Weather Across States Cold and Cloudy With Mixed Precipitation
North Carolina sees increasing cloudiness tonight and Sunday with continued cold. South portions may see light rain Sunday afternoon or night. Georgia expects increasing cloudiness with snow in extreme north, mixed precip in central, and rain in the south. Hatteras to Jacksonville shows overcast, light rain in extreme south on Sunday. Virginia remains fair and cold with clear skies in east and west, Sandy Hook to Hatteras forecasts diminishing northwest winds turning northeast along the south portion, with fair weather tonight and Sunday.
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Carolinas Freeze and Midwest Ice Bring Record Cold
A severe cold wave dropped temperatures to near or below zero across the Carolinas and Mid- Atlantic. In Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania the night fell to the low twenties and below zero in spots with Hagerstown recording eight below. River traffic on the Ohio River was hindered by ice as Wyoming saw two to eight inches of snow and Denver reported many ice related incidents.
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Hagerstown
Washington
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Indiana
Kentucky
Fights Last Night
Fred Apostoli outpointed Melio Bettina in New York. Johnny Hanschen knocked out Eddie Crawford in Minneapolis. Jimmy Shepard outpointed Hobo Williams in West Palm Beach Florida.
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Fred Apostoli
San Francisco
Melio Bettina
Beacon
N.Y
Minneapolis
Johnny Hanschen
Eddie Crawford
Ashland
West Palm Beach
Fla
Jimmy Shepard
Springfield
Til
Hobo Williams
Alexandria
Man Confesses to Slaying Mother-In-Law in Trunk
Chicago reports Samuel de Lao, husband of Nellie Sharp's daughter Cleota, confessed to killing Nellie Sharp after a quarrel. He said he struck her with a hammer, placed the body in a trunk, and moved it to an alley, with the daughter and he turning themselves in after blood traces were found.
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John L. Sullivan
Samuel de Lao
Nellie Sharp
Sullivan
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Powell marries Diana Lewis in Nevada elopement
Hollywood reports William Powell age 47 wed 21 year old Diana Lewis after a three week acquaintance at Hidden Well Ranch near Las Vegas. Lewis is sister of Maxine Lewis and will soon star in an Eddie Cantor film. Powell’s prior wives include Carole Lombard and Jean Harlow.
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Diana Lewis
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Hore Belisha's Replacement Sparks British War Leadership Debate
The Times praises Hore Belisha for modernizing the army and improving pay and conditions, while military chiefs doubted him after his 1937 reforms. Stanley, 43, named as his successor, is praised for management but his appointment is viewed skeptically by some.
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Air Transport Industry Reports Record Safe Year
The Air Transport Association of America announced 1939 was the largest and safest year in U S air travel. Domestic and international airlines flew about 880 million passenger miles, up 40 percent from 1938, with employment up 22 percent and express traffic rising to over 13 million pounds. No injuries occurred on 1 4 million passengers carried December flights.
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Air Transport Association of America
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Gorrell
United States
Pacific Coast
New Zealand
Ministers Confer on Defense Policy in Venice Meeting
Italian foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano and Hungarian Istvan Csaky conferred for two hours in Venice on Balkan policies and relations. After a luncheon with 80 Fascist officials the talks were to resume in the afternoon. discussions likely covered Balkans defense against a possible Russian invasion and Hungary’s moves on Romanian territorial claims.
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Istvan Csaky
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Reith to lead propaganda effort amid wartime ministry changes
Sir John Reith, now head of the ministry of information, is noted for directing the BBC from 1922 to 1938 and chairing Imperial Airways. The ministry, formed hastily at the war’s start, faces criticism in Parliament over propaganda and news handling. Reith is set to organize and direct propaganda while the press bureau remains under Sir Walter Monckton. European war influences extend to costs in Dublin as boot and shoe repairs rise.
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Ministery of Information
British Broadcasting Company
Imperial Airways
House of Commons
Walter Monckton
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Un settled talk on gubernatorial campaign managers
Raleigh dispatch reports speculative chatter on campaign managers for unannounced candidates Lee Gravely Willis Smith and others. Greensboro figures Tom Hoyle and Major L P McLendon are named potential managers while insiders assess loyalties among Maxwell Horton Broughton and Smith backers with political maneuvering across party lines.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Greensboro
Tom Hoyle
Lee Gravely
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Willis Smith
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Wilkins P. Horton
J. M. Broughton
Revenue
Allen J. Maxwell
Week's Weather Outlook for South Atlantic States
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with rain and snow in the north and rain in the south. Monday and midweek show renewed chances of precipitation. Temperatures run below normal in the north and central areas with slight fluctuations.
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Evening Theaters Show Multiple Double Features At Local Chains
EGO CENTER presents Barricade starring Alice Faye and Warner Baxter with showings at 12:30, 6:15 and 9:45. BROADHURST screens Trigger Fingers with Tim McCoy, and Paramount presents I Stole a Million with George Raft. CarolinA offers Flight at Midnight starring Jean Parker and Phil Regan, Rialto features Riding Lone Trail with Bob Steele.
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Warner Baxter
Broadhurst
Trigger Fingers
Tim McCoy
Paramount
George Raft
Carolina
Jean Parker
Phil Regan
Rialto
Bob Steel
Brothers Warn Train On Broken Rail Near Raritan Arsenal
Two brothers Emery Chelli 16 and Anthony 14 discovered a cracked rail on the Raritan arsenal spur in New Brunswick New Jersey and ran nearly a mile to flag a Pennsylvania drill train loaded with munitions and inflammable material. The warning averted a possible disaster on the outside curve late yesterday amid cold conditions.
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Pennsylvania
Germany decapitates first espionage suspect of year
Berlin reports Heinrich Gebhardt aged 22 was beheaded today as a spy for an undisclosed foreign intelligence service. He becomes the first person executed in Germany for espionage this year, following 41 executions in 1939.
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Heinrich Gebhardt
Germany
College basketball scores roundup from last night
A sweep of results shows Kansas 46 Oklahoma 26 and Montana 38 Eastern Washington 30 with Oregon State 48 Idaho 36. Others include Brigham Young 83 Montana State 83 and Washington 89 Washington State 38 in overtime.
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Ohio
First Polo Match Opens Season at Pinehurst
Pinehurst prepares for the season opener with Eri Shaw and Merrill Fink leading teams in Sundays polo game, marking the debut of play for the period.
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Eri Shaw
Merrill Fink
Carpenter's mouse trap mishap ends with accidental killing
Burrawa dispatch reports Eugene Ramsey, a carpenter, tried to set a mouse trap but it snapped prematurely, injuring his fingers. In a fit of anger he tossed the trap under the kitchen stove where it struck and killed a mouse.
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Burgaw
Eugene Ramsey
Ramsey
Taft Seeks Budget Balance With Five Point Plan
Senator Robert A Taft outlined a five point program to balance the federal budget within two years in Chicago proposing bureau cuts relief housing and agriculture reforms and tighter defense scrutiny He urged a single local agency for relief with federal funding covering about two thirds of costs and argued Roosevelt questioned willingness to cut spending.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Chicago Bar Association
Roosevelt
Taft
Army
Navy
Congress
Senators push bipartisan inquiry into defense appropriations
Strong bipartisan momentum supports creating a joint Senate House committee to study defense budgets and past expenditures. Senators urge timely action before June 30, delay up to 60 days for review, and include taxpayers and military experts in hearings.
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Idaho
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House Military Affairs
Horton First to Pay Fee in 1940 Democratic Governor Race
Raleigh January 6 Lieutenant Governor W P Horton became the first candidate to announce for governor in the 1940 Democratic primaries and the first to pay the 105 filing fee to the State Board of Elections. Two Democrats Maxwell and Broughton have announced their candidacies.
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W. P. Horton
State Board of Elections
A. J. Maxwell
J. M. Broughton
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