Roosevelt to Ask Congress for Power to Aid Britain
President Roosevelt plans to ask Congress for broad authority to lend war supplies to Britain in his upcoming state of the union message. He may seek discretionary repayment in kind or in materials, and speedier arms production is under consideration. Knudsen would centralize defense production powers as part of the supreme command.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
State of the Union
Britain
William S. Knudsen
Supreme Command” of Defense
No Foreign War Committee
Lee
D-Okla
Angel
W. R. Davis
New York
Verne Marshall
Davis
FDR Rated Third Best Public Speaker in Century
President Roosevelt was ranked third among American public speakers of the past century by Prof. K. G. Hance of the University of Michigan. The ranking honors William Beecher top, with fourth place to Abraham Lincoln and others by the convention of the National Association of Speech.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Abraham Lin
K. G. Hance
University of Michigan
Eakers
National Association of’ S
Rd Beecher
William Jennings
Five Rescued After 18 Hour Entombment at Mine
Five miners were rescued after 18 hours entombed in a coal mine near Indiana Pennsylvania. They emerged dirty faced and trembling but unharmed, guided to safety in mine car 224 after a long entombment as New Year celebrations began.
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Indiana
Bankhead Predicts Extension of Farm Program Beyond 1941 Time
Senator Bankhead says the next Congress will extend indefinitely the federal farm program. He aims to legislate to continue soil conservation and domestic allotment acts past 1941. He expects continued funding of about 500 million for conservation payments and 200 million or more for parity payments to over six million cooperating farmers, despite administration plans to cut nondefense spending.
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Washington
Bankhead
D.-Ala
Congress
Alabama
General Passenger Train Collision Delays in Bucyrus
The Pennsylvania Railroad charged two hour delay for its crack passenger train the General after a collision with a stalled automobile. No injuries reported.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Final Performance To Be His Funeral
In Columbus the 81 year old circus master Dode Fisk died yesterday. His final rites will feature song and humor as his widow Lulu dresses for a party. Fisk originated the Code Fisk Great Combined Shows and planned a last show per long standing instructions.
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Columbus
Dode Fisk
Fisk
Powder Plant Contract Let Near Sandusky
The War Department will pay Trojan Powder Co of Allentown Pa 3 100 000 for operation of an 11 000 000 TNT and DNT plant to be built near Sandusky. An additional 275 000 is awarded for supervising construction and preparing the plant. Negotiations are under way to purchase 7 000 acres west of Huron for Plum Brook Ordnance Plant.
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Sandusky
War Department
Trojan Powder Co
Allentown
Huron
National Defense Project
Plum Brook
Progress in U S Rearming Efforts in 1940
Washington reports a year of gains toward total defense as the Army doubles its manpower to about 600,000 in uniform and the Navy expands to nearly 250,000 with 21 new warships. Air strength grows with several hundred new planes and thousands more on order. Exact combat numbers remain confidential.
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Edward Bomar
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Predict Four Million Jobs In Defense Work in 1941
Washington analysts and labor leaders foresee about 4 000 000 jobs in defense related manufacturing and supply in 1941. A further 2 000 000 non defense positions could rise with the defense boom. CIO chief Philip Murray predicts vast labor organizing and Green of AF of L expects unemployment to practically disappear.
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Washington
Britain
Philip Murray
CIO
AFI
William Green
Ohio Solons Face Few Problems on Return Monday
Columbus report notes the new Ohio legislature enters session with fewer navigation issues than in a decade. Gov Bricker expected to push aid to subdivisions to cover deficits and possibly move auto tag revenues to the general fund. Additional costs include a home guard proposal and state boards to be Bricker-appointed across 1940 milestones.
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Columbus
Ohio
Assembly
John W. Bricker
General Revenue Fund
New Assembly
Ohio House
Senate
Bricker
E. N. Dietrich
Dietrich
Martin L. Davey
Mine Disaster Causes Probed By Committee
Ohio lawmakers convene a statute revision committee in St Clairsville to review mine safety laws after 103 deaths in two Ohio mines last year. Officials will inspect Nelms mine near St Clairsville where 31 miners died November 29 and review Willow Grove deaths blamed on coal dust ignition.
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Columbus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
St. Clairsville
Nelms
Ohio-Pennsylvania Coal Company
Hanna Company
Willow Grove
George A. Strain
Gin Weddings Ended in West Virginia
Louisville report notes Kentucky adoption of a 1941 premarital health exam law ends “gin weddings.” Dr A T McCormick, state health commissioner, says out-of-state couples cannot obtain licenses quickly as before. Couples must present a doctor’s certificate showing no syphilis to be eligible for marriage licenses, curbing impulsive unions.
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Louisville
Kentucky
A. T. McCormick
Blue Grass
Holiday Trade Booms Sales Tax in State
Columbus reports a holiday sales tax surge with a weekly total of 1 600 389 dollars for the week ending December 21, an 8 1 percent rise from the previous year. By December 21, year to date collections reached 50 714 763 dollars, up from 45 336 796 dollars in 1939.
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Columbus
Don Ebright
Court Rules Democrat Winner of Election in Paulding
Judge Richard Cameron ruled Daniel H. Stouffer a Democrat won the Paulding county engineer post, overturning recount findings of ballot tampering that favored Republican Henry Green. Stouffer previously won the Nov. 5 race by 20 votes.
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Paulding
Daniel H. Stouffer
Henry Green
Richard Cameron
Green
Stouffer
Engineers Dynamite Buildings in London
Hundreds of Royal Engineers were brought into London to dynamite numerous buildings damaged in Sunday night's German air raid. Engineers were pulled from other projects to speed the cleanup of the ancient financial center.
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London
Royal Engineers Regiment
Elmer Woodward Dies at 78 Leader in Speed Control
Rockford Illinois obituary reports Elmer E Woodward 78 longtime president of Woodward Governor Company and recognized national expert on speed control died last night.
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Rockford, Ill
Elmer E. Woodward
The
Woodward Governor Company
Holiday Toll Drops During Safe New Year Celebration
Weather and caution curbed holiday violence as 131 people were killed nationwide on Christmas Eve into Christmas Morning, largely in traffic crashes. New York led states with five auto fatalities, while 32 states reported no traffic deaths and 11 states had one each.
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New York
America
Acreage Fixed For Corn in Ohio May 1941 Allotments
Ohio was allowed 2,386,441 acres for corn production in 63 counties in 1941 allotments, compared with 2,396,291 acres allotted by the agricultural adjustment administration for 1941. Growers must comply with their allotments for maximum farm subsidies and corn loans. Parity payments and soil conservation payments are included in the subsidies. For the 15 state commercial area, 1941 acreage was 37,300,000 compared with 36,638,000 acres in 1940.
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Washington
Ohio
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Three Trainmen Die In 150 Foot Freight Plunge
DEL MAR Calif a Santa Fe freight train plunged off a 150 foot embankment one half mile south last night. The locomotive and 17 cars slid down the cliff with three men killed. Nine cars remained on shore while eight went into the ocean.
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del Mar
Calif
Santa Fe
Germans Welcome 1941 With Celebrations as Bombers Stay on Ground
London and Cologne mark the new year with bells and prayers as air raids ease. German celebrations are subdued while British crowds face blackout streets and vow defiance. Axis and Allied fronts see ongoing fighting in Africa and Albania as 1941 opens.
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London
Cologne University
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Africa
Albania
Major World War II News Roundup From Multiple Fronts
Reports from Lisbon say the Vichy regime and Germany ended negotiations as fighting broadens in Europe. Bulgarian Premier Philoff travels to Vienna amid Balkan tensions while Italian forces advance in Albania and British raids strike Germany and the Low Countries. In Libya, a British thrust near Bardia is repulsed as Australian rescuers save 500 from a German raid in the Pacific. Roosevelt greets Italy’s king, and Smuts predicts U.S. intervention for victory.
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Europe
Bogdan Philoff
Vienna
Philoff
Germany
Balkan
Romania
Bulgaria
Valona
Libya
Bardia
Belgium
Netherlands
Essex
Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago
Roosevelt
Vittorio Emanuele
Italy
Chungking
United States
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Union of South Africa
London
Lorain Man Dead in Head-On Collision
Leroy Parsh, 37, of Lorain was killed in a late night head-on crash in South Lorain. The crash raises the county traffic death toll to 47 for 1940.
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Lorain
Leroy Parsh
South Lorain
Western Hemisphere Ushers In New Year In Peaceful Atmosphere
Wartime grimness abroad contrasts with the Americas looking to defense and prosperity in 1941. In the United States private home celebrations prevail while public scenes in Times Square draw nearly a million revelers. Ohio reports modest traffic incidents after Christmas.
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Western Hemisphere
Chicago
Los Angeles
Podunk
Sauk Center
Ohio
Europe War in 1940 highlights from 1949 recap
A compact year by year summary lists events from January to December 1940 with key actions: cabinet shakeups, invasions of Norway and the Netherlands, armistice developments, Luftwaffe and naval actions, and shifts in leadership. Notable items include Norway and France invasions, Dunkirk withdrawals, the Egypt siege, and Berlin bombing milestones.
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Europe
Chamberlain
Belisha
Hitler
Finland
Karelian
Father of Four Kills Wife and Self in Kentucky Tragedy
In Covington, Oliver Browning aged 42 shot and killed Lora Browning 35 after a quarrel on New Year’s morning and then killed himself with a double barreled shotgun. Their 16 year old daughter Dorothy escaped to a neighbor to seek help.
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Covington
Oliver Browning
Lora
Dorothy
Science Finds Source Of Domestic Quinine
American science declares independence from foreign quinine after tests on a synthetic anti malaria drug Aabringea. War threat and blockade on Dutch East Indies imports spurred rapid study and promising results in domestic production.
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Philadelphia
Dutch East Indies
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