CIO Petition for Union Vote at Ford Lincoln Plant
The United Automobile Workers filed with the National Labor Relations Board for a union election at Ford Motor Co. Lincoln plant to determine exclusive bargaining rights for about 3,800 workers. UAW-CIO reports 95 percent designation and notes that Ford resists, citing defense and contracting concerns. New labor tension follows a vote authorization to strike if necessary and Ford's promise to rehire workers after January 1.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
C.I.0
National Labor Relations Board
Lincoln
Ford Motor Co
Ford Royce
Labor Board
R. J. Thomas
U.aw.c
J. A. Capizzi
Ford Company
Capizzi
National Defense
UAW -Clog
Roosevelt
Ford Motor Company
Michael F. Widman
Ford
John R. Tan
Concili Service
Department of Labor
Widman
Weathered Nazi raid hits London as fire watchers urged
London reported continued Nazi invasion failures as experts blamed weather and planned to require fire watchers on roofs after New Year. A vast fire raid destroyed areas around the City, leaving thousands unemployed while authorities assess rebuilding and penalties for firms without guards. King George sent condolences to the City’s leaders as losses spanned about ten blocks beyond the central district.
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King George
George Wilkinson
United Press
Nazis Claim Success In Raids On Britain
Berlin reports German High Command says bombers hit airports and industries in eastern England. Daylight strike destroyed several planes on the ground at Mildenhall Suffolk and targeted industrial sites in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire with no night fighting reported.
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Berlin
High Command
England
Mildenhall
Suffolk
Norfolk
Cambridgeshire
Wheeler Sees Path to Peace Amid War Talk
Senator Wheeler urged restraint and urged no offensive war while warning that Britain’s convoy policy and repeal of neutrality acts could steer the nation toward total war. He criticized peace efforts as insufficient and outlined a German peace bid from Goering as a misstep, noting it was rejected by the Allies.
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United States
Hitler
William Allen White
America
Alps
Europe
Marshall
No Foreign War Committee
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Hermann Goering
Poland
Davis
American Oil Operator Davis Ties to Nazi Peace Talks in Berlin
Berlin officials declined comment on Verne Marshall’s claim that William R. Davis carried a Nazi peace plan to Washington. Davis, a prominent American oil operator, was identified today as a long active go-between in peace efforts between the Reich and Allied authorities, with evidence pointing to his involvement in at tempted negotiations led by Hermann Goering.
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Berlin
William R. Davis
Verne Marshall
Davis
Washington
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Angry Panama Nazis Tear Down British Red Ensign
In Cristobal Panama December 31 a German Hamburg American Line office crew ripped down and spat on the red ensign of the British merchant fleet. A noisy crowd gathered as the flag was removed and the attackers fled back inside the building after the act.
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Panama
Hitler's New Year Address Declares War Profits Drive
Hitler denounces democratic financiers and armament interests as war profiteers responsible for global conflict. He claims Germany, Italy, and Japan fight to determine whether the world exists for all or for one, vows continued war until these “parasite” powers are destroyed, and asserts 1941 will see a stronger Nazi war machine with no peace in sight. He attacks Churchill and democratic rulers, praises arms-focused economies, and frames the struggle as a fight for human rights of the have nots against gold-ruled elites.
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Germany
Italy
Japan
Hitler
America
British Empire
Roosevelt
Fuehrer
England
France
Compiegne
Britain
United States
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Renee Hitler
Europe
Churchill
Thefuehrer
Norway
Provider
Congress
Reich
Lokatanzeiger
Ams
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Boersen Zeitung
Franklin D. Roosevelt
der Fuehrer
Falkland Islands
Mexico
Maximilian
Detective's Boat Too Big to Get Out of Basement
St Paul police detective built a 15 foot boat in his basement and now must remove 22 cement foundation blocks to free it. He insists he planned it that way.
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St. Paul, Minn
A. M. Soderberg
Soderberg
Gasplate accident man revived by rescue squad
In Omaha on December 31 a man slumped over two open gas jets was revived by police and fire department rescue squads as they approached with sirens. The man, identified as Wesley Jones, was last seen heading east after the incident.
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Omaha, Neb
Fire Department
Wesley Jones
Tourist in Sumter snaps photos after reading highway sign
A New York City man named Elliott Lamar Darlington photographed a service station and the nearby highway sign listing Elliott Lamar Darlington distances to Elliott, Lamar, and Darlington, then explained his full name to the puzzled attendant.
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Sumter
S.C
Elliott
Lamar
Darlington
Elliott Lamar Darlington
New York City
Roosevelt Speech Roiled Nazi Press Across Europe
German papers assailed Roosevelt as unstatesmanlike and alarmist, accusing him of misleading Americans about German aims. Attacks labeled the talk a bid to rally war support, deny world domination claims, and portrayed Churchill as model, while suggesting Britain faces defeat regardless of U S aid.
Hurley Named Judge for Albany Appointment
Governor Lehman announces James Dana of Hevarkee County is appointed judge in Albany. The action takes effect immediately with duties in the state capital.
Plan to go to Congress cited in New Year message
Kung declared a 1940 review showed progress in finance economy military and diplomacy. Britain closed the Burma Road to China as a wartime blow but reopening improved China’s position. Latest loans raised China’s foreign exchange reserve fund by 50 percent. For 1941 Kung proposed higher excess war profits taxes new income tax continued loan repayments secured by customs and salt revenue.
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China
Japan
Kung
Britain
Burma
Washington debates large scale transfer of ships and planes to Britain
U S officials examine proposals to shift about 500000 tons of American shipping and a squadron of destroyers to Britain. Britain could receive 70 more destroyers and more American fighter and bomber aircraft. Officials caution over reducing U S naval strength and consider legal precedents for using foreign ships in U S ports. The moves aim to bolster Allied war effort while avoiding a Axis war declaration.
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Washington
Britain
England
Maritime Commission
Atlantic
Caribbean
Five Trapped in Mine Reported Safe in Pa Cave In
Five men were trapped by a 70 foot roof fall in Kent No 2 mine of Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co about 18 miles southwest of Indiana Pa. Rescue crews persisted in reaching them while maintaining air supply and hope for a late day rescue. Thirteen others in the same section escaped.
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Indiana
Kent No. 2
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company
Pennsylvania
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