Hitler declares aim to destroy British empire and predicts victory
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler saying Germany has no quarrel with the American people but warns non European powers may trigger intervention as Europe will rise. He cites torpedo threat and victory within the year while proclaiming France defeated and Europe ready for decisive action.
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Berlin
Jan
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Europe
Palast
Neri
Hitler
France
England
Fuehrer
America
Bossier City Policeman Goes On Trial For Fatal Shooting
M B Chaney Jr a Bossier City policeman stands trial in district court for the fatal shooting of James E Fahrnkopf a Barksdale field private The indictment names manslaughter The incident near a beer parlor sparked tension between Barksdale field and Bossier City The case opens with jury selection and multiple attorneys listed for the defense and prosecution
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Case
Barksdale Field
Bossier City
Barksdale
Fabrikopf
Barksdale Boulevard
Vandalia
Margaret Fahrnkopf
Missouri
Chaney
Harry V. Booth
Shreve- Port
W. M. Wallace
Ford E. Stinson
Benton
G. K. Kitchens
Robert F. Keanon
Army
J. F. McInnis
Bossier-Webster
Actress Vera Steadman injured in Beverly Hills crash
Vera Steadman a 40 year old silent film actress was struck by two automobiles in Beverly Hills Tuesday night. She remained in serious condition with a broken back three broken vertebrae and a fractured right wrist.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Vera Steadman
Indictments Dismissed in Alexandria Local Case Marathon
Fifty six of two hundred seventy six indictments returned in November 1939 were nolle prosequi on motion by Attorney General Eugene Stanley. Public purchases and election fraud charges affected city officials including Mayor W V Lamkin and commissioners Bradford and Bringhurst along with police jury members and hospital board administrators.
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Alexandria
Nolle
Eugene Stanley
W. V. Lamkin
Ben F. Bradford
R. W. Bringhurst
W. W. Black
Jesse Boyd
C. C. Lintay
John W. Ward
Robert Cloud
Ernest Strother
S. J. Phillips
Central Louisiana Hospital For the Insane
Vinson Proposes Strike-Curb Bill For Naval Industry
A strike-curb bill by Chairman Vinson of the House naval committee reaches Congress amid defense contract slowdowns. The measure bars strikes in naval supply industries for 30 days after a dispute report and prohibits contractors from influencing union membership, aiming to allow any worker to obtain naval project work despite closed shop contracts.
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Washington
Jan
Vinson
Georgia
House Naval Committee
Congress
Naval Defense Board
Naval
Jefferson School Board probe called for irregular land deals
State supervisor of public funds Jerome A. Hayes urged Jefferson parish prosecutors to launch a full inquiry into school board land purchases totaling 44442.25 dollars. He labeled expenditures irregular and excessive profits, noting land bought for 80773 dollars yielded about 190400 dollars in profit and citing possible official or relative involvement. The report was forwarded to Governor Sam Jones and district and parish officials for action.
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Baton Rouge
Jefferson Parish
Jerome A. Hayes
Public Funds
Hayes
Jefferson
Won
Sam Jones
John E. Fleury
Ernest M. Conzelmann
Frank Clancy
Half of draftees unfit for service, Gruber claims
Kansas City report quotes Brigadier General E L Gruber saying about half of draftees examined were rejected for physical reasons. He blames modern life for weak youth and notes only 30 percent qualified for Army skills, urging civil authorities to tackle gambling prostitution and illegal liquor sales.
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Kansas City
Jan W
E. L. Gruber
Westminster Congregational Church
Fort Leavenworth
Gruber
British Reform Tobruk Port as Advance Supply Base
British forces rapidly rehabilitate Tobruk after its January 22 fall turning the port 20 miles from the Egyptian railhead into an advance supply base. Royal Navy engineers remove harbor mines and wrecks of 17 Italian ships including the San Giorgio and three destroyers. Divers search the harbor for sunken vessels as operations continue.
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Tobruk
Libya
Royal Navy
Egypt
Toni Jo Henry Mental Test Request Ahead of Trial
Attorneys for Toni Jo Henry filed a petition for a mental examination in Lake Charles Louisiana ahead of a February 3 murder trial for Joseph Calloway a Houston Texas salesman. They contend Henry suffered mental disorders and was not sound minded at the time of the alleged offense and should be discharged.
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Lake Charles
Jan. W
Toni Jo Henry
Joseph Calloway
Houston
Tex
Plane crewman killed in auto crash in Miami
Fra Jan 30 John V. McBride 29 of Brownsville Texas Pan American Airways stratoclipper flight engineer was killed in an automobile collision in Miami.
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Miami
Fra
John V. McBride
Brownsville, Tex
Pan-American Airways
Disease Germ Blamed For Rise Of Hitler
Yale professor emeritus Dr. Irving Fisher argues a tuberculosis germ in Benjamin Strong’s lungs indirectly caused deflation and worldwide economic ills that helped trigger Hitler’s rise. He cites Strong as head of the Federal Reserve and warns inflation poses a greater danger, urging wiser fiscal policy and a planned approach discussed with Congress.
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Los Angeles
Irving Fisher
Yale University
Benjamin Strong
Adolf Hitler
University of Southern California
Hitler
Benjamin Strang
Strong
Federal Reserve Bank
Dr. Fisher
Congress
Washington
Sharp earthquake rattles Los Angeles area
A sharp quake lasting about ten seconds startled residents across Los Angeles and nearby cities including Alhambra Monrovia Glendale Pasadena Santa Monica Hollywood and the coast. No injuries or property damage were reported.
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Los Angeles
Alhambra
Gan Grabriel
Monterey Park
Monrovia
Glendale
Temple City
Santa Monica
Pasadena
Hollywood
Arcadia
Los Angeles County
British drive toward Bengali in Libya signals next push
Cairo dispatch reports Derna falling to the British Nile army, with Bengali as the next objective 150 miles west of Derna. British forces also advance in Eritrea and Italian Somaliland as they aim to break Italy’s colonial holdings before German help in the Middle East.
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Cairo
Egypt
Derna
Libya
the Nile
Middle East Command
Archibald P. Wavell
Bardia
Tobruk
Agordattu
Metemma
Italy
Middle East
Hitler vows torpedoes will sink any ship aiding England
Adolf Hitler in Berlin warned that any ship attempting to aid Britain will be torpedoed. The speech came as Britain announced the capture of Derna and James W. Gerard, the U S ambassador to Berlin during World War I, issued a statement from Washington.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Derna
England
James W. Gerard
United States
President Roosevelt Birthday Broadcast Prompts Local Ball Plan
The local Ouachita parish committee announces a 10 15 p m Monroe time nationwide radio birthday message from President Roosevelt as part of the infantile paralysis drive. A Grotto committee leads the President's ball at Hotel Frances with dance chair Dave Carter.
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Roosevelt
A. N. Robinson
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Teflis Grotto
Hotel Frances
A. P. Kitchens
Robinson
Dave Carter
Chapman- Hays Pharmacy
Liggett’s Drug Store
North Side Pharmacy
Post Office Pharmacy
Rizzo's Pharmacy
Spatafora's
Walgreen Drug Store
Hotel Virginia Drug Store
B. Z. Delicatessen
Green Mill Inn
Primos
Alvis Hotel
the Rendezvous
West Monroe
Kennedy-Bennett Drug
Mt Safety Record Accidents and Injuries Update
The report shows accidents to date at 47 compared with 37 last year. Personal injuries to date total 0 to date, while last year's figure was 7. No deaths have occurred to date, matching last year's zero.
Ickes Denies Aims To Be Oil Cz ar
Secretary Ickes rejected claims he seeks to rule the oil industry but urged central coordination to prevent avoidable waste. He told the Oil and Gas Journal that suggestions he would be a czar or dictator are false. The interview notes opposition to federal supervision from oil leaders.
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Ickes
Tulsa
Oil and Gas Journal
Gun Women Arrested in Bucharest After Romanian Rebels
In Bucharest on January 30 officials announced the arrest of over 2,000 leaders from last week’s rebellion, including 52 gun women. Police seized 32,635 weapons and nearly 400,000 rounds of ammo, and released a list of 498 Iron Guard supporters. Vice Premier Horia Sima’s name did not appear on the list. An interior memo cited pamphlets showing the revolt arose from Communistic terror. Oscar Kaufmann, the Romanian banker in London, faces trial in Absentia for allegedly exporting $97,000 in U.S. money.
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Bucharest
Romania
Horia Sima
Interior Ministry
Oscar Kaufmann
London
United States
House group approves British aid measure in committee
The House foreign affairs committee approved the administration British aid bill after defeating a 2 billion dollar spending limit. Four amendments set June 30 1943 end date and require president to report to Congress every 90 days, with safeguards on war material and naval escorts. The panel rejected six amendments including a new loans bill and arming provisions.
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Washington, Jan
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Bloom
Great Britain
Army
Navy
United States
Congress
James W
Derailment of Troop Train Near Camp Shelby
Federal state and military officials probe a troop train derailment near Sandersville Mississippi. Fireman A V Smith of Meridian died. Nineteen soldiers were injured, three seriously, most from Indianapolis. The train carried 26 officers and 154 men of the 151st and 52nd Infantry.
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Sandersville
Miss
Here
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Thomas J. Grayson
T. P. Brady
Mississippi
J. B. Parker
Walter Horner
Norman Hick
Indianapolis
Ind
Laurel, Miss
Camp Shelby Base Hospital
War Department
151St
52Nd Infantry
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U. S
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Alexander Corgoss
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John Metaxas
Stanley
Mr. England
Winston Churchill
Home Guard
Gerard
Mexico
James Gerard
Anna Skeplovich
Gary
W. Va
Anna
White House
New York
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