Reich Denies She Might Employ Gas in Invasion Claim
U S Navy secretary Frank Knox denied Germany would use gas against England while sources cited Hitler s Sept 1939 warning that Germany would answer poison gas with poison gas if war cruelty occurred. They contrasted Roosevelt s absence from Hitler s Jan 30 speech with a belief he follows Hitler s words.
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Berlin
Feh 1Diene
Autsources
U.S. Navy
Frank Inox
Germany
England
Adolf
Roosevelt
Hitler
Nox
Reichstag
Poland
Fuehrer
Hiller
France
Britain
Hoviged
De Gaulle Gambles for Weygand Support in Mediterranean War
The piece outlines General de Gaulle pressing for Weygand to join British French efforts as Mussolini's Africa empire teeters. It notes Petain's stubborn stance, Vichy Berlin rift, and potential for a NATO like shift if Weygand yields to French colonial and British signals amid Nazi meddling.
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Tunisia
Weygand
Marshal Graziani
Mussolini
de Gaulle
France
Mediterranean
Britain
Marshal Petain
Verdun
Petain
Vichy
Berlin
Paris
Furs Stolen After Car Theft In Cincinnati
Cincinnati police report two men slugged furrier Jacob Essner of Woodmere and stole his car with a 2700 dollar fur load. The vehicle was abandoned after the raid, early Feb 1.
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Cincinnati
Jacob Essner
Woodmere
Lied
Major Williams Injured in London Bombing May Lose Sight
Maj. Robert B. Williams, U S Army Air Corps observer, was seriously hurt in a German air raid on London. Reported to possibly lose sight in his right eye, Williams was staying at a hotel near the embassy area when a 100 pound bomb exploded, shattering windows.
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SEI
Robert B. Welliams
London
INS
Robert B. Williams
United States Army Air Corps
Williams
Invasion Fever Rises as Britain Prepares for Worst
British and Allied sources forecast a major German air offensive in 1941 as Britain boosts its air power with American aid. Weather limits night raids but day attacks resume. Churchill Knox and Halifax amplify the sense of an imminent clash over the Channel.
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Germany
England
Britain
America
Adolf Hitler
Channel
Europe
East Anglia
Liverpoat
Midlands
France
U. S
Frank Knox
Lord Halifax
United States
Hitler
Churchill
Three More British Ships Sunk in German Claims
Berlin reports long distance German planes sank two merchant ships totaling 10,100 tons west of Ireland and severely damaged another off the British east coast. Prior claims include six ships totaling 21,600 tons. Germans say fliers also attacked patrol boats, mined areas, and targeted southeastern England and Southampton.
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Berlin
High Command
Ireland
England
Harwich
Lowestoft
Southampton
U S Opposes Trinidad Naval Contraband Base Plan
American officials oppose Britain proposed naval contraband base at Trinidad arguing it would pull the war to America’s doorstep. They advocate Britain using Pacific blockades beyond the 200 mile neutrality zone to curb South American supply flows to Germany via the Far East.
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Trinidad
U.S. Washington
West Indies
America
Great Britain
South America
Germany
Far East
Pacific
United States faces war powers as Britain aid bill debated
Congressional debate centers on President Roosevelt power over arms credits and war materials. Knox Nye discuss Britain’s peril and possible bases in the Americas while Representative opponents push for limited powers and alternatives. Public warnings by Halifax and Carroll echo concerns about democratic controls and the Maginot Line analogy.
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Knox
Senate
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Britain
Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
England
Rules Committee
Viscount Halifax
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Adolf Hitler
Dover
George
Europe
William E. Dodd
Germany
Wheeler
Dodd
Palm Beach
Fla
Joseph P. Kennedy
United States
Minority Report On Aid to Britain Bill
The document states opposition to granting the President broad wartime powers and supports aid to Britain with a $2 billion credit. It argues aid should proceed without ceding executive control over war materiel production and stresses Congress, not the President, must authorize such policy. The report frames aid as essential yet constrained to preserve independence.
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England
Europe
Cordell Hull
Haye
Britain
Congress
John Bassett Moore
United States Navy
Office of Production Management
Mr. Knudsen
Russia
Hamilton Fish
Charles A. Eaton
Edith N. Rogers
Robert B. Chiperfield
John M. Vorys
Karl E Mundt Bartel J. Jonkman
Frances P. Bolton
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Republic
McAdoo Death Marks End Of A Storied Career
William Gibbs McAdoo longtime Democratic power and former secretary of the treasury died at age in capital. He led the Hudson tunnels project and helped create the Federal Reserve System. Survived by several children and former wives, his career spanned Senate Treasury and wartime finance.
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Sarah Houston Fleming
Eleanor Randolph Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Treasury
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
Los Angeles
McAdoo
Senate
Dollar Steamship Lines, Inc
American President Lines
Maritime Commission
Franklin D. Roosevelt
California
John Nance Garner
Roosevelt
Hudson River
Madison Square Garden
New York
Alfred E. Smith
John W. Davis
Chicago
Smith
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States Senate
JPT
Princeton University
Wall Street
Francis
Princeton
Dr. Wilson
Wilson
New Jersey
Wilsa
United States
Rice Shortage Triggers Nationwide Rationing in Japan
Tokyo reports a rice shortage forces rationing across Japan with a Feb 8 household needs survey to guide a pass book rationing system. Officials note extraordinary military expenditures totaling 4.88 billion yen for the coming year as part of China war costs, alongside a record ordinary budget of 6.863 billion yen and planned 1 billion yen in supplementary military funds.
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Tokyo
Japan
Army and Navy
House
McAdoo biography: rails, politics, and a wartime role
The text covers McAdoo’s rise from poverty to national prominence as Treasury Secretary, his wartime railroad nationalization, and later political ambitions. It notes his marriages, children, and civil outcomes, including Eleanor Wilson McAdoo’s divorce, his Senate tenure, and aviation hobby.
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McAdoo
Marietta
William Gibbs McAdoo
Mary Faith Floyd
University of Tennessee
Sarah Houstoun Fleming
Wilson
Eleanor Randolph Wilson
White House
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
Los Angeles
Washington
Alfred E. Smith
Treasury
San Francisco
New York
Edward L. Doheny
Doheny
Naval
Chicago
Madison Square Garden
California
Roosevelt
Mexico
D. F. McAdoo
Robbers Sell Wine At Bargain Price
Two men tied up Henry Katz and robbed him of his wine stock. Katz told police one robber later sold a gallon of his best wine to a customer for 25 cents. The incident occurred in Washington on February 1.
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Washington
Henry Katz
Katz
U S Seeking Copper Plant Strike Pact
Negotiations resumed at the Bayway plant in Elizabeth New Jersey between Phelps Dodge and the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers union over wage terms and a bargaining election. The stoppage affects 1600 workers and Navy defense orders worth 74323 dollars, with potential spread to Yonkers Fort Wayne and Los Angeles plants. Federal labor officials from the Department of Labor attended the talks as the company warns of possible disruption to more than 200 million dollars in defense contracts.
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Associated Press
Bayway
Phelps-Dodge Copper Products Corporation
Elizabeth
N. J
U. S. Department of Labor
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Peter D. Besch
Dodge-Phelps
Yonkers
Fort Wayne
Ind
Los Angeles
Wylie Brown
Phelps-Dodge
Brown
Dayton
Ohio
Wilwaukee
Wis
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Company
R. J. Thomas
C. I. C. United Automobile Workers Union
C. I
International Harvester Company
Chicago
Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Company
Mobile
Atlantic City
Rome Press Protest Horse Slaughter For Food Purposes
The Rome newspaper La Tribuna denounced the rising slaughter of young horses for meat. It urged stopping the practice as horses remain more valuable alive for the country and economy than in beef form.
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Rome
la Tribuna
Executions Ordered in Romania by Antonescu
Premier Ion Antonescu ordered the army to execute on the spot any person found carrying a firearm without authority and to fire on groups holding meetings. Unofficial reports suggest German control may seize factories of M. Malana. Police uncovered 4 million lei hidden by Constantine Lupescu.
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Bucharest
Romania
Ion Antonescu
M. Malana
Lupescu
Magda Lupescu
Carol II
Constantine
Greeks Rout Tepeleni Front in Albania War Report
Greek forces attacked the Tepeleni area southwest of Tepeleni with British bombers starting a large fire in a building. Italian troops endured machine-gun fire as they left tents. The front described as well-defended with trenches and barbed wire. Greek advances north of Klisura continued amid snow and heavy artillery. At least 65 Italians were buried after an unsuccessful charge as casualties mounted.
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Tepeleni
Tepe Jeni
Albania
Zog
Raac
Chimara
Valona
Klisura
January Quietest Month in London
London reports January had only rare hours under air raid alerts with 41 siren sounds totalling 45 since the air war began. No bomb attacks occurred this month, marking the city’s quietest period since September.
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London
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