British RAF pounds Bremen in major incendiary attack
London reports a three and a half hour RAF raid on Bremen targeting shipyards docks and railway stations with large fires and explosives. Britain also attacked Flushing Ostend and Brest with no losses to its planes. Germans claim one bomber down. Small casualties reported in London and northwest.
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London
Bremen
RAF
Air Ministry
Flushing
Ostend
Brest
The
Press Association
British
DNB
Germany
Liverpool
Merseyside
England
Tobruk Attack May Not Wait
Reports from the Western Desert said Britain might strike Tobruk before Bardia falls. Mechanized patrols operated beyond the border and roads from Bardia toward Tobruk were under firm British control. Weather could shape General Wavell's plan as raids continued on Taranto and Palermo with RAF support.
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Cairo
Egypt
Western Desert
Bardia
Tobruk
Libya
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
RAF
Italians to Aid German War Effort in Mediterranean
An Associated Press report from Rome says Italian air force chief Piccolo declares German air corps a great Italian unit and should receive full facilities in Italy. The dispatch notes Italian units aiding Germans against Britain, and plans for intensified axis air activity in the Mediterranean through January.
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Francisco Piccolo
Germ Air Corps
Italy
Rome
England
Eral Piccolo
Albert Kesselring
Britain
English Channel
Mediterranean
Junkers
Fists Fly At Hosiery Mill
Burlington reports a clash at the R. D. Wilson Fall Fashion Hosiery Mill as strikers attempting to return to work collide with others. Ten arrests on riot-incitement charges, bonds set at 1000 dollars each. Police protection provided. nine patrol cars remained on site. Mill operates with a reduced, skeleton crew and plans to reopen with former or new workers.
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Burlington
R. D. Wilson
C. F. Stanford
Stanford
State Highway Patrol
Governor Hoey comments on labor contract details
Raleigh January 2 Governor Hoey said he did not know the details of the labor contract, indicating the matter was not yet clarified. The remark came as officials prepared for further discussions to resolve outstanding terms.
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Raleigh
Jan
Hoey
Nazi Plane Bombs Ireland In Neutral Dublin Raid
An invading German air raid circled within 60 miles of Dublin for five hours killing at least three people and bombing five localities. Fire bombs with German markings were found near the Curragh. Bombs struck Terenure and Duleek while Meath and Drogheda areas saw blasts amid claims the planes may have been German repulsed from Liverpool.
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Dublin
Neutral
Ireland
Irish Department of Defense
Currach
Kildare
County Kildare
Irish Army
Terenure
Borris
County Carlow
County Meath
Betwen Cross
Julianstown
Boyne
Duleek
Drogheda
Liverpool
Army To Seek Three Billion More For Armament Program
The Army plans to ask Congress for an additional 3 billion dollars to expand its all out armament program. Proposals include 1 billion for 3 600 bombing planes produced largely in existing auto factories and mid western plants, 1.6 billion for guns tanks planes and other equipment for 2 million soldiers, and 400 million for new munitions plants to boost reserve capacity.
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Washington
Congress
Congress To End Longest Term Today
The Seventy-Sixth Congress, the longest in history, meets for the last time as it faces final debates on defense, taxation, foreign policy, and the economy. Barkley aims to confirm J. Warren Madden to the Court of Claims but a quorum issue and Taft opposition loom. The body plans to adjourn sine die, with a leap-year 366 days likely to stand as a record. The new Congress convenes tomorrow and will take weeks to begin full legislation.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
J. Warren Madden
National Labor Releations Board
Court of Claims
Taft
Berlin denies rupture with Vichy Nazi regime
Berlin said reports of a break in relations with the Vichy government of France are unfounded. Authorized sources affirmed contact continues between Fer nand de Brinon and Otto Abetz, and that as long as these two men are in contact a rupture cannot be spoken of.
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Berlin
Jan
Vichy
France
Reuters
Lisbon
Fernand de Brinon
Otto Abetz
Germany
Shift in official circles hints at US entry to war
Washington reports a subtle shift in attitude toward the European conflict. Officials imply the United States will oppose Axis power and aid Britain beyond normal trade, moving toward active participation and potential convoy support. Navy and Army leaders, once defensive, accept this trend and push the April date for action, despite isolationist doubts.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
America
United States
Britain
England
Uncle Sam
Base for Flight to Aid Britain
Elizabeth City reports two long range recon seaplanes ready for a non stop flight to British territory as the vanguard of a larger group. A six plane squadron will depart Saturday followed by others in the coming months from Pasquotank River with crews and bombardiers aboard each ship.
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Elizabeth City
England
Pasquotank River
Durie
Clrfax
Bermuda
Trinidad
Nassau
Jamadia
U. S. Navy
Hawaii
California
Canal Zone
Party of 13
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
San Diego
Pasquotank
Fort Worth
Texas
Britain
FINE
United States
Greeks Take Another Town in Albanian Front
Athens reports Greek troops captured a fortified Italian position north of Klisura and seized prisoners, two guns, and other matériel. They claimed Italian counterattacks failed, Greek advances gained new heights in bad weather, and tanks were captured on the southern flank near Valona. meanwhile 15 Greek notables were abducted by Italians retreating from Porto Edda.
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Athens
Klisura
Valona
Porto Edda
Ministry of Home Security
Bulgaria Plays Stooge for Nazi Balkans Drive
Belgrade reports Bulgaria appears subdued as Premier Philoff heads to Vienna for talks with Hitler officials. Observers say a German push through Bulgaria toward Greece or the Dardanelles is likely, with King Boris III possibly allowing troop passage.
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Stooge
Balkans
Philoff
Vienna
Boris
J. Reilly O’sullivan
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bogdan Philoff
Adolf Hitler
Greece
Dardanelles
Boris III
Romania
Dives To Passing At North Carolina Prison
Ertel Norton, 17 year old state convict, leapt headfirst from a five story tier at Central Prison Raleigh to certain death. Coroner Roy M Banks ruled it self inflicted. Norton, jailed since 1940 for store breaking and armed robbery, had been reprimanded this morning and tried to escape to his cell when he shouted he would jump. Firemen failed to save him as he plunged 50 feet to the concrete.
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Raleigh
Ertel Norton
Central Prison
Roy M. Banks
Norton
Robeson County
Hugh H. Wilson
Wilson
Ralph McLean
Knudsen May Be Given Full Defense Power
Washington dispatch says William S. Knudsen, former auto magnate, may become the top administrator of the new defense agency. The four member council will include Knudsen, Knox, Stimson, and Sidney Hillman, with the President delegating practical control of war production to Knudsen.
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Washington
Jan
Williams
Knudsen
National Defense Program
Roosevelt
Navy
Knox
War
Stimson
Sidney Hillman
Defense Commission
Old Commission
Guilford County Board of Education to Meet Next Saturday
Greensboro report states the Guilford County Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting in the courthouse next Saturday morning.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Education
Stalin’s 1938 call revived as new year slogan
The Soviet Communist party adopts Stalin’s 1938 warning as its slogan for the new year urging constant mobilization to deter military attack and surprise by enemies. Pravda repeats the call from Stalin’s letter to the Young Communists dated February 12, 1938.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Pravda
Stalin
Young Communists
Marines Protest to Japanese Chief Over Cabaret Arrests
Marine Col. Allen H. Turnage delivered three demands to Japan's North China commander after five American marines were arrested following a cabaret clash. The protest demands an apology for the arrest, guarantees against repeats, and punishment for those responsible.
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Pieping
China
Allen H. Turnage
United States
Hayao Tada
North China
Turnage
Valona Key Balkans Battle Shapes Albanian Campaign
In Bitolj Yugoslavia on January 2, Italian forces fight to hold Valona and Elbasani amid snowbound mountains. The struggle, viewed as pivotal, could determine if Italy can resume offensive in Albania or must fall back toward Tirana and Durazzo, with supply routes through Durazzo under air threat.
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Bitolj
Yugoslavia
Ital
Valona
Elbasani
Albania
Italia
Tileni
Villona
Klisura
Tepeleni
Elsani
Tira
Tirana
San Gianni di Medua
Valona-Elbasani
Tiranan-Durazzo
Durazzo
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Australian Naval Board
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Ee Rodney Jackson
R. Cantwell
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B. E. Harris
G. E. Johnston
F. A. Kimmons
H. P. Jewell
John Coe
George Messenger
Hellenes
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