War Moves for All Continents Of The World
Axis planning for southern Europe and the Mediterranean expands while Japan eyes potential strikes in Singapore or Hong Kong. Spain and France may join a Latin bloc to support the Axis, with Turkey urged to stay allied as global tensions rise across Sydney to Washington.
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Axis
Europe
Spain
France
Associated Press
Pacific
Sydney
Washington
Southampton
Japan
Senate
Singaore
Hongkong
Dutch East Indies
Ster
Mediterranean
Famed Sea Devil Reported Living in German Mountains
New York reports Felix von Luckner, the Sea Devil, living in a log cabin in the Harz mountains with his Swedish wife Ingeborg. A letter dated January 1 from Halle, Germany, notes his quiet life and claims his yacht Sea Devil awaits new adventures in Stebbins. Survivors questioned in Hamilton stories linked him to raider actions.
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New York
Felix von Luckner
Harz Mountains
Germany
South Seas
Lowell Thomas
National Broadcasting Company
Thomas
von Luckner
Halle
Pacific
Ingeborg
Sea Devil
Stebbins
von Lucknow
Band of 130 Greeks Nab 3 000 Italians in Bengasi
Greek internees from Zuetina escape to attack Italian troops near Bengasi Libya capturing 3,000 Italians including a general and a colonel. They handed them to the British and returned home amid jubilation after harsh camp rations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bengasi
Libya
Albania
Zuetina
Here
British Columns Besiege Cheren In Eritrea Campaign
Cairo Feb 13 British columns besieging Cheren reported improved positions in the hills around the town as UK forces push toward Asmara and Arresa. RAF offensive patrols extended from Rhodes to the Eritrean front and South African troops continued expanding their penetration west of Cheren.
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Cairo
Egypt
Eritrea
Middies
Royal Air Force
Rhodes
Cheren
Asmara
Arresa
Red Sea
Elgen
Ethiopia
RAF
Greeks Advance Toward Valona in Albania Fight
Greek dispatches report a three mile advance toward Valona with a broad central assault as Italians yield ground. Greeks claim repeated repulses forced Fascists to fall back to a Valona Berati line and abandon Tepeleni area, with infiltrating Greek fighters near Varolina.
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Athens
Valona
Albania
Berati
Tepeleni
Varolina
Adriatic
Hitler Seeks Passage for Nazi Troops Through Balkans
Yugoslavia’s premier Dragila Cvetkovic and foreign minister Aleksander Cin car Markovic met with Hitler in Germany amid rumors Bulgaria may join. Diplomats report Germany seeks transit through Nis to Salonika to pressure Greece and the eastern Mediterranean as Bulgaria eyes gains with Italian and German support. Türkiye’s stance remains unsettled as Sofia pursues pledges not to resist a Nazi move through Bulgaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axis
Europe
Mediterranean
Italy
Africa
Albania
Romania
Hitler
Yugoslavia
Berchtesgaden
Germany
Associated Press
Belgrade
Bulgaria
Greece
Dragila Cvetkovic
Alesander Cincar- Markovic
Yugoslavian
Nis
Vardar
Aegean
Salonika
Boris
Sofia
Turkey
Dardanelles
Cvetkovic
Cincar - Markovic
Balkans
Aleksander Cincar-Markovic
Britain
Japan
Munich
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Danube River
Ivan Popoff
Dede Agadi
Franco
Mussolini
Petain
France
Mercer Hammer Slayer Confesses to Murder Charge
Mercer county officers report Guy Mills of Stovall's Ridge confessed to hammer slaying victim Mingo Farley claiming self defense. Farley died at Memorial hospital after being assaulted on Jumping Branch edge. Mills held in Mercer jail in Princeton on murder warrant sworn by Corporal J E Childers. hammer found with mud and blood noted.
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Mingo Farley
Guy Mills
Stovall’s Ridge
Rock District
Jumping Branch
Mercer County
Princeton
Mills
C. C. Elmore
J. E. Childers
Farley
Memorial Hospital
Childers
G. H. Crumpecker
Zack Mills
Guy
Zack
Crumpecker
Corporal Childers
Roscoe M. Pendleton
Far
Raleigh County
Fredeking-Seaver Mortuary
Stovall's Ridge
Senate Group Approves Aid To Britain Measure
The Senate foreign relations committee approved the lease lend bill by 15 to 8 and urged speedy passage. The measure is described as a practical safeguard to keep the United States out of war while aiding nations vital to American defense. Senator Lee urged quick action amid widespread opposition by Hitler sympathizers and appeasers.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Lee
Okla
Hitler
America
Roosevelt
Nazis Make Night Stab at London Over City Bombs
German flyers struck London with a heavy bomb damaging houses and shopfronts injuring residents and prompting rescue teams to search for survivors. A separate raid hit northeast Scotland causing casualties and damage while daylight raiders caused minor harm over East Anglia and northern Scotland.
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London
Scotland
East Lia
East Anglia
North Scotland
Laddie the War Dog Dies After Long Bond with Soldier
Monterey dispatch reports Laddie the Airedale, famed for reuniting Private Everett Scott and his master, died at Fort Ord Army veterinary hospital. Transfusions from Winkey the St Bernard kept him alive in recent days, as nearly 200 mourners watched the farewell at an airport. The 7th division plans to name him official mascot posthumously.
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Monterey
Calif
Laddie
Airdale
Chanute
Kas
Everett Scott
Army Veterinary Hospital
J. R. O. Scott
Fort Ord
Winkey
Inkey
Scott
Ford Ord
Laddeadquarters
7Th Division
Seating Test For WV Senators Delayed By Committee
The Senate Elections Committee delayed action on the seating test for Dr Joseph Rosier and Clarence E Martin of West Virginia for at least two weeks. A tentative February 27 date was set to draft a recommendation in the unpresented case for Rosier named by Gov Neely and Martin by Gov Holt. The record of hearings will be printed and copies issued to members for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Jospeh Rosier
Clarence E. Martin
West Virginia
Senate Elections Committee
Rosier
N. N. Neely
Martin
Homer A. Holt
Neely
Marigs M Kilgore
W. Va
Leese
Reco
Tment
West Virginia Legislature Creates Tax Study Committee
Governor Neely asks for a five member panel to review the tax system as the House debates a small loans bill and sends it to the Senate. The chamber also probes Charleston police activity and plans oversight of the Pruntytown reform school and Lakin hospital for the Negro insane. The senate considers daily state receipts and a strengthened Hatch Act alongside labor relations legislation.
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Charleston
W. Va
Neely
West Virginia
House
Senate
White House says no controversy on destroyer angle
The White House stated there is no dispute between the president, the secretary of the navy, or Mr. Willkie over sending more destroyers to Britain. Willkie urged five to ten a month, while Knox said the U S lacks vessels to spare. Stephen Early said the issue will be studied amid many competing interests.
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Washington
White House
Secretary of the Navy
Willkie
Britain
Knox
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Roosevelt
England
Stephen Early
Ee. Ae Ag
Urge Americans Leave Far East Amid War Warnings
The United States urged Americans to depart the Far East as Australian officials in Sydney warned the war had entered a gravely new stage. Some observers linked the warning to possible Japanese moves toward Singapore or the Netherlands East Indies, while others saw it as aimed at bolstering Australian morale and resolve.
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Washington
United States
Far East
Sydney
Japan
Singapore
Britain
Pacific
Netherlands East Indies
State Department
Orient
Hull
South Pacific
Ulation
Europe
Asia
Balkans
Generalissimo Franco
Spain
Mussolini
Italy
Marshal Petain
France
British warships meet in mid Atlantic reported by BBC
NBC reports a British radio broadcast said an undisclosed number of warships gathered in the mid Atlantic to cover over 1000 miles in a combined operation. The squadron was said to include one of the fleet’s largest units.
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New York
British Radio
NBC
mid-Atlantic
Legislature Votes to Create Fireman Tax Commission
Joint action authorizes a fire man commission to review the state's tax structure and directs a secret committee to investigate institutions at Lakin and Pruntytown. A senate bill fixes the average rate on small loans under two percent. The judiciary committee strengthens the hatch act and favors passage while a house bill requires state departments to issue daily itemized receipts. A judiciary hearing covers labor relations legislation.
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Senate
House
House Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary
Lakin
Pruntytown
Charleston
Judiciary Committee
Beaver High Students Hurt in Auto Crash at School Corner
Principal C W Jackson and his wife Velma along with Marjorie Buckles were hurt when a car ran out of control at Third and Thomas streets across from Beaver High. Mary Catherine Richmond 17, critically injured with skull fracture. Buckles released after X rays showed no broken bones.
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W. Jackson
Mrs. Jackson
Marjorie Buckles
Beaver Senior
Mary Catherine Richmond
Beaver High School
F. S. Richmond
Parkway
C. W. Jackson
Third
Thomas Streets
Jackson
Bluefield Sanitarium
Miss Richmond
E. L. Gage
Princeton
Velma Jackson
Preston Street
Laura Buckles
Jacksons
Buckles
State labor relations act opposed in West Virginia
Charleston West Virginia February 13 opposition to a state labor relations act was voiced before the senate judiciary committee by business leaders who argued the measure would burden small retailers and not benefit workers The speakers led by Harry A Stansbury of the state chamber of commerce said federal law covers intrastate workers and the bill would create a state commission opposed by industry while supporters from the State Industrial Union Council and the State Federation of Labor AFL argued for the act
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Senate Judiciary Committee
Harry A. Stansbury
State Chamber of Commerce
State Labor Relations Commission
John B. Easton
State Industrial Union Council
CIC
Thomas Cairns
State Federation of Lebhor Afl
Eastern
Spanish King Abdicates Throne to Heir Prince Juan
Portuguese monarchists report Alfonso XIII has drawn up instruments of abdication in exile, transferring rights to his son Prince Juan. The heart attack in Rome is noted, and Franco’s position prevents public publication of the manifesto.
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Lisbon
Alfonso XIII
Prince Juean
Alfonso
Rome
Generalissimo Franco
Spain
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Francisco Franco
Mrshal Petain
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Ley
Kenny Cline
Cline
Mercer Hammer
Berlin
Atlantic
High Command
Portugal
Arnold
Pruntytown Boys’ Reformatory
Lakin State Hospital
Bush
D. Gilmer
Beaver
U. S
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