Mrs Eaton to Contest Will Over Charles Eaton Estate
Ella F. Eaton widow of Charles S. Eaton says she will contest her husband’s will and fight to reveal the true facts behind its making The executors Ezra S Eaton and others seek to restrain her from challenging the estate She alleges substantial gifts to his children and undue influence by Ezra S Eaton Malcolm H Eaton and Thayer an employee of the deceased
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Ezra S. Eaton
Malcolm H. Eaton
Thayer
Charles S. Eaton
Marshall to Present No More Petitions
Vice President Marshall announced that petitions and communications addressed to him will no longer be presented to the Senate. He urged people to send such matters to individual Senators instead. The move follows a surge of petitions urging the expulsion of Senator LaFollette over his St Paul speech.
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Washington
Marshall
Senate
LaFollette
St. Paul
Priority order favors food fuel and government supplies
Washington December 7 1941 Robert S Lovett government director of priority transportation issued a general order granting preferential shipment to food fuel and government supplies The order legitimizes moves already approved by the Eastern operating committee of railroads aiming to ease freight congestion that risks halting war industries and public utilities.
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Washington
Robert S. Lovett
Eastern Operating Committee
Government Orders Railcar Preference For Key Commodities
The 1917 order directs U S rail carriers to prioritize steam railroad fuel for current use livestock perishable freight and military supplies for U S government allies and designated sites. It also prioritizes coal for by product coking plants and coal for current use shipped to institutions and industries serving the United States and its allies.
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Navy
Shipping Board
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New Mexico
War Service Demand At W C T U Convention
Washington December 7. The ordnance department urged every delegate to recruit more workers for government clerical posts in the war service. A civilian personnel division will assist find homes, with canvasses locating rooms for at least 8000 at reasonable prices and aid for workers in securing living accommodations.
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Washington
Ordnance Department of the Army
War Service
Ordnance Department
Massachusetts State Guard deployed to Boston waterfront
Part of the Massachusetts State Guard was ordered on active duty to guard a waterfront area in Boston. These troops, first to be mobilized in the barred zone, will be relieved at intervals and housed in nearby armories. The call came from United States Marshal Mitchell via the governor's adjutant general.
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Boston
Massachusetts State Guard
State Guard
United States
Mitchell
Adjutant-General
Army Recruiting At Flood Tide Sees 2825 Enlisted
Washington reports regular army recruiting surged with 2825 men accepted. Indiana led the day with 301, followed by New York at 286 and Pennsylvania with 180 as total enlistments since the war began reached 279,709.
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Washington
Indiana
New York
Pennsylvania
Sermon Series Resumes at Trinity Church Newton Centre
At evening services the Rev Edward T Sullivan resumes his series God’s Hand in the War with The Comrade in White or Christ in Flanders The Rider on the White Horse Seen by the British on the Retreat From Mons A special song service starts at 7 15 p m The morning service remains at 10 45 a m
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Newton Centre
Edward T. Sullivan
Comrade
Christ
Flanders
Mons
Women conductors debut on Broadway blue uniformed crew
Nineteen neatly uniformed young women appeared on Broadway today as street railway conductors in New York. They fill vacancies left by the blue Stars on the New York Railway Company service flag. A motorman praised one new conductor as among his best on the first day.
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New York
Broadway
New York Railway Company
Means Tells of Death Shot in Murder Trial
Gaston B. Means testified that Mrs. Maude A. King was shot after he warned her not to fool with his automatic pistol. He said he placed the loaded pistol in a tree fork at Blackwelder Spring before going to drink water and that she picked it up despite his warning.
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N. C
Gaston B. Means
Maude A. King
Blackwelder Spring
Meansa
Maude
Polish National Committee Recognized by U S Government
The Polish National Committee of Paris is recognized as an official Polish organization by the United States government. Secretary Lansing informed Ignace Paderewski, the committee’s American representative, in a letter made public in New York.
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Polish National Committee of
Paris
United States
Lansing
Ignace J. Paderewsky
Mr. Paderewsky
Witnesses Describe Moment of Shooting
A man named Means recounts seeing a woman shot near a tree and collapsing, noting he did not know she was dead until after rushing to her as she fell in a wobbling motion. The account centers on the sudden shooting and the victim’s immediate collapse.
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