Finnish troops encircle Red Army relief division in Soviet border area
Finnish forces reportedly pushed ten miles into Soviet territory to surround a Red Army relief division sent to aid the crushed 163rd. Unconfirmed reports place the encirclement between Lake Kianta and the border with food and ammunition cut off. Raids on air bases near Dago and Doesel were also reported as part of ongoing Finnish counter offensives on the eastern front.
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Highlights From 1941 Budget Talk
Washington reports from President Roosevelt outline the 1941 budget. Expenditures are set at 8.424 billion, down 675 million from 1940, with normal receipts at 5.648 billion up 382 million. The deficit is projected at 2.176 billion, improved to 1.716 billion if tax measures totaling 460 million pass. The aim is gradual deficit easing without abrupt cuts while funding defenses and considering higher taxes.
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Jan
Roosevelt
Goering Takes Supreme Command of German War Economy
Berlin reports Field Marshal Hermann Goering will direct Germanys entire war economy and lead a new supreme war economic authority. He heads a general council coordinating war economy policy with deputy Paul Koerner and outlines pre conditions for rigid authority and broad cooperation.
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Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
Goering
Paul Koerner
Koerner
FDR Nominates Murphy and Jackson to Supreme Court
President Roosevelt named Attorney General Frank Murphy to the Supreme Court and Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson to head the Justice Department. He also sent Judge Francis Biddle for solicitor general. Murphy, 46, has served as attorney general since 1939 and was former governor of Michigan. Jackson joined the department in 1936 and led the anti trust division. Biddle, a Pennsylvania native, once chaired the National Labor Relations Board. The vacancy came after Justice Pierce Butler's death on November 16.
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Roosevelt
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Supreme Court
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Justice Department
Senate
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Third Circuit Court of Appeals
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Congress
Pupils Escape In School Fire
Fire swept Point Street Grammar School in Providence driven out firemen from the lower floors as hundreds fled. All 400 pupils escaped, some via third floor fire escapes, while Principal George Thompson was lightly burned attempting to ensure safety. The students found temporary shelter at a nearby parochial school.
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R. I
Point Street Grammar School
George Thompson
Rep Pierce NY Dies of Heart Attack in Capitol
Washington Jan 4 Rep Wallace E Pierce R NY died of a heart attack in the capitol yesterday marking the third House death in as many days.
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Washington
Wallace E. Pierce
Capitol
Dr Benjamin Sledd Dies At Wake Forest College
Dr Benjamin F Sledd emeritus English professor at Wake Forest College died of a heart attack at 3 am He taught 50 years at the college and wrote poetry including From Cliff to Scour and The Watchers of the Hearth Funeral services set for 8 pm at Wake Forest Baptist with burial in the local cemetery Survived by three children including Dr Arthur P Sledd of Judson College Elva Douglas Sledd and Gladys Sledd He was a Virginia native and held degrees from Washington and Lee Johns Hopkins
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Benjamin F. Sledd
Wake Forest College
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University of Virginia
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J. A. Easley
W. R. Cullom
Arthur P. Sledd
Judson College
Alabama
Elva Douglas Sledd
Gladys Sledd
Murfreesboro
Virginia
Washington and Lee University
Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins. Students Described Doctor Sledd
Disputes Over Defense Taxes Split Congress
Congress debates President Roosevelt’s defense tax plan and continuation of the reciprocal trade program as party leaders study the curtailed 1940-41 budget. Doughton says a trade act extension will be introduced soon, with a defense tax bill after that. Senator Barkley supports the tax idea to avoid higher deficits.
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Roosevelt
United States
Republicas
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House
Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means
Barkley
Kentucky
Highway Deaths In 1939 Rise in Greensboro District
Special to The Enterprise report from Greensboro shows 93 traffic deaths in 1939 across 20 counties, up from 68 in 1938, with 674 injuries in 896 accidents. November was worst with 15 deaths, 84 injuries. March safest with 3 deaths, 43 injuries. Arrests 7,686. fines over $104,000. 106 stolen cars recovered. drunk driving arrests 777. patrol covered 1,418,316 miles. 95,382 vehicles inspected.
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Highway Patrol
D. T. Lambert
Lambert
Edison Nominee to Navy Confirmed by Senate
President Roosevelt sent Charles Edison’s nomination to the Senate for secretary of the navy after a recess appointment and months as acting secretary. The slate also includes six diplomatic posts with George S. Messersmith named ambassador to Cuba and Breckinridge Long as assistant secretary of state. John Cudahy becomes ambassador to Belgium and minister to Luxembourg replacing Joseph E. Davies who resigned.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Charles Edison
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Claude Swanson
Diplomatic Corps
State Department
George S. Messersmith
Cuba
Breckinridge Long
Italy
Cudahy
Belgium
John Cudahy
Eire
Ireland
Luxemburg
Joseph E. Davies
Freeman-Mitford Returns Home After Illgg Journey
Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford began the final leg of her stretcher journey from Germany to Folkestone. Her father says she is very ill and the precise illness remains unknown.
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Unity Freeman
Mitford
Folkstone
Eng
Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford
Germany
Bombing of Hanko Naval Base Suppressed by Finnish Defenses
Helsinki reports Russian planes bombed the Hanko naval base causing minor damage with 40 to 50 incendiaries in the afternoon. No fatalities were recorded. A Russian effort to retake a position northeast of Lake Ladoga was repulsed and the Karelia isthmus area saw a quiet day.
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Hanke
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Ladoga
Karelia
Intense Nazi Activity Seen Across Front
French dispatches report German patrols shifting from night scouting to daylight raids from the Moselle to the Rhine. French units countered with patrol forays, one unit west of the Saar penetrating nearly two miles into enemy territory and gathering valuable intelligence, while another Vosges patrol engaged two German detachments totaling about 200 men.
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Moselle
Rhine
Saar
Vosges
Pathologist Baxter Crawford Dies in Philadelphia
Dr. Baxter L. Crawford 53, assistant professor of pathology at Jefferson Medical College, died last night at White Haven Sanitorium Pennsylvania. A University College of Medicine Richmond graduate, he directed clinical laboratories at Jefferson Hospital and held memberships in several medical societies. Burial is planned in Chester South Carolina, his former home, with surviving wife and two children.
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Baxter L. Crawford
Jefferson Medical College
White Haven
University College of Medicine
Richmond
Crawford
Jefferson Hospital
Chester
S. C
Rout of 163rd Army Division Climaxed Defeats in Finland
A correspondent reports the rout of the Soviet 163rd Division near Lake Kianta marks a winter setback for Moscow in Finland. Finnish defenders claim impregnable winter defenses on the Mannerheim Line as Soviet reinforcements from Siberia reportedly arrive, while a failed Karelian Isthmus assault is noted.
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INTER
Mannerheim
Finland
Karelian
Moscow
Siberia
Dail approves emergency act to intern IRA members
Dublin reports the Irish Dail passes an emergency powers bill 82 to 9 authorizing nationwide internment without trial of IRA members. A Cork shooting as detectives confronted a group including Thomas MacCurtain accompanies the session amid fears of assassination and bomb training. Police seize packets of American dollars bound for the IRA.
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Dublin
Government of Ireland
Eire
Daid Eireann
Senate
Dail
John Roche
Cork
Thomas MacCurtain
Gerald Boland
Budget Calls For Decrease in Deficit and Spending Cuts
President Roosevelt urged Congress to slash farm relief and public works spending in a budget message proposing 460 million in special defense taxes and a deficit of 1.716 billion for the next fiscal year. Expenditures would total 8.424 billion, down 675 million from this year, with receipts rising 382 million to 5.548 billion. The message challenged lawmakers to specify where further cuts should be made.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Hungarian Nazi Band Broken
Police in Budapest on January 4 announced the breakup of a Nazi faction after six arrests for plotting to extinguish unreliable party members. Investigators seized documents outlining crimes and cover up plans including killing by car accidents. The case follows an attack on two Nazi MPs and echoes Kalman Hubay’s January 1 call to eliminate discordant elements.
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Budapest
Kalman Hubay
Arrow and Cross
Stewardess Marion Campbell Sentenced for Fairy Tale Fraud
Marion Campbell, a stewardess aboard the torpedoed liner Athenia, was sentenced in Glasgow to six months in prison after prosecutors said she told a "fine fairy tale" of her experiences to gain sympathy from gullible listeners. The case cites fraud based on the wartime distress tale.
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Glasgow
Marion Campbell
Athenia
House Opponents Predict Dies Committee Extension
Congressional critics and supporters agreed the House will authorize a third year of Dies Committee investigations into un American activities. Opponents say they will seek restrictions on the committee's procedure in the new legislation.
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HOUSE
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