Stimson Says Draft Will Be Only Method
Secretary Stimson announced the War Department will expand the army to its greatest needed strength and rely entirely on the selective service system. He said all voluntary enlistments will be halted as soon as the present rush subsides.
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Washington
Stimson
War Department
Roosevelt
House
Capitol
Barkley
Senate
Wade H. Haislip
Senate Military Committee
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Haislip
Missing Army Plane With General Dargue Reported
Washington The War Department announced an army plane carrying Major General Herbert A. Dargue commander of the 1st Air Force had been missing since last Friday December 12 on a transcontinental flight. It was last reported over California with seven other passengers. The article also covers calls to expand the army, 19 year old service, and navy air defense measures.
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Washington
War Department
Genral Herbert A. Dargue
1St Air Force
California
Stimson
Prsident Roosevelt
Air Force
United States
Congress
Senate
House
Nimitz Given Pacific Fleet Command In Hawaii Shakeup
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz takes supreme command of the Pacific fleet, succeeding Admiral Husband Kimmel who, along with two other Hawaii commanders, is relieved as the Pearl Harbor inquiry proceeds. Army generals Short and Martin are replaced by Delos Emmons and C. L. Tinker to speed air defenses reorganization. Secretary Stimson says alertness failed prior to the Pearl Harbor strike.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Navy
Nimitz
Bureau of Navigation
Harold R. Stark
Husband FE. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Hawaiian
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
War Departments
Kimmel
Army
Walter C. Short
Hawaiian Military Department
Frederick L. Martin
Hawaii
Delos C. Emmons
Air Combat Force
Honolulu
Short
C. L. Tinker
Air Corps
Air Command
Stimson
Knox
Japan
War
Navy Department
Steamer Corregidor Sinks After Mine Near Manila Bay
About 500 people feared dead after the 1,881 ton steamer Corregidor struck a mine in shark infested waters near Manila Bay. The vessel carried around 800 passengers and crew. roughly 300 were rescued. The ship, formerly the Engadine, sailed Tuesday night with special army permission.
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Manila
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Engadine
Jutland
Seven Die in Blazing NYA Bus Crash near West Union
A NYA bus carrying youths crashed on Illinois Highway 1 near West Union. At least seven youths perished, seven escaped with burns, and bus driver Ferris Williams was hospitalized in critical condition. Two Marshall youths, Henry Walters and Johnson, were unaccounted for early today. The bus was returning from Oblong after NYA project work.
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Williams
Marion's last Civil War veteran Jesse Hassler dies at 95
Jesse D Hassler of Marion County the last Civil War veteran in the area died at age 95. He survived the war era and lived through decades of local history.
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Marion
Jesse D. Hassler
Marion County
Quake Kills and Injures Hundreds in Formosa
The Formosan disaster reported 319 dead and 437 injured after yesterday’s southern quake. The Ministry of Overseas Affairs also said 1,768 homes were destroyed.
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Formosa
Tokyo
Ministry of Overseas Affairs
Ohioan Returns Medals Awarded Him by Japs
East Cleveland chemist and former Navy man Glenn Skogman sent back two Japanese honors the Order of the Rising Sun second class and the Red Cross medal. He recalled aiding Japan after an 1923 Tokyo earthquake and rescuing six Italians in the 1927 Chinese rebellion, vowing to seek vengeance for wartime mistreatment.
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Cleveland
Glenn Skogman
East
Skogman
Industrial and Labor Chiefs In Conference
Leaders of labor and industry met to deliver a patriotic demonstration by renouncing strikes and lockouts for wartime. The talks, held under a five minute speech limit, aimed for unanimous agreement by Thursday or Friday night with President Roosevelt urging swift progress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Cario Rites To Be Held In Rendville
Funeral services for Myrtle Lee Cario age 37 who died Tuesday at her Rendville home will be at 2 30 pm Friday at the Corning Church of God. Interment in Porterville Cemetery. She is survived by husband James two children Jack and Eilene her parents Frank and [illegible] Ansel of Rendville one brother and four sisters all local.
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Corning
Myrtle Lee Cario
Rendville
Corning Church of God
Porterville
Cario
James Cario
Jack
Eilene
Frank Ansel
Langer Denied Seat in U S Senate Vote
Senate Elections Committee voted 13 to 3 to recommend denying Senator Langer of North Dakota a seat amid charges of moral turpitude tied to his past as attorney and former governor. Chairman Hatch announced the decision after a yearlong review of the case.
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Washington
Hatch
D-Nm
Senate Elections Committee
Langer
Senate
North Dakota
Wright Sees Plane as Aid to Peace Despite War Use
Orville Wright, co inventor of the airplane, telegrams from Dayton to Columbia University assert the aircraft could still help guarantee human liberty and lasting peace. He notes its conversion to a weapon does not negate its potential for world peace.
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New York
Orville Wright
Dayton, O
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Columbia University
Frustrate Signal Plot By Germans in Cuba
Police hunted Axis spies in Havana and held two men, one a Gestapo agent, accused of planning to install military reflectors in a Cuban mountain range to signal planes and ships at sea.
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Cuba
Havana
Gestapo
Reds Report Revolts in Axis Ranks
The Associated Press reports Axis forces collapsing on multiple fronts as Britain claims Africa is crushed and the Soviet Union reports German retreat across the vast front from Leningrad to Ukraine. Russian troops describe fleeing Germans while Yugoslav and Greek forces unite against the invaders.
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Reds
Axis
Europe
Britain
Africa
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Donets
Libya
Middle East
Cirenaica
Joseph Stalin
Napoleon
Moscow
Leningrad
Ukraine
Vitler
Belgium
Holland
France
Red Army
London
Lake Lacoga
Lake Onegwa
Yugoslavia
Greece
Silver Bridge Sale to West Virginia Expected
Gallipolis report says negotiations started today likely seal the Silver Bridge deal with the West Virginia Road Commission for 1 050 000 dollars. West Virginia officials and bridge owners held talks this afternoon.
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West Virginia
Gallipolis
Silver Bridge
West Virginia Road Commission
Daughter of Former O U President Dies
Dr Emma Scott of Wester ville, native of Chillicothe and former resident of Athens, dies at 75. She was a one-time Methodist medical missionary to India and daughter of the late Dr W H Scott, former president of Ohio State University and Ohio University.
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Columbus
India
Emma Scott
Westerville
W. H. Scott
Ohio State University
Ohio University
Chillicothe
Athens
War Effort Aided by Huge Food Production
Chicago reports that America entered the war with nearly all food types at or near record output. Grain dairy and livestock production show high levels and in many cases next year’s output may be substantially higher than 1941.
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Chicago
America
NAZI Planes Missing With Red Army on Moscow Front
During a three day Moscow front tour US and UK correspondents report no signs of the German air force as the Red Army presses the front.
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RED Army
Moscow Front
United States
Rationing of Tires Becomes Effective January 4
Washington moves to wartime over the counter rationing to conserve crude rubber by barring tire sales for non essential use. Civilian rationing boards in every community decide who receives ration cards. Each new passenger car gets four tires with no spare and no reclaimed rubber tire.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Detroit Milk Supply Ample Amid Dairy Strike
Detroit health official Russell R. Palmer said creameries checked today show adequate milk in the city as the United Dairy Farmers strike enters its second day. Violence reports arose as rival milk producers move trucks to Detroit milkshed stations under police guard. The UDF called the strike yesterday and seeks a price of three dollars per hundredweight.
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Detroit
Russell R. Palmer
United Dairy Farmers
Michigan
UDF
Driver Arraigned in Fatal Auto Accident Near Lancaster
William L. Herrod of Columbus pleaded not guilty to second degree manslaughter after a fatal collision near Lancaster that injured Mrs. Louella Hammon. He was held to the Hocking County grand jury under a $1,000 bond.
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Logan
William L. Herrod
Columbus
Lancaster
Louella Hammon
Frank St. Clair
Hocking County
Tokyo Expands Pearl Harbor Claims Five U S Battleships Sunk
Japanese naval command in Tokyo acknowledged five special type submarines failed to return from the December 7 attack while claiming five U S battleships two heavy cruisers and an oil tanker were sunk at Pearl Harbor amid broader war reports. Filipino forces were credited with a nighttime swing against Japanese troops on Luzon Island as MacArthur announces a Philippine army integration with the U S Far East command.
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Luzon Island
U. S
Mid-Pacific
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Honolulu
Hawaii
U.S
Pacific
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Vigan
Army
Philippine Army
United States Army of the Far East
E.S.T
Nichols
Zarlan
Tokyo High Command
Philippines
Japs Close in on Singapore and Hongkong Hold
British and Indian troops pulled back below Kedah border in Malaya, threatening Penang and Singapore as Japanese pace advances. Hongkong defies a second surrender demand amid heavy bombardment while Timor is landed to block Japan. Philippines police warn Pro Axis activity as Australian planes bomb Greenwich Island installations.
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Far East
Britain
Singapore
Kedah
Malayan
Penang Island
London
Penang
Malaya
Thailand
Japan
South Pacific
Timor
Java
Australia
Netherlands
Hongkong
Domei
Kowloon
Sur
Far Eastern
Greenwich Island
Work Resumed at Barberton Diamond Match Plant
A seven week strike ended in the interests of national defense and Diamond Match Co. began work today on a $1,000,000 order for aircraft flares in Barberton. AFL union president Francis Gerhart said members voted overwhelmingly to return after learning of the order. The walkout affected 600 workers and stemmed from a refusal to work with 40 non members.
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Akron
National Defense
Diamond Match Co
Barberton
Francis Gerhart
AFL
Hero's Son Nominated For West Point in 56
President Roosevelt emails a letter dated 1956 seeking a West Point cadet appointment for Colin P. Kelly III. The gesture honors his father Captain Colin P. Kelly Jr. who died heroically after sinking the Japanese battleship Haruna near Luzon in December 1941.
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Hero's Son
West Point
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Colin P. Kelly
Haruna
Luzon
Kelly
Madison
Fla
Pearl Harbor
Arlington
White House
Colin P. Kelly, III
United States Military Academy
Colin P. Kelly, Jr
Mill Closed By Walkout At Struthers Plant
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co rod and wire mill in Struthers shut down shortly before midnight due to a walkout. About 1,800 workers idle at the plant, which handles heavy defense work. Company officials declined comment while workers call it a holiday not a strike, citing grievances over an incentive system.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Struthers
John L. Mayo
Steel Workers’ Organization Committee
Electric Weld Department
Delay Prison Sentence Of Defense Worker
Wilburn Higgins received a 90 day stay of his two year sentence after the Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld his conviction for shooting and wounding Jim Mullins in Menefee County. Governor Keen Johnson granted the delay so Higgins can assist in munition making and train a successor.
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Frankfort
Wilburn Higgins
Keen Johnson
Higgins
Jim Mullins
Menefee County
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Suspect Identified in Akron Store Robbery
Cleveland report says two Yeager & Co. employees identified a suspect in a Dec 8 Akron store robbery at a police lineup. Detective Sergeant Joseph H. Munis noted the identification among three or more suspects as part of the investigation and stated the stolen amount was 21800 dollars.
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Cleveland
C. H. Yeager & Co
Aron
Joseph H. Munis
Ohio official counters college dean on English teaching focus
A State Department of Education official challenged Rio Grande College Dean William A Lewis's claim that Ohio high school English courses neglect grammar in favor of literature. Assistant State Education Director QO Hill said statistics probably disprove the assertion and defended the system's balance.
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Columbus
Department of Education
Cial
QO. E. Hill
State
Ucation
Statistics Proba
William A. Lewis
Rio Grande College
Ohio
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