Britain to Run Out of Cash for War Purchases in Autumn
Washington reports a preliminary U S treasury audit finds Britain will exhaust cash to pay for arms by early autumn next year. Detailed balance sheets are being studied to assess Britain’s ability to cover future orders and timing of cash exhaustion. President Roosevelt proposes U S long term aid options including lending or leasing future war materials with no dollar price barrier. About 3 billion dollars of material could be lent or leased under play authoritative sources said.
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United States
Great Britain
Britain
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Congress
London
British Treasury
British Empire
Raiders in Far East report Nazi naval activity in Indian Ocean
Travelers returning to Hong Kong say British shipping crews receive wartime bonuses for danger from Nazi raiders. German raiders and ships believed to be aiding them operated near Kobe and Shanghai, with several Norwegian vessels sunk. Empress of Asia altered course and zigzagged, while British naval sources gave no comment.
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Shanghai
Hong Kong
India
Indian Ocean
Kobe
Japan
Ole Jacobs
Rockefeller Brothers Fund organized to handle family charity
Albany reports the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc is chartered with five Rockefeller family members named as initial directors. The charity aims to apply income and possibly principal to charitable purposes, with 3 to 8 directors, operating mainly in the United States and possessions. Initial directors include John D. Rockefeller III Nelson A. Rockefeller Laurance S. Rockefeller David Rockefeller and Winthrop Rockefeller.
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Albany
N. Y
Rockefellers
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc
United States
John D. Rockefeller
Nelson A
Laurance S
David Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Winthrop Rockefeller
New York City
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Torpedo Damage Hits Azores Beachfront Homes
A submarine of unidentified nationality fired a torpedo today in the Azores near Punta Delgada. The torpedo struck the beach near Santa Maria, damaging several houses while the ship, flying a Panamanian flag, escaped back into harbor without incident.
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Azores
Santa Maria
Ten Outstanding Young Women of the United States Named
In Babson Park Florida on December 28 a committee led by Helena B Watts named ten outstanding young American women for 1940. The list includes Mildred H McAfee Helen Hayes Clare Boothe Marion Harroon Marian Anderson Anne Lindbergh Helene Dunbar Deanna Durbin Carlson McCullers Alice Marble and others with no age limit set though all born after 1900.
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Helena B. Watts
Webber College
Roger W. Babson
Financial School For
Mildred H. McAfee
Wellesley College
Helen Hayes
Clare Boothe
Marion Janet Harroon
United States Board of Tax Agents
Marian Anderson
Anne Lindbergh
Wer
Helene Flanders Dunbar
Columbia University
American Medical Association
American Psychiatric Association
Deanna Durbin
Carlson McCullers
Alice Marble
Sinking of the Charles Pratt Tanker Near Freetown
Captain Blomquist reports the Standard Oil tanker Charles Pratt with 42 crew aboard sank off West Africa near Freetown. Only two sailors were lost. 20 survivors were noted, including Arthur Duffy and Patrick Dougherty. Unclear whether torpedoed or sunk by accident.
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Standard
Charles Pratt
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
London
Eric R. Blomquist
Arthur Duffy
Wiper
Patrick Dougherty
Duffy
Bayonne
N. J
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Philadelphia
Standard Oil
Freetown
Panama Transport Company
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Roosevelt
Aruba
Netherlands Island
Venezuela
British-Mexican Petroleum Company
American Student Union urges US cooperation with Soviet China
Herbert Witt national executive secretary calls for cooperation by the United States with the Soviet Union and China as a better guarantee for the preservation of peace and the victory of democracy addressing the annual convention.
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New York
Herbert Witt
American Student Union
United States
Soviet Union
China
Neac
SINK FIVE VESSELS
Berlin reports the sinking of four armed British merchant ships totaling 24 840 tons and a fifth of 12 329 tons named Waiotira credited to two German submarines. A German scout plane dropped bombs on a merchant ship east of the Thames mouth. German warplanes bombed London, and long range guns fired at shipping in the English Channel. Three British planes were shot down in the North Sea during raids.
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High Command
Thames
Mackay
London
France
English Channel
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North Sea
Swastika Flag Flashed by Raider Off Nauru
Melbourne reports a sea raider attacked the British mandate island of Nauru at dawn. The vessel hoisted the Nazi swastika after downing the Japanese flag and fired on stores and fuel tanks while sparing private houses. Nauru, with about 3500 residents, was a former German possession.
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Australia
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William M. Hughes
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Crash Victims Identified in Oklahoma Wreck
Identification by patrolmen confirms man from Oak Park Illinois and woman from Hollywood California died in a fiery crash on U S highway 66 north of Claremore Oklahoma. Stoddard’s body to be sent to Chicago funeral home Musgrove. Mrs Hoffman had been visiting her daughter in Oak Park and responded to a newspaper ad for a travel companion.
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Okla
Here
Stanley W. Stoddard
Oak Park
Ill
Edward Hoffman
Hollywood
Fred Sherman
Chicago
Musgrove
Stoddard
Begs in Full Dress Suit Sparks Seattle Panhandling Tale
A man described as a jail guest panhandled door to door in a full dress coat and silk trimmed pants. He told Sergeant Martin Hanson that with a derby hat and white gloves no one would refuse a request for money, claiming people would bow and give him cash instead of asking for labor.
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Seattle
CPI
Martin Hanson
Theatres Next Week Showings With Notables
A slate of film bills includes Four Mothers with Priscilla Lane Rosemary Lane Lola Lane and Gale Page for three days starting Sunday. Chad Hanna with Henry Fonda Linda Darnell and Dorothy Lamour for four days. Ted North plays Lamour’s enamorato. The Bank Dick with W C Fields Una Merkle and Richard Purcell for three days. This Thing Called Love with Rosalind Russell Melvyn Douglas for four days. Three Cheers for the Irish with Priscilla Lane Thomas Mitchel and Dennis Morgan plus One Crowded Night for three days. New Year’s Eve Henry Goes Arizona with Frank Morgan and Virginia Weidler. Here Comes The Navy with James Cagney Pat O’Brien for four days and The Ranger and the Lady with Roy Rogers Gabby Hayes.
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Rosemary
Lola Lane
Gale Page
Chad Hanna
Henry Fonda
Linda Darnell
Dorothy Lamour
K. A
Hollywood
Ted North
Lamour
Enamorato
Priscila Lane
Thomas Mitchel
Dennis Morgan
The
Navy
James Cagney
Pat O’brien
Ranger
Lady
Roy Rogers
Gabby Hayes
Germans reuse British sub Seal in operations against England
Berlin reports the German navy has recommissioned the former British submarine Seal, a 2000 ton undersea minelayer captured afloat in the North Sea last May 5. The vessel, with a crew of about 55, was reportedly overdue and presumed lost by the British.
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Berlin
DNB
England
North Sea
Admiralty
Jane’s Fighting Ships
Civic groups fund luxury for Kansas City guardsmen
Nine clubs adopted a company and presented a luxury fund totaling 775 dollars to ensure soldiers stationed at camp enjoy better recreation and comfort.
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Kansas City
National Guardsmen
Stockmen to Discuss Quarter Horse at Livestock Convention
Dan Casement, Riley county stockman, will speak at the American National Livestock Association convention opening January 7 at Fort Worth Texas. The 110th engineers to be used for motion picture rental and gym equipment purchases at Camp Robinson Arkansas are noted.
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Ark
Denver
Dan Casement
Riley County
Kan
Stockman
American National Livestock Association
Fort Worth
Tex
Ted Wear Leaves Topeka Journal for State Placement
Ted Wear, longtime reporter and editor at the Topeka State Journal since 1925, will leave the paper Monday to join the Kansas Industrial Development commission. A Kansas University graduate, Wear has served as city editor and telegraph editor in recent years.
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Ted Wear
Topeka State Journal
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Wear
Kansas University
Journal-World Classifieds Readers And Get Results
Classified page readers and advertisers report effective results as the Journal-World continues to publish daily listings. Local buyers and sellers connect through categories of jobs, real estate, vehicles, and items for sale with quick responses and steady circulation.
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