Darlan Heads New French Cabinet Triumvirate
Vichy France reorganizes the cabinet with Admiral Jean Darlan General Charles Huntinger and Pierre-Etienne Flandin forming a triumvirate under Chief of State Philippe Petain Baudouin resigns as secretary of state for the presidency of the council. Petain assigns press services to Baudouin.
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Petain
Robert Okis
Vichy
France
Jean Derlan
Charles Hunteiger
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Philippe Petain Peaul Baudouin
Darian
Interior Department
Huntinger
Defense
Plan of Foreign and Economic Affairs
Marcel Pepyrouton
Justice
Raphael Aliday
Vkdo
Derian
Amadouin
Ippe Petain
Baudouinn
Lavale
Council
IM14
Ie Petain
Ias
Jones Opposes WPA Funds Slashing in Louisiana Letter
Governor Sam Jones urged Louisiana's new and returning federal lawmakers to oppose cuts to Work Projects Administration appropriations. In a Hot Springs dictated missive, he warned that unemployment remains high in Louisiana, floods and rains have increased WPA load, and no defense industries have been allotted to offset downturn.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Louisiana
National Senate
House of Representatives
Hot Springs
Ark
Army and Navy Hospital
Youth Confesses He Slew Aged Man Stanton Mich
Benjamin Perrien a 73 year old Clear Lake farmer was found shot to death in his home. A 13 year old boy signed a statement admitting the killing after his dog found an empty shotgun shell in a snow bank. Perrien was shot in the back by a shotgun charge. The boy said Perrien was mean to him and the case was referred to juvenile court.
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Stanton. Mich
Benjamin Perrien
Clear Lake
Chris Hansen
Montcalmo County
Perrien
Sylvia
Hansen
Britain asks for more U S destroyers in war at sea
London reports Britain seeks additional United States destroyers and cargo ships to replace losses and protect Atlantic routes. Officials say destroyers are key to hunting submarines and surface raiders as RAF bombers target Bremen.
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London
Britain
United States
Royal Ai Force
Luftwaffe
Lord Halifax
Washington
Atlantic
Bremen
Emden
Four Killed and Seven Hurt in Arkansas Crash
Four people died and at least seven were injured when a WPA personnel transport truck overturns at a highway intersection west of Clarendon Arkansas. The truck carried 29 workers to a road project. driver T J Walford was unhurt. Passengers in a car involved were not seriously injured.
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Clarendon
Ark
WPA
Here
Bern Mauck
Ed Oliver
C. E Evans
Jim Kennedy
James Malone
Monroe
Malone
T. J. Walford
Louise Cox
Holly Grove
Sonny” Browning
Roosevelt Plans Massive Build of 200 Merchant Vessels
President Roosevelt announced steps to begin building about 200 merchant ships of roughly 7,500 tons each. The total cost is estimated at 300 to 350 million dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sidelines on Congress A New Session Opens
Washington notes the 77th Congress convenes with 435 House members from 48 states. Many are first term, including seven common surnames, and ten with Me as a prefix. Former members return as 13 lawmakers rejoin after gaps of two to twenty years.
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Congress
FBI Probes Rise Sharply in 1940 Defense Efforts
J Edgar Hoover told Congress defense investigations by the FBI surged tenfold from 1939 to 1940 with 16885 cases. He noted 270 plants surveyed by June and a goal to survey about 12000 establishments, stressing valuable cooperation with state police and military authorities and minimal sabotage compared with World War I.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Congress
Hoover
Defense
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
O. John Rogge
Community Chest Captain Accused in Embezzlement
New Orleans January 3. Regouffre, a Community Chest captain and school board employee, was charged with embezzling 177.86 dollars from the charity. District Attorney J Bernard Cocke said Regouffre signed a statement admitting the indebtedness.
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New Orleans
Regouffre
J. Bernard Cocke
Australian Forces Break Through Bardia Defenses
Cairo dispatch reports Australian troops with tanks broke into Bardia defenses as British siege tightens the Libyan port held by about 2,000 Italian defenders. Front-line movements also showed British mechanized units advancing toward Tobruk.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bardia
Rodolfo Graziani
Sidi Barranil
Libya
Tobruk
Foreign policy of Roosevelt to be fought
Washington reports an organized plan to challenge President Roosevelt's foreign policies as the new Congress opens. Senator Wheeler declares a national campaign against administration methods and a core group of at least 15 senators will speak out, with more expected. Senator Johnson backs Wheeler's push.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
Johnson
California
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hopkins to Europe as Roosevelt envoy for brief visit
President Roosevelt announced he would send Harry L. Hopkins to England as a personal representative until a new ambassador is chosen. Hopkins will have no official status or duties beyond maintaining direct contact with the British government and will depart soon for perhaps two weeks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Commerce
England
Hopkins
White House
WPA
Civil Works Program
Federal Relief Agency
New Congress Faces Grave Issues and Aid for Britain
Washington reports the new Congress convening amid grave international problems. Democrats support Sam Rayburn for speaker as Republicans back Joseph W. Martin while Roosevelt discusses a new legislative program with Senate and House leaders.
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Glass
House
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Mail Receipts Set High Mark at Monroe Postoffice
The Monroe postoffice reports 1940 set a new high for yearly receipts totaling 192264.84 compared to 181078.88 in 1939 a gain of 11185.96. December 1940 business reached 22364.31 versus 20581.19 in December 1939 with Yuletide card mail rising to 702430 cancellations from 678504 a year earlier.
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Monroe Postoffice
J. R. Wooten
Monroe
West Monroe
Yuletide
Amnesia victim Chester Davis found in woods near Tallulah
The body of Chester A. Davis, 59, missing from his brother W H Davis’s Tallulah home since December 24, was found by a Black hunter in the woods north of Tallulah. No foul play seen per Coroner Dr. Edgerton. Davis, from Houston, Mississippi, is survived by his widow, two daughters, three sisters, and two brothers. Funeral in Houston.
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Tallulah
Chester A. Davis
W. H. Davis
Houston
Miss
O. Edgerton
Davis
Jack Barnes
Gee Berry
Tupelo
S M. Hall
W. E. Blackburn
Forrest City
Ark
A. J. Mathews
Russellville
W. R. Davis
Fort Smith
Planes Search For Bomber Two Brave Pilots Across Texas
Navy planes hunt for a bomber crew after a blinding snowstorm forced five crew to bail out near Big Spring Texas. Lieutenant Murray Hanson and Ensign Robert B Clark stayed with the aircraft as two others died and three were injured, sparking a major west Texas search.
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Big Spring
Tex
San Diego
Calif
Texas
Pensacola
Navy
W. F. Percich
Friday Harbor
Wash
Murray Hanson
Alamogordo
N. M
Robert B. Clark
Pomona
Army
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Hanson
Clark
Happy Days Funeral Song for Circus Man Fisk
Circus veteran Code Fisk dies at 75 in Columbus Ohio. His funeral mood upbeat with orchestra and a red white sign instructing no crying and to laugh and talk. He wills burial in Wisconsin and leaves a $10 money order for his grandchildren to use for a show and to have a good time.
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Columbus. CO
Fisk
William
Waddell
Dode
Wonewoc
Wis
Bombing of Dublin Prompts Cabinet Session and Invasion Fear
Unidentified planes drop explosives on Dublin in daylight raids as soldiers fire at attackers overhead. Prime Minister Eamon de Valera calls a secret cabinet meeting amid rumors Germany may demand passports for its minister if bombings persist. London observers warn the attack signals Hitler’s plan for invasion prep and Ireland’s neutral stance is collapsing.
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Associated Press
Neutral Ireland
Eire
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
London
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Ireland
England
Sea Devil of World War II at Work Again
Survivors of two Norwegian ships sunk by a German raider report Count Felix von Luckner, the Sea Devil, is active in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. They say the Glengarry was used to reach the area, and von Luckner's crew fired on a Norwegian ship off Sumatra, sparing some prisoners and arranging returns with British and Norwegian help.
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Hong Kong
China
Felix von Luckner
Pacific
Indian Oceans
Hongkong
Sumatra
Copenhagen
von Luckner
Indian Ocean
Kebe
Scharnhorst
Norway
Democrats Hold Congress Control In U S Legislature
Washington dispatch reports the new Congress begins with Democrats continuing a strong majority. The House lists 268 Democrats, 162 Republicans, three Progressives, one American Labor, and one Farmer Labor member, close to the previous session. The Senate shows 66 Democrats, 28 Republicans, one Progressive, and one Independent.
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Washington
New House
Congress
Senate
Panocrats
Far
Labor
Sone
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Model Ends Life
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