Aid Plan Moves to Foreign Affairs for Britain Help
The House approved sending the lease-lead aid bill to the Foreign Affairs Committee with a voice vote. The Military Committee attempt to seize control was defeated, no debate allowed. Chairman Bloom will begin hearings tomorrow with Secretary Hull as first witness.
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Washington
Britain
House
Rayburn
Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Bloom
D-Ny
Hull
May
D-Ky
Shakeup in Italian High Command in Albania
Rome January 13 reports a new shift sees Gen Ugo Cavallero, army chief of staff, take command of Italian forces in Albania. The same dispatch credits a ninth bomb or torpedo strike on a British warship in four days to the new German Italian offensive in the Mediterranean.
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Albania
Soddu
Associated Press
Rome
High Command
Italy
Ugo Cavallero
Mediterranean
Strait of
Sicily
Ier Mussolini
Ubaldo Soddu
Greece
Pietro Badoglio
Badoglio
Ete
Ugo Cavalero
Daily War Bulletin
Turin
Venice
Catania
Manhattan Aground Off Lake Worth Inlet Near West Palm Beach
Coast Guard cutter Mojave failed to refloat the Manhattan after it went aground about 250 yards from the beach. Tug Warbler and salvage efforts were summoned as 200 passengers and 556 crew faced no imminent danger while awaiting the first full tide.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Coast Guard
Mojave
United States
Manhattan
Warbler
Key West
Florida
United States Line
California
Panama Canal
G. W. Richardson
Lake Worth Inlet
Coast
Here
Greeks Close In On Valona Port In Albania War Drive
Greek forces push toward Valona with three spearheads including coastal advance toward Tepeleni and Berati. Reports say Tepeleni may fall soon and Italian supply lines falter as snow blocks mules on northern fronts.
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Associated Press
Athens
Valona
Albania
Tepeleni
Klisura
Pogradetz
Berati
Court Upholds Spy Ruling In Naval Espionage Case
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Hafis Salich and Mikhail Gorin under the 1917 espionage act for obtaining naval intelligence data in 1938. Justice Reed delivered the opinion with no dissent. Gorin received six years imprisonment. The court also agreed to review Labor Board efforts to compel back pay for union-related dismissals.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Russia
United States Naval Intelligence
Reed
Hafis Salihh
Naval Intelligence
San Pedro
Cal
Mikhail Nicholas Gorin
Los Angeles
Murphy
Salich
Gorin
Japan
Justice Department
United States
California
Federal District Court
Fire in Queens Destroys 15 Homes. One Man Dies
In Arverne Queens a fatal fire leveled 15 houses and damaged 25 others, with $100000 in losses. An elderly man, possibly Hyman Leon, 71, died found in a basement as fire officials traced the blaze to oil soaked tarpaulins under construction above the LIRR. A passing car's cigarette is suspected.
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New York
Arverne
Queens
Hyman Leon
Thomas P. Brophy
Long Island Railroad
Soviet Denial Says Germany Acts Without Moscow Consent
Moscow reports that Germany or Bulgarian authorities have not informed the Soviet Union about German troop movements into Bulgaria. Tass via Moscow radio states no inquiry was made by Sofia nor any agreement reached with Moscow on transit. The denial emphasizes Germany’s actions occurred without Soviet knowledge or authorization.
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Moscow
Bulgaria
Russia
Tass
Rumania
Danube
Sofia
Balkans
RAF Gaining Superiority in Aerial Conflict Says Source
London January 13 British air sources say the Royal Air Force is winning a slight edge that could decide the outcome of any German invasion. Supremacy stems from systematic bombing of German industry and communications and a growing Allied air force, despite fronts in Greece North Africa and home. British planes have attacked Nazi targets regularly preventing repair and rely on daylight fighter escorted raids into Germany and occupied territories.
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Crew Middleton
London
Royal Air Force
Britain
Germany
Roosevelt’s Rearmament Cost Estimate and U S Readiness
Washington discusses President Roosevelt’s estimate of future rearmament costs and compares U S spending to Hitler’s. Analysts estimate Hitler spent 75 to 100 billion dollars on the army from 1934 to 1940 with naval buildup later, while the United States projects about 28 billion from 1940 to 1942 and roughly 40 billion for 1934–1940.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Roosevelt
Hitler
United States
der Fuehrer
Germany
FDR
Wanner Festival Center Bombed in Bavarian Raid
German authorities say Bayreuth near Munich suffered only minor bomb damage with the festival house and Wagner burial villa unaffected. British night raids also hit targets north and south of the Thames near London while English harbors at Brighton and Eastbourne faced mining. DNB reports all crews returned safely.
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Reuth
Wagner
Bayreuth
Munich
Bend of the Thames
London
DNB
England
Brighton
Eastbourne
Reynolds Summoned Before Federal Grand Jury in Campaign
Richard J. Reynolds of the North Carolina tobacco family was summoned in Washington to testify before a special Federal Grand Jury about his activities in the 1940 political campaign.
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Washington
Richard J. Reynolds
North Carolina Tobacco Family
Demonstration in Quito Leaves Two Dead and 13 Policemen Hurt
In Quito on January 12 or 13, 1940, a demonstration demanding freedom for eleven imprisoned Ecuadorian airmen turned violent. Two rioters were fatally shot, 17 injured, and 13 policemen hurt as crowds stoned the presidential palace. President Carlos Arroyo Del Rio remained unharmed and described the action as the work of a small Socialist and Communist faction.
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Joan Lear
Quito
Ecuador
Velasco Ibarra
Carlos Arroyo del Rio
United States
Panama Canal
Thai Soldiers Cross Border Adances Into Indo China
Thai forces with air support say they crossed into French Indochina near the Laos district across the Mekong and advanced the northeastern frontier. French troops reportedly retreat as Thailand presses another move south into Cambodia amid fierce fighting.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Air Corps
Thai High Command
Laos
Indo-China
Mekong River
Cambrodia
AFL Opposes Strike Curb in Defense Industries
The AFL declares it will oppose any law banning strikes in vital defense sectors even as Congress considers limits on labor stoppages. It supports prompt defense funding and requests for investigations into foreign agents and fifth column activities, while pledging potential sacrifices for national preparedness.
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Congress
Federation
United States
AFL
Metal Trades Division
John Frey
Roosevelt
Dies Committee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Oil Refineries In Italy Hit By RAF Fliers
Air ministry reports day and night raids on axis targets from trenches near the German coast to refineries near Venice. Attacks hit Porto Marghera and Regensburg. Ostend harbor and other ports hit with fires and destroyed buildings. One British plane failed to return.
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Associated Press
London
Venice
Air Ministry
Brest
le Havre
Lorient
Porto Marghera
Italy
Regensburg
Ostend
Channel
Britain
Vannes
Chartres
Evreux
Morlaix
Burns Fatal in Asheville Woman Dies of Fire Injuries
Mrs. Amanda Brown aged 81 died in a local hospital from burns suffered when her clothing ignited at her home last Friday night. The incident occurred in Asheville on January 13.
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Asheville
Amanda Brown
Talmadge Takes Over in Georgia Governors Race
Georgia inaugurates Eugene Talmadge as governor as a conservative legislature convenes. For four years under E D Rivers Georgia expanded services on a “little New Deal” pattern.
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Talmadge
Atlanta
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
E. D. Rivers
Londoners Foil German Fire Raid Smoke and Civil Defense Unite
London endured a three and a half hour night raid by German warplanes as civilians aided fire brigades to smother incendiaries and curb fires. Casualties were described as not heavy, with some deaths and injuries reported. Royal Air Force bombers hit invasion ports and airfields in German occupied France and targets in North Italy.
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Associated Press
London
England
Thames
Fire Brigade
Weaverville High Students Strike Over Principal Choice
At Weaverville High 240 of 260 students walked out to protest Claud L. Love as principal, favoring Otis Peterson the athletics coach. Demonstrations were orderly with banners and cheers for Peterson, who received repeated applause while Love remained at his desk.
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Weaverville
Weaverville High School
Claud L. Love
Otis Peterson
Peterson
Love
Predicts U S Enters War Within Two Years
U S Rep James E Van Zandt former national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars says at a Massachusetts VFW meeting that the United States will be at war soon and an expeditionary force will be dispatched abroad within the next two years.
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Boston
U. S
James E. van Zandt
R-Pa
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States
van Zandt
Massachusetts V. F. W
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