Lindbergh urges negotiated peace to stop war
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee that even a U S Britain alliance cannot win the European war on the present basis and urged a negotiated peace. He warned against entering foreign wars and favored air base bases and a large U S air force to deter threats.
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Washington
Charlies A. Lindbergh
United States
Great Britain
Mier
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Lindbergh
America
Jan
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Britain
Nazi captives reach Canada after escape from ship
An East Canadian port reports top Nazi air ace and hundreds of other prisoners moving toward Canadian internment camps after the recapture of one escapee. Police say a noted two year old fighter pilot is among the captives, bearing the Iron Cross with oak leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helmuth Wick
Richtofen
Wick
English Channel
Roosevelt Nominates Walker for Postmaster General Again
President Roosevelt nominates Frank Walker to serve four more years as postmaster general and Dean G. Acheson to be assistant secretary of state. Walker was named postmaster general last fall replacing James A Farley. Acheson, ex undersecretary of the treasury, now practices law in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frank
Walker
Gene
Senate
Dean G. Acheson
Henry Grady
James A Farley
Acheson
the Treasury
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Addition of Air Facilities Expands Southeast Bases
Washington reports approval of funding for new air facilities at Meridian Mississippi East Baton Rouge and Elgin Field Valparaiso Indiana with a total of about 1 515 090 and 1 441 448 and 1 265 500 to cover barracks day rooms officers quarters admin buildings fire station hospital post exchange and various support structures for interceptor groups and air base units.
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Meridian Mise
East Baton Rouge la
Elgin Field
Valpariso
Fis
1St Air Base Group
Meridian
Air Corps
Eest Baton Rouge
War Flier 10 Visits Sister in Louisiana
Baton Rouge Louisiana January 3 The sister of Canadian army volunteer Private 8 J Stoney Simmons 31 waiting for his return on brief furlough tells of his war letters He recalls massive losses and says he hopes to make England his home after the war He was previously with the Louisiana highway department and spoke of action on three European fronts.
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Baton Rouge
England
Balk Estes
Pauline Simmons
J. (Stoney) Simmons
America
Simmons
Stoney
Louisiana Highway Department
Chattanooga
Tenn
Safety record shows fewer accidents this year
The report lists accidents to date at 3 and personal injuries at 6, compared with 25 accidents and 7 injuries at the same point last year. No deaths have occurred this year, matching zero deaths a year ago.
Airliner Crash Near St Louis Kills Two Injures Twelve
A Transcontinental and Western airliner crashed near Lambert Field in St Louis killing chief pilot Captain P. T. W. Scott and passenger J. F Mott. The Los Angeles to New York flight clipped trees, fractured a telegraph pole, and fell in a farm yard. Six were taken to a hospital with serious injuries, others injured, with passenger lists and conditions detailed.
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ST. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis Municipal
P. T. W. Scott
New York City
J. F Mott
Kansas City
Los Angeles
New York
W. A
C. W. Joergen
North Clay
Kirkwood
J. S Walters
South Dearborn
Chicago
Mary McCloskey
Burbank
Calif
T W. A. Employe
T. E. McCloskey
Tom Stoddard
L. Hidden
San Pedro
Joe Washburn
C. B. Shaw
Pickwick Hotel
Kansas
Witness Testifies in McCuistion Slaying Trial
A New Orleans witness identified William McCuistion as one of three men who beat and shot Philip Carey near Lee Circle on September 17, 1999. Marie Rogers testified she saw the attack from her porch and recognized McCuistion as the man who struck Carey with a chain. Claude Pierce Jr. said Carey left the bar with a man and two women, with McCuistion and others having departed earlier.
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New Orleans
William C. McCuistion
Philip Carey
McCuistion
Carey
National Maritime Union
C. 1. OL
Lee Circle
Marie Rogers
Claude Pierce, Jr
British chairman wounded as Japanese clash in Shanghai
J Keswick British head of Shanghai municipal council and two Japanese officials were wounded during an emergency taxation session at the Shanghai race course. Spectators report a Japanese man fired on the platform. Hayashi denies wounding claims while detained as a suspect amid police intervention and a disrupted meeting.
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Shanghai
P—W. J Keswick
Y. Hayashi
Association of
Hayashi
Keswick
J. W. Carney
Standard Oil
Jardine, Matheson and Company
Orient
China
German Working Woman Leads Stern Life
Berlin report follows Frau B a Berlin-born wife of a carpenter who returned to work in 1939 to support her family after her husband was drafted. She balances factory shifts with shopping, child care, and air raid prep, detailing a frugal wartime routine and crowded living space.
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Angus Thaermer
Associated Press
Berlin
Stern
Germany
Frau B
Fran B
Nazi Welfare Organization
Farmer Fears Army Will Trim His Long Curls
Ivan Barzella Heiderich a 33 year old Marietta Oklahoma farmer with shoulder length hair faced an army induction board in Oklahoma City Heiderich warned he will protest if passed by the board and will endure only a two inch crop if drafted He compares his hair to Samson and Delilah and says he does not want a haircut
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Oklahoma City
Ivan
Barzella Heiderich
Samson
Marietta
Okla
Mrs J S Bloch Succumbs in Monroe Hospital
Mrs Lena Kuhn Bloch 75 widow of Jacob S Bloch died after a three week illness in a local hospital. Funeral at 215 Hudson Lane Friday 3 pm with Rabbi F K Hirsch officiating and interment in the Jewish Cemetery. Peters Funeral Service in charge. Pallbearers named with honorary pallbearers. Born in Vicksburg Mississippi she moved to Monroe as a child. Her husband operated a liquor business and helped pioneer mail order selling of spirits in Monroe.
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Lena Kuhn Bloch
Jacob S. Bloch
Hudson Lane
F. K. Hirsch
Temple B’nai Israel
Peters
Henry Haas
Abe Arent
E. L. Neville
Paul Fudickar
Bill Fudickar
W. C. Oliver
Sam Rubin
Walker Glenn, Jr
Bloch
Vicksburg
Miss
Samuel Kuhn
Monroe
Spirituas Liquors
Bioch
Father Loses Race With Death Near Atlanta
Oscar Price from Fruithurst Alabama rushed to Bremen Georgia for his one month old daughter's throat obstruction. After car trouble he borrowed another vehicle and reached Bremen where doctors could not locate the obstruction. A Georgia highway patrol car then sped father and child 51 miles to an Atlanta hospital but they arrived too late and the baby died in the father's arms outside the city.
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Atlanta
Oscar Price
Bremen
Fruithurst
Ala
Price
Georgia
Leaders Tells Democrats to Stay On Toes in Post Inaugural Talks
State Democratic chiefs from all regions returned with orders to stay on their toes and keep party machinery ready for future campaigns. They also planned Jackson Day banquets across 48 states on March 29 to raise 750000 dollars, aiming to erase more than 400000 dollars in deficits. Flynn noted no national committee meeting occurred, and patronage was not a focus of discussions.
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Washington
Edward J. Flynn
R. J. Reynolds
Flynn
Patriot's Ordeal Ends With Army OK After Dental Work
National Guardsman John Shea, 23, of New York, initially rejected by the army for defective teeth endures 1012 hours of dental treatment. He had three teeth pulled, four filled, five crowns repaired and two removable bridges inserted, and now holds the bridges as army doctors approve his enlistment.
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National Guardsman
John Shea
New York
Army
Shea
British Finish Mopping Up Fallen Tobruk
Allied dispatches report the seizure or destruction of two Italian divisions at Tobruk as British forces claim decisive gains in North Africa. The Wavell command says about 132000 Italian troops have been defeated or captured since December 9 with roughly 109000 taken prisoner. In Romania unrest persists with reports of deaths and political upheaval as Iron Guard and Communist factions clash in Bucharest.
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Associated Press
Romania
North Africa
Tobruk
Archibald P. Wavell
Rumania
Hunga
Ion Antonescu
Sofia
Belgrade
Bucharest
Legation
Budapest
Iron Guard
George Petrovicescu
Antonescu
Young draft evader slain at farm raid in Illinois
Ernest R. Eisele, 22, died from wounds after resisting arrest for draft evasion at the Eisele farm near Rook's Creek. His father Martin Eisele was critically wounded along with Deputy U S Marshal Eugene Ahrends and Chief Deputy Sheriff Robert Jones. all four victims were hospitalized after a gun battle and knife fight at the scene.
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Pontiac
Ill
Ernest R. Eisele
Martin Eisele
Eisele
Rook's Creek Village
United States
Euegene Ahrends
Peoria
Robert Jones
Livingston
St. James Hospital
Plea of Guilty Entered by Tooke in Contempt Case
J Arthur Tooke of Zwolle, a juror in a Bienville mail fraud trial, pleaded guilty in federal court to contempt of court. His bail was set at 2000 dollars. A motion to dismiss a similar contempt charge against District Judge J Rush Wimberly was argued and held under advisement with briefs due by Wednesday and a contempt hearing set for February 17 if the motion fails. The government says Judge Wimberly sent emissaries to influence a juror in the case.
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Shreveport
J. Arthur Tooke
Zwolle
Bienville
Ben C. Dawkins Tooke
J. Rush Wimberly
Arcadia
Ben F. Roberts
Albert P. Garland
Malcolm LaFargue
United States Attorney
Dawkins
Tooke
Judge Wimberly
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