Wheeler Defies Roosevelt on Europe Peace Question
Senator Wheeler of Montana publicly challenged President Roosevelt over peace prospects in Europe. He urged immediate end to the war and dismissed talk of peace as unwarranted while criticizing the President’s defense address. Wheeler argued the United States should act decisively and warned against delaying action.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Roosevelt
Europe
United States
Montana
Verne Marshall
No Foreign War Committee
Marshall
State Department
White House
John H. Jouett
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
China
Greece
America
Stalin
Hitler
Mussolini
Hitler Denounces Democracies and Vows 1941 Victory
Berlin reports Hitler in a New Year speech denouncing democracies and capitalism and predicting victory for Nazi forces in 1941. In a shorter message to troops he forecast the greatest victory in German history and said world conquest was rejected by Germany and Italy.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
United States
Britain
Italy
Germany
Fuehrer
Hitler
Reich
Penitentiary Parolee Accused of Murder
Cleveland detective Gordon Shibley blamed a penitentiary parolee for the butcher knife slaying of Edmund Innocenzi a 31 year old meat shop manager. A clerk said the assailant stepped from a doorway near the shop and thrust a ten inch knife into Innocenzi’s side yesterday muttering I said I d get you.
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Cleveland
Ohio’ ‘Penitentiary
Gordon Shibley
Edmund Innocenzi
Shibley
Innocenzi
Court Stenographer Named in Gallia County
Mrs. Harry Wheeler is appointed court stenographer of Gallia County by Common Pleas Judge R. White to take effect tomorrow January 1. The official action was announced in Gallipolis.
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Gallia County
Gallipolis
Harry Wheeler
Common Pleas
R. White
Memorial House Bombing Inches Johnson Dictionary Saving
London district hospital reports that Memorial House, linked to Sir Samuel Johnson and his Dictionary of the English Language, suffered fire damage in a bombing attack on Sunday night but the first edition was salvaged.
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London
Memorial House
Samuel Johnson
Senators Call Deep Income Taxes to Fund Defense
Senators Connally and Johnson urged heavier income taxes to finance defense. They expect at least 1 billion dollars more revenue, targeting brackets from 4 thousand to 150 thousand and extending to higher earners. Funds would back defense bonds totaling about 20 billion and include a revived war profits tax up to 88 percent on wartime profits.
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Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Johnson
D-Colo
Congress
Texas
Strike Closes Fort Wayne Harvester Plant
A CIO UAWA strike shut the International Harvester Fort Wayne truck works, halting production of navy vehicle parts. A 5:30 am picket line formed as about 3,200 workers were idle. Negotiations move to Washington over a disputed contract after the NLRB certified UAWA as sole bargaining agent last May.
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Fort Wayne, Ind
Cio-United Automobile Workers of America
International Harvester Company
Fort Wayne
Navy
CST
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
UAWA
The War Today analyzes gas warfare risks in Britain
Dewitt Mackenzie discusses the potential use of poison gas in the war and its possible impact on Britain. He notes historical casualties, current deterrents, and the likelihood of gas being deployed against civilians if Germany and Britain clash, highlighting Britain's vulnerability due to population and industry.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
London
England
Germany
Britain
Big Dividends for Steel Stockholders
Fewer than a dozen holders of 2000 shares of Cold Meal Process Co. stock split up 1,650,000 in dividends yesterday. The payout included 200,000 cash and 1,450,000 in notes payable April 1, equating to 850 a share on the 50 par value stock, on top of 500 a share previously received. The proceeds follow the company’s settlement with U S Steel subsidiaries over patent infringement claims.
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Youngstown
U. S. Steel Corporation
Fourteen prisoners escape Mansfield Reformatory
Fourteen inmates broke from Mansfield Reformatory but guards pursued them through nearby woods. Two were lightly wounded by gunfire and treated in the hospital. the breakout occurred as 1,200 inmates were called to meals. Wounded were William Snyder and Norman Walker, both in their early twenties, serving burglary and assault with intent to rob respectively.
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Mansfield
Mansfield Reformatory
Institution
Arthur L. Glattke
Glattke
William Snyder
Norman Walker
Snyder
Cuyahoga County
Walker
Mahoning County
Disrupted Air Flow Blamed For Cadiz Mine Explosion
The state lists a short circuited air flow as the major cause of the Cadiz Nelms Mine blast that killed 31 miners on November 29. Gas likely ignited by an electric arc from a drill or mining machine. Investigators could not determine the exact source of the air flow disruption.
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Columbus
Nelms
Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Co
Cadiz
George A. Strain
Strain
NATCO Plant Gets Contract for Curtiss Wright Plant
Logan reports National Fireproofing Co of Haydenville has secured a materials contract for Curtiss Wright Co airplane engine plant construction at Lockland near Cincinnati. Deliveries start mid January, ensuring steady work for months. Logan Chamber of Commerce aided defense contract efforts in the Hocking Valley, including this project.
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LOGAN
National Fireproofing Co
Haydenville
Curtiss Wright Co
Lockland
Cincinnati
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Hocking Valley
Tobacco prices rise after 10 day holiday in Kentucky
Burley tobacco sales resumed in Kentucky with a state wide price average of 17.29 per cwt, up 92 cents from the season low before a ten day recess. Twenty one of twenty two auction centers posted gains, while Maysville fell 62 cents to 14.06 per cwt.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Maysville
Woman Bank President in Steubenville to Retire
Mrs. Wilma Sinclair Levan announced she will resign as president of the Steubenville Union Savings Bank and Trust Co on January 14. She is one of the nation’s few women to head a bank.
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Steubenville
Wilma Sinclair Levan
Steubenville Union Savings Bank and Trust Co
Repents Near Collapse of Cleveland Mother in Slaying
Julie Barnett a 26 year old Cleveland mother faced a county grand jury on a manslaughter charge after allegedly striking two year old David with a kitchen spatula in discipline The father Barney Barnett found the child dead and the mother asleep reportedly drunk and unable to attend the funeral.
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Julie Barnett
Cleveland
David Kerr
David
Barney Barnett
Kerr
Network Row Reaches Peak in Music Licensing Clash
The dispute between radio broadcasters and ASCAP peaks at midnight as 1.5 million ASCAP tunes are banned from NBC CBS and Mutual networks. The five year contract expires with no peace in sight over music usage rates. Broadcast Music Inc set to replace ASCAP on 648 stations.
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New York
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
ASCAP
Victor Herbert
George Gershwin
Cole Porter
Irving Berlin
Broadcast Music, Inc
NBC
CBS
Mutual
Pennsylvanian Gives Oil Company to Town
Mount Joy Pennsylvania reports Clarence Schock, a 75-year-old executive, transferring his oil company to a community trust estate. The Schock Independent Oil Company becomes the town's sole stockholder, with most earnings directed to the general welfare and a limited portion reserved for the donor and his wife.
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Mount Joy
Clarence Schock
Schock Independent Oil Company
Veteran Clinton County Clerk of Courts Quits
Leo Weltz, 74, announced his retirement effective January 6 after 30 years as Clinton County clerk of courts. He also spent a decade in the courthouse as bailiff and deputy clerk. Blanche Gregory, his deputy for 12 years, is slated to replace him.
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Wilmington
Leo Weltz
Clinton County
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Blanche Gregory
British Tanker Donax Reported Chased by Submarine West of Scotland
A British tanker named Donax told Mackay Radio that a submarine was pursuing her about 450 miles west of Scotland. The message was picked up today.
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New York
Donax
Mackay Radio Today
Scotland
Auto Workers Move Toward Ford Strike Threat
The United Automobile Workers CIO threaten a strike at Ford Motor Company over alleged defiance of national defense needs and a hiring pledge. The union seeks federal intervention and a labor board election after Ford officials declined comment. Michael F. Widman Jr. leads Ford organizing efforts and calls for response to Roosevelt's fireside appeal.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Iti
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Uaw-Cio
Roosevelt
Michael F. Widman, Jr
Ford
Harry Bennett
Estate valued at 199025 after Gibbons death
Floyd Gibbons, veteran newspaper correspondent and radio commentator, left a net estate of 199025 when he died on September 24 1939 according to a transfer tax appraisal released today.
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New York
Floyd Gibbons
Beards To Remain In Office As Sheriff
George Beards appointed sheriff of Meigs County in 1938 may stay in office until the November 1942 election. The attorney general ruled that Beards may hold until his successor is elected and qualified after Delbert W. Walker died before qualifying.
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Columbus
George Beards
Meigs County
Atty
Thomas J. Herbert
Delbert W. Walker
Beards
Social Security Board reports rising accounts and benefits
Arthur J. Altmeyer announced the Social Security Board now covers more than 57.9 million workers. Daily about 1,000 retirement benefit claims are approved, with nearly 237,000 claims paid in the first 11 months of 1940. Total monthly benefit payments reach 4.25 million dollars while federal and state funds disburse over 619,000,000 to needy aged, blind and dependent children in 1940.
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Washington
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Oil Pioneer's Rites Set in Parkersburg Parkersburg burial to follow funeral in Buffalo
Norton Lowrey Upson pioneer American oil producer born in Greenwich Connecticut will be transported to Parkersburg West Virginia for burial after funeral services in Buffalo New York He died at 93 and once refused to join John D Rockefeller in business.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Norton Lowrey Upson
Greenwich
Parkersburg
W. Va
Upson
John D. Rockefeller
Coal board names new District 8 chairman
Louis E. Wood of Huntington West Virginia is elected chairman of District 8 Bituminous Coal Producers Board succeeding Harry L. Gandy of Washington.
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Cincinnati
District 8
Bituminous Coal Producers’ Board
Louis E. Wood
Huntington
W. Va
Harry L. Gandy
Washington
Ohio New Year Eve parties show strong advance bookings
Ohio hotels and night clubs report heavy advance reservations for New Year’s Eve with sell outs in some cities. Operators spend about 90000 dollars for bands to attract patrons who may spend up to 250000 dollars tonight. Cover charges run from 1 to 5 dollars with 6 to 8 piece bands in Columbus venues. Police deploy extra cars in Cleveland to curb drunken driving as liquor stores see volume rise. Many churches plan watch parties and New Year’s Day services.
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Ohio
Youngstown
Columbus
Cleveland
Nazi Press Attacks Roosevelt Fireside Talk
The German press condemns Roosevelt's speech as provocation while Hitler promises a "greatest victory" in 1941. Berlin reports mock emotions and hints Berlin will not be provoked. Greece reports 1000+ prisoners as Italian counterattacks fail. Dowding aims to remove bombing impact by spring. Berlin vows to answer Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Germany
Britain
United States
Mussolini
Fuehrer
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Hitler
London
Lord Woolton
Cycle of close calls as siblings survive string of dangers
Twelve year old Veronica Kaczynski fell from a third to a second story floor through an old skylight. Within five minutes her siblings faced a high tension wire shock an auto collision and a dog bite.
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Pittsburgh
Veronica Kaczynski
Murray City Man on Alcohol Charge Sentenced
Federal Judge Mell G. Underwood sentenced James F. Weeden of Washington Court House to three years for breaking the railroad car seal and stealing from an interstate shipment. Others with guilty pleas included Andrew Hiner of Murray City, two years, alcohol charge.
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Columbus
Mell G. Underwood
James F. Weeden
Washington Court House
Andrew Hiner
Murray City
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