Government seeks to tie Hill to Axis propaganda rings
Washington January 9 The Government seeks to prove George Sylvester Viereck supplied literature and reprints to Hill a longtime aide to Representative Fish The jury heard of envelopes bearing the signatures of Congressmen and a modern FBI chart showing thousands of reprints distributed through the Congressional Record The case involves charges against Hill for perjury and aims to link him to Viereck Prescott Dennett and other isolationist figures The trial continues as prosecutors present evidence from the Government Printing Office and other sources.
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Blaze in Garage Doused With Gas Mistake Causes Costly Embarrassment
An overheated stove ignited a wall in a garage and a sprinkler filled with gasoline. Jenkins, superintendent of the water works, stopped the blaze with a can, avoiding injury but facing embarrassment. Minor damage occurred as the fire was put out.
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Senate Debates Test Vote on Wartime Farm Price Control
Senate considers a test vote on wartime price controls for farm products. Senator Brown and leaders expected to build votes to defeat farm bloc demands for Secretary of Agriculture veto power over price ceilings. President Roosevelt urges a single-price administrator and warns against divided control.
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Free French Move to Withdraw From St Pierre Miquelon
Free French leaders plan to withdraw from St Pierre and Miquelon after a coup that put Charles de Gaulle’s troops on the islands off Newfoundland. Officials say most residents favor Free French over Vichy, and the move risks returning control to Vichy while complicating wartime diplomacy and Latin American responses.
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Coup fears Vichy retaliation over Free French control
The coup was centered on the fear that Vichy forces would strike if the Free French held the islands, especially with closer collaboration with the lAnis.
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Suspect in Murder Held in Racket to Beat Bingo Games
Police say David Bennett 32, once of Detroit, is in custody amid an effort to beat bingo games. He was sought in the murder of Sidney Levine, 24, occurred Aug 1940 in Michigan City. Bennett and Jack Silverton were arrested, released, then rearrested after a witness vanished and was later located. A woman accompanying Bennett faced charges tied to a diner payoff and another woman linked to Bo Banghart.
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Dinner Fund Renounced for War Bond by Waterbury Plant
The Foreman's Club of the Chase TM Metal Company in Waterbury Connecticut cancelled its annual dinner after 27 years to save production time. The event’s $1,000 budget will be invested in a defense bond to aid war orders.
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Seattle man surrenders longbows and arrows
T T Hayeashi came to police headquarters three days after the surrender deadline for weapons denied to enemy aliens. He apologized saying he did not know longbows and arrows were forbidden implements. He surrendered two longbows and two quivers of arrows.
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Banks to pay rewards for sinking enemy capital ships
Florida banks announce a $500 reward from the Florida national group of banks to personnel of each American aircraft that sinks a Japanese, German or Italian capital battleship or aircraft carrier. Payouts will be divided equally after official verification by War or Navy Departments.
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Escaped Prisoner Returns North After Theft in Indiana
In Terre Haute a prisoner escaped hospital care and, after flagging a car near Sullivan, was captured by Sheriff Therweller who retrieved him. In another clipping, Wabash County stalls a long stalled Mississinewa River bridge plan due to wars and steel shortages.
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Men Real Essence Of War Says Lear
Memphis Tenn Jan 9 Men rather than equipment are the essence of fighting says Lieut Gen Ben Lear Second Army commander in a letter to commanding officers warning American troops must expect to fight often against an enemy superior in numbers and equipment but equipment does not fight men are the heart courage and blood of soldiers win wars Man is the master machine in war
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