United States Occupies Iceland to Shield Britain
President Roosevelt ordered the navy to occupy Iceland as a safeguard against a German pincers movement aimed at cutting Britain off from overseas supplies. Administration officials described the step as defense, while critics warned it could drag the United States into war.
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Iceland
United States
Great Britain
Equator
Arctic
Britain
England
Reich
Western Hemisphere
Roosevelt
Congress
Administration
Gridley
Griffith resigns as Gallipolis coach to lead at Upper Arlington
Gallipolis High School coach Griffith announced his resignation after four years to become the physical education director at Upper Arlington High School in suburban Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Garfield Iffith
Gallipolis High School
Upper Arlington High School
Columbus
1200 CIO Workers Strike at Heller Bros Tool Plant
About 1,200 CIO workers walked out at Heller Bros Co fire and tool plant in Newcomerstown halting production. The facility reports 70 percent of its orders are defense contracts.
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CIO
Newcomerstown
Heller Bros. Co., Fire and Tool
It Ain't Cricket Lancaster Crickets Chewing Carpet
Lancaster residents report crickets swarm in southern city area chewing carpets and clothing prompting police attention as the insect problem grows.
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Lancaster
British Press Hails U S Occupation of Iceland
The British press greeted the U S occupation of Iceland with jubilation and fear of wider war. Papers praised the move as American resolve while warning of dangers to other Atlantic islands and noting mixed official reactions. Some editors called it a bold frontier extension, others warned of intervention in European waters.
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Iceland
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Atlantic Ocean
Britain
The
Daily Mail
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America
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
Dakar
Tokyo
Kokumin
Domei
Germany
Five Ohioans Die as Storm Hits State of Ohio
A damaging storm swept across Ohio killing five people and causing extensive property losses in the thousands. Akron logged its heaviest rain, Cleveland flooded streets, and a 50 mile wind toppled power lines. The storm left thousands jobless, damaged factories, and caused multiple fatalities from lightning and accidents across several counties.
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Akron
Weather Bureau
Cleveland
Trase
Malum
Continue Restraint of Payment to Tax Agents
In Columbus an $85,000 commission plan for 272 Ohio sales tax stamp agents was delayed as Ed Win Knachel of Cleveland pursues a taxpayers' suit. Common Pleas Judge Robert P. Duncan extended the restraining order, arguing the state may not legally appoint agents to distribute stamps and pay commissions.
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Ohio
Edwin Knachel
Cleveland
Court of Appeals
Common Pleas
Robert P. Duncan
Knachel
U. S. After High Grade Mass Output of Planes
Seattle report notes the United States pursues mass production of military aircraft without sacrificing intricate mechanisms that ensure performance. Unlike German designs aimed at simplicity for quick assembly, American planes remain complex with sturdy engines and extensive plumbing. The piece contrasts U S practice with German and British observations.
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Seattle
United States
Crete
Plant Workers Vote To Parley
Washington reports that dissatisfied smokeless powder workers and their employers agreed to resume contract negotiations today at the Western Cartridge Company plant in Alton Illinois. The National Defense Mediation Board approved bargaining resumption. The Office of Production Management announced labor committees will be formed in major industries to avert unemployment as production shifts to armaments. Douglas Brown of Princeton University was named chief of the OPM Labor Division priorities branch.
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Alton, Ill
Western Cartridge Company
National Defense Mediation Board
Defense
Office of Production Management
Douglas Brown
Princeton University
OPM
U S Red Cross Nurses Delayed En Route to Britain
A London source says a detach ment of American Red Cross nurses is overdue in Britain. The status affects nurses feared missing after the Maasdam torpedoing, while 33 of 35 aboard Maasdam have landed or been reported safe.
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London
United States
Five-Year-Old Boy 31st Traffic Victim in Columbus
In Columbus the 1941 traffic death toll rose to 31 with the death of five-year-old Robert Salyer who was struck by an auto while crossing the street in front of his parents home.
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Columbus
Robert Salyer
Ernest Salyer
Connecticut Ends All Aluminum License Plates
Hartford announces Connecticut will stop issuing all aluminum automobile registration plates as a contribution to the national defense effort.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Investigation Asked of New Wheat Quota
In Washington C H Ohio editor Howard S. Harper and Fayette County farmer Roy Hagler urged an Agriculture Department inquiry into Ohio wheat marketing quotas. Harper plans to ask Secretary Wickard to send a representative to Thursday’s farmers meeting to gauge protests and temper. The quota limits marketings to raise prices, with penalties or charity handover for excess wheat.
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Ohio
Washington Today
Howard S. Harper
Washington Court House
Record- Herald
Wickard
Harper
Roy Hagler
Fayette County
Commodities Administration In New Hands
The State Welfare Department in Ohio takes over supervision of the surplus commodities program from the WPA at the Federal request. Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood named Carl Graves to supervise the program with local relief agencies handling distribution and county commissioners running operations in their areas. The move will raise state costs by about 265 dollars monthly while WPA funds part of the administration.
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Columbus
State Welfare Department
Ohio
Works Projects Administration
Charles L. Sherwood
Carl Graves
WPA
Sherwood
Principal Loses Job Over Missing Master’s Degree
EAST LIVERPOOL Ohio Principal Henry H Eccles failed to win re appointment after the school board ruled he lacks a master s degree He had said he expected to complete the degree in August from Ohio State University and previously served as Scioto County auditor.
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East Liverpool
Henry H. Eccles
Scioto County
Eccles
Ohio State University
Enactment of Deferment Bill Predicted This Week
Washington observers forecast Congress would finish action on a deferment bill within two weeks. House approval likely by tomorrow night, with Senate differences needing adjustment. The measure would defer men 28 and older from selective service and grant the President power to operate strike-bound defense factories amid debate over broader service extensions and hemisphere restrictions. The Iceland occupation was expected to sharpen debate on these proposals.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Iceland
Jail Newspaperwoman Faces Murder Charge
Mrs. Caroline Payne a 43 year old Bloomington newspaper business manager sat in a third floor jail cell as Indianapolis funeral services were planned for the man she was accused of killing in a jealous fury. Charles O Mattingly a 42 year old Indianapolis attorney examiner for the Indiana Public Service Commission was mortally wounded in the back Saturday night at a friend's house.
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Ind
Caroline Payne
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Indianapolis
Charles O. Mattingly
Indiana Public Service Commission
Cross Country Trek Fails to See Independence Day Candles
A Los Angeles couple, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gable, trekked 3,000 miles to Lititz, Lancaster County, to witness a candle lighting for Independence Day. Rain postponed the pageant and it will be held Saturday instead, forcing them to cut short their stay.
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Fred Gable
Lititz
Gable
Los Angeles
Gables
Soviets Say Nazi Losses Enormous On Front Near Leningrad
Soviet high command reported heavy fighting along a 600 mile front north of Leningrad with Germans driven back on several Dnepr river crossings. Berlin claimed 142,216 Russian prisoners and 584 tanks captured while fighting near Lenin Grad and the Stalin Line.
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Mogilev Podolski
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Murmansk
RAF Bombing Blitz Across Channel and Northern France
British air forces pressed a 24 hour offensive against German targets in Northern France with heavy bombers and escorts, while raids over Western Germany, Holland, and Belgium continued. RAF operations caused major fires in factories and warehouses and targeted key rail junctions. nine British planes were reported missing.
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Boulogne
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Atlantic Patrol Plane Missing With 7 Aboard
A PBY-5 patrol plane with two officers and five men, missing since Thursday, triggered an intensive search today by ships and planes of the Atlantic fleet. The aircraft was last heard from on a routine patrol off the northeastern coast.
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Washington
Roy Hurt as Civil War Gun Explodes
Conneaut report says 14 year old Richard Seaman attempted a Civil War muzzle loader, primed the weapon and fired. The rifle exploded causing arm and leg injuries. he was hospitalized and the event described as an amateur gun collector incident.
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Roy Hurt
Conneaut
Richard Seaman
Seaman
Iceland to Host Largest Overseas U S Defense Post
Reports indicate the United States will base its biggest overseas garrison in Iceland with about 118 700 troops worldwide in May the British force on Iceland estimated at 80 000 men and naval landing forces reportedly sizeable Prime Minister Mackenzie King notes large Icelandic naval forces while Roosevelt hints army units may form most of the garrison General Marshall previously disclosed a special task force of soldiers and Marines is in existence.
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Iceland
America
The
Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
Washington
Cone
Hawaii
Roosevelt
MacKenzie King
Canada
England
U. S
Hermann Jonasson
George C. Marshall
Army
Continental
Miners Seek Benefits for Week's Layoff in Scranton
Thousands of hard coal miners filed jobless claim forms in Pennsylvania seeking unemployment benefits for a one week layoff from the anthracite industry. A new two year contract with CIO United Mine Workers provides a Christmas token and a $13 state benefit dispute questions eligibility.
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Scranton
CIO United Mine Workers
Lewis G. ‘Hines
Labor and Industry
Ecuador Charges Penu With Aggression Tactics
Quito reports a quiet border with Peru after three days of sporadic patrol clashes. The Ecuadorian defense ministry says Peruvians were digging trenches and shifting troops along the disputed upper Amazon frontier and that Quito sent a protest accusing unjustified aggression.
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Quito
Ecuador
Peru
Ministry of Defense
Amazon
Ohio Liquor Director Plans Stock Increase to Hold Prices
State Liquor Director Jacob B. Taylor said he will boost Ohio's liquor stock to maintain current prices as long as possible. He emphasized preserving supply to prevent price hikes and stabilize access for consumers.
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Columbus
Jacob B. Taylor
Ohio
Mysterious Find Near Ohio River Ends in Fatal Discovery
Cincinnati police recovered a body of Joan W. Bertram after locating a straw hat bearing the initials JWB beside the Ohio River. The case follows the discovery and identification at the riverbank.
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J.W.B
Ohio River
Joan W. Bertram
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