Worldwide Blow Indicated, With 26 Lands United Washington The agreement of 26 nations for a finish fight against the Axis will be supplemented in the next few days by concrete evidence of united action, it was indicated today. The declaration by united nations which had as its chief signatories the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and China, was only preliminary to a broad Program of unified antiAxis war moves to be transmitted to the military and naval staffs of the nations involved. Foreshadowing the completed program was the announced fact that American, British and Dutch warships are co operating in the Pacific. This type of co ordinated action against the Axis is expected to be expanded on a worldwide basis soon, perhaps even before President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill have concluded their talks here. January in History (A calendar of historic events, compiled by the department of Americanism, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.) January 1 New Years day. January 2, 1788 Georgia joined Union. January 3, 1911 U. S. Postalbanks established. January 4, 1923 Radio broadcasting by wire connected stations. January 5, 1933 Died, Calvin Coolidge, thirtieth president of the U. S. January 6, 1912 New Mexico joined Union as forty seventh state. January 7, 1789 First presidential election in U. S. January 8, 1815 General Andrew Jackson defeated British at New Orleans. January 9, 1788 Connecticut joins Union. January 10, 1739 Born, General Ethan Allen, capturer of Ticonderoga. January 11, 1757 Born, Alexander Hamiltort. January 12, 1729 Born, Edmund Burke. January 13, 1777 Born Salmon P. Chase, secretary of the treasury and later U. S. chief justice. January 14, 1784 Treaty of peace with England ratified. January 15, 1923 Trans Atlantic radio telephone between England and the United States. January 16, 1837 Andrew Jackson elected president. January 17, 1706 Born, Benjamin Franklin. January 18, 1782 Born, Daniel Webster. January 19, 1807 Born, Robert E. Lee. January 20, 1846 Telegraph line opened between New York and Philadelphia. January 21, 1824 Born, Stonewall Jackson, Confederate general. January 22, 1903 Panama Canal treaty signed. January 23, 1933 Lame Duck amendment ratified by 36 states. January 24, 1848 Gold discovered in California. January 25, 1915 Transcontinental telephone service opened from New York to San Francisco. January 26, 1837 Michigan joined Union. January 27, 1880 Thomas A. Edison patented incandescent lamp. January 28, 1907 Andrew Carnegie gave 10,000,000 to found Carnegie Institute. January 29, 1861 Kansas joined Union. January 30, 1897 Alaska boundary dispute settled by treaty. January 31, 1830 Born, James G. Blaine. Russians Claim 100,000 of Foe Held in Pocket Kuibyshev, Russia More than 100,000 German troops have been trapped in the Mozhaisk area of the West Moscow front and must choose between surrender and death, dispatches from the front said today. Seven entire divisions of 15,000 men each were caught in the pocket as Red Army troops, investing the city of Mozhaisk, swept farther westward along Napoleons road of doom, in pursuit of the German armies. A war communique had reported the recapture of the important city of Maloyaroslavets, 70 miles south southwest of Moscow, and had asserted that the Russian forces, advancing relentlessly, had smashed every attempt of the Germans to form a new defense line. America Forever America forever, goes the cry across the land, From the plain and mountain to the oceans golden strand. The heart of every freeman, who hears this echo swell, Responds to save this heritage, for which our fathers fell. Well stand shoulder to shoulder to guard this precious right, To live and die as freemen, and lead the world to light. Blanche Stokes, Wellsville, Utah. Some hae meat and canna eat, And some would eat that want it, But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit. Robert Burns