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Win Major Victory – 2-3
Canterbury Urges British Bar Atrocity Reprisals – 3
Offer Car of Wheat For Finnish Relief – 3
2 Finnish Soldiers Write of the War – 4
Reich Looks to New Air Weapons, Holding Deadlock Is Temporary – 5-6
Dr. Maier Protests Contact With Papacy – 6
The International Situation – 6
Artillery in West Breaks Up Patrols – 7
Soviet Drop in Favor in U.S. Found Sharp – 7
Incidents in European Conflict – 7
1940 Born in Wild Revelry; Good Year for Nation Seen – 10-11

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/jan40/f01jan40.htm

Finns defeat Red Army attack
Monday, January 1, 1940 www.onwar.com

Finn patrol passes dead Red Army troopsThe Winter War... Finnish forces repulsed a Soviet probing assault in the Taipale area of the Mannerheim Line.

In Britain... Two million men aged 20 to 27 are made liable for military service. Meanwhile, 50 women resign from the Auxiliary Fire Service in protest at being told to scrub floors.

In France... Rail links with Spain are reestablished after having been closed for three and one half years due to the Spanish Civil War.

In Denmark... During addresses to the nation, the prime minister and foreign minister express doubts about the likelihood of continued Danish independence in 1940.

In Rome... The ambassador of the USSR is recalled following anti-Soviet demonstrations.

In Turkey... Flooding, resulting from an earthquake, causes about 32,000 deaths.

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HMS COVENTRY

HMS Coventry was a C-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy, named after the English city of Coventry. She was part of the Ceres group of the C-class of cruisers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Coventry_%281916%29