Italy Suffers Heavy Losses In East Africa
Allied reports say British forces moved toward Tobruk trapping 30,000 Italian troops as Greece reports a new victory in Albania. Metaxas announces Klisura taken. Valona port threatened amid broader Axis-Allied combat in Africa and Europe.
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Italy
East Africa
Britain
Italian East Africa
Tobruk
North Africa
Greece
Anther
Mussolini
Albania
Aegean
John
Metaxas
Klisura
Adriatic
Valona
Camp Shelby to mark eateries with sanitary milk and meat placards
Camp Shelby Mississippi reports that local Hattiesburg food and drink establishments will display placards if they are sanitary and serve only Grade A milk and government inspected meat. Major J E Adkins, Camp Kelby provost marshal, states 9000 Ohio National Guard members are in federal training there.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Earby Hattiesburg
J. E. Adkins
Camp Kelby
Netherlands Blitzkrieg Loss Estimated at 500 Million
Diplomatic circles report an estimated 500 million dollars in Dutch property damage from the five day German blitzkrieg last May. Rotterdam sustained about half the destruction with 11 000 business premises and 26 000 residences burned or destroyed leaving 45 000 people homeless.
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Washington
Netherlands
United
Holland
Rotterdam
Plane Plant Strike Looms
John Owens of the National Defense Commission reported little progress to avert a strike that would halt production on 7,750,000 dollars worth of government airplane engine orders. A Ranger plant wage dispute at Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp delayed talks, with a 48 hour postponement set to resume by 7 45 Monday morning.
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Farmingdale
N. Y
John Owens
National Defense Commission
Owens
Ranger
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation
Washington
Col Carmi Thompson Loses Left Leg to Infection
Cleveland report notes Col Carmi A. Thompson a former United States treasurer and assistant secretary of the interior underwent amputation of the left leg after a foot infection. He is 71 years old.
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Cleveland
Col
Carmi A. Thompson
United States
Interior
Ohio Proposes Water Supply Board to Guard Dwindling Resources
State Geologist Wilber Stout backs a plan from the Ohio Chamber of Commerce to create a water supply board to manage the states dwindling resources. The board would collect data on underground and surface water and support conservation efforts amid declining water tables affecting industry, agriculture, and municipal needs.
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Columbus
Wilber Stout
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Stout
Ohio Chamber
A. Graves Williams
Portsmouth
Martin L. Davey
Ohio Water Conservation Board
David Warner
Ohio State University Civil Engineering
Public Works Agriculture
Bricker to Speak at O U Founders Day in Athens
Governor John W. Bricker will visit Athens February 18 to deliver the principal address at Ohio University Founders Day in Memorial Auditorium at 3 15 PM. Milo J. Warner Toledo attorney and national American Legion commander will attend and be honored at a banquet at Hotel Berry.
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John W. Bricker
Athens
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
University
Milo J. Warner
Toledo
The
American Legion
Berry
Bricker
Herman G. James
Warner
Ohio
K. T. Crossen Post
Taft Named to Committee on Army Welfare
Charles P Taft of Cincinnati was named by Secretary of War Stimson to a seven man committee to protect the welfare of draftees in army training. Taft said the effort aims to make military service worthwhile in training and character building and to ensure welfare programs are under army supervision.
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Taft
Washington
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Stimson
Fort Benning
William Howard Taft
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Japs Tighten Air Defenses
Domei reports Tokyo cabinet approved an army and navy plan to urgently tighten air defenses. War Minister Tojo said preparations are essential to shield Tokyo Yokohama and Osaka Kobe from enemy raids, with nationwide completion challenging but necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
P— A Domei
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Yokohama
Osaka-Kobe
Partial Appropriation Bill Given Approval In Ohio
The Ohio House awaited action after the finance committee approved a $76.624 million partial appropriation bill. The Senate had reduced it by 1.149 million, with the House proposal adding 5,000 for branch office rents in the Division of Aid for the Aged.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Finance
Senate
House
John James Victim of Stroke at Pomeroy
John James 55, a well known resident of Meigs County, died after a paralytic stroke at his home on Wyllis Hill. Funeral arrangements pending. He was a member of the colored branch of the Masonic order and leaves a widow and seven children.
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Pomeroy
John James
Meigs County
Wyllis Hill
James
Masonic Order
Waldo Powell Found Dead in Car Near Chillicothe
Sheriff O A Maughmer reports Waldo Powell 57 died of heart disease found in his automobile off a hilly road after an absence since Monday.
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Chillicothe
O. A. Maughmer
Waldo Powell
Dayton Jewelry Store Burglary Reported
Jewelry store owner Gene Shaw told police a thief fled with 1650 dollars in diamonds and cash during a late Thursday burglary in Dayton.
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Dayton
Gene Shaw
Deadline Set For Returns On Sales Tax
Vendors must file complete sales tax returns by January 31 1941 with notarized signatures. Wayne Wingett of the Department of Taxation warned noncompliant filings will be rejected and urged returning records, previous returns, stamp receipts, and sales records for verification. An examiner will assist in January at Athens county treasurer's office and city mayor offices in Nelsonville and Glouster on scheduled dates.
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Department of Taxation
Wayne Wingett
Wingett
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
SEC To Probe Chicago Utility
The United Light & Power Co. system, a $400 million utility serving hundreds of communities in nearly a dozen states, will be examined by a Securities and Exchange Commission examiner next Monday. Key questions include the complexity of the system’s structure and whether voting power is equitably distributed. The United Light & Railways Co. owns 99.59 percent of Continental Gas & Electric Corp., which in turn holds 99.12 percent of Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co.
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Washington
United Light & Power Co
Chicago
Securities and Exchange Commission
United System
United Light & Railways Co
Continental Gas & Electric Corp
Continental
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Central
Southern
Ohio
Mrs. Tressa Wheeler To Be Buried Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Tressa Wheeler 79 who died at her Apple Grove home will be held Saturday at two o'clock at the Apple Grove Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Letart. She leaves two children Alex of the family home and Mrs. Glen Wolfe of Washington D C.
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Pomeroy
Tressa Wheeler
Apple Grove
Apple Grove Methodist Church
Letart
Tobacco Growers Seek Commodity Credit Loan in Kentucky
Kentucky burley tobacco prices hit multi year lows as the Burley Tobacco Growers Co operative Association prepared to sign for a commodity credit corporation loan. The price average fell to $14.60 per hundredweight, 66 cents below the prior seasonal low.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Burley Tobacco
Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association
Commodity Credit Corporation
Woman Dies in Trailer Fire From Cigaret
Mrs Martha Barry, 35, died in bed in an automobile trailer when a cigarette burned. George Barry, her husband, found her after returning to the vehicle. The couple had moved here a month ago from Benesville South Carolina.
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Canton
Martha Barry
George Barry
Benesville
S. C
Army air corps Wright Field to expand by 211 acres
Enlargement of Wright Field in Dayton by 211 acres beyond original plans will begin today via condemnation suits.
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Dayton
Army Air Corps
Wright Field
Airacobra pilot tops speed in Buffalo test
Lieut. Andrew C. McDonough piloted a Airacobra interceptor over Buffalo in a 21 000 foot dive reaching 620 mph. He described the plunge as smoother and easier than riding in a car at 50 mph, noting the run set an unofficial record.
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NEA
Auto Collision Fatal to Two Injures Seven
A car carrying eight La Grange High basketball players and their coach collided head on with another vehicle near Belden and La Grange, killing Gordon Spicer 17 and Mrs Fred Myers 42. Injured are Coach Kenneth Edwards 25, Niel Carmen 12, Theodore Hayden 13, Donald Frobatto 13, Harris Youngblood 13, Robert Aldrich 12, and Ronnie Myers 5. The crash on a narrow mixed road left them with multiple injuries as the team returned from Belden.
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Elyria
la Grange
Belden
Gordon Spicer
Fred Myers
Kenneth Edwards
Niel Carmen
Theodore Hayden
Donald Frobatto
Harris Youngblood
Robert Aldrich
Marble Boards Ruled Out in Youngstown
Mayor William B. Spagnola orders removal of all marble boards from stores cafes and night clubs within four days after a court ruling that marble boards are illegal gambling devices in Ohio. Judge David G Jenkins decision upheld by the court of appeals.
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Youngstown
William B. Spagnola
David G. Jenkins
Ohio
Court of Appeals
Judge excuses juror over doctor ordered meals
In New Bern North Carolina Judge Leo Carr excused a grand juror after the juror explained he must eat six times daily by doctor’s orders.
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New Bern
N. C
Leo Carr
Authority Bill Aids Roosevelt In Lend Lease Effort
President Roosevelt seeks fast action on a broad lend lease program to aid Britain and other democracies. The bill would let the President manufacture, sell or transfer defense articles, test and repair goods, share defense information, and export equipment to vital allied nations. Cost estimates run up to 10 billion dollars with potential congressional appropriations of 2 to 5 billion this year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Great Britain
United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Senator Barkley
D-Ky
Broadest New Deal Power Sought in Aid Bill
President Roosevelt backs a sweeping aid bill intended to empower action in defense and foreign aid. The measure would allow broad executive authority to proceed with defense operations and financial support, funded by Congress, with swift passage seen as essential to place new orders and start deliveries.
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Congress
Roosevelt
United States
Washington Post
White House
West Virginia Girl 13 Weds Mine Worker in Kentucky
In Logan West Virginia, 13 year old Bessie Cook Stepp, a seventh grade pupil at Omar, married 20 year old lamphouse foreman Robert Stepp on December 26 in Inez Kentucky. She plans to quit school to begin housekeeping and says they can be as happy as any married couple.
Mussolini’s African empire shaken by Allied advances
The article notes Italian gains in Libya threatened as Allied forces surge across Libyan territory and Ethiopian rebellion grows in the highlands. It suggests a possible Italian collapse in Africa and hints at wider war implications including potential strikes on Italy and German moves in the Balkans.
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Valona
Klisura
Italy
Albania
Kro
Tobruk
Libya
Winston Churchill
Cairo
Buna
Kenya
el Wak
Serobatib
Kassala
London
Air Ministry
Germany
Ruhr
Rotterdam
Flushing
Dunkerque
Calais
Brest
Egerson
Norway
France
Boulogne
England
Britain
Middle East
Mediterranean
Adriatic
North Africa
Ion
Brenner Pass
Dewitt MacKenzie
Signor Mussolini
Libyan
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
British Somaliland
Churchill
Il Duce
Lon
Don
Mussolini
Hitler
Balkans
Africa
Cuyahoga Draft Board Exempts Tool Makers
Cleveland reports the Cuyahoga County Board of Selective Service Appeals exempted two defense workers from Army service. A tool maker and a lathe operator, both placed in Class 1-A by local boards, were deferred due to their vital roles in producing defense armaments.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Board of Selective Service Appeals
Boy Killed As Shotgun Drops From Child’s Hands
In Elyria a three year old, Richard Minnich, died when a shotgun fell from his grasp while family played cards in another room. The boy, son of Clarence Minnich a former Ohio National Guard supply officer at the Elyria Armory, had learned gun handling by watching his father.
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Elyria
Richard Minnich
Clarence Minnich
Ohio National Guard
Elyria Armory
Fire Destroys Historic Marriage Records in Aberdeen
Yellowed marriage records dating back over fifty years were burned in a blaze yesterday at a Brown County village once known as a Gretna Green. The loss erases decades of documented unions and may affect local genealogical research and civil records.
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Aberdeen
Brown County
Gretna Green
Ninth Fatality At Unprotected Crossing Near Bowling Green
A fatal collision at an unprotected grade crossing on Route 6 near Bowling Green claims the ninth death in five months. The victim is RJ Di of Downers Grove.
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RJ. di
Downers Grove
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Moscow
Consolidated Aircraft
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Edsel Ford
C. E. Sorenson
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R. H. Fleet
River Rouge
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Douglas
Consolidated
Oklahoma
Texas
Carmi Thompson
O. U. Founders
SEC
Cigaret
West Virginia
Cuyahoga Draft Board
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