Navy officers vow to avenge Pearl Harbor on distant seas
U S Navy officers and sailors aboard the wartime cruiser express resolve to strike back at Japan after Pearl Harbor. Crewmembers, some survivors of damaged ships, patrol Hawaiian waters and remain on watch through day and night duties, maintaining drills and security while sharing stubborn morale and personal mementos. Adj t Hillier prepares to leave Elyria Salvation Army posts for East Liverpool, with farewell sermon planned for Sunday and best wishes from supporters.
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ATLS
Warsi
Pearl Harbor
Craw
Thealas
Beis Ly
Archbishop of Canterbury Resigns for Younger Leadership
London Jan 21 The Most Rev Cosmo Gordon Lang 77 Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual head of the Church of England announced resignation effective March 31 to make way for a younger man He cited duty to prepare for postwar plans though health is excellent and he would be 78 next October Lambeth Conference must meet promptly after the war to shape the church s role in the new world
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London
Cosmo Gordon Lang
Canterbury
Wech
Church of England
Convocation of Canterbury
Conference of
County Health Dept Names New Chief Sanitarian
B Russell Franklin of Mason Michigan is appointed chief sanitarian for Lorain County District Health Department. He will assume duties late February, succeeding retired S Wetherill. Franklin, 32, comes from Ingham County Michigan and has held multiple sanitation posts in Michigan and Massachusetts. Dr C D Barrett, former Lorain County health commissioner, is now director of the Ingham County health department.
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B. Russell Franklin
Mason, Michigan
Lorain County
County Board of Health
Franklin
Py. S. Wetherill
Inghamnis 32 Health Department
Michigan
BatesCollege
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Allegan County Health Department
Three County
Upper Peninsula
Nashba Associated Boards of Health
Massachusetts
Ingham County Health Department
C.D. Barrett
Larain County
Ingham County
Committee Asks Legislation To End Profiteering In Navy Contracts
The House Naval Affairs committee urged legislation to curb profiteering in defense contracts and to regulate labor unions. It cited profits up to 247 percent and 50 percent+ in some cases, and noted 117 unions held assets totaling about 62.6 million dollars, with a 18 month gain of 10.7 million. The report calls for union registration, disclosure, and measures to prevent strikes delaying shipbuilding.
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Washington
A.ri
House Naval Affairs Committee
Carl Vinson
House
Labor
Joseph B. Shannon
Bethlehem Steel Co
Typhus Scourge Triggers Britain Precautions During War
London reports government measures to curb typhus spread across the British Isles as the disease moves through eastern Europe and reaches North Africa. Authorities consult Russian experts, with aims for rapid immunization of troops as overcrowding, poverty, and harsh winter conditions fuel liceborne illness amid wartime strain.
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London
Ernest Brown
British Isles
Europe
North Africa
War Office
Brown
Jack E. Drage Appointed To Police Dep't
Jack E. Drage of SH Furnace Street, son of Capt. Arthur Drage, is named a patrolman to fill a vacancy from Melvin Witter's retirement. He ranked second on a civil service list, with a grade of 80, and will start February 1 after prior work at National Tube and Harshaw Chemical. He is a 1983 Elyria High School graduate, six feet tall and 190 pounds.
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Jack E. Drage
SH Furnace Street
Arthur Drage
City Fire Department
Melvin Witter
Safety Service
J. D. Faxon
Drage
Civil Service Commission
Faxon
Lorain County Allocates Sales Tax to Subdivisions
The Lorain County Budget Commission allocates the state sales tax share of 268,198.12 with 60,000 to Elyria and 90,000 to Lorain, plus 5,000 Amherst and other small grants. Allocation bases rely on need, but remain largely unchanged from last year as only 1,898 remains unallotted.
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County Budget Commission
CS. Messer
Walter J. Wright
Willam G. Wickens
Lora
Arthur Giles
Kelser
Lorain County
Counts General Fund
Commission
Keiser
Elyria City
Lorain City
Amherst
South Amherst
Grafton
LaGrange
Rochester Village
Oberlin
Sheffield Village
Sheffield Lake
Wellington
Elytin
Place Of Music Education In National Defense Program
A Lorain County meeting at the Graystone Motel gathered Elyria Oberlin and county school staff to discuss music education in national defense. Walter Von Brock led singing from Elyria Public School music. Miss Tooni V. Kock presented plan numbers as part of the program.
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National Defense
Lorain County
Jast
Graystone
Eres Mmng
Elystain
Oberlin
Couunty
Walter von Brock
Elyria Schibol
Tooni V. Kock
Little ads aid defense through cash for stamps
The small budget classified notices report that cheap want ads help fund defense by enabling many to sell used furniture stoves radios clothing and other articles for cash to buy Defense Stamps and Bonds.
Lieut Bulkeley Becomes Symbol of U S Courage
Washington dispatch profiles Lieut John Benton Bulkeley commander of motor torpedo boat division 15 praised as a symbol of American courage in the fight against Japan. His night torpedo mission in the China sea near Luzon led to a 5000 ton Japanese vessel being sunk and his crew escaping with their lives despite heavy fire and shore batteries.
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Washington
John Benton Bulkeley
Bulkeley
China Sea
Subic, Bay
Philippine Island
Luzon
Navy
New York
Naval Academy
Texas
Ufe
Indianapolis
Sacramento
Saratoga
Motor Torpedo Squad Three
Service Award Key Conferred On Richard Stevens
Richard F. Stevens received the Distinguished Service Award Key at Elyria Junior Chamber of Commerce Founders Day banquet. The award, given to a 21 to 35-year-old who rendered outstanding civic service in 1941, was announced by committee chair AH West with Mayor J. Q. Petro and A. C. Hudnutt. Stevens held multiple civic roles, including on the City Board of Education and Civilian Defense Council, and is noted as father to two faced children. Principal speaker Carl F. Belketer urged Junior Chamber duties, citing wartime civic work examples from other cities.
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Elyria Junior Chamber of Commerce
Richard F. Stevens
Elyria Junine C
Marine
Elks Restaurant
Junior C. of C
Ah, West
J. Q. Petro
A. C. Hudnutt
Samuel O- Nagy
Elyria Junior C of C
West
Elyria
Elyria City
Central Committee
Center For the Lightness
Stevene
Cle
Carl F. Belketer
Cleveland
Ohio State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Eia
Dumer C. of C
Pewe Fic
Red Cri
Whitman
Hotary Cib
Andrew Ormebs
Elta Chamber of Commercce
Kawanis Club
Dames No
Russians Still Blasting Nazi Strongholds
London dated dispatch says the Soviet army pushes west from Mozhaisk along the Hitler winter line and bombs German strongpoints on the Leningrad front. It notes a major German retreat with large war materiel abandoned, while Ukrainian Soviet Republic authorities urge resistance and promise freedom as the Red Army advances.
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London
Russia
Mozhaisk
Leningrad
Adolf Hitler
Abozhaisk
Ukrainan Soviet Republic
Ukraine
Red Army
Vyazma
Smolensk
Napoleon
Bryansk-Vlazma-Rzhev
Emergency Medical Kits Funded By Red Cross Trustees
Trustees of the Elytia Chapter at the American Red Cross announce a SAO for the purchase of emergency medical kits for the Civilian Defense Program. Kits will serve the Emergency Medical Health Defense committee of the local civilian defense organization under Dr George D. Nicholas as general chairman. Other members include Dr J Foes Cell, Mrs Charis ted, A Robinson, Mags Eaotic Metrals, Thur Hess, Dr Robert S Wilson, and S J Nichols, representing various professional groups.
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Elytia
American Red Cross
SAO
Citahitn Defense Organization
George D. Nicholas
Feneral
Foes Cell
Medical Charman
Phr
M Patterson
Elytorial Hospital
Mre. Charisted
Hur
Guerilla raid reported on Japanese airfield behind lines
Gen Douglas MacArthur said Filipino guerrillas operating 200 miles north of Bataan mounted a surprise attack on a Japanese held airfield near Aparri. The raid at Tuiue garco caused about 110 Japanese dead and 300 fleeing, with very light American losses, signaling growing behind the lines resistance.
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Washington
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
MacActhie
Capyen River
Luzon
Tuiuegarco
Aparri
MacArthur
Gugiegarao
America
U. S
Japanese Press Malayan War Push Near Singapore
The report describes heavy Japanese assaults driving toward Singapore as Australian troops inflict casualties near the Muar river. Singapore defenses and British air forces claim to have repelled a large Japanese air attack while Japanese landings aim to exploit western coast incursions.
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Singapore
U.P
Muar
Scroas ‘Fotere
Ling
Col Muhlenberg Acquitted by Military Court
A military court acquitted Col Muhlenberg of all charges stemming from remarks critical of policy and the Tend Jeane program. The three day court martial deliberated with 39 witnesses and found no wrongdoing in his discussions before the Curtiss Wright Flying Club event.
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Col. Muhlenberg
Wott IL
Muttonbere I Wb
Nelson reshapes divisions to boost war production speed
Washington January 21 WP War Production Chief Nelson orders abolishing producer management as a war agency and forms a requirements board to align war needs with raw materials. He transfers OPM divisions to WPB and creates new units to accelerate production and reporting.
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Washington
Donald
Nelson
Ing
Aiions
OPM
Willian 1
Battard
Army
Wavs
Econrinie Defense Board
Lend-Lease and Maritime Commission
Floyd 8
Onlum
Nelton
Odlum
Yassid
Stacey May
Detroit Council Rejects Wage Demands
Detroit city council rejected wage demands from 13 000 municipal workers who planned a Friday strike that would curtail most city services except schools, hospitals, police, fire, and public utilities. The council spurned proposals from CIO organizer 9 Sera Edwards aiming to aid workers earning under 3200 yearly and adopted a resolution denying immediate relief while opening a study of potential budget and trade options for the next fiscal year.
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Bulletin
Detroit
Countrman
Willie Comstock
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Spain
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Richard Stevens
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