Lease-Lend Bill Nearing Final Stage
A tentative draft of a lease lend bill to empower the government to lend ships tanks guns and planes to Britain and other democracies nears final form in Washington. The measure would authorize future appropriations as needed with no immediate sums and aims to fit Roosevelt budget plans. Administration leaders expect quick congressional introduction and passage despite some criticism of a blank check.
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Washington
Great Britain
Congress
Roosevelt
Britain
Senate
House
Morgenthau
Hull
Wheeler
Mont
North Carolina
William C. Bullitt
France
England
Greece
China
Navy Reorganization Creates Three Main Fleets
Secretary Knox announced the United States Navy will reorganize into three fleets Atlantic Pacific and Asiatic effective February 1 with Rear Admiral Husband E Kimmel named commander in chief and the President authorizing a manpower increase of 42000. A separate Pittsburgh report notes Hobos of America plans a defense campaign to put 250000 tramps and bums to work.
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Washington
United States
Knox
Roosevelt
Husband E. Kimmel
Horoes
Defense
Pittsburgh
Hoboes of America, Inc
Spinach Shortage Foreseen for 1942 by Experts
Newark report cites plant breeding expert Harm Drewes warning of a serious spinach shortage in 1942. He notes 90 percent of U S spinach came from Holland, cut off by the German invasion, with seed supply from Washington and the East insufficient to meet demand.
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Newark
N. J
United States
Harm Drewes
New Jersey
Agricultural Extension Service
Holland
Washington
Drewes
Inaugural Preparations Rise Along Pennsylvania Avenue
Workers erect bunting and grandstands as Washington readies the January 20 ceremony. Roosevelt to take oath on the Capitol steps, with a colonial pavilion and Court of Peace at the White House and a vast parade route lined with bleachers and thousands of participants. About 200 Army planes and 80 Navy planes are expected to fly over the parade for an anticipated crowd near a million spectators.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
AAA Payment Plan Revised
Urban a Ill field man E P Flickinger of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration told a farm and home week audience that farmers in the north central ten state region will receive a single AAA payment annually replacing three payments. The revised plan covers parity and conservation payments and loans for corn and wheat still follow sealing. It takes effect this year with one application replacing three former forms.
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Urbana
Ill
E. P. Flickinger
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Flu Vaccine Discovery Cheers Medical Men
In Chicago researchers hail an accidental influenza vaccine discovery as one of the most promising leads in recent decades. Medical men say the breakthrough could advance practical flu prevention and treatment.
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Chicago
Wakeman School Closes After Influenza Outbreak
Officials report half of Wakeman’s 175 pupils ill with influenza prompting Huron County Health Department to order classroom closures.
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Norwalk
Wakeman
Huron County Health Department
Ex-Kaiser's Grandson Sails to Aid England
Ottawa reports that a grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm is among interns who sailed for England to volunteer for air raid salvage work, joining others in the relief effort.
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Kaiser
England
Ottawa
Confirmation of long-missing wife letter from 1939
Victor Vitek received an air mail note saying his wife started home after visiting her mother in Czechoslovakia. The wife had been home nearly a year, and the Aug 24 1939 letter raises questions about her whereabouts.
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Reno
Victor Vitek
Czechoslovakia
Miners Propose Safety Changes at Millfield No 6 Hearing
Athens County coal miners urged Ohio lawmakers to reform mine safety during a hearing in the Common Pleas Courtroom. They backed a three member ARL style commission, stricter ventilation rules, clear mine tracks, reinforced timbering, and bans on blasting until all workers are out.
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Athens County
Common Pleas
John Bricker
Ohio
St. Clairsville
Columbus
Foster Day
B. C. Day
Kimberly
United Mine Workers of America
Day
Department of Industrial Relations
Division of Mines
Marcus Kerr
George A. Strain
John Gail
Ohio Collieries Co
Hollister
Gail
William Brown
Carbondale
Thomas Dixon
Glouster
New York Coal Co
Chauncey
George Thompson
Coonville
Star- Jackson Coal Co
A. T. DeLong
Buchtel
Wilbur Hutchins
Nelsonville
Dixon
Judge Gives Woman Drunken Driving Sentence With Flawed Equity
In Pittsburgh Judge Michael A. Musmanno sentences a woman to jail for drunken driving saying chivalry did not apply yet he imposes 15 days, half the usual male sentence, noting women are more sensitive to pain.
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Pittsburgh
Michael A. Musmanno
Bricker Seeks $5 Million for Welfare Institution Repairs
Gov John W Bricker after talks with legislative leaders and cabinet members urged spending five million dollars or more on building improvements for Ohio welfare institutions in 1941. He expressed hope that the funds could be appropriated to upgrade facilities and services.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Pensions Near Top Of Legislative List
Three days after sessions began Ohio lawmakers face up to pensions in a $77.76 million temporary appropriation bill for six months. Pensioners number about 49,000 with $19.5 million planned for this half year, plus a $600,000 leeway. House and Senate committees cut more than $1.7 million overall, including a proposed $85,000 National Guard cut, as talks continue on funding for state services and a future Ohio State Guard.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate Finance Committee
Tom McCaw
State Division of Aid
House Finance Committee
Senate
Adjt
Gilson D. Light
National Guard
Outlook Bright for Airmail Pickup Service in Athens
Athens eyes airmail pickup via All American Aviation as the Civil Aeronautics Board weighs first such city application. Representatives Gordon K. Bush Foster B. Cornwell with Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins noted Athens Municipal Airport readiness and a broader Southeastern Ohio mail-delivery improvement for a 100000 population trade area.
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Athens
Civilian Aeronautics Board
Washington
D. C
Gordon K. Bush
Messenger
Foster B. Cornwell
Thomas A. Jenkins
Athens City
All American Aviation, Inc
Mechanicsburg
Carlisle
Newville
Shippensburg
Bush
Ohio
Gallipolis man dies in truck rollover crash
Harry R. Baird, 26, of Gallipolis, was killed when a heavy trailer truck he drove skidded on gravel near Centenary and overturned. He died at Holzer Hospital. his brother Oscar, injured, and the Coroner ruled it accidental death.
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Gallipolis
Harry R. Baird
Centenary
Chauncey Johnson
Holzer Hospital
Kenneth Johnson
Grant Long
Baird
Oscar Baird
Portsmouth
First Ave
N. H. Foster
Ira Baird
Morgan Township
Development of Flexseal Safety Glass for Aircraft
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company announces a new safety glass named flexseal with tenfold greater strength than ordinary auto glass. It is designed for sub stratosphere airplanes with pressurized cabins needing strong, tightly sealed windows.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Plan Mass Production of Bombers by Ford
SAN DIEGO California plan to use Ford Motor Co mass production facilities to quickly assemble giant four motor bombers is under development by Ford and Consolidated Aircraft. Edsel Ford said the facilities at the Rouge plant near Detroit would be available to produce all or part of the bombing planes.
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San Diego
Calif
Ford Motor Co
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Edse Ford
The
Motor Co
Sage River Rouge
Detroit
Consolidated
Ohto’s Son Lorain Birth of Navy Admiral King
The article notes that Rear Admiral Ernest J. King, appointed commander of the U S Navy Atlantic fleet, was born here in 1878, identifying his Lorain origins and birth year.
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Ohto
Lorain
U. S. Navy
Atlantic Fleet
Ernest J. King
Navy Chief to Lead Pacific Fleet Under Roosevelt Plan
Under President Roosevelt's reorganization, Admiral Husband E. Kimmel will become commander in chief of the Pacific fleet and hold the added title and duties as commander in chief of the entire U S fleet. He will succeed Admiral James O Richardson as chief.
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Roosevelt
U. S. Fleet
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
James O. Richardson
Millers Plan Vitamin Flour For Bread Making
The Millers National Federation announced a nationwide move to produce flour fortified with vitamins as a major advance in bread making. Once FDA standards are revised, processors will begin manufacturing and marketing the new superflour, designed to look the same as white flour while restoring essential nutrients.
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Chicago
Millers’ National Federation
Food and Drug Administration
RAF Fliers Hit Axis Bases From Germany to North Africa
British warplanes struck multiple Axis targets last night and today in raids on Naples Palermo Wilhelmshaven Emden Bengasi Tripoli and Salonika causing fires damage and casualties while Allies report success near Tobruk and Greek prison camps. Churchill links US Britain alliance to future world life.
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Axis
Germany
Italy
North Africa
Naples
Palermo
Sicily
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Bengasi
Tripoli
Mussolini
Hitler
Sonce
London Air Ministry
Bengali
Somaliland
Eritrea
East Africa
Salonika
Britain
London
Army of the Nile
Tobruk
RAF
Nye to probe defense graft and waste in wartime plans
Sen. Gerald P. Nye said he will investigate waste and graft in the defense program. He will work with Sen. Burton K. Wheeler to expose what politicians and favored friends have profited from, citing reports of rapid land purchases at high prices and other excesses in the defense drive.
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Tiffin
Gerald P. Nye
R-N.d
William D. Saltiel
Chicago
America
Nye
Burton K. Wheeler
Dmont
Test pilot attains 620 mph in new Army plane
In Buffalo New York a test pilot reached 620 miles per hour during a four mile dive in a new type Army interceptor. He described the experience as better than a jalopy ride on the ground and noted the craft as superior in performance.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Probe into $100,000 loan for Roosevelt campaign ads
Senate investigating committee demanded full details on a $100,000 loan said to fund radio network costs for Roosevelt’s final November appeal and two other broadcasts. R. J. Reynolds and Oliver Quayle were subpoenaed to provide information, with first testimony from Charles Quinn, secretary of New Jersey State Democratic committee.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
R. J. Reynolds
North Carolina
Oliver Quayle
Democratic National Committee
Special
Charles Quinn
New Jersey State Democratic Committee
Roosevelt Seeks Slower Flood Control Spending
President Roosevelt asked Congress to slow flood control expenditures in the 1942 budget message. He proposed lowering estimates well below current year appropriations and deferring non defense projects to build a post defense reserve for displaced labor.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Reporter Tries Mine Safety Ride Into Hell
A correspondent accompanies Governor Bricker's committee on a mine safety inspection at Mill field Mine No. 6. The writer endures a claustrophobic descent, warnings about live wires, and a near ceiling collision, recalling childhood and family while pondering the fate of the green horn journeying through dark tunnels.
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Millfield Mine No. 6
Gates of
Hell
Bricker
Calou
First Ohio Negroes Drafted for Year of Training
Ohio's first contingent of Negro draftees will report for a year's military training between Feb. 10 and 15 under the third draft call. Ohio's 330 draft boards have tentative quotas totaling about 2,000 white men and 950 Negroes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Agreement Reached in Hocking Glass Strike
Lancaster reports a settlement between Anchor-Hocking Glass and the AFL union ends a week of idleness for 2700 workers. Officials say terms on working conditions were reached late yesterday, opening the way for a return to work today.
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Lancaster
Anchor-Hocking Glass Corp
AFL American Flint Glass Workers Union
Urge Midwesterner For GOP Chairman
A movement among Republican lawmakers to install a Midwesterner as national party chairman or executive director is gaining traction. Proponents say the Midwest fed strong support in the 1940 Republican ticket and should lead the party’s future leadership.
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Washington
Congress
Midwest
Gallia Man Sentenced For Liquor Violation
In Columbus Ira R. Saws ards, 35, Addison Ohio, received one hour in U S Marshal custody and five years probation on a liquor charge. Thomas Bennett, 27, Proctorville, was sentenced to one year and one day and fined $500 by Federal Judge Mell Underwood.
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Ohio State Guard
Outlook Bright
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Ford
NAVY
African
Associated Press
Albania
United States Agriculture Department
Danube Basin
Europe
Oriental Blitzkrieg
Far East
Indo-China
Cambodia
Sisophon
Minster Churchill
Lord Halifax
Plan Defense
FDR
F.D
M’graw
William C. McGraw
Phil Ong
Boylston Street
Boston
Hocking Glass
GOP
Gallia
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