Two More American Owned Ships Sunk In War
London advices report German offensive on Moscow stalled by winter with Winter snows, tank and infantry losses, and mudded roads. Red Army countermeasures near Moscow and Rostov. British and Mexican diplomacy resume relations. Japan hinted to seek peace influence. British air raids hit Germany and occupied zones.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Adolf Hitler
London
Hitler
Fuehrer
Siege-Girt Leningrad
Mozhaisk
Tass
Donets River
Ukraine
Red Army
Rostov
Tanganrog
Moscow Radio
Moshaisk
Malovaroslavets
Kalinin
Fedor von Bock
Smolensk
Roslav
Kuibyshev
Associated Press
Britain
Mexico
Japan
Japanese Times and Advertiser
Tokyo
France
Netherlands
Navy Score Sheet Shows Nazis Edge in Atlantic
The article reports official figures indicating Atlantic raiders hold a large edge over the U boat threat. It notes sunk ships and damaged vessels on the raiders side, with few confirmed Allied hits and ongoing secrecy around submarine losses.
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Navy
Washington
Atlantic
United States Navy
U. S
Greer
U. S. Navy
United States
Britain
CIO Strikers Defy Union Heads at Great Lakes Steel Plant
In Detroit area, 8600 workers idle at Great Lakes Steel in Ecorse after SWOC members refuse to return to work. Pickets hold lines as union leaders threaten government takeover if shutdown continues. Strikers demand reinstatement of 16 suspended leaders and a new contract, which union officials reject.
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Detroit
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
CIO
Ecorse
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CSO
SWOC
Orval Kincaid
Three British Warships Dock on East Coast
The navy announced the arrival of three more British warships bringing to 35 the total reported. The Agamemnon an auxiliary mine layer is at the Maryland Drydock Company Baltimore the Cathay an armed auxiliary cruiser and the Cady Taft a corvette are at New York.
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Washington
United States
Agamemnon
Maryland Drydock Company
Baltimore
Cathay
Cady Taft
New York
Goodyear Secures Eight Million Blimp Order
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation announced an $8,000,000 contract for 27 naval patrol blimps. Officials said production would ramp to more than one blimp per month at the Akron facility.
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AKRON
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
Ohio Prohibition Party Nominees to be Chosen Oct 28
The Ohio Prohibition Party will select its 1942 state ticket at a convention in Columbus on October 28. The meeting will determine the party slate for state offices.
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Columbus
Ohio
Prohibition Party
Ohio small business seeks defense material allocations
In Columbus Ohio the Republican small business defense committee heard from over 300 manufacturers and dealers who warned they face shutdown unless defense essential metals ethyl alcohol cottons woolens bakelite and other materials are released in small quantities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Republican
Small Business Defense Committee
Bricker Visits Camp Shelby
Gov. John W. Bricker visited Camp Shelby and met 37th Ohio division officers during a reception. He lunched with 35 guests under trees and later reviewed 34 retiring officers. He attended a staff mess dinner and a Hattiesburg ball with Gov. Paul H. Johnson.
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Miss
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Army
Bricker
37Th
Paul H. Johnson
Mississippi
Hattiesburg
Yugoslavs Riot In Axis-Forced Uprising In Balkans
London reports Yugoslav circles estimate over 1,000 Italians killed in fighting across Monte Negro and regions of Serbia Bosnia Herzegovina and Montenegro. The violence has overwhelmed Axis troops unable to cope.
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London
Montenegro
Yugoslavia
Serbia
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Thomas Johnson Coal Operator Dies at 88
Columbus obituary for Thomas Johnson age 88 a retired coal operator who died suddenly at home from a heart ailment. He and his late brother Edward ran Lorain Coal and Dock Co. After leaving mining he ran a large stock farm west of Columbus and was a Nelsonville native with past Hocking Valley mining operations.
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Columbus
Thomas Johnson
Johnson
Edward Johnson
Lorain Coal and Dock Co
Nelsonville
Hocking Valley
Tax plan would raise worker Social Security share to five percent
Treasury sources say the administration asks Congress to lift the employee Social Security tax from 1 to 5 percent, with employers increasing pension contributions from 1 to 2 percent while maintaining 3 percent unemployment insurance. Also eyed are broad reforms including federalizing state unemployment schemes and extending pensions to farm laborers domestic workers and educational institution staff.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Rayburn
Federal Security Agency
Fifty French Hostages Shot in Reprisal
Marshal Petain announced fifty French hostages shot by German authorities in Nantes as reprisal for the assassination of Nazi officers. A second officer’s death in Bordeaux triggered another 50 hostage executions and a 15 million franc reward for information.
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France
Phillipe Petain
Bordeau
Jean Darlan
Nantes
Paul Friederich Holtz
Boulevard St. Georges
Bordeaux
Holtz
Otto von Stuelpnagel
von Stuelpnage
Rouen
le Havre
British Bombs Strike Naples In Heavy West Coast Raid
British bombers attacked Naples in a five hour wave dropping hundreds of bombs. The high command said 14 people were killed and 27 injured in the raid, the heaviest strike on Italy's west coast. It followed another assault last Thursday night that Italians said killed 12 and wounded 37.
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Rome
Naples
Italy
High Command
Corn Husking Contest Set Thursday, Friday
Ohio Farmdom’s annual state corn husking contest will be staged at the Harry Booker farm southwest of Urbana tomorrow and Friday. Both shock and standing corn championships are at stake as last year’s winning huskings were surpassed in preliminaries ahead of an expected 40,000 spectators.
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Urbana
Ohio
Harry Booker
Kearny Victim's Friends Seek Roosevelt Action
Twenty Gillespie residents told President Roosevelt that George Alexander Calvert, a Kearny torpedoing victim, was murdered as Hitler declared war on the United States. The group, including Calvert's survivors, sent a telegram calling for action.
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Gillespie, Ill
Gillespie
Roosevelt
George Alexander Calvert
Kearny
Hitler
United States
Calvert
Solon Praises Dies Hunt for Reds
Rep. Robert Jones of Lima, Ohio, urges dismissing every government employee tied to Communist groups. He commends Attorney General Biddle and Rep Dies for identifying 1,124 federal workers perceived as leaning toward Moscow.
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Ohio
Solon
Reds
Washington
Robert Jones
Lima
Jones
Biddle
Representatives Dies
D-Tex
Moscow
Democrats Demand Federal Probe Into State Unemployment Office
Jefferson County Democrats adopted at their annual banquet a resolution urging the federal government to vigorously investigate political activity by the employer of the state unemployment compensation bureau, highlighting concerns over influence and oversight.
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Steubenville
Jefferson County
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Port Clinton Couple Die From Heart Attacks Within Minutes
In Port Clinton a 74 year old man Fred J. Schlunz and his 72 year old wife Louise died yesterday after suffering heart attacks within 15 minutes of each other.
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Port Clinton
Fred J. Schlunz
Louise
Kansas Flood Damages Rise Across Central Rivers
Heavy rain in Central Kansas worsened flooding along the Smoky Hill Neosho Kansas Cottonwood and Marais des Cygnes rivers. Property and crop losses reach hundreds of thousands of dollars. A farmer Roy Poland of Junction City is reported missing.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Smoky Hill
Neosho
Cottonwood
Marais de Cygnes
Roy Poland
Junction City
Death of Newark Man To Be Investigated
Coroner S S Daw urged further probe into the death of Fenley Wilson Vermillion 55 of Newark found in the Muskingum River. He ruled drowning as the cause though a broken jaw and multiple fractured ribs suggested possible injuries from a fight.
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Newark
Zanesville
S. S. Daw
Fenley Wilson Vermillion
Muskingum River
Daw
Beer truck crash in Columbus area kills two men
A loaded beer truck collided with a tree near Columbus, killing driver Dennis A. Gallagher, 28, of Columbus, and passenger Harlan Stanley White, 32, of Worthington. The crash occurred late yesterday, authorities said.
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Columbus
Here
Dennis A. Gallagher
Harlan Stanley White
Worthington
McArthur Clothing Store Burglarized In Single Night Theft
O C Reed and Son reported a burglary after robbers sawed a 12 inch panel to enter the McArthur store. Thieves took about 250 dollars in silk stockings 25 men’s suits ten top coats and some cash from registers. County and state officers investigated.
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Reed
Gallia Teen in Critical Condition After Self-inflicted Gunshot
Gallia Gallipolis Ohio Donald Clagg 17 a Gallipolis High School student is listed in critical condition at Holzer Hospital after shooting himself in the left chest with a shotgun. He is the son of Mrs. Jessie Clagg and has nine siblings. Investigating officers reported the motive was not known.
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Gallipolis
Donald Clagg
Gallipolis High School
Holzer Hospital
Young Clagg
Jessie Clagg
Boy Safely Rescued After Sleeper Becomes Seat Wedged
Five year old John Santana entered a New York theater with his parents and the theater staff. The child fell asleep and wedged his head between two metal bars of a seat arm rest requiring assistance from theater personnel and a police emergency squad to free him.
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New York
John Santana
Navy hunts survivors as eighteen aboard Bold Venture missing
The Bold Venture crew of 35 remains at large after the torpedoing off Iceland. Navy patrols search the North and South Atlantic for survivors with 18 still unaccounted for. The Lehigh crew of 39 were all saved. the sinking labeled piracy by Secretary Hull and President Roosevelt.
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Hull
Africa
Ranamainian
Iceland
Bold Venture
Maritime Commission
United States Lines
New York
Lehigh
Bathhurst
Vimy
Freetown
Reykjavik
Navy
North
South
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Hia
Nazi Comment on Sinkings Sparks Debate in Berlin
Berlin officials labeled the Bold Venture sinking as Panama-flagged and unrelated to U S interests while calling the Lehigh case unclear. They argued for arming American merchant ships, noting the Lehigh carried no cargo and suggesting piracy as the action’s label.
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Berlin
Bold Venture
Lehigh
Panama
United States
Sinkings Push Neutrality Debate As War Risks Grow
The Lehigh and Bold Venture sinkings spur calls to scrap the Neutrality Act. Senators and Willkie push for outright repeal as Republican leaders unite against isolationism. The second lend-lease bill, including 50 convoy escort ships, advances, with warnings of funding diversions to Russia and depleted Britain aid.
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New York
Willkie
Congress
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Russia
Great Britain
Japan urged to aid Siam raising fears of war
The Japan Times urged assistance for Siam against foreign elements, implying Japanese troops. The move could threaten British interests at Singapore and challenge U S. positions, risking a broader conflict. The United States would likely defeat Japan in open war despite naval power. Hitler and Mussolini offer no aid.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Japan Times and Advertiser
Japanese Foreign Office
Thailand
Siam
Malaya
Singapore
London
Nippon
United States
Japan
Hitler
Mussolini
Urge Increase for Pensions for Veterans
Congress was urged to grant a ten percent rise in veterans pensions to offset rising living costs. The appeal highlights veterans' needs amid inflation and calls for legislative action.
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Washington
Congress
Boeing
British warships bombarded Nazi artillery east of Tobruk
British warships shelled German long range batteries in the western desert near Tobruk last night in a surprise night strike. The bombardment fired hundreds of shells into enemy positions as ships pounded the defenses.
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Tobruk
Libya
Western Desert
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