Kennedy says Britain split on U S entry in war
Retiring ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Britain was divided over Us entry into WWII. He cited lack of unanimity about aiding Britain without war and questioned German air power and potential crises in days ahead.
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Dunkerque
Alee
Representative Fish
Washington resumes work after inauguration
Roosevelt swore in as president with Wallace as VP as Congress returns to debate aid to Britain and emergency powers amid a democracy pledges and a windswept Capitol Hill crowd. The president declared democracy is not dying as cheers echoed in the capital.
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Roosevelt
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White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol Hill
Wallace
Lloyd George in Two Road Mishaps En Route to Wife’s Funeral
London January 21 Britain's World War prime minister David Lloyd George faced two road mishaps on his journey to Criccieth Wales where Dame Margaret Lloyd George died yesterday before he could reach her bedside. The driverless car was helped by home guards and villagers and he was taken to a village hotel. He remained shaken but planned to continue by train to attend the funeral.
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London
David Lloyd George
Britain
Criccieth
Wales
Margaret
Carrig-Y-Druidion
Bizarre Court Cases Tie Natchez Tours to Historic Homes
In Natchez Mississippi two unusual court cases draw attention to pilgrimage tours of antebellum mansions. Wealthy Mrs Swan of New York sues for 43000 fire loss on Homewood after January fire. Heirs of Charles Zerkowsky seek eviction of Dick Dana and guardian Octavia Dockery from Goat Castle, the decaying Goats roam through its many rooms.
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Swan
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Dart
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Charles Zerkowsky
Dick Dana
Octavia Dockery
Goat Castle
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Heads of 3 state colleges in doubt as board delays choice
Louisiana board of education deferred until March 3 the election of permanent presidents for Louisiana Tech Louisiana Normal and Southeastern Louisiana College. Acting heads A A Fredericks E S Richardson and Dr Leon Clark may retain post. J L Fletcher named permanent president of Southwestern Louisiana Institute replacing L E Frazar.
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John E. Coxe
Louisiana Board of Education
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Normal
Southeastern Louiiana College
A. A Fredericks
E. S. Richardson
Leon Clark
Southeastern
Japan urges U S to rethink Asia policy amid looming crisis
Tokyo January 21 British subjects in Japan urged to leave as crisis in U S Japan relations grows. Foreign Minister Matsuoka warned Washington not to blame Japan for tensions and defended Tokyo's Greater East Asia plans and alliance with Germany Italy. He linked embargo pressure to risk of world upheaval and urged calm to avert civilization's downfall.
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Yoruke Matsuoka
United States
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Greater East Asia
Pacific
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China
South
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Matenoka
Germany
Italy
Washington
Jones Commends Defense Chiefs At Roosevelt Inauguration
Louisiana Governor Sam Jones praised the defense program during his Roosevelt inauguration visit in Washington. He met with Defense Production Chief William Knudsen and Secretaries Knox and Stimson, and army and navy chiefs of staff, saying they know what they are doing. He heads to Minneapolis to address the junior chamber of commerce.
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Sam Jones
Louisiana
Roosevelt
William S. Knudsen
Knox and
Stimson
Army and Navy Chiefs of Staff
Jones
Chamber of Commerce
Minneapolis
Hospital case continued to February 3 in federal court
Federal court here continued the hearing on Continental Casualty of Chicago seeking permanent orders halting payments on the charity hospital project. Judge Dawkins granted the continuance due to counsel illness and ordered subcontractors to file claims with special master R. H Oliver Jr. within 30 days.
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Continental Casualty Company of
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Charity Hospital
Ben C. Dawkins
The
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Louisiana State Hospital Board
Caldwell Brothers and Hart Construction Company
State Hospital Board
R. H Oliver, Jr. Monroe
Oliver
IMI Safety Record Update
The IMI safety report shows 27 accidents to date with four personal injuries this year and two a year ago. No deaths recorded to date, no deaths reported a year earlier.
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IMI
General Motors Vows Huge Plane Engine Output
General Motors announces a monthly output plan of 1500 aviation engines and sub assemblies for 20 B 25 bombers in a cooperative program with North American Aviation. C E Wilson states plant to start by late summer with 40 000 workers at peak producing parts.
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General Motors Corporation
C. E. Wilson
General Motors
North American Aviation, Inc
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North American Aviation
Kansas City
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Corporation
Murray and Beye Meet as Steel Talks Loom
C I O President Philip Murray prepared to press for higher wages and broader union rights in talks with William Beye of United States Steel. Sources say a 10 percent wage boost tops the bargaining menu along with stronger Steel Workers Organizing Committee recognition and possible closed shop.
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Philip Murray
United States Steel Corporation
Murray
America
William Beye
Ilinois
Big Steel
Britain
Steel Worker
C. SO
Twelve Sailors Die After Adrift in Open Lifeboat
In the North Atlantic, 12 sailors died over 18 days of exposure after the Carlton was sunk by an Italian submarine. Four survivors describe a brutal voyage with meager rations, a desperate gun duel, and a torpedo strike that sank the British freighter Christmas Eve madness aboard one lifeboat, followed by further tragedy and isolation before rescue.
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Carlton
Ireland
Fight With Submarine Ends In Tragic Deaths At Sea
Survivors recall a submarine battle where bullets bounced off the craft as crew members exchanged eerie goodbyes. The next day four East Indian firemen drank seawater and died after singing death chants. The cabin boy and a 16 year old messboy died in their sleep while others perished one by one. Water shortages fueled the distress and final fatigue. Pearson described the last crewman simply “passed away” from exhaustion.
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Amos Pearson
London
Pearson
Bloody street fighting in Bucharest and Tobruk siege
Greek forces report repulsed a major Italian counter attack in Tepeleni Albania as British desert troops assault 30 900 Italians in Tobruk Libya. Allied air raids on Tobruk and Catania Sicily accompany reports of bombings and battlefield action across Romanian cities.
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Albania
Mediterranean Sea
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Tobruk
Libya
Tepeleni
Britain
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Bucharest
Catania
Sicily
Mediterranean
Wallace Opens Senate Tasks as New Vice President
Henry A. Wallace opened his Senate career as vice-president with a prayer and formal gavel strike. He entered with Rev. Ze Barney Phillips, paused for blessings, and took the seat vacated by John N. Garner as President Roosevelt's leasehold bill looms.
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Henry A. Wallace
Senate
United States
Ze Barney Phillips
Wallace
Bastrop Man Held After Three Way Crash
Mike Causey of Bastrop is jailed in Ouachita parish on charges of reckless driving and leaving the scene after a three way crash on Sterlington road January 7 that seriously injured one person. Bond set at 500 dollars. M L Smith, Bastrop, injured and hospitalized. Leo Terzia, former state senator, slightly hurt. Smith rode in Terzia's car. Causey allegedly struck Terzia’s vehicle and another car and fled.
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Bastrop
Ouachita Parish
Sterlington Road
Causey
L. Smith
Leo Terzia
Smith
Terzia
Five Survivors Rescued From Frozen Boston Schooner Disaster
Eighteen men drowned when the Boston schooner Mary E. O Hara sank near Finn's ledge outside Boston harbor after a collision with a barge. Five half frozen survivors clung to the rigging and were rescued by the trawler North Star crew, reporting that the crew of 23 went overboard as the vessel sank quickly. The stranded men endured three hours in the cold before救援.
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Mary E. O'Hara
Boson Harbor
North Star
O'Hara
Finn's Ledge
Boston Harbor
Lars Lunde
The
Louisiana to Train Youths for Defense
The Louisiana labor department announced a defense training program for youths. Twenty six youngsters will become bricklayers or masons under a four year apprenticeship with New Orleans contractors. The effort uses a 1938 law to address skilled worker needs for the national defense program.
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State Labor Department
George J. Maston
Labor Department
New Orleans
Bricklayers and Masons International No. 1
Louisiana
Associated General Contractors
Maston
National Defense
A. P Harry
Andrew Triche
Trade and Industrial Division
State Department of Education
Alexandria to Welcome General Colladay New Commander
Brigadier General Thomas A. Colladay of Flint Mich is scheduled to arrive in Alexandria La to assume command of the 63rd 32nd Division in training at Camp Beauregard The 63rd brigade includes the 125th and 126th infantry regiments of the Michigan national guard A welcoming committee of regimental commanders and officers who served under him will greet General and Mrs Colladay Colladay became brigade commander in April 19 when Brigadier General Heinrich A Pickert retired He passed a physical after a missed south deployment and has been in good health since He joined the national guard in 1899 and served in World War I including Mexican service and overseas duty
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Thomas A. Calladay
Flint
Mich
63Rd 32Nd
Camp Beauregard
Michigan National Guard
Colladay
Heinrich A. Pickert
Detroit
Calladay
National Guard
125Th Infantry
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