British and Axis Forces Clash Across North Africa and Europe
Allied reports describe British advances into Libyan territory toward Bardia and Salum while German and Italian forces resist in Egypt and Greece. RAF strikes hit Berlin and Sheffield as Mediterranean fighting intensifies with Italy’s troops counterattacking in Libya and Albania.
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Britain
Libya
Egypt
RAF
Berlin
Elbasani
Albania
Bardia
Salum
Communiane
Adolf Hitler
High Command
Sheffield
North England
British Press Association
London
Mediterranean
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
Cairo
Switzerland
Germany
France
Africa
Marshal Petain
Pierre Laval
Petain
Laval
Vichy
Neghelli
Naples
Admiralty
Naiade
Four Die in Weekend Crashes in Athens Gallia District
Two men and two children were killed and seven injured in area crashes. In Nelsonville a pedestrian and a cyclist died after being struck on U S Route 33. In Gallia County a child and parent died after a collision in Vinton. One driver fled the scene and faces charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Sheltering Arms
U. S
Nelsonville
Harry Hunter
Coal Hollow
Carl Coakley
Jackson St
Music Box
Gallia
Eugene Cottrell
Monte Frederick Cottrell
Sze
Guy Cottrell
Vinton
Fred Hanning
E. State St
William Lemon
Bowen Sr
Logan
Lew Reynolds
Coakley
Lemon
Ernest Hoplite
Wilford
Doorge
C. G. Dew
Mary Coakley
James Collins
Dorr Run
Barney Pearson, Jr
Stout Funeral Home
Northeast Ohio Opens Induction Depot for Draft Processing
Cleveland hosts a new induction station capable of processing 350 civilians into rookies within eight hours. The facility serves 20 Northeastern Ohio counties and conducts interviews, medical exams, fingerprints, and oath taking. Those failing will be returned to draft boards for deferred consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio Society Studies Needs of Crippled Child
At the 20th annual conference in Columbus education and civic leaders discussed methods to ease the plight of afflicted youth. Presiding was F B Littick of Zanesville president of the Ohio Society who spoke at a banquet on bringing a human touch and sympathy to their work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olumbus
Ohio Educanrs
Ohio Society For Crippled Children
Littick
Zanesville
Ohio Society
Solons Discuss Aid for Local Governments
In Columbus a Senate taxation committee plans to propose reforms after an 18 month study to ease local government finances. Ideas include shifting automobile license tag revenue to general funds, boosting direct state appropriations, and lowering the 65 percent threshold for approving special levies and bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Senate
General Revenue Fund
British Steel Town Bombed in Second Blitz
Sheffield suffered a heavy air raid with hundreds of incendiaries and high explosives. Food stocks and cooking equipment were commandeered for canteens feeding the homeless as mobile kitchens served battered districts. Fire services limited the fire threat despite sightseers adding to the difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
England
Britain
Ohio Firms Share $212 Million in Defense Contracts
Ohio firms were awarded defense contracts totaling $212,718,114 in five months by the Army Navy WPA and Federal Security Agency. The figure excludes ordnance depots housing contracts and navy commitments under $5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Army
Navy
WPA
Federal Security Agency
Office of Government
Nobel Peace Prize Not Awarded This Year
Oslo reports that the Nobel Peace Prize will not be awarded this year following an official announcement. No recipient was named and the decision affects the expected Nobel ceremony this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oslo
Norway
Elimination of ban on aid to Britain urged in Congress
Washington AP Bloom of the House Foreign Affairs Committee urged removing legal obstacles to expedited British aid. He proposed credit and repeal of the Johnson Act to permit loans and potentially return to international law, as Roosevelt weighs options including naval help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Washington
Great Britain
Bloom
Dny
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Lord Lothian
Foundation
Warm Springs
Caribbean
May
D-Ky
England
Supreme Court Enables Federal Licensing of Dam Projects
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 2 ruling by Justice Reed, broadened federal authority to regulate hydroelectric projects. The Federal Power Commission may require Appalachian Electric Power to obtain a standard federal license for dams on the New River near Radford, Virginia. Justice Roberts dissented with Justice McReynolds concurring. Chief Justice Hughes did not participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Reed
Federal Power Commission
Appalachian Electric Power Company
New River
Radford
Justice Roberts
McReynolds
Hughes
Attorneys General
Virginia
Kidnaped Motorist Witnesses Multi-State Robberies
Federal investigators join a search for three robbers who forced a Cincinnati man to drive them on a 170 mile robbery circuit. Durse Wilson 25 said the trio diverted to Chesapeake Ohio where they took $12 and gas, then crossed the Ohio River to East Huntington robbing a filling station before fleeing toward Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cincinnati
Leo K. Cook
FBI
Durse Wilson
Wilson
Chesapeake
Ohio River
East Huntington
Wayne
Cook
Army Calls 100 Nurses for Fifth Area Camps
Columbus report says the army issued a call for 100 nurses from the Fifth Corps Area covering Ohio West Virginia Kentucky and Indiana. More nurses will be needed as army camp hospitals are completed. Graduate nurses under 25 are eligible and applicants from public health service teaching posts or hospital administration are excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Army
Fifth Corps
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio to Study Updates to Mining Code
Columbus AP reports Ohio will hold a Wednesday meeting to begin updating the mining code. The discussion includes expanding state inspector authority and updating laws for mechanized mining to reflect five years of industry progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
George A. Strain
Department of Industrial Relations
Strain
Red Cross Plans Food Shipments to France and Spain
The American Red Cross has tentatively arranged to send ships with food to Spain and unoccupied France. Departure hinges on talks between the United States and Britain, with prospects favorable. The plan includes a Marseilles cargo of condensed milk and vitamin products for under nourished French children, while Britain resists easing blockade for occupied territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Red Cross
Europe
Spain
France
United States
State Department
Marseilles
Germany
Unionist Wins Eviction Case
National Labor Relations Board ruled the eviction of union organizer Edward Beal from a Bluffton factory lobby an unfair labor practice. The Triplett Electrical Instrument Co. was found to have fired Harley Kohler for union activity and ordered Kohler reinstated with back pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Bluffton
National Labor Relations Board
Edward Beal
CIO Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Triplett Electrical Instrument Co
Beal
Harley Kohler
Kohler
Rodeo Exercise Ends in Death Near Norwalk
Dale Ellis aged 18 loaded a pistol while imitating a rodeo at his Greenwich farm home 18 miles south of Norwalk. He pointed the weapon at James E. Watson who was killed by the gunshot as they traveled to a physician. Coroner J. D. Bradish ruled the shooting accidental.
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Norwalk
Dale Ellis
James E. Watson
Ellis
Greenwich Farm
Here
Watson
J. D. Bradish
Death in East Liverpool prompts inquiry into 25 year old man
Coroner Arnold Devon orders an investigation into the death of M. C. Gray of East Palestine found dead in bed with three bruise marks on the forehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
Arnold Devon
M. C. Gray
East Palestine
Miner Killed and Several Injured in Dixie King Mine Blast
One miner died and several others were injured in an early morning explosion at the Dixie King Coal Company mine north of Lafollette Tennessee. The deceased was W. P. Kirkland, about 44, of Lafollette. Three miners were hospitalized with burns to the neck face and hands though the burns were not serious. Several others received treatment for minor cuts and burns at the mine entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafollette
Tenn
Dixie King Coal Company
Minton Sharp
W. P. Kirkland
Logan Youth Removed To Columbus Hospital
Ned Webb fifteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Clinton Webb was taken to a Columbus hospital this morning for an operation to remove his appendix. He was accompanied by his father The Messenger representative for Hocking County. Three years ago this morning Mrs Clinton Webb was taken to a Columbus hospital for the same operation.
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Logan
Ned
Clinton Webb
Columbus
Messenger
Hocking County
Holiday Gifts For Ohio Guardsmen Packed In Cleveland
The friends of the 37th Division packed 2000 boxes of candy and nuts for Ohio National Guardsmen unable to return home from their Mississippi camp for Christmas. Funds are being raised by solicitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio National Guardsmen
Mississippi
Cleveland Sets Dec 16 Heat Record At Fifty Five
Cleveland Weather Bureau records show a high of 55 degrees for December 16, exceeding the previous record of 54 degrees set in 1894.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cleveland Weather Bureau
GOP Leaders Concentrating On 42 Vote
Senators Taft and Vandenberg urged delaying 1944 presidential talk until after the 1942 elections. They emphasized focusing on winning additional House and Senate seats. Capper called for a moratorium on presidential politics to aid Republican organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg
Mich
Capper
R-Kan
Midwest
Italian Char Coal Fueled Plane Reported
Il Messaggero today reports a flight by a charcoal burning airplane claimed as the first. A special apparatus weighing 176 pounds converts charcoal into gas with 99 pounds of charcoal and a low temperature furnace replacing gasoline tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Il Messaggero
Police Probe Death of Ohio Youth Pearl Collins
Police will perform an autopsy today into the shooting death of 16 year old Pearl Collins in Portsmouth. Investigating officer Sgt. J. P. Bauer cited 20 year old Harold Adkins, held for questioning, saying a gun in his pocket discharged accidentally as he entered Collins's rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
J. P. Bauer
Pearl Collins
Bauer
Harold Adkins
Collins
Train collision injures 16 in Rock Island rear-ender
A Rock Island passenger train crashed into the rear coach of another at Wapello last night injuring 16 people, three seriously. The accident disrupted service as emergency crews responded to the scene.
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Wapello, Sg
Rock Island
Aged Man Kills Wife and Himself in Ohio Home
A 78 year old farmer in failing health killed his wife Emma 74 and then himself in a Blissfield area home Sunday. Son Clifford found his mother dead in a rocking chair and father dead in the adjoining kitchen. Coroner W O Lyons ruled murder and death by own action.
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Coshocton
Blissfield
W. O. Lyons
Edward L. Guthrie
Emma
Clifford
New Straitsville Man Dies After Scuffle
An autopsy was ordered into the death of William Smith 41 of New Straitsville after a scuffle. Sheriff James Adrian said Smith appeared to have a skull fracture from being knocked down by another New Straitsville man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
William Smith
New Straitsville
James Adrian
Smith
Lloyd George Holds Talk With Churchill Over U S Post
London reports that former prime minister David Lloyd George, seen as a potential envoy to America or cabinet member, had a lengthy conference with Prime Minister Churchill today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lloyd George
United States
Winston Churchill
Lloyd George
America
London
Churchill
Mrs Nola Fisher Dies After Clothing Fire In Cincinnati
Mrs Nola Fisher, 38, who was blind, died today from burns suffered when her clothing ignited from a heater in her Cincinnati apartment last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Nola Fisher
Japanese Sergeant Slain by Chinese Assassin in Hongkew
In Shanghai a Japanese medical sergeant was shot in the back and killed in the heart of Japanese controlled Hongkew. The Japanese cordoned the district but the killer likely escaped. The slaying followed a 15 day blockade lift after a gendarme’s assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Hongkew
American Club Piccadilly Damaged but to Remain Open
London report states the American Club in Piccadilly was damaged in a recent air raid. President Lawrence Tweddy announced the club would continue to operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Piccadilly
Lawrence Tweddy
Rehabilitation Plan For Ohio Counties Proposed In Congress
Dowler outlines a plan with Congressman Jenkins to seek federal funding for industrial rehabilitation in distressed Ohio counties. The proposal, titled Wealth Conservation and Orphaned Rehabilitation Act, would authorize about 100 million dollars to defray costs of attracting new industry, with state matching and five year county based programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins O. K
F. E. Dowler
Ohio
E. Dowler
Thomas A. Jenkins
Tenth
Jenkins
Mr. Jenkins
United States
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Italy
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Argirocastro
Port Valona
Pogradetz
Mussolini
Sidi Barrani
Cirenaica
Blitzkrieg Army
Nibeiwa
Pietro
Gallia Co
Northeast
Pierre Etienne Flandin
Flandin
Solons
U.S
Nelms
Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Company
Cadiz
John W. Bricker
Red Cross
Columbus Hospital
GOP
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Congress
Mr. Dowler
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