Senate trims defense funds as economy drive widens
The Senate appropriations committee cut 12.8 million from a wartime deficiency bill, approving 251.8 million for emergency armed forces expansion. It trimmed Navy, Army, and Coast Guard budgets and is poised to back House cuts on independent offices. Byrnes and Adams expect little Senate opposition.
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Washington
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Byrnes
D-Sc
National Resources Planning Board
Office of Government Reports
Committee On Personnel Management
Independent of
Adams
D-Cole
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Budget Bureau
Italy's Military Budget Readiness For Anything
Premier Mussolini's cabinet approved a war swollen 1940 41 budget of about 1 745 000 000 dollars with over 542 000 000 dollars allocated to the armed forces. A February 15 loan was announced to cover a near 300 000 000 dollar deficit as Italy braces for possible spread of war. The plan expands the full year budget to about 275 000 000 dollars above the current year. The state mobilization and arms costs, along with Ethiopia colonization Albania development and self sufficiency aims, push expenditure higher as Ettore Muti warns arms may be needed at any moment.
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Richard G. Maslock
Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Fascist
Ettore Muti
Ethiopia
Albania
Riot at Michigan Reformatory Involves 1400 Inmates
Inmates at the Michigan reformatory near Sonia rioted late today sending guards armed with rifles and tear gas bombs to restore order after about an hour. Deputy Warden Edward C. Good reported 50 shots fired with no injuries and noted the disturbance began as inmates returning from the dining hall complained about the superintendent.
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Sonia
Mich
Michigan Reformatory
Edward C. Good
Good
Balkan Leaders Confer Again on Balkan Entente Issues
Romanian Foreign Minister Grigore Gafencu and Yugoslav counterpart Alexander Cincar Markovic met near the frontier to discuss Balkan Entente problems ahead of the Belgrade meeting set for February 2. Unofficial reports say Cincar-Markovic urged Romania to adopt a softer stance toward Hungary to foster closer cooperation amid shared concerns. Hungary is not part of the Entente, which includes Romania Yugoslavia Turkey and Greece.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Europe
Grigore Gafencu
Alesander Cinear-Markovic
Carol II
Paul
Belgrade
Cincar-Markovic
Gafencu
Romania
Hungary
Turkey
Greece
Transylvania
Bombers Hit Southern Finland as Helsinki Escapes
Soviet bombers raided southern Finland reaching Turku while Helsinki avoided bombs though alarms rang four times. Finnish forces repelled Russian assaults on the Karelian Isthmus and near Lake Ladoga as Swedish volunteers claimed several air battle victories.
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Helsinki
Finland
Turku
Karelian
Lake Ladoga
Taipale
Arctic Circle
High Command
Stockholm
Trust Busters Target Musicians Union in Antitrust Probe
U S government trustbusters weigh action against the American Federation of Musicians. Radio industry charges claim monopolistic practices and paid for unneeded musician salaries. The issue centers on contract expiry and a threatened walkout that did not occur.
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New York
American Federation of Musicians
William F. Green
American Federation of Labor
Thurman Arnold
U. S. Justice Department
Justice Department
Musicians Union
Anti-Trust Division
Washington
Probes On Musicians Union Under Study
Investigators said no decision yet on prosecuting the case due to limited staff available for anti trust work. The anti trust unit was already busy with the New Deal country wide drive.
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New Deal
Finnish Forces Win on Salla Front as Russians Fall
On the Salla front near Kemijarvi Finnish ski patrols trapped and killed seven Russians in a farmhouse ambush during darkness. The scene showed a wider Russian force of about 45,000 in the sector retreating toward Salla village as Finnish defenses remained intact.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Salla
Kemijarvi
Sulla
Markajarvi
Thieving Finns Hear War Threats
An Moscow wavelength announcer in Finnish warned of war unless Finland returned weapons seized from Red Army troops at Suomussalmi. The claim says guns and tanks captured by Finns followed destruction of Soviet divisions 163 and 44. The invasion reportedly began without a formal declaration of war.
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Copenhagen
Moscow
Russia
Red Army
Suomussalmi
A and T College to Dedicate Two New Buildings
Greensboro January 20 Two new buildings at A and T College cost about 237000 will be dedicated tomorrow. President Frank P. Graham of the University of North Carolina will be principal speaker.
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Greensboro
A. and T
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Japan plans new China government to influence U S treaty
Washington reports Japan readies Wang Ching-Wei to head a new Nanking regime in occupied China to win Western recognition. Officials doubt Washington will accept the move, fearing it delays a Japan U S commercial treaty and complicates Far Eastern policy.
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Andrue Berding
Washington
Japan
United States
China
Wang Ching-Wei
Nanking
New China
Yangtze River
Grieved Senate Plans State Funeral for Borah
The grieving Senate voted for a state funeral for William E. Borah after his death from a cerebral hemorrhage at age 74. President Roosevelt and top officials will attend the 12 30 p m service, with ten senators to escort the body to Boise Idaho for a rotunda tribute and burial.
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William B. Ardery
Washington
Senate
William E. Borah
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
House
Barney Phillips
Garner
Borah
Clark
D-Ida
Boise
Idaho
Vanguard
Clark Ofdaho
Austin
Vermont
Lodge
Massachusetts
Nye
North Dakota
Vandenberg
Michigan
White
Maine
Pittman
Nevada
O'Mahoney
Wyom
Young Republicans to Hold Annual Convention February 12
Greensboro report states the state convention of Young Republicans will meet February 12 in Greensboro. Edwin M. Stanley president announces S. A. Delapp of Lexington will deliver the keynote address. Lincoln Day Dinner that night features Senator Robert A Taft of Ohio as principal speaker.
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Greensboro
Edwin M. Stanley
S. A. Delapp
Lexington
Young Republicans
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Simmons pays tribute to Borah in Senate colleague remarks
Former Senator F. M. Simmons mourns the death of Senator Borah in New Bern. He calls Borah one of the ablest men he served with, noting that he was universally liked and will be greatly missed.
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Simmons
Borah
New Bern
F. M. Simmons
Senate
Churchill Urges Neutral States to Unite with Britain and France
London dispatch reports Winston Churchill branding Europe’s neutral nations fear ridden and urging unified action with Britain and France to speed the war against Nazi Germany. He warned that if neutrals refuse, small states would be devoured by Nazidom or Bolshevism as the war expands.
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London
Europe
Winston Churchill
Britain
France
Hitler
Admiralty
United States
Churchill
League of Nations
Blythe Named Campaign Director for McNutt in North Carolina
State Senator Joe L. Blythe will lead the pre convention drive for Paul V. McNutt in North Carolina. Oscar R. Ewing announced Blythe’s appointment in New York, praising Blythe as an effective organizer and popular figure capable of uniting Democrats in the state for the presidential bid.
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Charlotte
Joe L. Blythe
Paul V. McNutt
Oscar R. Ewing
McNutt
New York
Blythe
North Carolina
Fruit industry reels as cold weather devastates crops
Wintry conditions lash the Southeast and Southwest with subfreezing temps across 27 states. Florida citrus and Georgia cabbage suffer potential losses while smudge fires are lit to guard orchards and fields. Forecasters warn the wave will persist with some relief in the Northeast and New England.
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Associated Press
Deep South
Florida
Weather Bureau
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Midwest
New England
Greenville
Satan's Kingdom
Conn
Pope Praises Roosevelt Peace Efforts
The Vatican expresses grateful joy over President Roosevelt’s push for peace and notes obstacles from opposing forces. Pope Pius X welcomes Myron C Taylor as peace envoy, urges a united Christian-humanitarian approach, and calls for clear leadership and reverence for life’s divine precepts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pius X
Friends of Peace
Myron C. Taylor
Taylor
United States Steel and
Dirtor
Florence
Italy
Florida
R Velt
Messag
North Amercan Federation
Apostolic Vatican Palace
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