Dismissal of Leslie Hore-Belisha Sparks Parliament Debate
Indignant Labour leaders press for a plenary explanation of the war secretary’s sudden dismissal. Premier Chamberlain prepares to address MPs, while a full account from Hore-Belisha is awaited. Unresolved questions linger as Parliament plans a January 16 meeting.
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R Stanley
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Britain
Eng
London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Ignation
Hore-Belisha
Pittsburgh Senior Robber Fatally Wounds Telegraph Guard
In Cleveland on January 8 a University of Pittsburgh senior identified as John Cormick, 21, shot American Telegraph Co guard Theodore Nichols of West Richfield, Ohio, at the Western Union Telegraph Co main office. Nichols died hours later. the suspect claimed he intended to quit college and seek quick money.
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Leveland
Luino
Pledge of Alliance Reported Between Hungary and Italy
Budapest reports indicate foreign ministers Count Istvan Csaky and Count Galeazzo Ciano agreed on a defensive military alliance to shield Hungary from invasion by Germany or Russia. The pact, to be submitted to the Hungarian crown council, could gain Rome’s formal signature after approval.
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Budapest
Hungary
Italy
Germany
Russia
Istvan Csaky
Galeazzo Ciano
Venice
Csaky
Rome
Virginio Gayda
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Sistabaty
Ciano
Rumania
Transylvania
Bucharest
Grigore Gafencu
Romania
Britain
France
Turkey
Milk bottles used to aid poor in Alton turned thefts
Mil k bottles with 30 cent decoys were shown in Alton stores to raise funds for milk for the needy. When collected, one bottle revealed not only missing contributions but also 11 cents stolen.
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Alton
Ill
Navy Chief Urges 1.3 Billion Fleet Increase
Admiral Harold R. Stark testified before the House Naval Committee that the United States must boost fleet strength by about 25 percent, seeking 77 combatant ships and 30 auxiliaries as global tensions and far eastern conditions threaten world conflict. Secretary Edison supported the need for the expansion.
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Admiral Stark
Washington
Navy
Congress
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
House Naval Committee
United States
Stark
Vinson
D-Ga
Naval Committee
Road Mishaps Fatal To Six
North Carolina traffic toll climbs with six dead over the weekend. Baltimore man Joseph Moore, 32, died near Greensboro when his car overturned. Wade Beck, 25, a textile worker, died in a Lexington crash. Margaret Carter Hobbs, 49, was killed by a hit from a car in Winston-Salem, the city’s first 1940 fatality. Job Holland, Conetee Creek project worker, also cited in the incidents.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Joseph Moore
Baltimore
Greensboro
Lexington
Wade D. Beck
Winston-Salem
Margaret Carter Hobbs
Job Holland
Conetee Creek
Brevard
Ashe County
Avery
Surry
Rockingham
Stokes
Yadkin
Davie
Mecklenburg
Forsyth County
Elkin
Guilford County
Asheville
Points South
L. R. Fisher
State Highway Patrol
FDR Expected To Stick To Non-Partisan Theme
President Roosevelt is expected to keep his Jackson Day dinner address non partisan focusing on national unity amid foreign crises. Other Democratic events will feature campaign speeches by Jackson, Wallace, and McNutt as funds are raised for the party.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Roosevelt
Washington
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Cleveland
Wallace
Des Moines
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security
Raleigh
N. C
Democratic
Boulder Dam Sabotage Threat Prompted DOJ Recommendation
The Justice Department urged steps to avoid sabotage at Boulder Dam near Las Vegas after an FBI survey found no sabotage evidence. The Reclamation Bureau had restricted travel near the dam, and a State Department official said a rumor of a plot was passed to the FBI last month.
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Washington
Justice Department
Boulder
Las Vegas
Ney
FBI
Reclamation Bureau
State Department
Rufus Dawes Dies In Chicago At 72
Rufus C Dawes president of Chicago A Century of Progress exposition and brother of former Vice President Charles Dawes died in Evanston at his home after a heart attack. He was 72 and had helped promote public utilities and the Dawes plan while assisting Owen D Young in reparations work. Burial will be in Marion Ohio.
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Chicago
Rufus C. Dawes
Charles Dawes
Dawes
Charles C. Dawes
Presbyterian Church
Surburban
Evanston
Marietta
Ohio
Gen
Charles Gates Dawes
United States
Calvin Coolidge
Charles
Rufus
Rufus Dawes
Owen D. Young
Berlin
Hull Studies Aid For Finns
The State Department told the League of Nations it is consulting with Finland on material and humanitarian aid. Acting on Secretary Hulls orders, the American minister at Berne, Switzerland, replied to a league inquiry about the extent of U S assistance from the war outbreak.
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Washington
State Department
League of Nations
Finland
Hull
Berne
Switzerland
League
United States
Daladier Calls Parliament into First Ordinary War Session
Paris January 8 Parliament was summoned to meet tomorrow for its first ordinary session of the war a general debate on Premier Daladier's conduct of the conflict. Daladier called the cabinet for a session tomorrow morning before Parliament opens in the afternoon.
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Paris
Daladier
Anti lynching bill to open House debate
The House votes 170 to 67 to debate the anti lynching bill tomorrow after a petition of 218 members forced the floor fight. The measure would impose up to five years in prison and a $5000 fine on police who permit a lynching through negligence.
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House
Bankhead
Cox
Martin J. Kennedy
Harrison
D-Miss
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Mce Nary
R-Ore
Byrnes
D-Sc
Mississippi
MecNary
White House
Congress
Harvard Professor Bevis Elected OSU President
Howard L. Bevis, Harvard University professor and former Ohio supreme court judge, was elected president of Ohio State University. Bevis, 55, succeeds the retired Dr. George W. Rightmire.
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Columbus
Howard L. Bevis
Harvard University
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio State University
Bevis
George W. Rightmire
McNutt to Speak at Jackson Day Dinner in Raleigh
Paul V. McNutt Federal Security Administrator will address the state wide Jackson Day dinner in Raleigh. North Carolina’s drive to the Democratic war chest is estimated at about $10,000 with a quarter allotted to the State Democratic Committee and the remainder to the national committee. Judge Henry L. Stevens Jr. of Warsaw will introduce him. both men are former American Legion national commanders.
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Paul V. McNutt
Raleigh
Federal Security Administrator
North Carolina
Democratic War Chest
State
Democratic Committee
National Committee
McNutt
Henry L. Stevens, Jr
Warsaw
The
American Legion
FDR Nominates Clarence Gauss U S Minister to Australia
President Roosevelt named Clarence E. Gauss of Connecticut as the first United States minister to Australia as formal relations begin. The action accompanies reappointments to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation board and other postmaster nominations. Gauss has served as consul general at Shanghai with counselor status.
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Clarence Gauss
Australia
Washington
Roosevelt
Clarence E. Gauss
Connecticut
United States
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Emil Schram
Illinois
Carroll B. Merriam
Kansas
Charles B. Henderson
Nevada
Howard J. Klossner
Minnesota
Sam Husbands
South Carolina
Guy N. Henninger
Nebraska National Guard
Adjutant General's Department
United States National Guard
Gauss
State Department
Foreign Service
Shanghai
Ice and Snow Hobble NC Roads With Fatal Icy Crash
North Carolina suffered icy roads and frigid temps with school closures across many counties. In Smithfield three Florida children aged 16, 7, and 3 died in a three vehicle crash blamed on the icy Neuse River bridge near Highway 301 as foggy sleet slickened highways.
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Smithfield
Florida
Highway 301
Here
W. R. Mallard
The
Highway Patrol
K. L. Rose
Johnston County
Neuse River
Finnish Forces Annihilate Russian 44th Division at Suomussalmi
Helsinki dispatch reports a special army communique stating Finnish forces wiped out the 44th Russian division near Suomussalmi, killing thousands and taking more than 1,000 prisoners. The operation yielded 43 tanks among captured arms and material with ongoing spoils collection.
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Helsinki
Suomussalmi
Finland
Russia
Britain Seeks German Trade Ties Amid Blockade
Britain discloses a twofold plan to force German markets via trade treaties while tightening the sea blockade. The strategy aims to preserve neutral trade and boost British exports, while limiting German overland and neutral trade to curb imports and foreign exchange for war needs. Also notes wartime rationing begins with butter bacon ham and sugar books.
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Germany
Britain
Netherlands
Paul van Zeeland
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