South American states sever Axis ties in sweeping moves
Bolivia acts to cut relations with Germany Italy and Japan as the Pan American Conference presses for a unified stance. Uruguay Paraguay and Peru already severed links with the Axis and Ecuador Brazil await formal action while Argentina and Chile hold out. Passports to Axis diplomats sent from Montevideo, and Peru tightens control of propaganda outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axis
Bolivia
Amer
Weber Iteln
Italy
Japan
inter-American Defense Board
Uruguay
Paraguay
Peru
Ecuador
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Germany
Foreign Ministry
Asuncion
Montevideo
Lima
Peruvian
Venore sunk by torpedoed attack. 22 missing
Survivors recount the Venore disaster as torpedoes broke through the Norwegian oil carrier off the Atlantic coast. One fireman jumped overboard, and 28 hours passed before rescue. The Varanger was also torpedoed with one casualty among crew.
Hitler Flees From Ripped Winter Line Advances
Soviet reports claim German defenses shattered as the Red Army advances through the Donets region and pushes toward 120 miles of occupied territory. The communique notes 16 more towns liberated, multiple German trains and tanks destroyed, and heavy enemy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Tee
Barents Sea
Donets Rass
Rede Army
Lg Bae
Nazis Report Air Blows At British in Two Areas
German reports state sustained fighting in the east and raids on a large freight ship west of Pem, with further night strikes on a southwest English harbor. North Africa sees German and Italian forces inflict heavy losses, while Tobruk naval actions and a daylight Malta air raid yield hangar damage and eight British aircraft shot down.
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Broad“Befere
Berlin
England
Pembroke
North
Africa
Jarre Allantry
Taaberiagk
Mediterranean
Tobruk
Grman
Halfar
Malta
Navy Increase Bill in Congress Sets Record Expenditures
Congress debates a historic Navy appropriation surpassing 12 million for Army planes last week. About half funds shipbuilding and 950,000 tons of warships plus 1,799 small vessels including patrol boats. Admiral Towers and King press 24 hour production, boosting naval air output from 500 to 1500 planes monthly. Towers criticizes Hickam Field near Pearl Harbor as risky to operations. Butter basics explained across cultures with notes on milk fat yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Congress
J. H. Towers
Bureau of Aeronautics
Navy
King
Towers
Army
Hickam Air Field
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Hickam Field
Pearl Harbor Report Targets Short and Kimmel
The commission faulted Admiral Husband Kimmel and General Walter Short for failing to grasp duties after repeated warnings. It urged congressional review of overall military readiness and possible defense reorganization while noting gaps in personnel, equipment, and alert procedures before the December 7, 1941 attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Short
R-Mo
Hawaii
George
D-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Senate
LaFollette
Brooks
War
Stim‘son
Navy
Knox Bcl
Deaths of Prominent Persons in America
Obituaries list prominent figures including Edwy Rolfe Brown 73 of Socony Vacuum Oil and Magnolia Petroleum executive, Leslie Tanner 72 horticultural leader, Dr Andrew C Zenos 86 dean emeritus, Dr Henry Dawson Furniss 63 gynecology professor, Charles A Shea 58 contractor and shipbuilding president, Woodford Brooks 78 dehydration expert and street railway pioneer, Harriet E B Flaning 60 former vaudeville actress, Casper G Decker 81 mill board chairman, Joseph S Wasney 44 United Press staffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwy Rolfe Brown
New York
Edwyn Rolfe Brown
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Dallas, Tex
George A Tomlinson Dies At 76 In California
George Ashley Tomlinson 76 railroad official died in Pasadena California. Body to be moved in spring to a mausoleum in Bay City Michigan. Former Buffalo Bill performer, later a reporter and fleet operator, railroads chairman and Alleghany Corp president. Mrs Anna Somervell wife of Brig Gen Brehon Somervell in Walter Reed Hospital native of Chicago burial at Arlington Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Tomlinson Cleveland
George Ashley Tomlinson
Pasadena
Calif
Bay City
Mich
Buffalo Bill Cody
Tomlinson
Great Lakes
Missouri Pacific
Pere Marquette
Alleghany Corporation
van Sweringen
Anna P. Somervell
Washington
INS
Brehon B. Somervell
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Chicago
Arlington Cemetery
Norwegian Tanker Varanger Sunk Off New Jersey Coast
The 19305 ton motor ship Varanger was torpedoed by a submarine 35 miles off the Atlantic coast near Sea Isle City New Jersey in pre dawn attacks. No lives were lost. Survivors were rescued by two fishing boats and towed to Townsend's Inlet Coast Guard Station after grounding oil on the sea.
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William Frederick Newton
Joseph Gordon Daly
Navy Department
E.S.T
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
Sparrows Point
Standard
Posure
Fourth Naval District
Philadelphia
Alexander Stuart
San Tela City
Varanger
Atlantic
Navy
Stuart
Karl Horne
Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission
New York City
Amsterdam
Deny Monchetti
San Gennaro
Aileen
Dominick Constantino
Monchetti
Coast Guard Station
St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church
Sea Isle City
N. J
U. S
Atlantic Coast
South Jersey
Atlantic City
Here
Townsend's Inlet Coast Guard
Churchill to face war debate in House of Commons
London January 26 United Press Churchill prepared to defend his wartime leadership in a three day Commons debate. He planned a long analysis of Allied positions in the Far East and Middle East and would discuss his Washington visit and the United Nations agreement for unified defense in the southwestern Pacific. The discussion was expected to cover four main points Washington agreement Middle East Far East Russia aid cabinet shake up and Australia Imperial war council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Far East
Middle East
Washington
United Nations
Pacific
Sha Dards
Uae
Australia
Imperial War Council
Russia
Morgenthau urged engagement bonds to aid war effort
Salvador Mendes proposed in a letter to Treasury Secretary Morgenthau that engaged couples buy “engagement defense bonds” instead of rings. Sold by jewelers on a percentage basis, bonds would range from five to five thousand dollars and could generate at least a billion dollars annually for national defense.
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Chase
Salvador Mendes
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
National Defense Program
Father John’s Medicine Promotes Cold Resistance
It claims to strengthen the body to fight colds rather than merely relieve symptoms. The product emphasizes 85 years of use and its vitamin A and D rich, wholesome composition as the basis for lasting relief and vigor.
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Finland
Miles
Novgorod
ZO MI
Kholm
Moscow
Poland
CERN
Newt Ovins
I. Nelsoqvo
Ukraine
Tulale
Orel
Kursk
Kharkove
Keri
Black Sea
Hitler
Smolensk
Minsk
Rzhev
Kharkov
Glatxe
Clarke
John Diav
Baltimore
Fifth Naval District Public Relations Office
Edgar Mulligan
Nottoway Drive
Cecil James Bird
Andrew Jackson
Peter Karlson
Manuel Ballestro
Philippine Islands
Peter Santoes
Lexington Street
Phillip Gonsalves
Thompson Street
Hubert Clarke
Hammond Street
Boston
Allen Lonza Harten
Clarence Williams
Florence Street
Savannah
Cook Zeb Scott
Eugene Parker
Aubrey B. Blunden
Richard L. Garrett
Samuel Lynwood Mitchell
Eldon Floyd Driver
John A. Diaz
Juan Garrilo
John J. O'Rourke
Tost
Band E. Kimmel
Taney
White House
Kimmel
Roosevelt
Secretary of War
Early
Roberts
Mers Ace Paitiwnrn
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
Knox
Stimson
Oahu
Naval
Syracuse
America
Leslie Tanner Medina
Leslie Tanner
Horticultural Authority
VA le Exmidili
Andrew C. Zenos Chiesgo
Andrew C. Zenos
The
Presbyterian Theological Seminary
H. D. Furniss
Henry Dawson Furniss
New York Medical College
New Jersey
Charles A. Shea
San Francisco
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
Woodford Brooks
Harriet E. B. Flaning
Harriet E. B. Flanning
Harriet Ward
Casper G. Decker
Elmira
Elmira Knitting Mills Board of Directors
Thatcher Manufacturing Company
Joseph
Wasney
Joseph S. Wasney
United Press Associations
Glendale
Twatantans Press
House of Representatives
Dale Carnegie
Leadership
Syracuse Dale Carnegie Alumni Club
Earl Foreman
Morgenthau
Larkawannna
Father John
Charles H. McKaig
HJ. Howe Inc
Cwo Hundred One
South Salina
Coast
Coa
Thomas Syston
State Tower
Sm. Clo
Ces
Aanrra Jay
Suita ST
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