Soviet Division Said Wiped Out By Finn Army
Helsinki dispatch reports Finland repulsed the strongest Soviet assault on the Mannerheim line. Finnish high command says 36 Russian tanks were destroyed, including 26 on the Karelian isthmus, as a Finnish counterattack wiped out a 700 Soviet force in a snow forest. The Red army faced heavy losses and continued pressure along the Arctic front and Baltic coast.
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Helsinki
Russia
Finland
Mannerheim
Karelian
Arctic Front
Petsamo
Norway
Lippo
Muolajaervi
Kaukjaervi
Lake Taipale-Injoki
Lake Ladoga
Gifts Pledged to Sixth Annual 40 and 8 Camp Fairchance Party
General Chairman Kenneth Heyl and Sub-Chairman Alan McClain face a last minute fundraising challenge as donors, including a Charleston merchant who gave 100 dollars in gifts, rally to equip the year round children’s event. The committee seeks more help to deliver a memorable Christmas celebration for all at the camp.
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Kenneth Heyl
Alan McClain
Charleston
Yeuell Woodrum
Heyl
Woodrum
Graf Spee Disguises Revealed By Captain Langsdorff
Captain Hans Langsdorff told the Associated Press that the Graf Spee pretended to be a British Renown by adding an artificial stack and altering its superstructure. He said the raider roved the Atlantic regions and even ventured into the Indian Ocean while disguising herself to mislead enemies.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Hans Langsdorff
Associated Press
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Deutschland
Admiral Scheer
Argentina to Intern Graf Spee Crew in War
Buenos Aires reports the government will intern Capt Hans Langsdorff and 1 039 officers and men from the German battleship Graf Spee for the duration of the European war. The decree follows Britain's diplomatic victory and Uruguay prepares to intern the tanker Tacoma over harbor rule violations.
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Buenos Aires
INS
Hans Langsdorff
Germany
Graf Spee
Erman
Montevideo
Langsdorff
Cantile
Britain
England
Uruguay
Tacoma
River Plate
School Bus Wreck Settled for 85 000 in Welch
An out of court lump sum settlement of 85 000 resolves claims of parents and estates from the War school bus wreck near War on Oct. 11. Six students died and dozens injured as the Murphy Bus Co. faced suits seeking 10 000 for each deceased and 25 000 for each injured.
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Welch
Murphy Bus Co
Board of Education
Governor Rivers Seizes Georgia Highway Department
Georgia Governor E D Rivers invokes martial law and deploys uniformed soldiers to control the highway department in a dispute with chairman W L Miller. National guardsmen block Miller from the chairman’s office after court orders limit his access. The move follows a superior court injunction and Miller’s repeated removal from the office.
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Georgia Highway Department
Miller
Atlanta
Georgia
Highway Department
E. D. Rivers
W. L. Miller
National
State Highway Department
Highway Board
Rivers
Graf Spee Entrapped by Delayed Australian Wool Crop
Montevideo report states Germanys raider Graf Spee was trapped off the coast after Australian wool crop delays. Capt Hans Langsdorff told a guest list at a dinner that he waited nearly two weeks off Africa after Oct 10 to intercept wool ships bound for England. No ships appeared as the clip was late, leading to the Graf Spees voyage to South American waters and its fate.
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Montevideo
Germany
Graf Spee
Australia
Hans Langsdorff
Africa
England
Heywood Broun Dies of Pneumonia
Heywood Broun, famed New York columnist and president of the American Newspaper Guild, died at 51 after a brief illness. He spent 18 years with the World family papers before joining the New York Post, where his final column appeared last Friday.
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New York
Heywood Broun
Heywood
Broun
American Newspaper Guild
Washington
Florida
New York World
the Telegram
The
World-Telegram
New York Post
Braun
Japan to reopen lower Yangtze River to foreign trade
Tokyo announced plans to lift the ban on navigation from Nanking downward on the Yangtze under unspecified restrictions. The move, communicated to U S ambassador Grew, aims to ease tensions with the United States and facilitate a new commercial treaty, replacing the 1911 agreement.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Yangtze River
U. S
Yangtze
Foreign Office
Nanking
Joseph C. Grew
Kichisaburo Nomura
President Roosevelt to hold cabinet over Graf Spee clash
Hyde Park New York December 18 President Roosevelt plans a Washington cabinet meeting tomorrow to hear views on the scuttling of the Graf Spee and the ensuing battle with British cruisers. The incident happened within the Western Hemisphere security zone and may trigger a protest by the United States.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
Massive air clash as German planes repel British bomber fleet
Berlin reports a giant sky battle off Helgoland with 34 of 44 British bombers shot down. German scouting planes claim four British steamers sunk and three warships damaged in a convoy raid, while reports on Graf Spee’s fate spark new attack expectations.
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Berlin
Helgoland
London
North Sea
Elbe
Graf Spee
Montevideo
England
South Atlantic
Scheer
Messerschmidt
Germany
Schumacher
Fuiels
Planes Ordered for Finland and Belgium by Brewster
A shipment of 44 planes will be sent to Finland by Brewster Aeronautical Corp of Long Island City, part of a 54 plane U.S. Navy order. Ten planes have been delivered. The remainder will be completed with 44 improved craft later. An order for 40 fighting planes was also received from Belgium.
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New York
U. S. Navy
Finland
Brewster Aeronautical Corp
Long Island City
Navy
Navy Department
Belgium
Brewster Company
RAF Downed 12 German Fighters Over Helgoland Bight
London reports that 12 Messerschmitt fighters were shot down and seven British bombers unaccounted for after fierce air combat over Helgoland Bight. RAF bombers reconnoitered to attack German warships but encountered a strong Nazi fighter force.
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London
Air Ministry
Messerschmidt
Helgoland Bight
Royal Air Force
German planes raid convoys along British coast
German warplanes machine gunned and bombed nearly a score of merchant ships in convoys along the British coast over 48 hours, sinking several vessels including the British motor vessel Serenity and Italian Valentino Coda. At least four ships were sunk and 26 men killed with eight wounded, amid ongoing clashes as British aircraft responded and trawlers Evelina Sedgerly Eileen Wray Compaganus and Pearl faced attacks.
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London
INS
Admiralty
Serenity
New Choice
Benclair
Craigie Lea
Dervish
Sheldon
Arnold Bennet
Dromio
Evelina
Eileen Wray
Compaganus
Pearl
War News Censorship Reminder Encourages Calm Fronts
Readers are urged to discern facts from propaganda in war reporting. The note asserts that silence from fronts can signal good news and prefers restrained action to costly, indecisive offensives.
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Gazette
Canadians In Scotland Join War Effort Amid Parade
In foggy Mull Scotland the first Canadian active service force contingent lands for departure aided by cheers from Scots. Maj. Gen. McNaughton leads about a hundred US volunteers with Eden Crerar Massey and Riddell Webster welcoming officials praise unity and resolve to the war task ahead.
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U. S
Andrew G. L. McNaugton
Gen. McNaugton
Anthony Eden
T. A. Crerar
Vincent Massey
High Commission
London
T. S. Riddell-Webster
Two British Submarines Sink Cruiser and Damage Warships
London report says two British subs Ursula and Salmon penetrated German waters and sank a 6,000 ton cruiser while severely damaging two large German warships and torpedoing a U-boat near Elbe. The Ursula navigated minefields to attack a Koln class cruiser, possibly the Koenigsberg, amid German destroyer screens.
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London
INS
Germany
Admiralty
North Sea
Blucher
Elbe River
Scapa Flow
Britain
Royal Oak
Bremen
Churchill Hails Graf Spee Destruction
Winston Churchill, Britain's first lord of the admiralty, saluted the destruction of the German battleship Graf Spee as a cause of thankfulness. He noted the Graf Spee preyed on South Atlantic trade and that peaceful shipping may now enjoy freedom of the sea after the ship was driven into Montevideo harbor.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Admiralty
Graf Spee
South Atlantic
Montevideo
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Eden
Churchill
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