Hitler vows total war as Derna falls and Britain fights on
Adolf Hitler in Berlin declares Britain must face a total war until England is destroyed. He warns against aiding England and touts a new spring submarine offensive while Britain reports Derna captured in Libya. RAF and Luftwaffe clash as London endures air raids and Tobruk ships are cleared for supplies.
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Fuehrer
Britain
Italy
England
Germany
Cairo
Egypt
Derna
Libya
North Africa
Archibald P. Wavell
Tobruk
Ritish
British Trans
Iran
Ohio to call 1500 for fourth draft Feb 25 to Mar 1
Columbus report states the nation’s fourth draft will require 1500 more Ohio men between February 25 and March 1. Officials said the 1500 are part of the fourth draft call and will raise Ohio totals to 15 145 by March 1 with white men expected to respond.
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Columbus
Ohio
Roosevelt Celebrates 59th Birthday Amid War Years
The nation salutes President Roosevelt on his 59th birthday as he endures a heavy workload and war duties. A White House dinner for intimate friends marks the day, while nationwide birthday balls support infantile paralysis research and related charities. Mrs. Roosevelt hosts celebrity guests and the President will address nationwide listeners at 11 24 p m EST.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ann Skleplovich
Gary
W. Va
White House
Ann
Lana Turner
Wallace Beery
Carol Ann
Tote
Jeee Roosevelt
Sto
Grange Plans Farm Week Big Program in Columbus
Representatives from agriculture labor industry and consumer groups gather for Farmers Week on a single platform in Columbus. Speakers include H M Leinaker Ted Silvey Ralph Ward and Mrs Harold C Medley with Louis Bromfield to follow. Wayne Dinsmore cites army plans to acquire 27000 horses for national defense.
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Columbus
Grange
H. M. Leinaker
Baltimore
Ted F. Silvey
Ohio CI0
Ralph P. Ward
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Harold C. Medley
American Association of University Women
Louis Bromfield
Bromfield
Mansfield
Wayne Dinsmore
Chicago
Horse and Mule Association of America
Price advance favors hog feeding operations
The Agriculture Department attributed a sharp rise in hog prices from mid December to mid January to more favorable feeding operations from hog farmers than at any time since mid October.
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Price Advance
Washington
Agriculture Department
Housing Authority funds 80 projects nationwide
The U S Housing Authority yesterday earmarked 49 862 000 dollars for eighty housing projects in cities across the nation including Hamilton Lorain and Steubenville in Ohio.
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Washington
U. S. Housing Authority
Hamilton
Lorain
Steubenville
Ohio
Los Angeles Shaken by a Ten-Second Earthquake
A sharp quake lasting about ten seconds rattled Los Angeles and neighboring areas, alarming residents across the region and prompting cautions about aftershocks and structural checks.
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Los Angeles
Government Control of Crops May Be Extended
Government control over major farm crops may be extended this year due to rising surpluses in cotton tobacco wheat corn lard and other products. The Agriculture Department says quotas could restrict sales and feedings with penalties if farmers reject or ignore allotments. Wheat and corn referenda would determine mandatory quotas while cotton and tobacco already fall under federal marketing control.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Midwest
U S Mediator Seeks End to Dayton AFL CIO Strike
A federal mediator arrived to settle a Dayton labor dispute that halted 400 to 500 AFL workers at Wright Field delaying a 1.55 million Army Air Corps expansion. CIO unionists allege four PennerInstall workers, non AFL, were hired under a CIO closed shop, amid talks with Dayton Building Trades Council and Penner Installation Co. executives.
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Dayton
Aflcio
AFL Building Trades
Army Air Corps
Wright Field
Michael J. Crosette
Cleveland
John R. Teelman
U. S
Rvice
John Breidtenbach
Dayton Building Trades Council
AFL
Isaac Penner
Penner Installation Co
New York
Breidenbach
Arthur L. Garfield
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Penner
CIO United Construction Workers Union
Penner Concern
Pastors Close Convention Endorse Liquor Bill in Ohio
In Columbus church leaders closed their annual convention after agreeing on actions regarding the international crisis. They approved resolutions opposing the lease lend bill deploring vice near army camps and seeking conscientious objector exemption. A county option liquor bill by Rep. Yoder was passed unanimously in the Ohio House.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio House of Representatives
Yoder
Medina
New Lexington Youth Among 400 Naval Academy Graduates
Ohio youth Thomas V. Hennessey of New Lexington is listed among about 400 midshipmen to graduate from the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis on February 7 as part of a speed‑up program to provide officers for the expanding fleet.
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Annapolis
Ohio
U. S. Naval Academy
New Lexington
Thomas V. Hennessey
Shoemaker Receives Medal and Job for Saving Dog
Charles S. Shoemaker earned a Medal and a city job after rescuing a dog from the icy Scioto River. The Humane Society awarded the medal and Mayor Floyd F. Green offered the truck driver a position with the city saying we need men on.
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Columbus
Charles S. Shoemaker
Scioto River
The
Humane Society
Shoemaker
Floyd F. Green
Solons Clash On Personal Exemptions
In Columbus the Senate Judiciary Committee heard two hours of debate over exempting pre 1932 personal property from taxes as a major early battle of the 94th General Assembly. Proponents and opponents detailed past immunity laws and current cases seeking tax collection on estates and holdings, while a proposal to extend the sales tax and fuel and utility taxes faced questions about city relief and revenue.
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Columbus
94Th General Assembly
Senate Judiciary Committee
Assembly
Clinton Egbert
Hamilton
S. Jennie Sorg
Ohio Supreme Court
John Compton
EB. W. Scripps
Butler County
Scripps
Judiciary Committee
Reiners
Senate
Walter W. H. Baertschi
D-Lucas
Strikers Halt Defense Work At Chicago Plant
About 6,500 workers walked out at International Harvester's southwest Chicago tractor plant after failed talks with the CIO unionists. A federal conciliator sought to seat management and labor around a conference table as production stopped on several millions of dollars in defense orders, including crawler tractors for the government.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
Chicago Tractor Works
CIO
Southwest Side
Farm Equipment Workers Organizing Committee
Question Voters On Fraud Charges In Ohio Contest
Scioto County voters face questioning by the House special election contest committee Monday over fraud and irregularities in the November 5 election. The panel aims to determine if Democrat Gladys E. Davis has clean hands in contesting Republican Rep. Orin L. Graves seat in the legislature.
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Columbus
Sciote County
House of Representatives
Special Election Contest Committee
Gladys E. Davis
House
Orin L. Graves
Legisla
Ireland faces tea rationing and gasoline curtailment
The Irish government warns the public to prepare for the worst as Ireland deals with food import shortages. Tea rations are introduced and gasoline consumption is drastically reduced to cope with the crisis.
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Dublin
Ireland
Troop Train Derailment Sparks FBI Inquiry
In Sandersville Mississippi a troop train derailed on the Southern Railway. Fireman A W Smith of Meridian was killed and 19 soldiers injured including three seriously. The wounded soldiers were from Indianapolis and treated at Camp Shelby and Laurel hospitals. FBI agents visited the wreck scene as the War Department reported 26 officers and 154 men aboard.
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Sandersville
Miss
Here
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Indiana
Southern Railway
A. W. Smith
Meridian
J. B. Parker
Walter Horner
Norman Hick
Indianapolis
Laurel
Plant Reopens After Union Agreement
Osborn plant of the Wabash Portland Cement Co. reopened after a strike by 250 AFL Cement Workers Union members. The contract grants seven cent hourly wage increase union recognition a semi closed shop seniority rights and vacations with pay.
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XENIA
Osborn
Wabash Portland Cement Co
AFL Cement Workers Union
Willkie Speaks on Aid to Britain Tour of London
Wendell L. Willkie met Londoners during a curtailed visit and said he would be delighted to appear before the U S Senate committee on the Aid-to-Britain bill, after learning isolationist Sen Nye urged his testimony. He plans to return home next week.
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London
Wendell L. Willkie
Semains
United States
Senate
Nye
Willkie
Low Market Prices Reflect Wheat Surplus
The Chicago wheat pit priced lower as the domestic wheat problem grew more acute. The United States wheat situation resembled 1932 with the largest supply since then. Prices were 26 percent above 1932 levels but January trading was the slowest in eight years except 1939.
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Chicago
United States
Axis pressure and U.S. aid to Britain in wartime debate
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes Fascist rhetoric from Signor Gayda warning against U.S. aid to Britain. He argues Axis aims to deter support while fearing American naval involvement could blunt U-boat strategy and hinder invasion plans. The piece weighs possible Axis bets before the Battle of Britain decision.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Virginia Gayday
America
Britain
Signor Gayda
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
England
Hitler
Messrs
Two Billion Limit Plan Is Defeated
The House Foreign Affairs Committee backed the administration British aid bill and rejected a $2 billion ceiling on lease lead transactions. Debate centers on four amendments including a convoy ban and a two year limit on presidential powers with required reports and naval consultation. James W. Gerard urged war declaration and warned of Nazi seizure if Britain falls.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
James W. Gerard
Germany
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mexico
Great Britain
Gerard
Italy
Europe
Congress
Britain
Belgium
Holland
France
Administration
House Committee
Navy
Veto Blocks Bank Nights Plan in Massillon
Mayor Harry W. Lash vetoes city council ordinance licensing bank nights and other trade stimulants at theaters. The move halts a proposed measure aimed at regulating theater promotions.
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Massillon
Harry W. Lash
Hamilton County to aid Wright plant highway project
The Cincinnati area commissioner's group agreed to cooperate with federal agencies on a $1,000,000 highway linking the Wright aircraft facility at Joliet land.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Wright Aeronautical
Jockland
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