Russians Acknowledge New Threat to Moscow in War News
Soviet reports described heavy losses for Germany as the invasion forces faced counterattacks near Kalinin north of Moscow and near Rostov on Don. British and New Zealand troops pressed a Libyan advance from Tobruk toward westward lines, while Mussolini’s command admitted Gondar’s fall in East Africa.
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Russia
Moscow
Rezegh
Tobruk
Cairo
New Zealand
Middle East
Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Kalinin
Klin
Ukraine
Rostov on-Don
Donets River
Alan Cunningham
Libya
London
Ed Duda
Egypt
BBC
Crete
Mussolini
Gondar
Italy
East Africa
Lake Tana
Ethiopia
Duce
Haile Selassie
North Africa
Germany
East Anglia
England
Tugmen Walkout Threatened in Great Lakes Labor Dispute
In Buffalo New York a general walkout of tugmen at nearly all Great Lakes ports below the Canadian border has been called for today following a local dispute between an AFL union and the Great Lakes Towing Company.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Great Lakes
AFL
Great Lakes Towing Company
Five Die In Fire In Shreveport Downtown Rooming House
Five members of an Omaha Nebraska family burned to death and two others seriously injured in a downtown Shreveport Louisiana rooming house fire early today.
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Shreveport
Omaha, Neb
Arbitra tion dropped from anti strik e bill in labor panel
The House Labor Committee dropped compulsory arbitration from defense industry anti strike legislation at the administration’s request. CIO leaders opposed the move, while Democratic Leader McCormack urged its removal. Senate and House panels planned swift action next week amid disputes over plant seizure and open or closed shop provisions.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
McCormack
Massachusetts
Congress
CIO
AFL
National Association of Manufacturers
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Roosevelt
National Defense Mediation Board
Philip Murray
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers
Capive
Bricker Declines Direct Answer On Third Term Bid
Governor John W Bricker dodges questions about a possible third term after Seventh District Republican leaders endorsed him. Don Power, Bricker's executive secretary, reportedly disclosed the endorsement and power says Bricker guessed he would seek re election.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Seventh Congressional District
Springfield
Don Power
Bricker
Power
Kirk Dies of Crash Injuries
Walter K Kirk aged 60 national agricultural leader and head of the Ohio Grange since 1928 died from injuries after his auto left the highway and struck a tree near Columbus while returning from a Stark County Grange meeting in Canton. He died about 15 hours after the collision. A native of La Carne Ottawa County he lived in northern Ohio and operated a farm at La Carne.
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Columbus
Walter K Kirk
Ohio Grange
Kirk
State Grange
Stark County
Canton
la Carne
Port Clinton
Ottawa County
Ohio
Army Navy Shuffle Delays Drafted Man
Paul Wallace received a navy enlistment and an army draft call on the same day. The navy declined to take him due to the army call, and the draft board deferred him because of the navy enlistment. The navy then ordered him to report December 19, but the army, citing priority, ordered December 3.
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Toledo
Ore
Paul Wallace
Navy
Draft
Army
Freight Train Kills Shawnee Machinist
Ernest Clark age 45 a machinist for the Clay Craft Brick Company was struck and killed by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train yesterday in Perry County town.
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Ernest Clark
Claycraft Brick Company
Baltimore and Ohio
Perry County
State Meeting Set in Sales Tax Dispute
A statewide meeting in Columbus on December 11 will unite city officials and local groups to press for a larger share of sales tax receipts for local subdivisions. Eighteen officials from nine cities urged Gov. Bricker to call a special session. if rejected, initiative petitions may seek a constitutional amendment.
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Cleveland
Columbus
Chambers of Commerce
Ohio League of Municipalities
John W. Bricker
George J. Harter
Akron
Ohio 37th Division Prepares for Review
Soldiers of the 37th Ohio Division shine mess kits and polish shoes as 14 000 men prepare to march past Maj. Gen. Robert S Beightler in a morning on foot review at Camp Shelby Miss. It is the first review since the Louisiana maneuvers.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
37Th Ohio Division
Robert S. Beightler
Two Jackson Children Die in Barn Fire Tragedy
Trapped in a burning barn haymow, six year old John Wayne Brown and five year old Ronnie Brown perished. They were the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Brown in Jackson.
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Jackson
John Wayne Brown
Ronnie
Wayne Brown
Youngsters Bid for Honors At Chicago Livestock Show
Chicago 42nd International Livestock Exposition opens with 1500 youths from across the United States competing in junior livestock judging, collegiate crops, and the national boys and girls club congress. 4-H girls have twice captured grand champion steer in recent years, reflecting rising youth prominence in farm competition.
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Chicago
United States
FD Calls Parley on New Legislation for Next Week
President Roosevelt will convene Treasury experts and congressional leaders at the White House next week to seek agreement on a proposed tax bill with a payroll withholding plan. Senate Finance Committee Chairman George indicated a likely January start for any new revenue measure despite urgent Treasury appeals. Taft opposed social security style taxation, urging a transparent payroll tax if enacted.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
White House
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Georgia
Taft
Ohio
Youth Councils Spark Ohio Farm Youth Retention
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation credits youth councils with keeping young farmers from leaving for city jobs or defense industries. James R. Moore notes councils formed across Ohio. Townsend adds federal help can ease farm labor shortages by conserving and using manpower efficiently.
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Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio
James R. Moore
Ohio Farm Bureau News
Moore
M. Clifford Townsend
Office of Agricultural Defense Relations
Price Control Bill Faces Licensing and Trading Powers Vote
Roosevelt allies mount a final push behind a licensing amendment to give price control legislation enforcement teeth. The measure would license producers of ceilinged commodities to curb violations and include a government market intervention clause allowing buy and sell actions to influence prices.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary Sweeney To Convene Election Law Clinics
Columbus Secretary of State John E. Sweeney announced plans to invite county election board members to clinics on election laws next year. The effort aims to explain recent changes and ensure proper administration across counties.
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Columbus
John E. Sweeney
Japan weighs terms to avoid war with Allies
The war talk in Tokyo centers on whether Japan will accept Washington’s terms or seek expansion. Foreign Office spokesman Kishi offers cautious noncommittal comments as Japan fears a broader European war could push it toward a clash with the United States and Britain. War not inevitable, observers say, but Axis victory or defeat could sway decisions.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Japan
Washington
Nippon
America
Britain
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Kishi
Hitler
Moscow
Libya
Vichy
United States
England
Congress Vote as War Sentiment Test Proposal
Rep Robert F Jones calls for moving next year’s congressional election from November to March to serve as a test of war sentiment. The Lima Ohio Republican argues a popular vote would clear the atmosphere and show national unity or division regarding foreign policy.
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Washington
Robert F. Jones
Lima
Jones
Two Killed as Fog Blankets Ohio in Rail Crossing Crash
A dense early morning fog grounded transport and caused a fatal crash near Findlay. At Rawson a passenger train struck an automobile at a fog covered crossing killing Russell Wentworth aged 45 and Charles Crow aged 44, both of Rawson.
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Columbus
Ohio
Rawson
Findlay
Russell Wentworth
Charles Crow
Rates Announced for Loans on Tobacco
The Agriculture Department announced loan rates for 1941 tobacco crops including Burley-type at 31.20 cents per pound, pegged to 85 percent of parity. The rates apply to barley, fire-cured and dark air cured tobaccos and set the terms growers may use for financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Canton Ordnance Plant Expanding Production
Canton naval ordnance plant hires 25 to 30 workers weekly and employs 1,078. Plant operates at about 25 percent of capacity under plant manager Roy V. Gavert of Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co, as expansion continues.
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Canton
Naval Ordnance Plant
Roy V. Gavert
Westingshouse Electric & Mfg. Co
Farm Program for Post War Stabilizes Economy
R. M. Evans, Agricultural Adjustment administrator, outlined a six point plan at the Illinois Agricultural Association meeting to steer the postwar farm economy. The program calls using current farm measures, keeping programs strong yet flexible, preserving export imports balance, maintaining an ever normal granary with loans and quotas, promoting observation farming and grass as a crop, and ensuring balanced production to feed all Americans.
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Evans
Illinois Agricultural Association
America
Burr Oak Dam Seeks Endorsements From Athens County Towns
Burr Oak Dam Association officials M. M. Bryson and W. H. Stahl began a tour Thursday to urge town councils to pass resolutions endorsing the Burr Oak Dam Project. Glouster and Athens have already endorsed.
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Glouster
M. M. Bryson
Burr Oak Dam Association
W. H. Stahl
Athens County
Athens
Steel Employes Get Pay for 1937 Strike
About 2,000 to 3,000 Republic Steel Corp employes in Cleveland received back pay for the 1937 Little Steel strike. The total amount was not announced, but union reps estimated around 1.5 million dollars while Republic chairman Tom M. Girdler had dismissed a 7.5 million figure as exaggeration.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Tom M. Girdler
Republic
Lost Dog Makes 30 Mile Hike Home
Nemo the Boston terrier belonging to Jimmy Cotter and William Cook vanished during a rabbit hunt near Chesterhill Wednesday afternoon. After a long search he reappeared at the door, exhausted from a 30 mile trek, then ate his supper while resting.
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Glouster
Nemo
Jimmy Cotter
William Cook
Chesterhill
Cotter
Terrier
U.S. Rules Out Compromise on Chinese Issue with Japan
Washington sources report the United States will not compromise with Japan on China policy and may arm American merchant ships in the Pacific as a precaution.
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Washington
Japan
Pacific
President Harrison sails with 700 Marines amid Far East tensions
The president dispatched 700 American Marines to an undisclosed destination as Peiping and Tientsin detachments prepare to sail from Chingwangtao. White House says merchant ships on Pacific routes will not be armed, while officials warn the Far East crisis could escalate despite peace hopes. Senators Connally and George doubt immediate war, while Taft warns of a possible explosion amid Japanese threats and diplomatic talks with Nomura and Kurusu.
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Shanghai
Harrison
China
Peiping
Tientsin
Chingwangtao
North China
Pacific
Far East
United States
White House
Roosevelt
Tokyo
America
Thailand
Hull
Japan
Connally
Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Indo-China
Siam
George
House
McCormack
Mass
Germany
Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
Kurusu
Taft
Ohio
Knox
Tragic Drowning of 3-Year-Old in Yard Well
Wretha Markel, three year old daughter of John Markel of Bolindale, drowned in an eight foot well in the yard of her home. The accident occurred in the Bolindale area and prompted a search by local residents and authorities. The child's disappearance and death highlight safety concerns for outdoor wells in residential areas.
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Niles
Wretha Markel
John Markel
Bolindale
Jker
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