British Report Says 5 Nazi Subs Sunk In Week
London reports five enemy U boats sunk by the Royal Navy in the past week as Churchill notes Germany cannot replace subs at pace. He claims Britain’s submarine fleet has tripled since the war began and many new warships are rushing to the fleet. The ministry notes 116 neutral ships detained for contraband, totaling 735000 tons since the war started. Commons approves wartime governance 302 to 125 amid labor criticism. Britain to supply Finland with planes and materiel as Soviet invasion condemned. Reuters cites 60 Italian planes delivered by air.
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Russia
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Reuters
British Report Successful Air Raids Over Germany
British air ministry announced a successful flight over north Germany on Wednesday night denying German claims of a Denmark crossing. German reports say British planes were driven off by anti aircraft fire over Schleswig Holstein as they approached Hamburg Kiel Cuxhaven and Brunsbuettel near the Rhine.
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Air Ministry
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Berlin
Schleswig Holstein
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Kiel
Cuxhaven
Brunschuettel
Rie Canal
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DNK
Friesian Islands
Netherlands
Hunter saves life as deer hunter frees buck from saplings
Hazelton Pa Dec 6 Rex Melfy carrying one deer spotted another hunter in danger. The exhausted man’s antlers were caught between two saplings. Melfy spread the saplings, freed the hunter, and watched the buck run.
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Hazelton
Rex Melfy
Melfy
Melly
Kansas Prison Break Fails As Convicts Arm Prisoners
Break by 12 convicts at a Kansas prison is foiled as guards close in. Details say five attackers overpowered Officer Marrs and attempted to reach the wall, while other inmates joined from various counties. Weapons included improvised guns, four knives, two hammers, and pipes. The incident occurs amid a parole board hearing on site.
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Officer Marrs
Carnes Addington
Sumner County
Roland Foudray
Cowley County
Rufus Ogden
Doniphan County
Richard E. Monk
Wyandotte County
George P. Bradley
Wyandotte
Otis Eno
Clarence H. Brown
Reno County
Rudford S. Smiddy
Frank S. Long
Barton County
Harold Quinn
Reno
Virgil Current
Rice
Aubrey Smith
Logan County
Amrine
Eno
Bradley
Quinn
State Board of Paroles
Frank Boyd
Frank Sullivan
Board of Administration
Leroy Bradfield
Amine
N U to Play MU in 1940 football schedule
New York University announced a nine game 1940 football schedule including a November 2 contest with Missouri at Columbia Missouri.
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New York
New York University
Missouri
Columbia
Missouri Pacific Ordered to Amend SEC Filings
The SEC ordered Missouri Pacific to amend within 30 days financial statements filed for two stock issues on the New York Stock Exchange or face withdrawal of trading. The action cites an undisclosed contingent liability from 1931 contracts with Terminal Shares Inc. and Allied Alleghany, affecting potential payments regardless of asset acquisition. The two issues, 5 percent cumulative convertible preferred and common stock of $100 par, are part of a reorganization and trading near $1 a share.
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Securities Commission
Missouri Pacific Railroad
New York Stock Exchange
Missouri Pacific
Terminal Shares, Inc
van Sweringen
Alleghany Corporation
Missouri
SEC
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Roosevelt Confers on Plan to Aid Finland
President Roosevelt said he instructed Secretary Morgenthau to hold a December payment of 234,693 in a special account until Congress approves returning funds to Finland. He suggested Congress could allow repurposing about 2,000,000 paid in the last five years to the Nordic republic.
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Roosevelt
Prairie Fire Spares Small Montana Town
A 50,000 acre prairie fire swept the Little Horn river bottom in south central Montana but spared Wyola, a town of 600. Winds 30 mph moved flames toward the Crow Indian reservation and then away when a creek bed blocked the fire. An Indian home, several ranch buildings, and at least 15 haystacks were destroyed. About 210 CCC enrollees aided 100 Wyola residents in lighting the flames.
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Mont
Little Horn River
Montana
Crow Indian Reservation
Civilian Conservation Corps
Soviet Claims Successes In Isthmus Battle
Finnish sources describe heavy Soviet forces in the Karelian isthmus with about 200000 troops and multiple divisions, while Finland gains snowbound defense. Russia reportedly bombed Petsamo and Pitkaranta without success. two Finnish planes claimed downed. Helsinki held independence amid air and sea attacks.
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Finland
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Terijoki
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Suojarvi
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Iran
Actor George Jessel Put Under Peace Bond
George Jessel was placed under a $1000 peace bond by his ex wife Norma Talmadge in Palm Beach court. The action followed her claim she fears he will harm her. She had been granted a divorce from Jessel in Juarez, Mexico, on August 11.
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Fila
George Jessel
Norma Talmadge
Court of Justice
T. M. Richards
Miss Talmadge
Jessel
Juarez
Mexico
Indictment of Jackson County Collector in Pendergast Case
Kansas City dispatch reports Jackson County collector George N Harrington indicted by a grand jury on misdemeanor charges for failing to file a full detailed statement of party campaign funds. Discrepancies arose from police survey notes about Pendergast machine ties. Harrington pleaded innocent, released on bond. trial tentatively set. John J Pryor, Pendergast contractor, pleaded innocent to income tax evasion. trial set for January 22.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
Grand
George N Harrington
Democratic County Committee
L. B. Reed
Harrington
Cecil
John J. Pryor
Pendergast
Merrill E. Otis
Pryor
Screen pair in Atlantic City ceremony ends years of ties
The couple wed in Atlantic City on April 23, 1934, shortly after Miss Talmadge’s divorce from Joseph Schenck in Juarez. Jessel had divorced Florence Courtney in 1932, a musical comedy actress, with no property settlement involved.
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Miss Talmadge
Joseph Schenck
Juarez
Jessel
Florence Courtney
Trotsky May Testify Before Isms Prothers
Exiled Leon Trotsky and artist Diego Rivera may travel to Texas to testify before the Dies committee on Communist inroads in Latin America. If allowed by the State Department, a hearing could occur on the Mexican border before Jan. 3 to authenticate documents alleging Soviet plans to access oil in Latin nations. Rivera and Trotsky said they had not received invitations, and Dies requires rest per medical orders.
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Tex
Leon Trotsky
Diego Rivera
Texas
Latin America
House On Americanism
House
Unamericanism Committee
State Department
Trotsky
United States
Dies
Robert E. Stripling
Rivera
Mexico
Stripling
Stalin
Lenin
Mexico City
It's Joe E. Brown's Turn to Be in Stitches
Joe E. Brown is hospitalized after a collision in Los Angeles. He suffers six stitches for a mouth wound, three for a tongue cut, and chest contusions after his station wagon rolled 275 feet and plunged 35 feet onto the UCLA football field. Charles G. Weaver, the other driver, is mildly injured.
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Los Angeles
Joe E. Brown
William H. Brennan
Brown
University of California At Los Angeles
Charles G. Weaver
Civil War Veteran George Bassnet Dies at 104
ELSBERRY Mo Dec 6 AP George Bassnet a Missouri cavalryman who fought for the Union died today at age 104 Lincoln county s oldest resident known as Uncle George He marked his 100th birthday with T N Crank a Confederate veteran as guest
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George Bassnet
Missouri Cavalry
Lincoln County
George
Bassnell
T. N. Crank
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