Graf Spee May Choose Sea Fight To Internment
Montevideo dec 15 preparations for repairs on the damaged German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee began today as Germany signals a possible dash to sea. A British cruiser cordon awaits and the ship could opt for battle over internment in the neutral port. The wrecked crew of 36 men killed in the Montevideo action are buried in a common grave, while the British cruiser Achilles and heavy cruiser Cumberland patrol the Plate.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Graf Spee
Achilles
Plate
Argentina
Cumberland
Paris
Bites
Western Front
Germany Says Garner Will Be Candidate
Anstreo Peres reports from Dallas on December 15 that E B Germany, co chair in charge of the Garner for President committee, declared on a nationwide radio broadcast that the movement will seek Garner as the presidential nominee and that Garner will be a candidate when he is ready to accept.
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Germany
Garner
Dallas
Texas
E. B. Germany
Dies Denies Run Against Senator Connally
Rep Martin Dies denied plans to run for the Senate in 1940 against Sen Tom Connally. He will support Connally, calling him a splendid Texan and credit to Texas, and will focus on chairing the House committee investigating un American activities.
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Dies
Senator Connally
Orange
Tex
Martin Dies
Texas
Senate
Tom Connally
House
Recreational Facilities At Lakes Drive County Land Plan
The land utilization project in Fannin County retires 17 000 acres of sub marginal land to better use pasturage and wildlife. Malcolm Campbell notes Lake Fannin Coffee Mill Lake and Davey Crockett offer recreation but broader benefits include erosion control check dams contouring and tree plantings. The lakes provide fishing boating and swimming with quail already on Davey Crockett. Back page references pasture development and nature’s rapid gains with support.
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Fannin County
Lake Fannin
Coffee Mill Lake
Davey Crockett
Malcolm Campbell
Soil Conservation Service
Campbell
Willies
Allt
First Conference For Hot Lunch Workers In Bonham
Bonham hosts the first conference Saturday at 11 in the county court room. WPA and county schools officials will discuss hot lunch policies and joint issues. About 73 workers are employed in 33 Fannin county schools with Bonham and Duncan feeding plus two colored projects.
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Bonham
Fannin County
Virgil Wilson
WPA
Lydia W. Ballard
Dallas
Supervieor
Luther Burkett
Wilson
Bailey Inglish
Duncan Shoo
Duncan Hot Line
Couldn't Resist Lady's Advances Dynamiter Says
F. Ross Wyatt, 36, described as an ardent lover, took the stand claiming he could not resist the lady's advances. He faces charges of bombing a bedroom used by Mary Jo Miller, 26, an Oak Park teacher, with dynamite. Miller testified Wyatt forced affection and profited from it, while Wyatt denied guilt, saying Miller urged the romance.
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Dallas
F. Ross Wyatt
Mary Jo Miller
Oak Park
Wyatt
Miss Miller
East Texas
Black Topping Delayed. Work to Resume Next Spring
Bonham street improvement continues through winter with no further blacktopping until spring. Mayor Joe B Hrdlick notes rock base is being laid on East Sth and Cherry streets while other streets are prepared for spring and summer work. Heat needed for successful application on rock base.
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Bonham
Joe B Hrdlick
East Sth
Cherry
Hrdiicka
Chamberlain In France To Visit British Soldiers
London dateline reports Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain has arrived in France to spend a few days with British expeditionary forces. The visit underscores wartime leadership and the alliance with Allied troops.
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Chamberlain
France
London
War Office
Neville Chamberlain
Rice Institute fires grid coach Jimmie Kitts
Jimmie Kitts, head football coach at Rice Institute, has been relieved of his duties. J. T. McCants announced that Kitts, who led Rice to Southwest Conference titles in 1934 and 1937, came under alumni pressure after a winless conference season.
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Houston
Jimmie Kitts
Rice Institute
J. T. McCants
Presbyterial meet draws eighty six in Honey Grove
A Texas presbyterial gathering in Honey Grove reports eighty six attendees. The Texas Railroad Commission faced a prorated January oil production plan seeking allocation over 30 days and to avoid compulsory shutdowns. Senator Clint Small of Amarillo urged the move for independent producers.
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Honey Grove
Railroad Commission
Ite
U. S Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Mines
Clint ©. Small
Amarillo
Independent Oil Producers Equity Association
Presbyterial Club
Grayson
Fannin Counties
Main Street Presbyterian Church
U. A
Earl McClure
Bonham
Jefferson Davis in Bronze at Alabama Capitol
A large bronze statue of Jefferson Davis is being sculpted for the Alabama Capitol lawn where the Confederacy president took his oath. It will be dedicated at the 1940 United Daughters of the Confederacy convention in Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jefferson Davis
Alabama
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Embattled Finns Pay Semiannual War Debt On Time
Finland, resisting Soviet pressure, paid the regular semiannual war debt installment of 224,095 dollars to the United States, leaving a balance of 8,142,800 dollars. Earlier headlines mixed with sensational local cases clipped into the same dispatch.
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Washington
Finland
Russia
United Haber
Aseo
United States
Young inmate’s desperate plea as rain roils Maryland jail
In Balighary Maryland a 19 year old, Willard Ennis, grabbed a revolver from a toolbox and attempted to force entry to the prison while a rainstorm roared outside. He cried to be let in claiming he was soaked.
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Balighary
Willard Ennis
Esberete
Ennis
Vanaver Reports All Sugar Bowl Tickets Sold
College station Tex Dec F w Tooker ticket manager at A M College said all tickets to the Texas A V I Tulane game in the New Orleans Sugar Bowl sent to Colsare Station were sold. He noted that only mail orders were received and that Thursday would be called.
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College
Tex
F. W Tooker
A & M College
New Orleans
Colsare
Hooker
Fierce Fighting Rages as Soviet Push Into Finland Expands
Reports from Moscow cite Soviet breakthrough along Mannerheim line on the Karelian Isthmus with Red Army forces operating in Finnish rear. In northern Finland heavy fighting continues after Russians seized Salmajaervi, using tanks and planes to widen a frontier push. Finland seeks renewed talks as Foreign Minister Tanner plans a Russian language radio appeal to Molotov.
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Moscow
Finland
Mannerheim Defense
Karelian
Red Army
Bergen
Norway
Salmajaervi
Selmajaervi
Pitkajarvi
Helsinki
V. A. Tanner
Viacheslav M. Molotov
Miner Rescuer Declines Medal for Bravery in Mine Incident
Las Vegas Nevada December 15 Carl Myers 30 a miner declined a Carnegie medal for saving his injured partner Kar ry Reid 26 during a mine blast near Searchlight They planted 11 powder charges at the 85 foot level Reid ignited the fuses Myers carried him to safety and shielded him as the blasts roared and several charges detonated Reid survived and is expected to recover Dr RL Fenlon treated him and planned to commend Myers for bravery.
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Las Vegas
Ney
Carl Myers
RL. Fenlon
Karry Reid
Meyrs
Myers
Reid
Rock
Fenton
Carnegie
Community Committeemen to Be Elected in Twelve Meetings
Farmers in Fannin County will meet in 12 communities on Monday December 18 at 7 p m to elect community committeemen for the 1040 AAA program. Each community will choose three committeemen and two alternates, then delegates will elect county committeemen in Bonham.
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Fannin County
Delgate
Bonham
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