Boxer Kehler Confesses to Slaying German Official in New York
Ernest Kehler alias Haas, a 24 year old Canadian pugilist, allegedly confessed to beating Dr. Walter Engelberg first secretary of the German consulate general to death in his Brooklyn home. A unnamed woman who unknowingly led investigators to Kehler was described as chatting about the case with a salesgirl in a Brooklyn department store. The suspect was arrested in Toronto and authorities said the motive appeared personal.
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New York
Ernest Kehler
Walter Engelberg
Kehler
Haas
Toronto
John J. Ryan
Engelberg
Brooklyn
Dec
Hitler
Dr. Engleberg
Hans
Dr. Engelberg
NLB committee probes Steel in early 1937 strike
Washington reports two members of a house investigating committee charged the National Labor Relations Board with an entrapment plan against Inland Steel to trigger Wagner act charges by a CIO union. Evidence cited includes a flight by NLRB secretary Nathan Witt to Pittsburgh to confer with CIO officials before formal action.
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Washington
House
Little Steel
National Labor Relations Board
Inland Steel Company
CIO
Nathan Witt
Pittsburgh
Aa Halleck
Ind
Routzo
Ohio
Inland
Edm
M. Toland
Charles Fahy
Labor Board
Philip G. Phillips
Segeee
NLRB
Cincinnati
Russian Air War Rages as Helsinki Bombed and Finns Strike
Finnish and Russian forces clashed across the frontier with Helsinki bombed by Russian bombers for the first time in weeks. Four Russian planes were downed and Finnish tanks and troops reported heavy losses to Russian forces on the Karelian isthmus. The Finns claimed successful air sorties along the frontier and along the southeast coast as French activity was noted nearby.
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Helsinki
Finland
Reuters
Oktiabrskaya Revolutia
Kiroff
Moscow
Karelian
Oninese
Mudaparvi
Kaukjarvi
Aglajarvi
Lake Ladoga
Ransianpon
Pees Santee
Koirja
Syskyjarvi
Germans Boost British Plane Losses in Helgoland Bight Battle
Victory reports from Berlin claim German sources raised British aircraft losses to 36 after the Helgoland Bight clash. Bodies and wreckage washed ashore as the World War era air fight was hailed as the largest in history with German forces asserting many British pilots were captured or bailout by German craft.
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Berlin
Helgoland Bight
Tolal
Ori
British
Air Ministry
One
Air Command
Poo
Messersees
Phanes
le Catua
France
Conflans
Cohan Thrills As Actors Unfold His Life at Catholic U
Washington reports George M. Cohan watched an amateur show at Catholic University titled Yankee Doodle Boy about his life. Walter Kerr and Leo Brady wrote the piece. James Graham portrayed Cohan as the Harlequin club staged 18 scenes and 21 songs.
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Cohan
Washington
George M. Cohan
Catholic University
Walter P. Kerr
Leo Brady
James Graham
Trinity
Dumbarton
Harlequin Club
Allies to Aid Finland and 1940 War Budget
Paris reports the allied supreme war council agreed to supply all moral and material aid to Finland without weakening the western front. France seeks 55.034 billion francs for the first quarter of 1940 and projects 249 billion francs for the year, with a major focus on military appropriations. A French patrol on the western front was described in dispatches.
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Paris
Supreme War Council
Finland
Gero
Piins
Prime Lain
Daladier
Avance Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Labor Accord Hopes Rise After AFL CIO Talks
Roosevelt meeting with John L. Lewis yields renewed hope for peace between AFL and CIO. CIO president expresses cautious optimism but no concrete agreement emerges. William Green criticizes CIO proposals to jail violators and limit the labor board, calling them harmful to labor and likening them to Soviet Russia.
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Lewis
Green
CIO
Weshingten
Roosevelt
Othe
AFL
John L. Lewis
William Green
Labor Board
Russia
America
War Briefs: Axis and Allied Navies See Naval Activity
The report notes the Columbus liner scuttled off North America with 579 survivors rescued by the U S cruiser Tuscaloosa while a British warship hunted the scene. Helsinki reports Finnish air attacks on Russian positions as bombers strike Helsinki. Russian battleship rumors circulate amid new battles near Helgoland.
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Washington
Columbus
North American
U. S
Tuscaloosa
Helsinki
London
Oktiabrskaya
Helgoland
Berlin
War Council
Finland
Seids Genan
Une Cade
France
Navy
Copenhagen
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Port Everglades
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Graf Spee
Argentina Orders Germans Interned
Buenos Aires orders internment of 1 089 Nazi officers and men from the Graf Spee. Captain Langsdorff and some crew to live in Buenos Aires while most crew are distributed to inland provinces. Germany to bear internment costs. decree outlines terms and safety provisions amid regional neutrality inquiries.
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Coros
Graf Spee
Benos Aires
Interior Provinces
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Robert M
Germany
Hans Langsdorff
Nantevideo Harbor
Hitler
Plate
Ortiz
Landsdorff
Interior
Plate Estuary
Langsdorff
Argentine
Ellis Island
Cowgirl Fires on Husband in Pittsburgh Detective Bureau
Martha Harrison, a red haired former Texas cowgirl, fired a revolver at her husband inside the county detective bureau. The bullet missed and lodged in a door as detectives moved to subdue her. She was held on felonious assault and firearms violation with $10,000 bond after a five minute struggle.
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Pittsburgh
Martha Harrison
Ginger
Ace
Art
Thomas J. Whalen
J Deasy
Canton
Deasy
Harrison
Juad
Romani Wedding Rite at Grave Captures Mourning Promise
In Pittsburgh a 21 year old bride at her fiancé Albert Howarth’s funeral fulfills his dying wish by placing a wedding corsage on his coffin. Dressed in white she leads bridesmaids and bearers in the cemetery as the coffin is lowered.
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Pittsburgh
Albert Howarth
Irene
Germans Launch Aerial Torpedo Campaign Against British Shipping
German planes attack shipping in a hammering offensive, sinking several trawlers and steamers. City of Kobe, Jytte, Glittefjell, Bogo, Zealous, Active reported sunk or damaged. Survivors and missing listed. captain notes bombs and torpedoes as causes. See Page 12.
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Robert E. Bunnelle
London
Britain
England
City of
Kobe
North Sea
Jytte
Glittefjell
Bogo
David Sutherland
Etruria
Attempt To Run Blockade Fails
The luxury liner Columbus, third largest in the Nazi merchant marine, was a blazing sinking wreck after being scuttled by her crew near 400 miles east of Cape Hatteras. The American cruiser Tuscaloosa rescued 579 crewmen including nine women. two firemen were missing. The ship had fled Vera Cruz last week and carried fuel for 50 days. News from Norfolk confirmed the scuttling and referenced the parallel destruction of the Graf Spee.
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Washington
Germany
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Europe
U. S.S. Veruiser Tuscaloosa
Cape Va
Tuscaloosa
H. A. Badt
New York
Ellis Island
Columbus
Navy
Lloyd Lines
John ‘Schroeder
Tampico
Eonstone Fia
Ggraf Spee
Montevideo
Hitler
Norfolk Naval Yard
Joseph K. Taussig
Germans Destroy Total of Twelve Ships During War
New York reports that Germans have scuttled or sunk at least twelve ships totaling about 347,892 tons in the current conflict. Vessels include the Admiral Graf Spee off Montevideo after battle, the Columbus, Bertha Frisse, Borkum, Friedrich, Parana, and others, with crews scuttling to avoid capture. several were later reported sunk or captured by British warships.
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New York
Admiral Graf Spee
Montevideo
Columbus
Adolf Leonhardt
Gee Whee Lade Wands Operw
Adolf Woermann
South Atlantic
Bertha Frisser
Reykjavik
Iceland
Borkum
Bri
Friedrich
Sen
McDowell County Man Surrenders to Prison
Leonard Carter 32 of McDowell County surrendered at the state prison claiming he had skipped jail a month ago to avoid a year and a day for attempted forgery. He identified himself to Warden Leo Callison and was placed in a cell.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Leo Callison
Leonard Carter
McDowell County
Carter
British Ship Chases Nazi Boat into Florida Harbor
A German freighter outran a British cruiser off Florida and sought refuge in Port Everglades. The Arauca, about 5,000 tons from Tampico, entered U S territorial waters after a warning shot. Navy and coast guard shadowed both ships and planes monitored the harbor as they docked.
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Florida Harbor
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Florida
Everglades Harbor
U. 8
Orion
Navy
Coast Guard
Miami
Columbus
Caine
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Fefor
Federal Bureau of Investigation
NLB
Geneas Eee
Helen
Josie
Jerry Cohan
Cary Out League
Alliea
LABOR
The
Associated Press
Jose Maria Cantila
Isidoro Ruiz Moreno
Foreign Office
Tacoma
Iig
Cowgirl
McDowell
Arauca
Frederick Stengler
Gulf Stream
Stengler
U. Territorial Waters
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