Germans Bombarded Cardiff and Bremen In War Time Raids
German bombs hit Cardiff port in Wales and Bremen in north Germany as RAF and German forces engage across multiple fronts. Dublin and Ypres suffer renewed raids and siege actions continue at Bardia as Allied ships face shipping losses. High command notes fires and local actions, while UK seeks U.S. destroyers to guard convoys.
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Hitler
Bremen
Emden
Dublin
Southern Ireland
Eire
Britain
London
Great Britain
U. S
Lord Halifax
Washington
Albania
North
Africa
Bardia
Libya
Roosevelt Plans 200 Merchant Vessels for Nation
President Roosevelt announced steps to start building about 200 merchant vessels of 7,500 tons each, costing 300 to 350 million dollars. He declined to specify potential yard locations or whether the program would aid Britain, and said a steel industry production feasibility report would be ready in two to three days.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Britain
Mr. Roosevelt
Sea Devil Again On Prowl In Pacific Ocean War
Norwegian survivors, en route home via Hongkong, claim Count Felix von Luckner’s Sea Devil is attacking shipping in the Pacific and Indian oceans. They recount the Glengarry seizure near Copenhagen and say the German commander apologized for firing on their ship.
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Hongkong
China
Felix von Luckner
Pacific
Indian Oceans
Sumatra
Glengarry
Copenhagen
Six Negro Convicts Escaped Then Recaptured Near Camp
Six convicts escaped from a state road camp near Mountain City at 8 a m and were recaptured three hours later near the camp. They overpowered guard George S. Barger of Kingsport and took his pistol and shotgun. The men, described as dangerous, were serving sentences from three to ten years for various offenses.
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Kingsport
Mountain City
George S. Barger
Hopkins to Britain envoy for Roosevelt's personal mission
President Roosevelt disclosed that he is sending Harry L. Hopkins, former Secretary of Commerce, to England soon as his personal representative until a new ambassador is chosen. Hopkins will travel to Britain to handle diplomatic missions and represent the U.S. at high level discussions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Commerce
England
Sub Torpedoed Off Vichy Route In World War II
The French submarine Sfax and the oil tanker Rhone were torpedoed on December 19 by an undetermined nation’s warship while traveling from Casablanca to Dakar in French West Africa.
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Vichy
France
Naval Ministry
Sfax
Rhone
Casablanca
Dakar
French West Africa
Protest Ordered as Dublin Bomb Attacks Continue
Dublin today faced renewed daylight raids as Germany pressed a new wave of attacks. Ireland’s government urged its charge d affaires in Berlin to lodge an energetic protest with the German government, signaling rising tensions amid 48 hours of sporadic bombings.
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Dublin
Government of
Neutral Ireland
Eire
Berlin
Marines blame incident on celebrating marine in cabaret
Japanese military officials counter that the December 30 arrest of five U S Marines in a cabaret was precipitated by a marine who grabbed a pipe from a Japanese, in an exchange over demands for an apology.
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Peiping
United States
Italian defense lines breached on Adriatic coast
Athens reports Italian defenses from Chimara to Klisura Tepeleni breached in places as fierce coastal and northern battles persist. Greek fronts say tanks destroyed on both sides with some Italian armor forced into headlong retreat. Weather remains severe and fighting continues with Greek units recovering bodies of 60 Italian soldiers in a mountain cavern turned hospital.
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Athens
Chimara
Adriatic
Klisura- Tepeleni
Albania
Pogradetz
Klisura
British Submarine Sinks Italian Sub
The admiralty credited the British submarine Thunderbolt with sinking an Italian submarine. Thunderbolt, formerly Thetis, sank June 1 1939 with 99 dead. later raised, reconditioned and renamed. Four of 103 aboard escaped with Davis apparatus. recovery occurred after five months. Government rejected leaving Thetis at sea bottom. One end of the enemy vessel was seen in the water before vanishing.
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Bardia
North Africa
Archibald P. Wavell
London
Admiralty
Thunderbolt
Cardiff
British Press Association
Ypres
77th Congress Opens With Defense and Britain Aid
Washington reports the seventy seventh Congress begins with the gravest international situation since 1917. Key issues are total defense and greater Britain aid, along with foreign policy. Domestic items include tax rises debt limits fiscal policy revisions Social Security Act changes and labor and agriculture program tweaks.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Norton Fire Damages Main Street Building in Norton
A fire on Main Street in Norton, Virginia, caused about 100000 dollars in damage to the Wise Hardware and Furniture Company building. The explosion reportedly blew out second floor windows. firefighters controlled the blaze by 10 p.m. The stock loss is estimated at 35000 dollars and the building at 65000 dollars. Salvage crews remove debris while origin remains undetermined.
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Norton
Main Street
Wise Hardware and Furniture Company
EF. S
Fred Fraley
Kingsport Fifth in State Postal Receipts 1940
Kingsport kept fifth in Tennessee total postal receipts for 1940, and first among upper East Tennessee cities. The year total reached 145,025.87 dollars, up 7,090.70 from 1939, a 5.14 percent gain. Memphis and Nashville led the state, with Nashville showing a notable jump. Other 1940 city totals included Memphis 2,907,823.94. Nashville 2,128,002.79. Chattanooga 879,412.00. Knoxville 754,000.08. Bristol 134,234.33. Jackson 128,803.00. Johnson City 122,431.81. Elizabethton 34,818.34.
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Tennessee
Kingsport
Upper East Tennessee
Nashville
Memphis
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Bristol
Tenn
Johnson City
Elizabethton
Jackson
Howard Long
Petain reshuffles French cabinet amid French leadership change
France announces the resignation of Paul Baudouin and installs Admiral Darlan General Huntziger and Pierre-Etienne Flandin in a new three man leadership under Petain. The move shifts control of defense foreign affairs and information services while Berlin weighs its reaction to possible collaboration efforts.
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Jean Darlan
Charles Huntziger
Pierre - Etienne Flandin
Philippe Petain
Paul Baudouin
Council
Admiral Darlan
Huntziger
Flandin
Jean Tixier Vignancourt
Marcel Peyrouton
Raphael Alibert
Darian
Beudouinn
Petain
Baudouin
Pierre Laval
Laval
Alibert
Peyrouton
Death Photo Shows Vic Meyer Death Crash Route
The image at the top shows the cockpit of the Taylorcraft mono type, carrying J. W. Vic Meyer to his death. An arrow marks the route he dragged himself free of the wreckage, suggesting he was nosing from the clouds when the plane hit the ground. Meyer, a popular aviation enthusiast and Tennessee Eastman employee, is shown above the wreckage.
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J. W. “Vic
Meyer
Arrow
Tennessee Eastman
Byers
Dennis Cove
Plane Plunges Into Mountain Near Hampton
J W Vic Meyer 36 year old Kingsport aviator died after his Taylorcraft nosed into Big Knob mountain nine miles east of Hampton. The wreckage found after 12 hours of search. Meyer died from head injuries not exposure. Weather heavy fog suspected. crash occurred during return from Charlotte wedding trip.
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J. W
Vic) Meyer
Kingsport
Carter County
Meyer
Big Knob Mountain
Hampton
Jack Bent
John Carter
Arvel DC Byers
Dennis Cove
Carter
Christmas Seals Tax Deduction Reminder Issued
Income taxpayers are reminded that money subscribed for Christmas seals may be deducted next spring on income tax returns. The Sullivan County Tuberculosis Association Christmas Seal Sale committee says contributors may deduct amounts shown under contributions to religious educational and charitable institutions. Specify the organization name and purpose when making the deduction.
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Sullivan County Tuberculosis Association
War May Decide Christianity Fate
Dr. J E Dillard of Nashville warned at a Baptist conference that the European war threatens civilization and liberty. He urged action before nations collapse, saying war is at our door and it is five minutes to twelve. Dr Ferguson of Fort Smith called this era one of careless drift and criticized the New Deal for focusing on recreation over spirituality.
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Memphis
J. E. Dillard
Nashville
The
Southern Baptist Convention
Baptist Training Union
de. B. Ferguson
Fort Smith
Ark
Arkansas
U S Navy Pilots Ride Out Storm
Two navy pilots Lieutenant Murray Hanson and Ensign Robert B. Clark guided a seaplane bomber to land on a small Texas lake during a blinding snow storm. Five crew members abandoned ship. one, W. F. Percich, was killed in the jump. Both pilots reportedly uninjured.
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San Diego
Cal
Navy
Corpus Christi
Tex
Naval Air Station
Murray Hanson
Robert B. Clark
Hartland, Texas
W. F. Percich
Friday Harbor
Wash
Hanson
Notice of Systematic Fight Against Roosevelt Policy
Washington reports a planned nationwide campaign against President Roosevelt's foreign policies as the new congress convenes. Senators Wheeler Johnson and Nye pledge to rally public support through speeches and advocacy, aiming to sway both houses and avert war by influencing the administration's European stance.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Wheeler
D-Mont
Montana
Johnson
Calif
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
American Foreign Legion
Nye
R-Nd
Administration
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Associated Press
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Dne
Balkan
Nechville
W. C
Punch) Clark
Nashville Trades and Labor Council
Farrell (Punch) Bufford
Sea Devil
von Luckner
Bulletins
Marines
America
Times’ State News Service
New York
Las Corp
Barb Asphaltems Budd Mfg & Celanese Corp
Chrysler Corp
Cyruisa Wright
Mortis Wright A
Eastroen Kodak
TBK
Ceneral Electric
Ceneral Foods
General Motors
Kennecott Corp
Kroger Krocery
Mead Corp i
Montgomery Ward
North American Co
Parker Beet
iPenney
Seney iPenn
Dixie Cement
Fenn-Dixie
Reynolds
Ind
Swift Intl
Texas Gulf
Trion Carbide
Unit Corp
Steel GT
Weet el
Mfr Woolworth
P. D
Charlotte
N. C
Hickory
U. S. Navy
Lil Lalo
Catton
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