Germans Withdraw From Finland As British Push In Africa
Allied dispatches report German troops pulled back from Finland amid a Soviet counteroffensive on the central front. In Africa, British forces captured Derna Airport north of Tobruk as they advance from the Libyan desert, while Axis counterattacks claim damage to Allied ships. Spain rejected belligerency pressures, Portugal’s stance remains unclear, and Axis and Allied actions continue across Europe and North Africa.
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Finland
Africa
Adolf Hitler
Russia
North Africa
Helsinki
Onega
Ladoga
Leningrad-Murmansk
Derna
Tobruk
Mekili
Bengasi
Gulf of
Sirte
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Libya
Alexandria
Egypt
North
Rome-Berlin
Spain
Gibraltar
Portugal
Lisbon
Britain
Azores
Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Italy
Portuguese Timor
South Pacific
Cape Verde Islands
Atlantic
Hitler
Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Aviation
Voelkischer Beo
Soldan
Tunisian
Walter Lloyd Snyder Killed in Columbus Auto Crash
Walter Lloyd Snyder, 35, died in an early morning automobile collision in Columbus. No other details were provided about the crash or any other injuries.
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Columbus
Walter Lloyd Snyder
Agent of Nazis Held on Registered Agent Charge
Laura Ingalls famed for cross continental speed flights was jailed in Washington DC on a charge of failing to register as a paid agent for the German government. FBI chief J Edgar Hoover said she received salary from German agents and helped spread their propaganda. Her arraignment postponed to December 26 for legal counsel.
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Washington
Laura Ingalls
District of Columbia
U. S
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Aviatrix
Reich
Miss Ingalls
United States
Senate Fight Over Wartime Price Control Bill
Senate debate looms over a wartime price control bill with enforcement teeth. A banking subcommittee approved licensing of about 2,000,000 retailers and wholesalers and creating a single price administrator. Senator Taft resisted centralized powers and urged a moderation board to oversee the law. Final farm price ruling to await subcommittee hearing on Jan 2.
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Washington
Senate
House
Taft
Ohio
Leon Henderson
Test Artillery 24 Hours Daily Near Erie Proving Ground
Maj. Gen. Daniel Van Voorhis announced proof firing of artillery at the Erie proving ground near Port Clinton is extended to 24 hours daily seven days a week. Public fishing and traffic are prohibited in the Lake Erie area adjoining the proving ground. previous rules allowed limited weekend and holiday access. The danger zone centers on the shore near the proving ground and extends about 15 miles north into Lake Erie.
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Columbus
Daniel van Voorhis
Fifth Corps
the Erie Proving Ground
Port Clinton
Lake Erie
Proving Ground
van Voorhis
The
Erie Proving Ground
Moore Funeral To Be In Coolville Sunday
William E. Moore aged 69 longtime Coolville resident died this morning after major surgery in a Parkersburg hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 30 Sunday afternoon at the Coolville Methodist Church. He leaves wife Lucy a daughter Mrs Alfred Parrish and three grandsons of Parkersburg and one sister Mrs Lew Welling of Coolville.
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Coolville
William E. Moore
Parkersburg
Coolville Methodist Church
Moore
Lucy Moore
Alfred Parrish
Lew Welling
Acre Yield Highest In History During 1941
The Agriculture Department reports 1941 saw the highest acre yield in history with aggregate crop production near record volume despite seven percent less harvested acreage than the 1932 peak.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Army Officer Confined During Hawaii Attack Probe
Retiring Army officer Col. H C Muhlenberg was confined to quarters as Major Gen. Daniel Van Voorhis ordered the action during an investigation of speeches criticizing Japan's Hawaii attack. Muhlenberg had told Curtiss Flying Club members that Japan failed to seize Hawaii due to their stupidity and criticized American air deployment policy.
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Columbus
Hawaii
Daniel van Voorhis
Fifth Corps
H. C. Kress Muhlenberg
Hickam Field
Muhlenberg
Curtiss Flying Club
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Japan
Violence Flare in Detroit Milk Strike Amid Supply Concerns
Detroit health official Russell R. Palmer assured adequate milk supply for the bottle trade as new violence surfaced in the United Dairy Farmers strike. Sanilac County Prosecutor Ward J. Atkins said he was considering kidnapping charges against nine men who dumped milk from a truck near Sandusky and forced the driver to a state highway junction.
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Detroit
Russell R. Palmer
United Dairy Farmers
Sanilac County
Ward J. Atkins
Sandusky
Drunk But Skilled Worker Pleads For Sentence
SOUTH BEND Ind. Raymond Rhodes, 56, pleaded guilty to being drunk but also argued he was a skilled factory worker in a plant building army trucks. City Judge George A Shock suspended a 30 day jail term, noting the need to keep the war effort in mind.
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South Bend
Ind
Raymond Rhodes
George A. Shock
Train collision near Chillicothe prompts inspector report
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger and freight train collision near Chillicothe on October 13 was caused by an engineer failing to stop as signaled, according to a public utilities inspector.
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Columbus
Baltimore and Ohio
Chillicothe
Public Utilities
Knox Says Japs' Third Attack Fails at Pearl Harbor
Secretary Knox told Naval Academy graduates that a 30 minute warning would have changed history as the third Japanese air assault on Pearl Harbor failed to hit ships or shore installations. He called the attack a damning confession of treachery and urged vigilance against surprise while praising national unity in wartime mobilization.
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Annapolis
Knox
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Naval Academy
Japan
Great Pacific Naval Base
Russia
Train Hits Car At Crossing Wreck Near Montmorenci
A westbound Big Four train struck a wrecked automobile at a Montmorenci crossing near Lafayette Indiana at 2 45 am injuring seven people including six mail and express clerks and one passenger. The heavy train carried Christmas mail and several cars were derailed. None of the injuries were serious.
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Lafayette
Ind
Montmorenci
Here
Nazi Envoys Held at West Virginia Resort
The State Department disclosed that the German embassy staff and correspondents were detained at White Sulphur Springs in West Virginia pending their departure from the United States.
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West Virginia
Washington
State Department
United States
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Admin favoring compromise on draft age
Administration leaders push a compromise on selective service to set the active service limit at 20 and expand upper ages to 44. A joint conference committee will reconcile Senate 19 and House 21 minimum active ages while a broader 18 to 64 registration is agreed. Brig. Gen. Hershey says final law would prompt enrollment of under 21 and 35 to 44 brackets.
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Washington
Senate
House
Joint
Army
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Army Planning Training Camp At Chillicothe
Ohio congressmen report the War Department selected Chillicothe as a preferred site for a new army training camp when funds are available. Sen. Harold H. Burton and Rep. Harold K. Claypool confirmed other chosen sites include Roland Springs Georgia Bliss Town Illinois Gainesville Texas and Centerville Mississippi.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
War Department
Harold H. Burton
Harold H. Brown
Washington
Burton
Harold K. Claypool
Dohio
Roland Springs
Blisstown
Til
Gainesville
Texas
Centerville
Miss
Axis foes plan US conference to coordinate war effort
Reports say anti Axis powers will convene in the United States to coordinate military and economic strength against the Axis. United States Great Britain and Soviet Russia are said to lead arrangements with many independent forces possibly joining, to strike at optimal times and places worldwide.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
War Today: British Hongkong under Japanese assault
Dewitt Mackenzie warns that a Japanese landing in Hongkong threatens Allied defenses in Asia. He notes potential impacts on Singapore and the Philippines, urging restraint and urging reinforcements to reach the Far East before panic.
Gallia Alien Commits Suicide Attempt in Detention Fear
Richard Voelker 45, an un naturalized German resident of Gallipolis, slashed both wrists at his brother Henry Voelker's home in a suicide bid. Treated at Holzer Hospital with non serious condition. Voelker, a butcher, recently left a Toledo meat packing plant and had applied for naturalization.
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Sallipolis
Richard Voelker
Gallipolis
Henry Voelker
Holzer Hospital
Voelker
Toledo
Indiana College Blaze Destroys Historic Hanover Building
Fire swept through the century old Classic Hall at Hanover College in Madison. Officials estimate losses around 100000, with Babb Memorial Chapel furnishings, a new 7000 dollar pipe organ, and the art room paintings destroyed beyond repair.
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Madison
Ind
Hanover College
Two Die in Explosion At Sandusky TNT Plant
A blast at the Plum Brook ordnance plant near Sandusky injured and possibly killed workers. Austin James, 23, of Oberlin, and Louis Harlan, 51, of Sandusky, were rushed to Providence Hospital after ambulances responded to the explosive incident at the $40,000,000 works.
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Sandusky
Plum Brook
Here
Austin James
Oberlin
Louis Harlan
Providence Hospital
Poles derail German troop train in Poland attack
London reports sabotage in Poland with 50 German soldiers killed as a troop train was derailed.
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London
Poland
Fall of Hongkong Impends As Nipponese Forces Land
Japanese forces reportedly landed on the island of Hongkong near British defenses as U S bulletins note intensified enemy air and ground activity in the Philippines. Tokyo reports claim half the island captured while London sources acknowledge heavy fighting and a serious situation.
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Hongkong
Japan
Luzon Island
Philippines
China
War Department
Tokyo
Saigon
London
Invasion of Hongkong and Malaya Stirs Pacific War News
Japanese forces captured Jardine's Hill in Hong Kong after a two and a half hour battle while British and imperial Indian troops defended the colony. Dutch bombers attacked Sarawak as Japanese advance toward Singapore slowed, with Penang evacuated and Manila air raids continuing. The U S Navy reported submarine sinkings and a probable destroyer loss.
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Island
Victoria
China Coast
South China Sea
Domei
Jardine's Hill
Hongkong Island
Hongkong
Sarawak
North Borneo
Malayan
Singapore
Penang Island
Wellesley
Penang
London
Malaya
Far East
Manila
Cavite
Tarlac
Lingayen
Vigan
Iloilo
Panay
Commonwealth
United States Army
Philippine
Luzon
Manila Labor Council
U. S. Navy Department
Non-Defense NYA Projects Discontinued in Ohio
Columbus report says all National Youth Administration projects in Ohio not tied to Army or civilian defense groups were ordered closed. No immediate figures on affected youths. Leo B. Jacobs announced the curtailment and said girls' projects will reorganize to focus on civilian defense benefits, including hospital and food work, child care, sewing, and clerical tasks.
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Columbus
National Youth Administration
Ohio
Army
Leo B. Jacobs
Scout Mountains for Missing Army Plane
Fliers from Hamilton Field and other army bases scanned California interior valleys and mountains for any trace of the transport plane missing a week with Major General Herbert A Dargue and seven companions aboard. General Dargue, 55, a veteran with 29 years of flying, was en route to Hawaii to potentially assume command of the air forces there.
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San Francisco
Hamilton Field
California
Herbert A. Dargue
Dargue
Continental Air Force
Washington
Hawaii
Slayer of Two Toledo Men To Die Tonight
In Columbus Ohio State Penitentiary inmate Thomas Williams 36 of Detroit is scheduled to be executed tonight for the August slayings of Herman Kander and Samiel Arnovitz in Toledo Williams testimony at trial said he shot the men when they refused to drive him to Detroit after a Toledo robbery Gov Bricker refused to grant a stay of execution
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Columbus
Thomas Williams
Detroit
Ohio State Penitentiary
Herman Kander
Samiel Arnovitz
Toledo
Williams
John W. Bricker
Paroles Granted to 58 Inmates by State Commission
The state pardon and parole commission granted paroles to 58 London Prison Farm inmates and conditionally released two. Included are names with crimes and parole dates. Hocking-John Ceril auto theft Feb. 2. Kenton youths robbed a savings and loan of 888 dollars after forcing two employees into a rear room.
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Columbus
State Pardon and Parole Commission
London Prison Farm
Hocking
John Ceril
Kenton
Kenton Home Savings and Loan Co
Mary Walker
Mae Laubis
Draft Boards Not To Post List of Selectees
Columbus reports draft boards will not post lists of selectees. selected individuals have already been notified by mail. State selective services headquarters announced today.
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Columbus
State
Selective Services
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Axis
Dewitt MacKenzie
England
Dita Ha
America
Gallia Alien
Indiana College
U.S. War Department
Aparri
Legaspi
Navy Department
Wake Island
Noilo
NYA
ROB Kenton Bank
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