Grim British food crisis warned by minister
London dispatch reports Agriculture Minister R. S. Hudson calling Britain's food situation as grim as wartime days. He urged increased home production and labor from English women to meet rising service demands while Lords debated convoy overhauls to counter Nazi submarine threats.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
S. Hudson
Hudson
House of Lords
Lloyd George
Lord Strabolgi
Lord Woolton
British Shipping Minister Explains Blockade Ruling
London broadcast quotes Ronald H. Cross, minister of shipping, saying food to Germans under German rule costs British lives. He argues Germany must feed its people while Britain aims to starve German industry. Cross says the choice is between hungry Germans and the lives of British civilians, with Britain prioritizing its own people.
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London
Ronald H. Cross
United States
Germany
Cross
Reich
British Envoy Urges Naval Assistance Amid Crisis
A British envoy appeals for naval aid to sustain Britain, stating it is in the interest of others to decide whether to provide necessary assistance to prevent Britain's fall. The comments emphasize the urgency of support to ensure Britain remains resilient.
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Britain
R A F Covers Infantry Drive Over Desert
R A F supported an infantry advance near Salam Egypt just beyond the Libyan frontier with Bardia Libya as a key base. Air activity was heavy with six Fascist planes shot down and three probably destroyed. All Italian airfields in the area were bombed along with troop concentrations and trucks. several Italian aircraft were reported smashed on the ground and fires visible up to 60 miles away.
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Salam
Egypt
Bardia
Libya
R.A.F
Indo China Fights Threat of Invasion
In French Indo China, northern footholds yielded to Japanese forces, while native uprisings intensify as Tokyo eyes a move south toward Singapore. Vichy loyalists and De Gaulle supporters clash, with widespread clashes near Saigon, plus executions and arson amid escalating conflict.
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Indo-China
Associated Press
Manila
Japan
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Thailand
Siam
Vichy
Domei
Raishiro Sumita
Saigon
Far East
Camranh
Judge Grants Ten Year Term For Car Theft
Judge Freeman sentences T. Clint Freeman to ten years in Missouri state prison for car theft. Freeman, linked to the 1925 toll-bridge robbery, had been paroled then convicted of Miller County larceny, serving 15 years before parole. A circuit court order freed him last July under a supreme court ruling on parole compliance.
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T. Clint Freeman
Missouri
Supreme Court
Freeman
Miller County
Guy Lone
I Am Leaders Say Christ Sat For Portrait
Jurors in a mail fraud trial heard a 1935 letter signed by Guy Ballard and his wife claiming Jesus Christ appeared for 21 consecutive 2 a.m. portraits in the Royal Teton range Wyoming to guide a painting by Charles Sindelar. The defense objected, but the judge allowed the line of testimony to show religious motive or fraud. The circular offered the portraits for $2 and named Sindelar as a famed artist who painted presidents and Lloyd George. Porpoises are crown property if caught in British waters.
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Los Angeles
Jesus Christ
Teton Mountains
Wyoming
Guy W. Balllard
Ballard
Charles Sindelar
Calif
Royal Teton
iVeton
Jesus
Mr. Sindelar
Charles Carr
Christ
Sindelar
Leon Yankwich
Max Gysi
Ballards
St. Germain
St.Germain
Committees Study Donnell Plan To Restructure Missouri Government
Democratic Senator Allen McReynolds heads a bipartisan subcommittee to review Governor-elect Forrest Donnell's plan to create a revenue department consolidating tax assessing and collecting duties from six state departments. Republican Frank Lowry leads the budget reform panel, Ray Mabee leads auditing system study, and George Rozier coordinates the trio. seven members from each party.
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Forrest C. Donnell
Allen McReynolds
Carthage
Donnell
Revenue Department
Frank Lowry
Cape Girardeau
Ray Mabee
Unionville
George Rozier
Perryville
Rozier
Guy Abney
Saline County
Deny Release on Writ To Former K U Student
In Tulsa on December 11 AP reports Robert N Palmer, former University of Kansas student, denied release on a habeas corpus writ and to be returned to Douglas County Kansas for trial on perjury and liquor possession charges. Extradition papers signed by Gov Leon Phillips. Palmer was arrested December 5 amid liquor possession charges. His wife received 30 days on a similar charge after dismissal of Palmer’s case. Palmer had said the university discouraged his re enrollment. The charge followed another raid on his home last May. He was released on bond after a jury hung and traveled here with his wife and two year old son.
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Tulsa
Okla
Robert N. Palmer
University of Kansas
Douglas County
Kas
Leon Phillips
Palmer
Kansas
Former South Carolina Senator Nathaniel Dial Dies at 78
Washington AP reports Nathaniel Barksdale Dial, Democratic senator from South Carolina from 1918 to 1925, died at his home after five days of illness from a heart ailment. He was 78 and had been a banker, industrialist, and lawyer heading mills and utilities in Laurens, his birthplace.
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Washington
Nathaniel Barksdale Dial
South Carolina
Dial
Sevral Mills and Utility Enterprises
Laurens
S. C
Cars collide in Folk and Renn addition streets crash
Two vehicles driven by Clarence Bisges of Folk Missouri and Otto Smith of Renn addition collided at Miller and Jefferson streets yesterday. Police report neither car suffered severe damage and no occupants were injured.
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Clarence Bisges
Folk
Otto Smith
Renn Addition
Miller and
Jefferson
Influenza Causes Indoor Gatherings Suspension at Fort Knox
At Fort Knox Kentucky 400 influenza cases were reported among about 20000 soldiers prompting a suspension of indoor public gatherings according to Lieut. Col. Percy G. Black a staff officer said the measure was taken to curb the outbreak on the military post today December 11.
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Fort Knox
Fort Knox Army Post
Percy G. Black
Contrast Between Humans and Insects in Adaptation
The passage notes a stark difference: humans, though adaptable, stay one species across Earth. Insects, by adapting to new climates and conditions, can evolve into distinct new species.
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Earth
Foreign sources shape U S metals used in steel products
The United States relies on foreign sources for chromium, cobalt, manganese, nickel, tin, tungsten, and vanadium used in its steel products. This dependence affects supply chains and national security considerations across multiple industries and sectors.
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United States
Army Takes Full Control in Rumania
Romania's Premier Ion Antonescu issued emergency decrees placing near total army control over state, gendarmerie, police, and private institutions. Officers must resign from Iron Guard or the army, disclose political affiliations, and war veterans groups were united under the military. Only King George display photos allowed in military offices. Radio listening barred in public spaces. A separate note cites a historic 23 inch rainfall event in Taylor Texas in 1921.
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Associated Press
Bucharest
Ion Antonescu
Brasov
Balkan
Antonescu
Romania
Iron Guard
Army
Hihai
Girl Accused of Killing Boy Friend Acquitted
In Pittsburgh on December 11 a jury acquitted Irene Drago, 19, of the murder of her 24 year old boyfriend Emil Walser. She admitted fatally shooting him in their Duquesne apartment after life together was described as better than life itself. The courtroom drama followed a three hour and 25 minute deliberation as spectators reacted with cheers.
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Pittsburgh
Irene Drago
Drago
Emil Walser
Duquesne
Comely girl at center of murder trial portrayed by both sides
The state depicts the defendant as a scheming killer while the defense claims she is an innocent victim who shot Walser while temporarily insane from beatings and intent to flee. The description notes the contested narrative of crime and motive in the trial.
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Ped
Walser
Camphor Supply Shifts From Trees to Pines
Camphor historically came from camphor trees chiefly in Formosa, but now the United States sources a large portion of its supply from southern pine trees.
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Formosa
United States
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