British Drive Deep Into Libya After Bardia Victory
British tanks and Australian troops breached Bardia, establishing a blockade near Tobruk and seizing water wells and a port to allow sea supplies. Italian losses include 50 tanks and 25,000 prisoners as Mussolini’s forces face growing disarray.
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Tobruk
Rodolfo Graziani
Libyan
Italy
Libya
Mussolini
RAF
Bardia Front
Balkan
Moscow
Berlin
Russia
Germany
Rumania
R ’S
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Balkans
Bessarabia
Danube
London
Oliver Twist
Burns Fatal in Toledo as 83-Year-Old Dies
Frederick Phillips, 83, died from burns after his night clothing caught fire from a heating prone. He sustained injuries yesterday, with the fatal blaze reported today.
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Toledo
Frederick Phillips
U S Watches Falangist Propaganda Ties in Latin America
State Department reports intensified Falangist activity linked to Spain in Latin America and the Philippines. Officials say Madrid may use embassies and consulates to spread Axis propaganda and reassert influence in Western Hemisphere affairs.
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Washington
State Department
Spain
Philippines
Axis
War Veteran Killed by Auto in Hamden Hill Collision
Smith Marks 42, World War veteran from Zaleski, was killed Sunday night when struck by a car driven by Paul Shively 23 of Portsmouth Rt.2 at Hamden Hill. Driver exonerated by Sheriff Earl Stuck as the coroner and state patrol investigated. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
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McArthur
Smith
Marks
Zaleski
Paul Shively
Portsmouth Rt. 2
Hamden Hill
Hamden
Eliza Marks
Earl Stuck
Vinton County
State Patrol
Nazi Steel Resources Top Great Britain's
Vincent Deport European editor of Steel magazine said Germany now controls steel output three times that of England and has ample supplies for a long war. Britain relies on sea power for its needed tonnage.
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Cleveland
Germany
England
Vincent Deport
Steel
Britain
UAW Proposes Wage Boost at Fisher Body Plant
The United Automobile Workers propose an increase from 85 to 90 cents an hour in the basic wage scale for 400 production workers at the Cleveland Fisher Body plant. Paul E. Miley reported the proposed contract approval by the CIO affiliated union.
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Cleveland
Ohio's 94th Legislature Starts Work
Ohio's 94th General Assembly began its regular session with sworn members and chosen leaders. Contested seating for Orrin L. Graves looms as a six month $77.5 million appropriation bill awaits passage to fund state operations and pay employees by January 15.
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Columbus
Ohio
94Th General Assembly
Orrin L. Graves
Scioto County
Gladys E. Davis
George Neffner
Harold Mason
D-Wyandot
Graves
H. D. Defenbacher
John W. Bricker
Executive Mansion
Frank E. Whittemore
Akron
William M. Boyd
Cleveland
Whittemore
William Glass
Youngstown
Glass
Treasury
Oil Operator Seeks Probe Into His Activities
New York oil operator William Rhodes Davis called for a congressional inquiry into alleged inimical activities. He said he notified the U S State Department of his dealings with foreign governments while denying any disloyalty to the United States in a public letter to Senator Wheeler.
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New York
William) Rhodes Davis
United States
U. S. Department of State
Sen. Wheeler
D.-Mont
Navy Air Transport Crash Claims Eleven
Civil and naval officials investigated a $120000 navy transport crash near White Mountain California 20 miles from its destination. Weather fog low ceiling contributed to the disaster that killed all eleven aboard including four who survived a prior Texas bomber mishap. An inquiry board from the naval air station began its investigation.
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San Diego
Calif
Mother Grundy Range
Navy
Texas
Here
Simpson Ranch
White Mountain
Naval Air Station
Winter’s First Cold Snap Alters Ohio Readings
A frigid outbreak dipped to subzero in parts of Ohio then warmed through the night. One death occurred from burns linked to a heating stove and two church fires were blamed on the cold. Toledo reported the season's first fatality while fires affected Sciotoville and Belle Valley churches. Major city lows included Cincinnati nine, Dayton ten, Columbus fifteen, Akron sixteen, Toledo seventeen, Youngstown nineteen, and Cleveland twenty.
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Ohio
Sidney
Frederick Phillips
Toledo
Disciples of Christ Church
Sciotoville
Portsmouth
Belle Valley Catholic
Caldwell
Cincinnati
Dayton
Columbus
Akron
Youngstown
Cleveland
Metal Trades Unionists Pledge No Strikes
The metal trades division of the American Federation of Labor offered a pledge of no strikes in defense industries. The move is seen as a response to President Roosevelt’s call for workers and management to maintain defense production with reduced industrial friction.
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Washington
Metal Trades Division
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
State Supreme Court To Hear Election Appeal
Loser by three votes in a disputed county engineer contest Homer H Wheedon Republican plans an appeal to the state supreme court Com mon Pleas Judge William H Smith held that Grover C Smith Democrat won the office
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Caldwell
Homer H. Weedon
State Supreme Court
Common Pleas
William H. Smith
Grover C. Smith
Nazis Destroy Famous Books
German Gestapo raids Paris libraries and bookstores sweeping anti Nazi writings from shelves. Proponents seized 143 titles listed and demanded surrender within a half hour. The American Library in Paris reportedly received an order but no books were removed.
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Washington
Paris
Seine
Gestapo
Reprimanded Youth Ends Life After Car Damage
17-year-old Fred Bester of Mineral Ridge shot himself after his father reprimanded him for damaging a borrowed automobile. Sheriff Roy Hardman reported the tragedy occurred in Warren.
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Warren
Fred Bester
Mineral Ridge
Roy Hardman
Air Corps pilots to train for high altitude combat
Wright Field officials review data from a non stop B 17C flight 3050 miles with 6 crew at altitudes 9000 to 15000 feet. Training classes of 30 will visit Wright and Patterson Fields periodically to practice high altitude operations with oxygen. Captain Benson called the mission successful and valuable for future oxygen dependent combat training.
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Air Corps
Dayton
Army Air Corps
Wright Field
Wright and Patterson Fields
Army
P. O. Benson
Wright
Benson
Washingtons Undersea Defense Traps Used in 1777
Philadelphia report reveals George Washington laid water-logged iron poles in the Delaware to thwart British vessels attempting to reach Philadelphia. Angled stakes with concealed tips ripped hulls and contributed to the sinking of a frigate during the 1777 campaign.
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Philadelphia
George Washington
Delaware
Washington
Census Takers Find 5 Million Without Jobs
The census bureau reports 5,110,270 persons were jobless and seeking work last March, about one tenth of the available labor force. It also notes 2,380,062 workers on public emergency projects and 1,789,144 whose employment status was undetermined. Private estimates for early 1940 ranged from 9.3 to 12.0 million unemployed.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Project Administration
National Industrial Conference Board
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Hopkins Leaves for England on Yankee Clipper
Harry L. Hopkins, President Roosevelt's special envoy to Great Britain, departed New York for London aboard the Yankee Clipper. He refused to discuss motives or add to the President's statements, saying he would return when his mission is finished.
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New York
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Great Britain
London
Gallia Road Project to Start Soon in County
Gallia County will launch a WPA blanket road project estimated at $100000. District WPA headquarters announced the first stage will create work for at least 600 men for four months under County Engineer Leonard.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Leonard
WPA
Baby Burned to Death When Vaporizer Shorts
An 11 month old boy, Wayne Leroy Bell, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Bell of Da mascus, died after his bed clothes ignited from an electric vaporizer that shorted. The infant was ill with a cold prior to the tragedy.
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Salem
Wayne Leroy Bell
Robert Bell
Damascus
Roosevelt calls for swift rise in armaments to aid democracies
President Roosevelt told Congress the United States faces an unprecedented foreign peril and urged a large increase in armaments for national defense and to aid democracies abroad. He outlined four essential human freedoms and a policy of broad defense and aid, including possible tax funding and manufacture of munitions for allies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
State of
House
Senate
Mulueuhodu Viveiau
Muusuuvul
Britain
China
Greece
Mr. Roosevelt
Norway
Belgium
Netherlands
Sion
Senators Demand Probe of Defense Program Progress
Senators Byrd and Johnson call for Senate investigations into the defense program, citing noncompetitive contracts by the War and Navy Departments. House Chairman Vinson launches a wide inquiry into naval aircraft and ship production, aiming to uncover bottlenecks and improve output.
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Byrd
D-Va
Johnson
D-Colo
Senate
Nye
Navy
Vinson
Naval Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
House
Tool Makers and Designers In Demand In Ohio
In Ohio at least 1000 tool makers and designers are sought but unfilled due to a trained labor shortage. Marion Gregg of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation said demand for skilled workers has colleges factories and trade schools canvassed to meet needs.
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Columbus
Ohio
Marion Gregg
National Defense
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
War Dept contract awarded to Youngstown plant firm
The War Department awarded United Engineering and Foundry Co. a 3,221,294 dollar contract to manufacture Howitzer guns at its Youngstown facility.
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Youngstown
War Department
United Engineering and Foundry Co
Slayer of Three Will Appeal to High Court
In Columbus an appeal to the supreme court postponed indefinitely the scheduled electrocution of Bill Sevastis a 55 year old Martins Ferry restaurant waiter condemned to die for a three man slaying last summer He is accused of shooting owner Mike Manos and two others at the restaurant.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Bill Sevastis
Martins Ferry
Sevastis
Mike Manos
Body of Cafe Owner Found in Dayton Street
The battered body of M. Lee Frey a 50 cafe proprietor was found on downtown Main St. Officials said he suffered a possible skull fracture and a broken arm and leg. Police noted conflicting theories with robbers and a hit and run motorist as possible causes.
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Dayton
M. Lee Frey
Main St
Sergt
Paul Price
The
Accident Prevention Bureau
Frey
O. L. Kincaid
Auto overturn kills Mrs Wayman Rhodes in Amarillo
An automobile rollover in Amarillo, Texas, killed 20 year old Mrs Wayman Rhodes of Middletown and injured her husband and their 22 month old daughter Saturday.
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Amarillo
Tex
Wayman Rhodes
Middletown
Messenger Starts Winter Diet Series
The Messenger previews a winter health series on page 4 with guidance on what to eat during the cold months to stay active and healthy. The first article titled Come and Get It What to Eat in Winter and Why promises practical tips to prevent illness and save money.
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