Britain Faces Spring Crisis Without Faster U S Aid
Secretary Hull told defense officials that Britain could face a serious crisis next spring unless American war supplies and shipping to the Allied cause are increased. Knudsen and other defense leaders urged heightened production speed as London pressed for financial help from Washington.
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Washington
Hull
Defense
Great Britain
Britain
William S.knudsen
Knudsen
Defense Commission
British Forces Encircle Libyan City as Campaign Persists
British armor sweeps across the desert toward Bardia aiming to encircle the town and establish a base for a broader push toward Italy. RAF strikes hit Mannheim while Greek forces repulse seven Fascist counter-attacks in Albania. Civilian air raid deaths in Britain reach 4,588 with 6,202 injured in November.
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Britain
Libya
North Africa
RAF
Mannheim
Albania
Bardia
Italy
London
United Kingdom
East Palestine Council Grants Christmas Power Bonus
East Palestine City Council voted to mark December bills for 1,500 domestic power customers as paid as a $5,000 Christmas bonus. Mayor Walter A. Hunston cited improved municipal plant efficiency over the last year as the funding basis for the gesture.
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East Palestine
Walter A. Hunston
Community Chest Adds Local Firms and Donors to List
New contributors to the Community Chest include Dr. J. R. Sprague, Schine’s Athena Theater, Bank of Athens, Schine’s Ohio Theater, The Bennett Co., Fenton Cleaners & Dyers, and The Fair Store. Individual donors exceeding $25 are led by Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Jones and A. Phillips among others. The chest total rises to 9,790.55.
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J. R. Sprague
Schine
Athena Theater
Bank of Athens
Ohio Theater
the Bennett Co. Fenton Cleaners & Dyers Inc
the Fair Store
D. H. Biddle
L. F. Jones
Iundesa
Rowlandé
Train Averts Crash After Youth Pleads Guilty
Ernest Hugh Dyke an 18 year old from Chillicothe admitted before Mayor Harold H Brown to attempting to wreck the Baltimore and Ohio National Limited near Vigo east of here Friday night The Diessel powered 60 mile an hour train struck two ties after Dyke said he placed objects on the tracks One block was hurled 160 feet by the train and another forced between the rails The train did not leave the track Lieut I R Jones railroad police said about 100 people were aboard the flier The case awaits disposition today
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Chillicothe
Ernest Hugh Dyke
Harold H. Brown
Baltimore & Ohio
National Limited
Vigo
Here
I. R. Jones
Jones
Sees Cheaper Power in Ohio
Washington report notes Representative Rankin says cheaper electricity could come if St. Lawrence waterway and Niagara River projects are built. He claims power customers in Ohio Illinois New Hampshire New York New Jersey Michigan Maryland Maine Pennsylvania and Michigan face about half a billion dollars in annual overcharges based on 1938 Ontario and regional rates.
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Washington
Ohio
Rankin
Miss
St. Lawrence Waterway
Niagara River
Mississippian
House
Illinois
New Hampshire
New York
New Jersey
Michigan
Maryland
Maine
Pennsylvania
Ontario
Canada
Reveals Huge Salaries Paid Capital Workmen
Representative Engel said payroll records show Capitol roof workers earning unusually high pay. He cited figures including $247.82 plus $4.70, another at $254.98, and a foreman at $465, arguing anti strike laws would be justified by such wages.
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Washington
Capitol
Engel
Mich
House
Congress
Scotland Yard Says Reds in Underground Shelter Plot
Scotland Yard reported to the Home Office that Communists posted agents in underground shelters to undermine British morale. The probe found several hundred leaflets attacking the government distributed in the shelters.
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London
A_ Scotland Yard
Home Office
War Dept. awards $341,066 shovel contract to Alban Tractors
The War Department awarded a $341,066 contract to the Alban Tractor Company of Marion Ohio for shovels.
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Washington
War Department
Alban Tractors Company
Marion, O
RAF Pilot Downs Six Italian Planes Over Western Desert
A British eight gun RAF fighter ace shot down six Fiat CR 42 fighters in 15 minutes over the western desert. He then forced landed in British-occupied territory. Returning to base, his convoy hit a land mine but the next car was blown up. The pilot resumed combat the following day.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Cost of Lard At New Low
Chicago provision experts report lard prices at the lowest level in seven years due to heavy hog slaughter and rising stocks. Spot lard is about 4.15 cents per pound, down from 6½ cents a year earlier, despite domestic consumption rising 32 percent in November. Exports have been cut nearly in half by the war, yet disappearance totals remain higher than last year.
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Chicago
CIO Board Confers On Scheduled Strike
In Cleveland the CIO United Automobile Workers executive board sent a new grievance plan to General Motors locals for approval and conferred on a strike scheduled for Wednesday at five Eaton Manufacturing Co plants. R. J. Thomas traveled to Washington to meet CIO president Philip Murray after failed talks with Eaton chairman Joseph A. Eaton.
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Cleveland
CIO
United Automobile Workers Executive Board
General Motors
Eaton Manufacturing Co
R. J. Thomas
Washington
Philip Murray
Joseph A. Eaton
Eaton Company
Mulrain Fined for Egg Throwing at Willkie
Charles Mulrain age 53 was fined 25 dollars for hurling frozen eggs at Wendell Willkie at the La Salle Street Railroad Station on October 22. The judge cited 20 dollars for assault and battery and 5 dollars for disorderly conduct after a guilty plea.
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Chicago
Charles Mulrain
Wendell Willkie
Republian
la Salle Street
Matthew D. Hartigan
Mulrain
State honors Gov John Bricker with Friday reception
State employees plan a gala in the State Office Building from 3 to 5 pm Friday to fete Gov John Bricker. A dance orchestra choral groups and individual departments will present a program.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Four families crushed as Cincinnati building explodes
A pre-dawn blast wrecked a three story downtown structure injuring twelve and leaving three missing. Eight to eleven people were killed including eleven children. Identified dead listed and many residents displaced as rescue crews, assisted by workhouse prisoners, sifted through brick and dust.
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Cincinnati
Market
Joe Hughes
Hughes
Chris Williams
Frank Schnetzer
Hubert Smith
Raymond Roy
Jack Morgan
Joseph Koebbe
Dora Smith
Helen Schnetzer
Leonard
Tom Kaufman
Forecasts Thin Tire Casings for Future
NEW YORK Smith of B F Goodrich says future tires will be thin and light. He explains that at high speeds 75 mph thin casings with glass and synthetic rubber offer maximum safety. Thick treads and wide shoulders invite tread tearing from centrifugal forces.
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New York
K. D. Smith
B. F. Goodrich Co
Smith
Coroner Probes Man's Death in Street Fray
An inquest into the death of 41 year old William Smith of New Straitsville was scheduled today. Coroner W J Moodie reported the death resulted from head injuries after a street scuffle Saturday where Smith was knocked to the pavement.
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New Lexington
William Smith
New Straitsville
W. J. Moodie
Smith
Walnut Hills Church Of Christ Safe Robbery
A safe cracking incident at the Walnut Hills Church of Christ in Cincinnati involved a thief entering via an attic window from the roof and stealing 150 dollars. Local police investigated the burglary and searched for suspects.
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ROB Church
Cincinnati
Walnut Hills
Five Trapped Miners Rescued After Beckley Mine Blast
Five injured miners were pulled from Raleigh Coal and Coke No 4 mine in Beckley West Virginia within an hour of an explosion. Officials warned of more trapped and possible fatalities as rescue teams worked with limited communication to the tipple. The slope mine extends into a hillside near Highway 21 and Beckley city center.
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Beckley
W. Va
Raleigh Coal and Coke Corporation
Beckley Hospital
C. M. Meadows
No. 4
U. S. Highway 21
Bluefield
Black Knight Country Club
West Virginia
Supreme Court Broadens Federal Control Over Rivers
In a 6 to 2 ruling the court said federal power over the nation s streams extends to flood control water shed development and recovery of improvement costs through power use. Appalachian Power must obtain a federal license for its New River dam near Radford Virginia as 41 states opposed state restraint.
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Washington
Spreme Court
Roberts
McReynolds
The
Federal Power Commission
Appalachian Power Company
New River
Radford
Reed
Virginia
Sues to Stop Board From Erecting School
London Common Pleas Court hears a suit by former State Representative R. C. Rea seeking to enjoin the Madison County Board of Education from issuing bonds for a $160,000 centralized school. He alleges fraud by concealing the plan until days before a rural township election, where voters were told the cost was only $80,000.
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London
Common Pleas Court
Madison County Board of Education
R. C. Rea
Francis Schmidt Resigns as Ohio State Football Coach
Francis Schmidt resigns as head football coach at Ohio State University announced by the Athletic Board. Details on sports page.
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Francis Schmidt
Ohio State University
Eight Hocking Precincts Recount Initiated in Ohio
A recount of votes from eight Hocking County precincts in the November election began this afternoon. Judge Arlo Chatfield ordered the recount in the election contest between J. L. Martin and Frank St. Clair for county commissioner.
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Falls
Gore
Good Hope
Haydenville
Marion
Coal Gate
Murray
Petain defies Hitler as Laval ousted in Vichy clash
In a dramatic move Marshal Petain ousts Laval and resists Nazi troop passage through French ports. He refuses to join Nazidom against Britain, signaling a cautious pushback while Abetz probes Petain’s stance. Petain’s strength lies in France’s intact colonial empire and strategic Mediterranean influence.
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Dewitt MacKenzie Fuehrer
Hitler
France
Marshal Petain
Laval
Mussolini
Libya
Albania
Otto Abetz
Vichy
Petain
Abetz
Germany
Europe
Britain
Mediterranean
Britain Seeks Credit Aid as Congress Studies Defense Lag
Britain disclosed a request for a line of credit to secure war supplies, not a loan, while Congress reviews defense delays. Senator Austin urged readjusting contracts to support a six day defense week with overtime pay and possible profit, and Taft warned against broad emergency powers. AFL President Green defended union cooperation and opposed government-driven strikes, urging no mass walkouts.
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Britain
Austin
Vermont
Knudsen
Roosevelt
Taft
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Congress
American Legion
William Green
AFL
Green
FBI Leader Urges Bridges Deportation
J Edgar Hoover head of the FBI said investigations of agents convinced him labor leader Harry Bridges should be deported. The remarks were made in Miami Beach Florida.
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Miami Beach
Fla
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Harry Bridges
Italian government declares death penalty for food hoarders
The government announced a death penalty for individuals found hoarding food supplies. Officials cited public hunger and national security concerns as justification for the harsh measure.
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Rome
No Foreign War Group Formed by Cedar Rapids Editor
Verne Marshall, editor of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, announced the formation of the No Foreign War Committee in New York. The group aims to articulate the majority of American citizens opposed to direct involvement in the current war.
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New York
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids, In
Gazette
Nazis Gobble French Food
In Wilmington 14 European refugees report a sinking ship seen at sea on a 12 day voyage aboard the Exmouth. They recount food shipments to France being bought by the Nazis with worthless marks, predicting famine for poor French civilians this winter.
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Wilmington
Del
Europe
Exmouth
Sidney Jaffe
France
Ohio Electors Cast 26 Votes for Roosevelt and Wallace
In Columbus 24 men and 2 women of Ohio's electoral college cast the state's 26 votes for Franklin Delano Roosevelt for a third term and Henry A. Wallace for vice president in a ceremony marked by solemnity.
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Columbus
Ohio
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Cunning Cops Connive As Crook Cops Kale
In St. Charles Missouri a gas station was robbed when two officers hid behind a grease rack. The robber pulled a gun after fueling and took $15. A patrolman was waved away and the suspect escaped.
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Kale
ST. Charles
Burley tobacco burley prices rise in third week
Louisville report notes a 50 cent statewide rise and a $2.97 increase per hundredweight at Springfield as burley tobacco sales enter the third week.
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Louisville
Springfield
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