NERB Official Directs Fire At Secretary
The National Labor Relations Board faces a public clash as William M. Leiserson testified at a special House hearing. He attacked secretary Nathan Witt over alleged mismanagement and impartiality, detailing failed attempts to have Witt removed and citing confidential memos accusing Witt of mishandling cases.
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NERB
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
House Committee
William M. Leiserson
Nathan Witt
Witt
Leiserson
Leiserson-Witt
Edwin S. Smith
City Department Stores See Big Increase in Sales
In November fifty seven Fifth District department stores sold 11 percent more merchandise than November 1938. For the first eleven months of 1939 the district’s stores were 5 percent ahead of the prior year. Charleston West Virginia led gains, 18.5 percent, with Charleston South Carolina up 21.6 percent. Other gains included Lynchburg 16.3 and Richmond 12.5 percent. nationwide, U S department stores rose 6 percent in November 1939 versus 1938, except in the San Francisco area which fell 3 percent.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve District
Charleston
S. C
Carolinas
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
W. Va
Baltimore
Huntington
Lynchburg
Norfolk
Washington
Wiston-Salem
N. C
U. S
San Francisco
Winter Weather Hits Northeast States
The Northeast faced its first heavy winter blast with snow in cities like New York and across New England. Temperatures dipped with lows near 8 to 20 degrees and snow and flurries disrupted travel while other regions reported unseasonable warmth or normal conditions.
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Associated Press
New York City
New England
New Jersey
Philadelphia
New York State
Syracuse
Kentucky
Cleveland
Detroit
Firefight injures over a hundred in Jubbulpore riot
In Jubbulpore India more than 100 people were injured when police opened fire on a massive protest against profiteering by merchants. Four platoons of British troops and local deputies patrolled the city after clashes. Police described actions as incendiarism as demonstrators moved through main avenues.
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Jubbulpore
India
INS
Market Place
Employer Ruled Free in Hiring
NEW YORK, Dec. 11 The U S circuit court of appeals held the national labor act did not bar employer discrimination against union or non union workers in hiring. The 2 to 1 decision says discrimination is allowed until an employer employee relationship is formed. Local labor leaders declined comment pending full opinion review. An informal CIO source said unions may remain unaffected as agreements often require joining after a trial period.
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New York
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
CIO
American Federation of Labor
Willie Willis Quotes On Pretty Faces At The Window
Willie Willis remarks about beauty and crowds at a ticket window. He jokes that you notice pretty people first and that homely ones seldom cut ahead in line, reflecting humor about social observations.
Dance Fire Sets Blaze at Tillie Hall
A cigarette started a fire outside a dance hall where a firemen's ball was held in Du Bois Nebraska. The blaze reached the second story of the frame building before being controlled. On the way to aid, the Pawnee City truck caught fire from shorted wiring. Overall damage was slight aside from frayed tempers.
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DU Bois
Neb
Pawnee City
Treasury Plans Big New Funding
Treasury plans a 1.5 billion dollar funding operation, the largest of the year, to simplify debt structure if Congress does not raise the 45 billion dollar debt limit. It will call 1.378 billion in 158 percent notes maturing 1940 for exchange into 12 14 year 214 percent bonds or 4 year and nine months notes, and sell about 100 million to government investment accounts over three months. Some bonds may go to FDIC HOLC and the postal savings system.
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Washington
INS
Sec. of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Treasury
Congress
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
HOLC
Postal Savings System
Eight More State Wards Get Christmas Cheer
The Gazette reports eight additional wards will receive Christmas joy as the 40 and 8 and local merchants sponsor gifts for Camp Fairchance near Madison. Donations, including anonymous gifts of 25 and 5, continue to support the annual party for children at the state center for health and character building.
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Charleston
Camp Fairchance
Gazette
Santa Claus
Macahents Haln
Secu Suip
Relief Boosted In Cleveland Relief Boosted In Cleveland
Cleveland to restore full relief for 65,000 needy after 26 days on short rations. Mayor Harold H. and city council authorize 1 050 000 in tax delinquency notes boosting WPA activity. New funds spark dispute with Ohio and federal officials amid relief and employment measures.
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Cleveland
Ree Heik
Harold’h
Anh
Toledo
WPA
John W. Bricker
Roosevelt
Sec
Ickes
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
Page Four Part One Te Es Tee
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Eee
Two Iowa teens confess to killing a girl on lonely road
Warner Blewett 17, Colwell High senior, admits beating Dorothy Carter 14 to death with a shotgun stock after poisoning himself. Dorothy Carter, freshman class president, was found in Blewett’s car on Floyd County road. Blewett, under guard in Cedar Valley hospital, to be moved to county jail. Colwell, Iowa, 27 miles from Minnesota line, pauses classes as officials mourn tragedy involving local leaders from farm families.
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Charles City
Warner Blewett
Colwell
Dorothy Carter
Floyd County
B. F. Atherton
Warner
Cedar Valley
Carter
Blewett
H. J. Blewett
Iowa
Minnesota
League Gives USSR 24 Hours to Accept Armistice
In Geneva the League of Nations served an ultimatum like 24 hour demand on Soviet Russia to accept an armistice and league mediation in its war on Finland or face international measures. A tele gram to Moscow urged reply within 24 hours while Helsinki signaled willingness to pause hostilities. Most diplomats doubted Moscow would respond, though some saw a possible exit from the costly Finnish offensive. Russia gave no rapid reaction by late tonight.
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League
Ussr
Russia
Moscow
Geneva
INS
League of Nations
Soviet Russia
Finland
League Assembly
Helsinki
Richard A. Butler
Tas
Jacob Suritz
France
Wire-Tapping Ban Upheld by Court
The Supreme Court ruled that evidence obtained by wire tapping cannot be used in federal prosecutions. Justice Roberts cited the 1934 federal communications act, affirming that section 605 protects interstate and intrastate calls from interception and divulgence.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Holmes
Brandeis
Justice Roberts
Page four fragment cites column six item
A brief OCR note indicates navigation to page four, part one, column six. The readable text is fragmentary, with no clear event, names, or dates. The item appears to be an internal reference line or header for the newspaper page layout rather than a standalone report.
Six More British Ships Lost In Sea Warfare
London reports six additional Allied ships lost, including four overdue merchantmen such as Ash Sea and Huntsman. Willowpool sank after a mine with 36 rescued. Ray of Hope mine disaster killed four, with five missing and three rescued. Two British tankers totaling 18,000 tons were sunk in the British channel per Berlin. King George VI visits the front as British troops move into active sectors in the Saar region.
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London
Newton Beech
Trevanion
Huntsman
Willowpool
Ray of Hope
Ray
Hope
Nave
Berlin
George VI
Saar
French and German Patrols Clash With Grenades
Two brief grenade battles on the front reported by Paris indicate French forces ambushed a German detachment and caused several casualties, while a second clash saw the French stumble near a German outpost and trigger heavy French artillery response that dispersed the attackers. The German high command noted only weak artillery fire between the Moselle river and the Palatinate forest.
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Paris
Moselle
Palatinate Forest
Finnish High Command Confirms Soviet North of Lake Ladoga
The Finnish high command admits Soviet advances north of Lake Ladoga toward Pickaranta and Loimola, with Salla Village captured in Lapland. Finnish counterattacks retook Suomussalmi as Soviet mechanized assaults on the Mannerheim line were repelled. Baltic Fleet vessels reportedly damaged by shore gunfire amid ship-to-shore duels.
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Lake Ladoga
Salla
High Command
Helsinki
INS
Finland
Russia
Baltic
Hango
Mannerheim
Taipale
Karelian
Pickaranta
Loimola
Lapland
Russians Face Terrain, Finns Resist In War Drive
Foreign observers note heavy natural obstacles and strong Finnish defense slowing Soviet advances in Finland. Reports say Russians may speed up by using cavalry and infantry more, with Leningrad HQ announcing advances and occupation of Pitkaranta and nearby villages, moving toward Viipuri.
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Moscow
Finland
Mannerheim
British Expeditionary Force in Maginot Line Action
A wartime dispatch reports the British army poised to carry on the tradition of its predecessors in the Maginot line. The commander calls to be vigilant and cool, fire low to the last man, and maintain touch with allies as British troops enter direct combat. King George VI also urged Viscount Gort after his France visit.
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W. W. Chaplin
Western Front
Maginot Line
George VI
Viscount Gort
France
Coastal Batteries Hold Line Amid Arctic Frontage
In heavy fighting along the isthmus and coastal regions above Lake Lagoda the enemy pressed forward near Pickarantz and Loimola. Our coastal batteries engaged enemy naval units in foggy conditions and scored direct hits while Severt units repulsed advances and suffered heavy losses.
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Severt
Anc
Arctic
Lake Lagoda
Pickarantz
Loimola
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Edmund M. Tolafid
Aronsson Printing Company
Frank H. Bowen
Benedict Wolfe
Aronsson
Alpena, Mich
International Ladies Garment Workers
J. Warren Madden
City Department Stores
N. Y
Willie Willis
Robert Quillen
King George VI
Frederick H. Gardiner
Gardiner
U.S
Bricker
RED Army
Suomussalmi
Gulf of Bothnia
Winicr Snesers
Leningrad
Pitkaranta
Gulf of Finland
Muurila
Siprola
Viipuri
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