Warning to installment firms must register by December
Kansas City Mo December 27 A federal reserve notice from H G Leedy warns thousands of installment loan and sales firms in western Missouri Kansas and other tenth district states to register with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City by December 31. Many firms have yet to register and those avoiding registration face penalties under Roosevelt orders.
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Missouri
Kansas
Federal Reserve Bank District
H. G. Leedy
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Auherby
Leedy
Roosevelt
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Denver
Sleeping Beauty to Wed Sweetheart After Recovery
Ruth Stevenson 23 of Philadelphia plans to marry Edward Carney, her longtime sweetheart, after awakening from a coma that followed a Christmas Eve 1940 car crash. She spent three months unconscious, underwent skull surgery, and gradually regained consciousness by Easter, with only a slight mouth paralysis remaining.
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Philadelphia
Ruth Stevenson
Edward
Edward Carney
Ruth
Portuguese Troops Move to Timor in Lisbon Dispatch
The German radio dispatch from Lisbon reported 1,100 Portuguese soldiers have left Mozambique in East Africa for Portuguese Timor north of Australia. Timor is held by Australian and Netherlands East Indies troops since last week.
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Berlin
Lisbon
Mozambique
East Africa
Portuguese Timor
Australia
Netherlands East Indies
Four Big Problems Hit Oil Industry With War Demand
A Lamp Publishing report lists four wartime oil challenges including tripling 100 octane aviation gasoline capacity to meet a 150000 barrel daily need, expanding toluene for TNT, financing synthetic rubber plants of about 40000 tons yearly, and ensuring seas and allied transport of oil to ships, planes, and submarines amid growing tanker needs. The piece also notes the Russian recapture Narofominsk near Moscow on the Kaluga rail line.
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T.N.T
Standard Oil Company
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Netherlands East Indies
Lamp
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Narofominsk
Kaluga
Church of Tomorrow to Be Dedicated January 4
Kansas City reports the Church of Tomorrow, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, will be dedicated January 4. The structure features a floating foundation, shell walls, and a four–steeple light shaft. Rev. Joseph C. Cleveland will become pastor. Dr. Jenkins becomes consultant pastor after years as assistant.
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Kansas City
Burris A. Jenkin
Frank Lloyd Wright
Wright
Joseph C. Cleveland
Jenkins
Admiral Nimitz Arrives in Honolulu to Assume Pacific Fleet
The navy announced Admiral Chester W. Nimitz has arrived in the Hawaiian area as he prepares to take command of the Pacific fleet. He relieved Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and declined to issue a statement at this time.
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Navy
Chester W.nimitz
Hawaiian
Pacific
Admiral Nimitz
Husband E. Kimmel
Roosevelt Nominates Minnesota Man as First U S Minister to New Zealand
President Roosevelt names David J. Winton of Minnesota as the first American minister to New Zealand in a Dec 27 1907 nomination announcement from Washington.
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New Zealand
Washington
Roosevelt
David J. Winton
Minnesota
Japan Losing Ships Rapidly In World War II News
Washington reports Japan is losing troop and supply ships at over one per day, threatening to shrink its merchant fleet within two years if losses continue. U S and Dutch forces record 26 Japanese merchant vessels sunk or damaged in Philippine Borneo and Malayan waters during three weeks of combat. Japan's shipyards and steel limits hinder recovery. Britain and the United States outpace in shipbuilding capacity.
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Japan
United States
Philippine
Borneo
Malayan
Britain
America
Dutch Army Bombers Sink Large Japanese Vessel
Dutch air forces claim direct hits sank the largest ship in a Japanese concentration off Kuching Sarawak with six to seven bombs. A lighter was also sunk as part of a continuing Dutch ship a day toll on Japanese shipping. Haskell classes to open after New Year break with one day vacation.
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Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Kuching
Sarawak
Borneo
Haskell
Haskell Institute
Britain declares war on Bulgaria in December
Britain disclosed it has been at war with Bulgaria since December 13, stated in a supplement to the London Gazette. The move comes two days after Germany and Italy declared war in the United States, marking a broader wartime alignment.
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London
Britain
Bulgaria
London Gazette
United States
War declarations noted. Bulgaria’s entry cited in report
In a brief dispatch from Girard Kansas on December 27, George W. Strong aged 78, father of Girard’s founder, died at his farm after living in the area since age three. Survivors include nine daughters and two sons. The report recalls Britain had not been officially informed of Bulgaria’s declaration of war on December 13.
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Italy
Britain
Bulgaria
Girard
Kan
George W. Strong
C. H. Strong
Japanese Woman Among Soldiers Reported in Philippines
Manila Bulletin correspondent reports a Japanese woman fighter killed or captured inland near Atimonan on Luzon's east coast southeast of Manila. The woman was said to carry a submachine gun.
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Manila Bulletin
Santa Cruz
Laguna
Luzon Island
Atimonan
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