Germans Lose Hundreds as Depth Charges Hit Soldiers
Allied dispatches report German troops were blown to pieces when torpedo boats hunted a submarine off Norway and amid sinking transports hundreds perished. Churchill rejected Rome bombing while Soviet and Italian fronts report heavy fighting around Sevastopol Kerch Volokolamsk and Leningrad.
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London
Norway
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
RAF
Rome
Mussolini
Archibald Southby
Volokove
Mos
Crimea
Adolf Hitler
Great Black Sea
Sevastopol
Kerch
Caucasus
Volokramsk
Red Army
Serpukhov
Peere
Reuters
Oka
Canton Employment Set to Peak in Coming Weeks
Canton expects total employment in 68 industries to rise to 36 000 to 37 000 within about two weeks. Assistant Manager Henry S. Ernst of the Chamber of Commerce cites current plant employment at 32 945, up 12 274 over the past 18 months.
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Canton
Henry S. Ernst
Chamber of Commerce
Newport Celebrates Lifting of Oil From Bridge Link
Newport Kentucky marks a historic day as oils were lifted from the Ohio River bridge linking Newport with Cincinnati. Officials hailed the event as a milestone in regional cooperation and industrial progress.
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Newport
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Taft reports rejection of Japan peace proposal
Taft says Roosevelt rejected a Japan rapprochement over Vladivostok immunity. Japan would quit China except five cities. it refused to guarantee Vladivostok from air attack. Taft warns of slow progress, while Churchill and foes debate U S Japan policy and a potential war.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Roosevelt
Japan
Vladivostok
Russia
Pacific
Ohioan
United States
China
Winston Churchill
U. S
Churchill
Britain
Priority rules increase unemployment compensation in Ohio
COLUMBUS. BUC Administrator H. C. Atkinson forecasts higher demand on the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation due to liberalized state law. Changes enacted last Oct. 1 allow partial benefits if earnings fall under 60 percent of normal, and reduce the waiting period to two weeks. Since 1939, $4.6 million in wages lost led to unemployment payments, with total payments reaching $56.6 million.
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Bureau of Unemployment
BUC
H. C. At
Kinson
Atkinson
20 000 Ohio Farmers To Get AAA Crop Loans
Columbus report shows Elmer F Kruse says over 20 000 Ohio farmers will hold government wheat loans by the December 31 deadline for the 1941 crop. About 17,000 have already obtained loans averaging $1.08 per bushel, totaling $7,500,000 on more than 6,000,000 bushels.
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Columbus
Ohio
Elmer F. Kruse
AAA
Columbus Shooting Fatality In Youth Target Practice
A tragic accident occurred when Francis LeCompte, 19, was accidentally shot between the eyes during a target shooting session with a young companion. The incident involved a .22 caliber rifle. Authorities investigated to determine how the mishap happened.
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Columbus
Francis LeCompte
Sergeant York Sees Nazi Destruction as Only Hope
Evansville Indiana report on Alvin C York, WWI hero, marking Armistice anniversary. York argues Germany must be removed and predicts victory hinges on ground forces, urges continued aid to Allies, and plans a parade and wreath laying with local officials.
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York
Germany
Britain
Russia
England
Wiliam H. Dress
Irvin Schenk
Evansville
Future Farmers of America
James Bethel Gresham
France
Ohio Observes Armistice With Defense Drive
Ohio marks the 23rd Armistice Day with renewed focus on national defense. Justice Gilbert Bettman urged unity behind the Legion's four point program including repeal of the Neutrality Act, support for the President and Congress foreign policy, opposition to Nazism, and freedom of the seas. He dismissed isolationist Taft philosophy as wishful shelter.
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United States
Gilbert Bettman
Ohio
Supreme Court
American Legion
Springfield
Congress
Taft
Bettman
America
Bigelow Defeat Gives Cincinnati GOP Rule
In Cincinnati for the first time in nine proportional representation elections the Republicans win a clear majority of the nine council seats. Herbert S. Bigelow, pension plan author and former congressman, loses re election by 327 votes as the count completes. He had held the balance of power between four Republicans and four charterites.
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Cincinnati
Herbert S. Bigelow
Charterites
Classified heater ad offers both new and used units
Advertises a classified notice for a wide range of heaters including new and used models. Encourages selling existing heaters and buying larger ones. A three line ad three times costs 72 cents and can bring ready cash. Dial 0242 for details.
Roosevelt Urges Liberty Worth Fighting For On Armistice Day
President Roosevelt from Arlington Amphitheater said liberty is worth eternal fight and duty to defend it. He recalled the 1917 1918 AEF and warned if they had lost, Americans would question the war’s purpose. He linked Armistice Day to honoring those who made the world safe for democracy.
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Roosevelt
United States
Arlington
Europe
Abraham Lincoln
Alvin York
Tennessee
America
Identify Body of Woman Killed in Train Crash
The wreck of the Pennsylvania Railroad's crack Pennsylvanian left 12 dead and several passengers injured. Emma Mae Williams, 67, of Rockford Illinois, was identified at a Findlay mortuary as she faced death while en route to Baltimore for marriage. Her dog and a leash found with her belongings helped confirm the identity.
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Kenton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Emma Mae Williams
Rockford
Ill
Findlay
Baltimore
Care of Teeth Urged To Correct Draft Faults
Dr William H Wolford of Mansfield president of the Ohio State Dental Society opened the three day annual convention urging preventive care of teeth and a campaign among children to reduce the high rate of bad teeth among draft age men.
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Columbus
William H. Wolford
Mansfield
Ohio State Dental Society
Harry McHenry Elected To Gallia County Board
Official vote count shows Harry McHenry elected to the Gallia County Board of Education over Uri Lloyd by ten votes. The other new board member is Ermeyson Byans.
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Harry McHenry
Gallia County
Gallipolis
Action Delayed On Anti-Inflation Tax Proposal
President Roosevelt urged immediate action on a major anti inflation tax plan but Ways and Means members planned to wait for price control legislation. They argued the controls could shape tax specifics and further inflation safeguards as Congress debates defense funding and living costs.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Doughton
Tn Nelunta
Cape
Girl Spends Night in Movie
Nine-year-old Caroline Biasi wandered away from home at 7 30 last night to see a double feature and spent ten hours in darkness at a Cleveland theater before police found her. She said she woke up cold in the morning and was sure no one noticed her. Her mother believed she was with an aunt.
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Cleveland
Caroline Biasi
Kinsman Avenue
Louise Biasi
Caroline
Wheat Supply Reaches Peak And Is Rising
CHICAGO Uncle Sam's hoard of wheat stands at an all time peak and grows as the government holds about 500 million bushels valued at over half a billion dollars. Officials expect to add at least 50 million more by year end. The surplus could feed Americans for ten months and meet domestic needs until the new crop arrives next July 1.
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Chicago
Uncle Sam
United States
Ailing Chilean Leader Retires. Front to Be Directed by Envoy
Valparaiso reports 62 year old President Pedro Aguirre Cerda resigns due to illness and transfers control of the Popular Front government to Dr Jeronimo Mendez who becomes vice president. Aguirre had withstood a military revolt and two plots since his Dec 24 1938 swearing in for a six year term.
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Valpariso
Chile
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Popular Front
Jeronimo Mendez
Aguirre
Churchill warning on war risks with Japan and U S
The column notes Churchill’s warning that Britain would declare hostilities against Japan if the United States and Japan go to war. It discusses Tokyo’s pause for parley with Washington, Japanese aims, and calls for diplomacy to neutralize the Far East while acknowledging rising tensions between Japan and America.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Churchill
United States
Japan
England
Nippon
Tokyo
Sam
Saburo Kurusu
Pacific
Washington
America
Atlantic
Hitler
U.S.A
Far East
Demand for Closed Shop Is Rejected
The mediation board rejected the UMW demand for a union shop in captive mines. The strike and potential sympathy walkouts risk broad impact on coal production and naval construction in San Diego. Army intelligence efforts and political pressure frame a tense labor crisis with Union leaders hinting at decisive actions.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Defense Mediation Board
UMW
Union
San Diego
Calif
Pacific Fleet
AFL
Navy
United States
CIO
Naval Construction
Roosevelt
Daniel M. Tobin
AFL Teamsters Union
Detroit
British Diplomat Visits Japanese Foreign Office
Sir Robert Leslie Craigie, the British Ambassador, called at Japan’s Foreign Office in Tokyo today. The visit appears to align with London instruction to discuss Churchill’s blunt warning that Britain would declare war on Japan within an hour if Japan attacked the United States.
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Tokyo
Robert Leslie Craigie
Foreign Office
Churchill
Britain
Japan
United States
Robert
London
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