Aid For Finns Pushed by FDR At Conference
President Roosevelt and aides moved to aid Finland in its war with Russia. Talks with Jesse Jones and Norman Davis explored lending, relief, and sending food and clothing. The White House announced Red Cross funds and possible debt relief ideas as Finland marks independence day.
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Jesse Jones
Federal Loan Administration
Norman Davis
American Red Cross
Mr. Roosevelt
Finland
Kallio
United States
Jones
Roosevelt
U. S
Davis
Red Cross
Britain
U.S
Reichs trade choked by British blockade expert says
Berlin reports an economics expert in Goering's The Reichs plan admits British sea blockade strangling German overseas trade. Helferrich notes ships in over 100 ports blocked, goods piled in ports, ruin looming at Kiel Lubeck Bremen Hamburg. Germany seeks Balkans and Russia for supplies to cushion losses.
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Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Reich
Germany
Europe
Emil Helferrich
England
Helserrich
Fuehrer
Kiel
Luebeck
Bremen
Hamberg
Switzerland
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Reichsbank
Goering
Balkans
Russia
Poet Francis Carlin Found After 16 Year Disappearance
New York reports poet Francis Carlin once adored by critics reappeared in a $3-a-week furnished room after a 16 year vanish. Dying, he reveals doctors give little time left and he pursued study as a means to share his knowledge through the church. Now seeking work along Sixth Ave agencies hoping for $10 a week to finish his writings.
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New York World-Telegram
Francis Carlin
Literati
Carlin
Ireland
Macy’s Department Store
Sixth Ave
Greek Steamer Sunk In Thames Estuary
The 3934 ton Greek steamer Parales carrying German coal was sunk in the Thames estuary on Wednesday. Twenty two crew were rescued by a British steamer and three sailors were killed. Survivors could not confirm whether a mine or a torpedo caused the loss.
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London
Parales
Thames Estuary
Five U-Boats Sunk in Week British Told
London reports by First Lord Winston Churchill that five Nazi U-boats were sunk by the British navy in the past week. He noted Britain tripled its submarine-hunting fleet since the war began and nearly 1,000,000 tons of new warships are rushing to completion. Also cited were captures and losses including the Us Sukuma, Huntsman, and Kretinga, with German minelayers observed over the Thames estuary.
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Germany
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Winston Churchill
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Britain
House of Commons
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South Atlantic
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Kretinga
Baltic
Air Ministry
Thames Estuary
Royal Air Force
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Nazi Attache Found Slain in Brooklyn Home
Walter Engelberg 42, a secretary attached to the German consulate general, was found battered to death in his Brooklyn house where he stored food and wine for a year. An assistant medical examiner linked the attack to vengeance. A police alarm was broadcast for an unidentified man with a mustache who had lived with Engelberg.
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New York
Walter Engelberg
Brooklyn
Asst
Manuel E. Martin
Engelberg
William F. X. Geoghan
Kings County
Fred Doell
Hans Borchers
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200-Pounder Advised to Spank Wife by Advisor
Camden New Jersey December 6. A 200-pound ice man did not divorce his 145-pound wife but received guidance from Advisory Master Demaris Campbell. He was told it would have done his wife a lot of good if he paddled her now and then on the place provided for paddling.
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Camden
Demaris Campbell
Gazette Joins AP Wirephoto Network Here
The Charleston Gazette becomes the first West Virginia paper to join Associated Press Wirephoto. The system links 16,000 miles of leased wire from Toronto to Seattle allowing eight minute delivery of news pictures. Operation starts within weeks with public viewing planned in Gazette newsroom.
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Nation
Associated Press
Charleston Gazette
International Picture System
Toronto
Miami
Seattle
The
Gazette
Wire
Cooperative News Gathering Association
Morale of GOP Called 'Higher'
Washington dispatch reports Republican National Committee Chairman John D. M. Hamilton saying party morale is higher than on the eve of 1932 or 1936 campaigns. He cites enthusiastic committee members, a continuing tide of sentiment toward GOP, and belief Americans want leadership to restore economic recovery and peace. The meeting will discuss paying off outstanding 1936 campaign debts.
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Washington
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Sponsors Sought For Tots At Camp Fairchance Party
The 40 and 8 and The Gazette appeal for sponsors for a Christmas party for Camp Fairchance children near Madison. Twenty volunteers will provide gifts for twenty kids. The state provides no funds, so the annual event runs on private support since 1933. Eskew Smith Cannon have led donations, with David M. Giltinan praising the effort.
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Gazette
Camp Fairchance
Madison
British Planes Fly Over North Germany
London reports the air ministry announced a successful British flight over north Germany on Wednesday night. It denied German claims of a return trip over Denmark.
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North
Germany
London
Air Ministry
Denmark
Kuhn Guarded In Sing Sing Prison Cell Block
OSSINING N Y Dec 6 Fritz Kuhn leader of the pro Nazi German American Bund was assigned to a separate prison within Sing Sing for protection against potential racial or political reprisals. He faces two and one half to five years on larceny and forgery convictions tied to bond fund theft, with possible reduction to about 20 months for good conduct. He is among eight new inmates including four Negroes and was placed in the solitary block for security.
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N. Y
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Sing Sing
New York
Death Row
Soviets Eye Balkans Next In Expansion
Moscow reports that the Balkans and Near East are target areas for Soviet expansion as troops clash with Finland. Communist International urges Romania to sign a mutual assistance pact with the Soviet Union, to curb a potential second imperialist war.
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Near East
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International Communist Organization
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Estonia
Latvia
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Syria
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Dewey Denounces Defeatism in Minnesota Campaign
In Minneapolis on December 6, Thomas E. Dewey opened his Republican presidential bid by accusing the Roosevelt administration of defeatism and a crisis of faith. He attacked the New Deal for views on new plants and industries while noting the administration has only half the job, urging stronger support for the economic system behind the government.
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Minn
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Minnesota
Republican State Central Committee
Dewey
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Viscose Workers Get Pay Raises Across Plants
About 4,900 hourly workers at American Viscose Corp plants in Nitro and Parkersburg received a $380,000 annual pay raise, a six percent bump in the hourly scale. Parkersburg increases total about $300,000 yearly, Nitro about $80,000, with distribution set by company officials and TWU CIO. The payroll rise affects Lewiston Meadville Roanoke and West Virginia locations, and a new rayon fiber unit costing several million was started at Nitro last month.
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Parkersburg
American Viscose Corp
C. B. Shoemaker
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Emil Rieve
Philadelphia
Lewiston
Meadville
Roanoke
West Virginia
Through-the-line Finnish Front Buoys War Effort on Independence Day
Soviet commanders claimed breaking through a Finnish main defense line on the Karelian Isthmus as Finnish forces report 200,000 Red troops, 80 tanks and 36 air units engaged. Helsinki marks independence day amid heavy snow battles and a strong cry for Western defense. Prime figures include Kyosti Kallio urging unity and endurance. Weather aids defense with new snow aiding machine gunners and infantry in northern fronts.
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Maginots Kirke
Karelian
Helsinki
Finland
Red Russia
Red Air Corps
Weather Aids Finns in the North
Heavy clouded skies hindered Soviet flyers and deep snow slowed Red Army infantry in the northern Finnish invasion sector. Finnish authorities claimed to have stopped the Russians and warned of a future force landing at Petsamo fjord. An air raid alert at Salmijarvi nickel works went unpunished as Gripenberg noted mines could be dynamited if Russians advanced.
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Norway
Red Army
Petsamo
Salmijarvi
London
George Gripenberg
Great Britain
Petsa
Trotsky May Testify On Reds Linked in Latin America
Exiled Leon Trotsky and Mexican muralist Diego Rivera may visit Texas to testify on Communist inroads in Latin America. If allowed, a House Un-American Activities Committee hearing led by Chairman Martin Dies would occur before January 3 on the Mexican border to authenticate documents from investigators.
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Tex
Leon Trotsky
Diego Rivera
Texas
Latin America
Martin Dies
House
UN Americanism Committee
State Department
Trotsky
United States
Dies
Robert E. Stripling
Rivera
Mexico
Alert Guard Thwarts Kansas Prison Break
In Lansing Kansas a guard fired during an escape attempt by 12 state penitentiary convicts. Four guards and officers were hostages but were unharmed as the prisoners scattered within 75 yards of the wall. Warden Amline reported no fatalities and two prisoners were roughed up.
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Lansing
Kan
State Penitentiary
Ralph Sanders
Amline
War News Remains Amidst Propaganda and Confusion
Readers should distinguish facts from propaganda in war reporting. The Cartel era's mood prompts caution as fighting reports mix truth and bias. Citizens are urged to seek clear, reliable information rather than sensational claims.
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Ming
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