Antonescu Offers Iron Guard Leaders Death or Mass Punishment
In Bucharest on January 25 General Ion Antonescu pressed Iron Guard leaders to surrender or face mass punishment by the state. Vice Premier Horace Sima was reportedly under arrest or fleeing across Soviet Russia amid rumors of arrest and refuge. A photo circulated showing Sima with Iron Guard members in a sleeping car. editors received claims of misappropriation of guard funds. Antonescu also met with German minister Baron von Killinger as rumors swirl about Sima’s whereabouts.
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War time production levels seen to defeat Nazis claim
Former ambassador William C Bullitt told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that pushing U S wartime production would help Britain defeat Germany. He warned that Britain falling would make a Nazi invasion of the Western Hemisphere almost certain and encirclement of the United States likely. Bullitt declared a terrible urgency as he testified for the administration's British aid plan, reading a statement and answering questions for nearly four hours. Also from Belgrade CBS correspondent Winston Burdett reported Milan riot violence with German troops aiding fascists, claiming Italian generals killed and communications across Sicily and Brindisi disrupted by occupation.
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United States
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Germany
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New York
Winston Burdett
C.B.S
Belgrade
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Turin
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Italion
Sicily
Brindlei
Harry W. Flannery
Berlin
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Berliner Boersen Zeitung
Police and Firemen Fail to Save Coal Trapped Man
Police and firemen battled an avalanche of buckwheat coal that trapped and suffocated John Seery, 32, a stoker, in the basement hopper of the New York Base Insurance building. Four hours of shifting coal ended with a body recovered as rescuers, in torn clothing and soot, fought to sustain life and used improvised methods before Seery was found dead.
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Byrnes Said Selected as New Justice
Senate sources report President Roosevelt chose Sen. James F. Byrnes of South Carolina to replace James C. McReynolds on the Supreme Court. A formal announcement was expected after the aid to Britain bill moves, with Byrnes contemplated but not confirmed.
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Harrison
Miss
White House
Submarine call from Vesgel believed hoax
Los Angeles, Jan. 25. The MacKay radio reported it picked up an 888 message claiming a submarine sighting from KFZL to the Arcadia, but later checks show the call had been cancelled in June. MacKay officials say the call was definitely a phony and no ship currently uses those letters.
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State Legislature finishes third week with tour to Butte banquet
Montane’s House wrapped a busy week with 6 bills on the 29 legislative days. Rep Paul Fried of Valley authored a constitutional amendment plan to allow a state lottery with proceeds funding old age pensions. The highway committee seeks a $50,000 state advertising appropriation backed by Montanan’s Inc. and others to boost tourism.
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Yellowstone County
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Golden Valley County
Taft says no legislation can aid Britain before 1942
New York January 25 Senator Robert A Taft Republican of Ohio stated that no amendment to the aid to Britain bill can take effect before 1942 and that Congress cannot provide meaningful relief now. He proposed directing the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to lend up to 1 billion dollars to England and 500 million to Canada over the next year.
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Harriman Resigns as Minister to Norway
Mrs J B Harriman testified before the House Foreign Stratra committee that she had tendered her resignation as minister to Norway about six weeks earlier. She said she believed it was accepted January 21 and noted she was the first woman to officially represent the United States in a war zone.
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J. Borden Harriman
Norway
Snowstorm toll rises across East in weekend blizzard
A weekend East Coast snowstorm caused at least a dozen deaths across New England, Pennsylvania, and Iowa with cold snaps and more snow forecast for the North Central states. California saw rain with no major floods as Pacific storms head toward the West Coast. The storm disrupted affairs at sea near Nova Scotia as the Argo cutter aided a drifting schooner. In California, Saunas, Calif., Jan. 25. R J Hoffman of Cheyenne was elected president of the Rodeo Association of America at the twelfth annual convention, Colorado Springs chosen for the 1948 meet.
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Halifax Seeks U S Aid With Industrial Mobilization
Viscount Halifax, Britain’s new ambassador, told reporters the greatest help the United States can give is the rapid mobilization of its industrial strength to supply ships and matériel. He spoke after talks with Cordell Hull and President Roosevelt aboard the USS Potomac.
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Lone air raid hits Hag lands on Britain’s west coast
London reports a lone raider dropped two high explosive bombs on Hag lands during the night, the first air attack after a four night lull. There were no serious casualties, some property damage, and a gas main was punctured. By midnight London remained without an alarm, marking the capital’s sixth rainless night in succession.
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Body of Butte Man Washed Ashore In Atlantic City
Prosecutor says the dead man C W Smith of Butte Montana may have died by his own action or foul play after his body washed ashore in heavy seas. A bullet was found in the head, fingerprints were sent to federal investigators, and police checked missing persons and hotel guest lists as they hunt for identity and motive.
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No J
Marty R. Colomb
Colomb
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Washington
Frank Juliano
Joseph Mangold
Coast Guard
U S Troops Await Landing at Newfoundland Base
U S soldiers ferried from New York man the unfinished Newfoundland defense base at St Johns. A storm blocked the Edmund B Alexander troopship from berthing in the harbor. The base will include an airfield, army defense force site of 160 acres, a naval area of 22 acres, and 1250 feet of wharfage upon completion.
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Cheyenne House Approves Clark Robinson Public Utilities Bill
In committee of the whole on January 25 Cheyenne Wyoming the House approved for passage the Clark Robinson municipal ownership of public utilities bill. The measure would place control of city utilities under public ownership and faces further legislative steps.
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Clark-Robinson
British reach Derna after tank column disruption
Cairo report says British armored cars fell upon and shattered an Italian tank column near Derna Libya. No resistance observed as tanks dispersed. eight Italian Malian planes reportedly burned at Derna airfield. Allied advances across Africa noted with cautious optimism.
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Winant Says Britain Fights For Justice
Montreal report quotes John G. Winant as Roosevelt's choice for ambassador to Britain. He declares that Britain and the world's democracies fight a system representing the negation of social justice. The statement frames allied war aims as moral justice in the international conflict.
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Crisis in Ireland Seen in Weeks by Official
Dublin January 26 Sean Lemass Ireland’s minister of supplies warned of a crisis within weeks or months and the greatest danger to the Irish nation. He urged neutrality and warned belligerents to prevent bombs falling on Irish soil while cautioning that invasion risks remain.
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German planes damage British ships off Crete says Berlin
Berlin reports German air forces aiding Italy in the central Mediterranean scored hits on two British battleships and a cruiser in a convoy attack west of Crete. German sources describe heavy and medium caliber hits on three heavy English units with one battleship stern struck and another bow and port damaged, plus a hit on a heavy cruiser. Italian sources claim their submarine sank a British auxiliary cruiser in the Atlantic.
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