Senator Guffey finally pays long owed tax debt
Jan 20 Westbrook Pegler Shington reports Senator Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania has settled a $4 000 back income tax with the IRS after years of avoiding payment The move follows pressure from press and political foes and ends a long standing controversy about his past debts and patriotism.
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Shington
Seven N
Senator Joeey
Pennsylvania
of State
Skipper
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Pittsburgh
Sterling Statesman
Guffey
Fatal Lynn fire leaves 13 dead in five story building
Flames ripped through Melvin Hall in Lynn Massachusetts trapping many tenants on upper floors. Firemen found victims clinging to ledges and some had jumped. Jan 20. The blaze began in the basement and quickly spread to the roof, with 21 people hospitalized and eight still missing.
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Lynn
Mass
Melvin Hall
New England
Harry Anderson
Forrest Alden
Daylight Time Measure Signed in Washington
President Roosevelt signed the daylight time measure in Washington on January 20. It becomes effective at 2:00 a.m. February 9 for interstate commerce and federal activities. The plan moves clocks ahead one hour and may generalize nationwide, ending six months after the war unless Congress terminates it earlier.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Stephen Early
Office of Production Management
William S. Knudsen
Curtin Hopes China Acknowledges Pacific Gravity
Prime Minister John Curtin voiced hope that China would push Britain to recognize the Pacific crisis. He warned a separate peace by China with Japan would ruin Allies chances of Soviet involvement in the region.
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Melbourne
Australia
John Curtin
China
Pacific
Sun Fo
Sun Yat-Sen
Japan
Curtin
OPA Chief says no takeover or rationing of private cars
Chicago January 20. Leon Henderson head of the Office of Price Administration told 42 000 automobile dealers there is no prospect of rationing used cars or commandeering private cars. His statement, read in his absence, aimed to ease industry tension though he warned some dealers may fail and workers lose jobs, with defense demand sustaining some work.
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Chicago
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
National Automobile Dealers Association
Cyrus McCormick
CPA Automobile and Truck Section
Henderson
Washington
Gasoline Price Ceiling Warned By Price Administrator
Washington report says price administrator Leon Henderson notified retail dealers that all grades of gasoline must stay at or below November 7 levels or face a formal ceiling order. The letter clarifies price questions and lists products pegged to November 7, with service stations not formally included yet urged to keep prices substantially at or below those levels.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Itsis
Henderson
Finest pilots among dead in planesmash crash
At Long Beach California on Friday night a TWA transport crashed near Las Vegas Nevada killing 15 air corps officers and men. The loss includes tough ferry crews who had flown planes to Britain Canada and the U S east coast. Lieutenant Burton Voorhees survived by swapping seats with Lieutenant Frederick J Dittman who died, while Voorhees’ name stayed on the passenger list after the correction was made.
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Long Beach
Calif
Air Corps
TWA
Las Vegas
Nev
Carole Lombard
Britain
Canada
United States
Burton K. Voorhees
Frederick J. Dittman
Oakland
Dittman
Voorhees
Three Enemy Airplanes Shot Down By General MacArthur's Men
The War Department reports three Japanese planes shot down as American bombers hit a cruiser and a large tanker 100 miles off Jolo in the Philippines. MacArthur says sharp fighting continues on Mindanao near Davao as Japanese pressure remains on Batan peninsula.
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Washington
War Department
Jolo
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Batan
Luzon
Department
Mindanao
MacArthur
Davao
United States
Navy
Wake Island
Sulu
North Borneo
Atlantic
Philippine
Associated Press
Singapore
Berlin
Johore Baru
United States Army
Manila
New Britain Island
New Guinea
Sabang
Dutch Celebes
Sarawak
Kuching
Red Star
Kharkov
North Carolina
Newport News
Annual Scout Banquet Honors Council Leaders in Monroe
Thomas M. Callahan of the Lafayette Daily Advertiser spoke at the Qua chita Valley council banquet at the Virginia hotel. Officers were unanimously reelected, including A. B. Clarkson as president and H. G. Frazer as treasurer, with Judge W. M. Harper also on the executive board. The event drew more than 200 attendees for the annual fete.
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Thomas M. Callahan
Lafayette Daily Advertiser
Virginia Hotel
Quachita Valley
A. B. Clarkson
Monroe
F. K. Hirsch
E. L. Walner
Ruston
S. L. Maxwell
Canebrake
P. S. Mulhearn
H. G. Frazer
W. M. Harper
Britain Guards Against Typhus Across Mediterranean
London officials announced special measures to shield British troops in the Mediterranean from a spreading typhus outbreak. Steps include vaccine supplies and new diagnostic laboratories. Continental reports say the louse-borne disease is dangerous in Eastern Europe and has appeared in Spain, threatening Hitler’s forces in Russia.
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London
Mediterranean
Europe
Spain
Adolf
Trading Begins On Price Control Farm Provisions
Washington January 20 a senate house conference committee neared a end to a ten day struggle over farm price sections of the price control bill. debate centered on whether the secretary of agriculture or the president should set or veto ceilings with Bankhead backing his senate approved amendment and farm groups backing it. The administration favored simpler single administrator control and resisted dual controls.
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Washington
Snate-House
Roosevelt
Bankhead
Alabama
Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture
Senate
Fronts Buckling Across Asia and Europe As War Rages
Allied troops fight Japanese forces 60 miles from Singapore as British patience wears thin. In Russia, Mozhaisk and Kharkov battles intensify with winter biting, while Berlin and Moscow report mounting panic and strategic shifts.
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Associated Press
Russia
Mozhaisk
Adolf Hitler
Kharkov
Pittsburgh
Ukraine
Red Army
Moscow
Red Star
Lama River
Warsaw
Berlin
Mrs Henry's Third Trial Begins in Lake Charles
In Lake Charles Louisiana on January 20 1940 25 year old Annie Beatrice Toni Jo Henry faces a third trial for the murder of J P Calloway a Houston Texas salesman killed in a rice field near Lake Charles. She had two prior convictions overturned by the state supreme court which rebuked Judge Hood over prejudicial testimony and courtroom conduct. Also mentioned is Horace Burks a companion convicted separately and jailed awaiting execution as the current case unfolds.
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Lake Charles
Annie Beatrice
Toni Jo) Henry
Shreveport
J. P. Calloway
Houston
Tex
Henry
Supreme Court
John T. Hood
C. V. Pattison
Calloway
Colgate President Cutten to Retire This Summer
Dr. George Barton Cutten, president of Colgate University, announced he will retire August 31 after twenty years of service. The former YMCA and Torch Clubs leader will be 68 at retirement and said he cannot be drafted to stay during the war.
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Hamilton
N. Y
George Barton Cutten
Colgate University
Cutten
National Council of the Y. M. C. A
International Association of Torch Clubs
Colgate
Unanimous break with axis powers forecast for Americas
A Pan American conference informant predicted within two days all 21 American republics would sever ties with the axis. Argentina's shift after talks with Brazil's Oswaldo Aranha raised hopes that Argentina and Chile would join the move, while Chile proposed a general staffs conference of American forces.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Argentina
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Brazil
Oswaldo Aranha
Ruiz Guinazu
Australian force destroys 10 Japanese tanks in Malaya battle
In the Muar river area nine miles above Singapore Australian troops repelled infiltration and knocked out ten Japanese tanks in a dawn engagement. The anti tank action, described as a vital Malayan campaign victory, held out until reserve forces arrived and showcased decisive use of artillery and close range anti tank fire.
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Associated Press
Singapore Island
Malaya
Britain
Muar River
Malacca Straits Settlement
Saigon
Indo-China
Japan
Singapore
Malayan
Churchill
London
Pacific
House of Commons
Australian Associated Press
Muar
British admit Japanese invaders near Singapore and tied battles
World War II dispatches report Japanese forces advancing within 60 miles of Singapore with sea landings and waterworks captured near Johore Baru. Chinese and Allied reports cite thousands of Japanese dead and wounded, while Australian and American actions target Tokyo’s war effort across the Pacific and Europe.
Monroe Area Eligible for Title Six FHA Loans
The defense housing coordinator approved Monroe area for Title Six FHA loans. President Roosevelt is expected to sign by Wednesday. Title Six loans aid defense housing by requiring a 10 percent down payment, half of the usual 20 percent.
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Defense
Roosevelt
Monroe
The
News-Star
Washington
Allen J. Ellender
Christenberry Confirmed as New Orleans U S Attorney
The Senate confirmed Herbert W. Christenberry for United States district attorney in New Orleans. The nomination followed Judiciary Committee review after opposition from the Louisiana Association for Clean Government, which accused him of past political schemes. Christenberry is a longtime assistant district attorney and brother of Earle Christenberry, former Huey P. Long secretary.
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Washington
Senate Today
Herbert W. Christenberry
United States
New Orleans
Christenberry
Earle Christenberry
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Senate Judiciary Committee
Louisiana Association For Clean Government
Samuel Ballard
The
Association For Clean Government
Senator Long
Long Organization
Canadian forces stream to Britain in wartime convoy
In Britain on January 20 the arrival of 100 American soldiers in uniform was announced along with a large Canadian airmen contingent. Colonel J L Ralston praised the troops as reinforcements for Canada’s forces in England, marking one of the largest Canadian troop arrivals since the war began.
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CAP
Britain
United States
London
J. L. Ralston
England
Canada
Wimberly trial jury tampering charge is made
In Shreveport Louisiana January 20 charges of jury tampering arose in the third Wimberly mail fraud trial. United States District Attorney Malcolm Lafargue filed against Wyatt Patterson of Mitchell charging corruptly endeavoring to influence a federal judge. Patterson pleaded not guilty and posted a $1000 bond. Ebard testified Patterson claimed the defendants were his friends and he did not want them railroaded. Judge Randolph Bryant dismissed Ebard for cause. Defendants include Judge J Rush Wimberly Sr Lorris Wimberly R L Williams and J Rush Wimberly Jr
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Shreveport
Wimberly
United States
Malcolm Lafargue
Wyatt Patterson
Mitchell
Patterson
Paul Ebard
Zwolle
Venireman
Ebarb
Randolph Bryant
J. Rush Wimberly
Lorris Wimberly
House of Representatives
R. L. Williams
Arcadia
America May Win On Radio Front
Washington reports that submarine raids off the Atlantic coast may give the United States leverage in the radio war. U S broadcasts continue the honesty policy by reporting losses as well as successes to bolster credibility with foreign listeners.
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Washington
Atlantic
United States
Axis
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