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21 Nov 1940
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Athens Messenger in Athens, Ohio
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1940
Page
1
Attacks Considered Opening of New Night Bombing Campaign
Nazi planes bombed Midlands industrial targets in a second large night raid. Observers report heavy anti aircraft fire and mass explosions as Britain fears a broad night bombing offensive aimed at Sheffield Birmingham Glasgow and Liverpool. Officials note some damage but morale remains high while researchers seek radar locating methods for interceptors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midlands
London
Coventry
Panzer Division
Germany
Sheffield
Birmingham
Glasgow
Liverpool
Britain
Budapest
Spain
Italy
Bulgaria
Hitler
Europe
Midland
England
Skoda
Czecho-Slovakia
Berlin
May Draft Murray as CIO Leader
Sidney Hillman urged Murray to become CIO president at the CIO AFL unity session in Atlantic City. Murray denied candidacy, stressing labor ideals. Hillman backed anti Communist rules and urged unity while keeping CIO goals, amid AFL Lewis tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
CIO
Atlantic City
N. J
Sidney Hillman
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
Hillman
National Defense
Labor
American Federation of Labor
REDS
Girl's Heart Slowed By Dangerous Drug
BAYONNE New Jersey doctors saved 11 year old Dorothy Quigley after her heart raced for three weeks at 290 pulsations a minute and her chest expanded three inches. Mediolyl, a powerful drug often fatal, was used as the last resort and produced a rapid normalizing response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayonne
N. J
Science
Dorothy Quigley
Robbers Smash Slot Machines at Country Club Clubhouse
Four masked burglars forced entry to the Country Club yesterday, shattered about a dozen slot machines and vending devices with hammers, injured two attendants, and escaped with an undetermined cash haul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Pogue Promoted to State Teachers Retirement Secretary
George M. Pogue, 64, promoted from assistant secretary after seven years with the state teachers retirement system. He succeeds the former secretary and takes on leadership of the retirement program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Teachers’ Retirement System
George M. Pogue
Secree
U S to Sell Bombers to Britain as Fast as Built
Washington reports 26 large four engined B 24 bombers released for sale to Britain with 20 B 17C bombers under negotiation for early release. Marshall notes first B 24 delivered last Saturday from San Diego and further deliveries by March. Observers from American army also stationed in British warplanes over the Isles and Channel and in Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Army
Lean
Cenroca
Ewe Newow OM Marshall
Army
Coventry
England
Birmingham
Marshall
Consolidated Aircraft Company
San Diego
Calif
Army High Command
Boeing Aircraft Corporation
Seattle
Wash
United States Navy
British Isles
Germany
General Marshall
Doughton Sees Reduction of Relief in 1941
Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means Committee said federal relief expenditures should shrink next year. He predicted a new tax bill to raise at least enough revenue to cover normal government expenses. He argued improved business and more jobs could cut relief costs, and he opposed passing future generations more debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Doughton
D-N.c
House
Ways and Means
White House
Coughton
Actress Constance and Joan Bennett Mother Dies in New York
Mrs Adri ene Morrison age 52 mother of actresses Constance and Joan Bennett was found dead yesterday in the bathroom of her apartment at 61 East 66th Street New York City authorities reported no immediate motive and the case is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adrienne Morrison
Constance and
Joan Bennett
East 66Th Street
Ohio Thanksgiving Observances Across State
Ohio observes Thanksgiving with church services feasts and sports programs shared by 35 states. God's Bible School in Cincinnati prepared a turkey dinner for 25 000 needs with bus transport and gifts of clothing for guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ohio
America
Youngstown
South High Field House
Ohio University
Xavier
Ohio Wesleyan
Dayton
John Carroll
Akron
Miami
Cincinnati
Case Vf Western Reserve
Cleveland
Ohio National Guardsmen
National Defense
Camp Shelby
Miss
Columbus
Thanksgiving Divides Household Splits Across States
Mr and Mrs William Adams of Council Bluffs Iowa celebrated 39 years of marriage with a split Thanksgiving Adams wife works in a Council Bluffs department store while her husband on vacation in Omaha will work across the river on Nebraska day Adams plans to work November 28 as Iowa and Nebraska holidays differ this year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
William Adams
Council Bluffs
Adams
Nebraska
Iowa
U S Farmers Urged To Help Latin America
Syracuse dispatch reports Ches ter C. Davis of the National Defense Commission urging American farmers to abandon some traditions to aid Latin America. He says cooperation is needed to keep the Western Hemisphere free from economic and military dictatorships and that farmers should have a constructive voice as plans develop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Latin America
Chester C. Davis
National Defense Commission
David
Commission
National Orange
America
Davis
United States
Knox Denies U. 5 Ships Stopped Vessels in Gulf
Secretary Knox denied that U S naval vessels stopped two ships off Tampico Mexico on Monday. He said false statements have been given out for propaganda and that American ships on patrol have not halted those vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
U. 5
Gulf
Washington
Tampico
Mexico
Bossie Substitutes for Sacred Cow at Brookside Zoo
Florence the sacred cow at Brookside Zoo refused to nurse her newborn calf Neva. The zoo issued an SOS for a foster mother. Farmer Solomon Mendelsohn of Elyria answered with an animal named Bossie to help raise the calf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Florence
Brookside Zoo
Neva
Solomon Mendelsohn
Elyria
Bossie
Acquit Woman Charged With Killing Mother
Miss Lulu Blair was acquitted of murder in Harrisville case. Jury deliberated 30 minutes after three days of trial moved from Ritchie County. Defense cited defendant’s belief a prowler caused the death and missing money as key factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Lulu Blair
Harrisville
Ritchie County
Vernie Curtis Blair
E. B. Pennybacker
Wood County
Thanksgiving Weather Outlook Above Freezing Across Midwest
Temperatures were expected to stay above freezing across the nine state north central district for Thanksgiving Day. Forecaster H A Downs said skies would be generally fair in Northern Illinois Indiana the Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
North Central Weather District
Weather Bureau
H. A. Downs
Illinois
Indiana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Cleveland man killed in Monroeville traffic crash
Norwalk report says J. F. Strickland, 58, of Cleveland died in a crash near Monroeville while en route to LaFayette Indiana to dine with his son for Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
J. F. Strickland
Cleveland
Monroeville
LaFayette
Ind
Berlin Claims Birmingham Heavily Damaged by Raids
Nazi forces launched a second all out attack on the British Midlands targeting Birmingham and surrounding towns while Britain and its allies report heavy raids on London and Coventry. Axis diplomacy moves Hungary into the Rome Berlin Tokyo pact as Greece pushes Italian lines near Konitza and Koritza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Birmingham
England
Nazi Germany
Hungary
Tokyo
English Midlands
Vienna
Adolf Hitler
Athens
Konitza
Greece
Albania
Mount Morava
Koritza
British Air Command
Carpenters Hired Fast at Fort Meade Amid War Build Up
Washington Star reporter Robert Bruskin recounts his hiring as a carpenter at Fort Meade Maryland where pay starts at 75 dollars weekly or more with overtime. A queue of laborers including cab drivers and farmers sought jobs as a construction surge for National Guard and draftee housing continues. Bruskin passes social and union enrollment steps, noting an initiation fee of 57.50 dollars and a payment plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Meade
Washington
Robert Bruskin
WasHington Star
Fort Meade, Md
Bruskin
The
Star
Robert
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
AFL
Buddy
Navy to Seek Additional Funds and Expand Training
Secretary Knox said more fleet divisions of the naval reserves will be ordered to active duty in December and January as the Navy plans to request extra funds from Congress. He also announced new Candidate Schools for Marine Corps reserve officers and the enlistment of 1,200 recent graduates at Quantico to bolster officer personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naval Reserves
Knox
Navy
Congress
Navy Department
Marine Corps Reserve
Quantico
Marine Corps
Bricker Criticizes School Chief Dietrich in Inquest
Gov. John W. Bricker said he has little control over the education director's office and is probing Director E. N. Dietrich for political activity. He repeats plans to form a state board of education and will pursue a constitutional amendment for the Legislature, despite the 1939 defeat. Dietrich and subordinates are accused of violating the principle of keeping the department out of politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Education
John W. Bricker
E. N. Dietrich
Bricker
Board of Education
Dietrich
Legion Asks Uniforms For Mate Guard Units
In Indianapolis commanders and adjutants of the American Legion's 58 departments adopted a resolution urging the War Department to provide a national uniform to equip state guard units. A second resolution asked the federal government to issue a commemorative stamp in 1943 for the Legion's 25th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
American Legion
War Department
Legion
Prominent Merchant Succumbs at Vinton
Woods McCarley a 59 year old Vinton merchant died suddenly Tuesday night after a heart attack. He is survived by his wife and son Walter. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at two o'clock at Vinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers
American Labor
Amalgamated
Sol A. Rosenblatt
Democratic Nationalmmittee
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Roosevelt
Sheck Rosenblatt
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POGUE
Great Britain
U.S
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Sitka
Alaska
Uncle Sam
Hugh Dowler
Dowleig
Wyoming
Thanksgiving
Leiuurh Lie
Daina Araiudl
Near East
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Ton Antonescu
Axis
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Channel
Die Wehrmacht
Bricker Raps
Vinton
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