Lothian Death Prompts Talk of Warship Return Home
The death of Lord Lothian as British ambassador sparks discussion in Washington about using a U S warship to transport his body from the Atlantic war zone to Britain. President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull respond with condolences and notes on wartime arrangements.
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Theodore F. Koop
Washington
Lord Leighian
United States
Atlantic War
Lothian
Yes
England
Est
Mary of State
Hull
State Department
Roosevelt
Prsident
Caribbean
George VI
Mt.sage
Lord Lothian
Luther P. Cudworth
Boston
Co. S
Americas
Way
London
Reurn
Rhodes Trust
Philip Henry Kerr
Marquess of
Friday the Thirteenth Awareness Notice
Friday the thirteenth message warns readers to stay alert for potential mishaps as superstition spreads. References Mr and Mrs Somerset and a general sense of caution about accidents on this date.
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Mrs. Somerset
Farm Bureau Backs Revisions to Cut Duplication in Farm Aid
The American Farm Bureau Federation urged a five member nonpartisan board to oversee a graded loan system to lift prices for basic commodities. Loans would reach 85 percent parity when production stays within market needs, dropping as output rises. Administration would shift to land grant colleges. current rules cap loans at 75 percent. The convention urged aid to Britain and supported higher defense taxes from income and profits, not consumer levies.
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Ovid A. Martin
Baltimore
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Bureau
Agriculture Department
Edward A. O'Neal
Great Britain
Prison For Life For Petrolo
UNIONTOWN December 12 Judge S John Morrow sentenced Josph Petrolo a Republic miner to life imprisonment for the murder of former friend Tony Tontoni slain in October He dragged Elizabeth Lewin into a bedroom and shot Tontoni after he awakened Mrs Lewin testified Petrolo pleaded guilty the second miner to take life this week following William Kuhns who was jailed for killing his sweetheart a schoolteacher
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Uniontown
S. John Morrow
Josph Perolo
Republic
Tony Tontoni
Elizabeth Lewin
Petrole
Tontoni
Tony
Petrolo
William Kuhns
Grindstone
Bicyclist Killed By Auto In Mercer County
A 63 year old bicyclist, William Ir win of New Lebanon, was struck and killed today on the highway by an automobile. The death raises Mercer county's traffic toll for the year to 33.
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Sharon
William Irwin
New Lebanon
Mercer County
Appointments Set for Viewers in Somerset and Allegheny Townships
Judge Norman T. Boose on petition of the Pennsylvania turnpike commission appointed boards of viewers to assess damages from turnpike construction across four Somerset county farms and one Allegheny township property. View dates: January 2 to January 5, 1941. named viewers include Booker, Thomas, Lohr, Minnick, Mills, and Mower.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Norman T. Boose
Somerset County
Vance Booker
Greensburg
Fred Hammon
Walter 5. Thomas
Latrobe
Charles E. Schrock
William A. Binford
Somerset Township
Walter Thomas
Mary Lohr
Ligonier
William S. Stutzman
Judge Boose
John A. Minnick
Esa
Bedford
BP. E. Mills
Clairsville
R. D
Norman Mower
Filmer J. Hillegass
Allegheny Township
Hunter Lost In Mountains near Jennertown
Leroy Zimmerman a 30 year old Somerset WPA worker is missing after failing to return from a deer hunt west of Jennertown. His wife notified police Thursday afternoon and a search began. State police found his car on the Lincoln highway but no trace of Zimmerman was found as crews continued the hunt amid rain and a forecast of cold weather.
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Leroy Zimmerman
Somerset Wpa
Ligonier Mountains
Jennertown
Somerset
Zimmerman
Ligonier Mountain
Lincoln Highway
Frank
Food Clothing For Fishermen Sail From Boston
The two masted Newfoundland schooner Robert Esdale sailed from Boston with food and clothing for 1500 stranded French fishermen on St Pierre and Miquelon. Materials gathered under French Consul Francois Briere support island inhabitants and residents living aboard old fishing vessels seek relief amid wartime disruptions.
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Boston
Robert Esdale
St. Pierre
Mique
Francois Briere
France
Philadelphia Apple Market Weak as Receipts Moderate
Philadelphia reports Apple receipts were moderate with liberal holdovers and a weak market. Wholesale prices ranged from 90 cents to 1.50 per bushel or box, reflecting ample supplies and subdued demand in the federal state market segment.
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Philadelphia
Delayed Guard Mobilizations Push Back to February 17
Washington reports the War Department will push back national guard mobilizations up to two months due to camp readiness and weather issues. Eight divisions will be called between January 6 and April 1 for a year of training and service, with Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and D C among affected units. Dates remain tentative and subject to unforeseen delays.
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Washington
War Department
National Guard
Oee
Stimson
Massachuetts
Camp Edwards
Mass
Pennsylvania
Indiantown Gap
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Fort Meade
Cracking Pond Ice Claims Two Skaters in New Britain
In New Britain Connecticut on December 12 a group of 13 youths skated on thin pond ice. Cracking ice caused two deaths Elihu Kaplan 15 and Richard Ostertag 14 as others struggled to escape. Six fell first and seven others joined a human chain attempt to reach them before being pulled from the water by rescuers summoned by screams.
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New Britain
Conn
Elihu Kaplan
Richard Ostertag
Hit By Neighbor’s Car Dies On Street
Phillip VonMoose 79 of Dudley was struck by neighbor William Hanawalt 80 in Hunt ingdon while standing on the street in front of an undertaking parlor. VonMoose died minutes later after the coroner reported he stepped into the path of the car. a door handle reportedly struck him even as the aged driver swerved.
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Huntingdon
Phillip VonMoose
Dudley
William Hanawalt
W. B. West
VonMoose
Hanawalt
Hutcheson Renominated As U B C J A President
Delegates at the quadrennial convention of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in Lakeland Florida renominated William L Hutcheson for another four year term as president.
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Hutcheson
Lakeland
Fla
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
William L. Hutcheson
Foe Flies High
German bombers attacked east Midlands and northeastern industrial areas with incendiaries injuring casualties and destroying a church and a furniture factory. London endured alert and intermittent gunfire though early reports noted no major bomb damage. Sheffield's role in steel history is recalled as the city, once a medieval cutlery center, shaped modern steel production and armor casting.
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London
East Midlands
Sheffield
Midlands
Kentish
Air Ministry
England
Eton
Eton School
Bristol Guild Hall
Assize Court
Wembley Stadium
Policy Kings Pay $481,000
Edward P. Jones, one of the three Jones brothers tied to Chicago’s policy kings, pled guilty in federal court to evading 198,787.37 in taxes on his 1938 income. His brothers George P. and McKissack McHenry Jones, with their auditor, pleaded innocent on other indictment counts. The plea followed an agreement tied to their civil settlement totaling about 481,000. After Edward is sentenced, charges against the others would be dismissed.
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Chicago
Edward P. Jones
Jones Brothers
George P
McKissack McHenry Jones
Thomas Gilson
U. S
John M. Kiely
Philip L Sullivan
Midvale Company Declares 5 Per Share Dividend
Midvale Company directors today declared a dividend of five dollars per share on common stock. The dividend is payable December 24 to stockholders of record at the close of business December 18.
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Midvale
Philadelphia
Midvale Company
Counter Attacks Fail to Profit Blackshirts in North Albania
Greek reports from the northern Albanian front say Mussolini’s troops launched two counter-attacks but lost their original gains. They captured some war materiel, while Greek forces on the Adriatic coast near Porto Edda advanced toward Chimara. In the northeast, Greeks claimed high ground near Premet and efforts to seize Tellepent south of Tirana continued as fronts shifted.
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Albania
Athens
Mussolini
Adriatic
Porto Edda
Chimara
Premet
Tellepent
Tirana
Glass Wings For Planes Tested In Ohio Field Test
A Tay lorcraft Aviation Corp plane with glass fabric wings, fire resistant enough for a torch to leave only a smudge on the fabric, was tested in Alliance Ohio. The glass fabric replaces doped cotton on light aircraft structures and could apply to fuselage and control surfaces. Weather trials at six months await Civil Aeronautics Authority approval. Developed by Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp at Newark Ohio labs.
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Devon Francis
Alliance, O
Taylorcraft Aviation Corp
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp
Toledo
Newark, O
Japanese Take Over Property In Tokyo Institutions
The Hochi reports Dr C S Reifsnider and other US professors and missionaries will transfer control of St Pauls University valued at 14 million, St Luke's Hospital valued at 2.5 million, and Holy Trinity Church valued at 100 thousand to Japanese hands in Tokyo Japan. Ikuzo Takyama becomes president of St Pauls replacing Dr Reifsnider amid a law pushing fully Japanese ownership.
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Tokyo
Hochi
C. 5S. Reifsnider
United States
St. Paul's University
St. Luke's Hospital
Holy Trinity Church
Ikuzo ‘Takyama
Should Give Naval Bases Should Give Naval Bases
Senator Pepper of Florida proposed aiding Britain by offering naval bases useful worldwide. He said the United States might grant bases such as Singapore and would supply Britain if needed, even if Japan objects, while noting Britain’s role in keeping trade routes open. He argued the U S should not lend money in the orthodox sense and emphasized supplying Britain over defeat.
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Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
England
New Deal
Singapore
Britain
Great Britain
Three Uruguayan ministers resign over US bases policy
In Montevideo the split widens as three Herrerista cabinet members Minister of Public Works Juan Jose Arteaga Minister of Industries Gervasio Posadas Belgrano and Minister of Public Education Alcalcazar Garcia resign amid opposition to collaboration with the United States on naval bases. The resignations raise the count to four in three weeks with other defections from the cabinet and the vice president and agriculture minister having already quit. Baldo mir remains confident he can push the base plan through congress, possibly via a joint session.
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Montevideo
Alfredo Baldomir
United States
Juan Jose Arteaga
Gervasio Posadas Belgrano
Alcalcazar Garcia
Herrerista
Cesar Charlone
Esteban Elena
Luis Alberto Herrera
Senate
Baldomir
Congress
Develop War Materials initiative targets Western Hemisphere sources
Secretary Ickes announced a new drive to make Western Hemisphere nations independent of foreign war materials. Six U S Geological Survey scientists are en route to Bolivia, Cuba, and Brazil to assess tin tungsten manganese chromite antimony and other metals critical for steel and aircraft alloys. Many supplies have been curtailed or cut off due to ongoing wars.
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Washington
Western Hemisphere
Ickes
U. S. Geological Survey
Bolivia
Cuba
Brazil
First Panzer U S Division Formed in Southeast
Abbeville Alabama December 12 1941 United States Army deploys a full armored division in the western hemisphere marking a major milestone. Ten thousand men leave Fort Benning in two parallel columns traveling ninety miles by noon and bivouac at Blakely Georgia and Abbeville Alabama. The force comprises 1102 vehicles including tanks combat cars trucks motorcycles and a few airplanes.
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Abbeville
Ala
United States Army
Fort Benning
Blakely
Yugoslavia Joins Hungary in Broad Peace Pact
Belgrade December 12 Yugoslavia and axis aligned Hungary signed a pact for lasting peace and eternal friendship after two days of talks between Alexander Cincar Markovic and Istvan Csaky. Csaky called the accord in line with axis powers aims for peaceful stabilization of southern Europe.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Alesander Cincar-Markovic
Istvan Csaky
Csaky
Eurpe
Youth sentenced for armed robbery in York judge case echoes on arrest
Montgomery Taylor, 21, of Washington, Pa, a Black man, fainted upon hearing visiting Judge Ray P. Sherwood of York sentence him to two and a half to five years for armed robbery. Deputy Sheriff Pete Cannon restrained him as he fell back. Isaac, shaken, remarked he was lucky not to be hurt.
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Pittsburgh
Isaac Montgomery Taylor
Washington
Ray P. Sherwood
York
Pete Cannon
Isaac
British Forces Drive Fascists From Egypt Coastline
British troops continue operations against fascist elements along Egypts coast and in the Libyan theater as the drive toward the Suez Canal intensifies. Reports indicate the Black Shirts are being pushed back from coastal positions and supply routes.
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Egypt
Libya
Suez
Britain Drives Italians From Egypt Coastline Defenders Claim Victory
British official reports say Italian forces were driven from most of the Egyptian coast with about 20,000 captured and potential destruction or capture of three Italian divisions. Churchill hailed the action as a victory of the first order as air and sea power pounded Salum and Bardia and pursuit continued toward Libya. Generals Gallina Pescatore and Mazzari were among captured officers.
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London
Royal
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Egypt
House of Commiets
Cairo
Fly
Italian
Libya
Admiralty
Salum
Bardia
Luyan
Salim
Sarum
RAF
Sebastiano Gallina
Pescatore
Mazzari
Weather forecast for Western Pennsylvania and nearby states
Western Pennsylvania sees snow in the west and rain in the east, turning to snow with colder air by Friday. West Virginia predicts rain changing to light snow in the northwest with very cold conditions and a largely cloudy Friday night into Saturday. Maryland expects rain with warmer east Friday, then much colder late Friday night and Saturday with lingering clouds.
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Pennsylvania
East
West
West Virginia
Northwest
Maryland
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