Britain claims control of Mediterranean as German fleet is routed
London reports a British broad offensive aimed at clearing the Mediterranean of Italian naval forces. Damaged ships include Littorio class battleship and Bolzano class cruiser. German light forces routed in the English Channel. raids on Port Laki and Tripoli noted. Rome disputes British claims while Britain cites air and naval balance of power shifts.
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London
Mediterranean
English Channel
Britain
Silent Service
Italy
Germany
RAF
Rome
Berlin
Fleet Air Arm
Sardinia
Port Laki
Lero
Dodecanese
Tripoli
Libya
Brindisi
Taranto
England
Mussolini
Grmeny
Binet
Politz
Cuxhaven
Mainz
Koblenz
Edinhoven
Duesseldorf
Mannheim
Antwerp
Boulogne
le Havre
Washington
U.S. Agriculture Department
Treasury Department
United States
Eng
Balkan
Romania
Bucharest
Ion Antonescu
Roosevelt weighs higher taxes to fund defense and budget cuts
President Roosevelt hosts a dinner with seven fiscal advisers to discuss raising revenues and trimming non military spending. Morgenthau Sullivan and budget officials propose higher individual and corporate taxes, debt limit increase, and excise boosts while ruling out a sales tax.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Administration
Treasury
Morgenthau
Sullivan
Smith
Harrison
D-Miss
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
D-Tenn
Hit Courts as Hindrance to Merit System
The Citizens League of Cleveland asks Ohio Supreme Court justices to address what it calls an unsympathetic attitude of higher courts hindering merit system adoption. It notes less than half of public offices are under merit rules despite 27 years of effort. Oscar Dunn proposes a civil service commission for Ohio’s 88 counties.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Citizens League of Cleveland
Ohio Supreme Curt
Civil Service Commission
Temperatures Rise in Ohio After Cold Spell
Ohio escaped the worst of a three day cold spell with rising temperatures and rain or snow forecast. Early morning readings climbed from 24 in Cleveland to 35 in Cincinnati by night. snow plow crews battled icy routes around Defiance Lima Newark Coshocton Cleveland Painesville Chardon and Jefferson.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Springfield
Cincinnati
State Highway Department
Defiance
Lima
Newark
Coshocton
Painesville
Chardon
Jefferson
FDR Considers Plane Use in Emergency Trip
President Roosevelt told reporters he might use the airplane for the first time in eight years if needed while away from Washington to return within 12 hours for an emergency. He noted his last flight was in 1932 from Albany to Chicago to accept his nomination.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Albany
Chicago
Weather to Continue Cold in Ohio Valley
Weather forecast for November 29 to December 4 shows temperatures below normal in the upper Ohio Valley and near or slightly below normal elsewhere. Occasional light snow is expected in the upper Ohio Valley early in the period with more general precipitation later.
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Ohio Valley
Columbus
Tennessee
Reds Opening Game Tickets Sold Out
Cincinnati baseball club announces that the Reds opening day game is sold out with over 25 000 reservations on file as the 1941 opener nears four and a half months away.
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Reds
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Baseball Club
Pro-Almazan Crowd Booes Wallace in Mexico City
A pro Almazan demonstration before the United States Embassy in Mexico City ended with tear gas after stones were hurled and two attaches cuffed. The crowd shouted Viva Almazan and down with Wallace as U S officials arrived for Avila Camacho's inauguration. Almazan withdrew his claim to the presidency, saying he seeks peace.
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Mexico City
United States
U. S
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
OVE
Manuel Avila Camacho
Gordon McCoy
Wallace Dillon
Almazan
Avila Camacho
Cleveland Boy Killed While Coasting
Cleveland records its first coasting fatality of the season as 11 year old Robert Voelker was struck by a car while trying to pull his sled off the street.
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Cleveland Boy
Cleveland
Robert Voelker
Romania Pins Hitler's Balkan Hold as War Winds Rise
In this column Dewitt Mackenzie argues Romania's pro Nazi purge consolidates German control in the Balkans. Hitler gains a military foothold along the Danube near the Black Sea, with aims to maintain Balkan peace for future Axis moves and threaten Soviet Ukraine and British positions in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Rumania
Hitler
Carol
Iron Guard
Fuehrer
Europe
Balkans
Romania
Russia
Ukraine
U S May Get Trans Canada Road to Alaska
Washington speculation suggests Canada might grant a corridor for a highway to Alaska to move troops and supplies in an emergency. No official confirmation exists on extra U S naval transfers or a defense highway agreement, but discussion follows Lord Lothian’s report of Britain’s urgent needs. Completion of a U S Alaska highway is seen as reducing sea-route dependence and convoy duty in wartime.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Alaska
Great Britain
Lord Lothian
London
German Raid Repulsed at Curacao Oil Refineries
The New York World Telegram reports a German landing party from a raider in the Caribbean was repulsed by British forces at Curacao in the Dutch West Indies. Germans invaded Curacao July 28 and 35 were killed or wounded by British troops and two armed tankers. The informant says censorship kept the invasion secret and claims Dutch residents aided the raid.
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New York
New York World Telegram
Caribbean
Curacao
Dutch West Indies
England
West Indies
Jesse Livermore Ends Turbulent Life With Suicide
New York reports Jesse L Livermore once a Wall Street legend and multiple fortunes ended his life at age 62. He wrote I am a failure and tired of fighting then shot himself in a quiet Sher ry-Netherland Hotel ante-room, leaving a leather notebook epitaph.
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New York
Jesse L. Livermore
Wall Street
Sherry-Netherland
International Livestock Exposition Opens in Chicago
The International Livestock Exposition opened in Chicago for an eight day run with 4108 entries across prize cattle horses sheep and swine. Space shortage left many animals without allotted stalls in the large amphitheater.
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Chicago
Frank Tierney Broadway and London star dies at 53
Northport New York reports the death of Frank Tierney aged 53 a blackface co median once famous on Broadway and in London during the 1920s.
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Northport
N. Y
Frank Tierney
London
Grand Jury Indicts Two for Swindle
A Lorain grand jury indicted George Miller 47 and his wife Mary 38 for a four year old $5,854 swindle against Philip Russo of Lorain. Russo gave the money to two other men in Ohio Penitentiary to hold as security for $16,000 they would deliver for charitable purposes. Only newspapers were found in the box.
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Elyria
George Miller
Mary
Philip Russo
Lorain
Russo
Ohio Penitentiary
German Merchantmen Leave Mexican Port
Two German merchant vessels that sheltered in Tampico since the war began began moving today likely to attempt escape from the British blockade. Idarwald, 5033 tons, slipped down the Panuco River at seven this morning. Rhein, 6031 tons, was towed into midstream with bow toward the sea.
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Tampico
Mexico
Panuco River
Infant dies after difficult birth in New York hospital
A baby girl weighing 161% ounces at birth died in an incubator here last night. The report notes the infant's birth weight and critical condition during care in the hospital incubator.
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New York
Ickes Seeks Two Year Extension of Soft Coal Act
Secretary Ickes said he would recommend extending the bituminous coal act for two more years beyond its April 28 expiry. He noted talks with Senator Guffey that produced favorable results and urged discharging the mine inspection bill from the House Mines Committee to allow a floor vote. He cited 18 coal mine disasters killing 1,900 men, suggesting the law could have prevented many.
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Washington
Ickes
Guffey
House Mines Committee
Democrats to caucus for minority leader in Columbus
In Columbus the Democratic state senators elect caucus today to pick a minority leader. Senator William M. Boyd of Cuyahoga County contends he has enough support to win the post.
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Columbus
William M. Boyd
Cuyahoga County
Observers See English Plan Counter Offensive Across the Mediterranean
British Admiralty signals a broad Mediterranean push to curb Italy’s war fleet while German and British destroyer clashes test Channel defenses. Reports cite Greece and the Balkans as shifting pressures, with London and Berlin trading moves and a rumored new weapon amid Luftwaffe raids and cargo port damage.
Baby Scald Death Shocks Chillicothe
Fifteen month old Robert Lee Reynolds died after pulling a chair and tipping a tub of hot water. The incident occurred in Chillicothe drawing a tragic end and prompting local scrutiny of childcare safety practices.
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Chillicothe
Robert Lee Reynolds
Community Chest Supporters and Contributors Listed
A long roster lists businesses and professionals supporting a community drive. The document names firms such as Athens Printing Co., Ohio Fuel Gas Co, Luckoff’s Store, and Dowler & Ferguson among many contributors. It notes a total goal of 12 550 with 3 196 raised and a balance of 9 354, plus individual donors including Elmer Tom Dr Edith E Beecher and W S Gamertsfelder.
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Charles H. Russell
Gasoline
Harry Burns Grocery
George Civille Grocery
Hutchins Grocery
Mathews Oil Co
W. N. Russell
C. E. Shuster & Sons
Hull Foster, Jr
Athens Junk Co
Athens Printing Co
J. D. Cooper Grocery
E. P. Meister Grocery Co
M. Smith Grocery
J. F. Beverage Grocery
Pete Bachus
Downard Dry Cleaners
Carroll Bean Grocery
Elmer Tom, Gulf Gas
Dewey Laughlin Parkersburg
Coca-Cola Co
Banks Ice Cream
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Hattiesburg
Miss
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Camp Shelby
DEMS
THE
Associated Press
Greece
Admiralty
Coventry
Bristol
Plymouth
Southampton
Liverpool
Amazon Company
London Admiralty
Brest
Community Chest Supporters
America
Elmer Tom Dr
Edith E. Beecher
Mrs. W. S. Gamertsfelder
W. A. Conner
Roger Connor Dean Irma Voigt
Herman Luckoff
John A. Hess
A. B. Sias
Constance G. Leete
M. D. Hughes, EK. F. Sells
Harry Burns Grocery Hall
Foster, Jr
Kerr Hardware Co
Luckoff's, Inc
Pedigo
New York Central Office
Mechanicsburg School
U. Rufus Putnam Hall CO
U. Women's
McBee Co
McBee Binder Workers’ Union
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Sheltering Arms Hospital
O. U. McGuffey
Summers & Son
Luster Fought & Co
Super Hall
Quick's Drug Store
Rilla’s
Virgil Davis
Athens County Savings & Loan
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