Steel strike threat widens across Ohio amid Christmas work stoppage
More than 40,000 steel workers in Ohio and nearby states began a Christmas Day work stoppage amid contract disputes with 14 companies employing about 250,000. Pickets formed in Cleveland and Youngstown at Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and nearby plants. No nationwide call was issued, but unions warned of a broad slowdown as many contracts expire January 3 and 4, potentially halting nearly half a million steel workers if the dispute widens.
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Ohio
Vital Indus
Sage Giectivs
Cleveland
Youngs We
Republic Steel Coz
Youngstown Sheet
Ghp
Corrigan Moworks
Pickats
Miles
Great Lakes Steel Corp
Detroit
Wheeling Steel Grp
West Virginia
Milla
Core Steel
U. S. Steel Corporation
Boys' High Romps Over Meridian 13 0
Purpis Hurricane of Boys' High from Atlanta defeated Meridian High Wildcats 12 0 in the Blue Gray game on a soggy field. Merry McWilliams starred before an injury, with Weary LeCraw, Ralph Ewing, and Richard Sewell contributing to the Georgia team’s victory. Butcher Bethel led Atlanta’s efforts.
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Hoyt Wake
Montgomery
Ala
Purpis
Mississippi
Weary LeCraw
Ralph Ewing
Georgia
Jed
Richard Sewell
Butcher
Bethel
Atlantana
Senator Predicts National Labor Draft Move
Senator Austin warns Congress will face enacting a national labor draft law as war tensions rise. He cites a confidential Homefront manpower study by the Senate Military Affairs Committee and says a meeting on compulsory legislation is likely when Congress reconvenes.
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Washington
Roccavelt
Austin Aald Irda
Congress
Senate
Varmonter
Gotaile
Railroads and unions set for wage talks again today
Washington AP reports railroad management and three operating unions may renew wage negotiations as a strike deadline looms next Thursday. Despite confidence no interruption is expected, Roosevelt plans government 24 hour prep if no deal is reached. Vinson vetoed an eight cent hourly raise, carriers and unions seek a mutually agreeable new formula.
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Washington
Bert M. Jewell
Jon
Jona
Roosevelt
Jela
Fred M. Vinson
Viazon
Napier Field Commanders Christmas Greeting to Dothan
James L. Daniel Jr, commanding officer at Napier Field, issued a Christmas message to Dothan thanking the Wiregrass for hospitality and support. He praised residents for readiness to assist personnel, described the demanding duties of officers and cadets, and expressed appreciation for the community spirit and cooperation during the festive season.
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James L. Daniel, Jr
Napier Field
Dothan
Christo
Fleet Planes Stab At Nauru and Fire Jap Installations
Navy reports medium bombers from Fleet Air Wing Two attacked Nauru at dusk on Christmas Eve to set enemy installations ablaze. Liberator bombers of the Army Air Force hit Wotje Island on December 22. 35 enemy fighters attacked, with 3 destroyed and 6 damaged. American losses: 1 killed, 2 wounded. Tarawa and Makin raids followed with minor damage and several enemy planes shot down.
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Washington
Navy
Fleet Air Wing Two
Nauru
Guibert Islands
Christmas Ers
Army Air Force
Wotje Isand
Tarawa Island
Gilbert
Makin
Fleet Air Wing
Natru
Tth
Wodle
Tarawa
Soldier Sentenced Five Years For Killing Comrade
Fort Jackson reports Sgt. Ernest M. Taylor of Spring Hill Le was sentenced to five years at hard labor by a general court martial for the death of Saluda Jail guest Robert L. Turner. Taylor was convicted of manslaughter and received a dishonorable discharge. Baftet John C. Kulick was acquitted. Sentence subject to review by Gen. Barton.
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Fort Jackson, & C
Col
James 8. Rodwell
Fourth Infantry Division
Earnest M. Taylor
Spring Hill
Saluda
Rodwell
Baftet
John C. Kulick
West Augusta Boulevard
Chicago
Taylor
Robert L. Turner
Barton
Canadians, Nazis Locked In Battle To Control Ortona
Allied communique reports Canadian troops using Molotov cocktails and grenades to clear German fortifications in Ortona on the Adriatic coast. The American Fifth Army advances two hills and high ground two miles east of Acquafondola despite rain, as fighting in Italy continues along the winter line.
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Ortona
Gallagher
Allied Headquarters
Algiers
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Italy
Catronade
Peccara
Ottone
Acquafondola
Christmas Lull Settles On Air Front In Europe
London AP reports a Christmas lull on the European air front after Allied attacks focused on Pas de Calais and Berlin. German defenses remained active while RAF typhoon fighters on a holiday patrol shot down a long range bomber near Lorient. Air Ministry notes RAF bombs dropped on Germany total about 200000 tons since the war began.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Europe
Pas de Calais
Berlin
Britain
RAF
Lorient
Air Ministry
Germany
Japanese Balked On Reinforcements in South Pacific
Advanced Allied Headquarters New Guinea reports reduced enemy air activity around Cape Gloucester New Britain as Allied bombers drop 2,500 tons this month. Admiral Fitch says Japan’s forces are so extended they cannot move large air reinforcements without weakening elsewhere, noting over 100 planes in the latest Cape Gloucester raid and ongoing supply lines from Rabaul across New Britain.
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New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
South Pacific
Aubry W. Fitch
Cape Gloucastar
Cockemman
Rabaul
Gloucester
New Jiumea
New Priton
Arawe
Fitch
Altea
Ares
Bougainvilla
Bougainville Field
Empress Augimta Bry
United Nations
Hopkins Denies He Predicted Willkie Nomination
In Washington AP dispatch Harry L Hopkins denied writing a letter predicting Wendell Willkie would be the Republican nominee. He said he was in Quebec August 7 for Allied lend-lease talks when Sparks claims the letter was written and he does not know the referenced doctor. The book One Man Wendell Willkie is under Senate inquiry. Sparks alleges delegate buying at the 1940 GOP convention.
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Washington
Harry L. Flopkins
Roosevelt
Wendell
Willkin
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Willkie
Wendell Willkie
C. Nelson Sparks
Akron
Aheer Bank
Wilkie
Langer
Sparks
Hopkins
Umphrey Lee
Boothsim Method
University At
Perke
White House
Connally
Quebec
Allied Lendang
Sparky Anys
Dr. Las
Roosevelts Have Traditional Christmas At Hyde Park
President and Mrs Roosevelt celebrate a classic Hyde Park Christmas with family and friends. They observe long standing Yuletide customs, marking the first time since 1933 the Roosevelts observe Christmas at home as chief executive. Seven grandchildren eagerly open gifts beneath the large tree grown commercially by the President on the Hyde Park estate. The tree stands in the library of the stucco Homewell house.
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Douglas
Cornell Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Hig Estate
Honpewell
Marshall's Talents To Shape Allied War Drive Worldwide
The piece discusses President Roosevelt signaling broad “torn offensives” against Germany and Japan, shifting Allied leadership. It notes General Marshall's role reevaluated by Quebec decisions, Teheran alignments, and strategic realignments across Europe and the Pacific, with Eisenhower to command in Europe and Marshall’s influence on joint plans.
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SY Mieke I. Atmpson
Germany
Japan
Roosevelt
Axis Fellowship
Europe
Pacific
Blaenhower
General Marshall
General MacArthur
Admiral Nimits
Quebec
Marshall
Particie
Asia
Russia
Teheran
Echadule
West Front
Blurnhower
Atlantic
Trortugesa
Azores
Aea
Eisenhower
Indian Ocean
Ingan
New Guinea
New Britain
Funaan
Finenhower
Supreme Command
Yan
Moosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Earth
Carl] Speatz
Spaats
United Sta
Eighth Air Force
England
Africa
Selection Of Allied Chief For Tactical Air Blows Awaited
Washington AP reports Allied high command for invasion may appoint a tactical air leader. Dwight D. Eisenhower to lead combined assault from west. Luftwaffe targets to include Berlin and European fortifications. Names of overall and subordinate commanders remain secret amid British and American candidates.
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Elion O
Washington
High Command
Specuiin i
Hitler
Sir Chsriey Portal
Elt
Great Britain
Fipeate
Generel J. AL Arnold
United States Air Forces
RAF
USAAF
Germany
Louis Brereton
James A. Doolittle
Foreig
Arthur Tedder
Sir Arthur Coningham
Ares
Fra Co. Eaker
Fighth Air Force
Funeral for D Brinson Morgan Held in Smyrna
The funeral for D Brinson Morgan, sixty one, of Smyrna, who died from injuries suffered in an automobile wreck in Phoenix City, will be at Smyrna church at 2 30 p m today with Rev C A Cogart officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Ward Wilcox in charge. Mrs Morgan remained seriously ill in Columbus hospital yesterday.
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D. Brinson Morgen
Smyrna
Columbus, Ga
Pwenix City
Smyrna Church
C. A. Cogart
Ward Wilcoe
Morgan
Columbus Hospital
Germans Report Vast Red Drive Now Underway
Berlin announced a major Soviet counteroffensive east of the Zhytomyr junction with troop movements near Korosten and Zhitomir. The Red Army reportedly pushed into northern Ukraine, threatening the Dnieper region as Germans massed for a winter offensive to regain ground around Kiev and Vitebsk amid heavy fighting and tank actions.
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James NM
LONG
London
Red Army
Kiev
Berlin
Ukraine
Garman Bligh
Rall
Zhitomir
Barts
Beri
Rumania
Poland
Roesiana
Vitebsk
Neve
Zhiobin
Gomel
Russia
Dnieper
Korosten
Koroeten
Nikola Vatutin
Gernana
Gilmore
Preag
Moscow
Rossling
Bruselane
Butt
Gorodok
Witterast
Gorelok
Bagramian
Vitebsk - Polotsk
Vitabek
Stepatch
Gerodok
Sevestia
British Should Quit India Says Jinnah
In Karachi AP report Mahomed Ali Jinnah leader of the All India Muslim League urged the British to leave India at a league meeting. He said they will never accept content and will resist rule over territories not belonging to any land. Churchill countered that liquidation of the empire is not presided over, though voluntary liquidation may be honorable rather than a war.
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Karachi
India
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Alle India Moslem League
Churchill
Espres
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