Mexico and U S plan immediate military cooperation talks
The United States and Mexico will open formal negotiations immediately after President Roosevelt's inauguration to strengthen "good neighbor" ties and inter American defense collaboration. Francisco Castillo Najera and Sumner Welles will lead talks, aiming for a broad program of military and economic cooperation and to resolve outstanding issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Mexico
Mexico City
Francisco Castillo Najera
Sumner Welles
Willkie urges aid to Britain to defend liberty
Wendell L. Willkie told Americas Town Meeting of the Air that aid to Britain is essential. He warned that Britain’s collapse could end the free way of life in America and urged President Roosevelt to have full powers to act, while Norman Thomas warned the lease lend proposal risks dictatorship.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Great Britain
America
Roosevelt
Americas
Air
Norman Thomas
Britain
Franklin Roosevelt
Thomas
Frank Kingdon
Committee To
Mendoza Moving Slowly Northward
Porto Alegre Brazil Jan 17 Trailed by a British cruiser the French freighter Mendoza was reported moving slowly northward today safely inside Brazilian waters. Loaded with food for blockaded France the Mendoza idled at Rio Grande last night and then resumed her journey. The Rio Grande port captain said the cruiser Ericksen had replaced the British auxiliary Asturias as watch dog. Three times in the past week the Astias had forced the Mendoza to turn when attempting to leave Uruguay without a navicert.
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Porto Alegre
Brazil
Mendoza
France
Rio Grande
Ericksen
Asturias
Asrias
Uruguay
Supreme Court and Roosevelt in Harmony
Washington dispatch notes a thaw in relations between President Roosevelt and the Supreme Court after a rocky battle over court reorganization. Since 1936 Roosevelt allies have won major cases, with five of nine justices appointed by the administration and an aging bench averaging about 61. The piece ponders future retirements and possible further appointments as the president nears a potential third term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Douth
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Meyers
Congress
Willis van Devanter
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Army Air Corps Hunts for Missing B 24 Bomber
McChord Field Washington January 17 The Army Air Corps Western units mobilized to search four states for a missing twin motored B 24 bomber with seven aboard The aircraft departed McChord at 10 20 p m PST on a training flight to the Muroc bombing range in California It did not reach Sacramento radio contact was lost en route A storm affected northern California but commercial lines flew without difficulty Colonel Walter Peck announced plans for an air search extending east to Bend Oregon and south to Mount Shasta California with possible reach into Nevada
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Mcchord Field
Wash
Army Air Corps
Muroc
California
Mojave Desert
Sacramento
Nevada
Washington
Fe Ae
Hitler Threat To Romania Stirs Balkan Tensions
Belgrade reports indicate rising friction between Soviet Russia and Romania with rumors of Hitler moving to seize Romania and install a German protectorate. Rail traffic in Hungary is cut to European trains as German forces prepare to deploy 300000 troops.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Rumania
Adolf Hitler
Romania
Balkans
Bucovinea
Woman held in mate death freed on bond
Mrs. Dove Vinsel, 29, charged with murdering her year old husband Samuel Vinsel, was released on a $300 bond after a preliminary hearing before District Judge David J. Garrett. She testified she shot in self defense during a drunken assault at their home on Christmas night.
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Dove Vinsel
David J. Garrett
Vinsel
Sergeant Sergeant Puzzles MP Over Name at Camp Shelby
Miss Jan 17. In Mobile an army police officer questioned Edison y. Sergeant of Dover Ohio a first sergeant with Battery F 136th field artillery about his name during a bivouac. After a joke the sergeant proved his name to the headquarters.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Edison Y
Dover
Ohio
136Th Field Artillery
Mobile
Ala
New Defense Units For Louisiana Will Be Sought By Jones
Governor Sam Jones will seek new defense units for Louisiana in Washington next week. He will meet Navy officials and the defense commission to push for training units air bases shipyards and munitions industries. Plans include projects in Natchitoches Lake Charles and St Tamany parish and requests for housing funds to support rural urban and defense programs.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Sam Jones
Washington
Jones
New Orleans
National Defense Commission
G. T. Owen
Raymond H. Fleming
Army and Navy
Civil Aeronautical Authority
Public Works Administration
Housing Authority
Natchitoches
Lake Charlies
Gulf of Mexico
St. Tammany Parish
Lake Ponchartrain
Alexandria Army Training Area
Barksdale
Shreveport
Japan anger at Hull remarks sparks calls for nationwide protests
Tokyo reports bitter anti American comments as officials of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association convene to discuss a possible mass expression of public sentiment toward the United States attitude in the Far East. Hull warned risk to the U S would grow manyfold.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Far East
Cordell Hull
Imperial Rule Assistance Association
Fumimaro Konoye
Hull
United States House Foreign Affairs Committee
Germany
Italy
High Seas
Cabinet Information Bureau
Yosuke Matsuoka
Yomiuri
America
Inaugural Crowd Begins Arriving In Washington
Washington on January 17 saw the vanguard of the inaugural crowd arrive for Roosevelt's third inauguration weekend. Despite cold rain the public anticipates clear skies for Monday's ceremonies while organizers plan a simple program and gala with Chaplin Barrymore Eddy and Rooney volunteering.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles Chaplin
Ethel Barrymore
Nelson Eddy
Mickey Rooney
Navy head warns axis win would threaten U S fleet strength
Secretary Knox told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the United States navy would be heavily outnumbered by Axis fleets if British sea power falls. He said the two ocean navy would require six years to reach full strength and urged passage of the lend lease bill.
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Washington
Knox
Roosevelt
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Britain
Germany
Italy
Japan
South America
Europe
Ouachita Bank Holds Election At Annual Meeting
Ouachita National Bank directors reelected all officers at the annual meeting. F F Millsaps remains president with Sig Masur as vice president and W C Oliver as cashier. Stockholders reelected the full board of directors and the bank declared a 2.5 percent semiannual dividend.
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Ouachita National Bank
F. F. Millsaps
Sig Masur
Ben R. Downing
W. C. Oliver
T. C Standifer
J. W. Mitchell
West Monroe
T. C. Bancroft
Henry Bernstein, Jr
J. A. Biedenharn
Robert M. Breard, Jr
W. C. Faulk
Fred Fudickar
Murray Hudson
Albert Marx
F F. Millsaps
C. W. Wallace
R. C White
Millsaps
Four U S Officers Join British Mediterranean Fleet
Four United States naval officers have joined the British Mediterranean fleet to gather military data for the U S expansion program. Lt Cmdr James Fife Jr of Reno Nevada Lt Cmdr Kenneth P Hartman of Philadelphia Lt Cmdr John N Opie III of Long Beach Calif and Lt Cmdr Steadman Teller of Locust Valley N Y are with the fleet in the eastern Mediterranean and expect to join an aircraft carrier group. They aim to provide a comprehensive Mediterranean warfare picture to Washington naval authorities.
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United States
James Fife
Reno
Nev
London
Kenneth P. Hartman
Philadelphia
John N. Opie Ill
Long Beach
Calif
Mediterranean
Steadman Teller
Locust Valley
N. Y
Washington
Judge Cowan Bars Draftee Divorces in Court
Kansas City dispatch reports Judge Ray G. Cowan vows no divorces for draftees in his court during wartime. He suggests wives sign affidavits stating husbands are not in the armed forces and warns of fraud penalties for false claims. He notes service members enjoy civil-suit immunity, complicating service for divorce actions.
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Kansas City
Ray G. Cowan
Cowan
The
Disabled American Veterans
Army
Navy
Marine
Air Corps
Wallace warns need for crop adjustments amid war pressures
Henry A. Wallace in his final report as secretary of agriculture says war and nationalism will force large scale shifts in crop production. He urges reductions in cotton wheat tobacco and other exports and calls for overhauling farm programs and price policies to separate surplus from normal supply and adjust output to market needs.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Abducted 13 Month Old Found Safe After Sleigh Storm
In Boston on January 17 a 13 month old girl abducted from her second floor bedroom during a sleet storm was found 15 minutes later in a neighbor’s yard. She was wrapped in a blanket and nightgown, guarded against pneumonia. Mrs. Mery Havlin identified a suspect woman. Neighbor Richard Sheehan and his mother aided the recovery and a doctor treated the infant.
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Boston
Mery Havlin
Joan Marie
British Bomber Blitz Hits Nazi Bases and Italian Front
Allied daylight raids across the Channel hit German bases along the French coast and a major naval center at Wilhelmshaven. Greek reports claim gains on the Tepeleni front in Albania as Italy suffers severe losses, with about 70 000 Italian casualties reported. Malta repelled a heavy Axis dive bombing raid with limited damage.
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Associated Press
Strait of Dee Ver
Tepeleni
Italy
Channel
Calais- Boulogne
Bristol
England
Wilhelmshaven
Malta
Island Citadel
Mediterranean
Royal Air Force
Madison Parish Backs Food Stamp Plan Rollout
The Madison parish police jury voted to sponsor the food stamp plan with surplus administration officials. The plan, expected to begin March 1, will be rolled out in northeast Louisiana parishes as nine parishes have been approved. Nathan P. Dodge and Harry Freeman, officials of the surplus marketing administration, explained the program.
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Tallulah
Madison Parish
Nathan P. Dodge
Dallas
Harry Freeman
New Orleans
Surplus Marketing Administration
State Welfare Department
Louisiana
Washington
News-Star—World
Newt V. Mills
RAF Leader Promises Path to Victory in Coming Year
In Glasgow Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair told a speech the Royal Air Force will blaze the way to victory in the coming year. He said the RAF would strike heavier blows on Germany and Italy and that new aircraft forms would follow the eight gun fighter, with pilots achieving mastery of the skies over Britain.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Sir Archibald Sinclair
Royal Air Force
Sir Archibald
Germany
Italy
Britain
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