Finish fight pact expands as nations unite against Axis
The United Nations pledge full resources against Axis members and cooperate with signatories, signaling rapid ant Axis moves. American British Dutch naval cooperation grows in the Pacific as Churchill Roosevelt talks continue. Latin American nations urged to join, with nine Latin American states among signatories.
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United Nations
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
China
Pacific
Pybert Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Churchill
New Pastor Arrives to Lead Local Nazarene Church
The Rev F H Wasson arrives with his wife and five children to lead the Church of the Nazarene in Elxtra. He has served as pastor in Cardington Ohio for six years and previously led churches in Chillicothe Urbana Indians Illinois and Arizona before moving to Ohio in 1931. He succeeds the Rev W F Clay who left last month for the Portsmouth New Boston Nazarene church.
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F. H. Wasson
Church of the Nazarene
Elxtra
Harwood Street
Mr Wasson
Cardington
Ohio
Jme
Chillicnthe
Urbana
Ilinois
Arizona
Lncal
W. F. Clay
Portsmouth-New Boston
The
Nazarene
Weather Forecast For Tonight Sees Continued Cold
United Press report shows abnormally cold conditions persisting tonight with stormy patterns possible. Snow and flurries are expected in higher elevations as wind chills remain tight across the region.
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de Seihy Mitwelle
Abner
United
OHTO
Loss Of Ships Announced By The Admiralty
London January 3 UPI A British destroyer transferred from the American navy and an auxiliary vessel were sunk after a five day battle with German submarines and seaplanes attacking a 30 ship convoy The Admiralty said three German U boats and two planes were destroyed A German plane like the Focke Wulf was damaged Earlier communiques announced the cruiser Neptune and the destroyer Kandahar had been lost in the Mediterranean The battle spanned from December 7 to December 22 with 30 merchantmen in the convoy only two sunk and the Germans paying dearly for the losses Sunk by submarine attacks was the Old Stanley and the auxiliary vessel was the Auturity No 2 Row continues on page Forte.
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UPI
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Neptune
Kandahar
Mediterranean
Stanley
Lex
United States Navy
Faza
Enlistment of Army Air Corps Machinist Gordon Cellier
Gordon Cellier, son of Mr and Mrs Reno Cellier of Stop Mi Lake, enlisted this week in the U S Army Air Corps as an aviation machinist. He formerly worked in the Colson Corp machine shop at Amesfield and was recently engaged in maintenance at National Tube Co. He is now at Ft. Heyes and expected to be sent to an annual air academy in Texas.
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Reno Cellier
Lake Ayt
Msfield
Colson Corp
Irvissi
National Tube Co
Ft. Heyes
Texas
Terie
Chinese Troops Claim 15000 Casualties in Changsha Counterattack
Chinese forces counter-attacked in the Changsha suburbs, the capital of Hunan province. A Chinese communique said 15,000 Japanese casualties were inflicted. The report places the clash south of Hankow and dated January 3.
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Chungking
Changsha
Hunan
Hankow
Dry Trend In Ohio Pronounced In 1941
Ohio communities show stronger dry votes in 1941 with 31 of 46 dry on beer sales and a continuing anti-saloon campaign. McNaught notes dry preference grew since prohibition and outlines plans for 1942 elections and continued crusade.
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Columbus
McNaught
Ohio
MecNaught
Anti-Saloon League
British Sink Four Japanese Troop Barges Off Malaya Coast
A Singapore communique says British artillerymen destroyed two small Japanese transports and sank four invasion barges during a failed landing attempt on the West Malaya coast near Perak. British forces repelled three heavy Japanese attacks on the Perak river front as Japan claimed progress at Kuantan. Japanese air raids on Singapore caused light damage and seven casualties.
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Imperial
Hinsting
Perak
Singspore
Quantan
Singaporre
Kea
Airdome
Japan
Kuantan
Car Crashes Into Abutment Injuring Three in Lorain
At 2 15 am today a car carrying two Lorain women employees of The Timbers nightclub and a soldier crashed into an overhead railroad bridge abutment on Route 113 west of the city limits en route to Elyria. The driver, Alfred K. Kretic, a Jefferson Harrisons, Mo. soldier, suffered head and facial injuries and shock. Mrs Lorain Sceaiski, 22, and Mrs Melva Dorac, 23, each sustained serious leg and ankle injuries. The vehicle, a 1995 Dodge owned by Isabelle Stewart of Cleveland Heights, was demolished after the collision.
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the Timbers
Route 113
Elyria
Alfred K. Kretic
Jefferson Harracks
Lorrain Sceaiski
East 30Th Street
Melva Dorac
Isabelle Stewart
Cleveland Heights
Genie Howatt
LaGrange
Anthony Dispenza
Lake Avenue
School Street
Pat Sniczek
Spruce Street
C. 4
Cornell Avenue
Broad Street
Sniczek
Yost
Tornado Kills Man and Child in Louisiana Targeting Benham Springs
A tornado near Baton Rouge and Benham Springs killed a man and a child and injuring several others early today. The storm uprooted trees damaged buildings and blew down oil derricks including two at the Louisiana State University field. Deputies said the victims were not identified immediately.
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Baton Rouge
Benham Springs
Louisiana State University
Baton’ Royee
Colfapred
Akron Fire Damages Art at Institution
A fire at the Akron Art Institution last night caused about 30000 in damage destroying several paintings and art objects. The Baird collection of Ninth Century Siamese art owned by the University of Akron was among the articles destroyed.
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Akron
Baird
University of Aire
More Than 100,000 Nazi Troops Trapped By Reds
From AUSRYSHEV Russia January 3 dispatches say over 100,000 German troops are trapped around Mozhaisk with seven divisions in the pocket. Russian forces also retook Maloyaroslavets and advanced toward Moscow while claiming heavy German casualties and large captures of tanks, guns, and ammunition.
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Ausryshev
Russia
Mozhaisk
Moscow
Moscow Front
Judge Findley Seeks Republican Supreme Court Nomination
Elyria judge Findley declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination to the Ohio Supreme Court now held by Roy H. Williams of Sandusky. Findley, eight years on Lorain County Common Pleas Court, has led in forestry conservation and served as Lorain prosecuting attorney, with ties to state and national bar groups.
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Guy 8. Findley
Elyria
Supreme Court
Roy H. Williams
Sandusky
Findley
Court of Common Pleas
Lorain County
Ohio
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Cleveland
Ohio State
American Bar Associations
American Judicature Society
Ohio Probation Association
Cuyahoga County Conservation Council
Clyde M Cooley Enlists In Navy Newsnote
Clyde M Cooley joins the U S Navy as a second Cooley son to enlist. He trained in Iceland and served on the USS Mississippi in the hospital division. After Christmas leave he headed to New York for Brooklyn Hospital Corps School.
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Vermont
Navy
Tranl Ps
Clyde
Cooley
Iceland
New York
Brooklyn Hospital Corps School
Bombers Strike Corregidor As Forces Hold Manila Bay
Japanese air raid on Corregidor Island lasting five hours involved at least 60 bombers. The War Department reported 13 defenders killed and 35 wounded, with several Japanese planes shot down. American Filipino forces under Gen. MacArthur have withdrawn to a small area northwest of Manila as resistance intensifies.
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Washington
Corregidor Island
U. S
Manila Bay
War Department
Department
Manila
Cavite
Corregidor
Douglas MacArthur
World War I I Update Across Fronts and Naval Skirmishes
War summary reports American forces withdrawing to secure high ground near Manila as Japanese press attacks on Corregidor. British air units destroy Japanese transports along the west Malayan coast while the Singapore drive continues. German coastal reinforcements and a Russian claim of 100000 trapped near Moe battle. Atlantic clashes widen as British lose ships and destroy U boats in five days. Ant Axis pact signatories plan forthcoming action across 26 nations.
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Malayan
Singapore
Sale of War Bonds and Stamps Urged by Treasury Official
January 3 in Cleveland Boyd Fisher associate field director of the Treasury Department defense savings drive urged American workers to save at least five percent of earnings in war bonds and stamps. He said current investments are not enough and called for greater sacrifice as the President aims to enlist half the nation's income in the war effort. He warned against the slogan give till it hurts and urged more donations.
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Cleveland
Boyd Fisher
Treasury Department Defense Savings Drive
MacArthur to stand in mountainous Batten region
Communique and Tokyo broadcast indicate General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the defending forces, plans a rearguard stand in a mountainous Batten area. The terrain is not well suited to modern mechanized assaults and the defense relies on prepared positions and local knowledge.
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Ountainous
Penineula
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Dant
Baten
Elyrians Set New Record For Mail Stamp Sales in 1961
Elyria post office stamps total 981825.95 dollars for the fest, a gain of 16497.33 dollars or eight percent over 1960. Postmaster Sartor and Assistant Postmaster Martin report the figures cover only local post office sales and exclude mail delivered from other cities.
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Elyzia Pot
C. 3. Sartor
Carl W. Martin
Toca
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