Greek and British Air Attacks Push Italians From Klisura
Allied air forces bomb and machine gun retreating Italian troops as Greek and British planes press toward Berati Albania. Greek gains include captured heights along the road to Berati and seized prisons and war material. Italian casualties are reported heavy with 400 dead found in ditches. many wounded abandoned.
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Libya
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Definite Program Of Aid Is Shaping
Washington January 11 The administration’s lease lend plan to aid Britain began to take shape with senators and officials outlining production control and who would manage the program The plan could involve the Office of Production Management and agencies like the Reconstruction Finance Corporation with Byrnes predicting planes destroyers and cargo ships as primary exports and costs possibly reaching ten billion dollars
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Congress
England
Hitler
Isles
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Denmark
Germany
U S Officials to London for Base Lease Talks
A U S State Department notice states a delegation will leave January 17 for London to work out formal base leases for eight Western Hemisphere sites in exchange for World War II destroyers. The team includes Charles Fahy, Harry Malony, and Harold Bieseimer, traveling via Lisbon after New York.
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State Department
London
Great Britain
Western Hemisphere
United States
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Bahamas
Jamaica
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Trinidad
Antigua
British Guiana
Charles Fahy
Harry J. Malony
Field Artillery
United States Army
Harold Biesemeier
United States Navy
Lisbon
New York
Roosevelt praised as political superman by Congress
Analysis shows lawmakers view F D R as a stabilizing force after his third term reelection. Experienced and rookie members alike acknowledge the ease with which he navigated a third term, earning trust on key committees and shaping policy through a wartime approach.
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Superman
Roosevelt
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House
Soviet Open to Pacts With Other Nations in 1941
Izvestia reports the Soviet Union plans to conclude economic treaties and agreements with additional states in 1941. The article stresses Soviet non belligerent policy and independence, citing Stalin’s 1939 Congress remarks on peace and widened economic relations while frontier threats are absent.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Izvestia
Germany
Russia
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Portsmouth hit by heavy raid from German warplanes
British officials report a large scale nighttime bombing of Portsmouth by German raiders. casualties feared, extensive damage to homes and churches, and several theatres and businesses damaged. Delayed action bombs forced evacuations as fires raged. No casualties or damage reported in Liverpool area.
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Royal Air Force
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France
British Press Association
Britain
Liverpool
Merseyside
Graziani Kept In The Dark Over Libya Campaign
Cairo reports say RAF control of skies over North Africa pins Graziani into a defensive battle in Libya. Gen Wavell may strike from Tobruk to Tripoli while the fleet blocks reinforcements. Several tons of bombs were dropped on Messina harbor aiding the push from Egypt.
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North Africa
Rudolf Graziani
Libya
Archibald P. Wavell
Libyan
Tobruk
Tripoli
RAF
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Italy
Middle East Command
Messina
Sicily
Missouri Assembly Blocks Governor Elect Donnell Vote
The Democratic controlled Missouri General Assembly refused to certify Forrest Donnell as governor elect and voted to form a joint house senate probe into the November election. The plan could open ballot boxes statewide and in St Louis as lawmakers move to delay inauguration and keep Gov Lloyd Stark in office pending contest resolution. The body also voted to hear a contest petition by James T Blair Jr. of Jefferson City.
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Lloyd Stark
Lawrence McDaniel
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Daniel
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Fall of Bardia Reveals Higher Italian Losses and Captures
British reports show 2 041 Italian officers and 42 827 men killed or captured at Bardia. They seized or destroyed 368 medium and field guns 26 heavy anti aircraft guns 68 light guns 130 tanks and 708 transport vehicles. Tobruk campaign moving forward with satisfactory progress.
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Bardia
Tobruk
Middle East
Axis air forces join Italy in Mediterranean bombardment
German and Italian high commands announce joint air action against British seapower in the Mediterranean. Two British carriers and a cruiser/two destroyers reportedly hit by torpedo planes and dive bombers as Axis forces attack a convoy between Sicily and Tunisia.
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Mediterranean
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Egypt
Bulgaria Must Open Doors as Writer Calls
In Sofia a government majority member states a newspaper piece that Bulgaria should open its doors if a great power requests it. Deputy Christo Stateff, writing as a private citizen, cites neutral states' policies depending on great powers and urges realism while Bulgaria aims for peace.
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Bulgaria
Greece
Dardanelles
Christo Stateff
Stateff
Quayle Says He Made a Mistake on 1940 Loans
Oliver A. Quayle, general manager of the Democratic National Committee, testified before the Senate Campaign Committee that he had made a mistake in saying he personally arranged for a 300000 loan for the 1940 campaign from R. J. Reynolds. Reynolds testified that Wayne Johnson arranged the loans in a telephone call, and Quayle admitted the event occurred during a hectic period months ago. Senator Tobey accused Quayle of perjury.
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Oliver A. Quayle
Democratic National Committee
Senate Campaign Committee
R. J. Reynolds
Reynolds
Democratic Committee
Wayne Johnson
Winston-Salem
Quayle
Tobey
Senate
Royal Air Force Hit Brest Naval Base in Night Raid
RAF planes scored direct hits on the bows of a big vessel at Brest in German occupied France and started widespread fires. The attack also targeted shipping in Le Havre harbor. all British planes returned safely.
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London
Royal Air Force
Brest
France
Air Ministry
le Havre
Settlement Reached In Ranger Plant Strike
The Ranger Aircraft Engineering Division of Fairchild at Farmingdale reaches a tentative labor agreement with Local 661 CIO United Auto Workers. Terms include a 5 percent wage increase and staged starting rates of 50, 55, and 60 cents per hour, pending union ratification.
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Ranger Aircraft Engineering
Fairchild Airplane and Engine Corporation
Farmingdale
John R. Owens
National Defense Commission
Donald B
Cox
Owens
Ranger
United Automobile Workers of America
CIO) Aviation Division
Warplane crash marks first German loss to American fighter
London reports the air ministry saying a JU 88 was shot down by an American aircraft guided by a British pilot during patrol. The German crew attempted to set fire to the wreck as a retired naval captain and his son arrived, disarming four men and taking them prisoner. One crewman was slightly wounded.
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Air Ministry
Germany
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