Death toll soars in Anatolia quake as cold and disease threaten thousands
Turkish aid officials warned hundreds of thousands faced starvation, cold, and disease as blizzards blocked relief routes after the earthquake. Officials feared the death toll could reach 50,000, with at least 30,000 injured or exposed, and warnings of more shocks within 10 days.
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Ankara
Anatolia
Fatin
Istanbul Observatory
Erzerum
Turkey
Sivas
AFL says nine million unemployed spur 1940 action plan
The AFL calls unemployment the top 1940 economic issue and urges a conference of business, labor, farm and consumer representatives to boost production. It envisions a 25 percent rise above 1929 output to create jobs, shorten the work week, and stabilize future planning amid global and political uncertainty.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Business, Labor, Farm and Consumer Representatives
AFL
Europe
President Roosevelt backs short campaign in nominating plan
President Roosevelt favors a whirlwind two month campaign and a late winter nominating date. Democratic Chairman James A. Farley calls DNC meeting for February 5 to settle conventions timing as the party debates moving the nominating contest from the traditional June slot.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
West Virginia Commerce Reports 1939 Remains Strong into 1940
The state chamber of commerce announced a continued high rate of business activity for 1940 after reviewing key indices. Holiday retail strength and broad trade gains kept 1939 near the 1937 peak for West Virginia business, with coal output topping 11,000,000 tons for four straight months.
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State Chamber of Commerce
Monthly Business Review
West Virginia
Charleston Ranked Third In Auto Market Per Capita
A Printers Ink Monthly survey drawn from government data shows Charleston spent 110 dollars per person on automobiles in 1938, totaling 7.578 million dollars and making it the nation’s third largest per capita auto market behind Fresno and Sacramento, with other top cities including Miami Washington Houston Spokane and Madison.
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Charleston
U. S
Fresno
Sacramento
Cal
West Virginia
Miami
Fla
Washington, D. C
Houston, Tex
Spokane
Wash
Madison, Wis
Warring Nations Compared With Prehistoric Dinosaurs
Dr. Julian S. Huxley of London told the AAAS that warring nations resemble brainless dinosaurs, urging the U. S. to build large scale social planning to prevent chaos after the war. He compared rulers of totalitarian states to the giant Mesozoic reptile and warned of refugee issues and propaganda distortions.
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Columbus, O
Julian S. Huxley
London
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Dr. Huxley
U. S
Huxley
All in Day's Work Or So She Thinks
Oklahoma City report tells of Highway Patrolmen Leedy Hunter and O K Bivins helping a woman with a flat tire in freezing weather. They found no gas and gave a gallon, bought and installed a replacement fuse in town, and she thanked them noting that such help is their job.
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Leedy Hunter
O. K. Bivins
Rails in Black By $9,500,000
Washington dispatch reports a preliminary estimate showing U S railroads may finish 1939 with a net income near 95 million dollars. President J J Pelley of the Association of American Railroads notes freight traffic and current earnings improving but urges Congress to pass a national transportation policy and the pending rail relief bill.
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Washington
INS
J. J Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Pelley
Congress
State Roads by Motorists Warned
Misty rain and light snow created icy highways across sections of the state last night. The state road commission urged drivers to slow down and use extreme caution, with all clear only in Charleston Huntington and Parkersburg districts. North the warning noted low clouds and dropping temperatures threatening morning conditions. Lois Ford of the information department cited especially dangerous northern pan highways.
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State Road Commission
Charleston
Huntington
Parkersburg
Lois Ford
Road Commission
Department of Information
Pan
Dead Woman Repays Part of Relief Funds
East St. Louis Illinois December 29 47 year old Mrs Mabel Wright died after illness and left her small life policy to John Rogers relief administrator. He deposited the check with the township relief fund and said the amount 28950 dollars would aid a family of three for eight months.
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East ST. Louis
John Rogers
Mabel Wright
FBI Seeks Train Wrecker in City of San Francisco Disaster
The FBI launches a nationwide hunt for a professional saboteur blamed by the ICC for wrecking the Southern Pacific streamliner City of San Francisco in Nevada on August 12, causing 24 deaths. ICC confirms malicious tampering with the track and cites evidence of a skilled perpetrator, not an amateur.
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Washington
INS
G-men
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Nevada
Justice Department
FBI
ICC
W. J. Patterson
ICC Bureau of Safety
International News Service
Thyssen Targeted by International Warrant in Exile
German police issue an international warrant for Fritz Thyssen, ex-steel magnate who split with Hitler and fled to Switzerland. The dispatch says he faces charges including theft, embezzlement, fraud, tax nonpayment, and currency law violations. He has moved from Switzerland to Portugal and plans to sail to South America.
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London
INS
Fritz Thyssen
Adolf Hitler
Exchange Telegraph
Zurich
Switzerland
Thyssen
Portugal
South America
Exchange
Britain Admits U-Boat Attack On Battleship
London report says a German U-boat torpedoed a Queen Elizabeth class battleship and the vessel reached port under its own steam. Four missing and one seriously wounded. three died in the attack. Other ships mentioned include Royal Oak and Courageous losses. The admiralty withheld the vessel’s name and attack details.
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Britain
London
Admiralty
High Command
Scotland
Warspite
Valiant
Barham
Malaya
Berlin
Royal Oak
Courageous
Rawailpindi
Official Predicts Budget Surprises
A treasury official predicted budget surprises as President Roosevelt declines to reveal the total, while reports place the total near 9.25 billion dollars with a deficit around 3 billion. The budget, to be sent to Congress next Thursday, aims for a "good" total per the president.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Congress
Reunite Quints With Dionnes Move Made In Ontario
Callander Ontario reports a plan to reunite the Dionne quints with their family. Dr Allan Dafoe would resign as guardian and recommend reunion with Oliva Dionne and siblings after government approval. Guardians would be Judge J A Valin and Percy D Wilson. Dafoe to stay for health care.
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Dr. Dafoe
Father
Ontario
Allan Roy Dafoe
Oliva Dionne
Dafoe
J. A. Valin
North Bay
Ont
Percy D. Wilson
Soviet Treachery and Hunger Route Mutinous Forces in Finland
Reports from Helsinki describe a civil war among Soviet troops in northern Finland as mutinies grow over hunger and cold. Battles on the Murmansk railway front yield heavy Russian losses while Soviet reinforcements arrive. Finnish forces claim 900 Russian lives in fierce engagements and capture equipment, as mutinous units surrender or retreat toward Petsamo.
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Helsinki
Finland
Red Army
Murmansk
Petsamo
Hoeyhenheivi
Salla
Caucasus
Karelian
Kelja
Syskijaervi
Lake
Ladoga
Karis
West Virginia liquor sales set records before Christmas
West Virginia reports 713 54750 dollars spent on liquor in five days as outlets peaked in the pre Christmas spree. Charleston led with 81 74050 dollars in five days, up 8 12430 from 1938. Saturday December 23 set an all time store day record at 341 01960 dollars, up 44 81995 from last year.
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West
Charleston
Bluefield
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Huntington
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Wartime reporting cautions from The Gazette
The Gazette urges readers to distinguish facts from rumors in war news and notes that lack of front line reports can be good news. It argues that peaceful standoffs are preferable to massive slaughter seen in past conflicts.
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The
Gazette
Finland removals of Red Cross signs from hospitals
Helsinki reports indicate Red Cross emblems are being stripped from hospitals and field ambulances after Soviet air attack rumors. Officials cite repeated bombings of medical units and orders to remove all Red Cross signs to avoid targeting.
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Helsinki
Red Cross
Finland
France approves war budget for 1940 with heavy defense spend
Paris reports parliament and senate unanimous approval of France's war budget for the first quarter and year 1940 totaling 54.94 billion francs for three months and 259 billion francs for the year. Premier Daladier vows continued fight, stresses aviation and tanks, notes nine German submarines destroyed, and a Vosges patrol seizure yields prisoners.
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Paris
France
Senate
Daladier
Richelieu
Jean Bert
Clemenceau
General Staff Communiqque
Vosges
Vosges Forest
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