Wave of Cold Grips Nation As Cold Mass Covers Country
An unusually widespread cold air mass brought subnormal temperatures across the United States, with minus readings in North Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin. Forecaster A J Knorr noted the rarity of a nationwide cold wave, as snow flurries appeared in the Appalachians and light snow hit the Dakotas Nebraska and Minnesota, while New York and New England stayed cold but near normal.
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Associated Press
A. J. Knorr
Chicago
Minot
N. D
Roseau
Minn
Jamestown
Bismarck
Wausau
Wis
Nebraska
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Gulf
Knorr
Tennessee
Ohio Valley
Indianapolis
Ind
Louisville
Nashville
Knoxville
Tenn
Dakotas
Minnesota
Misson
Oklahoma
Texas Payhandle
Rocky Mountains
Albuquerque
N. M
U S. Highway 66
Arizona
Ohio
Sidney
Toledo
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Midwest
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Great Lakes
New York City
New England
Applachian
Florida
Gulf Coast
Pacific Coast
Record Cold Grips Northern Alabama as Freeze Bites
A hard freeze hit northern Alabama with Huntsville at 20 degrees and Florence at 21. Other cities reported 24 in Birmingham 29 in Montgomery 30 in Evergreen 34 in Dothan and 35 in Mobile. Forecasters expected cloudy skies and a gradual warmup after the cold spell.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Huntsville
Florence
Birmingham
Evergreen
Dothand
Mobile
Band Members to Convene Tonight at Armory
Men signed up for the military band are to report to the armory at 7:30 p m for a meeting where an important arrangement for the band will be discussed.
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Rmory
High altitude bomber flight tests inform training program
Army air corps officers examined data from a 3050 mile non stop B 17C mission to study high altitude bombing. The test supports weekly 30 to 50 person classes at Wright and Patterson Fields for oxygen and high altitude training. Capt P O Benson noted oxygen use and weather under war service conditions. the mission flew 164 hours at 9000 to 15000 feet with a 47000 pound takeoff weight and ample fuel remaining at return.
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ARMY
Dayton
Ohio
Army Air Corps
G. BE. Glober
P. S. Davis
M. M. Munn
H. A. Lindle
Wright and Patterson Fields
P. O. Benson
Wright Field Aeromedical Labratory
Benson
Patterson Field
New York
Ireland
No Strike Pledge Proposed by Metal Trades Division
The Metal Trades Division of the American Federation of Labor proposed a no strike pledge for defense industries conditioned on employers agreeing to arbitrate all labor disputes without work stoppages. The division includes 13 unions with over 850,000 members covering general laborers machinists engineers and draftsmen.
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Washington
Defense
Metal Trades Division
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
John Frey
Frey
British drive toward Bardia and Balkan diplomacy rumors
The front line reports note a British push past Bardia to establish a blockade as Balkan tensions rise. Rumors from Belgrade claim Soviet Russia may back German moves into Bulgaria, while Turkey fortifies Thrace and Ribbentrop sees a noninterference deal with Moscow.
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Associated Press
Bulgaria
Turkey
Thrace
Dardanelles
Belgrade
Russia
Bessarabia
Bogdan Philoff
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Greece
Aegean
Balkans
Romania
Hungary
Reich
Mussolini
Bardia
Balkan
Patterson to Succeed Gray at Goodyear Decatur Mills
John Patterson Jr. was promoted to assistant treasurer of Goodyear Decatur Mills and will succeed Roland H. Gray, who departed for the parent company home office. Patterson has served with the local plant since 1933, earning wide praise for a fine record.
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Jocal Boy
John Patterson, Jr
Goodyear Decatur Mills
Patterson
Roland H. Gray
Goodyear Company
Decatur
Connecticut Mills
Plane Missed Safety Margin in Navy Transport Crash
Civil and naval officials probed a 120000 dollar navy transport plane crash near San Diego. All 11 aboard died when the craft struck 20 feet below a ridge amid fog and low ceiling conditions. Survivors included four from a previous Texas bomber mishap and a fifth crew member who died when his chute failed to open.
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San Dingo
Cal
Mother Grundy Range
Navy
Texas
Here
Simpson Ranch
White Mountain
San Diego
CCC
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Corpus Christi
Tex
Stephen Bland Cooke
Harrison
Ark
Victory
Gaulin
Lowell
Mass
James Cyril Flemming
Reading
Board of
Frank Recke,Jr
National City
Calif
L. J. Hughes
Grand Rapids
Mich
H. EB. Neff
A. M. Parry
Los Angeles
Marvin ‘Magee
Long Branch
N. J
Frank Richard Nayfor
Dayton
West Texas
H. E. Neff
A. M. Pary
Bardia Falls as Allies Push Toward Tobruk
British forces report rapid advance from Bardia into Libya toward Tobruk as Vavell plans further action. More than 30,000 Italian prisoners captured, plus tanks and equipment seized. RAF claims air superiority with Italian losses and continued bombings of Tobruk defenses.
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Bardia Falls
Tobruk
Bardia
Ireland protests German bombing of neutral territory
Berlin report says William Warnock, Ireland's Charge D Affaires, delivered a formal protest to the German government over attacks by German planes on Irish territory. Dublin demands full reparations and measures to prevent further incidents.
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Berlin
William Warnock
Ireland
Foreign Office
Irish Department of External Affairs
Victory at Bardia Reshapes Mediterranean War Outlook
Dewitt Mackenzie notes a clear Allied victory at Bardia that cripples Axis hopes in the Mediterranean. Italy loses thousands of troops and equipment, with 80 000 Italian prisoners captured to date, diminishing the Suez Canal invasion threat and signaling a major strategic shift.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Bardia
Mediterranean
Egypt
Suez Canal
Marshal Graziani
Axis Plans Crushed By Bardia Victory
The surrender of Bardia shakes Axis strategy in the European war and threatens Italy’s weakening position. A Tobruk fall would risk Libya to the British and signal the decline of Italy’s naval power in the Eastern Mediterranean. Maps show Britain's route near Tobruk and the Italian base.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Army of the Nile
Libya
Bardia
Tobruk
Italy
Axis
Toburk
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Empire
Two Die in North Side Fire at Allerdice Home
Indianapolis fire killed Cornelia Kaesbey Allerdice 43 and Anthony Allerdice, 12, as mother and son died from smoke. David Allerdice Jr., 22, Princeton football star, and his father were burned and hospitalized. John Allerdice, 19, not at home. Firefighters rescued four from the duplex as frigid air hampered efforts.
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Indianapolis
David Allerdice
Princeton University
Methodist Hospital
Cornelia Kaesbey Allerdice
Anthony
Ation
Allerdice
David, Jr
John
University of Michigan
San Francisco
David
Ozark Company Inducted Into Active Duty
Ozark Alabama January 6 193rd tank outfit Company B with 11 officers and 116 men is inducted to active duty. It will set up at Ozark National Guard Armory before moving January 14 to Fort Benning Georgia for training with the Second Armored Division led by Captain Louis D. Johnson.
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Ozark
Ala
193Rd Tank Outfit
Ozark National Guard
Louis D. Johnson
Ft. Benning
Seconda Armored Division
Berlin silent on Balkan troop moves hints at plans for 1941
Berlin officials restrict discussion of troop movements in the Balkans and deny Bulgarian and Soviet talks. A Nazi informant view suggests Germany uses silence to refine upcoming moves while promising no new taxes in 1941, noting 1940 tax success.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
London
Scandinavia
Lontries
France
Balkans
Balkan
Bulgaria
Boris III
Germany
Bogdan Philoff
Europe
Moscow
Fritz Reinhardt
Hopkins Off for London
Harry L Hopkins, Roosevelt's envoy to Great Britain, departed New York for London on the Yankee Clipper. He said he would return when finished and would not add to the president's remarks. He aims to meet Winston Churchill and British labor leaders for firsthand war effort insights and questions about extended aid to the United Kingdom.
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New York
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Great Britain
London
Winston Churchill
Britain
United Kingdom
Roosevelt Urges Nation to Sacrifice for Defense
President Roosevelt told Congress the United States faces an unprecedented foreign peril and urged a swift, driving increase in armaments. He called for greater defense funding from taxes and authority to manufacture munitions for democracies at war, citing Britain, China, and Greece, while stressing aid is not an act of war.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
House
Senate
Mr. Roosevelt
Norway
Belgium
Netherlands
Prisoners Aid Capture Of Italian Schooner In Med
Nine British soldiers seized an Italian 100 ton schooner with 115 Italians below deck. The British and Australian commander described them as the only Italians ever captured, forcing the vessel to Tobruk Libya for internment as it headed to Egypt.
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Tobruk
Libya
Tennessee River Gauge Drops Below Nineteen Feet
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 18.98 feet Monday and fell further. Temperatures ranged from a high of 45 to a low of 21 with no rainfall. In Alabama, conditions were partly cloudy and cold with north and interior winds, shifting to cloudy and warmer in the south. Tuesday will see mostly cloudy skies with light rain in the west and moderate northeast winds.
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Tennessee River
Alabama
Tennessee
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Gray
Archibald P. Wavell
RAF
Bara
Tobuk
Piave
Ozark Company
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