Total Eclipse Of Sun To Be Next Month
Washington report says a total solar eclipse will occur on January 25 but war restrictions limit U S observation. No expeditions are planned. Peru Brazil and parts of West Africa offer best viewing with totality lasting up to about four minutes in Brazil and just over two minutes in West Africa. Partial view expected in the southern United States.
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Washington
United States
South America
West Africa
Sout
America
Aegen
Peru
Brazil
Therezina
Alexander Hamilton and James Madison Aided Constitution Draft
Alexander Hamilton at age 30 and James Madison contributed to drafting the United States Constitution. Their roles helped shape the framework of the new government following the 1787 Philadelphia Convention and enduring political debates.
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Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
The
United States
Postwar Tax Load Seen At 17 to 28 Billion Annually
Rep Knutson warns postwar fiscal burden could reach 25 billion dollars, with fixed charges around 17 billion. He estimates interest on debt at 96 million, military costs near 4 billion, veterans relief 3 billion, plus possible unemployment and agricultural relief. He calls for sustaining high taxes, tax readjustment to spur production, and ending deficit financing after the war.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
Rep. Uutson
R-Minn
Alson
Knutson
House
Ways and Means
Burlington Liars Club Has Tall Stories On Mosquitoes
A Maryland mosquito with a diamond medal titled World Champion Liar was sent to Sgt. Baron S. Fonnesbeck at Tooele Utah. The World Champion of 1943 story led the Burlington Liars Club contest with 6000 entries. Other honorary yarns included a Sedro Woolley Washington fishing tale and a New Orleans tale about convincing a mother in law.
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Burlington
Wis
Maryland
C. Hulett
Burlington Liars Club
Tooele
Utah
Baron S. Fonnesbeck
Sgt. Ponnesbeck
Sgt
Fennesock
George Heise
Sedro Woolley
Wash
H. B. Clark, Jr
New Orleans
Reshuffled Vichy Police And New Home Affairs Chief
Vichy police forces were reshuffled to defend France from civil war threats. A new home affairs secretary was named, along with a secretary general for order and maintenance and a director general of the national police. Lucien Ramier resigned as minister of state without portfolio as Gestapo forces strengthen amid clashes. A nationwide New Year’s Eve curfew was announced with streets to be cleared after 10:30 p.m.
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Associated Press
Vichy
France
Vichy Radio
Pierre
Home Affairs
Marcel Lemoine
Marseil
Joseph Darnand
U.S
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Andre Parmentier
Seven Die in Baltimore Negro Family Fire
A Baltimore blaze on North Carolina Street trapped seven members of a Negro family on the upper floor of a three story house. Firemen heard children crying but thick smoke and rapid flames prevented rescue. Edith Edwards 14 was rescued clinging to a rear window. Joseph Edwards Sr 49 Carrie Edwards 41 Cornetta 13 Janette 10 Rudolph 7 Naomi 5 Charlotte Ann 3 Edith 14 and Joseph Jr 16 perished. Cause undetermined.
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Baltimore
North Carolina St
Joseph Edwards, Sr
Carrie Edwards
Cornetta
Janette
Rudolph
Naomi
Charlotte Ann
Edith Edwards
Joseph Edwards, Jr
Nazis Claim Two Allied Destroyers Sunk and Ships Lost
Berlin radio asserted German U boats sank two Allied destroyers off the North African coast and in the Mediterranean, plus four heavily loaded merchant ships totaling 30 000 tons in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. It added British losses of 16 destroyers since December 22 and claimed six British destroyers torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay. No Allied verification. The note ends with a lyric reference to Annie Laurie.
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London
Berlin
North African
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Bay of Biscay
Admiralty
National death rate climbs 45 percent during Christmas week
Census Bureau reports the national death rate at 17.1 per 1,000 in 90 major cities for Christmas week, 45 percent above normal, linked to December influenza and respiratory illnesses. Provisional figures rise for a fourth week, with the flu picture described as confused by public health officials.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Public Health Service
Peak flu reports looming as next week could confirm
The speaker hoped next week’s reports would determine if the peak had been reached. Christmas week figures based on estimated flu cases and absenteeism show increases in 32 of 44 states, with one decrease and one unchanged. Also notes bird group terms such as a stand of plovers and a watch of nightingales.
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WCTU
Alonzo McAllister
McAllister
Hamilton - Boone Lumber Company
Poe
Max Bones
8. C
Greensboro
BN. C
W. C. Brown Shoe Shop
North Wrenn Street
Bird Neponset
High Point
R & C Beeson Hardware CO
South Pacific
DIAL
South Main Street
Annie Laurie
Ney
Seamien Steel
Urey
Wiz
SEARS
Sears, Roebeck Uvd CO
North Main Street
High Point, N. C
Shaw-Walker
High Point Steam Laundry
N. Wrenn St
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