British Warship Torpedoed by German U Boat
Germany and Finland reported new war gains as a German U boat torpedoed a British battleship of the Queen Elizabeth class. The vessel, unnamed, was the seventh claim of damage or destruction since the war began, with three dead and unspecified damage. On the Arctic front, reports alleged Russian forces mutiny near the Kemi river, while 100000 troops attacked Finnish lines on the Karelian Isthmus and Viipuri faced Soviet bombardment and air attacks along the Gulf coast.
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Berlin
London
Arctic
Pinnish
Russia
Kemi
Red Army
Karelian
Mannerheim
Viipuri
Gulf of Finland
Missing Youth Found After 12 Hours Of Search
In Edinburg Texas on December 20 Tommy Vela a 13 year old who wandered 15 miles during a hunt was found after 12 hours and 150 searchers combed upper Hidalgo county. He recalled feeling scared when a wild rat jumped over him while he slept and noted a ranch house he passed near San Manuel was out of sight in darkness. Also in Fly Minnesota CCC camp an incident notes a 750 pound bear and a domestic cat patrolling the woods with a cat feared only by the brain of the bear and cats off duty.
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Edinburg
Tex
Tommy Vela
Texas
Upper
Hidalgo County
Tommy
Moke Chapa
San Manuel
Lenient Soviet censors sharpen pencils order revived
Moscow reports that censorship of outgoing press dispatches will be re established at 10 a m Friday after being abolished eight months ago. Molotoff ordered the move placing responsibility on foreign correspondents, with Gnedyn warning of immediate expulsion for hostile or prejudicial dispatches.
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Moscow
Vacheslaff Molotoff
Maxim M. Litvinoff
Molotoff
Uwon
Foreign Office
Eugene Gnedyn
Soviet Union
Roosevelt taps Daniel Bell to be undersecretary of treasury
Roosevelt announces Daniel W. Bell veteran treasury official will become undersecretary succeeding John W. Hanes who resigns January 1. Fourteen WPA road projects totaling about 1060 miles operated in Fannin County during 1939 as WPA records show.
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Fannin County
Washington
Roosevelt
Daniel W. Bell
Treasury
Bell
John W. Hanes
Clayton Mitchell
WPA
Trenton-Randolph
Williams
Longview Officer Dies in Apartment Shootout
Deputy Sheriff J W Killingsworth died from gunshot wounds after a late night apartment house gunfight in Longview Texas. Buster Mitchell, 20, was fatally shot by officers during the arrest attempt. The exchange occurred after a routine arrest turned deadly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longview
Tex
Sherif J. W. Killingsworth
Buster Mitchell
Stalin Named Time Man of the Year for 1938
Time magazine selected Joseph Stalin as the 1938 Man of the Year, praising his dramatic shift of Europe’s power balance. The feature notes Churchill as a strong European figure, Roosevelt’s stalled progress, and critiques Mussolini and Hitler for bluffing and nonbelligerence.
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New York
Joseph Stalin
Time Magazine
Europe
Time
Britain
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Franklin Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Si Duce
Additional Soil Benefit Payment Checks Received
Soil conservation payments to Pannin county farmers under the 1939 AAA program advanced to 236700.73 dollars Friday with 66 new checks in the AAA office. Yearly total benefits exceed 500000 dollars.
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Pannin County
AAA
Death penalty abolished for desertion in Canadian army
Ottawa report says the Canadian army has abolished the death penalty for desertion cowardice and sleeping on sentry duty aligning with Britain. It retains capital punishment only for murder mutiny and treachery as the maximum punishment.
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Ottawa
Ont
Lightning Strikes Man While Fishing in Scranton
John Gowarty aged 28 was struck by lightning while fishing on Sept 2 in Scranton. He suffered head and spine injuries and was admitted to Hahneman Hospital for treatment. The incident occurred a few days ago and is under medical care.
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Scranton
John Gowarty
Hahneman Hospital
Weatherford Man Is Killed As Train Hits County Truck
Weatherford Texans report a Texas and Pacific passenger train struck a Parker County county truck at a grade crossing. One man, about 45, killed. another, about 45, seriously injured, transported for care. Dispatch said the wreck occurred near Weatherford with authorities probing the incident and potential factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherford
Texas and Pacific
Dobbs
Paul Morgan
Parker County
Wee
General Superintendent Nunn Bush Wording at Milwaukee Plant
Washington March 20 Agriculture Department suspends wheat and flour export subsidies for Pacific Coast to the Philippine Islands. Charles Nunn, a Bonham native and longtime Nunn Bush operations executive, advances to general superintendent overseeing Milwaukee and Edgerton plants.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Pacifle
Philippine Islands
Texas crop production slides slightly in 1939
Texas farm value of principal crops rose by 15.4 million dollars while total valuation reached 974.09 million. Harvested area was 25.122 million acres, 13 percent below the 6 year average, with wheat resees down about one million and declines in cotton corn and oats. Truck crops stayed below 1988 but above the 10 year average.
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Austin
Texas
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
Childs
Bund Official Arrested On Perjury Charge
New York December 29 Bund national secretary JeJamen Wheeler-Hill was arrested on a perjury charge arising from a state grand jury information. After pleadi ng not guilty he was remanded in $4,000 bail for ten days. Fifteen specifications in the first count concern contradic tions in Wheeler Hill's testimony about Fritz Khan and the organization funds. Wheeler-Hill testified that Phat contributions allowed Kuba to use money for Bond purposes, and that the Bondatuehrer could use funds for any purpose.
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New York
JeJamen Wheeler-Hill
Bund
Hi Special Sessions Court
Wheeler
Wheeler Hill
Fritz Khan
Kuba
Tse
Vacancies in United States Marine Corps rapidly filled
Dallas reports Marine Corps vacancies shrinking from about 6 000 to 2 000 since two months ago. Captain J D O Leary says January enlistment quota is 120 men for Texas. Recruits to be accepted through offices in Abilene Austin Dallas Fort Worth Houston and San Antonio with postmasters and offices supplying details.
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Dallas
Dee
United State Marine Corps
Wiaatinei DC
Marine Corps
Texas
Jan
Headquarters
J .D. O'Leary
Dalla
Abilene Austin
Dallas Port Worth Houston
San Antonio
Search party rescues runner in three mile cross country
In Waltham a searching party over an hour finds Peter Wilson of Johnstone R 1 lost during a three mile cross country race as officials blow whistles and locate him in nearby woods. Subplot notes Somers hunting incident where a quill embedded in his hand required pliers removal from a dead grass filled box.
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Waltham Mans
UP 1
Peter Wilson
Johnstone R 1
Coleille Wash
Fannin Officers Arrest Suspects In Recent Theft
Three Denison residents two men and a woman, suspected in a string of petty thefts and burglaries in Fannin county, were arrested Thursday morning. Deputy Talmadge Moore led the operation and they were turned over to Cragon county officers with charges filed. The trio were found with an advertising machine stolen from a Weldon union car at Whitewright. One suspect, Binion, resides in West Texas and was visiting his father-in-law, Joe Moongram, when seized.
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Denison
Fennin County
Weldon Union of
Whitewright
Talmadge Moore
Bondon
Cragon
Witherman
Sherritt Moore
Veinin
Hisperts
Whitewight
Cies Eye
Weet Texas
Joe Moongram
Renewed Shocks Reported Rocking Eastern Turkey
Istanbul December 29 reports from an official inquiry commission in Previnian indicate renewed shocks in the eastern Turkish earthquake zone. Officials warned the death toll could reach about 1,000 though figures await verification and may be revised downward as checks continue.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Previnian
Jewish Hero Named Leader in Finnish War Invasion
Gen G M Stern, son of a Jewish doctor and Hero of the Soviet Union, was placed in charge of the invasion of Finland. He replaces Gen K A Meretskoff who was dismissed after failure to achieve gains. Stern previously led the First Primorsk Army and fought in Manchukuo and Mongolia.
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Moscow
G. M. Stern
Soviet Union
Finland
Stern
K. A Meretskoff
Leningrad
Chang-Kufeng
Ivan Popoff
Mereteoff
Leninerad . Ocel Society
Dee WM
Leninerad Command
One Man Heads Local Cigar Makers Union Chapter
St Joseph Missouri reports L J Jacobs serves as president secretary treasurer and sergeant at arms for the local Cigar Makers Union of America chapter. He is described as the sole member currently active in the trade where cigars were once produced by many workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Jowph, Mo
L. J. Jacobs
Cigar Makers Union of America
Bonham Braces for Cold Wave as Temp Drops Sharp
A bitter cold wave hit Bonham with a low of 12 below for the season and a 20 degree reading, the third straight night of freezing. Sleet and snow spared the area but left streets slick and shallow pools fragile enough to bear a person only with care.
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Bonham @ ie
Bonham
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Germany
United Press
Andree Peres
Kitty
Bear
Fly
Minn
CCC
Palm
Patricia Plunkett
Brenda Frazier
East Texas
Ancren Peres
End
Babs
Florida
Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Robert Sweeney
Palm Beach
Countess
U.S
Revere
Mas
Hevere Brow Foundry
Bath
Jarree Powe
Weatherford, ‘Tex
Toxbiey
Ming
Nuna-Busu Shor Companys Wises Pather EN Bonesam
Perse
Montgomery
Ala
Frank M. Dixon
Alabama
Army
Maxwell Field
Sanham
Charles Nunn
Charles G. Nunn
Esse
Sunn Busch Ghee Company
Milwaukee
Edgerton
Wis
Nin
Bonham High
Nunn-Auseh J Company
Mr Nunn
Nunn- Bush
Dan
Woodlands
Wilson
Philadelphia Society
Betty Fehr
Whitemarsh
Fannin
Univer
Lages
Order of the Red Banner
Trusda
Boneam
Roosevelts
Virginia
Uecee
Winchester
Pranklin DD Rooewvels Jr
Ethel du Pont
Here
Scholastic
Honoue
Kansas City
John EB Higdon
Phi Beta Kappa
DePauw University
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