British Drive Near Bardia Intensifies as War Continues
Italian air force concentrates near Bardia to hamper Royal Army advances while British and Italian bombardments ease. British batteries grow stronger with new guns as a potential large desert offensive looms against the 20,000 Italians besieged at Bardia Libyan front.
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Bardia
Bardis
Libya
Royal Air Force
Itali Command
Sucon Sea
Mediterranean
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Britain
Winston Churchill
Mussolini
Italy
Hopson Trial Near Jury Stage in AG&E Case
The main fraud and conspiracy trial of Howard C. Hopson and two others neared the jury as summations closed for Hopson and began for his co defendants. The trio allegedly siphoned 20 000 from the AG and E system while Hopson led the vast utilities firm before illness.
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New York
Howard C. Hopson
Associated Gas and Electric System
Hugh A. Patton
U. S
Alfred C. Coxe
Hopson
Fred A. Ironside, Jr
Vast Utilities Corporation
Ironside
AG &E
Harold P. Corbin
Charles Travis
Garrett A. Brownback
Mrs. Loulie House Dies at 81 Widow of Col Edward M House
New York December 26 Mrs Loulie Hunter House widow of the late Col Edward M House and intimate of President Woodrow Wilson during World War I died today at her home.
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House
New York
Loulie Hunter House
Edward M. House
Woodrow Wilson
Alert Truck Driver Sparks Coast Guard Rescue
A truck driver sighted a sail rigged small boat offshore from Fort Bragg and alerted the coast guard. The cutter Shawnee and Ariadne found and rescued ten guardsmen from a 30 foot lifeboat and a 26 foot surfboat amid a driving storm, with two men injured. The Shawnee will bring the survivors to San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard
Coast
Fort Bragg
U. S. Steps Into Fight Over Control Of Music
Attorney General Jackson moves to begin criminal proceedings under the Sherman act against ASCAP BMI NBC and CBS over broadcast music control. The case cites illegal pooling discrimination against nonmembers and price fixing as factors in a battle that could affect about 90 percent of modern copyright music.
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Washington
Jackson
Justice Department
Thurman Arnold
Federal District Court
Milwaukee
Wis
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
Broadcast Music, Inc
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
ASCAP
Arnold
Alien Registrations Exceed Estimate As Deadline Passes
Washington reports nearly 5,000,000 aliens registered or fingerprinted as the deadline passed. By Tuesday 4,383,000 forms were received in the continental United States and 88,000 from possessions, Hawaii led with 75,488. Penalties include up to $1,000 fine and six months in prison for nonregistration. A special investigative force under J R Espinosa will pursue unregistered non-citizens.
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Washington
Marquess of Lothian
Hull
Pacific
Richard G. Casey
Casey
Lord Lothian
Lord Seek Oe Rhe
Lord Halifax
Britain
Japan
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
United States
Baltimore
Atlantic
Gibraltar
Cape Town
Suez
Singapore
Australia
Hawaii
Panama
Unite States
Friay
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Alaska
J. R. Espianosa
Gman
Britain Doubles Invasion Guards Along Channel Coast
Britain increased guards along the misty channel coast and stationed troops on beaches amid invasion fears. Patrols and searches disrupted coastal traffic as Dover Strait remained calm and a brief bomb fell on Sheppey in the Thames estuary ending a unofficial Christmas truce.
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Britain
Isle of Sheppey
Thames Estuary
London
Balkans
Associated Press
Misty Channel
Channel
Strait of Dover
Thames
Geerkans
Belgium
Netherlands
Turkey
Greece
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Libya
Walter Layton
Ministry of Supply
United States
Dover
Adolf Hitler
Seven Local Men Will Be Drafted In Bluefield
Seven Bluefield men are to be drafted to meet Draft Board No. 1 for a 17 man induction at Huntington on January 23. Clerk R. A. Lampton reported. ten volunteers have qualified, and the remaining seven will be drafted by order numbers. White men will comprise Bluefield's entire second quota.
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Bluefield
Huntington
R. A. Lampton
Marines Deny Italian Killed in Christmas Brawl
U S Marine officers deny unconfirmed reports of an Italian marine killed in a Christmas Eve clash with American troops in Shanghai. Nine U S Marines and three sailors were listed as slightly injured, with Italian authorities reportedly expressing regrets but not confirming injuries.
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Shanghai
U. 8
U. S
U. SB
Ieee
Group Urges U S Help Defeat Axis Powers
A 169-name round robin urged President Roosevelt to do everything necessary to defeat the axis powers with Britain still at war. The signers included James B. Conant, Charles Seymour, Gerold Swope, Mrs. Dwight Morrow, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and others. The White House said the telegram appeared spontaneous with no stated organizational backing.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Britain
Capitol Hill
King
Utah
England
Greece
China
Holt
William Allen White
America
Ulrich Bell
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Altschul
New York
Charles Seymour
Yale University
Gerard Swope
Dwight Morrow
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lewis W. Douglas
Mutual Life Ingurcerce Company
Carter Glass, Jr
Lynchburg
Arthur Garfield Hayes
Rupert Hughest
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
United States
Greeks Push Forward Through Mud and Snow in Albania
Greek forces drive north and northwest of Chimara in Albania as Greek officers report Italian casualties reach 45,000 wounded since October. Greek terrain gains include a new mountain height and captures of officers and men amid harsh winter conditions.
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Athens
Italy
Greece
Chimara
Albania
Ioannina
Tepelini
Klisura
Drinos
Bitolj
Lin
Orchida
Pograderz
Elbasani
Christmas Battles Press On in Tepeleni and Klisura
Snowdrifts deepen on the Southern Albanian Front as Greek forces press attacks around Tepeleni and Klisura despite Christmas Day. The narrative notes ongoing combat and difficult conditions amid the front line maneuvers.
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Trallan
Tepeleni
Klisura
Whirlwind Strikes Bejucal Killing Dozens in Cuba
A whirlwind near Bejucal, Havana province, killed forty people and injured more than one hundred. Over 200 doctors and nurses rushed to aid, with 31 evacuees from Rancho Boveros. three died instantly. President Batista ordered continued ministry assistance as Havana faced wind and rain disruptions.
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Havana
Bejucal
Demetrio Despaigne
Rancho Boveros
Fulgencio Batista
Health Ministry
Roosevelt to propose massive U.S. merchant ship program
President Roosevelt plans a broad plan to build many merchant ships fast using reciprocating engines to aid Britain. The move would fit into leasing or loaning equipment to Britain and could be outlined in a fireside chat. Details remain unspecified and timing targets Congress for next week.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Britain
Congress
Famous Author P G Wodehouse Interview From German Prison Camp
Berlin dispatch reports P G Wodehouse in an Upper Silesian internment camp writing a new novel titled Money for Jam. He shares a smile with camp commander during the interview as guard fences surround 1 100 Britons including truck drivers and Cambridge graduates.
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P. G. Wodehouse
Jeeves
Angus Thuermer
Associated Press
Berlin
Upper Silesia
Germany
France
Thuermer
Quincy
Ontcago
Associated Press Berlin
Cambridge
His Majesty
Brest Litovsk
Poland
English Channel
Kirkenes
Norway
Brenner Pass
Wodehouse
le Touquet
Channel
Aris
World War II broadside stirs invasion fears across Europe
Reports from the Balkans and border areas describe massive German troop movements through Hungary into Romania and toward the Soviet frontier. Analysts debate whether the redeployment signals a feint to distract Britain or a planned strike to seize Greece or Turkey as Mussolini wavers in peril.
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Budapest
Germany
Soviet
Julovakia
Russia
Prut
Rumania
Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Greece
Strikin
Turkey
Osten
Lin
Ochrida
Progradetz
Albasani
Tirana
Alania
Concentration of Russian Forces Reported at Romanian Frontier
Berlin dispatches confirm Russian troop concentrations along the Prut river as Germany begins sending 300000 fresh troops into Romania. Diplomatic activity rises in southeastern capitals amid fears of a Balkan power clash over the region.
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Budapest
Germany
Rumania
Balkan
Balkans
Prut
Romania
Soviet Union
Moscow
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Bucharest
Hungary
Rooney Tops List of Money Making Stars
Hollywood figures show Mickey Rooney leading the annual poll of theatre exhibitors for 194? money making stars. Spencer Tracy Clark Gable Gene Autry Tyrone Power James Cagney Bette Davis Judy Garland also rank among the top ten with Autry’s rise noted as a highlight alongside the enduring Rooney dominance.
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Hollywood
Motion Picture Herald
Mickey Rooney
Spencer Tracy
Clark Gable
Gene Autry
Tyrone Power
James Cagney
Bi Crosby
Wallace Beery
Bette Davis
Judy Garland
The
Herald
Autry
Will Rogers
Rooney
James Stewart
Deanna Durbin
Page
Erroll Flynn
Myrna
Dorothy Lamour
Cary Grant
Hope
Henry Fonda
Gary Beanees
Jack Benny
Ogerso N Sheridan
Liam Powell
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Walther von Brauchitsch
Halifax
Gerald Campbell
Viscount Halifax
Gerald
United Kingdom
Canada
U. 5
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East Germany
Mihai
Balekan
Ruemania
Rome- Berlin
Soviet Russia
Danube River
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