British Say Italian Base Is Cut Off At Tobruk
The Associated Press reports Tobruk in Eastern Libya, a major Italian base with about 30,000 Fascist troops, is cut off as the British Army of the Nile tightens its siege. Sea blockade and tank encirclement prevent large reinforcements while a Nazi air attack sinks a large merchant ship west of Ireland.
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Associated Press
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Libya
Tobruk
Bardia
Nile
Britain
Ireland
Germany
Balkans
Hungary
Romania
Berettyo Ujfalu
RAF
Elbasani
Red Cross
Africa
Greece
Lord Woolton
London
British Permit Aid For French Kids Passes Blockade
The British government granted a Roosevelt request to allow clothing and food for children in unoccupied France to pass the blockade under American Red Cross supervision. Berlin reports claim a German speedboat attacked a convoy off the Thames and sank a 2,500-ton merchant ship.
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London
Roosevelt
France
Red Cross
Hitler
Thames River
North Sea
Leahy Delivers Roosevelt Note to Petain in France
Admiral William D. Leahy presented credentials as United States ambassador and carried a personal note from President Roosevelt to Marshal Petain. This marked the first U S ambassadorial contact with France since July 11 when William C. Bullitt departed.
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Vichy
France
William D. Leahy
United States
Amor
Roosevelt
Marshal Petain
William C. Bullitt
America
Seek Youth Gerald Cox Missing Since December
Seneca County authorities search for 16 year old Gerald Cox who vanished from his McCutchenville home on December 21 after reportedly saying he felt sleepy. Local father reports disappearance and officials request information.
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Seneca County
Gerald Cox
McCutchenville
Roosevelt asks for 1942 Agriculture budget over one trillion
President Roosevelt seeks 1 013 905 493 for Agriculture Department activities in the 1942 fiscal year. He proposes authority to borrow up to 162 million to back parity payments and crop control subsidies amid wartime market curtailment.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Treasury
Department
AAA
Invalid Woman Burns to Death Near Pomeroy
Mrs. Enetta Ball 74 semi invalid died at her Route 7 home three miles east of Pomeroy after clothing caught fire from a small stove. Relatives believe the flames started the blaze before aid could come. Son Allen Ball Meigs County mail carrier rushed to help. she died soon after. Survives include her brother Ed Davis Nelsonville. Funeral arrangements were not set.
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Pomeroy
Enetta Ball
Allen Ball
Meigs County
Founder of Boy Scouts Baden-Powell Dies at 83
Lord Baden-Powell founder of the Boy Scout movement died at his Nyeri Kenya home aged 83 after a period of fragile health since November. He spent the last 30 years working for peace and had traveled to the United States, most recently in April 1937 to address scouts from San Francisco.
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Lord Baden-Powell
Boy Scout Movement
Nyeri
Kenya
John Smith
United States
Boy Scouts of the World
San Francisco
Fingerprinting of 4000 State Institution Employees
In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, fingerprinting is under way for 4000 employees at 13 state institutions for the feeble minded and infirm following the deaths of five aged patients at Philadelphia State Hospital from unexplained injuries. The move came after a Philadelphia attendant, discharged, was found to be a parolee from a state reformatory.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia State Hospital
State Welfare Department
Philadelphia
Man Acquitted in Canton Slaying Case
Harris J. Haider of Alliance was freed today from manslaughter charges tied to the pipe slaying of 23 year old waitress Alice LeFever in Canton.
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Canton
Harris J. Haider
Alliance
Allice LeFever
Pomeroy Woman Stella Starkey Dies at 69
Stella Starkey, age 69, resident of Union Ave Pomeroy died Tuesday after long illness. She had lived with Mr and Mrs Ed Reuter of Bull Run. She is survived by brother Howard of Columbus. Funeral services set for 2 PM Thursday at Finsterwald Funeral Home with burial at Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Stella Starkey
Union Ave
Ed Reuter
Bull Run
Howard
Columbus
Finsterwald
Beech Grove Cemetery
One Wheel Landing by Young Woman Pilot
Gertrude Me serve age 19 aviation instructor and one of the youngest commercial pilots in the United States demonstrated a one wheel landing at Boston Airport after a wheel was damaged in a take off at Hanover about 30 miles south of Boston.
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Boston
Gertrude Meserve
United States
Hanover
Inn Near Kanauga Destroyed by Fire
An early morning fire destroyed a roadside inn near Kanauga owned by Mrs. Minnie Swishers in Gallia County. The loss was estimated at $1000.
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Gallipolis
Kanauga
Minnie Swishers
Roosevelt outlines total defense budget in nutshell
President Roosevelt presents a succinct budget overview with next year figures for total defense and non defense costs, revenues and deficits. The defense package totals include army and navy appropriations plus industrial expansion and anti sabotage funds, with public debt projections and planned tax tweaks to Congress.
Ohio Relief Costs in 1940 Show Decline From 1939
Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood reports final 1940 relief costs at about 24.36 million dollars from 104 of 152 areas, a drop of 657 thousand from 1939. December expenses rose to 1.938 million while November was 1.772 million, the lowest since 1939 takeover. state reimbursement projected at 50 percent with 1 million dollars available.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles L. Sherwood
Sherwood
Welfare Department
Forger admits slaying of noted manufacturer
James Keller, 24, admitted first degree murder in the fatal bludgeoning of James A. Connelly, 79, a renowned paper machinery manufacturer. Acting Police Chief H M Haines said Keller confessed to clubbing Connelly with a steel bar after the inventor confronted him over a $14 forged check last night.
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Hamilton
James A. Connelly
H. M. Haines
James Keller
Connelly
Survivors Reach Cape Verde After Sinking by Submarine Torpedo
Twenty three survivors from the British steamer Shakespear were landed at a Cape Verde island after the vessel was sunk by a submarine torpedo.
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Sao Vicente
Cape Verde Islands
Cape Verde Island
Defense Board formed to mobilize U S defense effort
Four men chosen by President Roosevelt as an industrial general staff urged all Americans to subordinate to defense. The executive order created the Office of Production Management with William Knudsen as director general and Sidney Hillman as associate director general. Knox and Stimson named members to wield broad power to commandeer plants and speedarmament.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Navy
Knox
War
Stimson
America
United States
Four Students Die in Auto Crash With Train
Four Tuscarawas High School students were killed and a fifth injured when their car hit a Pennsylvania passenger train at Lock 17 crossing west of Uhrichsville. The victims Eugene Blickensderfer 17 Ray Dean Dunlap 16 Richard Eugene Wright 17 Forest Carl Petry 16 Clarence Metzger 17 were returning from a Future Farmers of America meeting. another student group in a separate car escaped after Keffer swerved to the side.
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Dover
Pennsylvania
Uhrichsville
Future Farmers Association
Eugene Blickensderfer
Ray Dean Dunlap
Richard Eugene Wright
Forest Carl Petry
Clarence Metzger
Tuscarawas High School
Donald Jones
Port Washington
Clarence Keffer
Keffer
Ohio Youth Drafted From Canadian Army
Elyria's Richard Daly, 25, who joined the Canadian army last summer, must enter U S federal service. Ohio draft officials learned from Washington that Daly will be inducted January 31 and serve with United States forces.
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Columbus
Richard Daly
Elyria
Ohio
United States
Adj
Gilson D. Light
Washington
First Kent Regiment
Fire Destroys Home of Gallia WPA Supervisor
Fire destroyed the home of William Flaker the Gallia County WPA supervisor near Jackson this morning after a gasoline washing explosion. Losses are estimated at 5000 dollars.
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Gallia
WPA
Gallipolis
William Flaker
Gallia County
Jackson
Solons Speed Budget Bill in Ohio Legislature
The $77,766,000 partial appropriation bill was tagged special delivery to permit state employees to be paid on January 15. The state treasurer cannot issue checks until the General Assembly enacts the measure funding six months of state government. The Senate Finance Committee rushed revisions and planned Senate passage before adjournment prior to Gov Bricker's second-term inauguration.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
John W. Bricker
Inaugural Ceremonies Scheduled for Radio
Radio stations in Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Youngstown, Dayton, Toledo, Canton, Akron, Ashtabula, Portsmouth, Zanesville and Lima were scheduled today to carry Gov John W Bricker s second annual inaugural ceremonies from the State House rotunda next Monday at 12 15 p m.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
Youngstown
Dayton
Toledo
Canton
Akron
Ashtabula
Portsmouth
Zanesville
Lima
Guv
John W. Bricker
State House Rotunda
School boards barred from denying union access to space
Columbus authorities ruled that school boards may not bar labor unions from using school space as long as janitors are paid and regulations are followed. The decision underscores union rights in public facilities and directs districts to allow access under standard rules.
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Columbus
62 Per Cent To Be Spent For Defense
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 17.485 billion in a peace time budget reflecting a world at war and the need to prepare for total defense. He earmarked 10.811 billion for defense with a 9.210 billion deficit for the year starting July 1 and projected debt to 58.367 billion by June 30, 1942. The request excluded aid to Britain, Greece and China pending later appropriations possibly totaling 10 billion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
Army
Navy
National Youth Administration
Greece
China
Treasury
Senate
House
Roosevelt Seeks Higher Taxes to Back Defense Push
President Roosevelt outlines a massive defense budget calling for over 554 dollars spent per second in the coming year. He argues for higher taxes, notes defense already totals 28.48 billion since June 1940, and stresses democracy must fund relief and government activities while factories expand capacity.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Eight Devils Island Escapees Depart Miami
The U S Coast Guard Cutter Analga is carrying eight escapees from Devil s Island to Martinique under Vichy control. The men arrived in Miami last August after a perilous boat trip from the French penal colony.
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Miami. Fla
U. S. Coast Guard
Analga
Devil's Island
Vichy
Martinique
Revolt Plot Fails in Paraguay Government
Quiet prevails in Asuncion as authorities announce the collapse of an alleged conspiracy against the government. No injuries reported and security is stepped up across major districts. Police say the incident is resolved with no further threats identified.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Fatal injuries in Cincinnati auto crash claim life of John Kennet
A Saturday automobile accident in Cincinnati proved fatal for John Kennet, a 0 year old painter. The incident details are brief and the loss is reported as a tragic death with limited information available.
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Cincinnati
John Kennet
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