Soviet and German Fronts Clash Across Moscow Region
Reports describe heavy battles on multiple fronts near Moscow with Red Army claims of pushing back German forces from Klin and Volokolamsk, along with advances toward Dmitrov and Mariupol threats on the Donets and Rostov fronts as supplies and rear guards resist. The Berlin side notes continued pressure and refocused battles in the south near Rostov and Taganrog.
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Rusevs
Ukraine
Rostov-Donets Basin
Ger‘eans
Pipatenes
Moscow
Red Army
Klin
Dmitrov
Marshal Semeon
Moshenko
Donets
Mariupol
Rostov-on-Don
Taganrog
Adolf Hitfold
Berlin
Rostov
Arsenal at Ravenna III strike bound
Union representatives met in federal conciliation talks over a Ravenna plant strike. Details indicate a labor army shell-load Ravenna Deane F Hurley and others discussed ending the stoppage affecting transportation and workers at a plant with tensions rising.
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Asenal
Ravenna
Deane F. Hurley
Vies Astens
Increase In Draft Calls Due Shortly
The Associated Press reports a sharp upturn in selective service inductions as the army plans to expand to about 2,000,000 officers and men. Draft boards are expected to provide more recruits after the holidays, with 500,000 additional troops needed by spring to support the expansion and replacements. An $8.11 billion defense appropriation aims to add roughly 300,000 officers and men, split between air and ground forces.
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Washington
Army
Congress
AEF tale denounced as unpatriotic by War Secretary
Secretary of War Stimson denounced Chicago Tribune publications as unfinished defense studies not an authorized government program. He warned their release could aid enemies and show a lack of loyalty amid wartime. The Tribune claimed a plan for an AEF of 5,000,000 and total armed forces of over ten million.
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Washington
Stimson
Europe
The
Chicago Tribune
the Tribune
Taft urges Senate to seek Hoover price fixing advice
Senator Taft of Ohio proposed the Senate invite former President Herbert Hoover for guidance on the price control measure already passed by the House. Taft, backing substitute legislation, said Hoover gained vast practical price fixing experience as federal food administrator in World War I.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Herbert Hoover
House
Hoover
Cars Crash on Bridge Injures Four on Route 112
Four persons sustained minor cuts and bruises when two cars sidewiped on a one way bridge on Route 112 northwest of Lucasville at 545 p m Thursday. Kurts and Mae Cole both 50 and Veni Kaper 73 of Wellston were bruised. Both vehicles were heavily damaged.
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Thursher
Route
Lucasville
Kurts
Mae Cole
Veni+ Kaper
Wellston
Cole
Vehwke
Postwar Diplomacy Urged by National Association of Manufacturers
The National Association of Manufacturers adopted a platform urging wise postwar policies to curb unemployment. The plan includes five government actions and eight business measures aimed at investments, tax policy, debt size, deregulation, and banking. William P. Witherow of Blaw-Knox & Co. was named to head the group for the coming year.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Army
Defense
Association
William P. Witherow
Blaw- Knox & Co
Pittsburgh
House approves 66 million for crop loss payments
The House Agriculture Committee approved a bill to authorize 66 million dollars in aid to cotton tobacco and wheat producers hit by bad weather and insects. About 100 thousand goes to tobacco growers and five million to New York hay producers to cover freight costs from Michigan and elsewhere. Payments are set as cash awards covering the difference between 50 percent of normal crops and actual marketed percentages.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Fulmer
South Carolina
New York State
Michigan
Agriculture Department
Ohio 31st Division to be Eligible for Discharge This Month
About 2300 married soldiers of Ohio's 31st division will be eligible for discharge from active service this month after completing a year of federal service, according to Lieutenant Colonel A. O. Adams, division adjutant general.
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Camp Shelby
Mus
Ohio
A. O. Adams
Roosevelt Leaves Defense Strike Debate to Senate Leaders
President Roosevelt adopts a hands off policy on defense labor legislation as Senate leaders prepare to untangle three rival bills. The Connally bloc backs government seizure of struck plants with wage setting by a special board, Ball pushes mediation and closed shop bans, and Byrd supports the Smith bill for union registration and restricted strikes with a 90 day cooling off period.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Smith
Connally
Texas
van Nuys
Indiana
Hatch
New Mexico
Norris
Nebraska
Austin
Vermont
Judiciary Committee
Thomas
Utah
Hill
Alabama
Ellender
Louisiana
Taft
Ohio
Ball
Minnesota
Senate Labor Committee
Byrd
Virginia
House
Mediation Board
Death Toll Feared As Bridge Crash Kills 8
Hartford dispatch reports at least eight workers dead with the toll potentially rising to fourteen after a massive Connecticut river bridge under construction collapsed. Divers recovered one body from beneath twisted girders as rescuers hunted for six missing men and planned to resume at dawn.
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Connecticut River
Hartford
Conn
Ace
New London
East Hartford
Connecticut
New York
Boston
Tragic Gasoline Burns Kill Child In Fullerton Home
Phyllis Horsley three dies at Mercy hospital from burns suffered when gasoline ignited from a bottleJunior Crowder 15 obtained the fuel and sprayed the flames as the child sat in a chair A six month old sister Freda Mae escaped serious harm Funeral services set for 2 p m Sunday at Robersons Fullerton with Rev R T Wilson officiating Burial in Globe cemetery Survived by parents Joseph and Mabel Crowder Horsley and a sister.
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Phyllis Horsley
Joseph and
Mabel Crowder Horsley
Seventh Street
Mercy Hospital
Freda Mae
Fullerton
Roberson
Heat Wave Ends as Cold Air Moves In
Ohio faces a 19 day heat wave ending with tonight's plunge to cooler temperatures and possible snow flurries in the north and east. Record December highs were set in Cleveland Dayton Toledo Youngstown and Columbus as winds shift west to northwest.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Dayton
Toledo
Youngstown
Temperature report for today and past comparison
Observer Schirrman reports today at 11 2 PM a high of 65 and a low of 51. Yesterday’s high reached 62 with no further detail. A year ago today the maximum was 47 and the minimum 30.
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Schirrman
Japanese Minister Oshiaki Miura Called Home
In Mexico City the Japanese minister said Tokyo ordered his return for consultations on the Pacific crisis. He added Only God knows how the crisis will be resolved and noted the tension with the United States over the situation.
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Mexico
D. F
Mexco
Oshiaki Miura
Mexico City
Pacific
Tokyo
Prowler Mistake Ends With Police Sergeant Shot
In Cleveland on December 5, Police Sergeant Edward Maurer aged 37 was wounded in the left knee when he, by error, stepped into his wife’s bedroom while attempting to enter quietly. The incident occurred early today and the motivation remains unclear.
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Cleveland
Edward Maurer
Convict Kills Son of Prison Official in West Virginia
A prisoner on a bus to the West Virginia state penitentiary wrestled a guard's gun and killed Philip Ketchum, 24, son of War den M. E. Ketchum, and wounded guard Orville Metz. Brown Gibson, 28, an escapee serving a 1 to 15 year term, fired the shots. Charles Fowler forced the weapon from the convict and choked him until others restrained him.
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Associated Press
Moundsvile
W. Va
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Philip Ketchum
M. E. Ketchum
L. H. Whitten
Whitten
Brown Gibson
Orville Metz
Moundsville
Charles Fowler
Gibson
Power bans dropped as southeastern rains boost hydro supply
OPM lifted all power use restrictions in the southeastern States after reservoir-filling rainstorms. Rain totals averaged 1 to 3 inches, expanding hydro-power availability and easing energy limits.
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Washington
OPM
Britain Orders Fresh Note to Finland Hungary and Romania
Britain dispatches final notes to Finland Hungary and Romania in a bid to stabilize relations amid war pressures with Russia. The notes, sent via U S good offices, set a midnight deadline with no immediate war pledge implied, leaving future actions dependent on replies and their nature.
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London
Nec
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Finland
Hungary
Rumania
United States
U. S
Britain
Auto bus collision in Americus kills six near Dawson
Six people died and thirteen injured when a car collided head on with a school bus returning from a basketball game near Dawson Georgia. Among the dead were Dorothy Casey 20 a City hospital patient and four soldiers from Fort Gordon. The unidentified sixth victim was believed to be a Webster County student aboard the bus.
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Americus. Ga
Dawson
Dorothy Casey
City Hospital
Georgia
J. P. Smith
Ft. Ga
Ben Cormer
E. McMullen
Webster County
Envoy Hopes to Continue Talks on Orient Crisis
Japanese envoy Kurusu expressed hope that talks with the United States would continue as Tokyo sent a reply to Hull without a formal settlement plan. Washington and London worry over Japan massing troops in French Indochina and potential moves toward Thailand amid rising tensions in the Pacific.
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Japan
Cordell Hull
Pacific
Saburo Kurusu
Roosevelt
Indo-China
Kichisaburo Nomura
Kurusu
Mr. Hull
Tokyo
Melbourne
Australia
United States
He Beieves
Ine do-China
Washington
Great Britain
Thailand
East Asia
Washington - Tokyo
Singapore
British North Borneo
Panama
Hirohito
Imperial Army Headquarters
Gen Sugiyama
Britain
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Domei
Hull
Far East
Farm Bloc Relents on Parity Loans Change
Chairman Fulmer of South Carolina said the farm bloc will likely abandon plans for 85 percent parity loans and instead seek continuation of the 65 percent loan basis for three crop years after the current year.
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Washington
Fulmer
South
Caroline
House Agriculture Committee
Congressional
House
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