Combined British Sea And Air Forces Hit German Invaders
Britain reports landing forces in Norway at several points. The Admiralty says two German transports sunk and four torpedoes hit a convoy in the Skagerrak. Bergen transport set afire, small supply ship sunk, one aircraft missing. Stravanger bombarded again. Narvik reported freed after sinking seven destroyers.
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Admiralty War Office
Stavanger
Narvik
Britain
Admiralty
Bergen
Stravanger
Cesverel
Norway
Skagerrak
Fleet Air Arm
Admiral Scheer
Germany
Baltic
Great Britain
Narvik Blockade Acknowledged as Norway Turbulence Grows
Berlin reports a British blockade of Narvik and German gains in southern Norway. The communique notes two Allied submarines sunk, a Norwegian torpedo boat Hval captured, and the Oslo mobilization efforts crushed. Bergen merchant ship sunk by British air raid.
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Berlin
Narvik
Skagerrak
Norway
Oslo
Bergen
High Command
Germany
Honfoss
Hval
King Haakon
Kurt Brauer
FDR Urges 21 American Republics To Be Prepared For Any Challenge
President Franklin D Roosevelt calls on 21 American republics to stay ready for any challenge as allied operations in Norway intensify. In Georgia, pressure grows over county government structure with talk of reducing to 60 or 80 counties to align with population needs. Eugene Talmadge signals a gubernatorial run and faces strong political pushback from county reform critics.
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FDR
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Roosevelt Warns Americas To Keep Peace Open
President Roosevelt delivered a radio broadcast to the Pan American Union marking its 40th anniversary. He urged the 21 republics to meet force with force if challenged and warned against universal empire while praising an inter American order built on goodwill and peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
The
Pan American Union
Weather Forecast for Southeast States Brisk and Fair
South Carolina enjoys generally fair conditions and warmer temperatures tonight with Tuesday partly cloudy skies. Georgia also stays fair and warmer with a risk of afternoon or evening showers in the northwest region. Florida remains generally fair and warmer, with extreme Northwest Florida partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday and moderate southwest to south winds.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Significance of Fear Cited by McKenzie on Nazi Blockade
DeWitt Mackenzie argues British and French landings in Norway heighten allied success and control of the situation. He highlights the strategic breakthrough through Kattegat into the Baltic and the large scale mine-laying as potentially the war’s key development, possibly surpassing the landings in importance. The operation signals a major naval effort, illustrating coordinated Anglo-French action and its impact on Nazi communications.
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Norway
Chamber of Commerce Names Committees for 1940 41
President W F Cox announces sixteen committees with chairmen and members drawn from newly elected directors and prominent local citizens to guide Chamber operations in the coming year. The detailed roster covers Advertising and Publicity Agriculture Aviation Christmas Celebration Finance Health Highway Hotel Housing Rural Housing Slum Clearance Tourist Accounts and more with cross listed members.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Cox
W. F. Cox
Kelly
Lee BE. Chim
Alexander W. W
Ball
W. C
Cowden
G. L
Flowers
W. H
Goodwin
M. H
Powell
W. J
Williams
Nat
Wimpy
Hoyt
Tydings Urges Navy to Expand Strength
Senator Tydings urged expanding Navy strength to the full capacity and questioned increasing the $655 million expansion bill. Admiral Stark signaled support, while railroads sought $500 million yearly for capital improvements if treated equally with other transport forms.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Senator Tydings
D. M PD
Tydings
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Senate Naval Committee
Stark
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Federal Monopoly Committee
Pelley
House
Senate
Walter- Logan
Logan-Waller
Britain lands forces in Norway amid naval air strikes
British forces reportedly landed at multiple points in Norway as sea and air operations struck German footholds. Narvik and Stavanger raids, sinking transports, and torpedo hits followed, while Berlin acknowledged a Narvik blockade. Roosevelt urged forceful action to preserve peace as western fronts reshaped.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
Norway
Britain
Germany
Narvik
Stavanger
Washington
Roosevelt
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