British Ministers Ousted in Shuffle
London announces a cabinet shakeup with Leslie Hore-Belisha replaced as war secretary by Oliver Stanley and Sir John Reith moving to information while Sir Andrew Rae Duncan heads the board of trade. The change prompts debate in parliament and questions over wartime policy and propaganda.
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London— i
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Ruddy
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
John Reith
Imperial Airways
Imperial Airways, Succeeded A Fell Tow-Scott
MacMillan
Andrew Rae Duncan
London Daily Mail
Hore-Belisha
House of Commons
Lord Gort
France
Stanley
Hore- Belisha
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Germany
the Express
Janey
Transport
Ministry of Informatiron
British Broadcasting Company
Geniarman
Imperial
British Bomber Crashes Near Ventnor Killing Three
A British bombing plane crashed today near Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. Three of the four occupants were killed.
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London
Ventnor
Isle of Wight
Taft Proposes Five Point Plan to Balance Budget
Chicago notes Sen. Robert A. Taft outlines a five point program to balance the federal budget within two years. He calls for eliminating bureaus, reorganizing, limiting relief and housing loans, ending local public works grants, and tighter scrutiny of army and navy budgets. He argues prosperity needed for revenue growth and criticizes the president’s spending reductions.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Chicago Bar Association
National Radio
NBC
MBS
Roosevelt
Taft
Army
Navy
Congress
Rail Tampering Plot Uncovered Near Pound Wisconsin
Marinette county and Milwaukee Road officials disclosed a rail tampering plot near Pound. Seven railroad spikes were driven between track joints and two hand wires linked to electric signaling were cut. A foreman found the damage early this week. E J McMann leads the investigation with arrests expected soon.
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E. J. McMann
The
Milwaukee Road
Firemen’s Boots Freeze to Ground in Grocery Fire
Four Bristol firefighters battled a $2,400 grocery store blaze. Their feet hands and ears suffered frost bite as they fought the flames. they were treated at a local hospital.
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Bristol
Mercury To Drop Lower In Wisconsin
Cold air moves into Wisconsin with temperatures in the north and northeast dropping below zero. Park Falls reported eight below, while La Crosse Madison and Milwaukee reached near zero as a weather front from the Rockies pushes eastward.
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Associated Pre
Milwaukee
Wisco
U. S. Weather Bureau
Park Falls
la Crosse
Madison
Rockies
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Albuquerque
N. ML
Continental Divide
New Mexico
Wichita
Kan
Oklahoma City
Abilene
Utah
Idaho
Win
Nebraska
Denver
Pdtsburgh
Ace
Ohio
Troii
Kentucky
Evansville
Ind
Louisville
Allo
Indiana
Supreme Court Meets January 15 for 1940 Sessions
The state supreme court will begin hearings on January 15. Clerk Arthur A. Mehoorl said the calendar includes 156 cases and 75 commissions, covering nine state cases.
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Madison
State Supreme Court
Cates
Arthur A. Mehoorl
Weather outlook and temperatures across regions
The forecast covers northeast and northern areas with snow in Milwaukee and Chicago. Temperatures range from a high of 63 in Miami to subzero lows in places like Chicago, with winds from the northwest and a barometer near 29.75.
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Chicago
Cat Lakes
Buckstaff
Roosevelt Budget Plan Faces Senate Scrutiny
Senator Harrison said at the White House that President Roosevelt seeks a study of a special congress to renew the reciprocal trade agreements act. He noted no new taxes were proposed, urged cooperation among tax and spending panels, and warned of potential world impact if trade policy is not renewed before June 12.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Harrison
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
America
Kohler Accepts Wisconsin Finnish Relief Fund Chair
Walter J. J Kohler, industrialist and former governor, accepts the Wisconsin state chairmanship of the Finnish relief fund. He will lead a public campaign with newspapers statewide and coordinate fundraising and appeals for refugees facing harsh Arctic winter.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Walter J. J Kohler
Finnish Relief Fund
Herbert Hoover
Kohler
Finland
Wisconsin
Thratian
Preqiren Ss Loral Clauimien
Cies and Courities
Rodos Seit
British Release American Craft Mystery Shrouds Port
British authorities at Gibraltar seize an American freighter amid a cargo dispute. Officials report 12 000 feet of unspecified freight and items tied to export lines and nickel rumors, leaving New York and Mediterranean ports involved in a murky exchange.
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New York
Gibraltar
Pacha Tubre
Dee
Sweden Asks A E D Expla Sub Activity
Sweden demands Russia explain submarine activity in the Gulf of Bothnia after the Fenris coastal steamship was sunk by a submarine off the Swedish coast. The protest to Moscow and calls to bolster defense reflect growing Nordic tensions with Soviet forces.
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Harald Peters
United Press
Copenhagen
Denmark
IUP
Sweden
Russia
Gulf of Bothnia
Min Gers Thy
Finland
Wilhelm Winther
Moscow
Aland Islands
Stockholm
Helmsund
Gech
Nord Sea
Pinline Aginel
Hetsssa
Milwaukee Bakers Face Action Over Old Bread Dump Probe
A Wisconsin hearing centers on bakers dumping old bread in the Fox Valley region. Officials consider an injunction requiring bakers to dispose of unsold product only through wholesale channels, not direct to consumers.
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Milwaukee
Fox Valley
Mibonaker
Peatira Vadis
Orchard
Raun
Ol Fey
Valles
Wake
Guard Killed as Car Strikes Wisconsin Bridge
Robert Vande List of De Pere, a guard at a Wisconsin state agency, was killed when his car struck a concrete bridge near Green Bay. Vande List, who had been home on vacation, died from a crushed skull in the crash.
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Green Bay
Wis
Robert Vande List
de Pere
Vande Tast
Roosevelt Nominee Robert H Jackson Passes Senate Subcommittee
President Roosevelt's pick to be attorney general, Robert H Jackson, won quick approval from a Senate Judiciary subcommittee without hearings. Chairman King led the move in less than five minutes with Neely Miller and Wiley in support. Approval is expected for the Murphy nomination to fill the court post.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robert H. Jackson
Senate
King
Utah
Jackson
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Aproval
Judiciary
Murphy
King Mekurds
Neely
Demncrat
West Virgina
Miller
Arkansas
Wiley
Wisconsin
Neils
Indiana
Nebraska
Baltimore
Fire shifts babies and patients at Whitehall hospital
A fire at Whitehall Community Hospital in Wisconsin prompted the rapid evacuation of infants and four adults. Sparks from a camp stove are suspected as the cause. the nursery addition sustained damage while the patients and staff moved to another wing after the alarm was raised by nurse Rather Johnsen and parent Mrs Wilhelm Ringuen.
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Whitehall
Wis
Whitehall Community Hospatel
Rather Johnsen
Wilelm Ringuen
Finnish forces report large booty and Russian defeats on eastern front
Finnish high command stated that two enemy fleets were destroyed and 12 captured as Russian supply columns and field batteries were hit by coastal fortifications. Eight Russian warplanes were shot down, with two more believed down. Copenhagen reports contact with a new Russian division near Lake Kianta as Finnish patrols disrupt a Russian rail line to hinder reinforcements. Reindeer evacuated to western Lipsland, and Finnish bombings hit towns including Hunka and Abo. Weather and scarce details from Kirkenes and Salla sector noted.
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Welsinki
Copenhagen
Denmark
Lake Kianta
Berlingske Tidende
Uhtus
Suomusalmi
Indus
Wis
Veikka
Wey
Salla
Kirkennes
Norway
Dewey Club Pledges Noninvolvement in Badger Politics
The Wisconsin Dewey Club votes to stay out of state political fights as Dewey supporters plan to back a Republican ticket. Edward A L Bacon, club president, says strategy aims to keep focus on national convention goals and party unity in Madison.
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Dewey Club
Milwaukee
Chia
Wisconsin
New York
Edward AL Bacon
Wisconsin Club
Germans Predominate in Italian Tyrol Vote
Complete returns show 185,565 voters chose to go to Germany while 62,542 remained Italian citizens. In Bolzano province 3,012 chose Italy or abstained under an accord to avoid minority disputes.
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Rome
Tyrol
Bolzano
Trento
Udine
Belluno
Germany
Italy
Reich
King Carol pledges aid of Rumania to defend Bessarabia
King Carol in Chisinau warned Soviet forces against crossing the Bessarabian border and pledged Romania will fight as one living wall. He reviewed troops with Premier Tatarescu and Crown Prince Mihai as Ukrainian and German minority leaders swore allegiance to Romania.
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Chisinau
Rumania
Carol
Russia
Bessarabia
Kishinev
Kessarabia
Tatarescu
Mihai
Air
Constanta
Black Sea
Dan
Prath
Finland
Romania
Venice
Galeazzo Ciana
Balkans
Hungary
Transylvania
Cineț
Tia
Hungarie
Intvan Csaky
Balkan
Riitataa
Italy
Transylvania - Ahieh
Sun Spots Noted in Great Blotch Observed on Sun
Claremont California reports a giant sun spot disturbance. Dr Walter Whitred notes the spot is at least as large as any previously observed, with the earth’s diameter subtended by the blotch and magnetic storms potentially affecting wireless and telegraphic communication.
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Claremont
Calif
Walter T
Whitney O
Surdean
Obsson
Whitred
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Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Missouri House of Representatives
Republican National Committee
Dardan
Lentaz
Associated Pre St Ietons
Cent Calder
Miami
Bismarck
DY Roosevelt
Excusive
HNN Relief Fund
AEDS
George Arpescanu
Second
Bucharest
Armand Calinescu
Argestinu
Senate Group
Jagroon
Netherlands
Wrath
Sieay
Washerton
Finn Forges
Italian
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