Soviet Denies Nazi War Aid Rumors Reorganizing Red Army
Moscow reports claim foreign rumors of German instructors reorganizing the Red army are baseless and stem from fear of a German Soviet bloc. The Soviet command calls the claims stupid and extraordinary and cites Finnish casualties as support for its stance.
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Soviet
Moscow
Germany
U.S.S.R
Red Army
Leningrad
Tass
Finland
Geneva
Helsinki
Riga
Neighbors Rush To Help Finns
News from Copenhagen reports Scandinavian nations mobilize aid to Finland against Soviet aggression. Over 6,000 Swedish volunteers and several hundred Norwegians already serve on Finnish soil with more joining through Stockholm recruiting. Denmark dispatches first volunteer company. Sweden facilitates transfers for Nordic and international volunteers.
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
Copenhagen
Finland
Russia
Norway
Denmark
Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Psychology students omit war from fear list at college
In Americus Georgia on January 13 psychology students at Georgia Southwestern College compiled a fear list headed by snakes drunks water wild animals mad dogs fire stormy weather reckless driving and high altitudes war was not mentioned in the survey
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Americus
Georgia Southwestern College
Churches Will Hold Yearly Convocation
The fourth annual North Carolina Convocation of Churches opens Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Greensboro First Presbyterian Church with Bishop J Kenneth Pfohl and Dr Justin Wroe Nixon as speakers The North Carolina Council of Churches will also hold its annual meeting with Bishop Edwin A Penick presiding and officers to be elected.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
North Carolina
J. Kenneth Pfohl
Winston- Salem
Moravian Church
Justin Wroe Nixon
Rochester
N. Y
Colgate-Rochester Divinity School
First Presbyterian Church
W. A. Stansbury
Asheville
Charles F. Myers
Penick
North Carolina Council of Churches
High Point
Everett B. Weatherspoon
H. Shelton Smith
Ernest J. Arnold
Durham
P. E. Lindley
George L. Rhodes
Albemarle
Walter L. Lingle
Davidson
Clare Purcell
EB. N. Orr
Charlotte
David E. Faust
Salisbury
Murray C. Johnson
Council
Winston-Salem
Pfohl
Church Leader Evening Announces Midweek Program
Rev Ernest J Arnold outlines the second session with Durham council executive secretary set to lead a Wednesday morning start. Three days of activities follow with a Thursday morning program and Wednesday and Thursday evening sessions plus group institutes in the afternoons. Rev Charles Darsie from Greensboro is noted in the continuing page item.
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Ernest J. Arnold
Durham
Council
Charles Darsie
Greensboro
Nazi Jews Face New Rationing Shock in Berlin
In Berlin on January 13, German Jews learned that ration cards covering January 15 to February 11 are invalid for meat and vegetables. Coupons for 125 grams of meat and vegetables like peas beans and lentils are void for Jews though other Germans receive expanded allowances. A special sweets card may be issued later if the regime allows extra rations beyond the daily allotment.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Germany
Fahy to Lead Labor Board Inquiry Start
The House committee on the National Labor Board decided to turn the inquiry over to Charles Fahy on January 29. Fahy can call witnesses and present the Labor Board side for about a week. The committee chair noted Fahy’s plan to proceed without delay.
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House Committee
Nlrb Council
Donald A. Young
Washington
House
National Labor Board
Charles Fahy
Board
Smith
D-Va
Fahy
Labor Board
Klan Chief Re-Arrested as Bondsman Withdrew Support
S C Ku Klux Klan chief Fred J. Johnson was re-arrested in Greenville after a bondsman pulled out his $5,000 bond. Anderson County jail custody followed. State constabulary chief J H Jeanes said warrants for 12 to 15 arrests would be issued as investigations into night raids continue. The raid on December 27 involved Lanier Pruitt and 40 masked men. seized Klan records are being reviewed for possible federal action, including suspected industrial espionage.
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Anderson
S. C
Fred J. Johnson
South Carolina
Ku Klux Klan
Anderson County
Greenville
J. H. Jeanes
State Constabulary
Burnet Maybank
Jeanes
Lanier Pruitt
Anderson Mechanic
Johnson
U.S
Oscar Doyle
Greatest Air Survey Of War By British Air Force
Britain's air force conducted the greatest survey flight of the war overnight and today to counter German reconnaissance and shipping attacks. British raids over Austria and Bohemia dropped leaflets near Vienna and Prague and probed eastern Germany. An upsurge in both air forces tests strengths and probes weaknesses as violence looms. A German raider was shot down off Scotland while a trawler Lucida sank after hitting a mine. Sentries repelled intruders at Donaghadee and Atherton Airport. fire struck Baronscourt Castle. Sir John Simon urged greater sacrifices to sustain war without inflation.
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Robert Bunnelle
London
Britain
England
Air Ministry
Austria
Bohemia
Vienna
Prague
Germany
France
High Command
Royal Air Force
Scotland
Firth of Forth
Lucida
Donaghadee
Northern Ireland
Athendon
Duke of Abercorn
Baronscourt
Northwich
Cheshire
Liverpool
John Simon
John
St. Andrew's Hall
Glasgow
France and Spain Announce Trade Pact Aiming for 1930s Level
Madrid reports a new France Spain trade agreement expected to restore commerce toward 2 billion francs. The pact stabilizes imports and exports with France buying iron lead zinc mercury pyrite and Spain purchasing French wheat and North African phosphate plus rice from Indo China and cars chemicals pharmaceuticals books and newspapers from France.
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Madrid
France
Spain
North Africa
Indo-China
Pound Nine Ounce Baby Dies After 40 Hours In Incubator
A baby girl weighing one pound nine ounces born to Mrs. Ellis Ball of Pickens at Greenville Hospital died this morning after 40 hours in an incubator. The infant, the tiniest ever born alive in Greenville, had been fed brandy and water.
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Greenville
D. C
Ellis Ball
Pickens
Greenville Hospital
Red Bombs Hit Helsinki as Soviet Raid Intensifies
Russian warplanes attacked Helsinki and nearby Grankulla in the first raid of 1940, with 400 planes taking part. In the city two men and a woman died and 20 were injured as more than 40 bombs were dropped, while other districts reported casualties and damage.
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Wade Werner
Helsinki
United States
Legation
Grankulla
Espoo
Ued
Finland
Hyvinkaa
Karis
Helsinki-Turku
Moscow
Karelian
Aittajoki
Lake Laoga
Aged Virginia Bar Member Succumbs
Wyndham R. Meredith 80, past president of the Virginia State Bar Association and longtime Richmond lawyer, died in a Richmond hospital after several weeks illness. He was son of the late Justice John A. Meredith. Funeral services will be held tomorrow with burial here. he is survived by his widow, a son and two daughters.
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Richmond
Wyndham R. Meredith
Virginia State Bar Association
Meredith
John Alexander Meredith
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Belgium recalls soldiers from leave as troops mass on border
Belgium suddenly ordered all soldiers on leave back to duty across the kingdom amid reports of large German troop concentrations near the frontier. Messengers recruited troops in Brussels while air raid drills were canceled. Officials offered no explanation, noting this is the third recall since the war began.
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Brussels
Belgium
Defense Ministry
Luxembourg
Grand Duchy
Netherlands
the Hague
Rescue Crews Continue Hunt After West Virginia Mine Disaster
In Bartley West Virginia rescue teams pressed a four night search after a deadly Pond Creek No 1 mine explosion left 92 dead or missing. Twenty eight bodies were recovered and moved to emergency morgues as families awaited funeral plans and officials eyed the main six section for further finds.
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Bartley
W. Va
Pond Creek
Jaeger
Welch
Sedoff Ice-Bound Icebreaker Freed After 26 Months
Tass reported the ice-breaker Sedoff, trapped in Arctic ice for 26 months, is released. The crew, rescued by ice-breaker Joseph Stalin, said they were returning to the fatherland aboard the ship they preserved. All Sedoff crew members are well according to the Joseph Stalin's radio message.
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Moscow
Sedoff
Tass
Joseph Stalin
Sehoft
Mother of Slain Girl Collapses During Trial
In Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania during the trial of Corporal Benjamin Franklin 30 charged with second degree murder and manslaughter in the June shooting of 14 year old Joan Stevens the mother Mayme Stevens fainted crying why did he kill my little child. The defense cites self defense as the girl allegedly threatened with a toy gun. Judge Shull warned the jury and the scene prompted a possible mistrial as spectators observed the emotional disruption.
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Mauch Chunk
Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin
Joan Stevens
Franklin
Edward J. Swatts
Abe Resigns as Japanese Premier Amid Strained US Ties
Tokyo January 14. Premier General Nobuyuki Abe resigns as Japan’s cabinet collapses after four and a half months. War minister Shunroku Hata seen as possible successor, despite past ineligibility. Resignation follows failure to improve Japan United States relations and amid talks to open the Yangtze trade to third powers. Prince Konoye urged to return as premier.
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Tokyo
Nobuyuki Abe
Shunroku Hata
Abe
Japan
United States
Hata
Fumimaro Konoye
Privy Council
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Washington
Hirohito
Imperial Palace
Prince Konoye
Harrison Plan Branded Dead in Budget Fight
Washington reports the Harrison plan for a joint budget committee is dead for the session. Senate economy advocates vow to block any rise in President Roosevelt’s spending. Senate backed the idea. House leaders oppose it and push to keep within the president’s $8.4 billion total.
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Washington
Harrison
Senate
Roosevelt
D-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
House
House Appropriations Committee
House Committee
Adams
D-Cole
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Labor Inquiry
Bondsman
Virginia Bar
Nesquehoning
Samuel E. Shull
Mayme Stevens
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