Senate Gets President's Draft Views
President Roosevelt urged lowering the draft age from 21 to 19 and argued for a wide pool of manpower to meet contingencies. He sent identical letters to Vice President Wallace and congressional leaders as Senate and House committees consider broadening registration to 18 through 64 and draft from 19 through 44.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Senate
Tate
Barkley
McNary
War Department
House Military Committee
Army
Chaimman
Reynolds
D.-N.c
Johnson WeColn
Wages in Pottery Industry Discussed
New York reports 22 members of the United States Potters Association meeting with the AFL brotherhood to discuss wage increases for about 20 000 potters. USPA chair Keeph Wells notes talks may continue into the term and urges open focus amid war conditions. The union seeks substantial raise from 47 cents to 2 dollars an hour, with meetings held at the Hotel Commodore and Astor rooms and chaired by James M. Duffy.
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New York
United States
Foueets Association
Keeph ML Wells
USPA
Wells
Ascanation
James M. Duffy
Sea Pa
Piyrmouth Walle
Sellers
Astor
East West Game of New Orleans Moves to Jan 3 1942
Andy Kerr of Colrats University announced the East West football game will be held in New Orleans on January 3, 1942 instead of January 1 in Francisco. The announcement updates the traditional schedule and relocates the game while preserving the rivalry setup.
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New Orleans
British Sweep Forward in Libya Moves Toward Decisive Victory
Allied forces in North Africa push 70 miles west of Tobruk and 30 miles beyond Gazalla as Imperial troops encircle remaining German tanks. London reports center penetration of Axis defenses as a turning phase appears near, with Hitler’s command claiming heavy defensive battles west of Tobruk and prisoner releases.
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Britain
North Africa
Tobruk
Cairo
Libya
Middle East
Gazalla
London
Looms. Avery
India
Adolf Hitler
Patterson Loses Bid to Win Back Job Over Hatch Act
Washington dispatch reports the civil service commission refused Patterson’s bid to overturn removal from the Cincinnati office of the Ohio unemployment compensation bureau for Hatch Act violations. The panel declined to reopen the hearing despite new evidence. Patterson may appeal to the U.S. district court within 30 days. He faced accusations of political activity in Bricker’s 1940 gubernatorial campaign and coercing office staff.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Harry J. Patterson
Cincinnati
Ohio Bureau of
Patterson
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
U.S. District Court
John W. Bricker
Ipee
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Bricker
Commission
Ohin
Interoffice
Weather Summary for Ohio and Nearby Regions
Colder air moves into Ohio with cloudy skies, slight rain north, and warmer southern sections. Tonight will be cloudy with snow flurries in the north and colder in the south. Columbus area shows light four hour period ending 8 am with general cooling and above normal temperatures in some southern counties.
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Ohio
South Portion
Feeter
Zancaite
Amarillo
Altanza
Betton
Battal
Lake Rea
Main Valley
Creat Lakes
New England
California
Oregon
Washington
Hoover Urges Price Controls in wartime economy
Former President Herbert Hoover asked Congress for the widest latitude for Roosevelt to enact wartime price and commodity controls. Drawing on WWI experience, Hoover outlined a 14 point program, agreeing with Leon Henderson that wartime declarations alter the scope of control from preparedness to total mobilization.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Roosevelt
Hoover
Senate Banking Committee
Leon Henderson
House
Downtown Zanesville stores extend hours to 9 pm
Retail stores in downtown Zanesville will remain open until 9 p.m. Friday and will observe late hours Saturday Monday and Tuesday nights. They will close at 6 p.m. on Wednesday December 24, the day before Christmas, to let clerks and other employees spend Christmas Eve with their families.
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Zanesville
Army Navy Face Inquiry By President
President Roosevelt will appoint investigators to determine why neither the army nor navy was on alert against surprise attacks on Hawaii during Japan's December 7 attempt. The probes follow Navy Secretary Knox's disclosures and tie to an Axis pattern of surprise attacks. The inquiry may assess the Pearl Harbor preparedness and the effectiveness of a Japanese fifth column operation in Hawaii.
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America
Arizona
California
Frank Knox
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Hawaii
Japan
United States
Knox
Joseph C Grew
Tokyo
Pacific
Norway
Page Sevres
May GEFEMEE Ces 23 Found Guilty in Rocket Trial
Former Detroit Mayor Richard W Reading and 22 co defendants were found guilty by a Wayne County circuit jury after 18 hours of deliberation in a conspiracy trial. Eighteen of 41 defendants brought to trial last Sept 8 were found innocent.
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Detroit
Richard W. Reading
Wayne County
SUY DEFENSE STAMPS Big Reception for Santa Tomorrow
A festive reception for Santa is planned for tomorrow in Zamemiic with eager crowds and smiles. Officials anticipate a warm, celebratory mood as children await visits, gifts, and a chance to meet the man in red. Community volunteers and the organizing committee urge families to attend for a memorable holiday kickoff.
Hitler goes to Berchtesgaden for rest cure
German circles report Adolf Hitler has traveled to the Berchtesgaden mountain retreat under doctors orders to rest due to overstrain. Physicians advised a thorough rest to recover his physical capacity after months of strain.
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Ankara
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Roseville High Principal Named State Milk Dept Clerk
Albert B. Davis, principal of Roseville high, is appointed clerk in the state agricultural department at Columbus to audit dairy industry data under the new milk marketing law. Davis, a native of near Cadwell, has led Roseville for two years after earlier stint as McArthur schools superintendent and Ohio State University graduate. He will report to crop statistician Glen S. Ray at $1,800 yearly. Agricultural Director John Brown said 2,850 weighers and testers are licensed, with about 5,000 in total employed by 2,500 dealers, urging others to secure licenses promptly.
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Albert. B. Davis
Roseville High
State Agricultural Department
Columbus
Davis
Cakdwell
Roseville
McArthur
Ohio State University
Glen S. Ray
John Brown
Spain Bars Ship Sailing Amid Wartime Concerns
Official sources say the Marques De Comillas voyage to New York was postponed by order and may sail later. Government fear over links in merchant rejects to wartime supply and planned investigations before sending ships into belligerent ports are cited. The Transatlantic company suspended all Spain to Americas sailings by government order.
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Madrid
Marques de Comillas
New York
Atlantic
Spanish Transatlantic Company
Americas
Singapore Faces Threat as Japanese Strike Intensifies
London reports a growing danger to Singapore from a land assault after British naval losses. Hongkong may be evacuated as Japanese forces push through northern Malaya. Chinese forces attack along the Canton Hongkong railway and threaten Japanese positions near Hangchow Bay.
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London
Hongkong
Singapore
Malay
United States
Chung- King
Reutars
Canton
Canton- Hongkong
Hangchow Bay
World War II Pacific Clash Reports Near Manila and Luzon
A war bulletin describes an attack on Japanese transports off Legazpi 200 miles southeast of Manila as American forces claim four Japanese planes shot down. Reports say Japanese pressure on Luzon is easing while they press attacks in Malaya Hongkong and British Borneo. Leaders in London Canberra and Ottawa discuss coordinated actions with Russia in the Pacific war and potential alliances as fighting intensifies around Malaya and the Philippines.
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Legzspi
Manila
War Department
Philippines
Luzon Island
Borneo
Malaya
Hongkong
London
Britain
Far East
Singapore
Malay
Obesrveren
Luzon
Mikado
Rusia
Clement FR AtUee
Parliament
Russia
United States
Canberra
Australia
Herbert V. Evatt
Japan
Evatt
Jand
Vlgdivostok
Siberia
Imperial Tokyo
Barnes
Boming
Louxica
Olongupo Naval Base
Ma- Tern
Jap Admiral's Pipe Dream Dictating Terms to U S
Tokyo broadcast cites a Tokyo paper and a January 24 letter from Yamamoto stating Japan aims to force a peace by war, planning surprise attacks and seeking to seize the Philippines, Hawaii, and French territories, with a hope to dictate terms to the United States from Washington.
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U.S
Tasmemoto
London
Japes
United States
Philippines
Hewali
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FDR
U.S.S. Arizona
Grforse
Vichy
Secretary of Navy
Mnnox
Santa
Spain
Discho‘sere
Sia de Tenerife
Tete
Hongkong Island
Tan
Ottawa
Ont
Australian Radio Today
Domei
Isoroku Yamamoto
Yotmailurni
Yomiuri
Yamamoto
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