Army Private Cited for Valor Aboard Pearl Harbor Battleship
Private Harry Polto 18 from Santa Fe New Mexico and Rock Springs Wyoming earned a valor under fire commendation after volunteering to man a Lewis machine gun aboard a battleship during the December 7 Pearl Harbor attack. He and Marine Private First Class Coy Tyson joined the battle station amid explosions and gunfire. Polto remained at his post through the assault and continued duty the next day.
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Honolulu
Harry Polto
Polto
Santa Fe
N. M
Rock Springs
Wyo
Pearl Harbor
Schofield Barracks
Coy Tyson
United States Marines
Tyson
Transportation and freight trends in 1941 nationwide report
The text notes a sailor receiving transport to Schofield Barracks and a valor commendation. It details a 24.8 percent rise in some metric, coke up 23.5 percent, and broad railroad freight gains in 1941 except livestock which declined 5.1 percent.
Former Gov Rivers Indicted In Georgia On Fraud Charges
Atlanta AP reports former Governor E. D. Rivers faces embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud charges in Georgia. Fulton County grand juries indict Rivers aides and relatives including E. D. Rivers Jr, John Greer Jr, OG G. Glover, G. C. Blount, and Hiram W. Evans for bribery conspiracy and felonies.
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Gov. Rivers
Georgia
Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
Rivers
Fulton County
E. D. Rivers, Jr
John Greer, Jr
OG. G. Glover
G. C. Blount
Hiram W. Evans
Ku Klux Klan
Morgenthau to Speak on War Financing Tonight
Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau will discuss war financing in a nationwide radio broadcast tonight from 6:15 to 6:30 p.m. Pacific time. The address will be carried on NBC Blue and CBS networks.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
NBC Blue
CBS
1941 Carloadings Rise 16 Percent Over 1940
The Association of American Railroads reports U S revenue freight loadings in 1941 reached 42,284,927 cars, up 16.3 percent from 1940 and 5,927,073 more cars. The year saw a 24.7 percent rise over 1939, with ores leading the commodity gains.
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Washington
INS
Association of American Railroads
United States
British Fleet Bombards Axis Libyan Forces Near Sirte
British warships joined land and air units to target Axis Libyan lines along the Gulf of Sirte as 7,000 troops in the Salum Halfaya zone were poised to capitulate. Gen Schmidt and 5,000 Axis prisoners were reported as Bardia fell after 360 British casualties and 1,156 liberated prisoners.
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Cairo
Egypt
INL
Gulf of Sirte
Salum-Halfaya
Bardia
Schmidt
Germany
Afrika Korps Panzergruppe
Libyan
Neumann Silkov
15Th Armored
Scummerman
Island of Resistance Lingers in Halfaya Zone
A report notes the eSee OS island of résistance remaining in the Halfaya sector with continued activity and stalled advances.
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Halfaya Zone
German General Surrenders at Libyan Port of Bardia
The general commanding Axis forces at the Libyan port of Bardia surrendered to Allied troops. He rode in a staff car with Major General I P De Villiers as the British officer dictated the surrender terms for the fortress.
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Ee Akee
Bardia
Saturpi
Eng Bewar
I. P. de Villiers
Students Enlisted for General Duty In College Era
The program lists 3,000 seniors 2 000 juniors and 500 sophomores assigned to general duty. Enlisted students likely could finish all or part of their college education prior to active service.
Major Parties In Financial Reports
The Democratic national committee reported to the house clerk that its receipts totaled $651,573.94 and its disbursements $663,000.00, highlighting a net outflow in the latest campaign finance period.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
House
Republican National Committee Receipts and Disbursements Noted
The 1941 calendar year shows receipts of $170 145 92 and disbursements of $232 088 88 for the Republican National Committee. The term young turkey refers to a poult.
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Republican National Committee
Colleges to Aid War Effort with Naval Reserve Calls
Federal Security Administrator McNutt urged colleges to provide at least 50,000 men annually for naval reserve officer training and support the war effort at all costs. Joseph Barker said two-ocean navy recruitment would disrupt normal college programs as 7,000 seniors and 7,000 juniors move into V-5 flight training and line duties.
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Baltimore
Singapore
Paul V. McNutt
Joseph W. Barker
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
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