Bullitt Urges Americans to Decide on British Aid Vote
Former ambassador William C. Bullitt told the Foreign Affairs Committee that by passing the British aid bill Congress would show independence and refuse to bow to any master but God. He warned the nation must act decisively to defend liberty without seeking war. He also warned against totalitarian movements in South America threatening the Panama Canal and global balance.
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Washington
William C. Bullitt
France
Congress
Case Foreign Affairs Committee
Ellitt
Bullitt
United States
Germany
Pei Sapam Taba
Teaue
Airecten
League
South American
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Handley benefits praised at memorial day ceremony
Mr Winchester lauds the late Judge Handley and the Handley benefactions during a school assembly. He notes community apathy toward Judge Handley’s birthday and urges a city wide observance inviting youths and families to pay homage to the great man.
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Hep John Hand
Bey
Oon
Handley Board
Judge Handley
Handley
Halifax Moves To Speed Arms To War Forces
Viscount Halifax, the British ambassador, called on Secretary Hull in Washington and said he and Roosevelt share views. He predicted Hitler would lose the war in June 1940 due to missed opportunities after France collapsed, and discussed accelerating British armament amid the war situation.
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Halifax
Washington
Viscount Halifax
Hull
State Department
Roosevelt
Hitler
France
England
Gerpee Oeya
Asia
Utah Plans To Tax Honey Bees Non-Resident
Salt Lake City utah January 265 nond resident bees may have to pay for the privilege of tapping utah honey ranges. A bill by Rep. Earl L. Albright would grant out of state bees 30 day visitors permits but tax if they stayed longer. He estimates over 10 000 hives brought into utah to harvest honey this summer.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Earl L. Albright
Albright
King George V Anchors at Annapolis in Wartime Visit
The 35,000-ton British battleship King George V dropped anchor at Annapolis roads near 3 PM after arriving with Lord Malifax to meet President Roosevelt aboard the Potomac. An escort destroyer remained nearby as officials offered no comment on departure timing.
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Annapolis
Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis Roads
Lord Malifax
United States
Roosevelt
Naval Academy
President Hoos
Severn River
Navy bases contract bids near. eight bases planned
Washington January 25 The army and navy expect to award contracts within days for a chain of eight naval, military and air bases spanning fish islands and offshore territories. Surveys and preliminary engineering are complete or underway for runways docks and storage facilities to defend the Panama Canal and coasts. President Roosevelt calls the project the most important reinforcement since the Louisiana Purchase.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Panama Canal
Central America
South America
Canada
Mexico
Gulf Seaboards
Roosevelt
Louisiana Purchase
Railways Ready On Preparedness in Pittsburgh Dinner Talk
At the Pittsburgh Traffic Club annual dinner, railroad chiefs pledge readiness to move any required wartime material. Leaders like Martin W. Clement of the Pennsylvania Railroad and F. E. Williamson of New York Central say improvements keep service robust and foresee stronger business as defense programs continue.
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Pittsburgh
America
Pittsburgh Traffic Club
Martin W. Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
F. E. Williamson
New York Central
Apple growers push for higher price under SMA plan
Growers in the Iachan area served by the Winchester SMA office await Washington ruling on raising hard variety prices from 90 cents to 1.00 per bushel or adopting a market price. Ralph Woodside travels to present grower recommendations while 100+ growers endorse the move and seek fair interpretation of market price.
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Iachian
Winchester
Surplus Marketing Administration
Washington
SMA
Ralph Woodside
Appalachian
Handley Library
Woodside
F.O.B
Kenneth King
Star
H. Clay deGrange
Frank Wissler
U. S
Clifford Grim
Henry W. Miller, Jr
West Virginia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Ashington
Grimes, Jonathans
County Man Is Being Sought After High Speed Chase
Virgil Orndorff of this county led officers from Shenandoah and Virginia ABC and a federal agent on a chase that ended when his car crashed on a steep embankment near Columbia Furnace. He fled the scene and fired at pursuing officers, with a cut on his neck later treated. authorities planned to track him toward Wardensville.
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Virgil Orndorff
Star Tannery
Liberty
Shenandoah
Virginia Abc
Orndorff
Woodstock
Court Square
Carl Godenour
J. W. Dulaney
W. J. Cain
C. T. Griffin
Calvary
Columbia Furnace
Russell Mauck
West Vk- LS
Wardense
Calls For Iron Guard Purge Lima Reported Under Arrest
The Associated Press reports unrest in Lima with calls for an Iron Guard purge and arrests. Snow and sleet blanketed the east after a severe winter system, with fatalities from heart attacks, traffic accidents, and cold-related incidents in several states, while aviation services faced cancellations.
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Lima
Berkshires
Boston
Segre
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Ohio
Willkie Plans London travel amid war talks
Willkie hopes to fly to London today or tomorrow from Lisbon with a 49 year old Briton aiming to join his RAF bomber son. He arrived in Lisbon on the Yankee Clipper after Horta, the Azores, meeting reporters and U S minister Pell. He joked he almost bet on the U S election and said he lost a job.
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Portugal
Wendell L. Willkie
London
Royal Air Force
Lisbon
Horta
Azores
England
Willkie
Sidney Carlson
RAF
United States
Herbert Claiborne Pell
United States Troops Move to Newfoundland Defense Base
The transport Alexander arrived off St. John’s Newfoundland loaded with the first U S troops to staff the new defense base under construction. Stormy weather threatened to delay entry into the harbor.
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ST. John’s
Mid
Alexander
Newfoundland
Those Quitting At Steel Plant Are To Return
Bethlehem Pennsylvania January 25 1939 Van A Bittner head of S W O C s drive to organize Bethlehem Steel workers announced that men who quit work in a protest demonstration would return to their jobs tomorrow About 1500 of the plant s 21000 employees laid down tools in three departments yesterday and remained away today An other union spokesman had said on 5000 were affected yesterday Pickets were at plant entrances this morning but made no efforts to delay workers.
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Bethlehem
van A Bittner
S.W.O. C
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bittner
Special Commissioners Two City Homes See Page 5
A brief notice directs readers to page 5 for details on two city homes handled by special commissioners. The item hints at property disposition or related proceedings and assigns readers to consult the specified page for full information.
Public Sale of Estate on Berryville and Winchester Pike
Livestock and personal property of the late J. C. Erb listed for public sale on Berryville and Winchester Pike route 7. Sale begins Friday January 31 1941 at 11 o clock.
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J. C. Erb
Berryville
Winchester Pike
Italians Routed Near Derna In Libya Campaign
British headquarters said Italian medium tanks were dispersed three miles east of Derna, about 176 miles inside Libya from the Egyptian frontier. The communiqué noted further native successes in Ethiopia and said Italians abandoned more posts.
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Cairo
Egypt
Derna
Libya
Ethiopia
Greeks Yield Key Albanian Front Positions
Italian high command reported important positions along the Albanian battlefront wrested from the Greeks. Location of the positions was not specified.
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Rome
Germans Leave Greece For Belgrade Train
The Pesti Ujsag reported a special train carrying 35 Germans from Athens and 17 from Salonika was due to reach Belgrade today. The move marks a notable shift as Germans fled Greece while others had already departed.
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Greece
Budapest
Hungary
Pesti Ussag
Athens
Salonika
Belgrade
German World War II pilot charged with illegal entry
Baron Franz Von Werra, a German fighter who escaped British and Canadian camps, waived extradition on a charge of entering the United States without reporting to an immigration officer. Held with $5,000 bail pending Albany grand jury action. authorities say he crossed the St Lawrence river in a rowboat after escaping multiple camps and a prison train.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
United States
Federal District Court
Albany
Herman Kull
United States Patrol
St. Lawrence River
von Werra
David Benjamin
United States Border Patrol
Hopkins warned Britain cannot wait for aid
Rome reports from New York claim Harry Hopkins Roosevelt’s emissary telegraphed that Britain could not wait for American military aid. The Il Giornale D Italia notes the dispatch said aid could not arrive in time and identifies the paper’s editor Virginio Gayda as the fascist regime’s spokesman.
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Rome
Il Giornale D’italia
New York
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Britain
Il Giornale D'Italia
Virginio Gayda
Attempted assassination of General Antonescu reported
Belgrade newspapers report an attack on Romanian Premier Ion Antonescu on January 21. A man in a Foreign Office porter uniform gained entry by claiming an urgent letter and confronted Antonescu after he emerged from a bath. The report also notes the Iron Guard rebellion's deadly toll in Bucharest.
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Belgrade
Yugoslovakia
Ion Antonescu
Rumanian Foreign Office
Antonescu
Bucharest
Iron Guard
Sima Arrest Report Signals Romanian Civil War Turmoil
A Bucharest report says Horia Sima was arrested as Ion Antonescu's purge broadens with German help. Rebels held out in Brasov, Ploesti, Arad and Constanta amid near war on the continent, as Britain faces aerial assault and Italian and German moves across the Mediterranean and Africa.
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Atlantic
Berlin
Mediterranean
Romanias
Sima
Bulgaria
Bucharest
Brasov
Ploesti
Arad
O Constanta
North
East Africa
Derna
Tobruk
Cairo
Rodolfo Graziani
Cirene
RAF
el Mechili
Bengasi
Eritrea
Angian
Bristal
Asmara
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Weather Bureau
New England
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Horia Sima
Romania
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