Defense High Command Calls for Maximum War Production
Washington reports the defense high command seeks full cooperation from all Americans to mobilize every field for victory. Export controls expand to 15 items including aviation fuel and chemicals. Navy orders reach 284 million for submarine chasers and nets. Tulsa plant site chosen to assemble aircraft from auto parts. Pulaski powder bag loading plant contract awarded. national effort urged to meet crisis.
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Washington
Defense High Command
William
Knudsen
Office For Productions Management
The
Defense Commission
Navy
Tulsa
Oklo
Omaha
Neb
Kansas City
Labor policy under review in defense contracts
Washington reports say the administration is studying a compromise on labor law clauses in armament contracts. The debate centers on whether Wagner act protections should be required, beyond Walsh Healy wage and hour standards, to preserve union rights without delaying defense production.
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Washington
National Defense
War Department
Labor Department
Sidney Hillman
The
Defense Commission
CIO
Hillman
Ford Motor Company
William S. Knudsen
Defense
Knudsen
Ford
Labor Board
Navy
Congress
Walsh- Healey
Hoover
Woman Plunges From Local Hotel Window
A 30 plus year old woman described as Mrs Laura Bragg of Mobile Alabama died after plunging from a fifth story hotel window onto a three story extension in Bluefield West Virginia. Police and coroner ruled the death as self inflicted after preliminary investigation. The body was taken to Mercer Funeral Home for identification and relatives were being sought in Mobile.
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West Virginian
Laura Bragg
Mobile
Ala
Commerce Street
C. N. Wilson
Morton Wagner
W. W. McNeal
Chief Wilson
Mercer Funeral Home
Letter to God Found in Mailbox in Richmond
A letter addressed to God, signed by a girl calling for forgiveness and mother’s health was found in a Richmond mailbox. The note asks for mother and father to live together, mentions a home with illness, and closes with Christmas and angels.
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Richmond
Ind
Heaven
Daddy
Mother
You
All Angels
Fatal stabbing ties miner in Lashmeet incident
Harlow Basham a 29 year old miner at Arista died after a chest wound from a stabbing on a side road near Lashmeet Spanishburg early Saturday. Kenny Cline was arrested on murder charges after Basham identified him as the attacker. Basham's death led to funeral services at Mount Olivet church Lashmeet with burial in Mount Olivet cemetery.
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Spanishburg-Lashmeet
Harlow Basham
Arista
Kenny Cline
Basham
Spanishburg
Memorial Hospital
Cline
G. H. Crumpecker
Crumpecker
C. C. Elmore
Eliza Farmer
Doris
Melvin Basham
James Ross
Arlie R. Cline
Tilden Cline
Kenny
Mount Olivet
Lashmeet
A. L. Basham
Lonnie McKinney
Kenneth James
Earl Ross
Esley Bowling
Hill Ballard
Bloodhounds Track Fugitive After Officer Slaying in Georgia
Ringgold Ga December 21 bloodhounds traced a fleeing motorist linked to the fatal shooting of Corporal P F Black of the Georgia highway patrol. Police estimate the suspect was wounded and fled into rugged terrain as more than 200 officers joined the manhunt. The car was reported stolen in Miami Oklahoma and a woman passenger identified the suspect as Charlies Butler.
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Ringgold
Georgia
Tennessee
P. F. Black
Georgia Highway Patrol
Lon Sullivan
Black
B. R. Farr
Sullivan
Oklahoma
Chattanooga
Charlies Butler
Memphis
Miami
Oklahoma City
Butler
Nose
Georgia - Tennessee
Berlin Watches Up Reaction On ARIS Ships Feeler
German officials say Britain incites America to warlike acts and await U S reaction. Berlin also reports Berlin asks U S to recall three U S embassy staff in Paris Mrs Elizabeth Lee MP Cross and Leigh W a as second secretary implicated in aiding a British officer escape Hull says they will be reassigned while investigation continues.
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U. S. State Department
Paris
Hull
Berlin
Foreign Office
Britain
America
United States
Germany
London
Ronald Cross
Reischs
Rome
United States State Department
Elizabeth Lee
Asheville
N. C
MP Cross
Leigh W.a
State Department
Washington
Injuries Fatal To Hal Kemp
Hal Kemp a 36 year old bandmaster died from pneumonia that developed after injuries from a Wednesday automobile crash. Kemp led a dance band once favored by the Duke of Windsor in London clubs. He suffered fractured ribs and a broken leg with a punctured lung. Funeral planned in San Francisco burial in Charlotte North Carolina. A negligent homicide charge was filed against Casimiro Asparren in connection with the death.
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Madera
Calif
Hal Kemp
Kemp
Duke of Windsor
London
Prince of Wales
A Oe
Emp
Martha Stephenson
New York
Alex Holden
San Francisco
Charlotte
N. C
Thomas D. Kemp
Justice Court
Casimiro Asparren
Asparren
Fresno
Darden Declares Bid for Virginia Governor
Rep Colgate W Darden Jr announces run for governor of Virginia subject to the Democratic primary on August 5 1941 He plans to resign from Congress before active campaigning and will present a legislative program addressing state problems to win voter support in the campaign commencement.
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Norfolk
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Virginia
Darden
Congress
Congression
House of Representatives
Fascists Make Desperate Stand At Tobruk Siege
British forces press the Libyan battle as Bardia is sealed off for two days. Reinforcements push toward Tobruk while Castel Benito airfield sustains raids and prisoners exceed 900. Heavy bombardment and naval fire hammer the besieged port as General Graziani accelerates potential regrouping efforts.
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Bardia
Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Tobruk
Rodolfo Graziani
Castel Benito
Tripoli
Libya
Mediterranean
Bombs Interrupt Christmas Party
A report from New York and London describes wartime disruption as Herbert Hoover urges arbitration for labor disputes in essential industry while Londoners are killed in a Christmas bombing. Hoover cautions against partisan denial and calls for unity and productivity.
Hoover Accepts 1940 Gold Medal in New York
Former President Herbert Hoover accepted the Pennsylvania Society of New York gold medal and remarked he was glad to have a legal gold reserve at a time when that basis of credit is a criminal offense. The award cited his distinguished achievements nationally and internationally and for service to all humanity.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
NBC Blue
Pennsylvania Society of New York
Hoover
United States
Great Britain
William Allen White
Co. Lindbergh
Pennsylvania Society of New York Tonight
WHIS Moves to New Quarters on New Year’s Day
WHIS radio will relocate to Commerce Street in new quarters by New Year’s Day with occupancy on January 1. The station will begin regular broadcasts from the new studios on New Year’s Eve with a two hour program. An open house on New Year’s Day is planned and the upgrade features three studios and expanded offices with NBC affiliation.
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WHIS
Commerce Street
J. Lindsey Alley
Alley
O’ches
West Virginia
Ae m
NBC
West Virginian
Greeks Press Albanian Gains In Tepeleni Klisura Fight
Greek forces and British allies push into Albania capturing two villages and two key heights near Tepeleni. A Greek colonel and two battalions are reported taken as 300 prisoners and war material are seized. Air attacks hit Brindisi and Berati with RAF bombers supporting the frontline advance.
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Athens
Albania
Tepeleni- Klisura
Chimara
Pogradetz
Italy
Greece
Brindisi
Adriatic Sea
RAF
Berati
al Front
Tepeleni
Klisura
Greek destroyers push into Adriatic near Valona harbor
A naval communique reports a Greek destroyer force preceded the British battle ship cruiser destroyer Armada which moved into the lower Adriatic December 18 and shelled Valona. Greek destroyers penetrated to Saseno near Valona harbor on the night of December 15.
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Adriatic
Valona
Italy
Albania
Saseno
Suez Will Be Reached by Italian Troops Says Rome
Rome reports Il Giornale d Italia claims Suez will be reached despite Libyan fighting. Virginio Gayda alleges British forces use white flags to mislead defenses at Bardia and cites British casualties, manpower, ships, and aircraft buildup across the Mediterranean and Red Sea fronts.
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Rome
Suez
Mediterranean
Libya
Relazioni Internazionali
Virginio Gayda
Il Giornale d’ Italia
Bardia
Gayda
Cairo
Ital
North Africa
Kenya
Somaliland
Ethiopia
Britain
Red Sea
Alf
Aden
East
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Buchanan
Middleboro
Will Shaffner
Guest
Mobile, Ala
Mercer
Bloodhounds Trail
ARIS
Rep
Laval
Leahy
Vichy
France
Fernand de Brinon
Pierre Laval
Brinon
Philippe Petain
Petain
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Council of Ministers
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
William D. Leahy
Paul Baudouin
Council
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