RAF Pounds Troops and Bases In Night and Day Bombing
London dispatch reports day and night air attacks against axis targets from French coast troops to oil refineries near Venice. Night raids hit Brest Le Havre Lorient Ostend and Porto Marghera Regensburg and other sites while daylight strikes aimed to disrupt Nazi invasion plans and morale along the channel coast.
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French
Venice
Royal Air Force
ONDON
C.P
air ministry
Brest
Le Havre
Lorient
Porto Marghera
Italy
Regensburg
Ostend
channel
Britain
Italian Shakeup in Albania Names Cavallero to Lead
Rome reports Italy relieves Gen Ubaldo Soddu for ill health and assigns Gen Ugo Cavallero to command Italian troops in Albania amid Greek attacks. Cavallero also remains chief of staff after Badoglio resigns. Greek offensives on the southern Albanian front continue as Stefani notes local actions.
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ROME
Mussolini
Ugo Cavallero
Albania
Ubaldo Soddu
Greece
Cavallero
Italy
eleventh army
Albana
King Receives Harry Hopkins at Buckingham Palace
London reports that Harry Hopkins, Roosevelt's emissary, was received by the King at Buckingham Palace for over thirty minutes. The King also hosted Prime Minister Churchill and Viscount Halifax with Lady Halifax for luncheon, with Charles Peake of the Foreign Office present to accompany Halifax to Washington.
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LONDON
Harry Hopking
Roosevelt
Britain
Buckingham Palace
Churchill
Viscount Halifax
United States
Lady Halfax
Charles Peake
foreign office
Lord Halifax
Washington
The Left Hand Corner Defense of European Turkey
Military experts say the Left Hand Corner could mount a strong defense with short frontiers and formidable barriers. The National Geographic Society bulletin notes European Turkey spans less than New Hampshire with about 1.2 million people, Istanbul housing 750,000 amid Bosphorus and Dardanelles fortifications. An ancient trade route from Istanbul to Adrianople now links to Sofia and Belgrade, Adrianople’s 6,000 residents making it the region’s second largest town.
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National Geographic Society
Europe
Turkey
New Hampshire
Istanbul
Bosphorus
Dardanelles
Adrianople
Sofia
Belgrade
Britain Prepares Strike Major Blow In Ethiopia
South Africa’s Jan Smuts said 1941 will see Africa cleared of the enemy from Ethiopia to the Mediterranean and pledged full use of resources to that end. He noted South Africa has built up an army and production to support action, signaling a major forthcoming blow in Ethiopia.
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Africa
Ethiopia
Somaliland
Smuts
C.P.Reuters
South Africa
British Somaliland
Jan Smuts
Mediterranean
HAROLD FAIR
LONDON
C P. Cable
Britain
London Fire Raid Ends After 33 Hours of Fire Bombing
German warplanes struck London in a massive fire raid last night with hundreds of civilians aiding fire crews to smother incendiaries and extinguish flames. The attack ended before midnight. casualties were described as not heavy though several killed or injured. Bodies retrieved from a subway ruin. engineers and civilians persisted in searches for more victims.
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LONDON
C.P
England
Thames estuary
SOGN
fire brigade
Big British guns hauled 70 miles to Tobruk ring siege
Cairo Jan 13 British field guns moved from Bardia to Tobruk, boosting fire on outer fortifications and protecting vital wells. Forces cut off Giarabub outpost, while Italians inland faced water shortages as British artillery tightened siege around the Libyan seaport.
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BARDIA
TOBRUK
CAIRO
Giarabub oasis
Giarabub
Brave Australian sergeant directs fire in Bardia siege
Melbourne January 13 reports Sgt Lawson Wilson a Victorian who crouched in the open directing trench mortar fire from a direct line with Italian batteries at Bardia Libya. He remained 45 minutes under machine gun and mortar fire while field guns were silenced in one of the boldest acts of courage.
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MELBOURNE
Bardia
Libya
Lawson Wilson
Wilson
Italian Dead and Wounded At Bardia Did Not Exceed 2000
Cairo reporting estimates the Bardia garrison suffered 2,041 officers and 42,827 men captured or killed or wounded, with over 40,000 taken prisoner. Italian losses in the last month total about 83,500 dead wounded and imprisoned across five divisions and three Blackshirt brigades.
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Bardia
CAIRO
Tobruk
First Skirmish On Lease-Lend Scheme Won By U.S. House
The United States House of Representatives approved the lease lend bill's scheduling by leadership, defeating a military committee bid to take control. Speaker Rayburn assigned the measure to the foreign affairs committee, clearing the way for hearings with State Secretary Hull as the first witness. The vote came without debate and marks the initial congressional clash over Britain aid legislation.
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WASHINGTON
United States administration
Britain
house of representatives
Sam Rayburn
foreign affairs committee
house
congress
Sal Bloom
Dem
New York
the
for
eign affairs
Hull
Andrew May
Kentucky
Hall
Rayburn
Wendell L. Willkie
senate
Walker Named Leader of Alberta Independents
Edmonton January 13. J H Walker of Raymond, MLA for Warner, was selected as house leader by 18 Independent members in a caucus surprise. Four rivals were named for leadership including D M Duggan Edmonton Andrew Davison Calgary Alfred Speakman Red Deer and George MacLachlan Clyde. Continued on rate three.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Alberta
J. H. Walker
Raymond
Warner
Walker
house
D. M. Duggan
Conservative party
Andrew Davison
Calgary
Alfred Speakman
Red Deer
Progressive
Ottawa
George MacLachlan
Clyde
United Farmers of Alberta
House Leader Jas W Walker Named At Edmonton Caucus
Independent member for Warner Jas W Walker of Raymond chosen as group house leader during the independent caucus meeting held in Edmonton. The session focused on party unity and strategy as regional representatives gathered to set legislative priorities.
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JAS. W. WALKER
Raymond
Warner
Edmonton
Increased RAF daylight raids show rising striking power
Canadian Press staff writer Guy Rhoades reports that stronger RAF activity and easing enemy raids on Britain suggest British war production is reaching a level enabling more aggressive offensives. The article notes more fighters used in cross-channel raids, implying higher output or strategic defense shifts, as high command weighs risks to frontline fighters.
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GUY RHOADES
Royal Air Force
Britain
channel
London
German minister meets Bulgarian leaders amid Tass denial
German minister Von Richtofen met Premier Bogdan Philoff and Foreign Minister Ivan Popoff in Sofia as conferences were seen as key after Tass denied the USSR gave Nazis a free hand in Bulgaria.
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SOFIA
Bulgaria
A.P
Von Richtofen
Bogdan Philoff
Ivan Popoff
Tass
U.S.S.R
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