Weather roundup for southeastern states reports cold night
Official weather bureau records show temperatures and rainfall from the 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. in key eastern cities including Asheville, Atlanta, Charlotte, Columbia, Raleigh, Spartanburg and Tampa with notable highs and lows. The data lists max and min temperatures for each station and notes Mt. Mitchell rainfall.
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Washington
Churchill to face adjournment over Malaya defense concerns
Edgar Granville Liberal MP moves to adjourn Commons to discuss urgent defense of Singapore and Malaya and to seek assurances that every effort is being made by the government to defend vital imperial communications. Motion needs 40 supporters. Churchill meets the king after reporting to Buckingham Palace.
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Churchill’s Adventurous World War Career Cited in Parliament
Rogers praised Churchill’s daring actions during World War I and noted his continued adventurous service as First Lord of the Admiralty. He described the Atlantic crossing as uneventful, highlighting Churchill’s storied public appeal and persistent risk taking.
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Churchill observes flight quirks during secret air trip
The Prime Minister showed keen interest in operational technicalities during the voyage. It was just after breakfast when Mr. Churchill appeared on the control deck in a siren suit smoking a cigar. Rogers said United States planes escorted the flying boat early in the journey, which remained highly secret.
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Price Stabilization Affects Market Now Open
The market opened with 490 registered exhibitors before trading. Florida and Washington OPA officials met with bedding manufacturers, two agency contract-division reps present. Two Army officers bought for defense projects. Strong activity in metal goods and floor coverings due to potential shortages. Living room and bedroom furniture and case goods were idle amid overstock concerns from a prior retail boom. Prices appear likely to stay reasonably constant as federal orders freeze some sectors and stabilize others.
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Price Administration
Florida
Washington
Carol's Actress Lom bard to Have Double Funeral
The actor traveled to Las Vegas on Saturday to accompany him back to Hollywood. Studio officials in Los Angeles planned a double funeral for Miss Lombard and her mother, likely Wednesday or Thursday.
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Hollywood
Los Angeles
Miss Lombard
You May Always Be Constipated If
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a remedy for constipation and to stimulate liver bile secretion and intestinal tone. It promotes Olive Tablets priced 60 cents per bottle, 154, and urges better living habits for gentle, thorough bowel movements.
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Premier U Saw in Bermuda Defies Britain and Returns
Lisbon dispatch reports Premier U Saw of Bermuda, after meetings with Churchill, said his trip was not satisfactory given his risk. He warned Britain has little to offer Burma and hinted at returning home. The San Francisco Examiner notes U Saw, held by the British, flew back to San Francisco after Pearl Harbor and then disappeared. He previously said if the U.S. enters a Pacific war it would be America's own fault.
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Pacific
Crisis in Pacific War Report Describes Occupied Philippines
War Department says indecisive ground operations continue after repelling a heavy Japanese attack. MacArthur notes Filipinos in occupied areas lose transport, farmers evicted into labor groups, crops and food stores seized. Dutch East Indies reports Balik Papan and Sabang air raids with nine killed and 41 injured in Sumatra. Balik Papan lightship damaged. Sabang raid caused no damage.
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Allied talks weigh security moves and Latin American diplomacy
The text outlines plans to curb fifth columnists and control foreigners, proposes a consultative emergency committee for political defense, and considers bilateral or multilateral gold reserves accords. It notes ongoing defense and economic committee discussions, a Peru Ecuador boundary dispute, and augments with high level talks among Argentina, Brazil, Chile and the United States, signaling possible shifts in regional alignments.
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Ecuador
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Oswaldo Aranha
Julio Tobar Donoso
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Chile
Getulio Vargas
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Sumner Welles
Juan Bautista Rosetti
Russians gain ground near Smolensk as German drive stalls
The Moscow radio reported Russians within 60 miles of Smolensk while Germany rushed troops from France to Smolensk and airlifted them to the front, only to retreat with heavy losses. In another note, Soviet communique claimed Polotnyany zavod occupation and Kuibyshev disclosed a vast new reserve pool being trained.
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Feodosiya recaptured as Crimea battles intensify
German forces retook Feodosiya on the Crimean southeast coast as Russian units pressed along the Donets River front. The German high command said over 4,600 Russians were captured with 73 tanks and 77 artillery pieces seized. Infantry General von Manstein led operations, with Air Chief Marshal Ritter von Grein directing air power.
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High Command
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Ritter von Grein
Survivors and Dead From Torpedoed Tanker
Thirteen survivors faced injury and loss after a tanker was torpedoed. Four bodies were brought to port, six others were injured, with officers among the deceased. Survivors described a hit amidships, a fire on deck, and an oil slick blocking escape before a lifeboat reached safety.
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Naval Operating Base
Rolf Clausen
Ross F. Terrell
Randolph H. Larso
W. A. Hoerlee
Hamon Brown
DiMingo Pinerio
Carl Z. Webb
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Tire theft nets eight months on road for Walter Gray
Walter Gray, 25, of 413 Taylor Street, was sentenced to eight months on the roads for stealing a truck tire valued at 15 dollars from Roger Gill of the same address. Judge D C McRae warned tire thieves would face strict punishment amid the national emergency.
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Walter Gray
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Thomasville
MacRae
Wake Island Prisoners Taken To Yokohama
1 235 Wake Island captives arrived at Yokohama, showing beard and soiled uniforms. Notables include Commander Winfred Cunningham, said to command Wake Island forces, and civilian Nathan Daniels Teters. Navy could not confirm Cunningham’s Wake Island presence. earlier reports named Major James Devereux as commander of 13 officers and 365 Marines and 782 civilians who aided defense work.
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Winfred Cunningham
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Wake
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Wack Island
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Guam
War aims and strategy split between Europe and Asia
Critics urge a two-front war in Europe and the Far East but British and American leadership chooses to first strike at Hitler to secure victory. Reinforcements to the Far East may be limited, risking further Japanese advance before Germany falls.
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Murray to present peace proposals to CIO board
Philip Murray CIO president will present Lewis proposed resumption of CIO AFL peace conferences to the CIO executive board in New York on January 24. Murray notes unity with the AFL must be initiated through the CIO president’s office.
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
British Withdraw From Tavoy Port in Burma
British forces pulled back from Tavoy, the southern Burma port opposite Japanese occupied Thailand, in the face of superior enemy forces. The press release said the retreat placed Burma’s defenders in better positions and noted that Japanese units already shared fighter planes at Tavoy. British aircraft conducted raids, destroying one enemy plane on an occupied airfield.
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Rangoon
Burma
Tavoy
Thailand
Survivors Recovered After Shipwreck Rescue
Hours after the disaster occupants were rescued. Capt Kirtchner was found swimming with a small board after six hours in the water with an arm injury and exposure. The second and third mates clung to wreckage, the fourth mate died and sank. No other survivors were known.
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Blackout candle sales surge in Dallas test plan
In Dallas officials discussed a 20 minute blackout test with a claim that only black candles may be lit. A store reportedly sold 10,000 blackout candles, while New York stock market activity continued normally. New Haven police booked a man on theft after a lobster incident at a restaurant rear area.
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Broadway Comedians Return to Paramount Stage Tomorrow
Broadway's famous comedians headline a four show stage attraction at the Paramount Tomorrow featuring Folies D'Amour with John Sully Muriel Thomas and The Banfields plus Rob ert Ripley's Believe It or Not. A first row feature film Week End For Three accompanies the revue with Dennis O'Keefe Jane Wyatt and Edward Everett Horton. Bargain Hour for industrial workers from 1 to 2 pm. Showtimes 2 10 4 25 7 00 and 9 20 o'clock.
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