GOP Moves to Clean Late Campaign Debt
Washington December 7 The Republican National Committee held a strategy meeting to consider postponing the 1940 party convention until after the Democrats meet. Chairman John D M Hamilton said subscriptions of 1000 from 655 members would be sought to reduce party debt. Debate also covered Dewey opening speech and minority party rights in government.
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GOP
Dewey
Washington
John D. M. Hamilton
Hamilton
Russia
Hamil
Thomas E. Dewey
National Manufacturers Call For Labor Harmony
The National Association of Manufacturers urged harmony between labor and management to promote national security and well being. The resolution says harmonious relations within each industry benefit employers and workers and the economy, and that employees should join any labor group or none. It warns against laws and acts that create suspicion and economic conflict.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Engelberg Death Probed as Espionage Suit Emerges
New York police seek two men after the death of Dr. Walter Richard Engelberg first secretary at the German consulate. Investigators examine corr espondence and nude photographs found among his effects. Authorities say no international complications evident yet.
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New York
Walter Richard Engelberg
M. E
J. Edgar Hoover
Dr. Engelberg
FDR Aides Targeted at National Press Club Dinner
The National Press Club dinner honored President Roosevelt as commander-in-chief with nautical imagery and flags. Report notes critics and the press probing third-term implications as aides figure in the controversy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Press Club
Doctor Resigns as Ruth Judd Escape Continues
Dr Tombs resigns from the staff of the Arizona State Hospital for the Insane amid internal strife. Ruth Judd, known as W inne Judd, remains at large after two escapes in six months. Searchers wait for cold and hunger to force her from hiding as deputies vow the fugitive will not endure starvation long.
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Arizona Hospital For
Judd
Arizona State Hospital For the Insane
Winnie Ruth Judd
Tombs
Inariys
Ouis J. Saxe
Mrs. Judd
Liberty
Sal
Ernest Roach
Second traffic death shocks Buckhannon in five days
Buckhannon West Virginia December 7 194? The second traffic death in five days was recorded today for the area which had no fatalities in the first 11 months. Clifford Holden 30 year old Tennessee Tennerton miner was fatally injured when his car left the road and overturned over a small embankment.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
Shur County
Clifford Holden
Tennerton
Bluefield Plans Big Radio Show for Community Christmas Tree
Bluefield presents the annual Community Christmas Tree Radio Revue on Sunday December 17 from noon to evening. The Granada theater hosts more than a hundred performers while WHIS listeners fill the airwaves with support totaling thousands of dollars to fund Santa visits for every child in Greater Bluefield.
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Bluefield
Santa Claus
Mrs. Bluefield
Jim So
Union Street
Sally So
Highland Avenue
Bland Street
British Planes Repel German Raid Over Northeast Coast
British battle planes repelled two German air raids over the northeast coast, forcing the attackers to retreat. The trawler Washington was sunk by a mine with eight lives lost, while a Netherlands vessel Tajandoen was torpedoed and burned in the West Indies route, six crew missing. Royal Air Force fighters reported hits on one or more raiders as warnings sounded in the Firth of Forth area.
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William FP. X. Geoghan
Brooklyn
London
Great Britain
Washington
Firth of Foron
Scotland
Edinburgh
Rosyth
Netherlands
Tajandoen
Tor
Fish
West Indies
Thames Estuary
May Grimmer
Coastal Village
Firth of Forth
Trotsky Accepts Dies Invitation to U S Hearing
Exiled former Bolshevik leader Leon Trotsky said he accepted the invitation to testify before the Dies committee in Austin Texas as a political duty. He rejected claims he had supplied documents and said no committee ever visited him.
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Mexico City
Jeon Trotsky
Austin
Tex
Mae
Orange
War Briefs: Primula Sinks After Explosion
The Norwegian steamship Primula of 1 024 tons sank in the North Sea after an explosion on Monday. Eight of the 15 crew members are missing. Other items note Finnish artillery alleged poison gas shells and a Soviet blockading plan for Finland coast. The German Windhuk, 10 000 tons, arrived at Santos under Japanese flag.
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London
North Sea
Washington
Legation
Openhagen
Dannish Ministry of Commerce
Finland
Santos
Brazil
Portuguese West Africa
Disgusse
Hull Protests British Blockade Over Shipping
Secretary of State Hull drafted a note to Great Britain stating the British order in council stopping German exports to neutrals may conflict with international law and interfere with neutral trade. The note reserves rights to file claims later and aims for conciliatory language amid WWI context.
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Great Britain
Washington
Hull
Germany
United States
Britain
Boat Boiler Blast Kills 1 on J C Rawn at Huntington Wharf
A boiler exploded on the steamer J. C. Rawn at the north Huntington riverfront killing Jess Plants and injuring five others including Captain W. M. Wright. Two men were missing as rescuers scoured the area for additional casualties and a second engineer was named.
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Huntington
W. Va
J. C. Rawn
Ohio River
Jess Plants
Point Pleasant
W. M. Wright
Robert Smith
Galli
Ohio
Miriam vEpatrick
Voregard
Chesapeake
J. E. Beaver
Grimms Landing
Thomas Ash
Robertsburg
E. v. Rawn
French Infantry Break German Lines On Western Front
Reports say French infantry routed German troops from temporary positions in no man's land along the northern front. A morning counter attack pushed Germans back to their lines as heavy artillery duels continued near Bitche. King George hosted a luncheon for President and Premier Generalissimo with British and French officers aboard.
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Paris
No-Man's-Land
Prench
Bitche
George
Publisher E Munsey Slack Dies in Bristol at 61
E Munsey Slack, publisher of the Bristol Courier and the News Bulletin, and civic leader, died at 61 after a cerebral hemorrhage during a dinner in Abingdon Virginia. He had been stricken the previous night while with friends.
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Bristol
Tenn
E. Munsey Slack
Abingdon
Courier
News-Bulletin
France Builds Second Maginot Line As Fortifications Expand
Paris reports Le Matin says a second Maginot line now backs the original, with big and small forts casements dugouts tank traps and armored cars. Fortifications on the Belgian and Swiss fronts are extended and British and French forces gain impregnable screens from the Jura to the North Sea.
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Paris
le Matin
German steamer Oliva damaged by Russian submarine
Copenhagen December reports that the German steamer Oliva of 7,885 tons docking at Mantyluoto Finland was damaged by a Russian submarine at about 11 45 p m Tuesday three shells hit the bow the Oliva sailing from Hamburg was attacked while in transit by the submarine off Mantyluoto Finland with the damage confirmed by Nationaltidende correspondent
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Copenhagen
Newspores
Nationaltidende
Olive ,S
Mantyluoto
Finland
Oliva
Hamburg
Finnish Hold On Mannerheim Line Amid Red Army Push
Finnish forces countered on the Karelian Isthmus as the Red Army pressed toward the eastern terminus of the Mannerheim line. Soviet shelling hit the southern coast of Finland while Finnish coastal batteries near the Ladoga front repelled attacks. A Finnish spokesman said the invaders were not yet threatening the line, and medical officials reported gas exposure cases among soldiers on Lake Ladoga's northern shore.
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Red Army
Mannerheim Line
Helsinki
Karelian
Mannerheim
Finland
Annerheim
Sakkola
Moulaa
Kuolema Lake
Lake of Death
Vance
Perkjarvi
Viipuri
Akwanton
Taipale River
Lake Ladoga
Uusikirkko
Finns
de Sones
V. P. Nef
Tolua Lake
Italy Reaffirms Axis Ties and Nonintervention Policy
Rome reports Italy backs the Germany alliance and non intervention as World War I widens. A four hour Fascist Grand Council session issued warnings to Britain France and Soviet Russia to avoid meddling with Italian commerce and Balkans affairs.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
Russia
Balkans
Britain
France
Grand Council
Milian
Salzburg
Berlin
Europe
Danubian-Balkan
Council
Donors Needed to Boost Fund for Davidson Home Preservation
Fund aims to preserve the old Davidson home for future generations to learn pioneer history. The appeal shows a slow progress with a contribution total of 9580.00 and mentions Bluefield Garden Club, Clint Bailey, PT Saunders, Dr. J, and others contributing small amounts.
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Davidson
Todas
Bluefield Garden Club
Clint Bailey
Saunders
Dr. J
Berlin spy ordeal told by American reporter
Kenneth Brown Collings of Rockville Centre New York, a California Newspaper Publishers association correspondent, survived Russian prison and near execution while reporting on the German Soviet frontier. He described being bayoneted and imprisoned with Polish inmates before being released. See page 3 for more.
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Berlin
Kenneth Brown Collings
Rockville Center
N. Y
Publishers’ Association
Collings
Terr
Prostken
East Prussia
Enderstood
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Believe Consulate Post
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Trotsky
Ota
Western Front
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