German Push Against Moscow Threatens Soviet Defenses
Soviet Red Army officials reported German forces swarmed toward Moscow near Kalinin as parachutists were said wiped out behind lines. Red Star called the Kalinin defense critical and noted heavy weather hampering German mobility while Britain pressed a western diversion. Rumors circulated of Rzhev and Borodiny possibly falling.
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Kalinin
Moscow
Red Army
Volga River
Red Star
London
Hitler
Germany
Britain
One Killed In Crash Near Hebbardsville
A fatal crash on Route 50 near the Alexander Presbyterian Church south of Athens killed Dr. O P Board and seriously injured passenger Tomas Board. Ralph Wiseman and Donald Thacker in a stock truck escaped injury. the truck and coach car suffered heavy damage.
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Alexander Presbyterian Church
Route 50
Athens
O. P. Board
Milner Crescent
Birmingham
Ala
Board
Proparty
Tomas Board
Dr. Board
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Ralph Herbert Wiseman
Wilkesville
Donald Thacker
Wiseman
Dr. Beard
Thacker
Stored Corn Rates Ready
The Agriculture Department will announce within days a schedule of loan rates for 1941 corn stored by farmers in the commercial belt. Rates vary by run, averaging about 74.8 cents per bushel, at 85 percent of the Sept. 15 parity price. Large amounts of 1941 wheat have already been stored under government loans totaling 241,085,000 bushels with 41,009,000 loaned.
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Washington
Agculture Department
Trains Crowded So Draftees Take Taxi
Simultaneous furloughs for 15 000 Camp Forrest soldiers swamped rail and bus facilities eight Denver privates got home to enjoy leave they just hired a taxi. The Ohio State Employment Service found private jobs for 28 572 persons during September an all-time month high Governor Bricker was shigged today.
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Denver
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Columbus
Ohio State Employment Service
John W. Bricker
Four Ohioans Die in Drowning Accident on Lake and Farm
Four Ohioans drown in separate incidents after a Lions Club outing at Buckeye Lake near Newark. Carl F. Dierker, 56, and Elmer J. Buehler, 44, died when a speedboat capsized, while two children perished at other locations: 17 month old Thomas Baker at Portage Lakes near Akron and two year old Nina Mae Decker near Findlay.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lions Club
Buckeye Lake
Newark
Carl F. Dierker
Buckeye Steel Castings Co
Elmer J. Buehler
Potter-Gager Auto
Charles Pence
Avondale Landing
Thomas Baker
Harold G. Baker
Portage Lakes
Akron
Hower Lake
Nina Mae Decker
Arthur Decker
Findlay
Gallia County Convict Seized in Texas
Dallas, Texas. Hal Borden a 37 year old Gallia County robbery convict captured in Dallas identified by fingerprints as fugitive from London Prison Farm. Borden escaped April 26, 1938, while serving one to 15 years. He waived extradition and will be sent back to Ohio.
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Dallas
Tex
Hal Borden
London
Bill Decker
Decker
Borden
Gallia County
Ohio
Woman Sues City Over Husband's Death In River Tragedy
Mrs Ola West sues New Philadelphia city for 10000 damages after her husband William drowned when his car went off a deadend street into the Tuscarawas River on December 22. She claims negligence for lack of warning signs at the deadend.
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New Philadelphia
Ola West
City of
William
Tuscarawas River
West
Deadend
Tatuta Maru sails from Yokohama with Americans and Japanese
The Tatuta Maru becomes the first Japanese vessel to sail for the United States since late July departing Yokohama carrying five Americans and 300 American-born Japanese. Canton to receive 204693 dollars from H. H. Timken estate succession tax. the city of Canton gets a matching amount.
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Tokyo
United States
Yokohama
Canton
State of
Ohio
H. H. Timken
Action Clears Way for Tank Manufacture
The CIO United Automobile Workers ended their Hillsdale Michigan strike at Hillsdale Steel Products paving the way to resume transmissions assembly for 70 percent of army tanks at Spicer Manufacturing in Toledo Ohio. CIO leader R J Thomas announced in Detroit the action followed a defense mediation board request.
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CIO
United Automobile Workers
Hillsdale
Mich
Steel Products Company
Spicer Manufacturing Corporation
Toledo
Ohio
R. J. Thomas
Auto Workers
Detroit
Defense Mediation Board
Labor Department
Spicer
AFL
AFL United Automobile Workers
Michigan
Afl-Uaw
Hillsdale Steel Products
Thomas
Mediation Board
Washington
Ohio Farmers Shutout AAA Representatives
In Sandusky wheat growers vow to bar AAA committeemen from their properties. E. A. Kennedy of Washington says protesters will erect notices forbidding entry by any AAA committeemen on these premises. Committeemen visit farms to set acreage and enforce the program.
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Sandusky
Ohio
AAA
E. A. Kennedy
Washington
Legislative Council
The
National Marketing Quota Protest Association
Ecounties
Panama Ex-President Surrenders and Is Jailed
Dr Arnulfo Arias former Panama president surrendered to Panama police in the Canal Zone and was moved to the capital by a police convoy. He had traveled from Cristobal aboard the steamer Cefalu and was guarded by five police vans upon arrival in the city jail.
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Panama
Arnulfo Arias
Canal Zone
Dr. Arias
Cristobal
Professor Harold Hoffman Dies of Pneumonia
Professor Harold Hoffman age 47 of Miami University English Department died yesterday of pneumonia in Oxford. The obituary notes his academic work and role in the English faculty.
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Oxford
Harold Hoffman
Miami University
Arming of Merchant Ships Nears House Approval
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved repeal of a neutrality law provision to allow arming of merchant ships for protection against submarines aircraft and surface raiders. Chairman Bloom planned to seek floor time for a limited debate with a likely House approval by Friday.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Bloom
D-Ny
House Rules Committee
House
Hocking Youth Hurt as Auto Jumps Bridge
Logan staff special reports 16 year old Leslie Smith of Starr Township was injured when he drove his father’s car off a Starr Summit bridge. The wreck lay 30 feet below on the Chesapeake and Ohio tracks. he freed himself and was taken to his parents’ home then to Cherrington Hospital. Preliminary exam found no fractures, but shock was severe. The youth had taken the car to go to a store and was returning home when the accident occurred.
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Logan
Leslie Smith
Starr Township
Cherrington
Starr Summit
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Frank Rheinscheld
Frank Smith
Young Smith
Ohio May Cut Gas Imports
Ohio officials consider curbing refinery exports to offset gasoline shipment stoppages from eastern states. The proposal, advanced by C Elbert Black, follows May figures showing Ohio imported about 59.86 million gallons from 13 states and exported about 58.84 million gallons to 32 other states and two Canadian provinces.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Petroleum Marketers Association
Robert A. Warfel
C. Elbert Black
Elkhart Seeks Horse Parking Amid City Hitching Post Gap
An Elk Hart resident asked where to park his horse and buggy exposing a missing hitching post issue in the city. Police noted no designated horse parking exists, highlighting a growing parking challenge for equestrian locals.
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Elkhart
Ind
Navy ready to arm cargo ships if Congress acts
Secretary Knox said the navy could place guns and crews on merchant vessels as ships arrive once Congress authorizes the move. Rep Mundt noted little chance to amend the Neutrality Act repeal on the floor, hoping for a recommitment with longer hearings. The foreign affairs committee finished hearings after three witnesses opposed, with some Republicans criticizing the brevity.
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Washington
Knox
Congress
Mundt
South Dakota
Bloom
Foreign Affairs Committee
Catholic Clergy Oppose US Entry Into War Abroad
New York report shows 91.5 percent of 13 155 Roman Catholic clergymen answering a Catholic Directory poll voted against the United States entering a shooting war outside the western hemisphere.
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New York
United States
Beverly Flier Joined RAF Raiding Squadron
London reports one Ohioan Richard R. Thorpe of Beverly as a member of a second American Eagle squadron of the RAF set to take part in raids against Germany.
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Beverly Flier
London
Air Ministry
Richard R. Thorpe
Beverly, O
RAF
War Today Tehran Moscow News on Kalinin and Japan Suspicions
Moscow faces a Nazi assault on Kalinin as bad weather slows operations around the capital. Berlin notes mud and snow hinder progress while the Far East remains tense with Japan seeking a chance to strike Russia. U S policy looms as a potential restraint on Tokyo's plans.
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Moscow
Kalinin
Volga
Berlin
Far East
Russia
Hitler
British Report Put Greer on U-Boat Trail
The Navy released its account of the Greer incident saying a British patrol plane report placed the destroyer on the U-boat trail. It rejects Germany’s claim that the Greer dumped depth charges before the torpedo fired. The statement, by Admiral Harold R. Stark, was made public for Senate Naval Committee Chairman Walsh.
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Washington
Navy
U.S. S
North Atlantic
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Saws Germans Paying Heavily for Advances
General George C. Marshall told a senate subcommittee that German armies paid a heavy material price for ground gained near Moscow. He urged faster consideration of a $5.985 billion lease lead bill and said Soviet cash payments were made for supplied aid, with no halt in materiel flow if funds ran short.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Senate
Moscow
Army
Appropriations
Marshall
Russia
Soviet Union
Roosevelt
U.S.S.R
Ohio Shipyards To Employ Thousands
Ashtabula lake yards rush orders for four 12000 ton bulk ore carriers. Great Lakes Engineering Works superintendent L H Feldmyer says employment will rise from 170 to about 1000 to handle construction for the Maritime Commission.
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Ashtabula
Lake_ Erie
L. H. Feldmyer
Great Lakes
Byrd Expedition Moves Headquarters to Ohio
Miami University president A H Upham announced the Byrd Antarctic expedition will relocate its permanent scientific headquarters from Boston to Oxford campus. Official expedition recorder Harold P Gillmore will finalize a government trip report there, marking Admiral Richard Byrd’s exploration efforts.
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Oxford
Byrd Antarctic Expedition
Miami University
Boston
A. H. Upham
Miami
Harold P. Gillmore
Richard Byrd
Slaughter Compared To Verdun In World War I
Soviet communique reports Soviet and German forces in Kalinin Vyazma and Bryansk sectors clash as 13 000 invaders killed or wounded. Leningrad area troops claim success destroying seven batteries 26 machine guns and 28 emplacements and killing 1500 Germans. UK bombers hit Southern Germany while Mexican Lower California colonization bill faces obstacle from Sinarquista group. Japanese privy council and Domei report grim US relations with fears of a trap set by America.
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Kalinin
Vyazma
Bryansk
Leningrad
Moscow
S. A. Lozovsky
Verdun
Stalin
Mexico
Chamber of Deputies
Lower
California
Japan
Privy Council
Hirohito
Domei
Asani
United States
Domel
America
Trailer Families Granted Residency Ruling in Cleveland Case
Cuyahoga County 2 000 trailer families win a second official ruling confirming their legal residence. Common Pleas Judge Frank S Day struck down a village ordinance limiting stay to 30 days. Earlier the board of elections allowed 75 Brooklyn Village camp residents to register and vote if they lived at the same address 90 days and in state a year.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Common Pleas
Frank S. Day
Fairview Village
Board of Elections
Brooklyn
State Building Program Cut To Repairs Costs
Gov. Bricker said Ohio welfare building expansion funding will mostly go to repairs due to material shortages. Only about 1 million of a 5 million appropriation will be used in the current biennium.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Finnish steamer Margareta sunk after Gibraltar seizure
The Finnish steamer Margareta sailing under British colors was torpedoed while bound for New Zealand after being seized at Gibraltar. The crew were rescued.
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Helsinki
Margareta
Gibraltar
New Land
Add Argentine To Neighbors
Washington and Buenos Aires reached a broad trade pact ending 72 years of on again off again talks. Signed in Buenos Aires by US Ambassador Norman Armour and Argentine Foreign Minister Ruiz Guinazu, it grants Argentina freer entry for staple products like canned corned beef hides and wool. It ensures US most favored nation status for shipments to Argentina including automobiles refrigeration machinery and numerous gadgets.
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Washington
Argentina
United States
Buenos Aires
Norman Armour
Ruiz Guinazu
Bicycle Industry to Aid Defense Effort in Ohio
Ohio's bicycle industry will be surveyed to identify products it can contribute to the defense program with minimal disruption to employment. The plan was approved by the Northern Ohio Labor Supply Committee and the OPM regional committee at a recent meeting.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Northern Ohio Labor Supply Committee
OPM
Regional Labor Supply Committee
U S Convoy System Helps To Halt Subs
U S convoy system reports no ship losses to German subs since Sept 15 decision to escort base lead goods to Iceland per British naval sources. Despite fears of a major new U boat campaign, the belief among informed persons here has not materialized.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
United States
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