White House discussed measures to curb war walkouts
Congressional advocates of curbing defense industry strikes met with President Roosevelt who favored a cooling off period possibly followed by arbitration. The talks occurred as AFL machinists in St. Louis delayed production and railroads faced wage disputes with calls to government control for the emergency. A federal arbitration board planned in New York aimed to settle the captive coal mine shop dispute while other strikes and wage tensions raged nationwide.
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Roosevelt
House
Rayburn
McCormack
Mass
Martin
Thanaadhia
Vavinw Tresande
Poyerwes
AFL
St. Louis
Office of Production Management
John R. Steelman
Federal Conciliation Service
New York
ALF Teamsters
Railway Express Agency, Inc
Detroit
Chicago
Morgantown
W. Va
Ordnance Works
Welders
Senators Criticize Sending Troops to Dutch Guiana Action
U S troops dispatched to Dutch Guiana drew Senate praise and questions about Franco American ties. Observers link move to protect bauxite supplies vital to aluminum, while Brazil allies with U S and Dutch forces. Some see leverage against Vichy and potential Free French scenarios in the region.
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Panama Canal
U. S. Caribbean
Dutch Guiana
Surinam
Washington
United States
Senate
Roosevelt
Germany
Dakar
France
Afca
French Guiana
South America
Brazil
U. S
Vichy
Western Hemisphere
Pension Granted While In Lima State Hospital
The police pension board awarded a $100 monthly disability pension to Hen Woehrman a 42 year old former fireman committed to Lima State Hospital for Criminal Insane after he shot his son Henry Jr last March 13. Assistant City Law Director Charles White said the pension was compulsory if disability existed.
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Cleveland
Police Pension Board
Hen Woehrman
Lima State Hospital
Henry, Jr
Charles White
Expect Relief From Cold Wave Tomorrow
Cold wave plunging Ohio temps to season lows eased with Youngstown dipping to 21 and Columbus Akron and Cleveland at 22 while Toledo reached 23. Skies cleared and warmer weather was forecast for today and tomorrow.
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Columbus
Mercury
Ohio
Youngstown
Akron
Cleveland
Toledo
Mrs. Anna Bannister Dies in Middleport
Mrs. Anna Bannister aged 75 died this morning at the home of her sister Mrs. Frank Knowles in Middleport. She is survived by two sisters Mrs. Knowles and Mrs. Tom Lewis of Middleport and two other sisters and a brother. Funeral arrangements unclear.
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Pomeroy
Anna Bannister
Frank Knowles
Middleport
Knowles
Tom Lewis
Wind and Snow Paralyze Montana Towns and Halt 400 Cars
A violent wind and snow storm swept central and northwestern Montana isolating eight towns and stalling 400 automobiles between Great Falls and Belt. One death was reported, winds averaged near 50 mph with gusts to 80 mph. Rotary snow plows freed stalled motorists, none injured. A chinook later raised Missoula temperatures 51 degrees in three hours.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Great Falls
Belt
Missoula
Piece of Glass Taken From Woman's Throat
Helen Cain 29 went to a physician after feeling throat pain. A half inch by one eighth inch piece of glass was removed. She recalled an automobile accident nine years earlier in which she was cut by windshield glass.
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Lorain
Helen Cain
Boy Witnesses Plane Crash Writes Cause Before Die
In Bucyrus yesterday a small airplane lost control at about 1000 feet. Fred Keller, a 17 year old high school senior, scribbled the cause of the crash on the fuselage with a pencil before the craft plunged to the ground. He survived with a sprained shoulder.
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Bucyrus
Fred Keller
Keller
Announce Furlough for Ohio Soldiers in 37th
Ohio soldiers of the 37th Division will receive a maximum of 16 days furlough during the Christmas holidays. Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler, division commander, announced yesterday.
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Camp Shelby
Ohio
Robert S. Beightler
Two Trains Collide in Wyoming Freight Crash Kills Two
Two trainmen died and three were injured when a westbound freight crashed into another westbound train at Edson Wyoming. Nineteen cars burned as a blaze destroyed the wrecked locomotives and cars. Union Pacific officials reported the switch collision occurred as the second train was pulling onto the main line.
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Omaha
Edson
Wyo
Union Pacific Railroad
Daugherty Estate Valued at $364 185 in Probate Inventory
The probate court inventory lists Harry M. Daugherty attorney general under Harding as leaving an estate of 364 185. The document details assets and valuation for settlement.
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Columbus
Harry M. Daugherty
Harding
Serbian band broken after five hour clash. 150 killed
Berlin reports a four and a half from Serbian Communist group battle ending with 150 Serbs killed and 900 captured. details remain unclear.
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Berlin
Thirteen Join Nazi Anti Comintern Pact Prompts Global Stakes
A Berlin conference highlights thirteen governments joining the Nazi backed six nation Anti Comintern pact led by Germany. The move aims to oppose Bolshevism and shape a New Order, while foreseeing the likely destruction of either Nazi or Communist regimes in the war and aligning with Allied aims to defeat Hitlerism.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Stalin
Fuehrer
Berlin
Reich
Arvors
John Bull
Herr Hitler
Finnish Aid To Germany Deplored By U S Officials
Secretary of War Stimson and Major General Burns condemned Finland for aiding Germany by using Finnish troops to close the Murmansk Moscow supply line. They urged Finland to change its stance saying the move harms Finnish, US and lend lease interests and benefits Germany.
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Washington
Stimson
Murmansk-Moscow
Russia
James H. Burns
Germany
Burns
Finland
United States
Plane Building Rate Increases
Aviation Magazine says military aircraft production has reached halfway to Roosevelt's 50 000 planes per year goal. Output is within 10 percent of last year's schedule and defense authorities expect full pace by year end. Deliveries exceed 2 000 planes monthly, and by mid 1942 will rise to 3 000 to 3 500 monthly.
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New York
Roosevelt
Aviation Magazine
Eligibility of Married Teachers Made Issue
Dismissal of a Cleveland teacher after her marriage last Saturday spurs a potential court challenge to whether a local rule banning marriage of female teachers is a reasonable regulation under the state teacher tenure law.
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Cleveland
Oberlin Workers Elect Bargaining Agent
The Independent Oberlin College Employees Association will be the exclusive bargaining agent for college staff. In the election, 137 workers voted for the independent group, seven against, and 45 did not vote. They previously rejected AFL CIO affiliated unions last June.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College Employes Association
College
Mrs Gille Bus kirk McGillvary Dies In McArthur
Mrs Gille Bus kirk McGillvary aged 61 died at her sister’s home in McArthur Monday. Born in Vinton County she lived in Columbus for years before moving last spring to her sister’s home. She is survived by her husband Donald McGillvary and sister Mrs Aaron Will. Funeral is Wednesday at 2 PM at McArthur Triai Episcopal Church with Rev R G Purring ton officiating. Burial in Elk Cemetery.
Meigs Night Club Burned in Shenang Springs Fire
Meigs County's only night club at Shenang Springs burned to the ground early Tuesday. The origin is unknown. The main building was destroyed while tourist cabins on the grounds were undamaged. Located on State Route 7 between Pomeroy and Chester, it was leased by Roy Betzing and Kenneth Grueser of Pomeroy. Building owned by Dr. W. F. Harless of West Virginia. Cecil Harless supervised. Building and its fixtures and stock were insured.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Shenang Springs
Chester
Roy Betzing
Kenneth Grueser
W. F. Harless
West Virginia
Cecil Harless
U S Congressmen Observe Parliament Debates in London
Five Republican congressmen from Minnesota Colorado New York watched the House of Commons debate in London. Prime Minister Churchill warned a member against counting peace terms before they are hatched. The visitors in the distinguished strangers' gallery included Gale Maas Hill Cole and Baldwin.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
United States
Commons
Richard P. Gale
Melvin J. Maas
Minnesota
William S. Hill
Colorado
W. Sterling Cole
Joseph Clark Baldwin
New York
Two Canadian Craft Destroy German Sub in North Atlantic
Two Canadian surface craft were credited today with destroying a German submarine in the North Atlantic and capturing 47 of the submarine’s crew.
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Ottawa
North Atlantic
Mass Bonus Planned for P&G Employees Across North America
Approximately 8,000 employees of the Procter & Gamble Company across Canada and the United States will share a $500,000 bonus, distributing among workers as part of the company’s wage program.
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Cincinnati
Procter & Gamble Co
Canada
United States
Public arbitration panel named for coal mine dispute
Dr. John R. Steelman chief of the U S Conciliation Service represents the public on a board with John L. Lewis and Benjamin Fairless as leaders of U S Steel to arbitrate the union shop issue in the captive coal mine dispute.
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John R. Steelman
U. S. Conciliation Service
John L. Lewis
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel
Ex Commando Head Attacks Whitehall War Policy
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes, a World War hero and former Commando commander, condemned the wartime policy in Whitehall from the House of Commons. He argued the commandos were ready to act a year earlier and criticized the prime minister for being blocked by Whitehall machinery and constitutional power.
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London
Roger Keyes
Whitehall
House of Commons
Roger
Molotov protests German treatment of Russian war prisoners
London reports a Moscow radio broadcast quoted Vyacheslav Molotov condemning Germany for brutal abuse of captured Red Army soldiers. The note alleges prisoners are forced to haul ammunition, stripped of clothing, and subjected to horrific tortures including burnings and mutilation.
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London
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Russia
Germany
Moscow
Red Army
Marietta Co Completes Last Navy Tender
PT PLEASANT W V A dispatch notes the Marietta Manufacturing Co finishing the last of four net tenders for the Navy under a 10 million dollar contract. The vessel departed New Orleans under Captain John Hottell with a crew of 20. The firm is now handling a 17 million dollar contract to build 16 mine planters for the Army signal corps.
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PT. Pleasant
W. Va
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Navy
New Orleans
John Hottell
Marietta Co
Signal Quartermaster Corps
Army
Soviet Drive Renews Push West of Rostov 62 Miles
Soviet dispatches report a major counter offensive west of Rostov-on-Don driving German forces back by 62 miles amid heavy losses to the 16th German Tank Division. British landings on the Normandy coast are denied by German defenses with light casualties reported in a separate British patrol action.
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Rostov
North Africa
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
France
Ukraine
Rostov-on-Don
Adolf Hitler
English Channel
French Channel
London
Ministry of In
Axis Claims Smashed British Offensive In North Africa
Berlin and Rome asserted the British desert drive was halted with Axis initiative. Italians and Germans said two British armored brigades were wiped out in two days and Tobruk investment unchanged. Cairo reported Tobruk garrison broke near main lines and captured over 2,000 prisoners. 119 Axis planes downed in six days. Russians pushed toward Klin as Moscow defense narrows. A 13 nation Anti Comintern pact renewed.
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Britain
Axis
Rome
Mussolini
Bardia
Tobbruk
Cairo
Tobruk
Middle East
Rezegh
New Zealand
North Africa
Fedor von Bock
Moscow
Moscow-Leningrad
Klin
Hitler
Reich
Government Tax Levy Denounced by Hamiliton Rep
Congress man at large George H. Bender of Cleveland denounces new tax burdens as unjust for Americans not in the war. He warns the national debt may reach 109 billion dollars in two years and urges repayment in raw materials from Russia China and England for lend lease loans.
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Hamilton
George H. Bender
Cleveland Republican
Bender
Butler County
United States
Russia
China
England
Nine Animals Die in Fire at Cincinnati Zoo
A late night fire at the Cincinnati Zoo killed nine animals including eight eland and a female ostrich in the African veldt housing. The blaze, the zoo's first in 24 years, left twenty five animals alive and uninjured.
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Cincinnati Zoo
Cincinnati
Holiday Shopping Nears 2.4 Billion Mark
Chicago reports holiday commerce may reach 2.4 billion dollars, surpassing 1929 by over five percent and beating last year by 11 percent. Percy Wilson of the Merchandise Mart led a 12 year survey of wholesale and retail trade forecasting a record season despite material shortages and lower prices.
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Chicago
Percy Wilson
Merchandise Mart
Santa Claus
Wilson
Britain Bound Bomber Lands at Cambridge
A four motored bomber landed at an emergency field in Cambridge after the crew reported they became lost on a flight from Texas to Patterson Field Dayton. The ship landed without incident and was to resume flight later. Port employees said the crew indicated the bomber was destined for Britain.
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Cambridge
Texas
Patterson Field
Dayton
Britain
Czech President Declares 1942 Decisive Year
London report quotes Eduard Benes, head of the Czech provisional government, stating that 1942 is decisive in the war and that the conflict cannot continue much longer.
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London
Eduard Benes
New Boston Man Dies From Auto Crash Injuries
Albert Wof ford 55 of New Boston died in Columbus from injuries after being struck by a car while examining the tail light near Washington D. C. last Friday.
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Columbus
Washingston
D. H
Albert Wofford
New Boston
Westinghouse gets $2,336,450 contract for shot
The War Department announced an award of 2,336,450 dollars to Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of Mansfield Ohio for shot.
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Washington
War Department
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Mansfield, O
Sheriff’s sale settles claim against former congressman
The nine room former home of Charles West in Rockville Maryland was sold at sheriff auction yesterday to satisfy a judgment against the former 17th Ohio District Democrat congressman and former undersecretary of the interior.
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