Greek Sub Sinks Italian Troop Ships Near Valona
Reports indicate three Italian troop transports loaded with Fascist war material were torpedoed and sunk by a Greek submarine north of the Straits of Otranto while en route to the Albanian port of Valona. The loss, possibly heavy, occurred as Evzone forces pressed in the Valona area amid a blizzard and naval actions.
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Ioland
Papani
Straits of Otranto
Admiralty
Valona
Brindisi
Unique Ile
British RAF Blitz Hits German Front From Norway To Biscay
London reports a 24hour Royal Air Force assault along the 1000 mile front from Norway to the Bay of Biscay. RAF bombers attacked Calais Boulogne and Cape Gris Nez with high explosive and incendiaries, causing large fires and widespread destruction along the British coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Air Force
Norway
Bay of Biscay
Dover Channel
Calais
Boulogne
Cape Gris Nez
Dover
Adolf Hitler
Channel
Soil Conservation Payments Update From Fannin Office
Farmers in the 1940 farm program have received soil conservation checks totaling 400 723 45 with 6 194 checks issued to date. A final distribution day approaches as applications move to the state office. Parity checks remain in process and the last day for parity payments is approaching December Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannin /AAA
Rayburn Tops Bonham News in 1910 Local Year
Bonham and Fannin county's top story of 1910 was Sam Rayburn's elevation to House speaker. Other major items include Oct 22 celebration with 12,000 attendees, a hard fought Democratic primary, and the McConeary murder trial. Additional notable items cover the Santa Claus parade, Guard mobilization, new high school stadium dedication, NYA workshop, jail funding, and road projects and infrastructure events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Fannin County
Rayburn
Joca
Tere
W. H McConeary
Highway 82
Grady McCulloch
Leonard Huff
Bonham National Guard
NYA
WPA
Red River
Randolph-Bonham Road
Nazi press claims Britain to seize Irish bases
Berlin reports the Nazi press, with an official spokesman, charges Britain plans to seize bases in Ireland and press the United States to convoy Western Hemisphere supplies to Eire, calling such moves dangerous to all involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ireland
Berlin
United States
Eire
Texas defense contracts reach 187 million total
Texas' share in national defense contracts through December 15 rose to 187,064,350 dollars, according to Frank White acting state director for the office of government reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Frank White
Office of Government Reports
Forty Nine Schools Operate Hot Lunch Projects In County
County Superintendent L R Burkett and Mrs. Virgil Wilson addressed 101 WPA hot lunch workers and district staff Saturday in the district courtroom. Burkett praised the program for boosting attendance, weight, and academic performance while Wilson outlined duties and reporting for workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannin County
Heard
L R. Burkett
Virgil Wilson
Burkett
Supt Burkett
Ammuniya
Wilson
NYA
Ely
Lone Ely
Turd
Adams
Allen’s Point
Bailey Bailey Inglish
Bonham
Brailey Pool
Delba
Dial
Dodd City
Committee Moves to Improve World War II Shelter Conditions
London reports Lord Hard and the air raid shelters committee urged steps to rid shelters of lice fleas and bed bugs and suggested compulsory examinations. They endorsed health minister’s pamphlet on pests and proposed insecticides open-shows of scrub and delousing if infestations persist with masks under study and hospital isolation for tubercular cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Hardx
Crane end strikes power line. worker killed in Texas
Orange Texas dispatch reports 28 year old Milton Harold Teague Jr., a drag line operator for a U S Navy housing project, was electrocuted when crane end touched a 3 000 volt line. Funeral services set for Brenham.
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Orange
Tex
Milton Harold Teague Jr
U. S. Navy
Brazil Cotton Crop Falls Short of Texas Output in 1937
Brazil produced its largest cotton crop in 1937 but the total was only two-fifths the size of Texas crop for the same year. Texas led U.S. states in cotton production with a markedly higher yield during 1937.
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Brazil
Texas
War Department rejects HiMan protest on Ford truck contract
The War Department rejects Defense Labor Coordinator Sidney Hillman’s protest against a $2,000,000 pigmy truck order to Ford Motor Co. and agrees to fund Dearborn plants under a $122,323,020 aircraft engines contract. The government and Ford sign an emergency facilities deal to repay the investment over five years with depreciation options and potential final government title transfer.
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Washington
War Department
Defense
Sidney HiHman
Ford Motor Co
Torino
Hillman
Ford
NLRB
Dearborn
Mich
Department
Year’s Sentence for Draft Dodging Earns One Year
Portland Ore December 28 a minister and a college professor were sent to a federal road camp for one year each after defying draft registration. U S Attorney Carl Donaugh called their conduct disgraceful though their intellect and leadership in their communes were noted. Reverend Paul Ackerman of Woodlawn Methodist resigned after indictment and Edwin A Sanders of Pacific College Newberg Ore faced the same sentence by Judge James Alger Fee.
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Portland
Ore
Carl Donaugh
Paul Ackerman
Woodlawn Methodist Church
Edwin A. Sanders
Pacific College
Newberg
James Alger Fee
Fruit Crops Remove Less Phosphorus From Soil
Fruit crops take up less phosphorus from the soil than grain crops but absorb more potassium and a much higher amount of nitrogen.
Germany warns U S against neutrality act changes
Berlin reports Nazi officials warn the United States not to revise the neutrality act to allow shipment of American war materials to Britain via Irish ports. Goebbels claims Britain is doomed and the U S would face war if limits are eased. The warnings accompany Roosevelt’s upcoming radio address amid expectations of broader aid to Britain.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Britain
Paul Joseph Goebbels
U.S
Roosevelt
New York
Ireland
Darton Wins Penrose Medal for 1940 Geology Work
Dr Nelson Horatio Darton, 73, former U S Geological Survey official, received the Penrose medal from the Geological Society of America for outstanding geology work in 1940. The award, presented at a banquet in Austin, cites him as originator of large scale contour map making.
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Austin
Tex
Nelson Horatio Darton
Washington
D. C
U. S. Geological Survey
Geological Society of America
Darton
Geological Socety
Eliot Blackweder
Stanford University
Mr and Mrs Bop Shaw to spend Christmas in Pittsburgh
Mr and Mrs Bop Shaw will spend Christmas in Pittsburgh, Fey.
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Mrs. Bop Shaw
Pittsburgh
Fey
New Residential Construction To Keep High Level
Washington reports sustained high levels of new residential construction aided by FHA insured loans. Bureau data show 1946 housing start completions around 180000 under FHA programs, about 27 percent above 1939, reflecting strong builder activity and expanded home ownership potential nationwide.
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Washington
Ferg
Bureau of Labor
Cew
Anid
FHA
Wits
Christmas Brings Tragedy to Stamford Family
In Stamford Texas on December 28 a family suffered two deaths during Christmas week. Wanda Jean Terrell, 20 months, died from double pneumonia. Earlier, 8 month old Michael Jones Terrell died six days earlier from meningitis. A third child Bennie Wayne is listed in critical condition.
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Stamford
Texas
Litttle
B &. Terrell
Wanda Jean
Michael Jones Terrell
Bennie Wayne
Mixed Poultry Feeds Lose Yitagun A Content With Age
The article notes that mixed poultry feeds tend to lose Yitagun A content as they age, raising concerns about feed quality and promised nutrition for poultry operations.
De Gaulle Urges French Leaders to Renew War Against Germany
Gen Charles De Gaulle urged French officials to rise up against the German conquerors in a radio address timed with reports of Vichy wavering between collaboration and opposing the armistice. He promised full support of Free French forces fighting with Britain abroad.
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London
Vichy
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Britain
Marshal Petain
Adolf Hitler
France
Seek To Bring Russia England Closer Together
British foreign secretary Eden held talks with Soviet Ambassador Maisky at the Foreign Office to seek closer Anglo Soviet relations. The discussions covered obstacles to reconciliation and potential cooperation on Baltic ships and Far Eastern affairs as London and Moscow move toward improved ties.
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Russia
England
Tfondon
Arthurs
Eden
Britain
Ivan M. Maisky
St Necessaruy
Fereigs
Tau
Eder
David Lloyd George
Twefik Rushd Aras
Duke of Alba
London
Spain
Maisky
Baltic
China
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Amar
Roops
Oward Valona
Athens
Evzone
Otranto
Itar Command
Albania
RAF
Vy Unstrep Press
Laval Laison
Pierre Laval
Faris
Yatein
Council of
Libya
Super-Defense Council
Office For
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Henry L. Stimson
Unhec Press
Sv Unsteo Paess
Brenham
U. S. Army
Uniter Press
Unitren Press
U. S
Vy Asiren Press
Univeo
Bundsman
Bund
Teutonia Publishing Co
Chicago
G-men
Otto Willumeit
Chicago Bund
Unwirzo Press
Iss
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