New Air Alarms Spread Through Eastern Towns
United Press reports the third air raid alert within 24 hours spread from Long Island to New York City and surrounding counties. Sirens sounded in New York at 8 49 am with an all clear at 9 01 am. Authorities cited phony tips and civilian networks as the cause. Thousands rushed to work or school while some areas evacuated. Riverhead and Suffolk County officials stressed authenticity of reports.
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United Press
New York
Long Island
New York City
Lynn Farnel
Mitchelfield
Riverhead
Floyd D. Houston
Suffolk County Civil Defense Council
U. S. Army
Brooklyn Friends School
Central Courts
Manhattan
Times Square
West Coast Blackouts Prompted by War Warnings
San Francisco shifts from routine living to air raid precautions after a blunt rebuke by Lieut. Gen. John L. DeWitt of the Fourth Army. He called out San Franciscans for failing to heed blackout orders and warned the coast from Canada to Mexico to prepare for possible air attacks. The general labeled dissent over the threat as dangerous and urged decisive action.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
John L. DeWitt
Fourth Army
DeWitt
Canada
Mexico
Dew
Lutheran Groups Hold Sessions In Canton Area
Canton Massillon conference of American Lutheran churches met Tuesday at Martin Luther church with officers elected. Rev Walter F Knauff Malvern named president. Rev William Slates New Bedford vice president. Rev F R Gronewold Madisonburg secretary. Ministerial association elected Rev Adolph P Ebert First Lutheran president. Rev Charles D Besch Zion Lutheran vice president. Rev William Swingle East Canton secretary. Devotions led by Rev Knauff. discussions on God's Providence and Lutheran Unity.
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Canton - Massillon
Martin Luther Church
Lutheran Ministerial Association
Stark
Y.M.C.A
Walter F. Knauff
Malvern
Canton-Massillon
William Slates
New Bedford
F. R. Gronewold
Madisonburg
Adolph P. Ebert
First Lutheran Church
Charles D. Besch
Zion Lutheran
William Swingle
East Canton
Carl Dawe
Paris
God
Knauff
Lutheran Unity
Besch
Lawrence Fudge
Canal Fulton
Co. C. Mees
Court Seizes Blind Fund Turned To Massillon Mayor
Massillon Mayor Harry W. Lash announced he would hand $204.31 to Common Pleas Judge George N. Graham. The amount, collected for a blind fund, was impounded on November 15 after Lash ordered police to seize the collections. The national organization failed to claim the money, which included 98 dimes 60 nickels and 15.21 in pennies. Judge Graham is to receive the funds.
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Massillon
Harry W. Lash
Common Pleas
George N. Graham
Lash
National Organization
Graham
Bruell Held to Jury in Cleveland Murder Case
Frank Bruell, 29, of Canton, was held to the Cuyahoga county grand jury on a second degree murder charge after a fatal Cleveland shooting tied to a dice game. Bond was set at $25,000 by Municipal Judge Joseph A. Arts. Victim Anthony J. Fredericks, 34, of Cleveland, died. his brother Joseph J. Fredericks, 40, was critically wounded.
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Frank Bruell
Canton
Cuyahoga County Grand Jury
Cleveland
Joseph A. Arts
Bruell
Anthony J. Fredericks
Joseph J. Fredericks
Three New Tularemia Cases Reported in Cincinnati
Cincinnati health commissioner Dr. Carl A. Wilzbach reported three new tularemia cases today. The brief notification notes the new infections in the city as health officials monitor the outbreak and advise precautionary measures.
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Cincinnati
Carl A. Wilzbach
Conserve Soil Topic Stirs Ohio Grange Convention
Ohio farm land may become arid within 50 years without a broad soil conservation program. Louis Bromfield told the 69th Ohio State Grange convention that contour farming on his 800 acre Mansfield area farm cut rainfall runoff from 90 percent to 10 percent. He urged the Grange to lobby for legislation while L. J. Taber of Columbus and Walter McMillen of Philadelphia spoke on wartime priorities.
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Ohio
Louis Bromfield
Bromfield
Ohio State Grange
Mansfield
Japan
America
Walter McMillen
Philadelphia
Farm Journal
State leader appeals for military clarity in crisis
In a national crisis the president of the national farm council urged public cooperation, requesting clear explanation of prudent military aims. Today’s program included electing a state master to replace the late Walter F. Kirk, killed in a recent auto accident. Acting master is Paul McNish.
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National Farm Chemurghc Council
Walter F. Kirk
Paul McNish
Senator Stewart demands seizure of French possessions
Senator Stewart of Tennessee urged immediate seizure of all French possessions in the hemisphere or nearby to prevent Axis air attacks on the eastern seaboard. He argued the government must act to secure strategic locations and deny bases to enemy forces.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sen. Stewart
Tennessee
United States
Sen
Stewart
Ambition to seize Caribbean territories and all potential attack sites
The statement asserts a plan to seize Martinique, French Guiana, and every other foot of soil from which enemy airplanes of Germany, Italy, or Japan could strike. It frames these moves as essential to secure air and sea routes and deny bases to enemy forces.
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Martinique
French Guiana
Germany
Italy
Japan
Scaffolds Collapse Kills Two City Iron Workers
In Cleveland on December 10 a scaffold collapsed at the E. 34th Street bridge over Kingsbury Run, fatally striking two city employees, Lawrence C. Murphy aged 52 and Emil Bartunek aged 50, both iron workers.
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Cleveland
E. 34Th St
Kingsbury Run
Lawrence C. Murphy
Emil Bartunek
Snow houses used by Eskimos in Canada and Greenland
Northern Canada and parts of Greenland rely on snow houses for shelter, though most Eskimos have never seen such structures.
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Canada
Greenland
Mrs. C. B. Buchanan Dies in Oxford Home
Catherine Buchanan wife of Charles B. Buchanan died Tuesday in her Oxford home after residing at 1217 16th Street NW until 18 months ago Friends report the death and say funeral services will be held Thursday at the home of her daughter Mrs. Charles Leader in Kenton Surviving are her husband two sons Donald of Youngstown and Robert of Akron.
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Catherine Buchanan
Charles B. Buchanan
16Th St
Oxford
Charles Leader
Kenton
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