War spending plans push 50 percent of national income to defense
Congress backs Roosevelt’s plan to channel half of the national income into the war effort next fiscal year. The administration also cuts tin use by 50 percent as defense expenditures surge toward 27 to 50 percent of income, with a 100 billion dollar projected annual income. In December defense spending ran well below targets while 1941 total defense outlay neared 19 billion. Cleveland imposes tire rationing under 14 municipal judges.
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Pearl Harbor
Department of Commerce
Treasury
Federal Treasury
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Invasion Forces Advancing Near City Twenty Miles Away
Allied and Filipino troops report strong resistance as Manila's fall looms Singapore defence emphasized as key for allied strategy. Japanese forces push toward Manila from southeast and north, with U S evacuation efforts for the wounded underway.
Hitler's Big Year Ends Disastrously at War Fronts
Adolf Hitler acknowledged heavy setbacks as German forces retreat on all fronts. Russian forces recaptured Kerch and Feodosiya while Berlin reports show a widening Soviet advance toward Moscow and the Caucasus. In Africa, British forces struck Rommel south of Agedabia, smashing tanks and disrupting supply.
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Crimea
Hitler
Great
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Strait of Kerch
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Kerch
Black Sea
Feodosiya
Red Army
London
North African
Erwin Rommel
Agedabia
Cigarette Prices Frozen Under War Ration Measures
Washington reports the government set a factory price ceiling at the December 26 level for cigarettes as part of wartime controls. The move follows a refused price raise by the American Tobacco Co for Lucky Strikes and seeks to curb further increases while directing distributors to comply with the new ceiling. Government also limited civilian wool supply for non military use for the next three months to half or less of 1941 levels.
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Washington
OPM
Leon Henderson
American Tobacco Company
Henderson
Sales Tax Redemption Nets Big Dividends
Ohio vendors distributed sales tax stamps with purchases, yielding large redemptions. State treasurer Don H. Ebright announced that fraternal groups, churches, civic bodies, schools, hospitals and others received 1,173,057 from stamp redemptions, an increase of 329,119 over last year.
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Columbus
Ohio
Don H. Ebright
Athens Messenger Increases Subscription Rates
The Athens Messenger announces higher subscription rates due to wages taxes material costs and inflation. Carrier-delivered subscriptions rise by about 50 percent. mail outside Ohio single copies priced at 4 cents daily and 5 cents on Sundays. paid-in-advance subs retain old rates through expiration.
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Ohio
Shortage of Natural Gas Threatened Without Steel for Pipeline
J French Robinson president East Ohio Gas warns a 160000 ton steel order is needed to build a Louisiana to West Virginia pipeline. He says without priority for the line, a serious gas shortage could hit parts of Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia next winter. Hope Natural Gas allied with East Ohio Gas proposes the project for next summer.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
J. French Robinson
East Ohio Gas Co
Robinson
Hope Natural Gas Co
Louisiana
Night Spots Ready for Big New Year’s Eve in Columbus
Columus areas anticipate near record crowds for New Year’s Eve 1942 celebrations. Hotels and clubs expect capacity, with defense industry activity boosting reservations state wide.
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Columbus
Qchicans
Coroner to Probe Death of Filling Station Proprietor
Coroner G W Sapp said he would investigate the death of Ralph E Hardin 33 proprietor of a downtown filling station who was killed by the fall of a hydraulic Suto Litt.
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Newark
G. W. Sapp
Ralph E. Hardin
Railroad Orders Reach Decade High in 1941
Chicago report notes railroads, facing surge in freight and passenger traffic from the defense program, placed the largest total orders for locomotives freight cars and materials since 1929 and significantly larger equipment orders than that year.
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Chicago
Allies To Pool All Resources For War Aims
Congress weighs a new allied supply command to pool material resources for the war. The plan would expand lend-lease and bring together minerals and raw materials from South American nations and Russia with those of the United States Britain China and the Dutch to support Allied efforts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Russia
Britain
China
California Taxies Will Be Driven by Women
Long Beach officials had refused to hire women drivers last May citing moral concerns but the car companies won the right to hire women due to a shortage of men.
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California
Long Beach
Calif
Extension of Farm Program Wins Roosevelt Approval
President Roosevelt signed a five year extension for two farm program phases. The soil conservation payments receive about 500 million dollars annually and require farmer cooperation with acreage allotments. Price-supporting loans by the CCC must be made at 85 percent of parity when marketing controls are approved.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Administration Farm
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Pre Christmas Liquor Sales Climb in Ohio State Stores
Ohioans bought more liquor from state stores during the three days before Christmas than in the prior week. For the week ending December 20 purchases totaled 2,117,997 dollars, compared with 2,292,617 dollars for the three days before Christmas.
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Columbus
Ohio Liquor Department
War in Manila Deepens as Jap Numbers Press Losses Increase
The Manila defense tightens as Japanese forces push forward with air superiority cited. MacArthur notes dive bombers control roads, and Allied reinforcements are hoped to avert disaster. A British officer warns Singapore as strategic Pacific base may require sacrifices. The piece links Manila peril to broader war aims in the Far East.
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Allies Weigh Long War Strategy As Philippines Battles Rouse Nerves
The Philippines battle tightens as Allied leaders push nerve war against Japan. Roosevelt hints at Kamchatka and long war terms while Churchill urges decisive grand strategy and strong defense of Singapore amid Japan’s advance toward Manila.
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Mines Suspend Due to Railroad Congestion
Three Eastern Ohio mines of the Rail and River Coal Co suspended operations until Monday because rail shipment facilities are too congested. Superintendent William Maloney said the mines ship most coal to Canadian National Railway. About 1,800 miners were idle briefly.
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Timken Estate Tax Boosts Stark County Treasury
The Stark County treasury received $2,344,982 from the H. H. Timken estate tax. The funds will be split equally between the state and city, reflecting a gross taxable estate estimated at $23,753,009.
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Canton
Stark County
H. H. Timken
Sugar Shortage Averted as U S Plans Cuban Crop Purchase
The government announced it will buy the bulk of the 1942 Cuban sugar cane crop through the Defense Supplies Corporation to prevent a sugar shortage and stabilize prices. Officials say the deal would provide upwards of half of the United States annual needs, reducing reliance on Cuba’s supply.
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Washington
Defense Supplies Corporation
Pacific
Philippine Islands
United States
Cuba
Bricker Protest to FD Over Board's Plan
Gov John Bricker telegraphed President Roosevelt saying he cannot approve delegating BUC claims taking to the United States Employment Service. Ohio official Hercel C Atkinson of the BUC warned the Federal Social Security Board plan would leave the agency unequipped to meet Ohio unemployment compensation law provisions.
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Columbus
Hercel C. Atkinson
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Federal Social Security Board
BUC
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Roosevelt
United States Employment Service
Congress Opens New Session After Smooth End to Old
Congress agreed to end the current session Friday and start the new session Monday by unanimous consent. The Senate then the House formalized the transition with minimal debate and no opposition.
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Washington
Senate
House
Cincinnati Letter Carrier Retires with Odd Parade
John W. Smith, a long time Cincinnati letter carrier, retires after 39 years. His first act in retirement was to visit Miami Rifle Range and use an alarm clock in a symbolic shot.
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Cincinnati
John W. Smith
Miami
Schools Role in War Discussed at Ohio Convention
The Ohio Education Association holds its 20th annual convention in Columbus kicking off Friday to examine the role of schools in the nation’s war effort. The meeting will also study teacher supply and salaries as educators move to higher paying defense jobs and military service.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Education Assasoclation
Armed Services
McArthur Voters Approve Street Light Levy
McArthur city voters approve a 2 percent mill levy to fund street lighting after January 1 by a large margin of 352 to 17. The measure authorizes funds for illumination improvements and ongoing maintenance within the municipal area.
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McArthur
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