Neutrality law changes limit arming ships to aid crisis
Washington sources report leaders agree to introduce neutrality legislation in the House to permit merchant ships to carry arms. President Roosevelt, Hull, and Hopkins favor expanding the law to allow arms and travel to belligerent ports, with debates likely to span about two weeks in Congress.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
White House
Hull
Warry L. Hopkins
Congress
Hopkins
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
United States
Panama
Senate
Taft
Rohio
Roosevelt Perkins Seek Labor Peace on Puget Sound Cruise
President Franklin Roosevelt and Secretary Frances Perkins urged use of federal machinery to settle disputes before strikes. AFL leaders welcomed the appeal for national unity while Perkins urged open records and opposed closed shops, framing unions as responsive to public and worker interests.
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Seattle
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
American Federation of Labor
Puget Sound
AFL
William Green
Congress of Industrial Organizations
House of Labor
Perkins
Ohio Plant To Produce Soon
SANDUSKY. High explosives will roll off the first Plum Brook ordnance plant production line on schedule November 15 the army says. Several buildings are being finished in the acid production area and will be ready for operations. Most output will go to Ravenna shell loading plant. At full production next March 31 Plum Brook will turn out enough explosives to supply an army of a million men or the daily equivalent of 8000 bombs weighing 100 pounds each.
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Sandusky
Plum Brook Ordnance Plant
Plum Brook
Ravenna
Portage County
Wheat penalty may continue next year
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard told Congress the 49 cent per bushel penalty for marketing wheat above quota might be extended into the next crop year. He said it would be necessary to continue something of that kind but that no formal recommendation has been made by his department yet.
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Washington
Wickard
Congress
Coast Guard Expands Ice Breaking on Great Lakes
The Coast Guard intensifies ice breaking on the Great Lakes to ensure maximum navigation for defense and aid Washington in securing routes.
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Coast Guard
Washington
Great Lakes
Two Killed in Crashes In Zanesville Area
In Zanesville area a 74 year old Crooksville man Earl Jones died of injuries after an auto struck a cow. Miss Jeanie Ferguson of New Lexington died after being struck by a car in a separate crash.
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Zanesville
Fearl Jones
Crooksville
Jeanie Ferguson
New Lexington
German Armies Drive Toward Moscow in Major Offensive
Nazi dispatches claim breach of Soviet lines 125 miles from Moscow with Red armies trapped as the south wing suffers a collapse near Mariupol and Rostov. Soviet reports admit initial German gains but vow to hold as tanks and dive bombers intensify the clash.
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Moscow
Adolf Hitler
alwayAwanawulfad Oweeinanka
Mariupol
Sea of Azov
Don River
Rostov
Red Army
Japan Sends Up Trial Balloon Of Peace In Soviet-Nazi War
A wartime roundup notes Axis diplomacy shifting as Japan hints at peace terms while fighting in the Soviet-German front. Soviet reports praise Red Army gains near Leningrad and underline continued German countermeasures.
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Japan
Leningrad
Red Army
Ukraine
Mariupol
Dnieper
Zaporozhe
Crimea
Germany
Domei
Great Britain
Russia
Britain
United States
Red Star
Three Year Old Flags Help After Mother's Fatal Crash
In Vincennes Indiana a three-year-old named Anna Marie Snyder flagged down help after her mother Margaret Skinner Snyder age 24 died when an automobile ran off a road and overturned. A truck driver who stopped at the scene said he saw the child standing beside the highway waving. The child was uninjured.
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Vincennes, Ind
Anna Marie Snyder
Margaret Skinner Snyder
Fritchton
Cleveland Airport Sees New Intercity Passenger High
Commissioner Maj. John Berry reports Cleveland Airport logged 46 285 intercity passengers surpassing August's 44 421. The record reflects continued growth in air travel for the city.
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Cleveland
John Berry
Axis Fees Food Needs to Raise U S Products
Secretary Wickard predicts U S and Axis aid will lift domestic farm supplies to a new high next year while Britain faces restricted diets. He told the House appropriations committee that pork, dairy products, eggs, and other commodities are targeted, with most farm dollars reaching farmers.
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Washington
Congress
Wickard
United States
House Appropriations Committee
Nine Dead in Tropic Storm Across Southeast
A tropical storm formed in the West Indies four days ago and moved toward the Atlantic off the South Carolina coast after leaving nine dead and extensive damage. Bahamas, Florida, and Georgia reported fatalities as the storm crossed the region. The Weather Bureau noted continued strong winds with hundreds of thousands of soldiers in maneuvers in the Carolinas bracing for the tail end.
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Atlanta
West Indies
Atlantic Ocean
South Carolina
Bahamas
Florida
Georgia
Gulf of Mexico
South Georgia
Carolinas
Weather Bureau
Steamer and Barges Rammed on Ohio River Tow
Winds pushed the Steamer J. D. Ayres and 13 Union Barge Line barges at Dam 8 on the Ohio River. Crews prepared to break up the tow and straighten each barge for the Pittsburgh to Memphis voyage. Barges carried pipe cement and empties during the incident.
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East Liverpool
J. D. Ayres
Union
Ohio River
Rubber Workers End 24 Hour Strike at Goodrich Akron
About 16 000 United Rubber Workers CIO members walked out for 24 hours at B F Goodrich Akron plants. The union said the stoppage ended at midnight after failing to secure an investigation into the beating of organizer Joseph Feiner and his wife at the Oaks Pennsylvania plant last Thursday.
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Akron
United Rubber Workers of America
CIO
B. F. Goodrich Company
Joseph Feineisen
Goodrich
Oaks
Alliance merchants offer $10 prize for typographical mistakes
The Alliance Review notes a contest by the Retail Merchants Division of the Chamber of Commerce offering a $10 prize to the person submitting the largest typographical error found in stories and ads in today’s edition. Entries were still being collected.
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Alliance
Alliance Review
Sic
Chamber of Commerce
Lend-Lease Bill Approved to Speed Up Anti-Axis Production
The House Appropriations Committee endorsed a 5.985 billion lend-lease fund to rush wartime munitions. Most funds may be obligated by March 1 with delivery by June 30 1943. Key allocations go to agricultural and industrial commodities 1.875 billion ordnance 1.19 billion and aircraft 685 million.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Wickard
Great Britain
Lend-Lease
Child Killed as Train Crushes Depot End
A fast freight train derailed and its cars struck the Grand Trunk and Western depot in Lansing Michigan injuring 12 and killing 13 year old James Smith who sold magazines on the platform. Witnesses described debris flying and investigators began examining the crash to determine the cause.
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Lansing
Mich
Grand Trunk and Western Railroad
James Smith
Nazi Doll House Fools Soviets Ploesti Bombers
Istanbul reporters cite American travelers describing a German deceptive camp near Ploesti Romania known as a doll house city built about ten miles from the real refinery center. The ruse succeeds in keeping Ploesti largely intact from night raids while suffering only minor day damage.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Romania
Ploesti
Sunken Engine Halts Ore Gateway to East
Men of the sea and wreckers labored to lift a submerged locomotive blocking the approach to the American Sea locks. Blockaded ore carriers from Lake Superior waited a second day, with engineers predicting two more days needed to clear the channel for iron ore shipments to steel plants.
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Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Lake Superior
Fire sparks from chimney ignite home roof
A fire on the wood shingled roof at the home of Oscar James, 16 Curran Drive, this morning about 8 30 o clock caused about 5 damage before Athens firemen extinguished it. The blaze was started by sparks from the chimney, firemen said.
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Oscar James
Curran Drive
Athens
32 Communists Executed in Yugoslavia Belgrade Report
BERLIN DNB dispatch from Belgrade states 32 individuals were executed for belonging to Communistic bands in Yugoslavia. The report notes the action was taken by authorities to suppress insurgent groups. local details or dates are not specified.
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Yugoslavia
Berlin
DNB
Belgrade
Tornado lifts roof then relocates Jelly in Kansas City
A tornado struck a Kansas City home causing roof displacement and jelly spillover across a partition. The roof was later replaced. The incident involved Jack Weber and two glasses of jelly moved between rooms.
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Kansas City
Jack Weber
Bailey matriarch, mother of three Arkansas mayors dies
Mrs M J Bailey aged 78 of Parkersburg dies after a long life as mother to mayors of Cabot Jacksonville and Lonoke Arkansas Her death occurred last night leaving a legacy in local politics and family public service.
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Parkersburg
M. J. Bailey
Arkansas
Cabot
Jacksonville
Lonoke
Prices Rise Crop Benefits Cut Probable
Washington report shows farm products reaching the highest prices since 1930 and forecast higher future prices. Agriculture officials say 1942 crop benefit payments may be cut by over 200 million dollars, more than a quarter of current costs, while farm income could near 13 billion dollars next year.
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Agriculture Department
Midland Steel Strike Halts Frame Production
Negotiations remain deadlocked in a CIO strike at Midland Steel Products Co. The Cleveland plant, key supplier of frames for Hudson Motor Co. and Willys-Overland Jeeps, employs about 7,000 in Detroit and Toledo. A halt in frames threatens reduced output for auto plants and Jeep production, with effects expected on reconnaissance cars within days.
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Cleveland
CIO
Midland Steel Products Co
Hudson Motor Co
Detroit
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc
Toledo
Widow Awarded 25000 in Death Case Against Public Service
A Massillon widow, Lulu E. Huwig, was awarded 25000 in a suit against Ohio Public Service Co. over the death of her husband Albert and their son Robert who were electrocuted April 23 1938 when a pipe they carried touched a high tension wire. Albert was custodian of Sixteen School in Tuscarawas Township Stark County.
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Cleveland P
Lulu E. Huwig
Massillon
Ohio Public Service Co
Albert
Robert
Tuscarawas Township
Stark County
Knights Templar to March in Ohio Conclave Parade
More than 5,000 Knights Templar from the Grand Commandery of Ohio are slated to march in a dress parade this afternoon during the annual conclave in Columbus.
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Columbus
Knights Templar
Grand Commandery of
Ohio
Indicted German Propagandist Viereck Arrested in U S
George Sylvester Viereck an admitted German propagandist was arrested today by FBI agents on an indictment in Washington charging him with acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign power. Viereck described the Rome Berlin Axis as the backbone of the world.
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George Sylvester Viereck
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Viereck
Who's Who
Munich
Germany
North Atlantic
United States
Vereck
Ohio Draftees Furloughs Cut After Christmas Absences
Ohio's 37th Division soldiers learn that Christmas period absences of more than 24 hours between December 21, 1940 and January 2, 1941 will be charged against their furlough time. Brig Gen. Ludwig S. Connelly signs the memorandum, while Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler reviews the interpretation on return from Florida.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Ohio
Louisiana
Ludwig S. Connelly
Robert S. Beightler
Florida
Armco Steamer Returns With Scrap Iron to Ashland Plant
The Armco Steamer George M. Verily arrives in Ashland from a 5 000 mile voyage on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers bringing a week's supply of scrap iron. An idle open hearth furnace at the American Rolling Mill Co. Ashland plant will resume operations soon after arrival.
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Ashland
American Rolling Mill Co
Armco
George M. Verily
Ohio
Mississippi
German Drive on Moscow Aims to Break Soviet Defenses
DEWITT MACKENZI reports on Hitler’s bid to crush Soviet resistance by driving toward Moscow The plan seeks to topple Marshall Timoshenko and disrupt Russian forces in northern and southern sectors Moscow reports stiff defiance and counterattacks while orders forbid ground losses Hitler hopes victory would erode Soviet morale and possibly draw Japan into the war
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Dewitt Mackenzi
Hitler
Muscovy
Japan
England
Reich
Britain
Russia
Moscow
Red Man
Marshall Timoshenko
Timoshenko
Man Electrocuted Four Days Before Marriage in Cleveland
Charles Sarantini age 23 of Cleveland died while brushing water from a 220 volt coal chute at A. C. Holdrith Coal Co. He was to marry Marian Russo age 25 this Saturday. The accident occurred four days before the planned wedding.
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Cleveland
A. C. Holdrith Coal Company
Charles Sarantini
Marian Russo
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