Yanks Arrive in Northern Ireland Amid War Fervor
Thousands of U S troops land in Northern Ireland under tight security to join A E F forces. British and Irish officials praise the unit while local crowds cheer and chant The Yanks are here as American troops begin camp assignments and transport via trains and buses. Major General Russell P Hartle commands the contingent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Ireland
Atlantic
London
Russell P. Hartle
Archibald Sinclair
Churchill Urges Confidence Vote as Allied Unity Grows
Prime Minister Churchill declared growing Allied might and unity in a London speech urging Parliament to vote confidence. He cited U.S. troops in Northern Ireland as the vanguard of more to come and said American planes would aid Britain’s defense while bombers join RAF attacks on Germany.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Pacific Ocean
House of Commons
United States
Northern Ireland
Germany
Australia
New Zealand
United Nations
Pacific
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Japan
British announce Barham battleship sunk in Mediterranean
The admiralty disclosed the sinking of HMS Barham, a 31 000 ton Queen Elizabeth class battleship, in the Mediterranean on November 25. Captain G C Cooke was lost. Vice Admiral H D Pridham-Wippel survived. crew losses remain undisclosed. Next of kin were informed while secrecy guarded the enemy.
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London
Barham
Britain
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Barhams
G. C. Cooke
H. D. Pridham-Wippel
H. M. S. Barham
Chamber of Commerce Fete Attracts 200 Plus Attendants
More than 200 people are expected at the Chamber of Commerce annual membership meeting and banquet at 7 p.m. in the Virginia Hotel. Theodore W. Bethea of New Orleans will deliver the principal address. Officers and directors for the senior and junior groups will be installed, led by president A. K. Kilpatrick and other officers including Walter W. Kellogg and J. W. Keene.
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Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
Theodore W. Bethea
New Orleans
Meridian
Miss
Tulane Law School
A. K. Kilpatrick
Walter W. Kellogg
J. W. Keene
George W. Lofton
Jack Campbell
F. F. Millsaps
B. W. Biedenham
L A. Faulk
E. E. Pritchett
J. W. Warren
Harry Frazer
John F. Hardin
Gardiner Young
Sam Smith
J. T. Conger
L. P. Milner
Mr. McDonald
Mr. Kilpatrick
Kel
Cuba to Strengthen Military Position
Havana plans to bolster Cuba's armed forces to support 1 percent cooperation with the United States and allies. More than 2,000 recruits are in training as plans call for a larger army, with military improvements anticipated. Cuba, near Miami and Panama Canal, is viewed as a hemisphere defense key, with Guantanamo Bay base extended and airport facilities upgraded.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Miami
Panama Canal
United States Naval Base
Guantanamo
Forty Pearl Harbor widows seek war plant work
Sixty Pearl Harbor widows and a gold star mother in Long Beach applied for positions at Lockheed and Vega aircraft plants after aptitude tests. Navy Chaplain J. E. Johnson notes 160 widows in the area. Industrial officials say wartime needs favor those directly affected by the conflict.
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Long Beach
Calif
Pearl Harbor
Fern Evans
W. C. Evans
Lockheed
Vega Aircraft Corporations
Navy
J. E. Johnson
Paul M. Kenefick
Lillian Connor
Signe Rasmussen
George Vernon Rasmussen
R. Randall Irwin
Vega
Collision fatal to two trainmen near Huntington
Two Erie railroad workers died in a rear end collision eight miles northwest of Huntington near Bippus. Engineer Herman Kessler and fireman William Young of the Chicago to New York Atlantic Express were killed when the Express struck the rear of freight train No. 98 during an early January incident.
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Huntington
Ind
Erie Railroad Yards
Bippus
Herman Kessler
William Young
Erie
States urged to keep wartime labor rules in place
Washington sources report a joint statement by the war navy and labor departments urging states to preserve during wartime the 48 hour week eight hour day and one day of rest in seven unless changes are essential to assure peak production.
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Washington
Navy and
Labor Departments
Norris urges unified army navy command
Senator Norris Independent Nebraska calls for abolishing separate war and navy departments and creating a single defense department for all services. He cites congressional blame for Pearl Harbor and urges top to bottom unified command while Arnold testifies on air force production ahead of a major defense bill.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Defense Department
Norris
Independent
Nebraska
South Pacific
Congress
Pearl Harbor
War
Air Force
H. H. Arnold
Arnold
New Orleans Balloting Heavier in City Primary
Balloting in New Orleans for the first municipal primary in eight years ran heavily as polls opened at 6 am. Voters averaged about one per minute on some machines while three minute limits stretched. Weather was clear and the city expected 120 000 to 140 000 ballots by 9 pm from nearly 160 000 qualified with three tickets. Two machines failed midmorning prompting replacements. The vote tests the six year Maestri administration succeeding Walmsley after his 1936 resignation amid Long era control.
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New Orleans
Robert S. Maestri
Huey P. Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
Walmsley
Maestri
Henderson Seeks Senate Approval of Price Control Reform
War Production Board chief Donald M. Nelson grants Leon Henderson power to ration retail goods. Henderson appeals to Senate for final approval of compromise price control law as Republicans weigh blocking Roosevelt administration nominees. Senate moves to take up the compromise bill amid farm price ceilings and parity concerns.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Leon Henderson
Roosevelt
Henderson
Senate
Senate House
House
Brown
Michigan
Orig
Soviet Flanks Push Against Nazis Amid Heavy Blizzards
Soviet frontline dispatches report a series of deadly flank advances targeting Smolensk and Velikie Luki as Rzhev and Orel come under heavy pressure. In North Africa, British losses reach about 18 000 with Rommel's forces retreating northeast of Agedabia. The Barham is sunk reducing Britain's capital ships to 12.
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Associated Press
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Smolensk
Moscow
Velikie Luki
Rzhev
Orel
Belgorod
Donets River
Erwin Rommel
Agedabia
Churchill
London
Rommel
Libya
London Admiralty
Barham
Long
Mediterranean
Britain
Germany
Ouachita Parish Boards Awards Trade School Contract
The Ouachita parish school board awarded a $14,542 contract to W. G. Haynes to build a one story frame trade school on the Millsaps campus in West Monroe. Plans by architect H. H. Land include machine shop, electrical, sheet metal rooms, a large class area, and complete plumbing. The project, aided by $25,000 of government shop equipment, aims to train workers for national defense and boost Twin Cities’ trade education with Kiwanis Club support.
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Ouachita Parish
W. G. Haynes
National Defense
Millsaps School
West Monroe
H. H. Land
Haynes
Twin Cities
Kiwanis Club of
Rangoon Raids Report 1102 Fatally Hurt by Japanese Devices
Rangoon Burma January 27 reports say 1102 persons have died from Japanese hazardous devices since December 23. Japanese air force again over Rangoon last night dropping propaganda cartoons urging Burmese to remember Mandalay and a supposed British massacre.
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Rangoon
Burma
Mandalay
Naval bill to speed ship completion and air power
Representative Scrugham outlined plans to accelerate warship construction and airpower programs in a historic naval appropriations bill. He said priority will focus on near term commissioned units while expanding nonrigid airships barrage balloons and a 15 000 plane Navy Marine corps program.
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Washington
Scrugham
Nevada
House
Naval Appropriations Subcommittee
Crete
United States
Navy
Marine Corps
Subcommittee
Wilson Calls Meet of Fair Officials
Louisiana State Agricultural Commissioner Harry D. Wilson calls a February 13 14 meeting in Crowley of fair officials to set dates and plans for the 192 round of fairs statewide. He says fairs will continue despite the war as they boost agriculture and production for both domestic and foreign needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Harry D. Wilson
Louisiana
Crowley
Wilson
Decatur Woman Among Hawaii Refugees Reaches San Francisco
Miss Dorothy Ramspeck daughter of Congressman Robert Ramspeck Democrat of Georgia traveled from Hawaii to San Francisco after escaping the Pearl Harbor attack. She was visiting Hawaii when Japan launched the surprise strike on Pearl Harbor and Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Ramspeck
Decatur
Robert Ramspeck
Georgia
Hawaii
San Francisco
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Pan American adjournment postponed amid Peru Ecuador row
At Rio de Janeiro January 27 the Pan American conference delayed its final business as Ecuador threatened to denounce Peru over border disputes and withdraw. The closing plenary moved from 11 am to 6 pm and the ceremonial close from 6 pm today to 6 pm tomorrow while mediators seek a peaceful solution to the coastal Amazon dispute. Brazil’s Vargas summoned the cabinet as Brazil severed relations with Japan Germany and Italy signaling a widening regional split with axis powers narrowing to Argentina Chile Ecuador and Bolivia.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Ecuador
Peru
Enrique Arroyo Delgado
Brazil
Oswaldo Aranha
Amazon
Axis
Getulio Vargas
Japan
Germany
Italy
Argentina
Chile
Bolivia
Confiscation of Steel Threatens Cleveland Campaign
In Cincinnati on January 27 the federal steel hunt found about 4 000 tons of scrap in Ohio cities. Major Rasmussen warned junk dealers they must turn it over to mills within 3 days or risk requisition and allocation. Cleveland started a house to house scrap drive yielding 98 830 pounds to fund civilian defense.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Alvin C. Rasmussen
Rasmussen
War Production Board
Army Ordnance
Office of Emergency Management
Butler
A. M. Jones, Jr
Bureau of Industrial Conservation
Washington
Jones
Cleveland
Remnants of Armada Still Under Attack
Allied forces report continued action against the Japanese fleet, with American and Dutch units sinking and damaging ships off Borneo, Subic Bay, and Rabaul. Ensign George E. Cox Jr. sinks a 5,000-ton vessel near Luzon as Australians tell of two ships afire in Rabaul harbor.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
A. E. F. Vanguard
Ireland
United States
Dutch Borneo
Philippines
Rising Sun
Borneo
Cerebel
United States Flying
Watertown
N. Y
St. Lawrence
Royal Australian Air Force
Rabaul Harbor
Tokyo Radio
Area Legion to discuss child welfare conference
The American Legion Area C and auxiliary groups plan a two day child welfare conference on February 6 and 7. Leaders from 13 departments including Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky and Texas will attend to share information on voluntary welfare work and the goal of healthy intelligent children as America's security asset. A. Reid Mann will preside assisted by Mrs. Walter Craven and Rev. Father William J. continued on third page.
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Area Chhild Welfare
The
American Legion
American Legion, Auxiliary
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Panama
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
South
America
A. Reid Mann
Tallahassee
Fla
American Legion Area C
Walter G. Craven
Charlotte
N. C
Auxiliary Area C
William J
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Rice Yahner
Pas States
France
Tad
Naval
L. L. Weiss
W. B. Valyon
United States Patrol
Balboa
Canal Zone
California
Navy Command
Bill
Macassar Strait
Malaya
United States Air Force
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