Soviet Wrath Stops Delays On Railways
A Moscow Military Tribunal crackdown in wartime Russia imposes heavy sentences on railway workers for theft, bribery, and delays affecting frontline supplies and evacuees. Guards, dispatchers, and managers receive terms from two to death, as the state tightens controls to keep rail transport moving despite winter and front-line strain.
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Power Restored At Niagara Falls After Slush Blocked Plants
Niagara Falls power was restored to nine plants as slush in the Niagara River hindered flow yesterday. Col William Kelly of the Niagara Falls Power Company said output now meets demand, aided by warmer temps and winds. The slush clogged Schoellkopf Adams and Rankine intakes, reducing output from 510000 to 250000 kilowatts before the rush was washed out and shortages covered by other state plants.
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Niagara River
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Wide Destruction In Raids on Malta Claimed by Italians
The Italian High Command announced heavy damage and destruction from incessant bomb attacks on British air and naval bases on Malta. Axis air assaults have heightened, with observers predicting a possible invasion. British forces on Malta slowed Axis reinforcements to Africa, with over 200 raids reported in five weeks, including 90 daytime raids.
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Rome
Mediterranean
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Africa
War Powers Granted to Lutheran Leader in War Effort
New York January 10 warime emergency powers were granted to Rev Dr Frederick H Knubel president of the United Lutheran Church in America The executive board authorized him to expedite any church action along the war effort.
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New York
Frederick H. Knubel
United Lutheran Church In America
Knubel
Japanese assault and Dutch losses in Far East battles
Reports from the Navy and Dutch command describe Japanese tanks driving and an enemy plane shot down near the Dutch islands. Dutch losses include a freighter sunk by a Japanese submarine with three survivors, and 30 bombs at Tarakan injuring five aboard a nearby merchant ship.
Heavier Income Levy Proposed Amid Tax Talks
Senate figures discussed new taxes to meet budget needs. Senator Taft favored a payroll tax around 10 percent for its inflation resistance, while a 5 percent sales levy would raise about two billion dollars. A 10 percent payroll tax could bring in five billion. lower brackets would require adjustment. Senator Vandenberg warned the burden would be the heaviest in history with no easy solution.
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Ohio
Senate Finance Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Treasury Oficials
British Envoy Reports Eden Talks in Moscow to Turkey
Sir Hughe Kuiaichbull-Hugessen, British ambassador to Turkey, returned to Ankara to relay Eden’s Moscow conversations. He attended British Russian conferences and expected to meet Sukru Saraçöğlu and possibly President İsmet İnönü. Eden said Turkish integrity lay with an Allied victory.
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Eden
Moscow
Ankara
Hughe Kuiaichbull-Hugessen
Anthony Eden
Sukru Saracoplu
Ismet Inonu
London
Kelland Opposes Truce on Politics in War Time
Clarence Budington Kelland, publicity director of the Republican National Committee, tours the country to dispel the claim that being a Republican is unpatriotic. At a Utah luncheon he urges no adjournment of politics during the war and warns against one party unity as a wartime mistake.
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Salt Lake City
Clarence Budington Kelland
Republican National Committee
Utah
Republican Party
Buffalo Reports Fifth Traffic Fatality of Year
Buffalo records its fifth traffic death of the year as Samuel Blaser, 65, dies after being struck by an automobile last night.
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Hitlers Rule Menaced on Home Front and Russian Front
British radio reports ongoing small war along the Warsaw Lublin line with Polish guerrillas clashing with German troops. Wounded Nazi soldiers are being brought to hospital as Goering commands the air force. Poland receives medical supplies from the United States attacked by theft.
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Russians Claim Axis Armies Demoralized On Moscow Front
Russian dispatches report masses of reserves entering, increasing striking power, and German rear guards unable to disengage. They claim a pincers move threatens Staritsa to Mosalsk, with Mozhaisk garrison retreating to avoid encirclement as Serpeisk and Mozhaisk push Russians toward Smolensk and Orel.
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Hitler Press Chief Warns Of Serious War Phase
Otto Dietrich states German operations have entered an extremely serious and critical phase. He pledges Hitler will know how to overcome the crisis as Axis morale faces Russian offensives and Allied pressure across Russia and North Africa.
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Missionaries of Congregationalists Still at Posts
The American Board of Foreign Missions reports 233 of 402 missionaries remain on duty overseas despite withdrawals due to warfare. All missionaries left Japan except one elderly retiree, while 31 active workers in North America have no word since the war entry. Philippines reports came in until Manila fell, with two missionaries in Davao still unaccounted.
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Non-Farm Mortgages Fall as November Totals Decline
Washington reports November non farm mortgages totaling 377.7 million dollars, down 70 million from October but up 50 million from November 1940. The Federal Home Loan Bank notes a 6 point drop in the seasonally adjusted index to 167 percent of the 1935-39 average amid anticipated slowdowns in non defense construction. Dr L A Peacock named as English instructor at Dickinson College in Carlisle as Colgate alum takes new post.
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Third Ward SSB Refers 1918 Draft Card Duplicate Request
Kansas City January 10 The Third Ward Selective Service Board referred a New York citizen's request to the Washington office. He said he misplaced his 1918 draft card and sought a duplicate.
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Third Ward Selective Service Board
New York
Retail Sugar Price Rise Questioned by Henderson
Price Administrator Leon Henderson says a 20 cent per hundredweight refinery sugar increase should not raise current retail prices. Wholesale prices will adjust, and retailers are expected to delay any rise until existing stock is depleted.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
8 Firemen Killed In St Paul Blaze
A deadly downtown fire in St. Paul Minnesota killed eight firemen and damaged a two story office building and adjacent athletic club. The blaze caused about 150000 in damage with a muffled explosion reported by club members and smoke filling the structure.
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Allied Air Raids Tie Down Japanese in Burma Front
A coordinated Anglo American air offensive under Air Vice Marshal Stevenson targets Japan in Burma. Tomahawk pilots claim multiple downed enemy fighters and a large number of bombed bases near Thai land and Rangoon. Night raids increase pressure as British and American crews outperform in spite of fewer numbers.
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FCC orders halt on amateur radio amid national defense worries
About 1,000 amateur operators under special FCC authority must stop broadcasting while 64,000 others remain silent since the Dec. 8 general license suspension order. The FCC cites national defense considerations as the reason for the nationwide air ban.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
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Snowplow Crash Kills Two In Prattsburg
In Prattsburg two women were killed when their light coupe rear ended a snowplow. Mrs Mitchell Frazier of Underhill Virginia and Miss Anna Bushey of Beekmantown died in the crash. Two men, Mitchell Frazier and William Bushey, were injured.
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Underhill
Anna Bushey
Beekmantown
William Bushey
Night Watchman Is Watched Too In Jail Now
Drayton North Dakota January 10 The city hired a night watchman to deter intruders but when robberies persisted they assigned the day police officer to monitor the night watchman In district court Antone Carpenter the night watchman was sentenced to six months in jail for unlawfully entering a building Robert Newne the day officer concealed himself in a cafe and caught Carpenter entering the building Toppenish Washington January 10 Clerks at the post office counted 7500 pennies brought by a woman who sought to buy a five percent defense bond worth 100 dollars William A Stoner aged 49 considered taking a Navy recruiting sign offering free tickets to Japan for his family of three sons in the Army another son in the Navy Mrs Stoner and four daughters sew for the Red Cross Lincoln Nebraska January 10 There is 5000 dollars waiting for Donald Dickson aged 23 if he resumes the name Rush The will of his father Harry E Rush provided 500 to Dickson upon legal name change and 500 annually until the 5000 is reached If Dickson fails to change the name the 5000 returns to the Rush estate
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N.D
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Robert Newne
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Musgrave Foils Thieves By Selling Car For Bonds
Alton Hi January 10 F. Musgrave long time driver devised a scheme to deter theft by selling his car and investing the proceeds in defense bonds. He used the new funds to secure his possessions while the vehicle was out of service.
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F. Musgrave
Greensboro dog catcher reports 1941 captures total 1 464
Greensboro veteran dog catcher John T. Cox logs 1 464 stray dogs captured in 1941 after compiling his annual report. The tally repeats the 1940 figure, highlighting steady pet control efforts in the city.
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Greensboro
N. C
Ohn T. Cox
Draft Board Office Sacked After Clerk Beaten
A Brooklyn draft board office was ransacked after two men beat clerk Miss Alice Levanthal 28 unconscious as they searched files containing draftee data. Police and government agents chase the attackers. a prior arson attempt at the same board was reported within 24 hours.
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New York
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Brooklyn
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Dogs Get Defense Day for Army Watchdog Volunteers
Los Angeles on January 10 reports a special recruitment period from noon to 2 P.M. Thursday to recruit Southern Californians to volunteer their dogs for Army camp watchdog service.
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Los Angeles
National Defense
Duff Cooper Ends Far East Mission in Singapore
London reports Duff Cooper, British cabinet minister and Far Eastern envoy in Singapore, is ordered to wind up his mission following General Wavell's appointment as supreme commander in the Southwest Pacific. He will return to Britain, having served since last July as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister of Information.
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Alfred Duff Cooper
Singapore
Eacidenan
Prime Minit
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1 Downing Street
Duff Cooper
Archibald P. Wavell
Southwest Pacific Command
Britain
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Lord Hanskey
Duchy of Lancaster
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10 Downing Street
Washington
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Diplomatic Attache Pays NYC Parking Fine
Baron J. Van Der Elst attache at the Belgian consulate paid a $4 fine after pleading guilty to 15 minutes overtime parking. Magistrate Thomas A. Aurelio denied diplomatic exemption. The incident occurs as New York fines reach 29,559 dollars from 7,054 violators in the first week of strict enforcement.
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New York City
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Thomas A. Aurelio
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Senate Atnan
November 1941 U.S. Shoe Production Sets High
U S shoe output in November 1941 reached 34,701,613 pairs, a record for the month but down 24 percent from October. The New England states produced 9,831,131 pairs, up 6 percent from 1940, while New York led with 7,277,024 pairs and Massachusetts followed at 5,618,699.
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United States
New England Shoe and Leather Association
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U. S
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New Hampshire
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Judge Walks Up 20 Floors to Denounce The Theft
Chicago January 10 Judge Leon Edelman condemns the thieves calling the act akin to high treason. He calculated expending 55 200 foot pounds of energy to broadcast his denunciation. With elevators down he walked twenty floors to the studio. he weighs 250 pounds.
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Chicago
Leon Edelman
Edelman
Operator Trapped In Elevator Shaft
New York Jan 10 A 35 year old operator Petey Neider became wedged with his right leg between the elevator car floor and the shaft. Police and emergency squads used torches crowbars and hydraulic jacks for about three hours to free him. He was taken to Bellevaal Hospital with contusions bruises and fractures. The cause of the wedging could not be determined.
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New York
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Overstar
Leider
Bellevaal Hospital
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