French Parliament opens riotous 1940 session with ex-Communists present
Rightists clash with former Communist deputies as Parliament begins the 1940 session in Paris. Georges Levy Alphandery suspends the session amid the uproar. Daladier sidelined by a fractured foot, while reports say German patrols attacked French posts and Allied forces sunk a German submarine.
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Paris
Communist Party
France
Georges Levy-Alphandery
Daladier
Lord Gort
Edmund Ironside
Imperial General Staff
Legion of Honor
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Cooley Guest of Honor at Wake Forest Dinner
Rep Harold D. P. Cooley of the fourth district will be guest of honor at a dinner given by postmasters of the district Friday night at Wake Forest.
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Cooley
Wake Forest
Harold DP. Cooley
Dissension Breaks Out In Hearing
Washington reports a heated House hearing on the Wagner Labor Act where Rep. Murdock denounces committee counsel and interrupts as Mrs. Julius Schlezinger testifies about summarizing testimony without conclusions. The chairman rules to strike the exchange from the record.
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Washington
Rep
Murdock
Utah
House
Edmund M. Toland
Toland
Julius Schlezinger
Schlezinger
Labor Board
Smith
D-Va
Agricultural Service Shows Broad Advance
Agriculture Commissioner W Kerr Scott told the State Board of Agriculture that in three years his department expanded services to farmers. Dairy activity up 200 percent. seed testing up 97 percent. veterinary work 50 percent more exams for bangs disease. poultry testing for pellorun disease nearly doubled. market news begun. feed inspection doubled. credit unions up 100 percent. soil testing to save millions. Oxford tobacco station expanded with federal office. Rocky Mount peanut program expanded to be the nation’s largest.
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Raleigh
AP Agriculture
W. Kerr Scott
State Board of Agriculture
Scott
Oxford
Upper Coastal Plains
Rocky Mount
Housing Director to Be Elected Tonight in City
The High Point Housing Authority will name its housing director and likely other personnel at a 7 o'clock session tonight following a luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel. Langdon Post, former chairman of the New York Housing Authority, spoke after the meeting led by M. Waynick.
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High Point Housing Authority
Sheraton Hotel
Langdon Post
New York Housing Authority
M. Waynick
Finns Run Short Of Cash Says Ryti In Message
Helsinki January 9 Prime Minister Risto Ryti warned Finland faces rapid income decline and must seek foreign credits to fund defense against Soviet Russia He noted wartime damage to export trade and said Finland as a peace loving nation had given little attention to the munitions industry The statement was issued last night and continues on page two.
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Helsinki
Finland
Risto Ryti
Russia
Ryti
Bishop Peele Keynotes First Advance Meeting
In Charlotte the Methodist Advance moves forward as the general missionary council opened at First Methodist Church. About 1,500 church people and 15 bishops from the U.S. plus one from Europe attend through four days with sessions on home and foreign missions and a church extension pageant costing 200. Bishop Peele of Richmond opens the talks.
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W. W. Peele
Richmond
E. H. Hughes
Washington
A. W. Leonard
Pittsburgh
Clare Purcell
Charlotte
Paul B. Kern
Nashville
Gavagan to Strike Labor Dispute Clause in Lynching Bill
Representative Gavagan announced plans to remove a labor dispute exemption from his anti lynching bill. The measure would punish peace officers who allow lynchings and the political subdivisions where they occur, and faces Senate review after likely House passage.
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Washington
Gavagan
DNY
House
Wadsworth
Senate
Public Debt Nears Statutory Limit
The treasury reported the public debt reached 42.0 billion dollars on January 6, about 3.0 billion short of the statutory limit. President Roosevelt urged Congress to approve 460 million dollars in new taxes to fund emergency defense costs, projecting a debt of about 44.94 billion by June 30, 1941 if enacted.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Congress
Admiralty Reports 5,911 Ships Convoyed With 12 Lost
The admiralty said since the war began British warships convoyed 5 911 Allied and neutral ships with 12 lost to enemy action. The first week of 1940 fared better than any prior week, with only two British ships sunk by mines and three neutrals, one Norwegian and two Swedish, lost.
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London
Admiralty
Box Hill
British Liberty sinks after mine strike. 20 crew missing
The British Liberty tanker of 8,485 tons sank in the North Sea over the weekend after likely hitting a mine. The captain is missing while 18 survivors reached a French port and reported a lifeboat capsizing.
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London
North Sea
Beckham Dies Former Kentucky Governor and Senator
J C W Beckham former Kentucky governor and U S senator died at 5 a m today at 71. He led state politics from_governor after Goebel assassination in 1900 to a long career including U S Senate in 1914 and later chair of the State Public Service Commission. Dispatches from Finland report thousands of terrified Russians fleeing central Finland as Finnish forces rout the 44th and 163rd divisions and seize supply lines amid winter fighting.
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J.C. W. Beckham
Kentucky
United States
Beckham
William Goebel
Senate
United States Senate
State Public Service Commission
A. B. Chandler
Alben W. Barkley
Roosevelt
Chandler
M. M. Logan
Goebel
W. 8. Taylor
Frankfort
Taylor
U. S. Supreme Court
Copenhagen
Finland
Suomussalmi
Red Army
Mannerheim
Helsinki
Carl Gustave Mannerheim
German Planes Attack Five Ships Off Britain Coast
German warplanes attacked eleven ships off Britain's coast. Thirty three were wounded, a Danish vessel was sunk, and a lightship was machine gunned with one death and 32 injuries. The events occurred along the northeast Scottish coast under misty conditions.
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London
Britain
Scotland
Gold imports rise as Canada resumes major shipper role
Last week total imports reached 57.67 million dollars with 22.77 million from Canada marking a renewed role for Canada as the war’s leading gold exporter. The prior week registered 48.18 million dollars.
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Washington
Canada
Jap Cabinet Downfall Seen Predicted in Tokyo Dispatch
Tokyo reports predicted the Abe cabinet would resign after failing to improve ties with the United States and to end the China conflict. A domestic rice shortage and price spikes also weighed on the government as Japan prepared a puppet regime for occupied Chinese territories led by Wang Ching Wei.
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Tokyo
Nobuyuki Abe
China
United States
New China
Wang Ching-Wei
Wang
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peiping
Uary
Abe
Yane‘ze
Nanking
Japan
Yangtze
Telephone Dial System Installed in Wilmington
Wilmington reports the installation of a dial telephone system as of January 9, marking a transition from manual to automated dialing in the area. The move signals improved local telecommunication services and connectivity for residents and businesses.
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Wilmington
Jan
Chamberlain vows broader British aid to Finland in war
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the lord mayor’s lunch crowd that Britain’s aid to Finland will be more than a formality and that the war against Germany is only at its early stage. He urged a permanent Britain France alliance for postwar peace as he described Finland’s fight against Soviet aggression.
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London
Chamberlain
Britain
Finland
Germany
Mansion House
United States
NBC
CBS
Mutual
Soviet Russia
First British Officer Taken
Berlin reports the capture of the first British officer on the western front by German advance guards. The wounded artilleryman died later in a hospital. DNB says he may have served as an observer in a reconnaissance unit. German air reconnaissance over the North Sea is also noted.
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Berlin
DNB
North Sea
High Command
Stark Says Navy Still Working For Guam Base
Admiral Harold R. Stark testified before Congress that the Navy seeks four million dollars to advance Guam project work including dredging for underwater runways and breakwaters. He noted funding was included in the 14th Naval District budget and stressed there was no cover up as committee members pressed questions about the plan.
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Navy
Guam Base
Washington
Jan
Harold R. Stark
Congress
Pacific
Guam
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Joe Stark
Naval Operations
14Th Naval District
Hawaiian Area
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