Democrats on Committee Agree To Amendment In Effort To Gain Support
Democratic members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee propose a five year limit on the Presidents power to make contracts under the aid Britain bill. They also seek to clarify the act by barring American vessels from entering combat areas in violation of the 1939 Neutrality Act. Chairman Bloom noted no firm decision on funding, hinting a later choice if needed.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Bloom
D-Ny
Deat
Morale committee formed to study Ohio youth needs
Mrs Evelyn Luchs met in Columbus with Governor Bricker as part of a 17 member civic group to study permanent state coordination for youth 18 to 24 and to mobilize morale. The commission will coordinate agency efforts and distribute materials to communities and support local youth councils.
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Evelyn Luchs
F. E. Luchs
Athens First Presbyterian Church
Columbus
John Bricker
Ohio
Aia
Annmnen
Bricker
Luchs
Adult Education Council
U S Spends 312 600 For Ford Products
The War Department announced a new 312 600 purchase of motor vehicles from Ford Motor Company after recently denying a larger order due to labor stipulations in bid specifications.
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U. S
Ford
Washington
War Department
Ford Motor Company
Defense housing projects listed for 13 200 units
The federal works administration announced construction assignments for 43 defense housing projects totaling 13 200 dwelling units. The list includes Gaet Ohio 300 and Ravenna Ohio.
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Washington
Defense
Federal Works Administration
Gaeet, O
Ravenna
Perry County coal operator lauded by United Mine Workers
Rep. John Paskell Sr., Perry County Republican legislator, received a gold medal for 50 years of service with the United Mine Workers of America. He is a charter member of the union.
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United Mine Workers
Perry Countian
Perry County
The
U.M.W
CIO Threatens To Call Strike At Ford Plant
The United Auto Workers CIO threatens a strike at Ford plants unless five union demands are met. Leaders R. J. Thomas and Michael F. Widman Jr. cite wage increases seniority and immediate bargaining with Ford at Highland Park and River Rouge. About 85,000 Ford production workers live in the Detroit area.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Ford
R. J. Thomas
Uaw-Cio
Michael F. Widman, Jr
Highland Park
River Rouge
Mich
Johnson Names Aides In Cadet Recruiting
Earle L. Johnson state director of aeronautics announced a dozen aides to assist in recruiting flying cadets for the U S Army Air Corps. Selected were Dudley Outecast Wood Douglass Ertel Winowski Reese Green Dutro Harrington Perkins Case and others from Cincinnati Dayton Toledo Cleveland Washington and several Ohio cities.
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Columbus
Earle L. Johnson
U. S. Army Air Corps
Dudley M. Outecast
David B. Wood
Cincinnati
Mason Douglass
Dayton
Clarence J. Erte
Toledo
Felix Winowski
Cleveland
L. W. Reese
Washington D. H
John G. Green
Portsmouth
George Coen
Lancaster
Eugene Dutro
Zanesville
J. R. Harrington
Mansfield
Paul M. Perkins
Canton
Logan Case
Ravenna
Bricker plans hit by lawmakers over tax diversions in Ohio
Ohio lawmakers clash as House Democrats oppose diverting auto license tax revenues and seek an extra 6 million dollars for local governments while Republicans sidetrack a 2.2 million dollar poor relief measure. Senate Democrats oppose the highway bill without relief funds, and a proposed sales tax sharing for locals faces upheaval as 65 bills flood the clerks. The scene features proposals to reduce the sales tax to 2 percent, new bills on quail shooting, and civil service campaign contribution bans.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
House
Senate Democrats
Senate
House Finance Committee
Pardon and Parole Commission
William Boyd
Seven Escape Gas Poisoning At Columbus Home
Berneda Newberry 12 and sister Helen found their mother Dora Newberry and four other children overcome by leaking gas fumes. Seven people were revived after firefighters worked 45 minutes.
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Columbus
Berneda Newberry
Helen
Dora Newberry
Newberry
Agnes Jewett
Willkie Seeks Lions Hunt on African Jungle Trip
Willkie Welcomes bid to shoot lions in Africa after studying the British lion at war. He contemplates joining a jungle hunt in Portuguese Guinea en route to New York, noting he would not mind killing a couple of lions. He departs Lisbon on a new trans Atlantic air route.
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Portugal
Wendell L. Willkie
Portuguese Guinea
Bolama
United States
Willkie
New York
Trinidad
Puerto Rico
Horta
Azores
London
Daily Herald
Cattel Rag
U. S. Mexico To Sign Pact
Washington reports the United States and Mexico plan to sign a comprehensive good neighbor agreement soon. Key points, settled by Undersecretary Welles and Mexican Ambassador Francisco Castillo Najera, focus on a lump settlement of major economic and financial issues tied to oil expropriation and agrarian claims.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Welles
Francisco Castillo Najera
35 Cent Theft Costs City 93 Jury Fees
Toledo city paid jurors 93 to acquit Ernest Waidler, a 49 year old WPA worker, on charges he stole two pounds of hamburger valued at 17 12 cents. The jury heard two days of testimony and broke in 23 minutes.
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Toledo
Ernest
WPA
Former Deputy Sheriff Begins Term in Pen
Willis A. Wingert former chief deputy sheriff of Mahoning County began an indeterminate sentence in Ohio Penitentiary for embezzlement. He arrived last night from Youngstown unescorted.
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Columbus
Willis A. Wingert
Mahoning County
Ohio
Wingert
Youngstown
Miller's Successor To Be Chosen on Friday
Gallipolis officials will hold a special meeting Friday night to accept the resignation of Harry Miller from the Ohio Public Utilities Commission. The successor will be chosen from nearly a dozen candidates for the post.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis City
Salesman Kidnapped Near Springfield Transit to Indianapolis
Stacey Lamb 55 of Columbus Ohio said an armed man forced him to drive a car to Indianapolis after abducting him near Springfield Ohio. Police said Lamb was released unharmed and authorities investigated the incident as a kidnapping.
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Indianapolis
Stacey Lamb
Columbus
Springfield
Duce's Troops Retreating on Libyan Front
Panic among Italian colonists as Fascist columns withdraw from Ben Gali and East Libyan stronghold. General Wavell’s forces drive toward Bengasi, within 60 miles, at about 30 miles a day. In Albania, Greek advances deepen gloom as Italians retreat after two counterattacks collapse.
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Mussolini
Albania
Athens
Italy
Archibald P. Wavell
Mediterranean
Bengasi
Adriatic
Winant Named to Succeed Kennedy as Ambassador to Britain
President Roosevelt nominates John G. Winant 51, former New Hampshire governor, to be ambassador to Great Britain, succeeding Joseph P. Kennedy. Across Europe and Africa reports note Italian attacks repulsed by Greeks, bombings on London and Southern England, and British advances in Eritrea and Ethiopia. GermanOslo orders Norwegians above 15 to register amid street fighting and arrests.
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John G. Winant
New Hampshire
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Joseph P. Kennedy
Middle East
Cairo
Cheren
Red Sea
Massawa
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gondar
London
England
RAF
Germany
Sweden
Oslo
Norway
Carol Bruce Named Ideal Secretary at New York Show
One thousand men at the National Business Show in New York chose Carol Bruce as their ideal secretary. Her name will be engraved on a 24 carat typewriter as a symbolic honor.
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Carol Bruce
New York
Carol
Wheat Quota Referendum Is Scheduled
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration plans a May 31 growers referendum on strict marketing quotas for the 1941 wheat crop. A two third vote by producers is required to approve quotas, with penalties for selling above allotted amounts. Officials warn the 1941 wheat supply may be record large after harvest.
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Washington
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Motorist Convicted In Patrolman's Death
PORTSMOUTH A man named Arvy May, an Adams County school teacher, was convicted of manslaughter in the traffic death of State Highway Patrolman John Hough on September 20. The Common Pleas judge, B F Kimble, held May without sentence pending motion for a new trial. May waived a jury trial and was found intoxicated and recklessly operated his vehicle.
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Portsmouth
John Hough
Arvy May
Adams County
Common Pleas
B. F. Kimble
May
Lindbergh Opposes U S Aid To Britain Prolonging War
Col Charles A Lindbergh testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee arguing that aiding Britain lengthens the war and increases bloodshed without changing its course. He says U S security should not rely on an English victory and notes Britain cannot win without aid, while Col Robert R McCormick lists invasion barriers across the Atlantic and Pacific routes.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Great Britain
United States
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lindbergh
Senate
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago
Pepper
Dfla
England
Germany
Pilot Killed as Army Planes Crash Near Farmingdale
Two army pursuit planes collided in mid air near Farmingdale New York. First Lieutenant John H. Eakin pilot of one plane was killed when the ships crashed near a lumber yard. Second Lieutenant Joseph Laycock bailed out and broke an ankle.
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Farmingdale
N. Y
Army
Long Island
Army Information Service
John H. Eakin
Joseph Laycock
Dowler Plan Advocate Maps 452 Fragile Counties in U S
F E Dowler reports a national survey of 3100 counties finding 452 lost at least 10 percent population in two decades. Athens County bucked the trend with growth, while the plan seeks a permanent committee to support aid for the fragile fringe in 41 states and argues costs would be manageable.
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Dowler
U.S
F. FE. Dowler
United States
Athens County
Athens
Washington
Court Upholds NLRB Decree Against Dow Chemical
The Sixth U S Court of Appeals enforces with slight change a National Labor Relations Board order against Dow Chemical Co of Midland Michigan. The board on July 25 1939 ordered Dow to cease domination of the Midland Chemical Mine Workers Association and discouragement of UMW CIO membership, reinstate 25 employees and reimburse 20 with back pay. Dow argued those discharged were strike movement ringleaders.
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Cincinnati
U. S. Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
Dow Chemical Co
Midland
Mich
Midland Chemical Mine Workers’ Association
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Dow
Superintendent of Girls' Industrial School Fired
Mrs. Rose C. Beatty will resign as superintendent of the Girls' Industrial School in Columbus on March 1 after a vacation. The dismissal followed two meetings with Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood who was unhappy with the Delaware school’s administration.
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Columbus
Rose C. Beatty
Ohio Welfare Institution
Girls’ Industrial School
Charles L. Sherwood
Delaware
Laborer Convicted on Bigamy Charge
Cleveland police report convict George Meszaros a 52 year old laborer for bigamy after three former wives testified. Detectives say Meszaros courted a fifth woman at the time of his arrest.
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Cleveland
George Meszaros
Peter Me
Meszaros
Taylorcraft dedicates $200,000 plant addition at factory
The Taylorcraft Aviation Corporation yesterday dedicated a $200,000 addition to its airplane factory here, expanding production capacity and signaling growth for the company and the local plant.
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Taylorcraft Aviation Corporation
Five Die in Ohio Traffic Tragedy Near Pettisville
Five persons were killed in traffic accidents across Ohio on Wednesday. Three deaths occurred in a train automobile collision near Pettisville, with details limited in the surviving report.
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Ohio
Columbus
Pettisvill
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