Thanksgiving Eve Triple Slaying Shocks Ohio Town
A Fayette County family of three was found slain on the McCoy farm near Washington Court House. Elmer McCoy, 59, his wife Forrest, 64, and daughter Mil dred McCoy, 22, a Pitsburg High School home economics teacher, were killed in what authorities call a likely triple murder. Investigators note two weapons were used and a motive remains unknown as the scene shows signs of staged entry and delayed discovery.
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Washington Court House
Fayette County
Elmer McCoy
Ohio
Forrest
Mildred McCoy
Pitsburg High School
Darke County
Ohio State University
H. McDonald
Seriff W. H. Scenhower
Dr. McDonald
McCoy
Oak View
Ieenhower
Dewey Clayton
MceCoy
Clayton
Yesida
McCoy Home
Miss McCoy
Asa Potts
Stork Delivers Babies in Denver Hospital Scene
In Salem Massachusetts Sergeant Lawrence Brewer and Brigadier General Albert Sneed at Lowery Field shared a brisk salute in a Denver hospital corridor. The stork delivered a 7 pound boy for the sergeant and a 6 pound son for the general, a tale told by the sergeant’s wife to her mother.
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Stork
Salem
Mass
Denver
Cal
Lawrence RK
Brewer
Albert Sneed
Lowery Field
Housewives Run War Plant In Cleveland Suburbs
In Lakewood near Cleveland a war plant operates inside a former neighborhood grocery store. The lakewood deiling shop employs 50 workers, all but two owners, R. Robbins and Carl Cochran, are women. Workers are mostly wives or mothers in service families, and the setup allows 24 hour operations with walking distance to homes. The plant processes more than 1501 bolts monthly for aircraft construction and enables workers to shop and lunch at home.
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Cleveland
Lakewood Deiling
Robbins
Carl Cochran
Richmond Conductor Seeks Return Trip Sightseeing
GPI L L Crowder, a railroad conductor in Richmond, plans a sightseeing tour and says he would like to see more of the city. He notes he has not been in downtown Richmond since graduating from the local business college in 1900, 43 years ago, after long runs to Norfolk.
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Richmond
L. L. Crowder
Norfolk
Business College
Red Beard Saved Naval Officer's Life
Lieut. Hugh Barr Miller, 33, survivor of the sunken destroyer Strong, recounts 43 days in Japanese lines and credits his red beard with saving him. From Tuscaloosa, he hid on Arundel Island after the July 4 sinking, endured bombardment, hid from patrols, and evaded capture until rescue.
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San Francisco
HughBarr Miller
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Strong
Solomons
Arundel Island
Miller
Army Advice to Soldiers on Avoiding Colds
Army issued guidelines for personnel to prevent winter illnesses. Key points include eight hours sleep, proper clothing with gloves and overshoes, ventilated barracks with lowered windows, regular meals, avoiding chill after baths, and avoiding contact with coughing individuals. Report sick at first symptoms and do not self treat with fever.
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Denver
Camp Newspaper Translates Orders At Camp Livingston
The camp paper explains the subtleties of official language with humorous lines. It renders phrases like You will show him a very courtesy and You will take necessary action as coded orders. The piece uses jokes to reveal military communication quirks and cautions readers about urgent directives.
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Camp Livingston
Senators Spurn Compromise on Subsidy Program
Washington reports the Senate rejected administration moves to salvage the cost of living subsidy plan. Senator Smith of North Carolina declared no compromise and warned against negotiating with evil. Opponents claim enough votes to override a potential presidential veto to keep the subsidy program alive.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Smith
D-3. C
Administration
House
Traffic Resumed After Rail Wreck Near Newton Falls
Traffic on the Baltimore and Ohio system resumed after a derailment and collision near Newton Falls Ohio. A Pennsylvanian freight engine derailed a B and O freight at 11:15 pm injuring passengers aboard the Ambassador a Detroit to Washington streamlined train. Two trainmen were killed and about fifty passengers injured.
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Youngstown
U. Wo
Baltimore and Ohio
Ambassador
Newton Falls
Pennsylvania
BE. W. T
Detroit
Washington
Willkie Seeks Southern Support to Build National Republican Party
Pi Wendell L Willkie, Republican candidate for president in 1940, said in the South that his tour aims to bring the region into the party to make it representative of the nation He acknowledged the party could win without the South but needs it to be truly national.
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Dallas
Wendell L. Willkie
South
Swedish Consul in Finland Shot by Naval Ensign
The acting Swedish consul at Rovaniemi Finland identified as Bertil Olsson aged 25 was shot in the stomach by a Finnish naval ensign who took offense at the consul offering cigarettes to Russian prisoners of war. Olsson was reported in very serious condition. The U S foreign broadcast intelligence service relayed the transmission.
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New York
Sweden
Rovaniemi
Finland
Berti] Olsson
United States Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Count Sforza Shuns Badoglio Regime In Italy
Count Carlo Sforza, returning from exile in the United States, says he will not take active measures against the Badoglio government for now and denies any agreement to collaborate. Reports claim he secretly consented to assist the new regime led by Marshal Pietro Badoglio.
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Naples
Carlo Sforza
Italy
United States
Badoglio
Sforza
Pietro Badoglio
Timoshenko Awarded Suvorov Order by Moscow Radio
The Moscow radio announced that Marshal S Semen K Timoshenko received the order of Suvorov first class for liberating the Taman peninsula from German invaders and aiding the operations of the north Caucasus front.
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Timoshenko
New York
Moscow
Semeon K. Timoshenko
Permits Enlistments Quito Ecuador UP
President Arroyo Del Dio issued a decree yesterday allowing Ecuador citizens to enlist in the United States armed forces.
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Quito
Ecuador
Arroyo del Dio
United States
Italy Is Incorporated Into Germany Near Brenner Pass
GERMAN FORCES REMOVE ITALIAN TRACES AS Italy loses sovereignty north of the Brenner. Italian names are changed, inhabitants reassigned to German citizenship, and former residents return. Mussolini’s health deteriorates while underground papers oppose Nazism, and German looting of Italy proceeds with receipts. Gold reserves of the Banca d'Italia are seized by German officers.
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Gunnard
Kumlien
Stockholm
Brenner Pass
Bolzano
Italy
Greater
Germany
Austria
Duce
Alexandria
Egypt
Mussolini
Gestapo
L'Unita
Liberal
Italia Libera
House of Savoy
Ialy
Rome
Banca D'Italia
Looting by German Forces in Rome Provokes Italian Anger
The text describes German troops in Rome requisitioning Italian goods stored in depots near San Carlo Church and elsewhere. They loaded trucks with military supplies and even undergarments, paying with new paper notes. Italians express indignation, fearing loss of art treasures and monuments, while German headquarters claim formal receipts will govern payments.
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Corso
San Carlo Church
Italy
Naples
Rome
Deaths in Fires Surpass All U S Wars
Boston report notes fires have killed 425000 Americans since 1900, more than all U S wars. Fire safety tips urge exit awareness, not entering burning buildings, avoiding panic, seeking alternate exits, staying put behind doors, and seeking medical care if burned.
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Boston
United States
National Fire Protection Association
Manne Bisceglia Helps War Buddy Reunite Over 20 Dollar Loan
Bay Village resident Frank Bisceglia received a 320.60 check from Detroit cousin C. L. Peffly marking repayment of a five dollar loan plus compounded interest since May 1919. The pair, Marine Corps buddies at Quantico, planned a reunion after Peffly located Bisceglia through veterans rosters. Meanwhile Bisceglia will invest the windfall in war bonds.
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Cleveland
Busceglia
Peffly
Detroit
Bisceglia
Troley Motorman Sells War Stamps
Joseph Santi, 63, a Philadelphia motorman born in Ponce Puerto Rico, sold nearly $10 000 in war stamps from his trolley platform. A World War II private in a Puerto Rican regiment, he was turned down for Navy service after Pearl Harbor due to age but continued to support the war effort by promoting stamp sales. Passengers provide steady business, helping him turn 3200 to 30000 weekly to the government.
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Cleveland
America
United Press
Delaware and Lackawanna Limited
Pennsylvania
Congressional
New York Central
Ene
Congressional Limited
Lackawanna
Frank Opton
Philadelphia
Joseph Santiago
Ponce
Puerto Rico
Santiago
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Bootblacks in China By-product of War
Wartime China sees bootblacks as a new wartime by-product. Orphaned boys trained by relief groups shine boots in Hankow and beyond as refugees flee. Now adults and girls join, with shines rising from five cents to five cents per 35 cents under official exchange rates.
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China
Chungking
Nanking
Hankow
Chunekine
9 Year Old’s Allowance Up to 1900 From Estate
A Chicago report notes a 9 year old receives an allowance of 1900 dollars monthly from his late father's estate. The increase stems from higher taxes and living costs. The boy remains linked to Montgomery Ward Thorne 9 as heir, with his mother citing single servant, one car, and no yacht as context.
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Chicago
Jail costs rise as prisoner count sinks in Salem
Burk warned that paying the jail cook per diem becomes impossible with dwindling inmate numbers. He noted the county once held five prisoners, then four, and argued the tiny jail population makes continued staffing unaffordable for Salem residents.
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Salem
Ore
Shem A. C
Burk
Memphis man joins sergeants corps in Army enlistment
James Hos kinns, a Negro porter in Memphis, receives a freenas card from the President and heads to enlist in the Sergeants' Corps inquiry. He states he would enlist in the Sergeants' Corps while answering questions about service preferences. Mrs Rebecca Arey of Vinalhaven Maine notes her family’s concern over cold nights as she completes a decade of handmade list quilts.
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Memphis
Vinalhaven
Upi
Rebecca Arey
Maine
Arcy
New Cohoes Church Dedicated Amid Ceremonies
The dedication service for St Nicholas Church on Saratoga Street drew clergy from New York and nearby areas. A 2 pm banquet followed, with remarks from visiting archpriest and local officials. Army personnel reported to training posts while camp veterans planned future officer elections at their December meeting.
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Saratoga Street
Aptitia
Capanty
Cnr
Divine Lyurgsy
Basil Vassa
Yoru Dnsevean
Theodore Rupistor
St Nichol
Nicae Ioias Kiopotavssy
Edicott
John Vanehiurin
Auburn
Ivrary
Theodore Hondas
Isyacuse
Joseph Banatjot Watervher
Joan Nemeiz
Bischampton
Orest Wolxodoy
Buffalo
John Prisnof
Detkimer
Theodore Skevjchuk
Rudolph I. Boulber
Zachary D’jimas
Aloany
Pete Syrsk
Rowan of
County Institutions Serve Holiday Menus
Residents of Washington County homes enjoyed festive meals yesterday. At Argyle’s Washington County Home, about 190 guests shared a large spread, including standard dishes and pies such as pumpkin and apple. At Warren County Home the menu featured turtle soup, dressing, gravy, potatoes, vegetables, and roasts.
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Washington
Washerington County
Argyle
Warren County
Vermont
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