Winant Named Likely Roosevelt Ambassador to Great Britain
Washington January 21 Former New Hampshire governor and first Social Security Board chairman Yonn G. Winant emerged as President Roosevelt s preferred choice to replace Joseph Kennedy as Ambassador to Great Britain Informants say he has Churchill s approval and would be a radical diplomat under wartime and postwar strain Kennedy reportedly accepts the choice and anticipates no objection from him Nomination could go to the Senate soon with expected swift confirmation Winant s long service and labor ties mark him as a prominent political figure with a history of national and international involvement
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Washington
Yonn G. Winant
New Hampshire
Senial Security Board
Roosevelt
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
White House
Churchill
Winant
Kennedy
Senate
Capitol Hill
Social Security Board
Alf. M. Landon
Winanl
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Peris
First Air Squadron
AEF
Labor
Quality of Stocks at State Farm Show Declared Best Ever
Harrisburg January coverage reports Pennsylvania 25th annual farm show entering its second day. Judges praised the livestock quality including sheep, Belgian horses, and dairy cattle while Governor James opened the event. About 100000 visitors attended opening day with 10490 exhibitors and record premiums totaling 42918.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
PF. C. Mackenzie
State College
Robert Olmstead
Arthur H. James
Washington
America
John H. Light
Igland
Waldo Barron
Slippery Rock
Warren Hower
Northampton
Coatesville
Rufus Patterson
Future Farmers of America
Threshermen and Farmers’ Protective Association
Keystone Farmers
Threshermen
U. S
James J. Davis
William S. Livengood
Vegetable Growers’ Association
Pennsylvania Jersey Cattle Club
Swine Breeders’ Associations
Sheep and Woal Growers’ Association
Potato Growers
Horse and Mule Association
Buick and Allison divisions ramp up wartime engine output near Flint and Indianapolis
Air defense program plans a Buick Motor division site near Flint Michigan to produce engines at a rate of 500 monthly, requiring 10,000 employees. Simultaneously the Allison division in Indianapolis will boost from 350 to 4,000 engines per month by late fall, lifting total Indiana employment to about 15,000.
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Buick Motor Division
Flint
Mich
Allison
Indianapolis
Wilson
Indiana
Fisher Body division to boost bomber parts output
At the Cadillac plant and in Anderson Indiana an aluminum foundry has just been completed. The manufacture of bomber parts and assemblies will be undertaken by the Fisher Body division, requiring the labor of an additional 15 000 men.
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Polis
Cadillac
Anderson
Ind
Fisher Body Division
Air Defense Intercept Test Described as Experimental
Officers at Mitchel Field coordinate with New York and Boston information centers to track an invading bomber track. Interceptors are directed across the track by the information center operations board. The Army plans no dramatic maneuvers or live fire, insisting the test is experimental and will test lessons from the European conflict and independently developed systems.
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Air Defense Command
Mitchel Field
New York
Boston
Army
Axis aims to heat Mediterranean against Britain
Reported discussions tie a Mediterranean offensive to crippling Britain's Libyan and Greek aid. Fas editor Gayda says US war mood shapes shifts, Mitsuo says Tokyo hopes US rethinks Asia stance. London endures raid-free night, then dawn lifts alarm as German planes strike East Anglia and fires.
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Mailta
Dakar
French West Africa
Mediterranean
Britain
Libya
Greece
Virginio Gayda
United States
Yosuke Mitsuoka
Japan
East Asia
Pacific
London
England
East Anglia
Inauguration Scene With Bombers Over Parade
A hazy, fragmented report describes an inauguration era scene with prime mover trucks, overhead bombers maneuvering in the sky, pursuit planes in formation, and bands playing below while the President smiles amid the spectacle.
Jury acquits three in I Am mail fraud case
A federal jury in Los Angeles acquitted three defendants in the I Am movement mail fraud trial but failed to reach verdicts on others after nearly four days of deliberations. The case, involving Edna Ballard and fellow leaders, was sent back for possible retrial as U S Attorney Wil lam Fleet Palmer consider s a new action.
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Los Angeles
U. S Attorney-General
Jothers
U. S
Willam Fleet Palmer
Washington
Edna Ballard
Guy W. Ballard
Leroy Henderson
Donald
Charles Sindelar
Pearl
Frank von der Hoyn
Ballards
William Z. Cagsier
Louisiana
Paul Stickell
Chicago
Louise Majerus
Betty Mundy
Roosevelt Inaugural Address Sets Tone For Nation
At the Capitol a national ceremony featured President Roosevelt swearing in with Chief Justice Hughes, emphasized defense and charity. Attendees included Crown Prince Olav, envoys from many nations, and 1,003 guests at a luncheon while 5,000 later Tea guests filled state rooms. Garner swore in Henry Wallace and then left for Texas as crowds dispersed.
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Capitol
Hans Thomsen
Neville Butler
Roosevelts
Crown Prince
Olau
Norway
Martha
Republic
Roosevelt
Hughes
John N. Garner
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Garner
Wallace
East Room
White House
Texas
DROWNED (Continued from page one) Crew rescues five aboard O'Hara narrative
Captain Lunde steered the beam trawler near Finn's Ledge to reach four men clinging to the foremast and mainmast as the O'Hara sank. A dog helped lower a line to Cecil Crowell of Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, who could not move. North Star crew saved him while the others, Cicil Larkin, 38, Stanley Conrad, 54, Frank Silva, 59, and Gabriel Welch, all of Boston, were rescued.
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Lunde
O'Hara
Finn
Cecil Crowell
Shelburne County
Nova Scotia
North Star
Cicil Larkin
Stanley Conrad
Frank Silva
Gabriel Welch
Boston
Kennedy Defends British War Aims In Hearing
During a congressional hearing, Ambassador Kennedy disputed Fish on Britain’s war aims and the need for further aid. Kennedy warned that British shipping losses threaten vital British efforts, noting rising concern since last month. The crowded room reflected strong public interest as testimony continued.
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Fish
Kennnedy
Britain
Kennedy
State Department
Representative Fish
Rob
Stage Door Comes to Indiana High School in January
The Senior Dramatic Club of Indiana High School presents Stage Door, with Dorothy Cassel and James Brinckerhoff in lead roles. Edna Ferber and George Kaufman wrote the Broadway hit staged at the Music Box in New York. Rehearsals are under James Nix. stage set by Paul Smay. tickets via Mrs. Mary McGregor and committee.
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Senior Dramatic Club
Indiana High School
Stage Door
Dorothy Cassel
James Brinckerhoff
Edna Ferber
George S. Kaufman
Music Box Theater
New York
Sam Harris
Mr. Kaufman
Margaret Sullivan
James Nix
Paul Smay
Marshall Carnahan
Mary McGregor
Britain to Draft Workers by Age in War Factory Plan
London January 21 Labor Minister Ernest Bevin told the Commons the government will register British workers for drafting into war factories. He said production is rising despite air raids and that industrial registration by age groups is now necessary to identify those to serve the state in national industry.
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London
Labor
Ernest Bevin
Commons
Britain
Bevin
Kennedy Defends Aid to Britain and British Morale
In Washington hearings Kennedy rejects claims of official U S plans to invade or threaten Britain he notes Churchill 1941 remark England needed guns ships not men. He cites British morale and warns every day late for aid while opposing lease lead expansion and pledges support if Congress approves. Fish challenges administration claims as silly and absurd and vows to push limits on aid authority with a $2 million ceiling proposal.
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Ert
Hutchins
University of Chicago
Washington
Kennedy
Britain
United States
Fish
Winston Churchill
England
Churchill
Congress
Germany
Luther A. Johnson
D-Tex
London
Rep. Fish
R-Ny
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hugh 8. Johnson
Roosevelt
Washington and Jefferson College President Links Corruption to Democracies
Dr. Ralph Cooper Hutchison, president of Washington and Jefferson College, told Presbyterian ministers in Pittsburgh that corruption in Washington and Allegheny counties proves Hitler’s claims about democracies. He warned that in the past decade corruption trials have surged, courts are filled with corrupt officials, and pressure groups divert public funds for selfish ends. He also criticized individualism unrooted in Christianity and warned democracy risks becoming a machine-driven leisure society.
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Pittsburgh
Ralph Cooper Hutchison
Washington and Jefferson College
Washington
Allengheny
Hitler
Dr. Hutchtsan
France
Germany
Hetealf
Hutchison
United States
Game Tab Under Way in Harrisburg as Reports Gathered
The State Game Commission started tabulating hunters reports for last year’s kills and aims to publish the final 1940 game bag report soon. Executive Director Seth Gordon praised hunter cooperation and pledged swift processing. Also announced: 0,000 acres bought as state game land across 34 counties bringing total to 650,500 acres in 0 of 87 counties. Recent acquisitions include small marginal farms and boundary-trace tracts in various counties. Earlier, January 9, the commission approved 30 tract purchases totaling 5,781 acres plus a 45 acre tract in Pike County, pending adjacent land title arrangements.
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Harrisburg
State Game Commission
Seth Gordon
W. Gard Conklin
Division of Lands
Conklin
Commission
Pike County
Stock Market Tangles With Major Industrial Names
A truncated stock list shows widespread activity across big firms. Companies such as Aluminum Corp Am Can Am Rad and St 5 Am Smelt and R Am Tel and Tel Am Teb B Anaconda Atch T and SF Atl Refining Bald Loca Ct Balt and Ohio Bendix Aviat Beth Steel Boeing Airplane Borden Co Briggs Mig Budd Mig Ches and Ohio Chrysler Carp Column and El Com Solvents Cons Edison Consol Oil Cent Can Curtiss Wright Del Lack and West Du Pont Del Eastman Kodak El Auto Lite Gen Elec Gen Fodds Gen Motors Gen Refract Greyhound Corp Hercules Powder IWinois Central Int Harvester Int Nick Can Int Tel and Tel Kennecott Cop Kresge Lehigh Val RR Liggett and Myers Loew's Inc Montgom Ward Nat Biscuit Nat Dairy Pr Nat Pow and bt NY Central RR North Ameria Northern Pacific Packard Motor Param Pictures Penn RE Pub Sve N J Pullman Pure Oil Radio Corp of Am Reading Co Repub Steel Reynolds Tob B Sears Roebuck Sovony Vacuum Sperry Corp Stand Brands Stand Gas and El Stand Oil Cal Stand Oil Ind Stand Oil N J Studebaker Corp Swift and Co Texan Corp United Aircraft United Corp United Gas Imp US Rubber US Steel Warner Bros Pict West Union Tel West El and Mig Woolworth Yellow Tr and Curb Aero Supply El Bond and Share Pennroad Corp
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Anaconda
Atl
Bald Loca Ct
Balt
Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs Mig
Budd Mig
Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Carp
el Com
Cons Edison
Consol Oil Cent Can
Curtiss Wright del Lack
West du Pont del Eastman Kodak
el Auto Lite
Elec
Gen Motors Gen
Greyhound Corp
Hercules Powder
Iwinois Central Int Harvester Int
Nick Can
Kennecott Cop Kresge
Lehigh Val RR Liggett and Myers Loew's Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Nat
NY Central RR
North Ameria Northern Pacific
Packard Motor Param Pictures
Penn RE
Pullman
Pure Oil Radio Corp of
Am Reading Co
Repub Steel Reynolds Tob
Sears Roe
Hearings of Navy Shipping Policy Continue
Committee Chairman Bloor of New York said once Fish’s witnesses finish he will call William C Bullitt former Ambassador to France. Bloom predicted hearings would be completed by the end of the week.
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U. S& Conevoys
Bloor
CNY
Fish
William C. Bullitt
France
Bloom
Ane
Pittsburgh Markets Produce and Livestock Report
Pittsburgh markets report on January 21 details produce prices across varieties from Staymans to McIntosh apples, and russet burbanks to Green Mountains potatoes with bids and crate values. Livestock prices show hogs, cattle, and sheep with steady to mixed quotes, while Chicago grain futures edge lower on weak demand and lower Monday closes.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Baldwins
Rome
Axis plan to strike in Mediterranean deepens war outlook
In a wartime column DeWitt Mackenzie notes a Fascist article by Virginia Gayda arguing that Nazi and Fascist powers may launch a major Mediterranean offensive. The piece questions why Hitler and Mussolini would reveal strategy and weighs Britain’s battle for air and sea dominance amid shifting axis priorities.
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Dewitt Macken'sia
Mediterranean
Hitler
Mussolini
Virginia Gayda
Aly
Signor Gayda
Herr Hitler
Britain
Fuehrer
England
Britan
Suspensions and Restorations Noted by Highway Safety Board
The Bureau of Highway Safety at Harrisburg suspended licenses for Indiana County drivers for the week ending January 10 including Blaine Bence speeding and Harry Kimmel reckless driving. Joseph Janosko and Alfred Vendor cited for speeding and failure to appear. Peter Kwisnek linked to a fatal incident. Restorations announced for Clair Segar, Harry Fleming, RF Ramer.
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Burdew of Highway Safety
Harrinburg
Indiana County Motoriita
Blaine Bence
Clymer RD
Harry 0. Kimmel
Shelocta RD
Joseph Janosko
Emeigh
Jon McAdoo
Indiana R. D
Alfred Vendor
Plumville
Peter Kwisnek
Blairavi
Hitler’s Mediterranean gambit aims at Britain’s crumbling defenses
The excerpt analyzes Hitler's strategy in a protracted conflict, noting his need to secure gains without overextending his hands. It argues the Mediterranean move supports the main goal of pressuring Britain, with possible shifts toward Gibraltar or Iberian actions while Britain remains dominant in the theatre.
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Hitler
Mediterranean
England
Herr Hiller
Britain
Gibraltar
Spain
Portugal
Balkans
Obituary notices from Canton and Johnstown area
Obituary details list Joseph Reed 81 farmer of Westmoreland County with services at West Fairfield United Presbyterian Church and interment in church cemetery. Surviving are widow Margaret Reed, daughter Katherine Reed, seven grandchildren. Elizabeth Minto Walton 70 dies at daughter’s home in Clymer after years in Johnstown. survived by two daughters and brother Richard Minto. Funeral arrangements set for 2:00 p.m. Thursday with Rev Edward Reed officiating.
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Joseph Reed
Josep Reed
Westmoreland County
West Fairfield
Elizabeth (Minto) Walton
New Bowman
Clymer
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