Allies Increase Bids for Irish Bases
Allies push for Irish bases amid talks with Britain about air and naval access. Russian advances breech new German lines near Mozhaisk with gains that threaten central front. Nazi forces pull back toward El Agheila as RAF strikes Wilhelmshaven Emden and Boulogne docks.
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Kuibysnev
Smolensk
Moscow
Stockholm
London
Hitler
Vichy
France
Balaklava
Crimea
Crimean
Ionian Sea
Libya
Erwin Rommel
el Agheila
Gulf of
Sirte
Bengali
Agedabia
RAF
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Low Countries
Boulogne
Defenders Backed by U S and Australia as British Fall Back in Malaya
Allied planes and ships aided defenders in Malaya as British withdrawals press toward Singapore. Japanese push spans the Malay peninsula with heavy assaults while Dutch, American, and Australian forces hit back along the Archipelago fronts.
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U.S
Malaya
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Negri Selimban
Johore
Malay Peninsula
Gibraltar
United Nation
Far East
Ohio Faces Possible Special Session on Unemployment Reform
Columbus officials say federal changes urged by President Roosevelt may force Ohio to adjust its unemployment compensation and social security rules. A liberalized plan could cut merit rating, raise benefits, and alter employer and employee tax shares, potentially reshaping Ohio’s 1930s insurance fund and resisting full federalization.
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Columbus
Roosevelt
Ohio
General Assembly
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Buckeye
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
BUC
United States
Civilians urged to avoid spreading military rumors
CAMP SHELBY MISSAP General Robert S Beightler commander of the 37th Ohio Division urges civilians not to pass along information from relatives or friends in military service. He warns ordinary facts can be exaggerated and cause unrest when repeated.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Robert S. Beightler
Ohio
Tell
Lgbtler
Ohio Flier Missing in Galveston Bay Crash
Lieut. Randall Schamp 23 of Wauseon Ohio and Lieut. Jack W. Clark 25 of San Salvador were reported missing by Ellington Field officers after a training plane exploded and plunged into East Galveston Bay.
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Houston, Tex
Randall Schamp
Wauseon, O
Jack W. Clark
San Salvador
Ellington Field
Galveston Bay
Seek Aid for Auto Dealers
The House small business committee examined ways to keep auto dealers in business as passenger car production falls under the wartime conversion. Officials from the National Automobile Dealers Association were invited to outline what should be done for the 44,000 dealers hit by the government curtailment plan.
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Washington
House
Small Business Committee
National Automobile Dealers Association
Installment Plan Proposed for Income Tax Payments
Washington AP report states Rep. J Harry McGregor proposes paying income taxes over 10 installments instead of four. He says the plan would relieve the defense tax burden without impeding the war program.
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Washington
J. Harry McGregor
Ohio
Prominent Gallipolis Woman Dies at 86
Mrs. Mary Parker aged 86 died at Holzer Hospital after a long illness. She was the widow of Dr E W Parker and the Parker family has been prominent in Gallipolis for many years.
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Gallipolis
Mary Parker
Holzer Hospital
E. W. Parker
Connally urges drastic overhaul of excess profits tax
Senator Connally of Texas called for a thorough overhaul of the excess profits tax system and stronger levies on war production profits. He argued many defense contractors are earning fortunes and proposed changing how taxes are computed, challenging the invested capital method favored by the Treasury and some lawmakers.
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Washington
Senator Connally
Tex
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Treasury
Connally
Texas
George
Finance Committee
Ohio CAP Enlistments Lead Nation in Patrol Applications
Cleveland report shows Ohio leading all states in Civil Air Patrol enlistments with New York second and Pennsylvania third. Earle L. Johnson Ohio aeronautics director and assistant executive officer estimates national applications at about 2,900 daily.
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Cleveland
Earle L. Johnson
Ohio
Civil Air Patrol
New York
Pennsylvania
Shawnee Coal Mine Reopened After Two Decades Idle
The Whip-Poor-Will Mine near Shawnee, idle for 20 years, has been reopened by Shawnee Coal Co. It plans complete mechanization of the shaft, which previously produced 500 tons daily and employed 100 workers.
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Shawnee
The
Shawnee Coal Co
Government sets cap on used tire retreads and prices
Washington price officials announced a maximum price schedule for retreaded tires and planned controls on used tires. Retreaders may charge up to 7.50 for best camelback and 6.45 for second grade on 6.00x16 tires, plus 1.50 for the carcass if sold as retreads. An order limiting resale prices will follow.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Wickard Urges U S To Conserve Food Supplies
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard warns Americans against price worry or supply complacency as war demands rise. He notes Congress gave him power to set ceilings on farm products while Pearl Harbor reshaped global needs for food and munitions to aid Allied forces and occupied peoples.
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Washington
Wickard
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
Congressional
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Great Britain
Firestone Plans New War Order Plant Expansion
Akron AP reports Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. completed plans for a 100000 square foot armament production facility the fourth addition in a year. The company also took charge of a new ordnance project a bomb loading plant covering 17000 acres.
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AKRON
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Improvises Bumpy Tires For Bumpy Road Use
In Winsted Connecticut Anthony Bernardo rigs four cast off tires with sawdust and water to make solid tires during sub freezing cold. He wires them to his car rims and drives on roads that are "a little man" but rough. The scene captures wartime style improvised solutions to harsh winter travel.
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Conn
Anthony Bernardo
Dutch Battle Parachutists Hold Off Japanese In Indies Actions
Dutch communique reports bitter combat with Japanese paratroops and sea borne forces defending three Minahassa positions and Tarakan in Borneo. Allied bombers hit ships near Davao while reinforcements to the Far East are awaited. Changsha fighting yields heavy Japanese losses with thousands killed and many captured.
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Japan
United Nations
Singapore
Philippine
Netherlands East Indies
United States
N.E.T
Minahass
Celebes
Tarakan
Borneo
Mendao
Batavia
Tokyo
Olongapo
Philippines
Manila
U.S. Navy
General MacArthur
War Department
Washington
Davao
East Indies
U. S
Celebes Sea
Britain
Far East
J. M. Makin
Sydney
Australia
Chungking
Changsha
Knox Says Atlantic Still First In War Effort
Secretary of the Navy Knox said the Atlantic battle remains the war’s key fight while Pacific engagements are not imminent. He noted the aim is to keep sea lanes open between America and Britain to defeat Germany, and stressed the Pacific fleet is not idle despite no near-term decisive clash with Japan.
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Mozhaisk
Eire
Germany
Atlantic
United States
Hitler
Mediterranean
London
Eamon de Valera
Erie
Britain
Dublin
Berehaven
Cobh
Lough Swilly
West Africa
Lyudinovo
Moscow
Smolensk
Washington
Pacific
Knox
Ohio to Hold State and County Fairs Amid War
Columbus officials announced the 1942 state fair and 92 county and independent fairs will proceed as planned despite wartime conditions. Agricultural director John T. Brown stressed maintaining morale and interest in farming to support wartime production and fair success.
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Columbus
Ohio
John T. Brown
Draft boards to withhold 3-A for new Ohio marriages
Columbus reports selective service headquarters ordered Ohio’s 330 draft boards to withhold a 3-A classification for men who married after December 8. They must prove marital status was acquired under circumstances beyond their control.
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Columbus
Selective Service
Ohio
Taylorcraft Workers To Vote on Union Choice
In Alliance Ohio 314 Taylorcraft Aviation workers face a runoff between AFL United Automobile Workers and Alliance Aircraft Workers Inc after a National Labor Board ruling left the ballot indecisive. The election determines bargaining rights at Taylorcraft Aviation Corp. in Alliance.
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Cleveland
AFL
United Automobile Workers
Alliance Aircraft Workers, Inc
Taylorcraft Aviation Corps
Alliance
Hugh FE. Sperry
Aational Labor Board
Home fire claims life of 69 year old doctor
A Walnut Hills home fire in Cincinnati caused about 1500 dollars in damage. Dr Edwin Wiggers aged 69 died, possibly from suffocation or a heart attack triggered by the blaze.
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Cincinnati
Tiames
Walnut Hills
Edwin Wiggers
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