Draft calls issued for white and Negro men in January
State selective service headquarters in Columbus issued the 34th and 35th draft calls for white men and Negroes to be inducted in January. No state or local figures were released, but indications pointed to a large call. Stark county boards began receiving notices and preparing induction papers while recruitment and post office recruitment sites remained open seven days.
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State Selective Service
Army
Columbus
War Department
Stark County
Navy
Weather Report Trends Across the Nation
Temperatures are below average in the eastern half while the western half warms. Light drizzle in Texas and Oklahoma, light snow at some Great Lakes stations, and rain in the northwest. Local temperatures show varied readings through the day with a record high 58 in 1933 and a low of 24. Wind reached 18 mph from the southwest at midmorning. Precipitation trace reported for the past 24 hours.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Great Lakes
Stark County
Eight Local Kids Speak With London Parents By Radio
Tears and smiles spread among eight Stark county youngsters and their London parents during an NBC transoceanic broadcast. The 30 minute program originated from WTAM Cleveland with English children resident in Vancouver Halifax Winnipeg Montreal Ottawa and Toronto joining in. The emotional moment came as the Gollop twins heard their mother's voice prompting tears yet the mothers kept steady.
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Stark County
Ohio
America
Canada
England
London
National Broadcasting Co
WTAM
Gollop
Lend Lease Aid Exceeds One Billion Dollars
President Roosevelt announced the lend-lease program had total aid of 1.202 billion dollars through November 30 for 33 eligible nations. Exports to December 1 were 595 million, with total aid in March at 18 million but 283 million made available in November. Congress has approved nearly 13 billion for lend-lease. He urged use of these weapons by Britain, Russia, China and other nations to maximize effectiveness, warning that too much is at stake to neglect those under threat.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
America
Congress
Britain
Russia
China
Apple House Ad Promises Fresh Sweet Cider Daily
An advertisement on page six promotes Sweet cider fresh daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Apple House located in Fulton NW.
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Apple House
Fulton
Russians claim Moscow victory in greatest war success
Pravda reports a major Red Army offensive northwest of Moscow aiming to reopen the Moscow Leningrad line through Klin. Recaptured Sometschnogorski and 42 German tanks in one day, with rail lines cleared near Leningrad and other key gains. Critics note possible German flanks near Tikhvin and Kharkov.
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Associated Press
Pravda
Communist Party
Moscow
Red Army
Moscow-Leningrad
Klin
Sometschnogorski
Tikhvin-Volkhov
Leningrad
Caucasus
Adolf Hitler
Taganrog
Rostov
Uzlovaya
Tula
Dubna
Verkhove
Livny
Black Sea
Germany
Sea of Azov
London
Tikhvin
Kharkov
Navy expands plans trimmed to 150000 tons
The House Naval Affairs Committee approved a reduced expansion of the U S Navy from 90 000 to 150 000 tons with no battleships. The Navy would choose ship types, all to be laid down in 1942, part of a broader 10 billion defense bill to arm 2 million army and 1.2 million more, with selective service extending to ages 19 to 44.
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Washington
United States
House Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Navy Department
Vinson
Georgia
Rep. Vinson
House
Senate
House Military Affairs Committee
Roosevelt presents White Paper on Japan peace talks and Pearl Harbor
President Roosevelt to Congress today released a White Paper tracing Japan's peace negotiations to the Pearl Harbor attack. He notes a Japanese gesture of thanks to Secretary Hull and Grew before the assault, and cites a war between nations fought in self defense. He met Navy Secretary Knox and Willkie to review the situation, stating the United States is now at war defending its existence and universal principles of law and justice. The president emphasizes national unity to end aggression and a regime of domination.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Nomura
Kurusu
Hull
Hawaiian Islands
Togo
Joseph Grew
Hirohito
Pacific
Knox
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Wendell L. Willkie
GOP
New Line Formed To Ster Japanese Advances In Northern Malaya
Japanese invasion moves push the war into air supremacy and jungle positions as Hong Kong faces mounting pressure. British withdrawals near Kowloon signal possible retreat strategy while Chinese forces counter in Canton and Tamshui. U S war department notes ongoing Luzon air and ground operations with limited changes elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Philippines
Hong Kong
South China
No. 2
Far East
Japan
Greater East Asia
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London
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Nichols Field
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Vigan
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Thailand
Kedah
Britain
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Lathrop Lodge Holds M M Degree Tuesday Evening
Special communication of Lathrop Lodge No. 676 F and A M set for Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Masonic Temple. Ernest Mitchell W M and Geo C Mast Secy Adv announce M M degree to be conferred.
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A. M
Masonic Temple
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W. M
Geo. C. Mast
British beat off Axis attacks in Gazala Libya
British authorities report two Rommel counterattacks with 40 tanks north of Gazala failed. Sixteen enemy tanks destroyed and 21 officers with 350 men captured. Salum barracks occupied while Salum village remains in Axis hands. Main force 25 miles southwest of Gazala, 25 guns taken and 400 prisoners. About 2000 square miles of Libyan desert cleared.
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Erwin Rommel
Gazala
Salum
Egypt
Rommel
Moscow Doffs Battle Dress To Celebrate Rout Of Nazis
Moscow shifts from battle dress to celebration as Adolf Hitler's retreat ends two months of air and ground onslaught. Residents recount seven air raids in a day and nights lit by artillery flashes, while American and British correspondents observe the city’s scars and resolve.
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Moscow
Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Kuibyshev
Ohio urged to buy U. S. defense bonds
Lieut. Gov. Herbert proposed that Ohio purchase at least 1 million dollars in defense bonds to set a good example for citizens and potentially become the first state to aid the war effort directly, arguing that if other states follow it would aid the federal government's finances.
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International News Service
Columbus
Ohio
Herbert
Union
Last meeting Dr Barnhouse agenda Tuesday night Canton Ad
Dr Barnhouse leads the first U B church Canton in an upcoming meeting this Tuesday night at the church. The Adv notes the event as a local community gathering and possible sermon outline.
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U. B. Church
Canton
Ten Enemy Ships Sunk In Pacific Drive
Bombers and Dutch submarines raked the South China Sea as ten enemy transports or supply ships were sunk and five others damaged. U S bombs sank four Japanese troop transports near the Philippines, while Dutch submarines boosted theweek’s losses off Malaya and in the Pacific theater.
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Associated Press
Washington
South China Sea
Japan
Pacific War Theater
Philippines
Old Glory
Wake
Midway Islands
Guam
Hawaiian
Singapore
Malaya
U. S
United States Army
Philippine
Manila
East Indies
Roosevelt elevates 16 military leaders in army command
President Roosevelt promoted Maj. Gen. H. H. Arnold to lieutenant general and elevated 13 new brigadier generals, including Theodore Roosevelt Jr. The nominations sent to the senate also named Brig. Gen. Horace Mayes Fuller for major general and Brig. Gen. Harry Keneth Rutherford for major general as part of the reshuffle.
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International News Service
Washington
Army High Command
Roosevelt
H. H. Arnold
Air
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Senate
Arnold
Horace Mayes Fuller
Field Artillery
Harry Keneth Rutherford
Ordnance Department
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