Roosevelt plan vast powers on aid to Britain faces Congress
The proposed lease-lend program would grant the President broad authority to use U S war materials and to repair and outfit ships for foreign belligerents. It would override cash-and-carry and Johnson Act limits, with Congress kept apprised, prompting worries about democratic checks and potential involvement in war. The piece also notes Vice President Garner leaving office as Wallace prepares to assume duties, a period of shifting political machinery.
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Britain
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Hitler
John N. Garner
Henry A. Wallace
Washington
Cactus Jack
British Push Deep Into Somaliland Forces Reach Buna 70 Miles Inside
British mechanized troops drive into Italian Somaliland seize Buna 70 miles inland near El-Wak as Tobruk siege continues. Reported advances also press on Sudan frontier near Port Serabit and Kassala with attacks from west of Tobruk threatening Derna Bomba and Bengazi.
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Tobruk
Ins
Somaliland
Buna
Britain
Sudan
Port Serabatib
El-Wak
el Gazala
Italian Somaliland
Kassala
Gubba
Derna
Bomba
Bengazi
Former Senator Gibson Named White Successor
Former Senator Ernest W. Gibson of Vermont was chosen to succeed William Allen White as chairman of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies. Lewis W. Douglas was elected chairman of a national policy board with monthly meetings and sovereign rights in forming policies. White was named honorary chairman and an executive committee member.
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New York
Ernest W. Gibson
Vermont
Senate
William Allen White
America
Lewis W. Douglas
Mutual Life Insurance Company
White
Gibson
Brattleboro
Douglas
Linn County Draft Call Shrinks to Three Men
A January 20 induction in Fort Des Moines will require three Linn county draftees, one from each of the three boards. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Fulton notes this is the smallest quota yet, following 7 selectees on November 29 and 14 more this week. All shipped men appear to have qualified at the induction center. no contrary notice from local boards.
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Linn County
Fort Des Moines
Linn
Robert Fulton
Col. Fulton
Britain raids German industries and Channel coast
United Press reports Britain's air power strikes hit Germany's western industries. Royal Air Force bombers raid the French Channel coast from Calais to Boulogne and target oil reservoirs in the Netherlands and bases at Helgoland. Berlin lists Cologne, Dusseldorf, Gelsenkirchen, Wesel, and Bergheim as attacked.
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France
Royal Air Force
French Channel
Calais
Boulogne
Britain
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Gelsenkirchen
Wesel
Bergheim
Netherlands
Helgoland
Holland
Berlin
Tobacco King Summoned Ten Explain Loans
Senate committee hearings revealed that after incomplete reports the two major parties spent about 21.746 million dollars in the recent national campaign. R J Reynolds testified he lent 300000 dollars to Democratic party organizations in 1940 to back President Roosevelt's reelection. He denied arranging loans with Quayle and said Quayle was likely confused while working long hours. Committee members urged tighter loan and contribution limits for campaigns.
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Washington (Up
Guy M. Gillette
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Washington
R J Reynolds
North Carolina
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Senate Committee
Reynolds
Democratic National Committee
Oliver A. Quayle
Quayle
New York
New Jersey
William Johnson
Democratic Committee
Tobey
Gillette
War debate on Hitler defeat ends with U.S. stance voiced
America's Town Meeting of the Air featured Dean Acheson and Verne Marshall debating whether Hitler's defeat was essential to the United States. Marshall challenged restrictions on airtime as audience interruptions rose. Norman Thomas and Dr. Frank Kingdon spoke from the floor.
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New York
INS
America
Dean Acheson
the Treasury
Committee
Verne Marshall
No Foreign War Committee
United States
Marshall
George V
Denny
Iowan
NBC Blue
Norman Thomas
Frank Kingdon
Newark University
Thomas
Europe
Italy
Germany
County Payroll Raises Sought Total 12000
Cedar Rauids News Linn county supervisors weigh 1941 salary schedules amid requests for over 12000 in raises for county workers. Union seeks 10 percent raise about 7500, while relief visitors investigators and clerical staff seek roughly 2000 more under welfare and merit rules. No action yet.
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Linn County
American Federation of State
George D. Shelton
Relief Department
Clarence J. Beeson
Russo German trade pact boosts grain and oil shipments
Berlin reports a new Russo German trade treaty signed in Moscow. Russia will deliver 2,500,000 tons of grain and 1,500,000 tons of petroleum to Germany, plus raw materials for German industries. Germany will largely pay with industrial equipment, with mutual trade increased from the 1939 August pact.
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Berlin
INS
Germany
Moscow
Russia
Reich
City retires $186000 in bonds in nine months
In nine months of the current fiscal year Cedar Rounds reports the city retired bonds totaling 186000 and cut bonded indebtedness from 2309600 to 2176600. Two issues cleared include 10000 for river front and 3000 for park improvements. Indebtedness on fire equipment and water works also fell.
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Walter Miller
River Front
First Avenyjne
Ellis Park
Exhibition Hall
First Avenue Bridge
Memorial Coliseum
Kenwood Park
Arrest for Fight Leads to Charge in New Year Death
County Attorney W. W. Crissman filed an information Friday charging Jess Van Antwerp, 32, of 82714 Third Street NW, with assault and battery from a New Year morning fracas involving Alfred Thomas, 37, who died Jan. 6 from blood poisoning near the left collarbone. Detectives picked Van Antwerp up about 1 45 p.m. Friday. he admitted two blows but denied hitting Thomas in the chest. Evidence to support harsher charges was not yet obtained.
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W. W. Crissman
Jess van Antwerp
Third Street NW
Alfred Thomas
van Antwerp
Thomas
Crissman
Greeks Capture Klisura Gate to Adriatic Valona Front
Greek forces announced the capture of Klisura in central Albania a key Italian stronghold gateway to Valona. Thousands of prisoners and large war material seized. Greeks crossed Viosa by night with siege guns to break the stalemate as Italians fortified Berat and Valona prepared for possible evacuation.
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Valona
Klisura
Albania
Athens
Tepelent
Mussolini
Berat
Khisura
Viosa
Premeti
Mary Merlin
United Press
Miss Merlin
The Speculator’s Gambits and Moral Gamble
Dr Joseph Fort Newton contrasts the speculator impulse with moral risk citing Plato Aristotle and St Thomas. He warns against dark world leaders like Hitler Mussolini and Stalin. He lauds Washington and allies for staking life on just causes and ends with Faith as betting life on God.
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DR. Newton
Plato
Aristotle
St Thomas
Spinoza
St. Augustine
City of God
Wall Street
Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
Washington
Donald Wanker
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Czech Factory Blast Reported Killing 80
London authorities said secret channels informed them that a large German munitions plant at Policka in eastern Bohemia exploded on Christmas Eve killing about 80. Three blasts rocked the facility, with Brno 60 miles away shaken. The plant, under German military control since 1939, was largely staffed by Czechs. Eduard Benes suggested sabotage by Czechoslovak groups.
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London
Policka
Bohemia
Brno
Press Association
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovak National Committee
Wallace Plan Sells Wallace for 1944 Presidency via Farm Program
Washington reports that Vice President elect Henry A. Wallace and his farm advisers aim to blend politics with agricultural policy to back his 1944 presidential bid. They propose restoring a farm processing tax to push a fixed return for farm products, seeking to rally the farm vote and counter Willkie McNary preferences.
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Wallace
Charles C. Grinley
Gavelle
Washington, D. C
Henry A. Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Corn
Iowa
Nebraska
Indiana
Kansas
Colorado
Department of Agriculture
U.S.A
Wendell Willkie
Charles L. McNary
Help Britain measure goes before solons
President Roosevelt urged swift action on a vast lease lead program and Congress was asked to grant sweeping powers to transfer American made military equipment to Great Britain and allied democracies. The bill authorizes manufacture, sale, repair, and export of defense articles to vital allies and to place equipment in working order in any allied government.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Great Britain
United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Submarines Refit Fast for Atlantic Fleet Move
Twenty World War subs berthed in Philadelphia for years are joining the Atlantic fleet at Norfolk as fast as they can be refitted, a navy yard spokesman said Friday.
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Philadelphia
INS
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Norfolk
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