Senator See Recent Tacit Truce a Means To Get Peace
Washington December 27 1941 reports say some senators urged Roosevelt to outline peace prospects in Europe. The president declined saying no news and could not confirm if it would be addressed in his radio address. McCarran urged a return to real neutrality while 169 telegrams urged action to defeat the axis powers.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Roosevelt
Stephenly
White House
McCarran
D-Nev
Senate
Old World Echoes On New Year Fears And Fortunes
Harrisonburg architect Clarence Wenger highlights quotations showing perpetual amusement and freedom for women in 1800. Harper's Weekly 1857 gloom about economic prostration and wartime uncertainty. a 2600 B C clay tablet warns of moral decline and impending end.
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Clarence Wenger
Harrisonburg
Ladies’ Home Journal
Harper's Weekly
Four Escape Stalled Auto Smashed by B O Freight
Four Middletown residents narrowly escaped injury when their stalled car was struck by northbound B and O freight Number 94 near Parkers crossing two miles south of Middletown. The car carried J H Kline his son William H Kline Mrs C F Hinkins and crossed into the rails before the locomotive hit it. The wreckage delayed the train about 30 minutes while crews cleared the line.
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Middletown
Baltimore and Ohio
Parker’s Crossing
J. H. Kline
William H. Kline
C. F. Hinkins
Klines
Mr. Hinkins
Cedar Creek
Mr. Kline
Aubrey Custer
Brunswick
Ernest Willey
Willey
New Police Department Purchases Camera for Day and Night Use
A Speed Graphic camera has been bought for the Police Department. It will be used to photograph wrecks, crimes, suspects, and prisoners for filing with the local department and the Department of Justice.
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Department of Justice
Capital Man Is Killed By His Own Car
Arlington dispatch reports William E. Williams 54 advertising solicitor for the Washington Star was run over and killed by his own car after a foggy drive with his wife. They had stopped to confer on travel when he returned to his vehicle and was struck near a telephone pole.
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Arlington
William E. Williams
The
Washington Star
Williams
J. Martin Emerson
Anid
Ington
Roosevelt studies C. I. O. plan for 500 planes a day
President Roosevelt said the CIO proposal to pool auto industry capacity for 500 all metal pursuit planes daily is under serious administration study. The plan, submitted by CIO President Philip Murray and drafted by Walter Reuther, aims for six month production and is being reviewed by the defense production office led by William Knudsen.
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Washington
Roosevelt
C.il
Reuther
Babson Sees Strong 1941 Hope For U S Economy
Economist Roger W. Babson predicts a favorable 1941 for the United States with a 10 percent business gain over 1940, a high gear defense program, steady market uptrend, and improvements across workers farmers retailers and housing, while expecting limited new New Deal legislation and controlled consumer prices.
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United States
Roger W. Babson
Ring
Washington
Spending For Defense Work To Be Limited
President Roosevelt aims for a defense budget around 10 billion dollars for the next fiscal year while trimming non defense spending to the bone. Officials project a total near 16 billion with deficits possible if revenues lag. Details and timing for the annual message to Congress remain unsettled with potential delivery on January 3 4 or 6.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harold D. Smith
Smith
White House
Congress
Enthau
Treasury
Effort Made To Feed Spaniards
The State Department opened final talks to permit American food aid to Spain with British and Spanish consent expected soon. If an agreement is reached the United States would rush a Red Cross shipload immediately and plan monthly shipments, as Ambassador Weddell negotiates with Franco and Serrano Suner.
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Washington
State Department
Spain
United Sates
Red Cross
Spartz
Sincine
United States
Alexander Weddell
Madrid
Generalissimo Franco
Wind and Rain Hit Florida and California Coast
A Florida storm system caused one death three injuries and residential damage across three communities with crop losses noted. A Fort Lauderdale firefighter died from a fallen power line and others suffered electrical shocks during rescues. Tornadoes near Palatka and Bunnell caused property damage with no injuries. In California giant waves and high tides battered the coast from Redondo Beach to San Pedro, causing structural collapses and evacuations.
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Miami
Fla
Florida Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Robert L. Knight
Fort Lauderdale
Homer G. Edenfield
Pomona Park
Fort Myers
Florida
Palatka
Bunnell
West Coast
Los Angeles
California
Redondo Beach
San Pedro
Fermin
American Legion
Garrisons Build Up Across Atlantic Defense Line
The United States plans to deploy 50 000 or more troops to Newfoundland and surrounding bases as part of a new Atlantic defense ring. Puerto Rico Guantanamo and the Panama Canal garrisons will be reinforced with aim of manning a 4000 mile triangular front from Newfoundland to British Guiana and Panama. Advance engineers work at most bases with Georgetown British Guiana expected to host survey and construction chiefs tomorrow.
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Washington
Newfoundland
Panama Canal
Hemisphere
Atlantic
Great Britain
Puerto Rico
Guantanamo
Cuba
Army
Marine Corps
British Guiana
Panama
Georgetown
British Steamer Ardan Khan Reports Distress
Mackay Radio picked up a distress call from the British steamer Ardan Khan reporting torpedoing at 1 02 P M EST. The vessel gave position about 600 miles west of Scotland as of December 27 in New York.
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New York
Mackay
Ardan Khan
Tony
Scotland
Coastal Bombing Called Terrific in Le Havre Action
London reports a Le Havre statement saying British bombing of the French port was far worse than June German bombardment. It described an eight hour night raid with fires in hangars at Herault and a five hour conflagration. The bulletin notes damage to German refin eries and Hamm factory halting electrode production.
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London
Air Ministry
le Havre
Herault
Germany
Bomber Command
Dessenkirchen
Hamm
Ford Contracts Now In Effect
War Department contracts with the Ford Motor Company totaling more than 2,000,000 dollars for midget scout cars and passenger vehicles are now in effect after being announced on November 27. Labor leaders including Sidney Hillman protested the award citing a labor board finding of unfair labor practices and the company’s appeal. Labor officials say government contracts must comply with federal labor laws.
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Washington
War Department
Ford Motor Company
Department
Sidney Hillman
New
Office of Defense Production
Hillman
Labor Board
William Campbell Found Dead in Apple Pie Ridge Cabin
State and county officers with Dr. James Miller, coroner, traveled to the Pine Grove Apple Pie Ridge cabin after word of William Campbell being found dead there. They reported he died apparently of natural causes, with long heart trouble noted by acquaintances.
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James Miller
William Campbell
Apple Pie Ridge
Pine Grove
Campbell
British Bombers Attack Lorient Sub Base and Brittany Airfields
The air ministry announced that British bombers attacked the German submarine base at Lorient, France, and air dromes in Brittany on the second day of a daylight offensive.
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London
Air Ministry
Lorient
France
British Ship Hit by German Bombs Near Thames Estuary
A British merchant ship of 8 000 to 10 000 tons was struck by two German bombs east of the Thames estuary. The boiler room exploded, and reports from DNB the German news agency said. The attack signals a resumed violent air war against British shipping.
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Berlin
Thames Estuary
DNB
Patrol on coast sees air activity after Christmas
Dec 27 reports quiet holidays followed by increased air activity over the southeast coast and English Channel. Dawn reconnaissance planes patrolled the coast and Channel as a low mist reduced visibility to three or four miles.
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English
English Channel
Petain Letter Delivered to Hitler During War Talks
In a diplomatic report from Bern Switzerland Navy Minister Jean Darlan of Vichy France delivered a letter from Chief of State Petain to Adolf Hitler in German occupied France north of Paris. The letter reportedly seeks continued French German collaboration and excludes Laval from cabinet. Laval had been foreign minister and negotiator with Germany. Hitler was said to be on the French coast over Christmas.
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Bern
Switzerland
Jean Darlan
Adolf Hitler
France
Paris
Petain
Pierre Laval
Laval
Germany
Ian
Vichy
Hitler
Berlin
French
Flames Destroy Hopewell Armory In Virginia
Hopewell armory housing Company L First Infantry Virginia National Guard was wrecked by fire early today. City Manager Ancell estimates building loss at 20 000 to 25 000 dollars. Custodian George Maison found the blaze about 2 a m and woke the janitor who fled in night clothes. Fire Chief J E Cuddihy cites possible short circuit in wiring. A three man survey board was named by Adjutant General S Gardner Waller to investigate.
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Hopewell
First Infantry
Virginia National Guard
Ancell
George Maison
J. E. Cuddihy
S. Gardner Waller
Prehistoric site on Skyline Drive yields ancient artifacts
Smithsonian archaeologists David I. Bushnell Jr. and Frank H. Roberts Jr. report a possibly 10,000 year old habitation site on Skyline Drive. Folsom points and pottery found suggest early human use of the valley, with plans to continue digging.
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North America
Skyline Drive
David I. Bushnell, Jr
Smithsonian Institute
Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr
Smithsonian
Colorado
Nauru attacked as German raider sails under Japanese colors
News from Melbourne reports a sea raid on Nauru by a ship flying Japanese colors with no casualties, while British and Nazi forces clash on multiple fronts. In Europe German long range guns shell Dover and Bordeaux remains under bombardment as Libyan port actions unfold amid wider war developments.
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South Pacific
Melbourne
Australia
Dover
Hell's Corner
London
Pacific
Rene Opene
Marshall Islands
Hawaii
R.af
Bordeaux
Amalia
Menzies
League of Nations
Germany
Italy
Japan
Colder Weather To Follow Rains Forecast Message
Extended weather forecast for the Middle Atlantic States predicts rains in the early period with general rains in the south, snow and rain in the north, colder conditions in the far north early, and much colder weather in the latter half of the period.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic States
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