Nazi Vessels Arm for Raiding Show Up in Far East Ports
Informants in Manila report at least 12 German vessels being armed in Japanese and Japanese controlled Chinese harbors for Pacific raids. Vessels are said to be provisioning raiders in Australian and Indian waters, with several ships observed at Kobe and Yokohama. No official confirmation yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
U.P
Pacific
United States
Olav Jakob
Kobe Harbor
Japan
Ragensburg
Kimberland
Elsa
Burgenland
Scharnhorst
Aneanliese
Essberger
Kobe
Dairen- Saarland
Elbe
Odenwald
Yokohama
Tsingtao
Tokyo
Berlin
Germany
Italy
WPA probes exploitation charges in California labor case
Federal Works Admin John M Carmody said WPA would investigate CIO charges that California WPA workers were exploited to deny defense job placements to CIO members. He pledged the inquiry would be pressed energetically and noted prior instructions to reinstate workers who left for private work but could not pay union fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wu.p
Federal Works
John M. Carmody
WPA
California
Congress of Industrial Organizations
A. D. Lewis
CIO
United Construction Organizing Committee
Carmody
Lewis
AFL
Building Trades Union
Associated General Contractors
Budget Drafts Record $17 Billion Armament Plan
The speech on page one reported that a budget of 17 billion dollars for the next fiscal year begins July 1 includes 10 billion for the armament program. The 17 billion would rank near 18.5229 billion spent in the war's final year.
Free lunches reach 45000 Alabama schoolchildren
In Montgomery Alabama the statewide lunch program funds free meals for about 45 000 needy and undernourished pupils in public schools through the Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala. W.P
Alabama
Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation
Crusading Judge Musmanno To Again Target Drunken Drivers
Pittsburgh December 28 Judge Michael Angelo Musmanno revives his drunken driving crusade on New Year's Eve sitting all night as a criminal court magistrate. Police will patrol nightlife and offenders will face swift court action after warnings. Musmanno previously reduced drunken driving on Pittsburgh streets by an estimated eighty percent and imposed jail terms from 30 days to two years with oaths not to drink and drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
Ireland politics and British patrols in the Atlantic
The text argues that easing German pressure and protecting Free State interests requires stronger British Atlantic patrols. It notes 1938 transfers of Bearhaven Cobh Lough Swilly bases to Ireland, their WWI use from Kinsale Shannon Blacksod, and their role in countering submarine threat, suggesting continued strategic value for joint naval protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free State
Great Britain
Dublin
Ireland
North Atlantic
Britain
Bearhaven
Cobh
Lough Swilly
Kinsale
Draftees Assigned to Fort Huachuca and Fort Sill Plans
Army post draftees accompanied by a non commissioned officer will be split by race with white volunteers sent to Fort Sill Oklahoma for Arizona National Guard training and Negroes to Fort Huachuca. Recruitment begins January 11 with registrants told where to report in Phoenix and those rejected sent home for later induction. Santa Cruz County has met its quota. other counties list specific targets for Apache Cochise Coconino Gila Graham Greenlee Mari copa Mohave Navajo Pima Pinal Yavapai and Yuma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Okla
Arizona National Guard
Fort Huachuca
Phoenix
Santa Cruz County
Apache
Cochise
Coconino
Gila
Graham
Greenlee
Maricopa
Mohave
Navajo
Pima
Pinal
Yavapai
Yuma
British Hit Shipping In Norwegian Waters
Dive bombers of the fleet air arm and Royal Air Force attacked shipping and harbor works in Haugesund Norway. An admiralty communique said a supply ship tied to a dock was set afire. the air ministry said three hits struck an anchored merchant vessel after which fires and a violent explosion followed. Warehouses and jetties were also hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Fleet Air Arm
Royal Air Force
Haugesund
Admiralty
Air Ministry
France
RAF
Norway
Cherbourg
Lorient
St. Nazaire
Bordeaux
Aluminum May Be Rationed To Cut Delays
Washington December 28 aluminum rationing was under study to prevent delays in war plane output. Defense officials would allocate finished aluminum products to manufacturers, allowing diversion from surplus to lacking firms for sheets but not forgings. Priorities would govern production for defense and civilian contracts as the defense priorities board prepares executive orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reorganized Defense Priorities Board
Roosevelt
United States weighs peace talks and aid without war
Senators Tydings Vandenberg and Holt urged exploring a negotiated European peace. President Roosevelt declined comment while Rep. Fish said Congress would back feasible measures short of war and aid Britain with aircraft and ships without entering war.
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Wheeler
Tydings
Dmd
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Holt
D-Wva
United States
Roosevelt
House
Rep. Fish
R-Ny
Congress
Britain
Conway to Rename His Entire Staff
Phoenix dispatch reports Atty. Gen. Joe Conway plans to reappoint his entire staff on a new term. The roster includes Earl Anderson as chief assistant Wes Polley Ed ward P. Cline Albert M. Garcia A. R. Lynch Gladyse L. Armstrong Sylvia Hawkinson Ada Decker and Edna Hill as stenographers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Atty
Joe Conway
Earl Anderson
Wes Polley
Edward P. Cline
Albert M. Garcia
A. R. Lynch
State Highway Department
Gladyse L. Armstrong
Sylvia Hawkinson
Ada Decker
Edna Hill
Germans Seen Planning Move Into Bulgaria
Budapest report says German supervised Bulgarian and Romanian workers are building a long pontoon ferry between Giurgiu and Ruschuk on the Danube. The ferry would carry a train and hundreds of passengers, aiming for mid January to early February traffic and a spring thaw operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Hungary
U.P
Giurgiu
Ruschuk
Danube
Rumania
Bulgaria
Giugiu
Varna
Sofia
Turkey
Salonica
Germany
State Adds Two Highway Routes Across Arizona
Phoenix, Dec 28. Two new routes designated as parts of the state highway system. Roads from Wickenburg to Kingman and from Cordes on the Black Canyon highway to Bridgeport where state highway 79 crosses the Verde River. Preliminary surveys estimate 4 million dollars to complete Wickenburg to Kingman. Verde route addition not acted on.
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Phoenix
State Highway Commission
Wickenburg
Kingman
Cordes
Black Canyon
Bridgeport
Verde River
Verde
Miner's Son Killed by Truck in Arizona Accident
Kingman dispatch reports ten year old Robert Garcia son of a Gold Roads miner was fatally injured when a truck ran over him while he ran beside it seeking a ride. He died fifteen minutes after the accident at Oatman emergency hospital as investigators noted the slip and fall under the wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingman
Robert Garcia
Arizona
Oatman
Britain raids and London air raid end Christmas truce
The RAF and Fleet Air Arm attacked Haugesund and French ports including Cherbourg Lorient St Nazaire and Bordeaux with bombs and mines. Two aircraft missing. London endured a heavy bomb raid ending the Christmas truce with fires and damage including a hospital and an American firm building.
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Bordeaux
St. Inglevert
St. Nazaire
London
Associated Press
Britain to Receive War Material Aid Under Postwar Plan
The President called for aid to Britain only for future orders and said Britain could pay for war materiel already ordered. Officials estimate about 3 billion dollars in materiel could be lent or leased. Britain is liquidating stocks and bonds seized from British subjects, with receipts currently undetermined until completion of liquidation.
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Britain
Tree Returns Good Deed In Omaha Yard
In Omaha, A. Ler dahl refused payment for an ancient maple tree after a rotting limb was treated. A year later the tree saved four boys by sheltering them as a runaway milk truck crashed into it, proving its worth.
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Omaha
Neb
O. A. Lerdahl
Wreck Nine Corps Improvised Collision Injures Sailors and Civilians
A wreck near San Diego injures multiple persons including John B. Shover 33 US Navy head and back injuries Walter Johnson 60 Spokane head injuries Mrs C Houseworth 31 Pasadena neck back injuries her son Eugene 9 back injury Mildred Townsend 33 Los Angeles back injury Dale Rodgers 741 Navy St Venice cuts and bruises Harold Loyd 56 Los Angeles cuts and his son Ronald 20 also cuts Mrs P H Cates 65 Olean NY cuts Marine F M Robinsop Jr 23 San Diego cuts Miss Frankie Wilkes 25 Ontario CA cuts William Johnston 21 New York City cuts. All but seven passengers resumed trips after first aid. Those held for observation: Grimsley and his son Shover Johnson Mrs Houseworth and her son Mrs Townsend. Physicians say several days to assess seriousness.
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John B. Shover
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Walter Johnson
Y.M.C.A
Spokane
Wash
C. Houseworth
N. Fairoaks
Pasadena
Calif
Houseworth
Eugene
Mildred Townsend
Berkeley Avenue
Los Angeles
Dale Rodgers
Navy Street
Venice
Harold T. Loyd
Drake Street
Loyd
Ronald
P. H. Cates
E. State Street
Olean
N. Y
Marine
F. M. Robinsop, Jr
Marine Corps
Frankie Wilkes
East A
Ontario
William Johnston
East Fifty-seventh Street
New York City
Grimsley
Shover
Johnson
Townsend
Oregon drivers may face etiquette question on cigarette butt disposal
The Oregon state forestry department asks adding a question to drivers license permit exams about where motorists throw lit cigarette stubs from vehicles. The proposal aims to curb roadside fires and promote safer disposal practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ore. U.P
Oregon
State Forestry Department
Amended Order to Show Cause in Peterson Guardianship
The Superior Court of Arizona for Pima County orders all interested parties to appear on January 13, 1941, at 9:30 a.m. to show cause why Mamie Peterson as guardian cannot sell undivided one half interests in two described parcels of land in Tucson for the minor children. A copy of this order will be published weekly for four weeks in the Tucson Daily Citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry N. Peterson
FRED W._ PETERSON
Ann E. Peterson
Charles C. Peterson
nuTi FE. Peterson
Benjamin
Mamie Peterson
Ction
South Range
Pima County
Arizona
Southern
Ifie Railroad Company
John Ward
Southern Pacific
County of
Pima
Tucson
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Norwegian
Parker Mortuary
Stone Avenue
Conway
By Harold Peters
C. B. Richards
American Bankers Association
Outhern
Bank & Trust Compantucson
Capital
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Nine Corps
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