Plan to Repay Loans in Kind Backed by Britain Orders
The president outlined a plan to take over large British orders and convert them into American orders for Britain, with repayment in kind after the war. The scheme included leasing or selling materials, possibly transferring merchant ships, and transporting duties as a detail. Morgenthau testified that Britain needed financial help to place further orders, a matter for Congress to decide.
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United States
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Capital Hill
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Dcalif
Johnson
Dcoie
Morgenthau
Uring
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House
Rep. Ludlow
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Treasury
Dynamite Plant Explosion Injures Twenty in Stockholm Region
An explosion at the Bjoerkborn dynamite plant founded by Alfred Bernhard Nobel injures at least 20 people and destroys buildings in Karskog, sending thousands to underground air raid shelters. Firefighters battle fires endangering powder magazines. after five hours, govt defense staff say flames are under control.
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Stockholm
Bjoerkborn
Alfred Bernhard Nobel
Karskoga
United States Holds 30 Percent Global Rail Mileage
The United States accounts for about 30 percent of the world’s railway mileage, outlining its dominant role in rail transportation. This share reflects extensive network reach, significant freight capacity, and long established routes across major hubs and regions.
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United States
Laval Recalled to Meet Envoy in Franco German Talks
The article reports Laval being recalled from custody to discuss a future basis of French German collaboration with an envoy. It notes potential outcomes including possible German occupation of France and discusses General Weygand, commander in Africa, who shows no plan to return to France for talks with the Axis and reportedly commands a strong force backing the defeated Italians in Libya.
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Maxime Weygand
Africa
Axis
Ane
Libya
France’s Vichy Leaders Meet as Abetz Talks Persist
Secrecy surrounded Franco German moves as Abetz and Petain convened at the Pavilon Sevigne for 314 hours while Laval arrived with a staff member. Petain hosted Abetz at luncheon with Huntziger and Darlan. Abetz then met Laval at Chateldon before returning to his hotel. Laure and German guards accompanied him to Paris.
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Abetz
Petain
Pavilon Sevigne
Laval
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Flandin
Charles Huntziger
Jean Darlan
Navy
Chateldon
Paris
Laure
Risk Man Pleads Innocent In Bridge Insurance Case
Hallett R. French, 44, ex insurance executive, pleads innocent in Seattle to embezzling 1277.88 in premiums on Ta coma Narrows bridge insurance. He is free on 1500 bail after restitution of about 15000, with the state noting larger alleged defalcations. His attorney expects acquittal citing extenuating circumstances.
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Seattle
Hallett R. French
Tacoma Narrows
French
Liberty
Charles O. Carroll
Charles Ralls
Automatic
Carroll
Florida Shrimp Boom Drives State's Ocean Harvest
Florida leads in fresh shrimp with nearly half of U S supply produced in state waters. Up to 300 boats operate during peak season while markets move more than 12 million pounds annually. authorities noted in St Augustine.
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Florida
ST. Augustine
Fla
Sized Ice A Boon To Hostesses At Parties
With the holiday season in full swing and demand rising for iced drinks, hostesses find Moerschel Products Company sized ice a great aid. Sized ice, available only at Moerschel's Dunklin Street dock, promises crystal-clear tastefree ice and helps prevent party dampers.
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Dunklin Street
Moerschel's
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Invasion Threat Warned As Spring Attacks Probable
Air chief cautions of a new invasion attempt in spring while Britain raids Mannheim and Basel cause deaths injuries and property damage. German high command claims limited production impact from Mannheim strikes amid cross border bombing debates. Basel raid blamed on British planes prompting Swiss protest and demand for reparations.
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Germany
Mannheim
Basel
Switzerland
Marcel Pilet-Golaz
London
Autos Gang Up on Mule on Mobile Highway Fatality
A freak accident on the Mobile highway involved two cars colliding with a mule struck by one vehicle, the force hurling the mule into an oncoming car and causing a fatality.
Auto Club Urges Strict License Law
The Automobile Club of Missouri adopts a three point plan for a standard state driver license law with teeth. It calls for a physical exam a supervised driving test and full city-court control of license revocation along with a learning permit rule and financial responsibility requirements. The proposal aims to require liability proof and allow mail service for legal actions from out of state.
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ST. Louis
Board of Governors
The
Automobile Club of Missouri
Matt F. Morse Club
Morse
Princess Hohenlohe Denied Visitor Permit to U S
The justice department refused Maria Waldenburg the Princess Hohenlohe of Hungary a visitor permit extension and ordered her to leave by Dec 21. Attorney General Jackson approved excluding Karl Scheuring a German student at the University of Denver as an avowed Nazi. The action came after FBI located the princess with the German consul in San Francisco. The paper notes the word minnow derives from Roman minutus and cites the Soil Conservation Service planting over 350 million trees.
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Justice Department
Maria Waldenburg
Hohenlohe
Hungary
Jackson
Immigration Service
Karl Scheuring
Germany
University of Denver
Princess Hohenlohe
Frietz Weidemann
San Francisco
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Three Forts Fall in British Egyptian Drive
British forces report heavy air bombing of Fas cists at Bardia while Tobruk and other bases suffer damage. Italian divisions reportedly number up to 14,000 as 11 Italian planes are shot down and 15 craft captured. Rome claims a 6000-ton British cruiser was torpedoed near Bardia with five Italians missing.
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Tobruk
Libya
Salum
Rome
White House Social Season Opens With Reception
Washington dispatch reports the White House opened its social season with a judiciary reception as the diplomatic event was canceled due to war. President and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted dinner beforehand with Chief Justice Hughes Attorney General Jackson Solicitor General Biddle Securities Commission chair Frank Morris Ernst Edna Ferber among guests. Mrs Roosevelt wore sapphire blue velvet with lace train while Mrs Hughes wore peach taffeta and burgundy chiffon.
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White House
Roosevelt
Hughes
Jackson
Biddle
The
Securities Commission
Frank
Morris Ernst
New York
Edna Ferber
Drifting Amid Snow Grantski Charged In Lincoln
Lincoln police arrested Don Grantski, 20, for reckless driving. Officers say he drove 45 mph on a snow covered street with drifts up to four feet. Grantski pleaded not guilty. The piece also notes a claim about the French language having the largest slang vocabulary, with English close behind.
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Lincoln
Neb
Don Grantski
Grantski
Manhunt Pursues Slayer After Middlesboro Sheriff Death
In the Cumberland Mountains near the Kentucky Tennessee Virginia line a father and his 19 year old son flee after deputy Sheriff George W Fisher 63 Middlesboro police chief George H Minton 48 and city patrolman P L Perry were wounded or killed during a raid for a robbery warrant. Clyde Buchanan 40 denied the arrest and opened fire. Buchanan and son Clyde Jr escaped as officers pursued them with 150 officers and tracking dogs in what Bell county calls the biggest manhunt in eastern Kentucky mountains.
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Cumberland Mountains
Bell County
Walter B. Smith
Kentucky
Smith
George W. Fisher
George H. Minton
P. L. Perry
Cumberland Gap
Alexandria
Clyde William Buchanan
Buchanan
Fisher
Minton
Perry
Clyde, Jr
Middlesboro Hospital
Transfer of Interned Nazi Crew Is Planned
The United States plans to move about 300 German sailors from the scuttled liner Columbus from Angel Island in San Francisco Bay to an abandoned CCC camp near Fort Stanton New Mexico. The men, rescued after the ship was scuttled, had been headed for home via Japan and Russia but were kept from sea transport by British interception. Officials say the move aims to reduce Nazi propaganda activity in San Francisco and place refugees in a less populated area.
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Columbus
Angel Island
San Francisco Bay
CCC
Fort Stanton
N. M
Atlantic Seaboard
Ellis Island
Japan
Russia
High Seas
New Mexico
San Francisco
Wrights Original Plane Urged for U S Display
MANTEC N C Dec 17 AP W J Tate assistant postmaster at Kitty Hawk who witnessed the Wright brothers first flight urged Americans to obtain the Wrights original plane for display in a U S museum on the 37th anniversary of the event Tate noted the plane is in Kensington museum England and may never come to the United States during commemorative exercises.
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Mantec
Wright brothers flight at Kill Devil Hill monument site
A flight from the vast Kill Devil Hill near the monument to the Wright brothers is noted. The Wrights, once bicycle repairmen in Dayton Ohio at the turn of the century, are commemorated on the dune.
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Wrights
Dayton, O
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