Law Makers Face Myriad Of Problems
A new Congress opened amid grave international concerns as members gathered in Washington. Veterans of the 76th Congress attended, while Republicans nominated Joseph W. Martin for speaker but Democrats backed Sam Rayburn for reelection. Leaders met with President Roosevelt to discuss broad legislative aims without specifics.
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Congress
America
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Senate
Garner
Senator Glass
D-Va
Glass
Rep
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Wooruff
Michigan
Eaton
New Jersey
Rep. Hope
Kansas
Roosevelt
White House
Cabinet Overhauled in Vichy Power Shift
Vichy France announces a cabinet reorganization with Admiral Darlan in charge of the interior, General Huntziger as war minister, and Pierre-Etienne Flandin handling foreign and economic affairs. Paul Baudouin resigns, title to presidency of the council, under Petain.
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Flandin
Paul Baudouin
Petain
Darlan
Interior Department
Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Charles Huntziger
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Philippe Petain
Defense
Marcel Peyrouton
Justice
Raphael Alibert
Admiral Darlan
Baudouin
Bar Approves Model Bill for Supreme Court Rulemaking
The North Carolina Bar Association executive committee unanimously endorses a model bill to grant the Supreme Court power to govern forms of process writs pleadings practice and procedure in all civil cases. An advisory commission including the attorney general and 10 appointees would assist.
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Raleigh
Jan
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North Carolina Bar Association
Supreme Court
Bar Association
Ireland faces raids as De Valera calls cabinet session
Dublin endured daylight bombings as Prime Minister Eamon De Valera hurried a secret cabinet meeting to address the latest attacks. A rumor linked German involvement amid German made incendiaries and sea mines. Rescue workers labored at Donore Avenue amid gas leaks and scattered debris.
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Dublin
Neutral
Ireland
Eire
Eamon de Valera
Donore Avenue
Griffith Barracks
Enniskerry
County Wicklow
Press Group Ousts Two Members From Foreign Press
The Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in New York announces removals and resignations after the Dies Committee white paper. Fred Kreutzenstein and Hans Borchers exit statuses are noted alongside Herbert Gross’s resignation amid unprofessional conduct charges.
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New York
Association of Foreign Press Correspondents
Dies
Hans Borchers
Association
Fred Kreutzenstein
Lsted
Herbert Gross
Amerian
Nachichten Fuer Auesenhandel
Rgan
Ministry of Economics
Reutzenstein
Ransocean
Adolf Hitler
Gross
Italian Defenses Breached by Greek Assaults
Greek forces reported breaches along the Chimara to Klisura Tepeleni line as Italian coastal and northern attacks were repulsed. Tanks were destroyed in Pogradetz area as weather stayed severe and fighting continued from coast to Klisura.
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Klisura- Tepeleni
Athens
Adriatic
Klisura-Tepeleni
Albania
Pogradetz
Tepeleni
Klisura
Hopkins to Be Envoy for FR in England
President Roosevelt announced plans to appoint Harry L. Hopkins former secretary of commerce as his personal representative in England until a new ambassador is chosen. He said the Senate would be asked to confirm an ambassador to succeed Joseph P. Kennedy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
England
Senate
Joseph P
Reflections on War's Economic Impact and Borah Papers
The piece notes that war pressure will curb consumer gains and push welfare, labor, and social programs to the background while defense needs dominate. It highlights possible Walsh-Healey and Wage-Hour adjustments, limited strikes, and greater social security and retraining efforts. It closes with Borah private papers now at the Library of Congress, controlled by Mrs. Borah.
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Ray Tucker
Walsh-Healey
National Defense Commission
Ford
William Edgar Borah
United States
Library of Congress
Bardia Lines Penetrated By Australians
Cairo reports that Australian forces with tanks pierced a section of Bardia defenses as British siege lines tighten. The boost follows earlier advances toward Tobruk with British mechanized units pushing beyond Bardia toward the Libyan frontier.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bardia
Rodolfo Graziani
Sidi Barrani
Libya
Tobruk
London
RAF
Conciliator Seeks Way to End Burlington Row
Burlington civil labor dispute moves toward settlement as Frank Crane of the North Carolina Labor Department W A McAllister official U S conciliation and Henry I Adams of Charlotte AF of H workers meet with R D Wilson Full Fashion Hosiery Mill officials and local union leaders to end a strike ongoing since early last fall.
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Burlington
Frank Crane
North Carolina Department of Labor
W. A. McAllister
United States Department of Labor
Henry I. Adams
Charlotte
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
R. D. Wilson
Eire Protests as Dublin Bombing Continues
Daylight raiders bombed Dublin again as Ireland's government ordered its charge d affaires in Berlin to file an energetic protest with the German government over the continued attacks during the last 48 hours.
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Berlin
French Submarine Sfax and Tanker Rhone Torpedoed
The French naval ministry said on January 3 that the submarine Sfax and the oil tanker Rhone were torpedoed December 19 by an unidentified warship while traveling from Casablanca to Dakar in French West Africa.
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Rhone
Casablanca
Dakar
French West Africa
Navy patrol bomber lands on lake after snow storm
Two pilots of a navy patrol bomber that had been missing for several hours guided their craft onto a lake 70 miles southwest of Corpus Christi Texas as a blinding snow storm raged over the area. The naval air station was notified by telephone.
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Corpus Christi
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Naval Air Station
Nazi Raiders Hit Cardiff In Major WWII Bombing
German air raids struck Cardiff in south Wales with waves of bombers causing considerable damage to theatres shops and commercial buildings. Firefighters and ambulances fought incendiaries and high explosives as casualties were reported light and public services recovered slowly.
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London
Cardiff
South Wales
British Press Association
Ypres
Berlin
Vladivostok leak cited as wartime worry by British minister
London reports Hugh Dalton, minister of economic warfare, warns the Vladivostok leak of war supplies including American cotton via Soviet Germany remains a Britain concern. He notes Atlantic blockade still effective, but Pacific shipments to Vladivostok are large and used for explosives and buna rubber.
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London
Hugh Dalton
Vladivostok
Soviet
Germany
Britain
Russian
Siberian
Dalton
Pacific
Atlantic
France
Reich Admits RAF Bombings in Two German Cities
Berlin reports the German high command acknowledged British night raids on Bremen and Emden started fires and killed eight people with twenty injured. The British matched with raids on Cardiff, saying fires were visible far from the city. The German communique cited factory and store damage along with hospital hits but claimed no significant military or economic damage occurred.
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Associated Press
Berlin
High Command
Bremen
Emden
RAF
Cardiff
Wales
RAF Attacks Bremen Again in Night Bombardment
London reports British warplanes struck Bremen, still burning, creating new fires and adding to destruction from Wednesday night raid. Emden near Dortmund Ems Canal was also targeted, a key invasion supply marshaling center. An official note claimed aviation crews could not see bombs due to flames.
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London
Bremen
Emden
Dortmund- Ems Canal
Roosevelt Announces Shipbuilding Program for 200 Vessels
President Roosevelt announced plans to begin building about 200 merchant ships of 7,500 tons each at an estimated cost of 300 to 350 million dollars. The ships will be government owned and built in new yards, with $36 million allotted from a special fund. The Maritime Commission will oversee the program and ships could be ready within a year.
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Roosevelt
Great Britain
Congress
Britain
Maritime Commission
Canada Short Says Berlin Says Britain Cannot Be Replaced
An authorized economic expert told foreign correspondents in Berlin that Canada cannot fill Britain’s empire role after the war. He argued Canada lacks a munitions industry and skilled workers and would need U.S. capital to build up any fleet support.
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Louis P. Lochner
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British Isles
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Royal Navy
England
United States
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