British Still Pound Bardia and Offensive Presses On
British forces concentrate around beleaguered Bardia as artillery shells pound the Italian base. Advanced motorized detachments advance westward. four Italian guns captured. Italians report 38,114 prisoners of war held, with 10,000 non Italians.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bardia
Bya
Mussolini
Tobruk
Spain
Toledo
Francisco Franco
Egyot
Liberal Party
Italian forces claim destruction of British detachment at Bardia
Rome reports a swift Italian motorized column overwhelmed a British mechanized detachment in the Libyan Bardia sector. Italian warplanes supported the attack as naval units shelled British armor along the coast. Bomber strikes hit front line bases near Bardia and Italian fighters clashed with enemy aircraft.
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Rome
Italy
Libyan
Bardia
Solons to press defense pay inquiry in new Congress
Senators Byrd and Johnson announced plans to press for a senate inquiry into defense spending and the defense program. Johnson reported assurance from Chairman Sheppard that the military committee would consider an early investigation, with Byrd proposing a nine member special committee as a clearing house for defense information while preserving military secrets.
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Administration
Frank
Comte
Byrd
Congress
Senate
Iesteea
Free French Troops Enter North Africa in Allied Drive
A first picture from North Africa shows Free French soldiers in Libya and Egypt. The men of the French Colonial Infantry, once in Syria, repudiated the armistice with Germany and support General De Gaulle in aiding the British against Italian forces.
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Desert
Libya
North
Africa
Syria
Germany
de Gaule
Petain
Weygand
de Gaulle
Italian
Paris
New York
CBS
Auguste Nogues
French
Morocco
Casablanca
Vichy
Budapest
Maxime Weygand
Egypt
De Gaulle Urges French Fight On Against Nazis
London dispatch reports Gen. Charles de Gaulle as calling on all Frenchmen to continue the struggle against Germany with a possible great victory ahead. Rumors tie North Africa Syria and the French fleet to a Mediterranean end to the war, while Petain allegedly contemplates ruling France from captivity and sending naval units to North Africa.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
North Africa
Toulon
Slayer suspect captured after triple homicide in Clarion
Police say 43 year old Frank Dearolph confessed to killing Reuben Wentling and his son and wounding Elizabeth Wentling after a confrontation at a Venango county farmhouse. Authorities allege he also attacked Elizabeth. Wentling's wife Olive was hospitalized after leaping from a porch to escape.
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Clarion. Pa
M. O. McKinley
McKinley
Frank Dearolph
Reuben Levi Wentling
Reuben, Jr
Raymond Malloy
Dearolph
Amos Dolby
Olive Wentling
Oil Ci Bath
Elizabeth
Berlin Claims U-Boat Toll
Berlin reports the destruction of 37,163 tons of British shipping by two German submarines including four armed merchant ships and the 12,823 ton Waiotira. German sources also claim a merchant ship of 8,000 to 10,000 tons sunk east of the Thames mouth and an overnight raid on London with violent explosions and fires. German guns bombard Dunkerque and claim effective fire from Long Range guns on channel shipping. A few British planes reportedly penetrated the German coast but caused no bombs on German soil.
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Berlin
High Command
The
Thames
Britain
London
Dunkerque
Jones views trade volume and 1941 outlook
Secretary Jesse H. Jones said that 1940 showed a vigorous business year with record production and rising incomes, and he forecast substantial progress toward eliminating unemployment in 1941. He credited the defense program for earlier employment gains and noted higher retail sales and construction with no major price increases.
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Washington
Jesse H. Jones
Jones
Neely to Delay State Appointments After Inauguration
Governor elect M M Neely announced no state job appointments will be considered until after his return from the presidential inauguration. He expects over 30 000 applications and plans to announce a U S Senate successor soon after the ceremony. The inaugural program includes a parade reception and dance with notable guests and a special train from Washington.
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Charleston
W. Va
M. M. Neely
Neely
Senate
Roosevelt
Statehouse
Fairmont Democrat
U. S. Senate
Capitol
West Virginia
Harley M. Kilgore
Beckley
Joseph Rosier
Fairmont State Teachers College
United Mine Workers
Loyal Order of Moose
UMWA
Holt
J. N. Kenna
Supreme Court
Wash
Leigh and Olivier Sail for London from Jersey City
Vivian Leigh and Laurence Olivier depart Jersey City aboard a liner for London on their return trip. Leigh notes London is not safest now but remains her home. Olivier, a Briton, indicates they will continue to serve the government.
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Jersey City
N. J
Vivian Leigh
Scarlett O'Hara
Laurence
London
Moonshine Ring in Huntington Sentences Nine Months
Dave Larkin, age 50, was sentenced to nine months in federal prison for involvement in a moonshine whiskey ring operating across Ohio and Kentucky. He is the 14th person sentenced. 13 others received terms up to three years and fines. Authorities issued arrest warrants for three indicted conspirators. Court noted the ring distilled liquor illegally in Lawrence County Ohio and Boyd County Kentucky and transported it to Huntington.
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Huntington
W. Va
Dave Larkin
Ashland
Ohio
Harry BE. Watkins
Lawrence County
Boyd County
Roosevelt Works On Defense Aid Speech For Britain
President Roosevelt edited a rough draft for a nationwide fireside talk on defense and aid to Britain to be broadcast tomorrow night. He received returning envoys and discussed production plans with Knudsen as Wheeler urged caution on further aid and possible entanglement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain
Heeler
Montana
United States
William Phillips
Italy
William 8. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Knudsen
Merle
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Norway
Belgium
Holland
France
Reorganization urged for National Labor Relations Board
A House committee called for complete reorganization of the National Labor Relations Board in a 70,000 word report. Representatives Smith Hallick Routzohn argued the board sought to deny contracts to firms deemed violators of the Wagner Act and warned that defending communists and threatening national defense threaten industrial peace. The committee urged urgent action and cited concerns over executive overreach.
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Washington
Fur House
National Labor Relations Board
Smith
Halleck
Ind
Routzohn
Ohio
Congress
Greek Sub Sinks Three Italian Vessels in Adriatic Convoy
Greek naval unit Papanicolis slipped inside a destroyer guard and torpedoed an Adriatic convoy, sinking three Italian ships totaling 25 000 to 30 000 tons. The two sentence general staff note confirmed local successes and prisoners taken as Greek forces pushed near Chimara and Tepeleni amid heavy Italian resistance.
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Athens
Adriatic
Chimara
Viosa River
Stores To Close New Year’s Day
Bluefield merchants will close on Wednesday New Year’s Day per Business Men’s association secretary Fred R. Christie. He noted holiday trade was very satisfactory and overall business ahead of last year with few exceptions.
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Bluefield
Fred R. Christie
Business Men's Association
Christie
German Raiders Roam the Seas Shanghai Dec 28
Reports from Shanghai describe intensive German raider activity from the Indian Ocean to the south Pacific. Two Nazi merchantmen reportedly left Kobe as sea prowlers. A Japanese ship carried the swastika after first flying Japanese colors before firing on Nauru.
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Shanghai
Indian Ocean
South Pacific
Kobe
Japan
Nauru
Marshall Islands
Melbourne Navy Ministry
Hongkong
India
Brit
Empress of Asia
Ae Oo
Germans Move Across Hungary Into Romania
reports from neutral Yugoslavia say about 300000 German troops moved across Hungary into Romania during the night under Hungary’s censorship. fresh German units reached Timisoara in the Banat region near Belgrade, with movement described as thorough and continuous.
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Bern
Switzerland
Hungary
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Timisoara
Banat
Romania
Belgrade
Censorship Tight in Hungary As German Movement Reported
Berne Switzerland December 28 censorship was tight in Hungary as German troop movements toward Romania were reported. An Associated Press dispatch from Budapest said censorship increased since the forces began moving through Hungary in strength. Budapest operators cited line breaks and omissions in telegrams and radiograms and difficulty in maintaining connections with other capitals.
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Berne
Switzerland
Hunce
Hungary
Romania
Associated Press
Budapest
New Testament Manuscript Fragments Found In Ruins
Baltimore reports the discovery of Greek papyrus fragments from a southern Palestine site at Ruja el- Hafir. Archaeologists date them to the late seventh century and link them to the Epistles of Paul and a Gospel page. The find increases evidence on early Bible manuscripts and was announced at the American Philological Association meeting.
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Palestine
John
Paul
Baltimore
New York University
Lionel Casson
A American Philological Associa
Casson
Ruja el- Hafir
Mount Sinai
H. Dunscombe Colt
New York
Nts
George Miller Calhoun
University of California
Lilly Ross Taylor
Bryn Mawrents
Marbury P. Sie
Roe Ie
University of "B
Minnesota
British Bombard Boulogne as Invasion Prep Fails
British planes bomb Nazi bases and ports along the French coast from Calais to Boulogne in a massive assault aimed at disrupting winter invasion preparations. Boulogne’s port and submarine facilities were hit as raids continued across southwest England, including London, with hospitals and stores damaged.
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London
Germany
England
France
Calais
Boulogne
British Press Association
Ciies
Inductions Set for West Virginia Guard Units
Charleston, W V December 28 1940 Secretary of War Stimson notified Governor Holt by telegram that January 6 and January 17 have been set for inductions of the 201st and 150th West Virginia guard regiments into the army. The 150th under Col W F Eubank will go to Camp Shelby Mississippi and the 201st under Col C C Robison will report to Fort Ben Harrison. Holt will issue general orders releasing the units for federal service before the dates.
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Charleston
W. Va
Stimson
Holt
150Th
West Virginian Guard
W. FE. Eubank
Welch
Camp Shelby
Miss
C. C. Robison
Morgantown
Fort Bent Harrison
War Department
201St
the State Guard
Theron
Joseph L. Welch
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Virginia
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Colorado
Secretary of Commerce
Vivien Leigh
Laurence Olivier
Olivier
Moonshine
Advocate
Stephen T. Early
Wheeler E Phatic
FDR
NLB
House
National Defense
Tepeleni
Papanicolis
Greece
Jane
Varona
Honolulu
Harry Toshi Kochi
Hawaii
Delbert E. Metzger
Kochi
Southampton
Secretary of War
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