Treasury seeks fully taxable defense notes to fund defense
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced a $500,000,000 issue of fully taxable defense notes the first such federal bond in U S history. He urged all money to be taxed for national defense, calling tax exempt bonds slacker money and advocating ending exemptions for future issues.
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Hitler vows World defeat in Berlin labor speech
Adolf Hitler pledged to defeat the entire world to cheering workers in a Berlin plant and via radio to Nazi allies. He attacked capitalism and democracies, calling America Britain France rich and warned England against continental footholds as he touted Germany’s unmatched will to work.
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Associated Press
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Adolf Hitler
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France
England
Quotas Set On Crops For 1941 Acreage Goals Announced
The Agriculture Adjustment Administration set 1941 acreage goals for soil-depleting crops at 270 to 285 million acres, unchanged from 1940, with higher payments for soil-building practices and new emphasis tied to a $500 million congressional appropriation. Rates and specific crop targets for wheat corn cotton tobacco potatoes and vegetables are listed with adjustments to tobacco and general crop payments.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Virginia
British push in Egypt cuts Italian positions near Sidi Barrani
Churchill announces a swift Egyptian offensive reaching the Mediterranean coast and penetrating Italian lines between Sidi Barrani and Buqbuq. British forces claim 4,000 Italians captured in three days as air and sea support resumes for the operation.
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Former manager for Sue Jay Here Dies
Joseph Raker aged 24, known as snager of the Blue Jay during Co. Portsmouth, died in Del Rio Texas in what authorities call an accidental automobile day journey. He was a native of Phils ott, living in Portsmouth about three years.
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Snager
Blue Jay ‘Uring Co
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Windsors Arrive in Miami For Royal Dental Procedure
On December 10 the Duchess of Windsor and the Duke arrived by yacht Southern Cross in Miami for a major dental operation. Crowds lined Biscayne Boulevard as they met dignitaries and reporters before a visit to St. Francis hospital for X rays. The couple planned an overnight stay at a hotel after leaving the hospital.
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Penalty to End Strikes Talked in Washington
December discussions in Congress consider making any stoppage of defense production punishable as treason. Rep Hobbs of Alabama warns drastic action may be needed though a less severe deterrent is hoped. In Paterson Wright Aeronautical Corp and a local union sign a contract outlawing all strikes and work stoppages.
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C C Railroad Wins Approval to Abandon 17 Mile Branch
After about a decade of effort the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway gains ICC authorization to abandon the 17 mile line from Garrison to Poplar. Earlier floods had wiped out parts of the route and shortened the remaining segment to Poplar, with Carter severed from service.
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Miami Dentist Joins Duchess Visit as Relative of Local Officer
Dr Horace L Cartee a Duke of Windsor associate and Miami dentist is the brother of Lt Lloyd Cartee of the New Boston police. A Kentucky native from Carter he trained at Louisville and Berea and practiced at Earlington before moving to Miami in 1926. He met the Duchess during a Nassau tooth extraction visit last October.
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Army to Call 20,000 Reserve Officers to Active Duty
War Department announced a major expansion with about 20,000 additional reserve officers to be ordered to extended active duty before next June 30. By month’s end the force is expected to reach nearly 30,000 on active duty, with commanders told to give as much advance notice as possible.
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Army
Italy Lists Dead in War Fights Against Greece
Fragmentary text notes Italy listing casualties in a war context with references to Rome Greece and December. The readable fragments imply a summary of deaths and dates amid Allied or Axis conflict with unclear specifics.
Japanese diplomat says war avoidance preferred over clash with U S
Tokyo December 10 Yosuke Matsuoka foreign minister said there is no need for current differences with the United States to lead to armed clash and that both nations should mind their own business He stressed Japan would not alter policy in China despite possible gains in relations with the U S He endorsed the Axis and said Japan would defend Germany and Italy if needed while refusing to detail talks with Soviet Russia
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Japan
United States
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China
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Italy
John E. Simpson of Foundry Firm Dies at 67
John E. Simpson 67 head of Simpson Bros foundry died at home 1109 Monroe after three years illness of heart ailment. Survived by wife Levina Burke and six children. brother Charles died in 1938. Funeral at 3 p m Thursday at Winder Howland. burial Greenlawn cemetery.
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Simpson Bros
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Levina Burke
Albert L. Simpson
Linden Avenue
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Herbert Adkins
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Winder- Howland Funeral Home
Greenlawn
Idarwald Sunk After Blockade Attempt
The 5,033 ton German freighter Idarwald sank after a prize crew aboard the British cruiser Diomede failed to prevent her scuttling by her own crew. The 45 German sailors were taken as prisoners aboard the Diomede.
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Police Arrest One in Devices Cleanup
Albert Hike 41 of Portsmouth route 1 was arrested at Third and Washington streets Monday night on a charge of possessing devices for cleanup.
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Portsmouth
Third
Washington Streets
Ship afire off U. S. New York incident reported
A fragmentary dispatch from December 16 notes a ship aflame off New York with limited readable details. The report mentions Mackey and Bede in unclear context and contains only stray words such as sire and other incomplete terms.
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