British Blame Nazis for Riots in Spanish Morocco
The British protest Axis sponsored riots in Tangier after a time bomb attack on a Tangier pier. Axis and Spanish tensions threaten Britain and Spain, while Axis raids on Alexandria and Tripoli prompt Allied counter moves as Russians push in the Donets Basin.
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Spanish
Morocco
Mediterranean
Axis
Spanish Morocco
London
Tangier
Spain
Germany
Italy
Generalissimo Franco
Adolf Hitler
Alexandria
Egypt
Malta
Libya
Tripoli
Tobruk
Gibraltar
Gibraltar Strait
Africa
South America
South Atlantic
Controversy Over OCD Morale Program And Army Navy Spending
Congress debates limiting the Office of Civilian Defense moral boosting role as part of a record $26.5 billion appropriation bill for the Navy. President Roosevelt signs the massive defense package while controversy swirls around Melvyn Douglas's OCD post and Chaney's fitness division salary.
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Washington
Office of Civilian Defense
Congress
House
Hollywood
Melvyn Douglas
America
Roosevelt
Sees Best Sugar Beet Season in Ohio History
Fremont fieldmen predict the best sugar beet growing season in over 40 years as farmers in a seven county district sign up. A C Joost area manager for Great Lakes Sugar Co reports acreage rising to 10 000 to 11 000 acres from 9 300 in 1941.
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Fremont
A. C. Joost
Great Lakes Sugar Co
Police Chief George Moody to be Buried Tomorrow
Galion reports Police Chief George E. Moody 52 died after a stroke yesterday. Survivors include his brother Patrolman C. A. Moody of Marion. Funeral arrangements are set for tomorrow in Galion.
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Galion
George E. Moody
C. A. Moody
Marion
Charge Nurse With Murder
Irma Twiss a 32 year old nurse at the Bronx Maternity Hospital was charged with homicide in the death of a newborn girl and accused of feeding narcotics to another infant. Hospital officials quoted Twiss crying caused by the babies drove her to action and she was jailed without bail for a Wednesday hearing.
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New York
Bronx Maternity Hospital
Louis M. Wagner
Irma Twiss
Miss Twiss
Martin Kraus
Ohio Author Sees War Boosting Co op Movement
Ohio author Louis Bromfield told Ohio cooperative leaders that war will spur more cooperatives and strengthen the movement after hostilities end. He urged study of cooperative consumer goods distribution and warned against excessive bureaucracy to preserve democracy.
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Columbus
Louis Bromfield
United States
Youth Goes on Trial For Hotel Slaying
John R. English age 21 of Dixie Heights Middletown Ohio goes on trial charged with murder in a hotel room slugging. He surrendered to Middletown police on Christmas Eve. His counsel indicates he will plead self defense.
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Cincinnati
John R. English
Dixie Heights
Middletown
George D. Winlack
Canton
English
Ohio Woman Kills Two Men in Sunday Shooting
Sadie Cook, 42, was held after a Sunday shooting at a Canton residence. A .30-40 caliber moose gun killed Nick Rosetti 25 and Armando Gonzales Vega 27 and wounded Joseph Yurasis ? the bullet struck Vega’s heart and Rosetti's stomach. Detective Captain Beatty said she would be charged with homicide. The incident followed an argument at 4 a.m. Sunday.
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Canton
Sadie Cook
John D. Beatty
Nick Rosetti
Anthony Rosetti
Armando Gonzales
Vega
Rosetti
Joseph Yurasis
Beatty
Million Dollar Fire Ravages Philadelphia Block
A massive blaze in Philadelphia destroyed a large block of business buildings and homes. It caused damage likely over 1 million dollars and injured more than 50 firefighters with no reported deaths.
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Philadelphia
Hawaiian Born Child Reaches Findlay Safely
Findlay residents celebrate a nine week old boy named Charles who traveled 5000 miles from Pearl City Hawaii to safety after being born the day after the Pearl Harbor attack. Navy Ensign Charles Huston of Lorain is on duty somewhere in the Pacific.
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Findlay
Navy
Charles Huston
Lorain
Pacific
Charles
Pearl City
Hawaii
Selective Service Head Promoted to Colonel in Ohio
Ohio selectives head Col C W Goble is named temporary colonel after a weekend announcement. The World War I veteran previously held lieutenant colonel rank and leads the draft service in Columbus Ohio.
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Selective Service
Columbus
Ohio
C. W. Goble
Nation Declares War Time Across the United States
President Roosevelt announced nationwide war time effective at 2 a.m. in all four time zones. Clocks advance one hour year round to replace summer daylight time, aligning with belligerent nations as the nation continues in wartime. Transportation and radio sectors expect minimal disruption.
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Donets Basin
Krasnograd
Kharkov
Kharkov-Dnieperopetrovsk
Odessa
Dnieperopetrovsk
United States
Red Army
Moscow
Donets
Red
Smolensk
Washington
Roosevelt
General Todt Dies in Air Crash on Eastern Front
Major General Fritz Todt, 50, Nazi bridge wizard and Reichsminister of Munitions, was killed in an air accident while carrying out military tasks in the East. Todt engineered fortifications and bridges, including the Siegfried Line, praised by friend and foe for his engineering skill. He was the fourth high Nazi casualty in the war's early days.
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Berlin
Fritz
Adolf Hitler
Todt
East
Germany
Propose Raise Of U S Debt To One Hundred Billion
Washington reports administration leaders in Congress plan to seek a debt limit increase from 65 billion to 100 billion with the option of a single jump. Senate finance chair George said some favored 85 billion but most prefer one rise. Current debt stands around 60.2 billion as the week began. President Roosevelt’s war budget for the year starting July 1 would push the total to about 110.4 billion.
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Washington
Congress
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Survivors Say China Arrow Sheltered by Submarine Attack
Survivors of the American tanker China Arrow report their ship was torpedoed and shelled 100 miles off the Atlantic coast. The 8,403-ton vessel, a 21st victim of the wolf pack, was set afire but the entire crew of 37 was saved.
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Lewes
Del
China Arrow
Atlantic
Socony-Vacuum Ofl Co
Navy Department
War Today: Singapore Stand, MacArthur Battles Intensify
The Japanese foothold on Singapore Island grows and defense strength remains uncertain. Reinforcements and air power will decide the outcome and its impact on Rangoon, Malacca Strait, and Burma road. Concurrently Japan presses Bataan Peninsula as Empire eyes Dutch East Indies.
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Singapore
Sumatra
Malacca Strait
Rangoon
Burma
China
Pacific
General MacArthur
Bataan
Dutch East Indies
Sunday Brings 10 Auto Deaths
Ohio weekend traffic fatalities rose to 22 with four killed at one grade crossing and three dead in each of two others. An auto train collision near Elliston killed Virgil Borton 28 and his wife Marie 22 both of East Toledo along with Orlena Stiller 27 and her husband 23 from Elliston. Mrs. Stiller died in a Toledo hospital. Ice coated highways blamed for several crashes.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Elliston
Toledo
New York Central
Virgil Borton
Marie
Orlena Stiller
Fire damages Pretzel Bell Cafe in Gallipolis
An early morning fire caused $800 in damage to the Pretzel Bell Cafe in Gallipolis. No injuries are reported and firefighters responded to the scene.
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Gallipolis
General MacArthur Named On Tax Refund List
The Internal Revenue Service released a list of taxpayers receiving refunds for 1941. General Douglas MacArthur appears as executor for his mother Mary P. MacArthur with a $629.66 refund. The report highlights notable names across fields including George P. Jones, Metropolitan Life, New York Life, Brown and Williamson, and others, totaling $54,006,883 in refunds.
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General MacArthur
MacArthur
Congress
Internal Revenue Bureau
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
Philippines
Bureau
Mary P. MacArthur
George P. Jones
Chicago
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
New York City
New York Life Insurance Company
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company
Louisville
Doris Duke Cromwell
Marshall Field
Edsel B. Ford
Harvey Cee Or
Akron
New York
Harvey D
Gibson
Australians Hold Ten Mile Front in Singapore Battle
Australian and British forces fought hand to hand as Japanese troops landed on Singapore Island and pressed along the Johore Strait. General Bennett said defenders were forming a strong line and would attack to recover lost ground amid heavy artillery and air bombardment.
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Singapore
Henry Gordon Bennett
Tokyo
Oslo
Johore Strait
Malaya
Sungei Kranji
Pasir Laba
Malayan
Tokyo Radio
Palau Ubin
Singapore Island
Yanks Score New Successes In Defense of Philippines
General Douglas MacArthur reported renewed Allied successes on the Bataan Peninsula and at Manila Bay. American Filipino forts silenced several enemy siege batteries while repelling dive bomber attacks as Japanese pressure mounted on both flanks.
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Philippines
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Manila Bay
Cavite
War Department
MacArthur
China Sea
Hamilton Bus Service Halts as Drivers Strike
In Hamilton a bus service halted today as AFL affiliated drivers of Hamilton City Lines inc struck. Detroit official James J. Gormley said drivers, paid 62 cents a mile, sought 75 cents and offered 68 cents in negotiation.
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Hamilton
Hamilton City Lines, Inc
James J. Gormley
Detroit
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
WPB Predicts Ample Soap Supply for Nation
The War Production Board predicts ample soap for the nation as glycerine for explosives is prioritized. More fats will be processed by soap makers for glycerine content and residue will be converted into soap.
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WPB
Washington
The
War Production Board
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Taft
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U. S
Panama
Robert E. N. Ward
Earle C. Hawk
T. J. Doyle
Joe B Hurst
Hawk
NEA Radiophoto
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