President to urge non military aid to Finland
In a Capitol briefing President Roosevelt plans to tell Congress that American aid to Finland should be non military. He will send a communication to Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead outlining views on Finland aid and a possible extra loan via the Export Import Bank for non military purchases. The plan aims to avoid impacting neutral policy while considering a $10 million loan and a previously advanced $10 million loan.
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Germany Says Scare To Allies
Berlin charges the war scare in Belgium and the Netherlands was made in Paris and aims to push Germany into aggression. German sources say France and Daladier misread Maginot Line limits and Belgium and the Netherlands were urged to fear invasion. Germany remains cautious and watches Allied moves for further widening of the conflict.
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Netherlands
Paris
Germany
Daladier
Sweden
Earthquake Hits Palermo Sicily Killing One
An earthquake in Sicily injures several and causes structural damage in Palermo. The tremor began at 2 21 p m local time and lasted four seconds, with one confirmed death and multiple injuries reported.
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Palermo
Russian raids resume on south Finland in fierce air offensive
The Russian air force renewed bombing of southern Finland with two Helsinki air alarms. Vasa reportedly suffered the heaviest damage with at least 12 dead as raids spread to about 20 towns. In four hours hundreds of incendiaries fell, civlilian casualties rose, and fires ravaged homes and public buildings near the Turku Helsinki rail line.
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Gulf of Bothnia
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Officers Seize Cargo Of Booze In Thomasville
Thomasville police seized a truck and trailer carrying 169 cases of bonded whiskey on the Lexington highway near the city limit. Owner Lee R. Cobb of Salisbury admitted transporting the cargo to Salisbury and said the truck belonged to him. The whiskey was stored at the city hall and Cobb was jailed awaiting a preliminary hearing.
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Lee R. Coble
Richard Street
Salisbury
Paul Shore
Garland Good
Lexington
Cobb
Cable
Soldiers killed and six hurt in Dutch exercise blast
Two soldiers died and four were wounded in an explosion during army exercises in Groningen Province. The government press service released the report with no further details.
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Amsterdam
Groningen
Belgium and Netherlands Mobilize as Threat Seen
Amsterdam reports near one million Belgian and Dutch troops in mobilization behind frontier defenses. Belgian troops move from Brussels toward the border as Netherlands ramps up near 300 mile defensive line amid alarm over German maneuvering.
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Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Belga News Agency
Brussels
Hubert Pierlot
Paul Henri Spaak
German Spy Captured From Columbus Crew Fingerprints
Washington January 15 Stephen T Early presidential secretary said finger printing of the crew of the scuttled German liner Columbus led to the capture of a German spy who otherwise would have escaped. He said all crew members were fingerprinted but refused to reveal the spy's name or espionage role.
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Stephen T. Early
South Carolina Boy Dies as Train Hits Car at Crossing
LeRoy Flowers 18 of Lancaster SC was killed instantly when his car was struck by Southern train No 35 at a grade crossing near Concord. James Ballard 18, also of Lancaster, was seriously injured with a broken leg and other injuries and is hospitalized. Flowers funeral services set for Lancaster Tuesday.
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Britain Suspends Soldiers Leaves Amid War Front Tensions
Britain suspends all leaves for the British Expeditionary Force stirring worry over Belgian Dutch neutrality. Officials say furloughs are not to be recalled immediately as observers note potential German pressure and nerves warfare.
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Belgium
Netherlands
Paris
British War Office
Soviet Protest Over Norway and Sweden Neutrality
Moscow warned that Norway and Sweden risk danger to Soviet relations over alleged neutrality violations. Tass summaries show repeated Soviet protests about anti-Soviet attacks and help to Finland, while Oslo and Stockholm deny full facts and urge continued good ties with the USSR.
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Stockholm
Coast Guard Races To Aid Leaking Tug and Barges
Two coast guard cutters sped to assist a leaking tug Jupiter and two barges about 95 miles off Charleston South Carolina. Jupiter reported barely holding the leak after losing a barge. Modoc and Agassiz were dispatched, Pocahontas searched after reports she foundered in Chesapeake Bay.
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FBI Charges 17 With Bombing Plot in New York
17 New York members of the Christian Front face seditious conspiracy charges for a plan to overthrow the U S government through bombing and assassination. Hoover said the group planned to terrorize Jews and seize arms from National Guard arsenals with broader aims nationwide. Cassidy and Bishop led the conspiracy as leaders of the Christian Front and the Country Gentlemen.
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John F Cassidy
Christian Front
William Gerald Bishop
Rome Fliers Forced Down In Atlantic
Italian Air Force plane aiming for a world distance record landed on Fernando Noronha in Brazil after 34 hours 25 minutes aloft. Under Col Angelo Tondi the Roma departure occurred Sunday morning as fuel leaked and the craft continued on two motors toward the Brazilian island 3,000 miles from the goal.
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Britain replies to Pan American neutrality protest over safety zone
London reports Britain rejected the 300 mile Pan American safety zone as unenforceable under international law. A note to the Panama government conveyed the reply for the Pan American neutrality committee, with US protests on mails diversion and contraband control to be answered soon. The 21 republics, led by the United States, formed the zone Oct 3 to shield the Americas from war, and a meeting in Rio de Janeiro was set to discuss neutrality with seven nations named to represent the Pan American Congress.
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Murphy Choice Given Approval
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination of Attorney General Frank Murphy to the Supreme Court to succeed the late Justice Pierce Butler. Murphy, 46, faced no questioning and was greeted with congratulations. The committee also backed Robert H. Jackson as Attorney General and Francis Biddle as Solicitor General, with Senate action anticipated.
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Supreme Court
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Roosevelt
Robert H. Jackson
Francis Biddle
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Senate
Flames Kill 300 In Japanese City
A major blaze in Shizuoka, population 200000, killed 300 and destroyed about half the city. Four thousand homes and the business district were consumed as losses reached 10 million yen. Troops and relief trains moved to the scene as the fire raged despite dynamite fire breaks.
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Domei
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Sweden protests aerial attack by Red planes
Sweden protested Moscow over a reported bombing of Kallaks island by Soviet warplanes. Eight Russian planes were said to bomb the western Gulf of Bothnia island near Lulea, with one bomb on land and eight on ice. Reports linked the raid to broader Red army pressure on Finland and a potential campaign to sever Scandinavian aid.
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