Drive to speed up U S defense production calls for plan es
Washington reports ramped up wartime tempo across defense chiefs to flood the nation with planes ships and munitions. Officials push 24 hour days six day weeks and expanded output for Britain Greece China and Latin America while defending as vital to deter war. Sen George urged per unit production to meet fast growing orders amid Allied needs and rising European tensions.
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Washington
Europe
Asia
National Defense Commission
Forritain
Greece
China
United States
William S. Knudsen
Defense
Detroit
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Elations Committee
Britain
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Great Britain
England
Egypt
Central America
Italy
Twenty Five Face Trial for Illegal Liquor Ring
In Huntington West Virginia 25 of 42 defendants accused of a liquor trafficking ring ferrying alcohol from Ore County Ohio across the Rio River to Guyandotte distribution areas in Kentucky and West Virginia go on trial. Three defendants pled guilty. 14 remain at large. Thirteen defendants are Ohioans.
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Huntington
W. Va
Ence County
Ohio
Rio River
Guyandotter
Kentucky
West Virginia
Girl on Deathbed Accuses Man in Truck Fight Fall
Betty Jean Rhodes, dying at 15, accuses a 45 year old Uhrichsville man of causing her fall from a moving truck during a struggle. Prosecutor Ralph Finley said the girl's parents were in the cab when the incident occurred.
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New Philadelphia
Uhrichsville
Betty Jean Rhodes
Ralph Finley
Bombing damages London radio offices of NBC and CBS
New York report states bomb raids on London last night damaged the offices of both the National Broadcasting Company and the Columbia Broadcasting Company. The strikes hit the capital during German bombing raids, with injuries and disruption reported across the city.
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New York
London
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Mother of Actress Peggy Hopkins Joyce Dies
Dora Selena Hudson, mother of former Broadway actress Peggy Hopkins Joyce, died in Norfolk last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Dora Selena Hudson
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Broaday
Windsors to Receive Large Police Escort in Miami Arrival
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor will arrive by yacht Southern Cross with 50 police guards at the dock in Miami. An escort of 20 motorcycles will take them to a Miami Beach hospital for a major dental operation as part of tight security measures.
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Miami
Fla
United States
Nassau
William J. McCarthy
Southern Cross
Miami Beach
Bahamas
Alexis Wenner-Gren
S. S. Munargo
Farm Bureau probes New Deal farm administration
The American Farm Bureau Federation reviewed a report by research staff at its 22nd annual convention in Baltimore. The document cites seven Agriculture Department agencies running overlapping programs and calls for decentralizing administration to save several million dollars annually. Wickard and Evans were to address the gathering.
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Baltimore
American Farm Bureau Federation
New Deal
W. R. Ogg
Farm Organization
Washington
Resolutions Committee
Federation
Claude Wickard
AAA
R. M. Evans
Agriculture Department
Wickard
Evans
Ogg
Neffner ups proposed reforms to streamline Ohio elections
Secretary of State George M. Neffner urged two changes to county election boards to reduce errors in Ohio voting. He proposed separate precinct booth staffs to receive ballots and tally them and a requirement that precinct workers pass qualification tests.
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Columbus
Ohio
George M. Neffner
Neffner
Ten Thousand Seek Jobs at Columbus Plane Plant
About 10,000 people queued at the State Fairgrounds to apply for work at Curtiss-Wright Corporation’s $10,000,000 Columbus airplane plant under construction. Many waited seven hours for the opening of the employment office. Some workers will receive training before production begins next spring, with 12,000 expected at peak output.
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Columbus Plane Plant
Columbus
State Fairgrounds
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Ohio Democrats Plan $2 Dinner for Roosevelt Victory
Columbus reports plans for a January 11 victory dinner at two dollars per plate, hosted by Ohio Democratic committee representatives to celebrate President Roosevelt's re election. Henry A Wallace and Frank C Walker are being sought as speakers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Frank C. Walker
Cleveland Motorists Die in Auto Crash
In Sandusky two Cleveland residents John Rodman 26 and Rose Speh 22 died at Providence Hospital from injuries after a crash three miles south of Sandusky. Two others were injured in the same accident.
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Sandusky
John Rodman
Rose Speh
Cleveland
Providence Hospital
Here
Former Dean Dr Robert W Deering Dies at 75
Cleveland obituary reports former Western Reserve University graduate school dean Dr Robert Waller Deering died after several months illness. He was 75 and served WRU in academia and administration.
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Cleveland
Robert Waller Deering
Western Reserve University
Black Cat Rescues Family From House Fire
In Columbus Mrs. Amelia Welch reports her black cat returned after an alley fight with a wounded paw and alarmed her early Saturday. The cat helped her and her family escape a blaze that trapped them on a blocked stairway.
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Columbus
Amelia Welch
War Department to delay National Guard mobilization
The War Department plans a broad revision of mobilization schedules for the National Guard delaying most of the 126 000 men slated to wear uniforms in January. Weather strikes and other delays slowed camp construction and water supply issues prompted plan changes at several centers. Confidential general instructions reportedly went out to division and other commanders between January 3 and January 19, but confirmation was refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
National Guard
Ohio Made Planes Are Ordered for Uruguay
Uruguay, last of nine South American nations to place orders for Aeronca planes, will use five tandem trainers of nine newly ordered planes to train army fliers. The remaining four models will introduce commercial planes in Uruguay. Montevideo owns ten planes, all military.
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Middletown
Uruguay
Aeronca
Carl I. Friedlander
The
Aeronautical Corporation
Friedlander
Uruguayan Republic
Montevideo
Army Doctors Reject 10 to 28 Percent of Recruits
Washington reports that army induction centers rejected 10 to 28 percent of prospects cleared by local physicians. Officials say the figure is alarming only temporarily as examiners adjust. Local boards overrate patriotism and doctors rely on long familiar names, while army doctors aim for the best trainees.
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Washington
Army
Selective Service
Burley Growers Hope for Higher Prices in Week Two
Kentucky burley tobacco growers, averaging 17.71 per hundred pounds in week one of the 1940 season, open the second week hoping for higher returns. The current average is 1.22 above last year’s unofficial first week mean of 16.49, though many growers complain of reduced offerings to lift the average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Kentucky
Burley Tobacco Growers
Greeks Rejoice Over Roosevelt Aid Promise
In Athens President Roosevelt’s pledge to aid Greece drew enthusiastic reception from government officials and the public. A government spokesman hosted American correspondents to convey Greece’s thanks as several papers published large photographs of the president.
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Athens
Greece
Roosevelt
Rope snaps sending climber to her death in canyon
Mrs Edith Giger a 24 year old amateur mountaineer fell 200 feet from a cliff in Big Tujuna Canyon after a rope snapped near Los Angeles. The accident occurred yesterday while she was climbing.
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Los Angeles
Edith Giger
Tujuna Canyon
British Warships Chase Nazi Raider in South Atlantic
In Montevideo Uruguay reports state British ships searched the south Atlantic for the German raider said to have pierced the Carnarvon Castle. The damaged auxiliary cruiser prepares to rejoin patrols to secure Britain’s food lifelines as unconfirmed reports mention a sea clash after the Thursday battle.
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Carnarvon Castle
Montevideo Harbor
South Atlantic
Montevideo
Uruguay
Britain
Enterprise
Seeks Rule on Working Wives
Cleveland officials debate a national rule on draft status of men with self supporting wives. William R. Fairgrieve says local boards are split on whether such men can be drafted. The district board ruled that dependency governs service, not marriage alone.
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Cleveland
William R. Fairgrieve
Selective Service Appeal
National Selective Service Headquarters
District Board of Draft Appeals
Hold Mother Following Shooting of Children
A 33 year old mother, Agnes Borg, was under sheriff guard in a hospital after her husband found bodies of their two children in a farm home. The couple’s 13 foot cistern contained the mother, three feet of water, as investigators probed shotgun slayings of Rachael Elaine, 3, and Martin Theodore, 6 months. State's Attorney Joseph R Peterson planned to question the mother for clues.
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Princeton
Iill
Joseph R. Peterson
Bureau County
Agnes Borg
Rachael Elaine
Martin Theodore
Community Chest Supporters List of Contributors
A long list of supporters and contributors to the Community Chest includes businesses and professionals such as Athens Metal Vaults Dwight H Rutherford R J Isselstein John J Woolley Hall Rowland Dr J D Haskins Athens Cash Feed Store C R Haskins C B Beverage Grocery Athens Truck & Implement Co Millview Inn and many more. Individual donors include Dr C R Hoskins Dr R S Moynan L G Worstell Jr Mrs F W Bush and numerous others with amounts noted as 25 or more and some firms and educational units contributing as 100 percent or average 1 or more per employee. The listing spans local businesses banks drug stores and service firms with a note of continuation on Page 2.
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Athens Metal Vaults
Dwight H. Rutherford
R. J. Isselstein
John J. Woolley
Rowland
J. D
Dwight H. Rutherford McKee Drug Co
Prudential Insurance Co
Woolley & Rowland
Ohio State Dept. of Highways
Cuckler
Athens Truck & Implement Co
Fred R. Beasley Garage
Walsh Electric Co
Moore’s
Steve Burke-Ervin Electric Co
Ohio State Aid For Aged Co
M. Gill Universal Credit Co
Pete's Cave Time Cleaners
McFarland’s
Chevrolet Co
Athens State Hospital
Federal Building
Athens Buick Co
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Gas Co
Distribution Dept. Gas Co. Measurement Dept. Gas Co
Motor Transport Dept. Local Draft Board
Athens Flooring Co
Sheriff's Office
Testifies Gas Found in Mine Before Blast
Ohio mining chief Marcus Kerr testified at a public hearing that gas of explosive nature was found in the Nelms Mine two days before the November 29 disaster that killed 31 coal miners. Four inspectors found gas near the explosion site and officials were ordered to improve air circulation and rock dust the pit.
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Cadiz
Ohio
Nelms
Marcus Kerr
Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Co
Kerr
State Department of Industrial Relations
Farm Income In Ohio Rising
Cleveland reports Walter F. Kirk head of the Ohio State Grange says farm income in Ohio will likely exceed 1939 levels as industrial hiring grows. He notes easy market access aids farm shipments but warns that rising prices may lift costs for machinery and essentials.
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Cleveland
Walter F. Kirk
Ohio State Grange
Ohio
America
Kirk
Farmers Given Orders For 1941 Corn Crop
Secretary Wickard announced the 1941 corn planting allotment under crop control would be 88 to 90 million acres, unchanged from 1940. The commercial corn area allotment was set at 37.3 million acres, up from 36.638 million acres in 1940.
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Washington
Wickard
Bomb crates destroyed in Springfield fire at Oliver Farm
Fire gutted the Oliver Farm Equipment paint department in Springfield today destroying 300 bomb crates built for the government. Firefighters struggled to keep flames from spreading to adjacent buildings.
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Springfield
Oliver Farm Equipment Company
Lucia J. Bing Elected to Welfare Post
Mrs. Lucia J. Bing of the Ohio Division of public assistance was elected to the board of governors of the American Public Welfare Association in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucia J. Bing
Washington
Ohio Division of Public Assistance
American Public Welfare Association
Ohio's Relief Cost in November Falls Sharply
Ohio's relief expenses for November were estimated at 1.808 million dollars, down 36 thousand from October and about 250 thousand below November 1939. State Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood announced the figures in Columbus.
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Ohio
Columbus
Charles L. Sherwood
Nazi High Command Claims 800 Tons Used in London Raid
Nazi high command reported 700 tons of explosives and 100 tons of incendiaries were dropped in a 12 hour raid on London. They described great fires and damaged hospitals while pilots claimed defenses lacked ammunition and fires were visible across the Channel. Greece meanwhile celebrated rapid advances as Mussolini’s Albanian front faced pressure and Greek forces moved toward Tepelini.
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Nazi High Command
Adolf Hitler
London
Britain
Empire
Italian Offensive in Egypt Reported by British Command
British African command said clashes on a broad front in western Egyptian desert led to 500 Italian prisoners captured south of Sidi Barrani. The report suggested the first major action since Graziani seized a 70 mile coastal strip, as Allied forces awaited an offensive amid a prolonged stalemate.
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Greece
Tepelini
Argirocastro
Athens
Rome
John Metaxas
General Staff
RAF
Tirana
Albania
Radokal
Pogradetz
Egypt
Sidi Barrani
Rodolfo Graziani
Graziani
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Britain
RAF Raids Duesseldorf and German Bases on Channel
British air forces mounted strikes on Duesseldorf and war bases along the Channel, hitting Lorient submarine facilities and shipping at Bordeaux Brest Flushing Dunkerque and Gravelines with additional hits on several air dromes. German reports confirm widespread bomb damage in western Germany including residential districts and several fatalities. Additionally the Idarwald freighter was sunk or captured while attempting to run the blockade off Cuba as British crews secured the vessel. Italy saw high command resignations and a new navy chief named amid ongoing political strains from the Greek campaign.
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London
London Air Ministry
Duesseldorf
Germany
Lorient
France
Bordeaux
Brest
Flushing
Dunkerque
Gravelines
Havana
Cuba
Cuban
Isle of Pines
Grand Cayman Island
Navy Department
Washington
French Warplanes Bomb Siamese Town in Retaliation
French warplanes reportedly dropped 22 bombs on the Thai town of Lakhon early today in retaliation for an alleged Thai bombing of Vientiane. Officials in Hanoi denied new Japanese demands on Indo China despite Chinese sources claiming such requests were made last week.
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Hanoi
Lakhon
Vientiane
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U. S. Defense Production
DRIVY
London Radio
Dems
Black Cat
Burley
Community Chest Supporters
Athens Messenger
Athens National Bank
Gallaher Drug Co
Order of Eagles
Gordon B. Gray Scott’s Store
Universal Credit Co
Clara Andrews
Time Cleaners
Athens Lumber Co
Cross Brothers
C. R. Hoskins
H. Creed
R. S. Moynan
L. G. Worstell, Jr
F. W. Bush
T. R. Biddle
L. W. Roberts
B. M. Covert
Charles A. Cornwell
Thomas M. Wolfe
T. H. Morgan
Herman G. James
Dean A. H. Armbruster
F. R. Murphey
Associated Press
9Th Army
Valona
Adriatic Sea
Channel
Anese Islands
Pietro Pintor
Armistic Commission
Aldo Pellegrini
Turin
Arturo Riccardi
Domenic Cavagnari
Navy
Cavagnari
Pietro Badoglio
Cesare Maria de Vecchi
di Val Cismon
Aegean
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