FDR Presents Lease-Lend Plan to Aid Britain in War Effort
President Roosevelt outlines a near-war lease and lend program to back Britain with up to 2.5 billion dollars in tanks aircraft and munitions. The plan would delay payment and place repayment after peace while asking Congress for immediate authorization. He stresses the plan would not drag the U.S. into war and emphasizes aiding Britain as the best defense.
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Washington
Britain
Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
England
Congress
America
Italy Faces Tribe Revolt In Ethiopia
The Associated Press reports Haile Selassie loyalists in Ethiopia rising against Italian rule as Britain confirms support and threats to Mussolini’s African empire grow. In Libya, British and Australian forces close on Bardia while Greek artillery strains Italian lines at Tepeleni.
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Italy
Ethiopia
North Africa
RAF
Derna
Libya
Bardia
Haile Selassie
Mussolini
Africa
Richard A. Butler
House of Commons
London
Britain
Vittoria
Egypt
Tepeleni
Argirocastro
Klisura
Telepeni
Start Work on Defense Bases
Washington reports actual work has begun on selecting and surveying a chain of air and naval bases in South and Central America. The Inter American bases will be available to air and naval forces of all 21 republics as outposts for a defense system to deter aggression from Europe or Asia. Sites will be provided by the South and Central American republics and remain their property.
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Washington
South
Central America
Europe
Asia
Lindbergh Denounced By Ickes as Appeaser
Interior Secretary Ickes warned the United States faces explosions in powder plants and denounced Col. Charles A. Lindbergh as an "appeaser in the making" in a speech. The remarks labeled Lindbergh a dangerous influence amid wartime tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
Ickes
New York
United States
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Stores Open Until Nine for Shoppers
Athens stores will stay open each night until 9 o clock starting Thursday through Christmas. Announcement by James P. Cumley president of the Athens Retail Merchants Association.
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Athens
James P. Cumley
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Cincinnati Tenement Explosion Kills 13 in Pre-Dawn Blast
Authorities launched a vigorous inquiry into the three story brick tenement plant explosion that killed 13, with Coroner Coppock and a team from city, county and state questioning a widow and tracing victim Joseph Koebbe. The blast ruptured gas lines and sent debris into a nearby produce market as families, including the Roy children, endured injuries and shock.
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Cincinnati
Frank M. Coppock, Jr
Julia Koebbe
Joseph P. Koebbe
Elmer “Jack” Campbell
Campbell
Coppock
Koebbe
A. C. Moorhaus
Gas Company
Moorhaus
George Davison
Elder Street
Bessie Roy
Lawrence
Donald
Robert
Patsy
20 000 a year plane output is predicted
New York reliable industry sources estimate American factories will produce 1 500 to 1 700 warplanes monthly, about 18 000 to 20 000 annually, in the next seven months. Knudsen reports production about 30 percent behind schedule. Calendar year output expected slightly over 5 000 aircraft.
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New York
William S. Knudsen
National Defense Commission
Japan offers final chance for Dutch Indies trade pact
Shanghai dispatch reports Japan will grant the Netherlands East Indies a last chance to seal an economic agreement. Japanese sources refused to specify consequences if talks break down.
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Shanghai
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
Community Chest Contributions Update at Athens
New in the Athens Community Chest list are business firms and professionals such as Dr J T Merwin and E Paul Cotton. Employee groups show full or partial contributions including Lawrence Worstell and J J Sisler Co. Individuals giving $25 or more include Dr J T Merwin. Total today five figures with a balance remaining.
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Athens Community Chest
J. T. Merwin
E. Paul Cotton
I. R. Goldberg
Lawrence Worstell
J. J. Sisler & Co. O. U
British fate in spring hinges on U S war supply boosts
Secretary Hull warns Britain faces a serious spring crisis unless American war aid deliveries rise markedly. Hitler prepares a major spring offensive to knock out Britain while both sides, constrained by bombing and blockades, race to mobilize planes and industrial capacity. Britain relies on U S production to outpace Germany.
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Hull
Britain
Germany
Hitler
England
France
America
Seven Die In Raleigh Coal Mine Blast In Beckley West Virginia
Seven miners died and five were injured in a Raleigh Coal and Coke operation blast two miles back in No 4. Doctors warned one may not recover. Bodies were recovered about four hours after the explosion. Sixty eight workers escaped unharmed.
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Beckley
W. Va
Raleigh Coal and Coke Corporation
West Virginia
Mrs Rose Morris Funeral Arrangements Announced
Mt Hermon widow Rose Morris 81 died after months of illness at home. Survived by husband Ela and four daughters Nora Eastman Flora Ora Morris Olive Spencer and Norma Eastman. Funeral set for Thursday at 2 pm Bear Wallow Church with Burlington Cemetery burial.
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Pomeroy
Rose Morris
Mt. Hermon
Ela Morris
Nora Eastman
Flora
Ora Morris
Olive Spencer
Delaware
Norma Eastman
Bear Wallow
Burlington Cemetery
New Straitsville Death Ruled Accidental
The death of William Smith age 41 in New Straitsville Saturday night was ruled accidental. Coroner W J Moodie said Alfred Matthews testified that when Smith refused to leave Stanley Hoy shoved him and he fell striking his head on the street.
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New Lexington
William Smith
New Straitsville
W. J. Moodie
Alfred Matthews
Smith
Stanley Hoy
Judge White Assigned To Paul Schisler Trial
Chief Justice Carl Weygandt assigned Common Pleas Judge W R White of Gallipolis to preside at the trial of Paul Schisler Lancaster liquor store manager charged with attempting to influence a grand jury and four other men indicted on gambling charges.
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Columbus
Carl V. Weygandt
Common Pleas
W. R. White
Gallipolis
Paul Schisler
Lancaster
Southeastern Ohio plans central egg auction coop
One hundred poultrymen from 11 Southeast Ohio counties voted to form a producer cooperative egg auction at a central point in the district. The venture, capitalized around 10000 dollars, targets a July 1 1941 start with Athens Pomeroy and Marietta as leading site candidates.
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Ohio
Hotel Berry
Wooster
Versailles
Napoleon
Athens
Pomeroy
Marietta
E. A. Fleming
Washington County
Raymond E. Cray
Ohio State University
Cray
Pike
Scioto
Fairfield
Perry
Washington
Jackson
Hocking
Gallia
Meigs and
Morgan
Agreement averts strike at Eaton plant in Saginaw
An accord settles a threatened walkout by CIO United Automobile Workers Union seeking recognition at Eaton Manufacturing Co. in Saginaw Michigan. The deal ends labor tensions without a strike.
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Cleveland
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Saginaw, Mich
Eaton Manufacturing Co
U. S. Business At Peak for 3-Year Period
In central Ohio the Internal Revenue report by Harry Busey shows a three year peak in business. Social security tax receipts for the first 11 months reach 4 967 042 54 dollars up 10 11 percent. Income tax collections total 8 928 475 dollars, up 33 percent from 6 703 268 a year earlier. Miscellaneous taxes amount to 7 556 768 dollars, up 32 1 2 percent from 5 801 882.
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Columbus
Internal Revenue
Harry Busey
Busey
Ohio
Internal Revenue Collection District
Vice Donahey Plans to Quit Public Office for Good
Senator Vic Donahey of Ohio announced he would leave public office, saying he has never liked the place but valued the chance to serve during a difficult period. He indicated his resignation would be permanent.
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Donahey
Washington
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Infant Son Dues Brenick Funeral Held Thursday
Funeral services for Alan Frank Lin Brenick five weeks old son of Mr and Mrs George Brenick will be held Thursday morning at 10 o clock. Burial will be in Gilmore Cemetery at Minersville following services.
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Dues Pomeroy
Alan Franklin Brenick
George Brenick
Minersville
Gilmore Cemetery
Navy expands destroyer program to 365 ships
Secretary Knox announced the Navy will build 40 more destroyers than planned, bringing total destroyers to 365. The direct cost is estimated at 253 million dollars with 8.3 million dollars needed for new private shipyard facilities.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
Troops Begin Christmas Furlough from Camp Shelby
Thousands of Ohio and Illinois troops head home on five or six special trains starting Saturday from Camp Shelby. Four trains pass through Louisville and Cincinnati delivering soldiers to their home cities. A fifth goes to Chicago and a sixth to Cincinnati if needed.
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New Orleans
Ohio
Illinois
Camp Shelby
Louisville
Cincinnati
Chicago
Roosevelt Eyes Elimination of Dollar Sign in World Debt
President Roosevelt signaled a goal to erase the dollar sign from Britain's wartime debt to the United States. He noted the original net principal of 4,074,818,000 dollars grew with interest while stating no changes to the Johnson Act or the Neutrality Law were needed.
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United States
Britain
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Vetoes Logan-Walter Bill in Critical Time
President Roosevelt vetoed the Logan-Walter bill saying it would cause chaos and paralysis in government. The measure sought uniform procedures for reviews of administrative rulings by quasi judicial agencies and faced a potential override vote in both houses. The veto included Attorney General Jacksons analysis and objected to defense function implications.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Jackson
Hungarian Princess Ordered Out of U S
Princess Hohenlohe of Hungary, once labeled by the British parliament as a notorious Hitler spy, was ordered by the Justice Department to leave the United States by Saturday or face deportation. The department denied her request for an extension of her visitor’s permit without stating the grounds.
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Washington
Princess Hohenlohe
Hungary
House of Commons
Justice Department
United States
Department
Dowler Proposes Wealth Conservation and Equalization Act
F. E. Dowler of National Brands Stores previews a plan for industrial and economic rehabilitation of stricken areas like the Hocking Valley. The proposed act would fund counties with 1/2 of 1 percent of the tax duplicate over five years, with a five man county commission and safeguards against political management.
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Hocking Valley
F. E. Dowler
National Brands Stores, Inc
Athens County
Dowler
Fiveman
H. T. Phillips
E. LeFever
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Pierre Laval
Otto Abetz
Abetz
Paris
Petain
Laval
Bern
Dutch
By Dewitt MacKenzie
White
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Marshall
U. S
Logan
Walter Bill
W.P.A
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