Greek Ships Shell Valona and Elbasani Raid Report
British bombers hit Elbasani in central Albania amid sleet and snow, despite anti aircraft fire, with high explosives and incendiaries seen causing fires. Greek destroyers shelled Valona, firing 60 shells in a Monday night attack as Italian reinforcements evacuate wounded across the Adriatic. Koritza raid kills over 100. a 200 year old cathedral was destroyed.
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Elbasani
Albania
Marine Ministry
Valona
Adriatic
Otranto
Brindisi
Sasona
Bari
Koritza
United Press
Italians Claim Hit On British Destroyer
The Italian High Command announced that Italian planes torpedoed a British destroyer off the North African coast near Salum. Immediate results were not known. In Libya the desert front reported patrol activity and artillery fire between Bardia and Tobruk.
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Rome
High Command
North African
Salum
Libya
Bardia
Tobruk
Roosevelt to Name Minton His Legs Eyes and Ears
President Roosevelt announced the appointment of former Senator Sherman Minton of Indiana as an administrative aide. Minton, Democratic whip in the last Senate, was defeated for reelection in November and will serve with anonymity as the President’s legs eyes and ears.
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Minton
Washington
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Senate
Congress
White House
Capitol Hill
Civil Strife Flares Anew In Rumania
Balkans tensions surge as Romanian civil strife worsens with Bucharest clashes and arrests. Germany, Soviet forces mass near the border while Bulgaria faces pressure over aligning with Axis. Turkiye warns of neutrality shift. Ismet Inonu surveys troops along the border.
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Romania
Germany
Balkans
Iron Guard
Ion Antonescu
Bucharest
Budapest
Russia
Philoff
Vienna
Bulgaria
Turkey
Ankara
Ismet Inonu
Turkish Thrace
Balkan
German Troop Movements Reported to Italy
London reports a growing influx of German armed forces to Italy with three divisions possibly 45,000 men moved from occupied France via Modane as Laval was dismissed. Additional contingents may have crossed through Brenner Pass from Austria. German planes reached Italy in notable numbers amid speculation on Turkey and Russia reactions.
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London
France
Modane
Alps
Pierre Laval
Brenner Pass
Austria
Turkey
Russia
Bulgaria
Bevin Forms New UK Engineering Branch
London January 51. Minister of Labor Ernest Bevin formed an engineering branch in the British Labor Ministry to advise on engineering matters especially relating to the munition labor supply organization.
Roosevelt's Message Draws Harsh Nazi Press Verdict
Berlin reports quote multiple German papers calling Roosevelt's congressional message historically inaccurate and unlikely to affect the war. Editors deride aid to Britain as fiction and predict any assistance would arrive too late. Some papers frame the proposal as imperialist or duplicitous.
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Louis PL Lochner
Berlin
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
South
Central America
Western Hemisphere
Berlin Boersen Zeitung
Washington
Lokal Anzeiger
Water main break threatens gasoline spill in Aberdeen
East Side residents were urged to avoid sparks after a water main rupture breached a gasoline storage tank, releasing 7000 gallons of ignitable fluid into a storm sewer. City crews flushed fumes while a 24 hour patrol guarded manholes to prevent explosions. Commissioner Wallace warned pedestrians and motorists to keep away from manholes.
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East Side
Wallace
1933 Auto Tags On Car Explained On Too Tight
Random 1933 vintage license plates found on a car in Danville prompts owner to explain he bought the vehicle used and could not remove the old tags. Other brief items note a Richland County Court opening time change to 9 40 A.M. and a humorous street encounter in Los Angeles ending with a small fine.
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Danville, HL
Columbia
S.C
Richland County Court
A. W. Holman
Nazi Bomber Sinks British Ship Off Eire Coast
Berlin long range raid claims 8000 ton merchant ship sunk about 300 miles west of Ireland after three dives. High Command cites additional attacks on Thames mouth convoy ship and a minesweeper flotilla. Rail and industrial targets in central and southern England bombed despite bad weather with Lowestoft airfield and Folkestone rail damage reported.
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Berlin
Ireland
Thames
North Sea
High Command
England
Lowestoft
Kent
Folkestone
Jews Barred From Dutch Movie Theatres
Jews were barred from all motion picture houses in the Netherlands starting today amid anti German demonstrations by some moviegoers during news reels shown at cinemas in Amsterdam and other cities.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Netherlands
Simpson Dewey feud shades New York Legislature power plays
Albany January 8 A long simmering feud between Kenneth F Simpson and District Attorney Thomas E Dewey shapes Republican plans for the New York Legislature. Mayor Rolland Marvin backs Kaufman who seeks to keep the 4000 dollar a year Assembly assistant clerk post amid opposition from Thomas Curran and the Albany leadership.
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Albany
Kenneth F. Simpson
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Rolland B. Marvin
Syracuse
Assembly
Victor R. Kaufman
New York City
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Kaufman
Thomas J. Curran
New York County
Republican Committee
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Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Marvin
Willkie
Onondaga Republican Committee
Edwin F. Jaeckle
State Committee
Jaeckle
Ansley R. Borkowski
Borkowski
Buffalo
Jackie
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