RAF Raids Intensify Across Europe Press Reports
The Associated Press details RAF daylight attacks on Nazi trenches along the channel coast and bombings of Uboat bases in Lorient Le Havre and Brest. It notes raids on Venice Turin and Catania, plus fire raids on London, and reports on Allied transport of US built bombers to Britain.
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Adolf Hitler
England
Venice
Turin
Catania
Greece
Mussolini
London
Atlantic
Britain
RAF
Coastal Command
Ugo Cavallero
Italy
Albania
Cavallero
Caporetto
Channel
Nee
London Air Ministry
Germany
Belgium
Porto Marghera
Regensburg
Reich
Ostend
Hitler
High Command
Bayreuth
Munich
Lorient
le Havre
Brest
France
Vannes
Chartres
Evreux
Morlaix
Air Ministry
Thames Estuary
George E. Whipple 64 dies on train en route to Bridgeport
George Eldridge Whipple longtime manager of Cline Pharmacy in Athens dies aboard a B&O train near Parkersburg while traveling to live with daughter Mrs Martha Nelson in Bridgeport Conn. He suffered heart trouble for six years and leaves three children Eldridge Richard and Mrs Nelson along with two sisters. Funeral set at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Fred Luchs presiding.
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George Eldridge Whipple
Cline Pharmacy
Athens
Parkersburg
Bridgeport
Mary Ellen Verney Whipple
Ohio University
Ohio Northern College of Pharmacy
Ada
Whipple
N. Congress St
Cline
Linna Patterson
Athens County
Eldridge
Richard
Philadelphia
Nelson
P. B. Lawrence
J. D. Bain
Western Springs
Ill
Neely and Holt clash over West Virginia Senate seat
In Charleston the bitter Democratic battle for Neely’s Senate seat unfolds during governor Neely’s midnight swearing in. Neely names Dr. Joseph Rosier to serve out the term, while Holt designates Clarence E. Martin, each asserting the right to appoint. Observers expect the Senate to settle the dispute.
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Neely
Holt
West Virginia
Senate
Charleston
W. Va
U. S. Senate
Matthew Mansfield Neely
Joseph Rosier
Fairmont State Teachers College
National Education Association
Clarence E. Martin
Martinsburg
American Bar Association
Son of Pastor Slain by Rival
In Ephrata Pennsylvania a 23 year old truck driver was held in connection with the hammer slaying of 19 year old Robert R Hackman, son of a local pastor. Police say the suspect admitted the murder and faces murder charges. Hackman was found on a mountain road with his car. The case stems from a quarrel over a girl described as involving the attacker and the victim’s romantic interest.
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Ephrata
Robert R. Hackman
Here
E. R. Rubincam
Hackman
Charles M. Hackman
Rubicam
Flu Closes Hocking County Basketball Games
Health officials halted county games as influenza spread across Hocking County. Schools at Carbon Hill and Laurelville already closed with Haydenville and South Bloomingville likely to follow. Logan teachers report 170 absentees, many suspected ill.
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Logan
Hocking County
H. G. Southard
Carbon Hill
Laurelville
Haydenville
South Bloomingville
Logan City
Father Kills Two Sons in North Bergen Tragedy
North Bergen New Jersey police guard North Bergen Hospital Weehawken as John Behmer 41 a knitting mill owner lies recovering after attempting death by gas and slaying his two young sons with a hatchet claiming fear they would inherit a nervous ailment.
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North Bergen
N. J
North Bergen Hospital
Weehawken
John Behmer
John J. Simmen
Behmer
Simmen
Springfield Woman Dies After Hit and Run Crash
Mrs. Bessie Kimble, 50, died in a hospital today five hours after being struck by a hit-skip motorist. Police sought to trace the driver from fragments of a broken headlight lens.
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Springfield
Bessie Kimble
James Joyce Dies at 58 in Zurich Hospital
Irish author James Joyce known for Ulysses died early today in a Zurich hospital after an intestinal operation. He was 58.
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Zurich
Switzerland
James Joyce
Ulysses
Aged Man Dies Trying To Recover Valuables
Aged man believed to be Hyman Leon, 71, perished in a Queens Arverne fire that swept a black square, destroying 15 houses and damaging 25 more. Fire officials estimate property loss at $100,000 as the body was found in the basement of a two story frame home.
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New York
Black Square
Arverne
Queens
Hyman Leon
Mother of Youth Who Kills Self Found Dead
NILES Mrs Hildur A Bester 49 mother of Fred 17 who shot himself at their Mineral Ridge home was found dead this morning in the boy's automobile in the garage. Her husband George Bester said he left her and a friend at home when he went to work Sunday night. The car door was closed and the motor was running.
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Niles
Hildur A. Bester
Fred
Mineral Ridge
George Bestter
Willkie Supports British Aid Bill Amid War Debate
The House debates committee jurisdiction as the aid-to-Britain bill gains Willkie’s support with modifications. Roosevelt alignment hinted while Republicans push time limits and security assurances. Willkie plans a two week trip to England to assess the war situation amid looming hearings and fierce Senate opposition.
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Washington
Congress
Wendell L. Willkie
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Willkie
New York
England
Landon
Alf M. Landon
Topeka
Kans
Roosevelt
Senate
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Wheeler
D-Mont
MBS
Lee
D-Okla
America
Gallia County names three county officers
Gallia County Board of Commissioners announced three appointments. Marvin Allen becomes relief director, Howard Smiley is certifying officer, and Ernest Davis is surplus commodities distributor. Each position carries a salary of 100 dollars per month.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
AFL Fights For Right To Strike In Defense Plants
The AFL warned Congress it would oppose efforts to bar strikes in vital defense industries while asserting loyalty to democracy. It urged prompt defense funding, support for the Dies Committee, and FBI grants to root out hostile foreign agents and subversive movements.
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AFL
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Federation
United States
Metal Trades Division
John Frey
Roosevelt
Dies Committee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Palmer Former Athens Banker Dies in Tucson at 50
John Alonzo Palmer 50 a former Athens banker and Ohio University assistant business manager died Sunday at 2 30 am in Tucson Arizona after over two years illness. He was born in Athens son of James A Palmer and Mrs. Palmer and attended Athens public schools. He earned a two year commerce diploma from Ohio University in 1911 and worked at Sunyside Lumber Co and Bank of Athens before service as assistant business manager at Ohio University. He leaves his mother wife sister and brother and plan to be buried in Athens with funeral arrangements pending.
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John Alonzo Palmer
Athens
Ohio University
Tucson
Ariz
Palmer
Mr. Palmer
James A. Palmer
Sunayside Lumber Co
James ‘A. Palmer
Helen ‘Smith Palmer
Verne E. LeRoy
East Lansing
Mich
Horace D. Palmer
N. College St
Horace Palmer
Alonzo Palmer
St. Louis
Frozen Body of Man From Ohio Quarry Quietly Recovered
Coroner Harry Lewis said a man found in a Ohio quarry apparently leaped from a moving train last Tuesday. A social security card issued to James C. Allen of Sharpsville Indiana was found in the man’s clothing.
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Lima
Harry Lewis
James C. Allen
Sharpsville
Ind
Lewis
Family of Four Burned To Death in Residence
Four members of the Pelton family perished in a house fire near the Wayne Washtenaw county line. Leon Pelton 35 an auto plant foreman, his wife Mary 32, daughter Dorothy 13 and son Gerald 12 died in their beds after the frame dwelling burned with no water available to fight the blaze. State police recovered the bodies from the ashes.
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Detroit
Leon Pelton
Wayne-Washtenaw County
Pelton
Mary
Dorothy
Gerald
U S Keeps Pace With Aviation Improvements
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics reports U S aviation keeps up with wartime aircraft development. Dr Vannevar Bush says expanded research facilities at Langley Field Moffett Field and Cleveland accelerate progress in aircraft performance. The committee notes several investigations promise large advances, including a cylinder finning method that could triple engine horsepower to 6,000 on large air cooled engines.
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Washington
Vannevar Bush
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Roosevelt
Langley Field
Moffett Field
Calif
Cleveland
Nazis Deny Schmeling Furlough for European Title Fight
Berlin reports Max Schmeling, former world heavyweight champion, has been denied an army furlough to face Heinz Lazek for the European boxing championship. The denial cites parachute training as requiring extreme exertion and intense concentration, prompting sports circles to anticipate major parachute operations.
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Berlin
Max Schmeling
Heinz Lazek
Farm hand fatally injured by axe while chopping wood
Sheriff James Maloney said 70 year old John Palcic bled to death after an axe slipped and pierced his foot during wood chopping near Painesville. Authorities described the accident as fatal and found the axe at the scene.
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Painesville
James Maloney
John Palcic
Bricker Warns of Unprecedented Taxes in Inaugural Address
Gov. John W. Bricker begins a second term in Columbus urging local governments to cut expenditures to share the tax burden for a large defense program. He calls for strict economy, debt repayment, and a national push for patriotism as Ohio faces rising costs and a ten year neglect of a building program.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Bricker
America
Ohio
State House
Bricker Inauguration Spotlight Highlights Five State Officials
Bricker took the oath with Lieut. Gov. Paul H. Herbert Atty. Gen. Thomas J. Herbert Treasurer Don Ebright Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson and Secretary of State John Sweeney sharing the moment. Sweeney’s first inauguration after rising from obscurity to head the election office. Ferguson known as Little Joe eyed gubernatorial aims after four years as auditor.
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Paul H. Herbert
Thomas J. Herbert
Don Ebright
Joseph T. Ferguson
John Sweeney
Ferguson
Sweeney
Bricker
Earl Griffith
Griffith
George M. Neffner
Neffner
Edward Hummel
Cincinnati
Hummel
Capitol
Little Joe
Vic Donahey
U. S. Senate
Canal Project May Be Given FD's Support
A Lake Erie to Ohio River canal for national defense is under discussion in Congress with potential support from the Roosevelt administration. President Roosevelt reportedly discussed the plan with a congressional advocate, with possible future conferences. Democrats in the House expect reconsideration for defense needs. The canal would move steel, coal and other critical goods through Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Mansfield
Tex
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South African Air Force Suffer Fatal Plane Crash
Sixteen members of the South African air force were killed when their aircraft crashed near Mbeya Tanganyika. Officials said thick mist likely caused the pilot to lose his way and collide with a mountainside.
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Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Mbeya
Tanganyika
British Workers Call For Soviet Friendship
A 2000 workers representatives group adopted a resolution in London calling for a people's peace without reparations or indemnities and urging higher living standards and friendship with Soviet Russia.
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London
Russia
Quell Disorder at Eaton Plant With Tear Gas
Police used tear gas at the Wilcox-Rich Division plant gates to break up clashes between CIO United Automobile Workers pickets and officers. Seven people were injured, including two pickets and five police, as about 100 officers and deputies maintained order while workers attempted to pass the lines.
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Saginaw
Mich
Wilcox-Rich Division
Eaton Manufacturing Company
CIO United Automobile Workers
No More Air Races At Cleveland Airport Says Official
Major John Berry, Cleveland airport commissioner, announced there will be no national air races for several years and possibly ever at the airport. He cited the new $8,400,000 aviation motor laboratory and increased air traffic as reasons why racing cannot continue. Ground-breaking for the laboratory is set for January 23 at the airport.
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Cleveland
John Berry
Aviation Motor Laboratory
Berry
Thailand Army Crosses Into Indo China Frontier
Bangkok reports Siamese forces with air support crossed into French Indo China and claimed a northeastern sector. The high command said the advance continues and French forces are retreating.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Air Corps
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Elks and Masons
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Chamber of Commerce
Jones Funeral Home
Fred Luchs
W. Union St
Homer A. Holt
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J. A. Palmer
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Northwest Territory
George K. Nash
Martin L. Davey
Eaton
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