Taft calls scrap of FD lease lend plan to aid Britain
Taft demands outright scrapping of Roosevelt lease lend proposals and backs a cash loan system limited to Britain with eventual expansion only if needed. The Ohio senator argues to sever aid from U.S. defense and cites Commerce reports showing Britain still holds about four billion dollars in U.S. cash and securities.
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Taft
Britain
Washington
White House
Congress
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
Ohio
Foreign Relations Committee
Ohioan
Wheeler
D-Mont
Commerce Department
United States
Observers See Hitler Targetting Ireland For Invasion
American military experts believe Hitler may attempt an invasion of Eire to secure Irish bases for a harsher air and submarine war on Britain. They cite RAF raids on European invasion bases and warn of German troop landings under cover of darkness to seize flying fields.
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Washington
Adolf Hitler
Eire
Britain
RAF
Ireland
Channel
Norway
Child Dies After Liniment Mistaken for Medicine
Three year old Leah Nell Johnson of Kaylong West Virginia died at Keig Clinic Mason City after a liniment given by her mother for medicine caused a violent illness. The mother ill with influenza administered the liniment believing she was giving medicine. The child died shortly after. Mr Johnson is an uncle of Mrs Glenn Atkinson of Ath ens. A sister of Mr Johnson, Mrs Carrie Gibbs, lives with the Atkinsons.
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Pomeroy
Leah Nell Johnson
George Johnson
Kaylong
W. Va
Keig Clinic
Mason City
Mr. Johnson
Glenn Atkinson
Hooper St
Athens
Johnson
Carrie Gibbs
Atkinson
Bank Robber Pleads Guilty in Cleveland Case
A North Carolina convict pleaded guilty to robbing East Liverpool's First National Bank. He admitted stealing three revolvers about $20 of tellers personal money and a counterfeit $10 bill and was sentenced to four years at Leavenworth Penitentiary. Judge Elmer D. Davies noted the drunkenness at the time of the robbery.
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Marvin Goldhamer
Cleveland
Ohio University
University
E. H. Hudson
University Health Service
Hudson
Goldhamer
East Liverpool
First National Bank
North Carolina
Leavenworth
Lloyd Warrick
Elmer D. Davies
Nashville
Tenn
Benient
Former Pomeroy official dies on train to Columbus
George Fick former Pomeroy street commissioner died on a train en route to his Columbus home from Florida. He is survived by his wife three sons Lawrence Clifford and Al ben one daughter Mrs Raymond all of Columbus and one sister Mrs Charles Lauderbach Fomeroy. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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Pomeroy
George Fick
Pomeroy Street
Columbus
Florida
Lawrence
Clifford
Alben
Raymond Is
Charles Lauderbach
Fomeroy
Young Natco Employee Dies at Haydenville
George William Acker aged 32 of Haydenville National Proofing Co. dies at home last evening. He leaves wife Arvilla and a daughter. Funeral at Haydenville Methodist Church Thursday at 2 30 PM. Interment Oak Cemetery in Logan.
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Haydenville
George William Acker
National Proofing Co
Arvilla
Haydenville Methodist Church
Oak Cemetery
Logan
Freighters Limp Toward New York After Storm Ties
Two American freighters signaling distress due to towering waves probed toward port New York as heavy seas lashed their hulls.
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Port New York
Flu and Colds Close Schools in Ohio Wave
Ohio schools in at least a dozen counties were closed as colds and influenza swept the state. Many basketball games and events were canceled. Jefferson County Infirmary inmates were quarantined. Hard-hit communities include Galton, Shelby, Willard, Dayton, Cambridge, Hamilton, Ironton, Upper Sandusky, Ashland, Wooster, Youngstown, Warren, Circleville and others.
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Columbus
Ohio
Jefferson County Infirmary
Galton
Shelby
Willard
Dayton
Cambridge
Hamilton
Ironton
Upper Sandusky
Ashland
Wooster
Youngstown
Warren
Circleville
Dayton Trolley Bus Kills 6 Year Old Pedestrian
A trolley bus fatally struck Arthur Eugene Keltner, age 6, as he ran between parked cars into the street. No further details provided in the fragment.
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Dayton
Arthur Euegene Keltner
Hitler prepares Channel defenses in stalemate bid
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes Hitler's fortifications along the English Channel as a strategy to hold the war to a stalemate if Britain is not defeated. He argues that defenses aim to prevent Allied invasion of Europe while Germany plans to control continental territory and offset the British blockade.
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Hitler
Continent
England
Dewitt MacKenzie
English Channel
Britain
France
Low Countries
Germany
Fuehrer
John Bull
Mussolini
Reich
Wooten Dies at 32 in New Lexington
James Wooten 32, formerly of Murray City, dies Monday at New Lexington. Body goes to brother Gerald in Murray City. Funeral at Murray City U B Church Wednesday at 2 PM, Rev John Kern presiding. Interment Green Lawn Cemetery Nelsonville. He leaves two sons Roy and Wayne both of New Straitsville, two brothers John of Jobs and Gerald of Murray City, father Clarence H. Wooten, and sisters Thelma and Rachel Sams of Fostoria.
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New Straitsville
James Wooten
Murray City
New Lexington
Gerald
Clarence H. Wooten
Thelma
Rachel Sams
Fostoria
Northern New England Hits 12 Below Zero
Bitter winds push temperatures below zero across Northern New England. Burlington Vermont and Caribou Maine both register 12 below as the Weather Bureau warns of continued cold tonight and tomorrow.
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New England
Boston
Burlington
Caribou
Weather Bureau
Retired Railroad Man James Burris Dies in Logan
James Burris aged 81, a retired railroad man, died early today at his Logan home. He is survived by his wife and daughter Mrs. Fred Cassill of Logan. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 12:30 PM at the residence with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Logan
James Burris
Fred Cassill
Oak Grove Cemetery
Sacrifices Urged to Speed U S Plane Production
Representative Vinson urged Americans to give up peace time luxuries to boost defense aircraft output. He proposed wider subcontracting and cautioned that design changes threaten achieving 50,000 annual planes, risking obsolescence if mass production starts without updates.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Naval Committee
Burdette Wright
Curtiss-Wright Airplane Division
United States
Nelsonville Woman Dies After Route 33 Crash
Mrs. Vaneva Beatrice Wolfe 23 of Nelsonville Route 3 died at White Cross Hospital Columbus from injuries from a Friday head on collision south of Nelsonville. Five others injured include her husband James Wolfe and their five year old son Alfred Eugene.
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Vaneva Beatrice Wolfe
James Wolfe
Nelsonville
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
State Highway Patrol
Mr. Wolfe
Wolfe
Webster Kaeck
Sydney
Lewis Glendenning
Alfred Eugene
Shoe Worker Bernard Mellinger Dies by Self Inflicted Rifle Shot
Bernard Mellinger 35, of Floodwood and former Nelsonville resident, died at Logan’s Cherrington Hospital from a rifle bullet wound to the temple. Neighbors heard the shot Monday night. a 22 caliber rifle was found nearby. He leaves a wife Enid and four children Junior Billy Doris Gerald, his parents Eugene and wife in Dayton, three brothers Orville Charles and Cletus. Funeral at Floodwood Church Thursday at 2 with burial at Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Nelsonville
Bernard Mellinger
Floodwood
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
William Brooks Shoe Co
Mellinger
Logan Hospital
Enid Mellinger
Junior
Billy
Doris
Gerald
Eugene Mellinger
Dayton
Orville
Charles
Cletus
Floodwood Church
Greenlawn Cemetery
Federal Agent Demands End to Eaton Strike Reopen Plants
Detroit federal labor conciliator James F. Dewey announced that as a defense measure he would require Eaton Manufacturing Company plants to reopen and all striking workers to return to work, with the dispute to be settled later. Dewey acted with authorization from the National Defense Advisory Commission and the Department of Labor. Eaton supplies airplane engine parts.
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Detroit
James F. Dewey
Eaton Manufacturing Company
Dewey
National Defense Advisory Commission
Department of Labor
Eaton Company
Canadian cold wave brings deepest East chill
A sharp Arctic outbreak from Canada slammed the Eastern States with seasonally low temperatures. The West enjoyed milder weather west of Kansas City, while a broad rain belt stretched from the Gulf to central Colorado.
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New York
Canada
Kansas City
The
Gulf
Colorado
Ohio Commander Urges Universal Training Plan
Columbus report quotes Ralph H. Stone of Conneaut as Ohio commander of the American Legion advocating permanent military training to lower long term defense costs. He says universal training and a far seeing defense program could prevent dislocations of business and industry and help eliminate depressions.
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Columbus
Ralph H. Stone
Conneaut
Ohio
American Legion
Heading For Europe
New York reports the influenza epidemic moving toward Europe with Honolulu as the initial outbreak point. California traced cases from there to the West Coast and then eastward, arriving at a pace of about 50 miles daily. England has requested and received large shipments of the Rockefeller Institute vaccine.
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New York
Europe
Honolulu
California
United States
West Coast
England
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Jenkins Says Bill Grants Full War Materials Power
Rep Jenkins of Ohio argued in the House that the lease lead plan would give the President unlimited discretion to aid Britain or any country. He warned the measure would allow war material manufacture and sale or gift to any designated country with no export law constraints. The President could order purchase of materials from any country designated by him.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
House
Rep. Simpson
N. Y
Washington
Jenkins R
Ohio
Britain
Ohioan
Navy
Winter Haircut Alibi Expensive for Father
Charles Clemens of Washington Township was fined 5 dollars plus costs by Magistrate Frank St. Clair after a complaint by Attendance Officer Carl C Poling for failing to send his children to school. Clemens claimed he did not want his children’s hair cut in winter.
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Logan
Charles Clemens
Washington Township
Frank St. Clair
Carl C. Poling
Clemens
President Roosevelt Returns From Hyde Park Rest Visit
President Roosevelt returned to Washington today after a weekend rest at his Hyde Park New York home.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Ohio Welfare Program cost 75 million in 1940 report
State Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood announced Ohio's 1940 public aid programs directly affecting over 600000 poor and disabled had a total cost of 75657471. State funds totaled about 41 million with local and federal contributions making up the rest.
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Columbus
Charles L. Sherwood
Ohio
Rolls
Sherwood
State Division of Public Assistance
Sub Bases Attacked by RAF Planes
Allied airstrikes hit the German U-boat base at Lorient and the Dunkerque area as RAF bombers joined the raid on the Nazi coast while Plymouth endured a heavy attack with fires, injuries, and damaged hospitals and shelters. Civilian spotters aided rescue efforts amid thousands of incendiaries and high explosives.
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Plymouth
Lorient
Dunkerque
Italian General Argentina Captured in North Africa
Cairo report says Italian Blackshirt General Argentina was captured by a British motorboat crew after being spotted from the air while hiding beside the water in North Africa.
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Africa
Cairo
Egypt
Argentina
North
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