University of Cincinnati trustees' chairman died of a heart ailment over the week. His passing removes a key university leader and administrator from Cincinnati civic life.
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Cincinnati
George H. Warrington
University of Cincinnati Trustees
A. and P. to Pay $1.5 Million Christmas Bonus
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co announced plans to distribute 1.5 million dollars as a Christmas bonus to all employees with six months or more service. A similar bonus was paid last year.
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NEW York
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
German Ace Wick Shot Down Off Isle of Wight
Major Helmuth Wick, 56th enemy defeated, was shot down by a British chaser plane as he bagged his 56th opponent. A comrade saw him bail out into the water near the Isle of Wight. German rescue efforts failed. Wick had been promoted to command of the Richthofen squadron on October 25.
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Berlin
Helmuth Wick
Wick
Isle of Wight
Richthofen
Britain Tightens Axis Blockade Shrinking Argentine Trade
A Buenos Aires report says Britain quietly tightens ocean trade controls to curb Axis access to vital supplies. Officials monitor shipments of cotton meats fats and hides and purchases by Argentina for Spain Soviet Russia Sweden Finland and conquered France. Navicerts for 100000 tons of Argentine cotton to Spain were blocked.
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Buenos Aires
Britain
Argentina
Spain
Russia
Sweden
Finland
France
Greater Cash Income Seen For Farmers
Washington officials forecast a rise in national income to 83.6 billion dollars in 1941 from 74.1 billion this year. They expect farmers to gain at least 600 million in cash income as defense spending boosts consumer buying power for meats dairy fruits vegetables fats and oils.
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Washington
National Defense
Canadian Troops May Strike at Italy Soon
London observers predicted Canadian forces would be thrown into Britain's Near East campaign. The Dominion troops, among the hardest striking Allied units, were believed to be concentrated in the Mediterranean to knock out Italy.
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London
Britain
Near East
Mediterranean
Italy
Good Neighbors Drive Falls Short of Goal at $12 550
Community supporters and local firms including Western Auto Supply Burke Ervin Electric and Athens businesses back America Drive. Total today 4 344 50 leaving a balance of 8 205 50 as employees and educational units contribute full or average amounts per person.
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Western Auto Supply
Burke Ervin Electric Company
McPherson Shoe Repair
Fishbaugh Shoe Repair
Farley Dry Cleaners
Athens City-County Health Department
Phillip’s Furniture Store
Leslie White
E. V. Baughman Grocery
Floyd Matheny
Dave Levinson
Athens Armature and Machine Works
Marietta Laundry Company
Stack’s Market
James Parkis
Acme Dry Cleaners
Jean Shop
Mickle Tire & Accessories
Wonder Bar
Standard Oi! Company
C. H. Smalley
Kennedy resigns as ambassador to Great Britain
American envoy Joseph P. Kennedy resigns from the London post after a White House conference with President Roosevelt. He plans a holiday then to devote himself to preserving democracy and keeping the United States out of war. He will not return to London in that capacity.
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Washington
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
United States
Kennedy
London
White House
Roosevelt
England
William C. Bullitt
France
John Cudahy
Belgium
Europe
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Soviet
Russia
Alexander Weddell
Spain
State Department
Four Killed in Powder Plant Blast Near Tacoma
Four men were reported killed or seriously injured when a blast at the Columbia Powder Company mixing plant 15 miles south of Tacoma destroyed a single building. The coroner and under-sheriff were alerted after officials disclosed four workers were inside at 7 a.m. Identities were not released.
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Tacoma
Wash
Columbia Powder Company
Here
Clyde Knowles
Cold Wave Is Due Tonight In Midwest
The weather forecast predicts a new cold wave sweeping the middle west tonight. Readings already fell below zero in North Dakota and Minnesota with Devil's Lake at 18 below. Chicago area temperatures may reach about five above zero with light snow expected.
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Chicago
Middlewest
U. S
Plains States
North Dakota
Minnesota
Devil’s Lake
N. D
Cleveland Family of 13 Survives Hot Water Fumes Rescue
A Cleveland family of 13 owed their survival to neighbors who saved them from dangerous hot water fumes. The husband and 11 children were overcome or too ill to move, while Mrs. James Horacek managed to alert neighbors before collapsing. Police and firemen aided in reviving the family.
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Cleveland
James Horacek
Wilmington City Editor Takes Weekly Post
J. M. Glatz, city editor of the Wilmington News Journal for two years, will take over management of the Rising Sun Recorder in Indiana today. William Miller, formerly of Logan and New Lexington, will succeed Glatz here.
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Wilmington
J. M. Glatz
Wilmington News-Journal
The
Rising Sun
Ind
Recorder
William Miller
Logan
New Lexington
Glatz
Italy begins rationing spaghetti flour and rice
Italy imposes rationing on staple foods including spaghetti flour and rice to preserve supplies. Government directs controlled distribution and limits purchases amid shortages.
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Rome
Italy
Senate Farm Bloc Opposes Benefits Cut
Senators Capper and Ellender warn they will resist steep cuts to farm subsidies unless incomes rise, signaling early opposition to Roosevelt’s plan to reduce routine government outlays. Senator George suggests raising corporation tax to 30 percent and higher individual rates to fund defense costs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Farm Bloc
Capper
R.-Kan
Ellender
D.-La
George
D.ga
Senate Finance Committee
Reservoir project approved in Gallipolis
Federal government accepts a $44 000 plan to place a concrete cover over Gallipolis city reservoir. Construction is to begin immediately, WPA engineer Charles Warner reported.
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Gallipolis
Charles Warner
WPA
Gallipolis City
Port of Southampton targeted as war rages in Balkans
Greek dispatches report Mussolini's surrender of 5000 Italian troops opens a central Balkan gap while Nazi bombers attack Southampton. British and Greek forces clash, with Italian and German units maneuvering in Hungary Romania and Albania as axis and allied powers pursue strategic moves.
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Southampton
Britain
Mussolini
Spain
British Press Association
England
London
Albania
Royalty Fight Curtails Music for Broadcasts
New York reports that ASCAP music will disappear from non commercial programs on NBC CBS and Mutual Network WOR within weeks as networks bar ASCAP tunes. ASCAP and BMI race to recruit composers while negotiating a 1941 contract reclassifying broadcasters and fees. If no deal by year end ASCAP may remove its entire catalog from major networks.
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New York
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Columbia Broadcasting System
ASCAP
Mutual Broadcasting System
WOR
National Broadcasting Company
United States
Broadcast Music, Inc
Organization of Composers
Navy Declares U S Fleet Best on High Seas
Washington report quotes Admiral Harold R Stark as saying the United States fleet is probably the strongest sea force in the world. He urges advanced bases, including Guam, to deter any hostile approach in both Atlantic and Pacific theaters. The Secretary of the Navy agrees the two ocean fleet must be completed to meet defense needs in both oceans.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Guam
Japan
Atlantic
Pacific
Stark
Secretary of the Navy
Allied observers foresee British action in Southeast Europe
Observers in Egypt predict Britain will push into the Axis theater in response to Greece’s success against Italy. Cairo dispatches say troop moves into Greece remain secret, while any German advance through Turkey or Bulgaria could trigger a swift British counter move. In Alba Iulia, Ion Antonescu told 100,000 Iron Guardists that Germany and Italy understood Romania’s aim to regain Transylvania, marking the 22nd anniversary of that wartime gain.
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Egypt
Greece
Great Britain
Europe
Cairo
Turkey
Bulgaria
Alba Iulia
Ion Antonescu
Germany
Italy
Rumania
Transylvania
Hungary
OSU Engineering Student Shot in Columbus
A 22 year old Ohio State University engineering student, George Brownewell of Columbus, was shot in the chest and brought to a hospital emergency room last night. He refused to disclose details of how the shooting occurred as Patrolman Herman Schleup reported the incident.
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Columbus
Ohio State University Engineering
Herman Schleup
George Brownewell
Fire Drives 30 Ohio State Sorority Members From Delta Delta Delta
Fire at the Delta Delta Delta sorority house near dawn drove 30 Ohio State University co-ed residents from the building. No injuries were reported as early damage estimates placed the loss at about $1,000. The blaze origin was not determined.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Delta Delta Delta
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