Axis Powers Deaf to Peace Negotiated
ROME Dec 29 The axis powers are deaf to any negotiated peace and ready to strike back at the United States for aid to Britain. Il Popolo Di Roma says the three power pact foresees an Anglophile shift and faces it. Japan’s minister Matsuoka reaffirms pact validity as the axis limits war areas but won’t remain inert if England aid continues. Italy tightens internal controls and imposes death penalties for food hoarding as Roosevelts fireside talk nears.
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Rome
United States
Britain
Japan
Italy
Germany
Il Popolo di Roma
Hosuke Matsuoka
England
Resto del Carlino
Sident
Somerset Weather Summary From David Grove Observer
Somerset weather report shows 24 hour period from 5 30 pm Saturday to 5 30 pm Sunday with a high near 50 and low around 36 inches of precipitation. A year ago temperatures recorded at 28 high and 25 low with 0.15 inches precipitation.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
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U. S. Weather Bureau
New York
Boston
Miami
Chicago
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Cleveland
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Los Angeles
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Weather Outlook for Western and Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland
Regional forecast notes rain in western Pennsylvania and mixed precipitation in the north, with colder conditions beginning Monday. Eastern areas expect rain in the west and north with light rain in the southeast, followed by colder Monday night and Tuesday broken clouds. Maryland remains cloudy and colder with possible rain or snow in the northwest portions and continued broken clouds Tuesday.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
Ban on Visitors At Somerset Community Hospital
Somerset Community hospital halted all visitor access Sunday amid a flu outbreak. President Fletcher W Cunningham said the ban applies except in extreme cases, where a physician writes an order to admit visitors. The measure, posted throughout the hospital, remains until case numbers drop.
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Somerset Community Hospital
Fletcher W. Cunningham
Somerset
New Forms For Members Of Company C Drill Setup
New forms for those enrolled in Company C 110th regiment will be presented at drill Monday evening per Captain George C Cassett. All members must attend for fingerprinting as induction approaches in February. Rid of paper work underway. enlistment lists open briefly. Lieutenant Lowry assigned to four week instructor school at Valley Forge Wayne starts January 17 1941. Promotions include corporals Harry E Queer Irvin J Lambert Leland D Deaner Harry J Reiber Jr Joseph C Kregar. Two more light machine guns received under guard orders. Company strength now three officers and 81 enlisted men.
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110Th Regiment
George C. Cassett
Cassett
Lowry
Paul B. Lowry
Company C
Valley Forge Military School
Wayne
Rese Army
Harry E. Queer
Irvin J. Lambert
Leland D. Deaner
Harry J. Reiber, Jr
Joseph C. Kregar
National Guard
Laurence O Guinther Dies In Akron Aviation Leader
Laurence O Guinther, 46, a noted figure in the airplane industry and an official at national air races, died tonight in Akron. He was the airplane tire sales manager for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
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Laurence O. Guinther
Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Murder of Wentling Family Baffles Suspect
Deputy Sheriff Amos Dolby described a long ago motive driving 43 year old Frank Dearolph to murder his uncle and eldest Wentling family members in a northwest Pennsylvania home. Dearolph, captured near Franklin after a day in the woods, pleaded guilty to the Wentling murders but claimed the boy was involved by accident.
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Amos Dolby
Frank Dearolph
Pennsylvania
Reuben UL
Wentling
Reuben, Jr
James Harner
Darolph
Wenling
Hem
Olive
Pretty
Elizebeth
Wer
Bob
Oil City
Dearolph
Dolby
M. O. McKinley
Howver
Doby
Wre
Dearolphs
Oxy Dearolph
Hungary
Youngstown
Ohio
McKinley
Harold W. Deane
John Hardy, Jr
Route 157
Franklin
Franklin Barracks
Elizabeth Wentling
Berwick Battles German Raider Near North Atlantic
British cruiser Berwick attacked a northern Atlantic raider Christmas morning and sank the German steamer Baden. Berwick was lightly damaged and moved from Mediterranean service to Atlantic convoy duty, with one convoy ship hit. German high command said a 6000-ton steamer was sunk by gunfire and torpedoes, while an enemy heavy cruiser was hit several times but remained undamaged.
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London
North Atlantic
Admiralty
Berwick
Italy
Atlantic
Baden
High Command
Petain Urges Youth To Embrace Teamwork In France
Vichy December radio address by Chief of State Philippe Petain calls on all young Frenchmen to abandon destructive individualism and embrace national discipline. He vows France will flower again, framing the current hardship as winter before spring in a national revolution led to rebuild the country.
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Vichy
France
Petain
Italy names Tassinari as food dictator for nation
Rome announces Giuseppe Tassinari a 49 year old agricultural economist will regulate production consumption export and import of food for civilians and the armed forces. He is described as Italy's leading authority on agricultural economy and is appointed minister of agriculture under law designed to oversee famine relief and food distribution.
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Rome
Italy
Giuseppe Tassinari
Former Judge Wilson Dies in Clarion County
Harry R. Wilson, 76, former Clarion county judge and prominent attorney, died today after a brief illness.
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Wilson
Clarion
Harry R. Wilson
Clarion County
London Firefighters Battle Destructive Blitz Across Capital
London fought massive fires after a pre midnight raid by German bombers. Officials said damage runs into millions of pounds with heavy casualties feared. Firemen and volunteers battled hundreds of blazes as rains aided efforts and fighter planes engaged the attacking force. A Wren church was destroyed but recoveries saved relics before collapse.
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London
Christopher Wren
London Under Fierce Assault
Waves of German raiders bombed London in a short night raid, dropping incendiaries and high explosives. Roof-spotters and fire crews fought widespread blazes while civilians sought shelter in tubes, with reports of damaged buildings and hospitals.
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London
Empire Capital
Channel
Associated Press
Tudor Stree
Fire at Snyder farm near Sipesville prompts early alarm
A fire gutted a chicken house and several outbuildings at the Snyder farm near Sipesville early this morning. Somerset volunteer firefighters were dispatched at 2 45 a m but were later told no further action was needed as the alarm was downgraded. Sipesville firemen fought the blaze.
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Snyder Farm
Sipesville
Somerset
Nazi advance guard reaches Bulgarian frontier in Balkans
Sofia reports the German expeditionary force pushing toward Bulgaria as frontier districts note troops taking positions near Giurgiu across the Danube. Berlin reportedly ships 300,000 more troops into Romania while Bulgaria debates Axis entry under potential royal abdication.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Black Sea
Giurgiu
Danube
Ruschuk
Germany
Rumania
British Shell Libyan Base In Preparations For Final Attack
British guns shelled the Italian base at Bardia fifteen miles from the Egyptian border as part of preparations for a major offensive into northeastern Libya. Reports say Italian garrison offered little resistance while patrols in Sudan harassed Italians southwest of Kassala and east of Gallabat. Egyptian newspapers noted large bank notes found among material abandoned at Sidi Barrani and alleged Italian plans to install a local Egyptian as a puppet governor.
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Egypt
Bardia
Libya
Sudan
Kassala
Gallabat
Comunique
Egyptaan
Sidi Barrani
Ialian
Alexandria
Bari
Ialy
Hundred of Homeless After German Raid on Port City
In southwest England on December 29 a heavy German air raid struck a port city on the Channel coast. The raid caused hundreds of homeless and several fires. nine bodies were recovered, lifting the death toll to ten. Fire control by spotters and civilians prevented broader destruction despite widespread incendiaries and heavy explosives.
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England
Plymouth
Southampton
Channel
Indo China Rice Is Vital to Japan War Needs
Tokyo dispatch says the forthcoming French Indo-China economic conference is crucial to Japan due to rice supply. The 1939 Indo-China crop was valued at 35 million dollars. Officials decline comment on Hanoi talks but expect talks to trade Japanese manufactures for rice to ease drought and shortages of rubber tin iron and ores.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hanoi
Indo-China
Greeks Close On Valona Amid Snowbound Advance
Greek forces edge closer to Valona threatening Italian control at approaches to the southern Albanian port. Heavy snow slows movement while Greeks claim 200 prisoners and large supplies. Italians defend Tepeleni and Kisura sectors amid counterattacks. RAF reports a waterfront Valona raid despite bad weather.
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Athens
Valona
Te'epeni
Teleni
Vaiona
Tepeleni
Thir
Kisura
Klisura
Grek
Chimara
Royal Air Force
French Yield To Siamese In Frontier Clashes
In Bangkok on December 29, clashes along the French Indo China frontier continued as Thai high command said French forces retreated after two engagements. The communique reported French left arms and ammunition behind and earlier repulsions in the Aranyapredes district. A later two hour battle involved large Indo-Chinese forces and ended with further French repulses and many casualties.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Aranyapredes
Greeks Capture Border Town of Lin Near Albania
The Belgrade paper Politika reports Greek forces seized the border town of Tin after heavy snow battles, outflanking the strongpoint between Posta detz and Elbasani, Albania. The town lies on Lake Ohrid near the Albania Yugoslav frontier, about 50 miles north of Pogradet and 30 miles east of Elbasani.
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New York
CBS
Belgrade
Politika
Tin
Postadetz
Elbasani
Albania
Ohrid
Pogradet
No Tiger Taming
President Roosevelt used a nationwide broadcast from the White House to push wartime mobilization. He warned the Axis would dominate if Britain fell, urged max speed in arms production, and called for no strikes in defense industries. He framed defense aims as national security and warned against promises of peace at the expense of liberty.
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Roosevelt
United States
White House
Great Britain
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
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Americas
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Presidential inaugurations in New York and Philadelphia
The piece recalls George Washington’s first oath in New York City on April 30, 1789, and his second in Philadelphia in 1793. It notes the journey from Mt. Vernon, the balcony at Federal Hall, the oath administered by Robert Livingston, and the day’s ceremonies and celebrations. It also mentions the 1793 oath in Congress Hall Philadelphia and Washington’s later attire.
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Central Press
Washington
D. C
New York City
Philadelphia
Mt. Vernon
New York
Federal Hall
New Republic
Robert Livingston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate
St. Paul Chapel
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