Deep South Snow and Frost Hit Florida Citrus Growers
A severe cold wave grips the south with frost warnings across Florida and Georgia. Florida citrus growers run smudge fires to protect crops while heavy damage is feared in intervegetable gardens and water systems strain under freezing pipes. Reports note one death near Knoxville and widespread fuel and water shortages as deep freeze persists.
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Alabama
Florida
Atlanta
Mississippi
Knoxville
Tenn
Alabam
United Mine Workers
Deep South
Citrus Crowers
Rocky Mountain
Pueblo
Albuquerque
Denver
Cheyenne
Midwest
Chicago
Lincoln
Neb
Weatherman Jarboe Makes Slow Break From Freeze
San Antonio’s weatherman J H Jarboe forecasts a slow thaw as a deep cold air mass lingers. He aims to break records for consecutive below freezing days and seven snow on the ground, with a forecast low around 23 degrees and a Sunday morning near 21 degrees.
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J. H. Jarboe
Jarboo
Derboe
Darboe
Montana
Utah
Canadas
Rocky Mountains
Texas
San Antonio
Tordar Seid
Oldest San Antonio resident Susan Taylor dies at 105
International News Service reports a brutal cold wave across Texas with record lows in cities like Brownsville 34 degrees and Dallas 18. In San Antonio, 105 year old Susan Rebecca Taylor died at her home on Madison Street after a long life in Ban Antonio with her daughters Mrs Seymour Taylor and Mrs G W Porter. Services are pending with Mr Allen in charge.
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International News Service
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Brownsville
Mercury
Ama
Lubbock
Abilene
Austin
Dallas
Houston
Port Arthur
Palestine
Galveston
el Paso
Corpus Christi
del Rio
San Antonio
Susan Rebecca Taylor
Madleon Street
Taylor
Ban Abe
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Ban Antonio
Seymour Taylor
Sunan Taylor
G. W. Porter
Monticello
Mr Allen
Four Accused of Red Cross Fraud in Dallas Arrests
Four persons, Raye Mond A Creswell, Mrs Ann Creswell, Charles A Mabern, and Mrs Lucille Mabern, were held on $2500 bond each in Dallas on federal charges of impersonating Red Cross workers. They waived a hearing before a U S commissioner and were to be sent to Los Angeles for trial on fraud allegations.
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Ballas
Dallas
Tetum T
Los Angeles
U. & Come Missioner
Raye Mond A. Creswell
Ann Creswell
Charles A. Mabern
Lucille Mabern
Girl Confesses Shotgun Killing in Violent Row
Eloise Sylvester, 22, of Normal, confessed to shooting and killing Raph Dateherty, 23, in the Sylvester home after he allegedly brandished a knife during a family dispute. She summoned police and was jailed in McLain county.
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Bloomington
Dam
McLain County
Eloise Sylvester
Normal
Raph Dateherty
Sylvester
Russia Radio Warns Sweden on Finland Aid
Moscow's official radio issued a strong warning to Sweden against aiding Finland. An urgent demand urged Sweden to stay neutral as Norway did. It warned that if Swedish volunteers continue to go to Finland, it will be necessary to take certain measures.
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Copenhagen
INSI
Moscow
Sweden
Finland
Norway
Britain Accelerates War Patrols Against Suspected U Boat Base
London reports Britain and naval patrols have intensified to curb a suspected new U boat camp stringing from the North Sea to the Atlantic. A submarine, believed to have torpedoed a 434 ton Latvian steamer Everene and a 1000 ton Danish ship Gudvelg, is sought near Britain's northeast coast. British destroyers reportedly sank another submarine recently, with wreckage seen after depth charges. A Gothenburg dispatch notes a report that the British submarine Salmon torpedoed and damaged the pocket battleship Deutschland, now back in service as the Suetzow.
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M' Beattish Park
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Gothenburg
Sweden
School Triangle Divorce Case Shocks Bridgeton
Joseph E Chester principal of North Winldwood High School files for divorce from Frances L Chester principal of Weat Cape May Elementary. He testifies their son Kenneth’s friend Albert Hand, 17, engaged in inappropriate visits and witnessed spousal affection, with Chester alleging explicit declarations of love and plans to marry.
Johnson to testify in own defense at board hearing
Dr W J Johnson supervisor at San Antonio State Hospital will testify in his own defense as charges of moral unfitness are examined by the state board of control. The hearing resumed in Austin with defense plans to call Dr Johnson first and Mrs Johnson testifying on his behalf.
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San Antonio
Thospital
State Board of Control
Willam Henstey
Dr Johnson
State Capitol
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Davis
Lee O'Daniel
Tckbed
Henry Knox Jr
Tom DeBerry
San Antonio Ministers’ Association
Knox
San Antonio Inter
Dr. Johnson
Thwan
Johnson
Chatman Knox
Carl Wright Johnson
Licy Robinson
Board of Control
Teer
Claude Williams
Finnish Troops Fight Reds North of Lake Ladoga
Finnish forces report deep Soviet pressure north of Lake Ladoga amid extreme cold as 60 000 Red troops engage in a major offensive to relieve trapped divisions. Air and sea actions persist with heavy losses reported on both sides and Finnish ski units using rapid assault tactics.
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Helsinki
Finland
Adland Islands
Baltic
Gulf of Bothnia
Red Army
Iwe
Copenhagen
INS
Seversl Machine Gilis Ih
Lake Ladoga
Tofiay
Mother and Children Die in Illinois House Fire
A fire trapped a Macomb family on the second floor, killing mother Olive Wishon 22 and her three small children Connie Roberta and Junior Duane ages two and months, plus Olive’s sister Oledia Ships 8. The blaze cause is undetermined. The fire spread to the Steele home next door where Olly and Fred Steele and their three children escaped, with Fred slightly burned.
British Seizure of Mail Faces Test In New York
A new test of Britain's right to seize United States mail bound for Germany was announced as the Manhattan, carrying 3682 bags of mail largely for the Reich, sailed for Atlantic ports. It was the ship's second crossing since the neutrality act revision.
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New York
Britain
Germany
U.S
Manhattan
Itanlat
Reich
British deny delay to Finn supplies amid war material flow
In London officials officially denied reports that British contraband control points have slowed the shipment of 470 American planes to Finland. The government said it has taken special steps to ensure war materials bound for Finland clear control bases with maximum speed.
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London
Jan
Finland
Pinland
Wheeler Accepts First Lady Bid
Washington report from June 20 notes Eleanor Roosevelt invited Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana to meet with the American Youth Congress at the White House. The invitation, dated January 26, reached Wheeler who, upon returning to Washington, promptly accepted. The letter was prepared under scrutiny associated with labor leader John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers convention.
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Washington
Eleanor Roosevelt
Bureton K. Wheeler
D.-Mont
American Youth Congress
White House
GC. J. 0
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Convention
Wheeler
Roosevelt
Truckers Fined $1000 Per Day For Overloads
In Texas, truckers were fined as much as $1000 per day for overloads. Lynn B. Shay of the Texas Motor Transportation Association said reports show $22,001 in fines paid by truckers in December across the state.
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Austin
Wey
Lynn B. Shay
Texas Motor Transportation Association
Oklahoma Forced Divorces Deplored
Tulsa and state bar officials say many Oklahoma women with children are forced to seek divorces to qualify for Social Security payments. The Tulsa County Bar Association urged the Oklahoma Public Welfare association to relax rules. Committee chairman Jot Deweberry cited specific cases.
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INS
Oklahoma
Tulsa County Bar Association
Oklahoma Public Welfare Association
Jot Deweberry
Pair Killed in Airplane Crash Over Cleveland Euclid Border
Two men died when a monoplane crashed near the Cleveland Euclid border. Victims identified as Joseph Mapel and Charles H. Gaghagen, both Cleveland residents, were in the aircraft with Kapel at the controls. Euclid police reported the incident occurred in a city hall area where a parking space was removed. Four others were reported killed in a separate work incident on Saturday involving a barge shoe parking space project. La Porte, Ind. WPA beautification project reported four deaths when a truck loaded with grass and dirt collided near La Porte today. The project area will include trees planted and a prison truck involved in the accident.
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Charles. H. Gaghagen
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LA Porte
Ind
Parsons
Indiana State
LaPorte
Trotzky Peril Seen By Dies In Mexico Speech
In Mexico City a Dies committee member warned that Stalinist agents have displaced Trotzky as the Communist influence in the country and are using Mexico as a base for propaganda and espionage across the Americas. He cited informants claiming US border activity by Texas Communists and urged stronger Justice and immigration personnel.
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Josef Stalin
Leon Trotzky
Stalin
Marlin Dressard
Dies
Mexico
Trotzky
Moscow
United States
Central
South America
then-American Activities Committee
Nexas
Texas
Ding
United States Departments of Justice
Immigraton
Anti Red Norse Alliance Seen In 1940 Forecast
Washington Indiana January INS reports Capt Borge Rohde predicts an anti Red Norse alliance by end of 1940. He foresees Sweden Norway and Denmark joining Finland in ensuing months. Rohde, longtime Danish Royal Guards officer and husband of Mix Bryan, is quoted.
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Ind
INS
Russia
Borge Rohde
Mix
Ruel Bryan
Rohde
Sweden
Norway
Drnmark
Finland
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
U. S
Denmark
Weather Forecast For San Antonio And Nearby Areas
San Antonio and vicinity: Generally fair to partly cloudy and not very cold Sunday with light to gentle variable winds. Airport high Saturday around 40 with low Saturday night about 26, high Sunday near 42. East Texas: Generally fair and not quite so cold Sunday with 18 to 25 north and 22 to 30 south, light to moderate winds. West Texas: Scattered high clouds Sunday, southeast portion cloudy with occasional rain, warmer. Week outlook: mainly fair, rain risk central east Tuesday, and a colder second half of the week.
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East
Texas
Parton
Gent
War at a Glance Across Fronts and Crises
War brief cites a Finnish ski force trapping three of four Russian divisions near Lake Ladoga with 40,000 Russians retreating and 1,000 dead. Other items note a feared U boat campaign off Britain, Japanese moves around Tientsin, senate cautions on embargoes, quiet Western front, Nazi neutrality protests, Oswald Mosley disruption of Churchill, and the City of Flint arriving in Baltimore harbor.
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Arctic
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Manchester
Oswald Moseley
Winston Churchill
Baltimore
Flint
Officials deny call for all citizens to return home
Washington dispatch reports Blate Department officials dismiss a Copenhagen newspaper claim that Americans in Europe must return within three months or risk loss of citizenship. They say no action is planned and no one is directed to leave.
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Cn& Blate Department
Copenhagen
Europe
Usb
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