Hoover Seeks Clear War Aid Powers From Congress
Former President Herbert Hoover urged the House foreign affairs committee to draft explicit powers for aiding Britain without entering war. In a letter to Sol Bloom he warned against broad interpretations of the bill and outlined issues such as navy ships and equipment transfers. He stressed unity and practicality in defining the aid measures.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Britain
Roosevelt
Sol Bloom
Hoover
Congress
Tobruk attack will increase as defense holds
British forces outside Tobruk tighten plan for a grand assault on the Libyan frontier. Tobruk's garrison of about 30 000 Tirie regulares holds a long line of fortifications as Big guns fire and patrols clash.
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Edward Kennedy
Tobruk
Libya
Teli
Bardia
Rodolfo Grazaani
Bengas
Britain reports low US dollar reserves for war needs
Washington January 16 Britain expects expenditures in mile notes will total 3 019 9 million in dollars while receipts from dollar exchange amount to 515 55 million, creating a deficit of 1 464 000. The reserve stood at 1 775 000 900 on January 1 leaving only 311 000 900 available for further war orders in the United States. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau presented the figures to the House Foreign Affairs Committee noting confusions about assets versus larger investments and detailing the breakdown of the 1 775 000 000 reserve including gold and American securities.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
House Foreign Affairs
Treasury
Morgenthau
Browder Case Before High Court
Washington Jan 16 The Supreme Court heard arguments in the Browder case the 1940 presidential nominee of the Communist party convicted of using a passport obtained by false statements Browder was sentenced to four years in prison and a $2000 fine The government said he had used several passports under different names in 1921 1927 and 1931 and presented the 1934 passport to prove citizenship after trips abroad The defense argued the statute covers foreign travel not reentry while the government maintained the clause aims to penalize misuse of a passport
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Washington
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Supreme Court
Browder
New York
Federal District Court
Federal Circuit Court
Justice Department
United States
Governors invited to meet aboard ship in New Orleans
Governor Frank Dixon announced that the Southern Governors conference is invited to meet aboard a ship in New Orleans February 5 to 7. He is polling governors on the dates and warned that state legislative sessions could make the timing unsuitable for a majority.
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Montgomery
Ala
Southern Governors’ Conference
New Orleans
Frank Dixon
Dixon
Tokyo press urges swift move in southward program
The Tokyo Press urged Japan to act decisively to push its southward program amid growing U S Japanese tensions in East Asia. It cited leaders and generals pressing War Minister Tojo to seize the moment as Indo China remains the keystone and warned Britain and the United States may drive anti Japanese responses.
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Tokyo
Japan
Tokyo Press
East Asia
Kokumin
Eiki Tojo
China
Prince Fiushimaro Konoye
Great Britain
Thailand
Hochi
United States
Britain
Yomiuri
America
Netherlands East Indies
Nichi Nichi
Planes at Orleans Damaged by Wind
An early morning gale in New Orleans blew three cabin monoplanes from their moorings at New Orleans airport and damaged them about 1000 dollars. The planes were blown against a fence by puffs from a wind of 16 miles an hour. Nearly a half inch of rain fell in an hour and cooler weather was forecast for tonight in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri Democrats Challenge Stark Veto Over Election Inquiry
In Jefferson City on January 16, Democratic leaders in the Missouri legislature challenged Governor Lloyd C. Stark's veto of a resolution authorizing an investigation of election returns. Stark, a Democrat, blocked a partisan committee aimed at examining fraud and vote buying in the November contest that elected Forrest Donnell over Lawrence McDaniel. The move to appeal for an Attorney General opinion followed Stark's veto, as Democrats press to seat the winner and proceed with a legal contest.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Forrest Donnell
Lloyd C. Stark
Stark
Donnell
Lawrence McDaniel
Assembly
St. Louisan
Roy McKittrick
McKittrick
L. N. Searcy
Lindbergh denies No Foreign War membership
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh stated he cooperated with groups opposing U.S. entry to the war in Europe but has no connection with the No Foreign War committee or its successor. He says he never joined or funded the committee and believes entering the war would be disastrous.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Europe
Associated Press
Huntington, Long Island
Washington
St. Louis
Bombers Hit Wilhelmshaven In Heaviest Night Raid
British R A F bombers attacked Wilhelmshaven in a four hour strike described as the heaviest and most successful raid on the port. Fire raged across the harbor area as pilots reported covering thousands of square yards with flames and damage.
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London
Wilhelmshaven
Air Ministry
Hitler
High Command
Naval Station
National commission urged to guide spiritual life of service members
The army and navy chaplains general committee asked President Roosevelt to create a national commission on the spiritual life of American service men. Led by Dr. Rufus W. Weaver the group cites a religious crisis as millions of youths enter military camps and defense work. They urge the president to head the proposed commission.
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Washington
General Committee On Army and Navy Chaplains
Roosevelt
Rufus W. Weaver
America
CCC
Jones Plans to Go to Washington for Roosevelt Inauguration
Baton Rouge Jan 16 Governor Sam Jones held talks with department heads at the executive mansion before departing for Washington for President Roosevelt's inauguration. Mrs Jones will accompany him. Lt Governor Marc M Mouton, who acted as state chief executive, continued receiving callers as Jones rested in Hot Springs.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Executive Mansion
Washington
Roosevelt
Statehouse
National Capital
Jones
Marc M. Mouton
Hot Springs
Ark
Capitol
Governor Jones
Alot Springs
Southampton Cruiser Sunk After Mediterranean Air Attack
British officials said the 9100 ton cruiser Southampton was sunk after fire and damage during a raid by German dive bombers and Italian planes off Sicily. Most crew were saved, and earlier communiques noted damage to the carrier Illustrious and destroyer Gallant in the same action. The submarine Pandora also reported in the same admiralty update.
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London
Mediterranean
Southampton
Sicily
Illustrious
Gallant
Admiralty
Pandora
Naval Reserve to Wage War on Influenza
Berkeley Calif January 16 The American naval reserve unit mobilizes for an influenza battle with Lab Research Unit No 1 of twenty scientists led by Commander Dr A P Krueger The project receives support from the Navy Rockefeller Foundation Medical Research and the University of California Medical School and will test the Rockefeller vaccine on naval personnel for more exacting influenza studies
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Berkeley
Calif
Navy
Naval Reserve
Navy Department
Rockefeller Foundation For Medical Research
University of California Medical School
Washington
Knox
Rockefeller
University
A. P. Krueger
Medical School
Rockefeller Foundation
Four Americans Freed by Spain After Captivity
Four American citizens freed from Spanish captivity arrived in the United States aboard the S Excalibur. The group includes Manuel Brana of Jersey City, Cassino Gonzalez now of Cuba, Joseph Fernandez of Luke Maryland, and Joseph De La Casa Barra with an unknown address. Eight others remain in Spanish camps with negotiations ongoing.
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Washington
Spain
Madrid Republic
United States
S. Excalibur
Manuel Brana
Kearney Avenue
Jersey City
N. J
Cassino Gonzalez
Arterisa
Cuba
Joseph Fernandez
Luke
Joseph de la Casa Barra
Abraham Lincoln
International Brigade
State Department
Strikers Return to Work at Eaton Plants Under Defense Plan
Detroit January 16 Strikers began returning to Eaton Manufacturing Company plants under a national defense driven peace plan. Four sympathy strikes reopened, a fifth at Saginaw prepared for rehiring mechanism. The C I O U A W and company reached a settlement 36 hours after federal conciliator Dewey demanded cessation and reopening of closed plants. John R. Steelman would appoint an arbiter to decide individual rehiring questions.
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Detroit
Eaton Manufacturing Company
National Defense
Saginaw
Mid
C. I. O.united Automobile Workers
James F. Dewey
Defense
Battle Creek
Marshall, Mich
Cleveland
A. F. L.-United Automobile Workers
United States Department of Labor
J. O. Eaton
van Wagoner
Washington
Providence Electric Strike Averts Walkout By Arbitration
Governor McGrath announced that Narragansett Electric Company and its union workers agreed to arbitrate less than four hours before a planned strike. The utility serves about 500000 people in Providence and surrounding areas as negotiators move to resolve the dispute.
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Providence
R. 1
Narragansett Electric Company
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
Negro Killed by New Orleans Detective After Escape
Wil bert Moore, 37, a suspected killer linked to a 1930 police death, was shot and killed by Detective William Grosch in New Orleans after Moore allegedly struck the officer with handcuffs during a struggle near Kenner while authorities pursued the gun Moore was accused of using.
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New Orleans
Wilbert Moore
William Grosch
Moore
Detroit
Grosch
Andrew Arnold
Kenner
Lester Johnson
Stimson warns of air invasion risk if Britain loses naval war
Secretary Stimson told the House foreign affairs committee that the United States faces high danger of air invasion if Britain’s navy is destroyed or surrendered. He said the army might repel 50 000 invading troops, while air forces would play a key role in any attack.
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Washington
Stimson
Fish
United States Army
House group approves money for 400 ships
The House naval committee unanimously backed a $99 million request to fund 400 new ships for the navy and a broad expansion of shipbuilding and ordnance plants. The action lifts naval outlays in 24 hours to $1.209 billion, with further funds expected by supplemental bills.
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Washington
Jan
House Naval Committee
Navy
Samuel M. Robinson
Bureau of Ships
Great Lakes
Robinson
Vinson
Democrat
Georgia
Congress
Naval Academy
Accidental Shooting Fatal to Branch Melder in Louisiana
A coroner's jury in Alexandria finds Branch Melder aged 30 died accidentally from a firearm discharge by Horace Rhame while they hunted squirrels yesterday. Rhame said the gun discharged as he lifted it to his shoulder and Melder did not speak after being shot in the back. Melcher lived near Forest Hill in Rapides Parish.
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Alexandria
Branch Melder
Horace Rhame
Rhame
Melcher
Forest Hill
Rapides Pare Ish
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