Finland War Front Deepens As Soviet Push Surges
Reports from Helsinki to Tornea describe Soviet advances through central Finland threatening a split of Finnish forces. Finnish Generalissimo Mannerheim's troops fight back, while Sweden and Britain face diplomatic maneuvers as the League debates collective measures against Russia.
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Helsingfors
Hango
Leningrad
Red Army
Finland
Ladoga
Geneva
Britain
France
Germany
League
Russia
Argentina
Geneva Organization
Assembly
Holland
Weight Of Russian Army In Middle Finland Seen Shaping War
International News Service reports fierce contest in Finland as Finnish defenders repel Russian landings on the southern coast. Copenhagen dispatch notes Soviet forces massing near the Karelian isthmus with up to 1,000,000 troops aiming to bend the Mannerheim line.
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Finland
Mannerheim
Careliaa
Soviet Union
Helsingfors
Tornea
League of Nations
Copenhagen
National Tidende
Soviet Russia
Karelian Isthmus
When We Sell To Both Sides We Have Both Sides Shooting
Arthur Baer notes the dilemma of selling to both sides in wartime. He argues embargo revisions expose the blockade and invite risk while America controls ample planes munitions and supplies for cash. The piece critiques last minute shopping behavior.
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Europe
Sweden names active chief commander of all military forces
STOCKHOLM AP The Swedish government appointed an active commander in chief to lead all Swedish military forces, a post usually reserved for wartime. Lieutenant General Olof Gerhard Phoernell, formerly a coordinator of services, takes a formal active role while a technical declaration notes the move as preparation for potential war.
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Stockholm
Olof Gerhard Phoernell
Sweden
Foreign Office
Cedar Rapids Police Launch Campaign Against Jaywalking
Cedar Rapids police captain Gordon Hughes announces a year end crackdown on jaywalking to cut traffic deaths. He warns pedestrians to use cross walks only, targeting danger zones in the loop area and noting one fatality already this year.
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Gordon Hughes
Police
Sike
Loop
Hughes
Cedar Rapids
Two Injured In No 30 Crash Involving Four Vehicles
Two persons suffered minor injuries six miles east of Cedar Rapids on highway 30 at 8 40 p m Saturday when a defect in a car’s lighting system caused a chain collision. John Smeltzer 23 Stanwood and Imajean Jurgensen 20 Wyoming were injured. Sheriff Jim Smith and Deputy Lee Snyder investigated. no charges were filed.
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Cedar Rapids
John Smeltzer
Stanwood
Imajean Jurgensen
Wyoming
F. W. Weaver
Mount Vernon
Tom Lockhart
First Avenue W
Lockart
Smeltzer
Lockhart
Miss Jurgensen
Jim Smith
Lee Snyder
False Alarm Over Winnie Judd Capture At Hernando
Sheriff A S Campbell detained a woman Saturday night on suspicion she was Winnie Ruth Judd the Arizona fugitive but by Sunday he said the identification was incorrect and she would be released.
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Hernando, Miss
A. S. Campbell
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona Insane Hospital
Man in Chippewa Falls kills five then dies in cottage blaze
Donald T. Cameron 35 shoots dead his wife and son and others, starts a fire, then dies in a garage near the ruins. A death threat extortion note to an Eau Claire loan firm owner and a black notebook with kidnap planning entries are found, suggesting a planned abduction amid the chaos.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Donald T. Cameron
Cameron
Edward Holtz
Linton
54 Foot Fall Ends In Tiny Boy Rescue
In Pontotoc Mississippi Mrs Cecil McKnight heard a faint cry from her two and a half year old son Keith. She looked into a 54 foot muddy well and called out. The boy answered from the bottom saying he was dirty too.
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Keith
White House Inspired Rap At McNutt Stirring Political Debate
Washington dispatch reports new dealers seek to block Paul V. McNutt as a potential presidential candidate by circulating word that President Roosevelt approved an Ickes remark about McNutt. The piece notes Ickes claimed no indication of White House support and discusses strategic implications for Garner and party factions.
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Washington
Ins
Paul V. McNutt
Roosevelt
Ickes
Indiana
White House
McNutt
Inser
Garner
House Group Hints Rotten Items in Labor Board Probe
The House committee investigating the National Labor Relations Board says agents removed a large set of correspondence from the board files and hints of sensational content. Investigators aim to determine if letters show indiscretions or partiality with some letters allegedly pressuring industrialists to recognize unions or settle cases quickly. Sixteen board employees are ordered to appear, with William M Leiserson first to testify.
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Washington
House Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Edmund M. Toland
William M. Leiserson
Juliet Chooses Delay In Young Love Siege
New York AP. Eileen Herrick says she wants time to think before marrying Romeo Lowther Ill. After court hints and parental pressure, the 20 year old post debutante tells reporters she may stay home or travel, and will see George Lowther as often as she wishes. She denies imprisonment and requests space to decide.
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New York
Eileen Herrick
Juliet
Romeo
George Lowther
George
Lowther
Eileen
Walter P. Herricks
Roosevelt Bypasses Neutrality Act for Finland Aid
President Roosevelt will not apply the neutrality act to the undeclared Soviet Finnish war to help Finland with a loan, officials say. The decision signals a broader pro Allied economic policy and sets a precedent for other potential allies in self defense. Congress faces action, but officials expect acceptance of limited discretion in applying the act.
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Washington
INS
Finland
Roosevelt
United States
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Turkey
Hungary
Romania
Italy
Congress
House
Senate
Noted Red Dozenberg Nabbed in Passport Case
Nicholas Dozenberg described as a founder of the communist party in the United States and key espionage witness was arrested in Bend Oregon on charges of fraudulently obtaining a passport under another name. His wife Katherine is not in custody. Bail requested at 50000 dollars as authorities expect removal to New York.
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Finland
Kremlin
Stalin
Iowa
No. 10
Downing Street
Quai d’Orsay
Eugene Lyons
Saturday Evening Post
Lyons
United Press
Moscow
New York
Nicholas Dozenberg
Communist Party
United States
Bend
Ore
U. S
John T. Cahill
Earl Browder
Dozenberg
Browder
Alfred C. Coze
Cahill
Katherine
Nicholas L
Helena V. Dallant
Washington, D. C
Riga
Latvia
Oregon
Kidnapping case shocks Texas after 11 year old found
Irwin Mingle, 11, was discovered bound in the attic of a vacant Port Arthur house after a 16 hour ordeal. Dr. W C Welch, questioned for possible involvement, is charged with kidnapping. ransom demand and stolen funds highlighted a troubling Christmas week.
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Port Arthur
Texas
W. C. Welch
Irwin Mingle
Welch
Secret Service
Claude Guilbea
Fred Mingle
Navy orders mosquito fleet to bolster Caribbean defenses
The Navy announced a 5 million dollar contract for 23 high speed torpedo boats and submarine chasers to be built for mass testing in 1940. Norfolk will host 12 American designed craft for a trial mass production. A new Porto Rico Virgin Islands naval district is created with San Juan as HQ. Electric Boat Co. wins the mosquito boat award.
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Washington
Caribbean
Navy
Charles Edison
Great Britain
Norfolk
Roosevelt
Porto Rico
Virgin Islands
San Juan
Army
Mosquito Boat
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Conn
Northwestern and Chicago Universities Receive Large Donations
Gifts totaling about 1.5 million dollars to Northwestern University and one million dollars to the University of Chicago were announced by Clara A. Abbott's estate trustees. Mrs. Abbott died in 1924 and was the widow of Dr. Wallace C. Abbott, founder of Abbott Laboratories. The Chicago grant makes the university eligible for an additional 1.5 million, with Rockefeller foundation conditions requiring a 500 thousand dollar match.
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Biological Sciences
Weather Holds Abnormally Mild in Cedar Rapids
Light clouds overcast Cedar Rapids as Indian summer warmth continues. Temperature rose from a 31 degree low at 5 a.m. to 54 by 3 p.m. Then it eased to 46 near midnight before dropping to 42 by 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Azuma Maru Declares SOS Safe in North Atlantic
Nippon Yusen Kaisha says its London office contacted the 6,646 ton liner Azuma Maru and reported the vessel safe in the North Atlantic after an SOS broadcast from Scottish waters. The ship had been unheard from since Friday.
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New York
Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line
London
Azuma Maru
North Atlantic
Scottish
Solon Farm Boy 3 Hurt by Wagon Accident
Three year old Lyle Chittick son of Mr and Mrs Roy Chittick of near Solon was injured when a wagon wheel rolled over him. His brother Lester 19 was pulling corn at the Naxera farm seven miles east of Solon. No bones were broken but internal injuries feared. They brought him to Cedar Rapids and he was in fair condition at St Luke's hospital Saturday night.
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Lyle Chittick
Roy Chittick
Near Solon
St. Luke’s Hospital
Lester
Naxera
Solon
Lyle
Cedar Rapids
Champs At Same Baby Show Now They're Married
Philadelphia report notes Helen Virginia Atmore and Allan Burroughs who won trophies as a healthy child and infant at a baby show 22 years earlier married on Saturday. Their romance began when Helen visited her uncle's car business where Burroughs worked. he spotted her silver cup and claimed to own its twin.
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Philadelphia
Helen Virginia Atmore
Allan Burroughs
Helen
Burroughs
Caraway in Critical Condition After Emergency Surgery
Senator Hattie Caraway of Arkansas underwent emergency surgery for a perforated duodenal ulcer and doctors reported her condition critical after Saturday night operation.
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Washington
Hattie
Caraway
Arkansas
Weather Outlook for Upper Mississippi Valley Dec 1939
Chicago reports a weekly forecast for the upper Mississippi Valley with generally fair conditions. A rainy period is expected early in the week and again at the close. Mild at the start, with colder temperatures midweek.
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Chicago
Mississi
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