Foes in Congress organize to oppose Aid to Britain policy
Senator McCarran and Senator Johnson push for real neutrality and a plan to organize a sufficient independent group in the Senate. They argue that aiding Britain prolongs conflict and urge a policy against war while noting Christmas ceasefires show possible lasting peace.
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Britain
Congress
Washington
Europe
Roosevelt
McCarran
D-Nev
Senate
Johnson
D-Coro
Ohio CIO Pushes State Labor Relations Act Plan
The Ohio CIO plans a push in the new General Assembly for a state labor relations act to secure the right to organize and bargain in manufacturing and commerce. The program also calls for a wage hour law, ban on injunctions in labor disputes, mining law recodification, higher minimum wage funding, and limits on the governor's National Guard power. It urges shorter hospital worker hours and banning corporation payments of deputy sheriff and police wages.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Ted F. Silvey
Ohio Congress of Industrial Relations
Silvey
Ohio
CIO
National Guard
Ohio Holiday Death Toll 52
Columbus reports 52 people died during the three day Christmas holiday period Tuesday through Thursday, raising the total since last Saturday to 86. Among the fatalities, 35 were traffic deaths, with trains four, planes three, four slain, and other causes including hunting mishaps a drowning a fire and an explosion. Sheriff Ralph Elser said Frank Schuster 41 hacked his two children Robert 19 and Virginia 17 and then killed himself in the basement of their Lake Milton home Virginia died and Gertrude Schuster the mother found Robert alive and he was hospitalized.
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Columbus
Ralph Elser
Youngstown
Frank Schuster
Robert
Virginia
Lake Milton
Gertrude Schuster
November Retail Sales Up 15 Percent in Ohio
Ohio retail sales in November rose 15 percent from a year earlier, a joint survey by the Federal Reserve Bureau and the Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research announced today.
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Columbus
Ohio
Federal Census Bureau
Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research
Conductor Fault Said To Cause Train Crash
Coroner C C Hardesty blames a conductor for failing to verify an operations order in yesterday's head on collision that killed two men near Bellaire.
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Bellaire
C. C. Hardesty
CIO Production Plan Considered by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt said the CIO proposal to pool auto industry facilities to produce 500 pursuit planes a day is under serious consideration. The plan, drafted by Walter Reuther for the CIO UAW GM division, was submitted to the White House by CIO President Murray.
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Washington
Roosevelt
CIO
White House
Philip Murray
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
United Automobile Workers
Florida coast battered by gulf storm and twister
A gulf disturbance and heavy rains moved in from the west and brought squalls to Florida. Tornadic winds swept across the peninsula injuring three people and damaging buildings at Pomona Park near Fort Myers in Southwestern Florida.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Pomona Park
Rt Myers
Flor
Waco Aircraft Reports Higher Year Profits
Waco Aircraft Company reports net profits of 74239 for the past fiscal year, up from 4582 in the prior year. This increase reflects improved operations and market conditions for the company.
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WACO
Waco Aircraft Company
California Coast Ravaged by Giant Waves and Landslides
Giant waves driven by extreme tides battered Southern California coast from Redondo Beach to San Pedro. Beach houses and shops collapsed as the sea ate into Point Fermin, forcing families to flee and washing away sections of pavement and abandoned homes along the rain soaked bluff.
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Los Angeles
California
Redondo Beach
San Pedro
Point Fermin
U.S. Acts in Music Fight
Attorney General announces criminal proceeding against four parties in a dispute over music copyrights. The case targets ASCAP NBC CBS Columbia Broadcasting System and Broadcast Music Inc as tensions over a five year broadcasting contract linger.
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Washington
Jackson
Milwaukee
American Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers
ASCAP
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia, Broadcasting System
Broadcast Music, Inc
National Association of Broadcasters
NBC
CBS
Capacity Determined By Action of Tissues
A symposium at the AAAS meeting in Philadelphia discussed how tissue action determines liquor tolerance. Researchers explained why one person remains sober after several drinks while another is intoxicated, presenting the latest scientific view on alcohol tolerance.
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Philadelphia
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Twin Sons Born to Hocking Couple in Logan
Twin sons were born Tuesday at Cherrington Hospital to Mr and Mrs Carl Myers near Maxville. The couple now has ten children, nine of whom are sons.
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Logan
Cherrington Hospital
Carl Myers
Maxville
New york telegraph and telephone heavy traffic on Christmas Day
Long distance traffic of American Telephone and Telegraph Co. on Christmas Day was the heaviest for any holiday in its history.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Age Pensions Surpass 1939 By 3 Millions In Ohio
Columbus reports 1940 pension payments reached 34,770,471, surpassing 1939 by over 2.8 million. December disbursements hit 3,080,821 with average grants of 22.99 to 134,021 recipients. The division notes 66,727,201 in awards for the biennium, 8,367,683 more than 1937-38.
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Columbus
Tom McCaw
McCaw
Social Security Board
Explosion at Tiltonville home kills Edna Bloom
Martins Ferry officials probe cause of blast that tore through a Tiltonville residence. Miss Edna Bloom, 26, died while her mother Mrs Ted Bloom Sr was injured. The explosion, reported on the front porch, originated in the basement and demolished the house.
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Martins Ferry
Tiltonville
Edna Bloom
Ted Bloom
Estimate Five Million Aliens Are Registered
Earl G. Harrison the alien registration director said aliens registered in the continental United States probably will be close to five million. The statement outlines expected registration totals as the program progresses.
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Washington
Earl G. Harrison
Continental
United States
Defense Spending Doubles Estimates of Expenditures
Roosevelt's defense outlays slated at about 10 billion dollars, doubling this year's level. Officials expect non defense cuts to near bone, possibly keeping total near 16 billion, the largest since World War I peak. Treasury hints at 8 billion revenue, with a potential billion dollar tax bill under consideration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Treasury
Roosevelt Likely to Push Ship Building for Britain
Washington reports an imminent administration move to speed up massive merchant ship construction for Britain in a program akin to World War days. The plan may involve leasing or lending equipment and supplies, with details on ship availability still unclear. There is continued speculation of steps to bolster British convoys amid Nazi submarine and air threats. Official estimates for additional destroyers range from 100 to 400 despite current trades for base access.
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Roosevelt
United States
Britain
Archibald P. Wavell
Archibald
Bardia
Albania
Valona
Chimara
Athens
Italy
Aliens Registered in Cleveland Praise Total 86 267
Federal officials reported 86 267 aliens registered in the Cleveland area during the four months ending last night. Sixteen hundred appeared at post office headquarters on the final day to report and be fingerprinted under the non citizen registration law. Penalties include 1000 dollar fines and six months imprisonment for those who fail to register.
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Cleveland
Hitler Drives Romanian Troop Build to Foil British Invasion
The column argues Hitler floods Romania with troops to free air power for an attack on Britain, warns Moscow could intercede as Germany and Russia vie for Balkans influence and control over Romania and the Danube mouths as a future base for war.
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Germany
Britain
Musolini
Rumania
Bolshevists
Russia
Hitler
Ukraine
Balkans
Romania
Great Danube
Black Sea
Reich
Dutch Shipbuilding Continues in Britain
A Netherlands naval officer said several unfinished warships moved to British harbors during the invasion of the Low Countries are being finished in England and would go into action soon. He noted most of the navy escaped to England with only three gunboats and two minelayers lost in action.
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London
Netherlands
Low Countries
England
Holland
Soldiers to Deploy to Newfoundland and Allied Defenses
The initial U S Army garrison headed for Newfoundland will grow to 50 000 or more men. Existing forces already safeguard the Panama Canal and the Atlantic defense line across the Western Hemisphere.
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Washington
Newfoundland
Panama Canal
Hemisphere
Atlantic
Rooney Tops 1940’s Most Money Making Stars
Hollywood report: Mickey Rooney leads the ten highest earning movie stars for 1940 as chosen by The Motion Picture Herald, a trade publication.
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Hollywood
Calif
Mickey Rooney
Motion Picture Herald
Greeks press gains as Klisura battles rage in snow
Reports from the Albanian front say Greek forces push new positions in the Klisura sector under heavy snow. Italian defenders suffer heavy losses as artillery duels continue and prisoners are taken while fighting intensifies along a 100 mile front in central Albania. Meanwhile in the Pacific a Japanese flagged raider shells Nauru, prompting Allied condemnation and calls for neutral flags to be respected.
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Klisura
Nauru
South Pacific
Melbourne
Australia
Menzies
League of Nations
Germany
Italy
Japan
London
Pacific
Safety Record of School Bus Drivers Cited
Ohio's school bus system is praised as a low risk by insurance leaders. 8,000 drivers carry about 300,000 children daily across 275,000 miles, while debates over board owned versus private buses surface with injury comparisons. A gold cup is to be awarded to W. H. Ingersoll, the veteran driver.
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Columbus
Ohio
Herman Vernon
Zanesville
Ohio State Association of
Vernon
Jack Alder
Hillard
E. N. Dietrich
W. H. Ingersoll
Mentor
Court Paves Way for Cut in Cigaret Price
A Cleveland drug store chain cut standard cigarette prices from 16 to 14 cents after a Toledo court of appeals dissolved an injunction blocking underselling a 16-cent price schedule set by the Ohio Fair Trade Committee. The committee said it would appeal to the state supreme court.
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Cleveland
Toledo Court of Appeals
Ohio Fair Trade Committee
State Supreme Court
Educators Map 1941 School Legislation Plans
The Ohio Education Association will outline its 1941 school legislation policy at the 93rd annual meeting in Columbus January 3-4. Executive secretary Walton B. Bliss estimates about 2,000 public school teachers and administrators will attend.
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Columbus
The
Ohio Education Associaion
Walton B. Bliss
Obituary for Mrs. Loulie Hunter House at 81
Mrs. Loulie Hunter House, widow of Col. Edward M. House and linked to President Wilson, died in New York last night at age 81.
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New York
Loulie Hunter House
Col
Edward M. House
Wilson
Urge Farmers To Increase Hog Raising
Washington Secretary Wickard urged farmers to raise more hogs and send more cattle to market to meet expanding domestic meat demand tied to defense spending. He noted the 1941 spring pig crop may be about 14 percent smaller than 1940, prices being unprofitable, with hogs at about $6 per hundred pounds at the farm.
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Washington
Wickard
Agriculture Department
Plan Last Try To Feed Spain
The State Department launched final efforts to secure an agreement to send American food supplies to Spain. The decision hinges on British and Spanish governments with early action anticipated due to Spain's strategic role in Europe and the administration's policy of aiding Britain. The United States will seek assurances from General Franco that Spain will remain neutral in Europe.
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Washington
The
State Department
Spain
Roosevelt
Britain
United States
Franco
Inmates Stage Stars in Stripes Show at Ohio Penitentiary
Penitentiary inmates presented a vaudeville style program titled Stars in Stripes for more than 500 outside spectators in Columbus. The show featured tap dances singing and jokes with The Rogues of Rhythm swing band and The Cow Barn Opera Company hillbilly act as primary musical groups.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Rogues of Rhythm
Cow Barn Opera Company
Portland General Peter Murray, 73, dies after long service
Brig. Gen. Peter Murray 73 veteran of Spanish American War. He commanded the Third Brigade, 2nd Division in Verdun St Mihiel theaters in World War I. Died last night in Portland.
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Portland
Peter Murray
Verdun-St. Mihiel
Still Best Dressed American Woman Named
Mrs Harris on Williams tops the list of best dressed American women and repeats her win from last year. No more picture stars were named.
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New York
Harrison Williams
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