Failing Fuel Hits Axis in Libya Drive
British forces press Rommel retreating from Agedabia amid sandstorms and depleted Axis fuel. An isolated Avish unit resists on the Egyptian Libyan front near Halfaya Salam as RAF Hurri planes strike supply lines and air bases. German submarines shift to the Mediterranean to slow Allied destruction of Axis ships bound for Libya.
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Cairo
Egypt
Can
Avis
Middle East
Empire
Haifayya-Salam
Attac
Henry Bernard Rantingmander
Atantic
Mediterranean
Libya
Rawlings
Admiralty
London
Tonian
Rommel
Agedabia
Anis
Salam-Halfaya
Non-stop Air Attacks On Malta Reported
Rome dispatch says Malta endured unrelenting day and night air attacks that reduced British air activity over Italy and the Mediterranean. Fascist officials claim Malta’s defenses limit offensives to partial, temporary neutralization.
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Malta
Rome
Andi Agency
Britain
Mediterranean
Sicilian
Italy
Norwegian Leader Denies Large Scale Transport Sinkings
London report quotes a Norwegian trade union leader in London stating he does not believe rumors of 100 German transports blown up. He says there are not that many German transports at Norwegian harbors currently and disputes the claim.
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William H. Stoneman
Chicago Daily News, Inc
London
Norway
Yearhs of Prominent Persons in America
Individuals listed with life spans and roles. Robert S. Mitchell 71 chief special agent Missouri Pacific Railroad and former Federal Railroad Administration post. Shirley Gordon Barrick 56 director of Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial art department for 24 years. George H. Hall 51 president Lakeside Country Club general manager Walter Lantz Productions. Edwin J. McGeary 71 general superintendent Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad. Col T P Stilwell Colonel commanding Washington State College ROTC since 1956 veteran of World War I.
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America
Robert S. Mitchell
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Federal Railroad Administration
Shirley G. Barrick Cleveland
Shirley Gordon Barrick
Cleveland Plain Dealer
George H. Hall
Hollywood
Calif
Lakeside Country Club
Walter Lantz Productions
Edwin J. McGeary
Greenville
The
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
T. K. P. Stilwell
Pullman
Wash
Solot
Stilwell
Washington State, College Reserve Officers Training Corps
Auto industry talks on mapping ceiling for used tires
The Office of Production Management backs a new 10 member panel chaired by Cyrus Ching to study plans for wartime tire usage with Edsel Ford and G E Wilson among the members. The House committee led by Patman plans to question dealers hurt by the end of pleasure car production and seeks government responsibility to preserve dealer service.
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Office of Production Management
Con
Cyrus Ching
U. S. Rubber Company
Detroit
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
G. E. Wilson
General Motors
C. C. Carlton
Industr
Teaiea
National ‘Automobile Dealers’ Association
Patman
D-Tex
Score
Lehman Sets February Draft Registration Dates in New York
Gov. Herbert H. Lehman designated February 11 15 and 16 for Selective Service registration in New York State. All males born before 1942 who have reached 29 but not 45 by February 36 1942 must register between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. in their locales and New York City.
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Lehman
Albany
Herbert H. Lehman
New York State
New York City
Otis Skinner Buried In Vermont Village
Otis Skinner the actor and son of a clergyman rests beside his wife in a village cemetery in Woodstock Vermont at an Episcopal committal service attended by his daughter Cornelia Otis Skinner and about 40 others a week after his death in New York City.
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Woodstock
Otis Skinner
Cornelia Otis Skinner
New York City
Cold tires from scraps: a New England motorist improvises
Winsted Connecticut reports Anthony Bernardo saving a shortage by sawing sawdust into four discarded tires and soaking them from a slit in subzero cold. He calls the rig a solid tire and notes the ride is rough.
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Winsted
Conn
Anthony Bernardo
Soldiers share $50 fare then buy cigars for Marines
Two soldiers at a railroad station were given a $50 fare by a courteous stranger who said he once had a son in the war and earned medals. He later bought 10 cartons of cigarettes for Marine recruits waiting for a train, explaining his gesture as modest tribute.
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Milwaukee
Last man on Russia’s far northern line described by Pravda reporter
Ivan Brazhinin of Pravda reports from Kuibyshev on a northern frontier outpost near the Barents Sea. He describes gunner Nikolai Khitrov and accompanying soldiers in a hut, writing to Red Army forces as German attacks raged earlier in the war. The garrison claims to have killed 1,200 Germans and destroyed 50 posts while coastal batteries faced daily air raids.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Ivan Brazhichin
Pravda
Comemunist Party
Far-Sdune Battle Arm
Lung oGeue Stront
Machine
A. M. Weikmann Sgunner
Nikolai Khitrov
Brazhnin
Kae
Tan
Thei
Albert M. Weikmann
Barents Sea
Kargas
Sevastopol
Rybachi
Sredeni
Finland
Death of Mme Natalya Koussevitzky in Brookline
Mme Natalya Koussevitzky, 61, wife of Serge Koussevitzky director of the Boston Symphony, prominent sculptor, died after illness in Brookline Massachusetts. The obituary notes her long partnership with her husband and her artistic achievements.
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Mme
Serge Koussevitzky
Brookline
Mass
Natalya Koussevitzky
Bostov
Koussevitzky
Ree
Panama Canal Zone on High Alert Amid Axis Tensions
The Panama Canal Zone tightens defense as guard planes and gun crews ready for possible Axis attacks. Authorities monitor Bolivian and South American tensions, with German and Japanese agents suspected of stirring neutral Latin American republics. The canal guards remain poised sixty seconds out of every minute.
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Rio de Janeiro
United States
Hotel Tivoli
Panama Canal
South America
Se Canal
Nazis Oil Supply in Balkans Hampered by Severe Cold Spell
Severe winter weather strains Europe’s oil lifelines with heavy disruption in the Balkans. Traffic restrictions appear where rail capacity shifts to move oil from Romania to Germany. Danube freezing halts transit while Hungary cuts passenger service and Turkey to southeastern routes face snow outages.
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Balkans
Bern
Suigerland
Jandets
Europe
Danube
Romania
Germany
Turkey
Spain
Keitel Reported Stricken With Illness At Nazi High Command
The London Star quoted a Moscow broadcast claiming Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, chief of the Nazi High Command, was suddenly ill. Reports from Russian sources and the AP listening post found no confirmation from Moscow or Kuibyshev radio. The Geneva report was unnamed and did not indicate a replacement.
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Keitel
London
London Star
Moscow
Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Associated Press
Kuibyshev
The
Star
Geneva
Chinese Peril Foe South of Yellow River
Chungking Jan 12. A war communique says Chiang Kai shek forces have won drives on four fronts against the Japanese. Chinese troops report taking two villages south of the Lunghai railway and a major victory at Changsha with about 8,000 Japanese casualties and 1,000 prisoners. More than 45,000 Japanese losses are claimed across the Front, with village captures near Luyi and Hwaiyang and a push toward Chengchow.
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Chungking
Tungting Lake
Ue Gaunt Gayetal
Fulinpu
Changsha
Luyi
Hwaiyang
Lunghai
Chengchow
Yellow River
Honan
Yencheng
Chengcho
Chunemow
Kaifeng
Hupeh
Sinahan
Hankow
Ichang
Yangtze
Suiyan
Inner Mongolia
Retirement planned for Maj. Gen. Walter S. Grant
Maj. Gen. Walter S. Grant, former commander of the Third Corps Area in Baltimore, will retire from active duty January 31 after reaching the statutory 64 age. Born in Ithaca New York, he graduated from West Point in 1900 and served in World War I and II era posts including the Philippine Department. He has held duty in Washington since last August and earned the Distinguished Service Medal along with foreign honors.
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Walter Grant
Washington
Walter S. Grant
Third Corps
Baltimore
War Department
Grant
Ithaca
N. Y
West Point
Cavalry
China Relief
Tantitian
Philimina
Islands
First Army
Meuse-Argonne
Army War College
Philippine Department
Named to Rail Post in Delaware & Hudson System
William Wallace announces Frank Turner of Alpany named assistant road foreman of engines for the Delaware and Hudson Susquehanna division. Turner, a former engineer, will headquarter at Oneonta.
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Oneonta
William Wallace
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Susquehanna
Frank Turner
Alpany
Turner
Anglo American Base Talks Move to Ireland Debate
London dispatch says speculation swells over a new Anglo American bid to lease Southern Irish bases in exchange for concessions. Officials note no new British approach. the U S would need to persuade Eire's De Valera if bases are needed. The Irish government resists any base proposals.
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Chicago Daily News, Inc
London
Eire
Ulster
James M. Andrews
Eamon de Valera
America
Aea
Eddak Aai
Air Buenernment
United States
de Vaiena
Des Valera
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Andrews
Eyre
Woman Burned to Death in Bailey Hill Tenant House Fire
Mrs. Orval Lane, 22, died when a tenant house on Bailey Hill burned after she attempted to add clothing. Her husband, awakened by her, escaped the blaze. The incident occurred in Wayne on January 12.
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Wayne
Jan
Orval Lane
Bailey Hill
Lane
Negro Troops Held Back After Louisiana Riot
In Alexandria Louisiana Army officers kept Negro soldiers in nearby camps after a Saturday riot in the Little Harlem area wounded 30 people including 28 soldiers, one woman and a state trooper. Four soldiers were in serious condition from gunfire.
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Louisiana
Alexandria
Little
Harlem
Army
George C. Gray
New York
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Chinese Troops Move West Toward Burma Border
Christopher Sharman of a Quaker ambulance unit reported from Chungking that Chinese forces are moving west toward the Burma border in large numbers with tanks motorized artillery heavy weapons and light arms. He said he met thousands of Chinese troops on both trips. Sharman also described bringing 25 truckloads of medical supplies from Burma in three convoys.
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Wan Dan
Ee Chungking
Christopher Sharman
Burma
Sharman
Curley Ordered to Pay City of Boston $500 Weekly
Former Massachusetts governor James M. Curley was ordered by District Judge Bert E. Holland to pay Boston $42,629 at $500 weekly for an illegal land-damage settlement. The ruling follows earlier actions tying Curley to a $30,000 bribe during his mayoralty. co-defendant Dr. Joseph Sancourt was set at $28,629 at $2 weekly.
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Curley
City of
Boston
James M. Curley
Massachusetts
Bert E. Holland
West Roxbury
Frederick W. Fosdick
General Equipment Corporation
Joseph Sancourt
Tesuesso
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C. W. Cramer
Chicago
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Utah
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Ogden Po
Rial C. Moore
TRON
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William P. Matthiesen
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ZOO
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