44 868 Lost By Italy in Bardia Siege
Cairo reports British seizure of Bardia results in 44 868 Italian casualties including killed and captured. British tally cites 2 041 officers and 42 827 men captured or dead, plus 368 medium and heavy guns 63 light guns 1 380 tanks and 700 transport vehicles seized or destroyed. Also notes RAF dominance and ongoing Tobruk campaign as Massina bombardment hinted at.
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Cairo
Bardia
Tobruk
Middle West
Annibale
Bergonzoli
Royal Air Force Command
North Africa
Rodolfo Graziani
Libya
Archibald P. Wavell
Libyan
Tripoli
R.A.F
Graziani
Italy
Middle East
Norwegians plan to build freighters in U S for Britain
Alfred Holter, a Norwegian refugee industrialist heading a private American Norwegian combine, says Old Groton Iron Works in Old Groton Connecticut will build 12 to 15 and possibly 18 fast freighters annually for Britain and Allied shipping. The yards were bought for around half a million dollars to save 6 to 8 months on first ship, with a 9,500 ton design and first ship due within 11 months.
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U.S
Britain
New York
Old Groton Iron Works
Old Groton
Combine
Baruch Urges Public Support for Production Board
Bernard Baruch, veteran of the War Industries Board, urged full American cooperation with President Roosevelt’s new office of production management. He called the move a long forward step though he preferred centralized authority under a single presidential appointee, while noting the current setup grants Knudsen and Hillman equal powers.
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Bernard Baruch
Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
Office of Production Management
Roosevelt
War Industries Board
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Baruch
Misdeamanor ruling saves man from life term in coat theft
Buffalo January 11 Bernard Depka aged 48 narrowly avoided a life prison term after a County Court jury cleared him of a felony charge. He received one year in penitentiary and a $500 fine for petty larceny of an overcoat. Depka had 23 misdemeanors and three felonies on prior record. Charles M. Reed dies at 78 Sinclairville longtime attorney and first Sinclairville high school graduate.
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Buffalo
Bernard Depka
Depka
George H. Rowe
Charles M. Reed
Sinclairville
Sinclairville High School
Chautauqua County
Drive to curb Roosevelt on arms grows in Congress
The drive to curb President Roosevelt on arms sales gains pace as Alfred E. Smith rails for democracy while Administration leaders push hearings and broaden British aid. Key debates center on a two year limit on arm material authority, maintaining current disposal restrictions, and prevents outright gifts. May moves to shift the bill to his Military Affairs Committee amid looming jurisdictional fights.
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Alfred E. Smith
Britain
United States
Army
Navy
Chief of
Naval Operations
Walter George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Military Affairs Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Andrew J. May
Sam Rayburn
May
Naval Affairs
Russians Launch Armenia Campaign and Moewe in Atlantic
Russians begin a new operation in Armenia on January 11, 1916, as Allied forces report a fresh campaign. Meanwhile the German auxiliary cruiser Moewe is detected in the Atlantic, having slipped through the British blockade and resumed raiding.
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Armenia
Moewe Found
Atlantic
Strategic consequences of eastern Mediterranean control in war
The article argues Britain could project power from the eastern Mediterranean if threats to Egypt and Suez recede. It outlines invasion hurdles for Italy, value of losing African possessions, and potential boosts to Allied prestige, Arab support, and French Syria, plus securing oil routes and possible Balkan offensives against Germany.
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Mediterranean
Egypt
Suez Canal
Britain
Italy
Hitler
England
Near East
Syria
Palestine
Lebanon
Iraq
Dardanelles
Turkey
Germany
Balkans
Russia
Romania
Balkan
Railroad to Raise Big Equipment Fund
The Pennsylvania Railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authorization to issue 11.925 million dollars of 1 percent equipment trust certificates to finance the purchase of 4 500 freight cars 200 cabin cars and five electric passenger locomotives at a total cost near 15 million dollars. The equipment will be built in the railroad’s own shops and the certificates will be sold by competitive bidding.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Chinese Businessman Is Kidnap Victim
Shanghai on January 11 reports that wealthy Chinese businessman T. C. Pan was kidnapped today by five men who forced entry to his home in the French quarter. Ransom is believed to be the motive. Pan's brother is closely connected with Wang Ching-Wei, but he has not been active politically.
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Shanghai
T. C. Pan
Pan
Wang Ching-Wei
Nanking
Anglers Retrieve Wet Groceries from White River
Fishermen reported catching canned foods in the White River near Bloomfield Indiana. Sheriff Charles Blanton said he fished up two bushels of stew soup and consomme and suspected burglars dumped the groceries there. He kept them in the jail pantry.
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River
Indiana
Bloomfield, Ind
Charles Blanton
White River
Here
County purchases agent halts free drinks at court party
In Albuquerque on January 41 GP, court house employees enjoyed free drinks when a vending machine malfunction released pop bottles. Joseph B. Velasquez, the county purchasing agent, ended the spree explaining the county would be charged for the beverages from its receipts.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Court House
Joseph B. Velasquez
Witt Seeks Tax Bill After 11 Years Of Complaint
Racine Wisconsin January 11 Axel Witt 40 complains he has not been taxed. He presented a 137 dollar check to the city treasurer for personal property taxes. For 11 years Witt says the city neglected to send him a tax bill.
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Racine
Wis
Axel Witt
Witt
Lambert seeks change to tobacco dealer licensing law
State Senator Tom Lambert in Lincoln proposes remedial legislation to end the rule that prohibits giving away tobacco. He notes the law restricts free samples and aims to correct the situation. In Phoenix, a water commissioner reports witnessing violent clashes and threats during hearings.
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Lincoln
Neb
Tom Lambert
Lambert
Half Stamp Mystery In Canton Postoffice
Canton reports two sealed letters mailed with half of a three cent stamp. Postal workers returned the items to the sender, noting the unusual postage fragment and the puzzling parcel handling.
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Canton
Vinson Plans Bill to Speed Armament Output
Washington Jan 11 UP Chairman Carl Vinson of the House Naval Affairs Committee says he will introduce legislation to force industry to curb commercial production when needed to accelerate armament output. He notes that ordinary items like pots and pans hinder aluminum supplies for defense programs.
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Washington
Jan
Carl Vinson
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Vinson
Missing Boy Lyons, Jr. Body Recovered by Coast Guardsmen
In Buffalo on January 11 Coast Guardsmen recovered the body of Robert Lyons Jr. 2 of West Seneca from a creek after a six and a half hour search aided by volunteers and police. The boy had been missing from home since late yesterday.
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Buffalo
Coast
Cazenovia Creek
Robert Lyons, Jr
West Seneca
Remington Sells Middletown Plant New York
Remington Rand Inc has sold its noiseless typewriter plant at Middletown Conn to Andover Kent Inc led by C A Woodruff former Gray Manufacturing Hartford official The new company plans a general manufacturing business and may devote part of the facilities to making munitions probably for Great Britain.
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Remington
Middletown
New York
Remington Rand, Inc
Conn
Andover Kent, Inc
C. A. Woodruff
Woodruff
Gray Manufacturing Company
Hartford
Great Britain
Greeks Press On In Albania Drive Toward Berati Valona
Greek captors push a tyre armed advance toward Berati and Tepeleni in Albania while a second column strikes at Valona amid strong Italian resistance. The map marks Greek occupied territory in shaded area.
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Klisura
Berati
Tepeleni Valona
Valona
Albania
Quayle Admits Error In Loan Testimony
Washington January 11 Oliver A Quayle general manager of the Democratic National Committee told the Senate Campaign Committee he had made a mistake in testifying that he personally arranged for loans of 8300 000 for the 1940 Democratic campaign from A J Reynolds Reynolds the committee s new treasurer testified that Wayne Johnson the committee s finance director arranged the loans in a telephone conversation with Reynolds in Winston Salem N C Quayle said the matter happened during a hectic time and there was no reason not to tell the details Senator Tobey called him guilty of perjury and shielding Johnson while Quayle denied evasion and said he was in charge 20 people worked to raise money and he used I in testimony because he was in charge
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Washington
Oliver A. Quayle
Democratic National Committee
Senate Campaign Committee
A. J. Reynolds
Reynolds
Democratic Committee
Wayne Johnson
Winston-Salem
N. Cy
Quayle
Tobey
R-N.h
Senate Committee
Johnson
Gillette
D-Ia
Democratic
Senate
Illinois Democrats Face $50,000 Accountability Case
Joseph E. Knight, secretary of Illinois Democratic state central committee, said Charles Bliss of Taylorville must account for $50,000 advanced to Illinois Democrats for the fall drive. Knight claimed no spending by Bliss. Washington sources cited R. J. Reynolds and the Democratic National Committee as contributing $25,000 each.
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Bliss
Chicago
Joseph E. Knight
Democratic State Central Committee of
Illinois
Charles Bliss
Taylorville
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
R. J. Reynolds
Democratic National Committee
Plane Carrying Leigh and Olivier Attacked Near London
Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier, famed British stars, were unharmed when a German plane failed to shoot down their Lisbon to London passenger flight off the English coast. A patrolling squadron of British fighters intervened as the raider pursued the liner.
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Vivien Leigh
Olivier
London
Laurence Olivier
England
Lisbon
English
German Factories Undamaged in Raids Goering Declares
Berlin January 41 (F) Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering declared that not a single German factory was put out of commission by the British. He contrasted this with destruction of many British plants and said munition plants' destruction, not attic fires, was decisive in war.
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Goering
Berlin
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Rome Reports Italian War Casualties Against Greece
Italian casualties from Oct 28 to Dec 31 totaled 12,377 with 2,081 dead 6,515 wounded and 3,781 missing. Among these 58 Albanians were killed 53 wounded and 108 missing. Rome notes British estimates of 35,000 Italian wounded and Greek claims of 14,000 prisoners taken.
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Rome
Albania
Greece
No-Favorites Soviet Policy Proclaimed by Communist Party
A Soviet communique from the Kremlin proclaims a no favorites policy emphasizing peace and equal relations with all nations, with specific commitments to neighboring states and inviolability of frontiers. Tass reports the five agreements, signed amid Balkan tension, to expand trade, fix boundaries, and settle repatriation, including massive German returns from Lithuania, Latvia, and Memelland.
Direct Berlin Baltic Trade Forbidden under Moscow Pact
Berlin reports that a Soviet Russian agreement signed in Moscow bars direct trade between Germany and Russia's Baltic states after February 11. Germany previously held large trade and investments in Latvia Lithuania Estonia, with many Germans employed there. The pact is described as a 100 percent barter arrangement with no gold or credits, obliging Germany to supply machinery for industrial development.
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Berlin
Moscow
Germany
Russia
Baltic
Baltic States
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Axis bombers strike four warships in bold Malta raid
Axis command claims successful torpedo and bomb attacks on a carrier and cruiser. Italian and German pilots report hits despite anti aircraft fire. Malta port bombed, Tobruk actions and clashes on the Albanian front. British planes retaliated with raids on Naples and Palermo causing dock damage and casualties.
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Jeloseco Airforce
Valletta
Malta
11Th Army
Tobruk
Sudan
Eritrea
Gulf of Naples
Palermo
Sicily
Milk delivery halted in Rockford by drivers strike
In Rockford Illinois a drivers union strike left milk undelivered to homes and stores. The 216 members walked out after rejecting a $2 weekly raise sought from seven dairies. Hospital and institution service continued while home and shop deliveries stopped.
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Rockford
Wlpe
Pay Rise Ends Plane Strike Threat at Farmington Plant
New York January 1 A wage dispute at Fairchild Aircraft and Engine Corporation Farmington plant ended after 136 hours of talks. Local 661 UAW CIO urged a compromise resulting in a general 5 percent raise for all workers with a graduated starter scale of 50 cents to 60 cents per hour over time. Strike had been planned for Thursday but was postponed to Monday pending ratification by workers.
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New York
National Defense Commissioners
Fairchild Airplane ‘and Engine Corporation
Farmington
John R. Owens
National Defense Commission
United Automobile Workers of America
C.I.0
Ranger Engineering
Owens
Schenectady Strike Edges Toward Settlement
Schenectady remains unsettled as transit workers strike enters fourth day. After a 10 hour Albany conference, State Labor Mediation Board Chairman Arthur S. Meyer said no agreement was reached between Schenectady Railway Co. and the Transport Workers Union. No further talks were scheduled, yet Meyer voiced optimism for an early settlement.
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Schenectady
Albany
State Labor Mediation Board
Arthur S. Meyer
Schenectady Railway Company
Transport Workers Union
Meyer
Army Health Chief Warns of Malaria in Caribbean Bases
New York January 11 Colonel Leon A Fox chief Army health officer of the outposts said the main US problem for Caribbean defense bases is malaria He is aboard the liner Uruguay for a health survey of Trinidad British Guiana and Antigua He urged tracing mosquitoes to their source as the first step and cited water and housing facilities as major needs noting the engineering task as tremendous.
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New York
United States
Caribbean
Leon A. Fox
Fox
Uruguay
Trinidad
British Guiana
Antigua
$300,000 Blaze Destroys Dunkirk Seed Plant
A midwinter fire at Lake Shore Seed Company in Dunkirk caused about 300000 in damage to the main building. Firemen halted spread to nearby structures and control was achieved by 3 AM. President David S. Wright said about 150 workers would be laid off pending a new building starting immediately.
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Dunkirk
Lake Shore Seed Company
David S. Wright
Wright
London rail workers strike over pay and duties at docks
London rail workers at East End docks walked out refusing to perform dangerous firewatching duties at normal rates of pay. Civil defense workers including firemen and rescue teams demanded a 2 per week pay rise as living costs rise. Base pay for the workers is 13 dollars weekly.
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London
East End
Home Office
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Italian East Africa
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Ariz
Jesse C. Wanslee
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Eeu
Tirana
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Reich
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Suwalki
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