Threat of Congressional Action To Halt Walkouts Heard
John L. Lewis of the CIO and Myron C. Taylor of the steel industry met in Washington to seek an end to the captive coal mine strike that has halted fuel to steel mills supporting the defense effort.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Myron C. Taylor
Taylor
William H. Davis
Defense Mediation Board
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Nazi Farm Experts Convert Ukraine To German Use
Nazi farm experts begin converting western Ukrainian farmland to German use as the breadbasket risks emptying this winter. Specialists supervise Kolchos units amid scarce livestock and implements, with 180000 total acres under German care and limited milking cows in one farm unit.
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Ukraine
Ernest G. Fischer
Odessa
Adolf Hitler
Dnieper River
Europe
Stawischttsche
Kiev
Kolchos
Germany
Oil Stove Explosion Kills 12 In Montclair Fire
An oil stove dropped in a two and a half story frame house in Montclair New Jersey caused a blaze overnight. Twelve members of a Negro family died and at least seven others were injured including ten children. The assistant medical examiner reported some victims were engulfed while asleep and others trapped near windows.
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Montclair
N. J
Mae West Seeks Divorce From Cincinnati Dancer
Mae West filed divorce papers in response to Frank Wallace, a vaudeville dancer in Cincinnati, who sought $1000 a month maintenance. West, the film star, was shown in a Cincinnati picture with Wallace who had proposed in 1911.
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Cincinnati
Mae West
Frank Wallace
Miss West
Wallace
Lancaster Car Crash Fatal to Veteran Emmitt Karshner
Emmitt L. Karshner age 46 a World War veteran and landscape gardener was fatally injured when an automobile struck him last night in Lancaster. The crash remains under investigation by local police.
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Lancaster
Emmitt L. Karshner
Aorld
Roosevelt cites Nazi map plan to divide Latin America
President Roosevelt claims proof of a Nazi plot to partition South and Central America into five vassal states as part of a New World Order. He says disclosure of documents could risk lives and future information, delaying publication beyond the war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
South
Central America
Latin America
Germany
Hitler
Navy Secrecy on German Sub Sinkings Likely
Secretary Knox said the navy would apply secrecy to sinkings of German submarines in engagements with U S vessels. He declined to confirm or deny reports that German subs had been sunk.
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Washington
Knox
Navy
Nelsonville Company Gets Federal Contract
The War Department awarded a $47,250 contract to the William Brooks Shoe Co. of Nelsonville for 15,000 pairs of tan low quarter shoes.
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Washington
War Department
William Brooks Shoe Co
Nelsonville, C
Russians Press Offensive At Rostov And Sevastopol
German troops broke toward Rostov on the Don as Soviet engineers prepared to blow the city and abandon it. Sevastopol remained a strategic target with speed toward the Caucasus oil fields while U boats claimed heavy Allied losses, and a new German thrust threatened Volokolamsk near Moscow.
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Crimea Peninsula
Russia
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Rostov-on-Don
Ukraine
Red Army
Rostov
Don River
Caucasus
Berlin
Maikop
London
Invaders Losing Steam in Moscow Front as War Rages
Soviet dispatches report Germans losing about sixty percent of their effectiveness near Moscow amid heavy fighting and counterattacks. German and British air forces conducted cross channel raids, with bombers hitting Moscow industries and German airfields attacked from Abbeville to Southwest England.
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Moscow
Kalinin
Leningrad
U.S.S.R
Kuibyshev
Russia
Australia
J. B. Chiefley
Canberra
France
Air Ministry
Abbeville
England
Winter Forecast Brings Cold Snap to Ohio
The first thin sheets of ice appeared in parts of Ohio signaling the season's initial freeze. Forecasters expect a brief warmup tomorrow then a warmer Thursday with occasional rain in the west and north central portions. Lows ranged from 26 at Cambridge to 31 in Cincinnati.
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Columbus
Ohio
Buckeye
Cambridge
Cherry Fork
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Children Get Free Fishing at Ely Park Pool
Elyria officials stocked the downtown Ely Park pool with 400 lake fish donated by the Elks and opened it to every juvenile angler after classes, allowing free fishing until the fish were gone.
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Elyria
Ely Park
The
Elks
Massillon Industry Celebrates Perfect Defense Record
Massillon industry marks a flawless defense record with no major strikes during the defense emergency as leaders from the fourth annual Massillon community banquet of business and the American Federation of Labor praise local resilience.
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Massillon
American Federation of Labor
Campaign for Wellsville Mayor Tied to Local Death
Friends attributed the death of 64 year old Charles Peters of East Liverpool to heart disease linked to his vigorous mayoral campaign in Wellsville. The candidate totaled his public service efforts amid the campaign trail and local political tension.
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Liverpool
Charles Peters
Wellsville
Former Ohio U Instructor Dies In Los Angeles
Harry Fletcher Scott, retired from Ohio University faculty in 1937, died in Los Angeles after arriving from Chicago for the winter. A Noble County, Ohio, family member, and a brother once a partner in Scott Foresman Publishing Co., are noted. Scott taught at various schools before joining Ohio University as associate professor then professor of classical languages. He authored Latin textbooks and contributed to a history of languages with G T Wilkinson. He led the Ohio Classical Conference and served as Tuesday Club president in Athens.
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Harry Fletcher Scott
Ohio University
Los Angeles
Calif
Chicago
Guy Saylor
Athens
Scott
Noble County
Scott, Foresman Publishing Co
Mr. Scott
Illinois College
G. T. Wilkinson
Tuesday Club
Connally Defends Roosevelt on Neutrality Bill Debate
Senator Connally of Texas rebutted critics of FDRs neutrality policy saying the President did not seek war by altering the Neutrality Act and noting he could have moved earlier. Taft accused the President of deception, but Connally disputed the charge. Leaders aimed for a midweek vote as debate continued in the Senate.
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Texas
Odessa
Black Sea
Stalin
Germany
Reich
Washington
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Roosevelt
Con
Nally
wWno 18
Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Calif
Connally
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Truck and street car collision snarls Cleveland rush hour
A street car and a steel-laden truck collided at St. Clair Avenue and East 105th Street during the evening rush. The crash sprayed flaming gasoline over the truck but the driver and street car passengers escaped injury as traffic was tied up.
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Cleveland
St. Clair Avenue
East 105Th Street
Turks Meet Hitler as War Fronts Align in South Russia
The article notes Turkish generals Ali Fuad Erden and Husseyn Erkilet visiting Adolf Hitler in his tent on the Russian front. It describes German moves shoring up Romanian Italian and Hungarian forces in South Russia and hints at a Turkish surge aiding the Nazi campaign, threatening the Caucasus oil region and Iran supply routes.
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Turkey
Adolf Hitler
Ali Fuad Erden
Husseyn Erkilet
Hitler
Fuehrer
Russia
Odessa
Donets
Murmansk
Black Sea
Rostov-on-Don
North Caucasus
Caspian Sea
Caucasian
Crimea
Sea of Azov
Strait of Kerch
Georgia
Caucasus
Britain
Iran
Bricker Urges Inspired Leadership for Nation
Gov. John W. Bricker told 6,000 at the Grand Chapter of Ohio, Order of Eastern Star convention that America lacks need for more power or wealth and calls for leadership with moral courage to drive through to victory. He cited Camp Shelby observations of military tech but emphasized manpower as the army's greatest need.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
America
Grand Chapter of
Ohio
Order of Eastern Star
Camp Shelby
Miss
Strike Delays Shipbuilding at Defoe Works
BAY CITY Mich a strike by 1200 DeFoe boat and motor works employees halted eight submarine chasers and mine sweepers under a $20 million Navy defense contract. A 1000 man nickel line surrounded the plant while office workers passed through. Union CIO representative Alex Tourza said the walkout was to enforce a closed shop. wages were not in dispute.
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Bay City
Mich
DeFoe Boat and Motor Works
U. S. Navy
Alex Tourza
Industrial and Marine Shipbuilders Union-Cio
Great Lakes
Man Held by Brother On Murder Charge
Fred Wheeler a 50 year old cattle dealer charged with slaying Florence Buzzell aged 20 is now in the custody of his brother Clyde Wheeler. Clyde has been elevated to deputy chief after the resignation of Sheriff Charles W. Butterfield who pled guilty to lar ceny and cheating by false pretenses.
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Farmington
Fred Wheeler
Florence Buzzell
Clyde Wheeler
Charles W. Butterfield
Clyde
Curtiss Workers Rage Over Defense Wrecking by CIO Chiefs
The Unaffiliated Curtiss Aircraft Workers Union warns President Roosevelt that CIO leaders threaten defense production. The Aircraft union claims 11,000 of Curtiss 15,000 employees and vows fighters and transports will roll off the lines despite CIO aims. Roosevelt considers drastic action as a possible general strike looms in five eastern states.
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Buffalo
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Roosevelt
CIO
Ifa Krieghbaum
Curtiss
CTO
Air Associates, Inc
Bendix
N. J
Richard Frankensteen
United Mine Workers
U.S. Steel Open to Mediation Amid Defense Strike Talks
The U S Steel Corp signaled willingness to accept the mediation board's latest offer with a proviso that both sides must agree to its final decision. Weirton and Wheeling Steel favored a joint miners and operators board, complicating prospects for settlement as Roosevelt weighs new defense strike legislation. A Michigan machine gun plant walkout and related labor actions across the Pacific Coast and Lackawanna N Y were reported, with wage and job duties changes sought by workers.
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United States Steel Corporation
National Defense Mediation Board
Weirton Steel Company
Wheeling Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Taylor
Lewis
Mediation Board
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Capitol
Byrd
Bailey
N.C
Michigan
Pacific Coast
Lackawanna, N.Y
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company
Plymouth
Mich
Detroit
U S Plans Mission to Study Nazi Berlin Bagdad Rail Link
The United States will send a military mission to Iraq to study the feasibility of completing the Berlin to Baghdad railway unfinished link as a potential route for war supplies to Russia. The venture echoes Kaiser Wilhelm II’s dream and ties to Britain and Russia in a WWI context.
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Washington
United States
Iraq
Berlin-to-Bagdad
Russia
Germany
Britain
Berlin
North South Camps May Swap Troops
CAMP FORREST Tenn The army is considering a mass swap of troops between southern and northern camps to condition trainees to varied climate and terrain Maj Gen Robert C Richardson Jr Seventh Army Corps commander disclosed today.
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Camp Forrest
Tenn
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Seventh Army
Croatian government seeks seizure of Jewish fortunes
Dispatches from Zagreb report Croatia intends state seizure of Jewish fortunes to revive the national economy amid wartime measures.
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Berlin
Zagreb
Labor Leader Absolves Aid in Movie Industry Extortion Case
William Bioff, LA based AFL official, testified that LATSE president George E. Browne had no knowledge Bioff collected over a million dollars from movie executives. Both leaders are on trial for federal charges alleging extortion of $550,000 through threats of mass strikes against the motion picture industry.
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New York
William Bioff
Hollywood
Bioff
West Coast
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes
AFL
George E. Browne
Army Says Physical For Draftees Successful
The Fifth Corps Area medical staff announced the all-out physical for draft bound men was a complete success. The army will continue the exams along with local selective service board screenings. The army examination is designed to reveal a candidate’s fitness about a month before induction.
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Columbus
Army
Fifth Corps
Training Plane Crashes. Five Army Fliers Die
A two motor attack training plane from Kelly Field crashed into a hill in eastern New Mexico yesterday killing five army fliers. Maj. A. D. Smith, operations officer at the Albuquerque army air base, said the plane was attempting a forced landing with one engine dead.
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Albuquerque, N. M
Kelly Field
New Mexico
A. D. Smith
Albuquerque Army Airbase
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