Red Troops Withdraw From Liinahamari Arctic Port
Copenhagen dispatches report Soviet troops retreating from Liinahamari in Petsamo while Salla front reinforcements hint at a major battle. Finns cut the Salmijarvi road. Russians allegedly broadcast surrender demands as Germans expected. Parachute drops indicate fresh Russian troop movements.
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Salla
Interior
Copenhagen
Liinahamari
Finland
Petsamo
Stockholm
Salmijarvi
Arctic
Karelian
Red Army
Konoye Might Head Cabinet As Abe Resigns
Tokyo Jan 13 General Nobuyuki Abe prepares to deliver the cabinet's collective resignation to Emperor Hirohito as the week end government crisis nears a deadline. Army chief Hata urged former premier Konoye to resume leadership, citing army support.
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Tokyo
Shunroku Hata
Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
Nobuyuki Abe
Emperor Hirohito
Domei
Hata
Konoye
Privy Council
British Fleet Probes Red Ship for Contraband at Hong Kong
British naval units brought the 2,492-ton Russian steamer Selenga to Hong Kong to inspect cargo for contraband. This marks the first such action by Britain's China fleet since the European war began.
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Hong Kong
Selenga
Britain
China
British fliers raid Bohemia and destroy German raider
British fliers conducted wartime survey flights over Bohemia and Austria and attacked Nazi destroyers. The air ministry announced a German raider was shot down off the Firth of Forth. Pursuit over Norfolk ports and the English Channel followed as German planes stirred along Britain’s coasts.
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Hugh Wagnon
London
Bohemia
Austria
Firth of Forth
Air Ministry
Germany
France
Vienna
Prague
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Ireland
Britain
Royal Air Force
Hendon
Norfolk
English Channel
Explosion Destroys British Ship Yard
Firefighters battled a blast at the Yarwood shipbuilding plant in Northwich Cheshire after an explosion shattered windows within a quarter mile. Officials saw no sabotage. The blaze destroyed the main building with further explosions hindering efforts. Northwich lies about 30 miles southeast of Liverpool along the River Weaver.
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London
Yarwood
Northwich
Cheshire
Liverpool
Middle England
Mersey
Week's Weather Outlook for South Atlantic States
Mostly fair conditions across the region with some rain or snow in the northern portion around Wednesday. Temperatures to start cool, then trend upward toward the end of the week.
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South Atlantic States
CIO Invites Wheeler to Speak at UMWA Golden Anniversary
John L. Lewis invited Senator Wheeler to address the United Mine Workers' Golden Anniversary convention in Columbus Ohio on January 23. The move sparks speculation Wheeler may back the Western candidate while some analysts see it as a critique of recent New Deal policies. Wheeler told the League of Women Voters in Pittsburgh he will support Roosevelt if nominated but doubts a third term.
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Washington
Jas
John L. Lewis
Wheeler
Dmont
United Mine Workers
Columbus
Ohio
Roosevelt
CIO
Yaahdoon
Lewis
la Follette
Wis
Montana
Pittsburgh
League of Women Voters
League
Child Prefers Home and Family Over Actress Mansion
Twelve year old David Hobbs who stayed with Ann Sothern and Roger Pryor at Beverly Hills mansion chose to return to his 11 siblings living in a tent house on the Keweah River ranch in California. He said he preferred being home with his family despite kind treatment from the stars and visitors.
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Lemoncove
Calif
David Hobbs
Beverly Hills
Ann Sothern
Roger Pryor
Keweah River
David
Dallas
Texas
Pryor
Henry Hobbs
Miss Sothern
California
Hollywood
Courtney McCracken
Turkey Bulgaria Align With Balkan Brothers
A communique from Sofia reports Bulgaria and Turkey have complete concordance of views on Balkans peace and neutrality. The statement follows talks between Numan Menemencoglu and Bulgarian Premier Georgi Kyoseivanov and was received by King Boris. The two nations vow strict neutrality while maintaining friendship, with no comment on a reported urging to pause Rumania’s dispute over Dobrudja.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Balkans
Numan Menemencoglu
George Kiosselvanof
Boris
Ankara
Menemencoglu
Rumania
Dobrudja
WPA Crew Builds Fence Minus Gate
A WPA crew finished the last section of a high wire fence around the municipal park tennis courts in Bennettsville North Carolina and headed home. They discovered they had omitted installing a gate and, to get home in time for supper, tore away a section of the fence to exit.
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Bennettsville
8. C
WPA
Municipal Park
Deadly Bartley Mine Disaster Claims 92 Yet to Be Retrieved
In Bartley West Virginia the Bartley No 1 mine explosion left 92 miners dead or missing after 38 hours of tunneling. Rescue teams found 30 bodies in debris and 62 still trapped in mine rooms two miles from the shaft. Only three victims identified. officials expect to recover more corpses as rescue work continues.
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Bartley
W. Va
Bartley No. 1
Raymond E. Salvati
Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Corporation
Cannon Mills to Honor 700 Long-Serving Employees
Cannon Mills president Charles Cannon and officials will host a dinner in Kannapolis on Thursday night honoring about 700 employees with 25 or more years of service.
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Kannapolis
Charles
Cannon
Cannon Mills
Italy leading united front against Soviet threat in SE Europe
Ankara reports indications that Italy leads a united front in Southeast Europe to deter Soviet aggression, a development Turkish leaders call a strong signal of double security for Turkey and unequivocal opposition to Soviet expansion.
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Ankara
Italy
Europe
Russia
Turkey
Tremor Shakes Southern California rousing Compton area
A midnight earthquake felt across southern California rattled residents near Compton at 11 48 p m local time but caused no damage. The 1933 Compton quake is recalled.
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Los Angeles
California
Compton
Congress Will Handle Finnish Aid Cautiously
Congress shows caution over Finland aid amid neutrality concerns alongside defense spending. The House passed the first 1941 appropriations bill totaling 264.6 million for military and neutrality patrol boosts, while Senate panels plan reviews of current Navy spending and a Byrnes led inquiry.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Europe
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations
Senator Byrnes
D-Sc
Moe the Gimp Back In California Jail
Moe the Gimp, aka Martin Snyder, is jailed again in California after Judge Thomas L. Ambrose ordered him back to custody. Snyder had just won a new trial on shooting Myrt Alderman, Ruth Etting’s husband, but a state supreme court rehearing delayed the retrial and led to the $85,000 bond and return to jail.
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T Angeles
Moe the Gimp
Thomas L. Ambrose
Martin
Gimp
District Attorney's Office
State Supreme Court
District Court of Appeal
Ambrose
Snyder
Army Flier Killed When Planes Collide In Air
In southern California two navy torpedo planes collided over Borego Valley. James Addison Crowson radioman first class died in a charred wreck. Ensign Walter Glen Barnes Jr. was later reported missing while Ensign Harold Nathan Funk survived with injuries. Other survivors were Charles W. Post Elmer Edwin Jackson and Paul B. Dickson.
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San Diego
Calif
California
James Addison Crowson
Ernest Cox
el Centro
Here
Cox
Walter Glen Barnes, Jr
United States Naval Reserve
Harold Nathan Funk
Wray
Colo
North Carolina
Charles W. Post
Troutdale Ore
Elmer Edwin Jackson
Hendersonville
Paul B. Dickson
Aviation
Borego Valley
Jackson
Funk
Crowson
Post
Nazis Interne 200 English And French Citizens In Germany
Approximately 200 British and French men of military age residing in Germany at the war’s outbreak have been interned. They are held at Würzburg Castle under German army care, report to police weekly, and may leave only with permission. Women and children may be exchanged home. Some British and French men arrested initially have been released.
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Berlin
Germany
Reich
Wuelzburg Castle
Nuremburg
French Pursuit Planes Smite German Messerschmitts
Paris reports a small French unit of one second lieutenant and three sergeants in four pursuit planes engaged twelve German Messerschmitts over the front. The French pilots claimed three German planes shot down while outnumbered three to one. One Messerschmitt went down in flames, another in a spin, and a third was forced down behind the lines.
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Paris
Messerschmitt
Revolting Ecuador Politician Jailed After Uprising
Guayaquil January 13. Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra former Ecuadoran president is under arrest aboard the naval training ship Alfaro after a failed revolt. Army sergeants and soldiers quelled the uprising following Carlos Arroyo Del Rio's election victory amid aviation officers and about 200 civilians involved. Acting President Andres Cordova sought extraordinary powers from the state council.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Alfaro
Carlos Arroyo del Rio
Andres Cordova
State Council
Joliet Water Supply Tastes Of Beer After Leak
Joliet residents woke to beer flavored tap water as officials traced the taste to beer leaking into water mains from a local brewery. Water Commissioner Joseph F. Whalen reported a flood of calls before the odor and flavor faded.
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Joliet, II
Van
Joliet
Joseph F. Whalen
Helen Jepson Cancels Tour Dates Over Influenza
The Metropolitan Opera Company's coloratura soprano Helen Jepson cut her Salisbury concert and flew to New York due to influenza. Remaining dates on her Southern tour were canceled.
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Helen Jepson
Bombers Strike Southern Finland Killing and Wounding
Soviet bombers raided southern Finland today killing two people and wounding four in Helsinki. Hyvinkaa north of the capital also saw two attacks. About 40 bombs fell on Helsinki and one bomber was reported down.
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Helsinki
Finland
Hyvinkaa
Finnish Citizens Warned Of Parachute Saboteurs
Finnish radio stations warned civilians in Rovaniemi and northern Finland to be alert for Russian saboteurs and secret agents who parachute from the sky. Air raid precautions increased after yesterday’s large air attacks by Russian planes. Ensign Walter G Barnes telephoned from Julian California that he is safe after a mid air collision of two navy bombers.
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Rovaniemi
Finland
Fourth Army
San Diego
Calif
Walter G. Barnes
Denver
Colo
Desert
Julian
Homer McManus To Die Feb. 23
Homer McManus, 26, was convicted yesterday of the murder of Jennings Mullis in Concord on August 6, 1937. Judge Donald F. Phillips sentenced him to die February 23. McManus, who had been living in Texas, said he woke to find Mullis slain and hid the body under a bench after recalling little of the events.
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Concord
Homer McManus
Jennings Mullis
Donald F. Phillips
McManus
Texas
Mullis
British Report Trail of Nazi Subs in South Atlantic
Buenos Aires January 13 naval sources say two German vessels operate in the South Atlantic and are pursued by British warships. No sizes or identities disclosed though one may be a cruiser and the other an auxiliary ship that accompanied the Admiral Graf Spee on raids.
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Buenos Aires
South Atlantic
Graf Spee
Norway Seeks Record Defense Budget for 826 Million Kroner
Norway's cabinet asked Parliament for 200 million kroner for defense as part of a total budget of 826 million kroner, aiming for the largest national appropriation to date. The request mirrors wartime strain and positions Oslo for increased military readiness amid tensions in Europe.
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Norway
Oslo
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