Roosevelt Plans Bold Congressional Requests for 76th Congress
President Roosevelt plans surprise recommendations in a message to be delivered when Congress convenes January 3. He will seek revised laws, new taxes for defense, farm benefits, and continued New Deal trade reciprocity, plus calls to revise the national budget and wage hour laws.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
76Th Congress
Congress
White House
Federal Highway Aid
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Works Progress Administration
Bovet
F.droye
James A. Nutter Dies After Illness at 56
James A. Nutter 56 former captain of VPI football at Blacksburg Va died at 2 am in a local hospital after a long illness. He coached at Marietta College and Hampden Sydney after his playing days and was noted as All Southern halfback. He leaves three sisters and a brother. Funeral at Simpson's Mortuary with Rev. B M Blackwell officiating.
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James A. Nutter
Charleston
Simpson’s
B. M. Blackwell
First Church of Christ
W. G. MacCorkle
Maj
June Moore
E. -. Carver
W. E. Connell
A. B. Larkins
R. H. Harrison
Fred Hammack
Watt Powell
Henry A. Walker
J. E. Cannon
This City
William Biller
Manhattan Beach
Cal
E. E. Nutter
V P.I
Nutter
V PL
Blacksburg
Institute
Marietta College
Hampden- Sydney
FDR Grandchildren Cry at First Meeting
President Roosevelt’s 17 month old Franklin D Roosevelt III and 9 month old Jolkin Roosevelt Boettiger cried on meeting at the White House Christmas party. Mrs Roosevelt said the moment wasn’t a success but hopes they grow to meet calmly by Christmas. Frankie cried first then baby Johnny Boettiger joined in tears.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Frankie
Baby Johnny
John Boettiger
Seattle
West Virginia Prepares for Two Day Christmas Holiday
The state anticipates a two day Christmas weekend with high travel and shopping activity. Weather hopeful for a white Christmas despite sparse snow in most regions. Civic groups distribute food and toys while toy funds surge. officials urge careful driving for Sunday and Monday travel.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Santa Claus
St. Nick’s
U. S. Income Up For 1939
Secretary of Commerce Mopkins announced 1939 national income would reach 68.5 billion dollars, with individuals receiving about 70 billion including relief payments. November income totaled 5.8 billion, the highest since 1929, as the seasonally adjusted index rose to 88.8 from October’s 88.1.
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Washington
TNS
United States
Secretary of Commerce
Mopkins
Hopkins
Commerce Department
Coast Guard Ends Orion Christmas Gift Plague
The U S coast guard ordered no more Christmas gifts aboard the British cruiser Orion after it chased a German freighter into port and began a 12 mile offshore vigil. The warning cited neutrality laws and required an end to gift giving aboard the ship.
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Coast Guard
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Orion
U. S
Last Day Yuletide Rush Reaches New High in Trade
A last day surge of Yuletide shopping boosted retail sales to a postwar high as the Commerce Department logged the heaviest holiday buying since earlier years. Record gains appeared in furniture and higher end gifts amid a nationwide report of strong finish after a slow start.
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Associated Press
U. S. Department of Commerce
Uncle Sam
U. S
Two Die In Kanawha County Auto Accidents
Kanawha County motor deaths rose by two as John P Wegmann 29 Carbide and Carbon Chemicals worker and 8 year old George Wilburn Nichols Riverside were killed. Wegmann died at 1 10 a m when his car hit a manifest freight train at Chapel Hollow crossing near Ka nawha City. His mother Miss Mary Margaret Cost 28 Kroger office employee who lives at 410 Ruffner avenue survived with shock. Nichols was fatally injured at 1 p m when a car driven by Cecil Nichols 21 Enon Nicholas county struck him.
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Kanawha County
John P. Wegmann
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company
George Wilburn Nichols
Riverside
Wegmann
Raymond
Chapel Hollow Crossing
Kanawha City
Noyes Avenue
Mary Margaret Cost
Kroger
Ruffner Avenue
Clarksburg
Roosevelt Enjoys White House Christmas With Family Crowd
President Roosevelt spends Christmas at the White House with four generations of the family. He dismisses political worries and third term talk, enjoying a traditional Rooseveltian reunion in the executive mansion. Present are his mother Sara Delano Roosevelt, children Anna Boettiger and Franklin Jr, son in law John Boettiger, daughter in law Ethel du Pont, and sister in law Mrs J R Roosevelt alongside grandchildren Sissie and Buzzie Dall and John.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Executive
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Anna Boettiger
Seattle
Franklin, Jr
Gazette Edition Lets Christmas Eve Editors Go Early
The Christmas day edition of The Gazette will be delivered to local subscribers before midnight tonight. Expedited printing allows editorial and mechanical staff to celebrate Christmas Eve with their families.
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The
Gazette
Fokker Plane Designer Anthony Fokker Dies at 49
Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, aviation pioneer and first millionaire in the field, died in New York at age 49 from pneumococcus meningitis after three weeks of illness. He founded vast enterprises, was known for sharp business sense and erratic yet generous behavior, and will be buried in Holland beside his mother. His wife had died in 1929 and they had no children.
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New York
Anthony H. G. Fokker
Robert M. Cushinr
Re Po
Carter Tiffany
Fokker
Holland
Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker
Americas Protest Over Naval Violations of Neutrality
The United States and 20 Americas republics protest British German naval actions near Montevideo Uruguay. The note warns of punitive steps if the 300 mile neutrality zone is violated and discusses closing ports to belligerent vessels. It cites Graf Spee and British cruisers Exeter Achilles Ajax and reports pursuit of French ship Formose and German merchant ships.
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Washington
INS
U. S
Montevideo
Uruguay
State Department
Britain
Germany
France
Augusto Boyd
Panama
Graf Spee
Exeter
Achilles
Ajax
Spee
Upo
Formose
Dusseldorf
Orion
Port Everglades
Fla
Camp Christmas At Camp Fairchance Breaks Record
Santa Claus greeted 150 campers at Camp Fairchance for the sixth annual Christmas party sponsored by the 40 and 8 and The Gazette. The event featured letters from each child and gifts exceeding expectations as state supporters donated supplies and funds.
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Camp Fairchance
Santa Claus
40-And-8
The
Gazette
Committee
Dunbar Street
Christmas Mail Sets New Record For Charleston
Postmaster Julius W. Singleton reports record Christmas mail for Charleston during the first five business days last week. Incoming first class mail reached 1,142,068 pieces with 4,892 parcel post sacks. outgoing first class mail totaled 1,234,665 pieces and 8,125 parcel sacks.
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Charleston
Julius W. Singleton
Two State WPA Aides Resign Their Posts
State WPA Administrator J N Alderson announced resignations of Harry Colebank employment director and J B Alderson area engineer for Kanawha Mason Putnam district. Both resignations are voluntary with plans to return to private business. Colebank effective Dec 21 Alderson effective Jan 1. Neither position filled yet. Earlier resignations included Ben H Puckett C L Haeberlin and Mrs Scott Camp.
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Huntington
WPA
J. N. Alderson
Harry Colebank
J. B. Alderson
Kanawha, Mason and Putnam County
Colebank
Alderson
Clay County
Charleston
Ben H. Puckett
C. L. Haeberlin
Scott Camp
Mexico Pledges Aid To Invaded Finland
Mexico will join other nations in aiding Finland and deny aid to Russia after the League of Nations actions. The foreign office statement labels Russia the aggressor and notes Mexico’s LN obligations.
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Mexico
Finland
Russia
Mexico City
INS
League of Nations
Finland Claims Major Victory in 3 Day Battle
Helsinki reports a three day battle near Agla jaervi 65 miles north of Lake Ladoga ending in a large Russian defeat. 2,000 Soviet troops were killed and more than 600 captured while a Finnish counter move on the Karelian isthmus pushed invaders back several miles. More than 5,000 prisoners were reported taken in Arctic fighting as Finland extended its gains.
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Helsinki
INS
Aglajaervi
Lake Ladoga
Karelian
Salmijaervi
Arctic
Kola
Ussr
Tolvajaervi
Finland
Mannerheim
Kiala
Salla
Pori
Tammissaari
Rauma
Purge Rumors Hit Soviet Finnish War Leaders
Copenhagen dispatch reports rumors of a Stalin purge targeting Finnish campaign leaders in the Leningrad district and Kuusinen cabinet. Moscow denies Merezkov removal amid claims of arrests and possible executions by firing squads.
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Copenhagen
INS
Leningrad
Finland
Tallinn
Estonia
Scandinavia
Joseph Stalin
Merezkov
Otto Kyusinen
Terijoki
Stockholm
Kuusinen
Communist International Central Executive Committee
Moscow
Arctic
Carelian
Kremlin
British Cruiser Torpedoed by German U-boat Admit
Berlin reports Lt Commander Prien confirms his submarine torpedoed a 10,000-ton London class British cruiser off Scapa Flow. He says additional Allied merchant ships totaling 26,159 tons were sunk. London cruisers carry 650 men and eight 8-inch guns. built in 1927 1928.
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Berlin
INS
Prien
Reich
Scapa Flow
Royal Oak
Britain
Navy Orders New Giant Four Motor Flying Boats
The Navy contracted Consolidated Aircraft Corp. of San Diego for a fleet of 50 plus four motor flying boats with 5,000 mile range to patrol the Pacific line of observation and boost hemisphere defense. The order, valued at about 20 million dollars, is the navy's largest single aircraft purchase and expands a fleet already including 15 similar craft and 200 two motor patrol boats.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
California
Consolidated Aircraft Corp
San Diego
Calif
Hawaii
Panama
Consolidated Concern
German Graf Spee Note Protest Delivered in Buenos Aires
A formal German note protesting Argentina's internment of Graf Spee crew was delivered to the Argentine government in Buenos Aires. The note was described as mildly worded, following previous Berlin dispatches signaling a Nazi backed protest strategy.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Admiral Graf Spee
Berlin
Taylor to Represent U S Work With Pope for Peace
President Roosevelt announced Myron C. Taylor as the U S authorized representative at the Vatican to work with Pope Pius XII for peace and relief. He invited Dr George A Buttrick and Rabbi Cyrus Adler to consult with him on peace and refugee issues.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
Pius XII
George A. Buttrick
Federal Council of Churches
Cyrus Adler
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
White House
War News Censorship and Public Mindset Advised
The Gazette urges readers to distrust frontline reports as war news is censored. It argues that in the current conflict there is merit in the absence of dramatic bloodshed rather than protracted indecisive assaults seen in past wars.
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Gazette
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