British Warships Shell Albanian Port Valona In Adriatic Run
British warships reportedly sailed up the Adriatic to shell Valona on the Albanian coast, with Rome denying Nazi aid. London says Italy’s weak Adriatic command risks isolation, while the British breadth claims extend Mediterranean dominance into Italian waters. Simultaneously Mussolini’s forces near Bardia endure heavy shelling in North Africa as about 20,000 troops face siege.
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Adriatic
Rome
London Admiralty
Valona
London
Italy
Albania
Dunkerque
Flanders
Lower
Mediterranean
North Africa
Mussolini
Bardia
Axis Preparing Big News Item in Three-Power Pact News
Berlin sources indicate an imminent release about a new development in cooperation among three powers, possibly referencing Roosevelt's Britain aid plan. British naval units bombarded Idia, while Wavell’s forces fought Italian operations on the frontier. RAF bombers targeted Ruhr and western Germany as Greece reports Italian retreats along the Albanian coast. German air raid alerts return to Britain after a 68 hour lull.
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Berlin
Presii Roosevelt
Britain
Idia
Cral
Archibald P. Wavell
Frontier Post
England
Germany
RAF
Ruhr
London Air Ministry
Athens
Palermo Bay
Chimara
Klisura
Tepeleni
Valona
Tunis
Krionero
Italy
Brenner Pass
Il Duce
Albania
Libya
West
London
Churchill vows broader postwar privileges for all
Prime Minister Churchill states that after the war the advantages and privileges once enjoyed by a few will be more widely shared, signaling a push for greater social equity after victory.
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London
Churchill
Boy Receives Hot Dog After Praising Greeks
A young boy in Greenville enters a restaurant and praises the Greek army's exploits against Italy. The Greek proprietor, delighted, offers him a hot dog. The boy accepts with gratitude, saying he does not mind the treat.
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Boy
Greenville, S. C
Italy
New Plot Against De Tristan Child Foiled by FBI
In Santa Rosa California extortionists again threaten three year old Marc De Tristan Jr. after the Sept kidnapping. FBI agents thwarted a cabbage patch rendezvous and detained an elusive suspect. Muhlenbroich already serves a life term for the original abduction.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Marc de Tristan, Jr
FBI
Countess de Tristan
de Tristan
Wilhelm Jakob Muhlenbroich
Muhlenbroich
San Francisco
San Quentin
Coal Industry Plans Advertising Campaign
The nation’s bituminous coal industry contemplates a three year, 2 700 000 dollar public relations and advertising program. About 200 coal operators from Tennessee Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia heard the proposal at a Cincinnati meeting as they faced dwindling sales due to natural gas fuel oil and hydroelectric power.
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Cincinnati
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Woman Sues for Her Money Over Numbers Scheme
Maude Kirk of Newark files suit in common pleas court seeking 27 236 as restitution and damages from Charles E. Connor Ervin E. Kinnell and Henry Forester all of Columbus alleging they ran the Number House as keepers and wrongfully collected payments from Kirk and others similarly situated.
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Columbus
Maude Kirk
Newark
Common Pleas Court
Charles E. Connor
Ervin E. Kinnell
Henry Forester
Ohio Yuletide Trade Surges Across State
Ohio merchants reported solid holiday gains with sales five to twenty five percent higher than a year ago. Stores expanded stocks and staff in anticipation of peak demand while weather and employment boosts supported stronger buying in early December. Retailers expect a further uptick as Christmas approaches.
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Columbus
Ohio
Associated Press
Firm Agrees To Pay Four Workers $1,000
The Soronian Vault Company must rehire four men it discharged and pay $1,000 for time lost after a four day NLRB hearing. The board found discrimination against Dale Wenninger, Charles Baker, Charles Frey, and P. E. McMichael for union activity.
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Bucyrus
Soronian Vault Company
National Labor Relations Board
Dale Wenninger
Charles Baker
Charles Frey
P. E. McMichael
Britain Faces Greatest Trial as War Moves in Channel
In his war column Dewitt Mackenzie says Allied victories in the Mediterranean weaken Mussolini and bolster Britain against a feared Nazi invasion. He notes Italian defeats and Greece open Crete as a strategic British advantage while Italian and Libyan forces crumble under Allied pressure.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Britain
England
Church
Hitler
Fuehrer
English
Il Duce
Italy
Crete
Greece
Africa
Marshal Graziani
Libya
Aytale
Ohio Chamber warns defense project will strain state finances
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce warned that the nation's preparedness program could cost Ohio about 2.25 billion dollars, or 327 dollars per resident, over ten years. It urged tight belt budgeting for state and local governments to preserve American government and economic systems.
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Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
George B. Chandler
Chamber
Bulletin
New England Earthquake Rattles Regions From New Jersey to Montreal
A strong quake centered in New England shook heavy buildings and caused minor damage across southern Canada and the U S. It lasted about 50 seconds and was felt from New Jersey to Montreal, waking thousands as alarms rang and windows shattered in parts of Massachusetts and surrounding areas. Professor L Don Leet of Harvard Observatory traced the epicenter near Lake Ossippe and noted the intensity was greatest just south of the lake.
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Boston
New England
New Jersey
Montreal
Canada
L. Don Leet
Harvard University Observatory
Lake
Ossippe
Rochester
Syracuse
N. Y
New
Philadelphia
Long Island
Valley
New York
Campbell to Name Panel for County Government Reforms
Willard Campbell former state senator from Guernsey County will name a committee to draft enabling laws for county government reorganization. Appointed by Ohio civic business leaders the plan aims for home rule style government with elective or appointive managers and separate legislative and administrative functions.
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Columbus
Willard Campbell
Guernsey County
Campbell
Ohio
Senate
House
Cleveland Moves to Abandon Rotary Traffic Turns
Cleveland plans to end the traditional rotary outside turn at intersections. City traffic engineer Vernon L. Johnson said a transition to inside or left-on green turns would finish within two years. So far ninety of 462 signal intersections have been changed.
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Cleveland
Vernon L. Johnson
Winter Arrives at 6 55 P M Tomorrow
Winter reaches Ohio at 6 55 p m tomorrow and the Weather Bureau predicts a drop in temperatures to near the freezing point. Temperatures in the high 40s prevailed over most of the state today.
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Columbus
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Newark men face charges over finest counterfeit bills
Two Newark men Walter Courson and James W Giffin were charged with counterfeiting conspiracy. Assistant District Attorney Ray O'Donnell said the pair issued some of the finest $10 counterfeit bills he had seen. The alleged operation ran in October and November with hearings set for December 31 in Columbus.
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Columbus
Newark, O
Walter Courson
James W. Giffin
Ray O'Donnell
Newton
To- O
Auto Makers Will Produce Bomber Parts
Washington says arming America calls on auto industry to start test production of parts for long range bombers. Initial educational orders totaling 20 million dollars aim to familiarize plant managers with the complex components. Plan envisions 3600 bombers annually costing about one billion dollars, with 15 months needed to reach full operation and motor supply.
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Washington
America
War Department and Defense Commission
United States
Great Britain
Robert Wittle Dies Rites To Be Monday
POMEROY Ohio Robert Wittle 51 lifelong resident of Pomeroy died at his Union Avenue home Thursday after eight weeks illness. Survived by wife Mary two daughters Margaret and Cecelia Goett one grandchild Tommy Goett three sisters and three brothers. Funeral at Sacred Heart Church Monday 9 a.m. burial Sacred Heart Cemetery body at home tomorrow for viewing.
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Pomeroy
Robert Wittle
Union Ave
Mary Wittle
Margaret
Cecelia Goett
Tommy Goett
Paul Gruntley
George Oceffler
William Rohletter
Columbus
Phillip Andrew
Edward
Cincinnati
Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Defer Construction of McArthur Post Office
Washington reports deferral of several Ohio post office projects under Roosevelt cuts. McArthur Post Office, allocated $75,000, is postponed alongside Carey Harrison Mansfield Milford Toronto projects and others totaling over $600,000.
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McArthur
Washington
Ohio
Roosevelt
Carey
Harrison
Mansfield
Milford
Toronto
Three Boys Confess Slaying Aged Woman in Vermont
Bethel Vermont police hold three youths, two aged 11 and one 15, after they confessed to entering 73 year old Julia Kendall's home to rob her and kill her when she discovered the intrusion. State's Attorney Henry F. Black reports the confessions.
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Bethel
Julia Kendall
Henry F. Black
Linus Bartholdi Sets Eight-Mile Moving Speed Record
Linus Bartholdi claimed a speed record by moving a house eight miles in four hours yesterday in The Dalles Oregon. The feat highlights his extraordinary efficiency in a local relocation effort and drew attention from residents and neighboring towns.
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Dalles
Ore
Linus Bartholdi
Ballot Tampering Probe Shocks Hocking County
Secretary of State Neffner orders impounding of November ballots in Hocking County as possible tampering investigated. An investigator will examine county commissioner race ballots from certain precincts after Christmas. County returns show incumbent Frank St. Clair defeated James I. Martin by 20 votes after two recounts.
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Columbus
George M. Neffner
Hocking County
Neffner
Logan News
Frank St. Clair
James I. Martin
New Council Expected To Take Charge In War Efforts
President Roosevelt meets National Defense Commission as officials forecast a defense reorganization. Knudsen eyed for a high command role while plans for lease lend funding and faster arms production draw debate in Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Defense Commission
Defense Administration
Commission
Super Defense Council
High Command
William S. Knudsen
Knudsen
Defense Commission
Defense Industry
Congress
Two Ships Attacked By Subs Off Ireland
Two ships were attacked by submarines about 450 miles west of the Irish coast. Word of the attack came via Mackay Radio which picked up terse messages from the vessels. The ships gave positions in the same area, a region long described as a graveyard for British ships carrying war materiel to the English Isles.
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New York
Probes Army Men in Bund
Federal agents studied seized records from the German American Bund’s Chicago headquarters to see if members serve in the U S armed forces. A loose leaf book suggested 1500 to 2000 members across army navy air force or marines. Names are being checked against naval and military lists for current or former service.
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Chicago
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bund
United States
State’s Attorney’s Office
Subdivisions Will Get Million More in Taxes
Columbus report shows local subdivisions to gain about ten million dollars from corporate property taxes this year. State Tax Commissioner William S. Evatt attributes roughly half to higher state assessments and half to county returns, with an additional five hundred thousand from increased public utility valuations.
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Columbus
William S. Evatt
Evatt
Fear Price Rise Urges Raising of More Hogs
The Agriculture Department urged farmers to expand hog production after a 1940 pig crop 12 percent smaller than 1939. Officials warned higher hog prices could follow, potentially improving corn hog ratios but risking overproduction unless production increases begin with the 1941 spring crop.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Suspend Beer Permit Of McArthur Woman
Ohio liquor board revoked one permit suspended two and reversed director on appeals. McArthur resident Edna Hysell Whipple Rt. No. 75 Elk Township 3.2 beer permit suspended for illegal possession and sale to a minor during an unexpired term.
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Columbus
State Liquor Board
Jacob B. Taylor
McArthur
Edna Hysell Whipple
Rt. No
Elk
Dollar bill stolen from Willow Springs Bank display
A dollar bill shown for 15 years in a Willow Springs Bank case near the teller's cage vanished, and bank officials say it was stolen.
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Willow Springs
Willow Springs Bank
Census reports first time average family under four
The Census Bureau announces that for the first time in U S history the average American family consists of fewer than four persons. This reflects shifting household sizes and societal changes impacting family structure nationwide.
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Washington
Census Bureau
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