Strike Control Legislation Gaining Support In Congress
Congress committees move quickly on strike containment measures while Roosevelt boards press labor disputes in coal mines and railroads. Glass calls for strict regulation and penalties for strikers as 350,000 operating railway workers seek pay hikes and 900,000 non operating rail workers push for higher wages. A three man board for captive coal mines led by Lewis Fairless and Steelman plans binding decisions on union membership to keep mine jobs.
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House
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Glass
Chicago
AFL
St. Louis
OFM
Navy
White House
New York
John L. Lewis
CIO
United Mine Workers
Benjamin Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
John R. Steelman
United States Conciliation Service
Clash Over Price Control in House Rally
House Minority Leader Martin of Massachusetts said GOP members will push to send the price-control bill back to the banking committee if a licensing provision is added. On the floor Democrats Cox of Georgia and Dies of Texas urged re commitment with Dies accusing price administration officials of Communist affiliations.
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Washington
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Banking Committee
Cox
Georgia
Dies
Texas
The
Price Administration
Schedule Exams for Ohio Mine Positions
Examinations for mine foremen and fire bosses under Ohio’s mining code are set in several cities this December. Bellaire on the 8th, Amsterdam 9th, Canton 10th, New Philadelphia 11th, Cambridge 12th, Glouster 15th, Gallipolis 16th, and Jackson 17th. Successful applicants receive certificates, but employment depends on operators.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bellaire
Amsterdam
Canton
New Philadelphia
Cambridge
Glouster
Gallipolis
Jackson
Defense Census Aids Canton Churches Amid Boom
A city-wide census begins Thursday with about 3000 canvassers from Protestant Catholic Greek Orthodox and Hebrew churches. The effort seeks to reach families who moved to Canton as part of the defense boom.
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Canton
Two Billion Slash Urged in Non-Defense Spending
The Congress of American Industry urged immediate non-defense spending cuts of 2 billion by the federal government and similar reductions by state and local governments. The plan, backed by Charles E. Wilson and the National Association of Manufacturers, argues waste in non-defense spending could hinder defense funding and questions affording 18 billion in non-defense activities alongside defense needs.
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NEW York
Congress of American Industry
Charles E. Wilson
National Association of Manufacturers
General Electric Co
Association
Lower Class Postmasters Seek Raises
The Senate will be asked to include third and fourth class postmasters among postal employees who would receive pay raises for long service. Mead will sponsor the change, proposing five percent for third class postmasters with ten years of service by January 1, 1942 and ten percent for fourth class postmasters, plus an additional five percent after five more years.
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Washington
Senate
House
Mead
D-Ny
Soldier Bruce Alexander Elected Justice of the Peace
Supply Sergeant Bruce Alexander, elected without campaigning by residents of Elyria Ohio, is set to take the oath of office as justice of the peace. He hopes for a special furlough from Camp Callan to return home on January 2 to assume duties.
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Camp Callan
Calif
Bruce Alexander
Elyria
Hit-Skip Driver Kills Lancaster Boy Age 4
A hit-and-run driver killed 4-year-old Richard D. Short, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Short of Lancaster, last night. Police Capt George W Neely said the boy was hurled 75 feet by the car, the family said.
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Lancaster
Richard D. Short
Harold Short
George W. Neely
Richard
Don
United States Surpasses Britain in Tank Production
A defense official says the United States has outstripped Great Britain in tank output as of today. Military sources note that at least half of U S tanks are rushed to front lines under the lease lead program for service against the Axis. Production plans target 33 000 light and medium tanks annually as part of a proposed victory program with a large share already going to Britain for Libya offensive strength.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Ohio 37th Division Radio Program Tonight
CAMP SHELBY Miss a 37th Division radio program features an address by Major Gen. Robert S Beightler directed to Ohio listeners at 8 30 tonight over Station WHAS Louisville Other segments include 145th Infantry band music
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Robert S. Beightler
Ohio
WHAS
Louisville
Death Toll From Depth Charge Explosions On Reuben James
Survivors recount that depth charges on the torpedoed destroyer Reuben James exploded while sailors clung to life rafts. They say two charges were set to explode at 50 and 100 feet, killing men entangled in wreckage as they tried to reach lifeboats in icy waters near Iceland. One survivor swam hours after two blasts crippled a raft and ripped life jackets. Secretary Knox verified two explosions but could not confirm their effect.
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New York
Reuben James
Iceland
Robert Carr
Buffalo
Lloyd Sims
Marianna
Fla
Knox
Washington
Company Lifts Ban on Indian Country
Kansas City report notes John H. North, age 96, receives full policy payout of $2,000 after 64 years of premiums. The insurer, once banning travel in Indian country without written permission, ends the 1877 contract restrictions as North’s policy matures on his birthday.
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Kansas City
John H. North
North
Army To Give Furloughs as Yuletide Gifts
The army announced 700000 to 800000 soldiers will receive Yuletide furloughs, about half of land forces. Plans, in cooperation with the Association of American Railways, aim to move troops home early to ease Christmas travel.
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Washington
War Department
Association of American Railways
Governor weighs six flogging clemency pleas
Governor Eugene Talmadge weighed today clemency pleas of six men convicted of night time floggings. He urged ministers and a prosecutor to keep freedom intact, noting flogging is dangerous but that good people can be misled. He recalled a similar broad daylight incident in his own past.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
England to Check on British Subjects in U S
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden pledged in the House of Commons to consider asking the United States for the names of British subjects in America. He was answering Geoffrey L. Mander who pressed for details on what form of national service Britons abroad are performing for Britain's war effort.
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London
Anthony Eden
United States
America
Britain
House of Commons
Geoffrey L. Mander
Nazis Plan to Destroy Belgrade Found by White House
The White House said government intelligence reports Germany planned to raze Belgrade, capital of occupied Yugoslavia, believing Serbian guerrillas use it as a base of operations.
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Washington
White House
Germany
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Vega Aircraft awards $700000 contract for tanks
Mansfield Burbank Calif Vega Aircraft Co awards a $700,000 contract to Westinghouse Electric in Mansfield Ohio for construction of auxiliary gasoline line tanks for Boeing warplanes.
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Mansfield Burbank
Calif
Vega Aircraft Co
Westinghouse Electric
Mansfield
Ohio
Boeing
Ozark Youth Starves So Best of Family Can Eat
In Missouri a 19 year old, George Walker Gordon, starved to death to allow his family to survive. The one room Ozarks cabin, burned recently, housed seven siblings and parents. Neighbors spotted a girl walking to the burned hulk and authorities investigated. The Red Cross had helped with union fees for George and his father to seek work at Camp Crowder. Dr Elburn A Smith attributed the death to Pellagra and starvation.
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Ozark
Money
George Walker Gordon
George
Elburn A. Smith
Barry County
American Red Cross
J. R. Gordon
Camp Crowder
Dr. Smith
Navy enlistment drop after destroyer sinkings
Secretary of the Navy Knox reports the torpedoing of the Kearny and the Reuben James cut Navy enlistments by 15 percent, with a slow return to 10 000 to 11 000 monthly. Officials warn shortages persist and selectees may be needed if declines continue. Parents withholding consent blamed for reduced minor enlistments.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
U. S
Kearny
C. W. Nimitz
Navy
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
United States
Germany Claims East War Finished In Speech
Berlin reports Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop told anti Comintern pact signers that Germany has won the eastern campaign and war now pits Germany only against Britain and its Atlantic allies. He said U S arms to England won t change outcomes and Russia cannot alter them. He called German plans for US attack fantastical and accused Roosevelt of instigating the war and propaganda.
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Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
East
Britain
United States
England
Russia
Hitler
South America
von Ribbentrop
Roosevelt
Defense Lobby Probe Is Urged
Washington report says Charles West a former Ohio Rep and interior official sues Rep B J Gehrmann seeking help to push a racketeering lobbyists investigation while awaiting a New York court ruling on Empire Ordnance Corp likely to affect contractors. West claims a 1 percent commission on sales. Empire Ordnance denies the charges.
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Washington
Charles West
Ohio
Interior
B. J. Gehrmann
R.-Prog
Wis
New York
Empire Ordnance Corporation
West
Body found in California may reveal missing Wilberforce professor
The deceased man, found poisoned in a Black YMCA, awaits a photograph to confirm if he is Robert Coleman Jr a Wilberforce University Ohio professor. He registered as Donald Ellis of New York City four days earlier, claiming he hunted for work.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Wilberforce University
Ohio
Robert Coleman, Jr
Donald Ellis
New York City
Ohio State Herpetologist Faces Hospital after Snake Bite
Herbert L. Rausch, an Ohio State University senior from Marion, suffers a bite from a water moccasin while pursuing his hobby of keeping poisonous snakes. He is recovering at University Hospital as he plans to enter herpetology after graduation.
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Columbus
Herbert L. Rausch
Ohio State University
Marion, O
University Hospital
Rausch
Marion
American Soldier Dies Under Nazi Gun Fire
United States Army Sergeant Delmer Parks of Phoenix Arizona was killed by German machine gun fire yesterday in Eastern Libya while serving as a technician and observer with American made tanks.
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Cairo
Egypt
United States Army
Delmer Parks
Phoenix
Ariz
Libya
Roosevelt accuses Time Magazine of printing a disgusting lie
President Roosevelt says Time Magazine published a disgusting lie about Chilean President Pedro Aguirre Cerda and that the article serves Axis propagandists in South America. He reveals the U S government has apologized to Chile for the piece and notes the general indignation it caused.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Time Magazine
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Chile
South America
United States
No Time To Chisel Get Jobs Says Hobo Davis
Los Angeles reports Jeff Davis, king of the hoboes, argues a hobo can find work to aid national defense. He arrived by train as a paying passenger and blasts those who refuse work as just tramps and perfume bums.
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Los Angeles
Jeff Davis
Davis
2000 Ohioans To Camp For Christmas Inductions
Ohio men will be inducted for Christmas and New Year as more than 2000 service members enter camps. Camp Perry will process 1,131 white and 47 negroes after streamline examinations. Inductions end Dec 10 at Fort Hayes and Fort Thomas with hundreds more awaiting orders from Draft Calls 30 31 32 33.
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Columbus
Army
Fort Hayes
Fort Thomas
Ohio Civil Service Employees Seek 10 Percent Wage Increase
In Columbus the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association urged a blanket raise for all state workers citing rising living costs. With more than 4 000 members, the group asked Governor and lawmakers to approve at least a 10 percent rise, noting no wage structure revision in over 20 years. An estimated 8 000 to 9 000 of about 20 000 workers are under civil service.
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Columbus
Ohio Civil Service
Cleveland livestock show opens with cattle and sheep judging
Boys and girls from farms in 40 Ohio counties groomed cattle and sheep for ribbons at the 17th annual Cleveland livestock show. Judging began today.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Axis sees US Dutch Guiana move as moral war impact
The wartime commentary argues the occupation of Dutch Guiana by American troops signals resolve to defend Hemisphere interests. It highlights Pan American cooperation with Brazil, potential effects on Axis morale, and possible pressure on Vichy France to limit concessions to Germany.
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Hitler
Dutch Guiana
Axis
United States
Brazil
Sam
Turkey
Surinam
Association For Ideas
Tokyo
Dutch East Indies
Axis Battles Expand in Libya and Moscow Fronts
British and German forces pile into the Rezegh plateau ten miles south of Tobruk as Rommel throws reserves into a decisive Libyan clash. A German tank thrust crosses into Egypt near Sidi Omar and Halfaya Pass, while Soviet counterattacks push back Nazis near Rostov and Moscow. An Axis victory claim cites Gialo Oasis fall. Dragon cruiser torpedoed though denied by Britain. US asks Americans in Japan to leave. 360 remain, mostly missionaries.
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Rezegh
Tobruk
Egypt
Sidi Omar
Halfaya Pass
Erwin Rommel
el Agheila
Gulf of Sidra
Bengali
Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Rostov-on-Don
S. A. Lozovsky
Rostov
Verdun
Stalinogorsk
Venev
Cairo
Middle East
London
Mussolini
Gialo Oasis
Libya
Dragon
Atlantic
Ministry of Information
Far East
U. S
Japan
Stanley Slavens
Japanese Empire
Bullitt Named Special Representative to Near East
William C Bullitt, veteran diplomat and anti Axis voice, is appointed by President Roosevelt as special representative to the Near East. He will cover regions along the Mediterranean and Red Seas including Libya and report developments and allied needs to the President.
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Washington
William C. Bullitt
Axis
Roosevelt
Near East
Soviet
Russia
France
Mediterranean
Red Seas
Libya
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