Italy Suffers Heavy Losses In East Africa
British and Allied forces push into Italian East Africa and threaten 30 000 Italian troops trapped at Tobruk in North Africa. Metaxas proclaims success in Albania as Greece captures Klisura amid the Italian collapse. Berlin and Moscow report a trade accord as RAF bombs Ruhr and western Europe.
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Italy
East Africa
Britain
Italian East Africa
Tobruk
North Africa
Ttle
Greece
Issolini
Albania
Aegean
John
Metaxas
Klisura
Adriatic
Valona
London
Hitler
Germany
England
Mediterranean
North
Africa
Brenner Pass
Camps Shelby guards issue sanitary milk meat placards
CAMP SHELBY Miss. UP Food and drink establishments in Hattiesburg will be marked by placards if they are deemed sanitary and serving only Grade A milk and government inspected meat. Major J. E. Adkins Camp Shelby provost marshal said about 9 000 Ohio National Guardsmen are in federal training.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Eareuy Hattiesburg
J. E. Adkins
Ohio National Guardsen
Dutch Blitzkrieg Damage Seen At 500 Million Loss
Diplomatic reports estimate May blitzkrieg damage in the Netherlands at 500 million dollars in private property alone. Rotterdam bore the heaviest toll with about 11,000 businesses and 26,000 homes destroyed or burned, leaving roughly 45,000 homeless. Estimates, while unofficial, rely on Dutch appraisers and cover conditions under Nazi occupation.
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Washington
Netherlands
Holland
Rotterdam
Plane Plant Strike Looms Over Fairchild Ranger Plant
John Owens of the National Defense Commission said little progress in preventing a strike that would halt $7,750,000 in government engine orders at Fairchild Engine and Airplane in Ranger plant. A wage basis dispute delayed talks, with a 48 hour postponement set to end at 7:45 Monday morning due to Sunday closure.
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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 states Col Carmi A. Thompson former United States treasurer and assistant secretary of the interior had left leg amputated after a foot infection. He is 71 years old.
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Col
Carmi Thompson
Cleveland
Carmi A. Thompson
United States
Interior
Ohio proposes water supply board to manage dwindling resources
State Geologist Wilber Stout backs the Ohio Chamber of Commerce call for a new state water supply board. The board would collect data on underground and surface water, usage, and conservation as towns face water shortages and industry requires millions of gallons daily.
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Columbus
Wilber Stout
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Stout
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Ohio Water Conservation Board
David Warner
Ohio State University Civil Engineering
Public Works and Agriculture
Governor Bricker to speak at Ohio University Founders Day
Governor John W. Bricker will visit Athens on February 18 to speak at the Ohio University Founders Day program in Memorial Auditorium at 3 15 p m. Milo J. Warner Toledo attorney and national commander of the American Legion will also attend and be honored at a banquet at Hotel Berry that night.
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John W. Bricker
Athens
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
University
Milo J. Warner
Toledo
The
American Legion
Ana
Hotel Berry
Bricker
Herman G. James
Warner
Eighth District
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 and ensure their year of service is worthwhile in training and character building. Taft stressed army supervision for welfare and recreation in camps.
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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 Pressed by Emergency
A Tokyo Domei broadcast says the cabinet approved an army and navy plan to tighten air defenses nationwide. War Minister General Hideki Tojo urged preparedness against enemy raids and noted the aim to shield Tokyo, Yokohama district, and Osaka Kobe region despite difficulty completing defenses simultaneously.
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New York
Domei
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Yokohama
Osaka-Kobe
Partial Appropriation Bill Given Approval by House
Columbus Ohio awaits action by the Ohio House after finance committee approval of a 76.624 million dollar partial appropriation bill. The Senate cut 1.149 million, increasing House recommended funds by 5 thousand 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 Dies After Stroke in Pomeroy
John James age 55 a well known Meigs County resident died last night at his home on Wyllis Hill after a paralytic stroke. Funeral arrangements not yet set. He was a member of the coloured 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
Death of Waldo Powell Attributed to Heart Disease
Sheriff O A Maughmer said Waldo Powell age 57 was found dead in his automobile off a hillside road. Powell had been missing since Monday and the sheriff cited heart disease as the cause.
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Chillicothe
O. A. Maughmer
Waldo Powell
Dayton Jewelry Store Burglary Reported
Dayton jewelry store owner Gene Shaw reported a thief escaped with 1650 dollars in diamonds and cash in a late night burglary. Police investigating the break in and reviewing surveillance to identify suspects.
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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. False returns may lead to prosecution. An examiner from the Department of Taxation will tour Athens County locations in January including Nelsonville and Glouster to assist and notarize filings.
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Department of Taxation
Wayne Wingett
Wingett
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
SEC To Probe Chicago Utility Structure Complexities
SEC to examine the United Light and Power Co. system valued at 400 million dollars. Hearing will assess if the corporate structure is unduly complex and if voting power is equitably distributed. United Light & Railways owns 99.59 percent of Continental Gas & Electric, which holds 99.12 percent of Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric.
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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 age 79 who died at her Apple Grove home will be held Saturday at 2 p m at the Apple Grove Methodist Church Interment will be at Letart The widow 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 Louisville
Kentucky burley tobacco prices slump to $14.60 per hundredweight, a new seasonal low. The Burley Tobacco Growers Co operative Association prepared to sign for a Commodity Credit Corporation loan as prices remained at their lowest in years.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Burley Tobacco
Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association
Commodity Credit Corporation
Woman Dies in Trailer Fire Caused by Cigaret
Canton notes a trailer fire killed 35 year old Mrs Martha Barry from Benesville South Carolina. Fire believed sparked by a cigaret started while she slept in bed. husband George Barry discovered the blaze on returning to the vehicle.
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Cigaret
Canton
Martha Barry
George Barry
Benesville
S. C
Dayton Wright Field to Expand by 211 Acres
The army air corps Wright Field in Dayton will begin enlarging the installation by 211 acres beyond the original plan through condemnation suits.
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Dayton
Army Air Corps
Wright Field
Airacobra pilot reaches 620 mph in Buffalo test flight
Lieutenant Andrew C. McDonough piloted an Airacobra interceptor over Buffalo reaching 620 mph in a 21,000 foot dive during a routine army test. He called the ride smoother and easier than driving an automobile at 50 mph and noted the speed setting an unofficial record.
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NEA
Auto Collision Claims Two Lives Among Basketball Team
A crash near Belden and La Grange killed Gordon Spicer 17 and Mrs. Fred Myers 42 as eight La Grange High players and their coach traveled home after a Belden game. Seven others, including Coach Kenneth Edwards 25 and several youths aged 12 to 13, were injured with fractures and head injuries. The collision happened on a narrow half macadam, half gravel road at Routes 303 and 57.
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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 ordered removal of all marble boards from stores cafes and night clubs within four days. Judge David G Jenkins had ruled marble boards gambling devices and illegal in Ohio a decision upheld by the court of appeals.
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Youngstown
William B. Spagnola
David G. Jenkins
Ohio
Court of Appeals
Judge excuses grand juror for medical dietary needs
In New Bern North Carolina Judge Leo Carr excused a grand juror after the juror explained that, under doctor’s orders, he must eat six times a day. The juror’s dietary requirement led to the temporary discharge while his condition is reviewed.
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New Bern, N. C
Leo Carr
Authority Needed to Avoid Delay Would Be Given Him By Bill
Roosevelt urges swift action on a broad lease lead program and asks Congress to grant sweeping powers to transfer and repair American made military equipment for Great Britain and other democracies. The bill would allow manufacture, sale, transfer, test, repair, and export of defense articles to governments vital to U S defense with funding up to ten billion dollars potentially appropriated this year two to five billion dollars likely this year according to Senate leaders.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Great Britain
United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Broadest Power Sought in New Deal Aid Bill
President Roosevelt backs a sweeping aid bill aimed at aiding nations fighting aggression. Reports say it would empower the president to proceed with defense operations despite existing laws, with Democratic leaders noting it grants broad powers and urgent speed in placing orders and appropriations.
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Roosevelt
Congress
White House
War Outlook Shifts as Allied Push Hit Libyan Front
In Mackenzie analysis the Libyan desert front weakens Mussolini's African empire as Allied victories threaten Italy's control of Libya Ethiopia Eritrea and Somaliland. He notes Chamberlain style warnings and Churchill appeals and flags a possible broader war spillover including Greece and Albania. The piece warns Ethiopia's rising rebellion could trigger major catastrophe for Italian colonists and cantonments.
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Signor Mussolini
Libyan
Italy
Libya
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
Don
Mussolini
Hitler
Britain
Balkans
Africa
West Virginia Girl 13 Weds Mine Worker in Ky Ceremony
Bessie Cook Stepp, 13, married Robert Stepp, 20, lamphouse foreman for West Virginia Coal and Coke Co. The couple wed December 26 in Inez Kentucky and plan a shared home as she leaves school soon. She told classmates she expects a happy marriage and to begin housekeeping.
Cuyahoga Draft Board Exempts Tool Makers
Cleveland report notes the Cuyahoga County Board of Selective Service Appeals exempted a tool maker and a lathe operator from army service citing their work as vital to defense production. Both men had been placed in Class 1-A by local draft boards.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Board of Selective Service Appeals
Boy Killed as Shotgun Drops From Child in Elyria
Three year old Richard Minnich died when a shotgun fell from his hands as family members played cards in another room. The boy, son of Clarence Minnich, learned gun handling by watching his father, a former Ohio National Guard supply officer at the Elyria Armory. The father reported the gun discharged while the child loaded it.
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Elyria
Richard Minnich
Clarence Minnich
Ohio National Guard
Elyria Armory
Fire destroys Brown County Gretna Green marriage records
A blaze yesterday consumed archives in Aberdeen forming the Brown County village once known as Gretna Green. The fire wiped out half century old marriage records and related documents, leaving officials to assess losses and pursue replacement options.
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Aberdeen
Brown County
Gretna Green
Ninth Fatality In Five Months On Unprotected Grade On Route 6
A fatal accident at an unprotected grade on U S Route 6 in Bowling Green claims Drake, 35, of Downers Grove as the ninth death in five months. The crash occurs on a hazardous section prompting safety concerns and potential repairs.
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Drake
Downers Ve
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