Germans Move Into Romania Amid Balkan Turmoil
German troops stream into Romania as rioting and street battles erupt in Bucharest and other cities. Fresh German units are reported in Romania while Britain launches a major assault on Tobruk as the wider Mediterranean war intensifies.
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Britain
Tobruk
Libya
Balkans
Bucharest
Rumania
Sofia
Belgrade
Budapest
Romania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Balkan
Rome
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
France
Inauguration Fade Into Post Ceremony Washington
Washington returns to work after the oath as Roosevelt pledges to protect democracy. Congress resumes debate on aid to Britain and emergency powers while West Point cadets and Annapolis midshipmen applaud the peaceful transfer. Military displays march down Pennsylvania Avenue with tanks, scouts, and bombers under a clear sky.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mr. Roosevelt
Bricker Lunches with Senator Taft at Capitol
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker had a luncheon at the Capitol with U S Senator Robert A. Taft following yesterday's inauguration. Bricker was guest of honor at a dinner hosted by Ohio House members, with Rep. Robert Crosser introducing him.
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Washington
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Capitol
United States
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Robert Crosser
Bricker
First Army Pilot Dies in Miami
Frederic E. Humphreys aged 57, former brigadier general, died last night in Miami after claiming the distinction of being the first U S Army officer to pilot an airplane solo.
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Miami
Fla
Frederic E. Humphreys
U. S. Army
Eighteen Drown as Schooner Struck Barge Near Boston Harbor
Eighteen men die when the Boston schooner Mary E. O Hear a hits a barge and sinks near Finns Ledge as survivors recount clinging to rigging for three hours in 3 to 6 a m. five rescued by trawler North Star crew report the incident while the vessel was homeward from fishing banks.
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Boston
Mary E. O’hara
Boston Harbor
North Star
O'Hara
The
Finn’s Ledge
Ohio 37th Division Cleared for Next Training Phase
CAMP SHELBY MISS Ohio's 37th Division in training passed its regular army inspection and may begin a 13 to 16 week second training period. Maj. Gen. Beightler said nine weeks into the yearlong program. Officer examinations set for February 13 14 and 15 amid plans to add 400 new officers and promotions awaiting War Department approval as the division doubles from 9 000 to 18 000 with new draftees.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Ohio
Robert S. Beightler
Beightler
War Department
Washington
Opera to perform in Boston movie theater in March
The Metropolitan Opera Company will break a Boston tradition by staging a performance in a movie theater at reduced rates instead of the opera house when it visits in March.
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OPERA
Boston
Metropolitan Opera Company
G M Sets To Build 1500 Airplane Motors Monthly
General Motors宣布将月产1500台航空发动机及零部件与组件 并与 North American Aviation 合作生产 B-25 中型轰炸机 双发引擎制造将立即启动 计划在堪萨斯城建厂到夏末达产高达4万人参与发动机生产 此举是战时国防计划的一部分 综述显示密歇根州已获政府航空发动机订单2.669亿美金 耗资全州防务合同已超7亿美元
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G-M
Physical Deficiencies In Draftees Run High
Army induction officers at Cleveland reported 13 percent physical rejections among 244 men drafted yesterday, higher than the 7 percent forecast by medical officers. Thirty two were rejected and sent home.
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Cleveland
Forecasts Old Age Benefits Up to 40 Dollars
Washington Senator Wagener predicts Congress will pass legislation granting old-age benefits of 30 to 40 dollars a month to all unemployed persons over 65. The proposal aims to provide financial support amid unemployment and economic strain.
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Washington
Senator Wagener
D-N.y
Congress
Invaders Intercepted In Air Defense Trials
New York reports two invading bombers approaching from the sea off Bellport Long Island during four day air defense trials. Volunteer observers on hill tops and buildings feed data to stations and information centers in New York Boston as 10 000 observers monitor 18 000 square miles. Fighter planes from Suffolk Flying Field intercept the targets over Port Jefferson minutes after sighting.
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New York
Bellport
Long Island
Air Defense Command
Port Jefferson
Suffolk Flying Field
New
York
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Boston
Watchmen Set at Dangerous Crossing Near Weston
The Utilities Commission ordered 24 hour watchmen at a rural wood county crossing near Weston to protect motorists until a flashing signal is installed. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was notified. Nine people have died in train automobile crashes at the crossing since last summer.
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Columbus
Weston
Wood County
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
The
Utilities Commission
Canton Plans Fourth High School and Lincoln Junior High Alteration
Canton will open a fourth high school next year as the Board of Education orders bids for converting Lincoln Junior High School into a senior high.
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NEW Canton High School
Canton
Board of Education
Lincoln
Ohio draftees to Shelby in second Selective Service call
About 500 more Ohioans report for training at four induction centers as Ohio’s 9 958 quota is processed at 125 per day. Draftees from Cleveland Toledo Cincinnati join others moving to Camp Shelby with Fort Hayes and Fort Thomas inductees involved. Train departures continue with rapid processing and no overnight stays.
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Columbus
Toledo
Springfield
Fort Hayes
Cincinnati
Fort Thomas
Released Slot-Buster Goes Hunting Again
Robert H. Warner head of Buckeye Vending Co and seven companions face breach of peace charges after smashing 16 slot machines last Saturday. Judge Cecil J. Randall released them from jail hours earlier. Warner said he targeted machines because police seized his firms’ machines while a rival’s stayed intact. He then searched for more machines last night but found none.
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Columbus
Robert H. Warner
Buckeye Vending Co
Warner
Common Pleas
Cecil J. Randall
Insurance Head Gives Wittenberg $175000 Gift
Springfield reports Wittenberg College received a 175000 gift from John M. Sarver of Columbus, president of Ohio State Life Insurance Co., a college director. The note came as 400 pastors and lay delegates of the United Lutheran Church Synod of Ohio and Michigan wrapped up a two day meeting on a 1200000 campaign.
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Springfield
Wittenberg College
John M. Sarver
Columbus
Ohio State Life Insurance Co
Sarver
United Lutheran Church Synod of
Ohio
Michigan
Wife admits shotgun wounding of husband in Ironton
Sheriff Fred Sanders said Bertha Sanders aged 61 admitted wounding her husband John Sanders aged 61 with a shotgun when he returned home intoxicated last night.
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Ironton
Fred Sanders
Bertha Sanders
John
Twins Weigh Eleven Pounds Each at Birth
In Louisville Illinois on January 8 a Clay County farmer's wife Mrs Homer Paris gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, each weighing eleven pounds. Dr B F Steely calls the birth unheard of in authentic medical history noting the twins lived in separate sacs and nourished by separate placentas at the Paris farm home.
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Louisville
Ill
Homer Paris
Clay County
B. F. Steely
Steely
Paris Farm
Here
Winant Considered as Britain Ambassador Choice
Washington reports John G. Winant former New Hampshire governor and Social Security Board chairman is to succeed Joseph Kennedy as ambassador to Great Britain. Winant led the International Labor Office and served as a World War I air service captain.
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John G. Winant
New Hampshire
International Labor Office
Washington
Joseph Kennedy
Great Britain
Winant
Social Security Board
United States Air Forces
Navy probes Nazi flag incident at consulate
A naval board investigates the ripping of a Nazi flag at the San Francisco consulate. Harold Sturtevant and Ervin Lackey, sailors from a naval ward, were convicted of malicious mischief after being caught during leave. The flag vandalism drew spectators as the flag was removed from a staff ten stories above street level.
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San Francisco
Navy
Fritz Wiedemann
Naval Board of
Harold J. Sturtevant
Haverhill
Mass
Ervin G. Lackey
Charlotte
N. C
Peter J. Mullins
George Q. Chase
Salaries of Ohio WPA Administrators Revealed
Washington reports that about 100 WPA administrative employees in Ohio earn $3,000 or more annually. Carl Watson of Columbus heads the list with $8,000 yearly, followed by Garrett J. Kane of Columbus at $6,400 as state director of the division of operations.
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Washington
Works Projects Administration
Ohio
Congress
WPA
Carl Watson
Columbus
Garrett J. Kane
Division of Operations
Kennedy Sees British Split Over US War Entry
Joseph P. Kennedy told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Britain’s leadership split on active US involvement in the war. He cited doubts about aiding Britain without slowing American material flow, and noted no unanimity on the issue.
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Washington
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
Britain
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Kennedy
America
England
Roosevelt
Relief Budget Approved For Poor in Ohio Legislature
A $2 200 000 appropriation to reimburse local governments for 1940 relief expenditures was taken up by a House committee after Senate approval as the Ohio Legislature entered its third week following a five day layoff. Committees will address about 90 bills. leaders draft measures to meet Gov Bricker's biennial recommendations.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
John W. Bricker
War Today: Axis Offensives Slyly Vapored to Med Theater
The piece argues Nazi and Fascist leaders hint at a Mediterranean offensive while urging that Hitler still targets Britain. It notes Gayda defends Italy as capable and independent and questions why Axis strategy leaks arise amid the Battle of Britain.
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Mediterranean
Hitler
Mussolini
Virginio Gayda
Italy
Signor Gayda
Herr Hitler
Britain
Fuehrer
England
Steel Workers Push Higher Pay in Major Contract Talks
CSO President Phil ip Murray aims to present wage and contract revisions to United States Steel Corporation as negotiations unfold in Pittsburgh. Murray, rising from a Scottish coal mine to labor leadership, meets William Beye of industrial relations while Clinton Golden starts talks in New York with Cru cible Steel Company chief R E Desveraine over a renewal of their union contract.
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Pittsburgh
CSO
Philip Murray
United States Steel Corporation
Murray
America
William Beye
Illinois
Big Steel
Clinton Golden
New York
R. E. Desveraine
Crucible Steel Company
Eighteenth Child Dies Soon After Birth in Ohio
In Cleveland, the 18th child of Mr and Mrs Abe Weaver died within 48 hours of birth after a hospital transfusion. The baby was born in Geauga County under a sliding scale where the doctor earned five dollars per delivery, with fees to drop by five dollars for each subsequent birth. No fee if there is a nineteenth birth. Sixteen of the eighteen children are living.
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Cleveland
Abe Weaver
Geauga County
Indiana quadruplets die after caesarean birth
Mrs Eva Swanson of Michigan City Indiana gave birth to quadruplets by Caesarian section. Three girls and a boy were born yesterday all died within six and a half hours. The mother was reported improved today and the birth is said to be the first quadruplets born in Indiana.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
C. E. Wilson
General Motors
Corporation
North American Aviation, Inc
Wilson
North American Aviation
Kansas City
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corporation
National Defense Program
Michigan
Michigan City
Ind
Eva Swanson
Indiana
Gallipolis Justice of the Peace Dies After Illness
Fred Hanson, 51, a Gallipolis justice of the peace, died Monday night after a long illness. He is survived by his wife and son Bert. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 o'clock at the Hanson home.
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Gallipolis
Fred Hanson
Bert
Hanson
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