Nazis Score In Black Friday Toll Of 5 Allied Ships
London reports a rising sea war toll with five Allied ships sunk on Black Friday. British forces captured a German steamer, while submarines attacked, with Azuma Maru and Scotia among neutrals feared lost and Cimle with survivors. Germany’s assault spiked as conscription and mask aid plans emerged.
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London
Oli
Arendal
Norway
Harry Needham
England
Brant
Henning Oldens Dorit
Germany
Fintland
Thames
Daily Sketch
Death by own action tied to multiple killings in Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls reports six deaths from fire and gunfire tied to Donald T Cameron. Police link the killer to the earlier holdup at a filling station in Eau Claire, where he wounded three and took about $20 before the blaze. Bodies of Cameron, his wife, her parents, their two year old grandson, and an Eau Claire man identified by police are recovered. The Wilks, visiting from Minneapolis, die in the fire, while Marshall Brenden is found shot in Eau Claire.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Edward Holtz
Donald T. Cameron
Eau Claire
Cameron
Lake Wissota
Here
Boltz
Louise Cameron
David
A. W. Wilk
Minneapolis
Wilks
Marshall Brenden
Holtz
Brenden
Brendon
War Pinch Felt in Scandinavia as Russia Blocks Coasts
Copenhagen reports Finland rejects the blockade as ineffective while Finnish circles note the Gulf of Bothnia and the region between Finland and Sweden are mined and fortified. Stockholm dispatches indicate two or more Russian submarines active in the Baltic, complicating Swedish shipping and access to naval bases in the Gulf of Finland and Gulf of Riga.
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Copenhagen
Finland
Russia
Gulf of Bothnia
Sweden
Aaland Islands
Stockholm
Bothelan Gulf
Fatonis
Gulf of Riga
Benson Extends Restraining Order Against Tavern
Circuit Judge Boyd M. Benson keeps a temporary restraining order and injunction in place against H & H tavern at 2104 Dakota Avenue South. The action targets illegal liquor sales and assigns responsibility to the premises owner, with six hearings on the docket and further evidence and surveillance ongoing.
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H & HB
Dakota Avenue South
Boyd M. Benson
Harlan Glazier
Mary C Johnson
Circuit Court
Taunty
Tom H. Luby
He Aiso
Luby
John C. Johnson
Mra
Mary C. Johnson
Baio Sprencants
Beadle County Board Extends Session On Delinquent Property Taxes
Beadle County commissioners push into today to finish compiling compromises on delinquent personal property taxes. They expect to reconvene later in December for the year end session to clear lingering docket items and wrap up pending business.
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Beadle County
Plato
Thirty British Bombers Arrive In Finland To Bolster Defenses
Finland reports thirty British Blenheim bombers have reached Finnish air forces to counter the Soviet invasion. London hints at a commercial sale of thirty planes, backed by public support. Civilians gain some reassurance as the army braces for renewed eastern front pressure and air raids. Finnish commanders claim to halted a 200,000 strong Soviet assault on the Karelian Isthmus and to have disabled 200 tanks amid setbacks including loss of Hogland Island.
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Belsinki
Finland
London
Unian
Karelian
Hogland Island
Gulf of Finland
Fortified Finnie Port Bombed by Reds Report
Dispatches from Copenhagen report fortifications at Finnie Port bombed by Reds amid war tensions. Casualties and exact figures were not immediately known as Allied forces assess damage and respond to the raid near Hanko and Ninland.
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Finnie
REDS
Copenhagen
Dac
Rceived Ee Aay Sai Hanko
Ninland’s
Rerio
Vanishing Heiress Drama Ahead as Romeo Looms
New York intelligence reports a Manhattan heiress case advancing to a third court scene. Eileen Herrick, 20, vanished after a failed elopement plan with George Lowthern, 30, broker, following a family dispute at the Long Island estate. A mother and bodyguard escorted her away in a closed car, prompting potential contempt motions against her parents. Nellie O Connor, the 70 year old nurse, recalled the girl left with her mother after an all night quarrel.
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New York
Manhattan
Romeo
Juliet
Park Avenue
Eileen Herrick
George Lowtherard
Eileen
Long Island
Lowthern
Eli‘ Johnson
Errass
Suffolk County
L. Barron Hill
Walter P. Herrick
Johnson
Nellie O'Connor
Hileen
McNary Pushes GOP to Late July Convention
Senate Minority Leader McNary of Oregon urged national committee members to fix a date late in July for the 1940 Republican convention. He noted some Republicans favor waiting to see if Democrats nominate Roosevelt for a third term and others advocate late conventions to shorten the campaign.
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Washington
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Roosevelt
Britain and France Back Finn Appeal at League Session
Geneva report says Britain and France ready to back Finland’s appeal calling for a moral condemnation of the Soviet Union. The private council session lacked the Russian delegate while Finland pressed for action and possible expulsion. China’s V Koo weighed Moscow’s vote as British and French envoys sought broad support to curb Soviet aggression.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Finland
League Council
Russia
Rudolf Holsti
Iis
Soviet Union
Holsti
Helsinki
Red
Jakob Surits
V. K. Wellington Koo
Koo
China
Japan
Richard A. Buller
Joseph Faul-Boncour
Great Britain
France
League
Britain
United States
Latin America
League Assembly
Baltic States
New Military District Near Odessa Signals Red Army Reorganization
Moscow reports establish several new military districts near Odessa on the Black Sea from Romania to Turkey. Finnish fronts show continued Red Army advances despite Finnish countermeasures. Weather hampers aviation, Tass denies gas use as a Finnish gas poisoning case rises near Lake Ladoga. A Japanese Russian commission begins talks to fix the outer Mongolian boundary amid the broader war.
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Moscow
Russia
League of Nations
Finland
Forden
Rumania
Odessa
Rumanian
Black Sea
Turkey
Moscow Radio
Communist International
Bucharest
Waffaires
Red Army
Leningrad
Karelian
Taipaleenioki
Talbale
Vuoski
Tass
Lehingraa
Helsinki
Lake Lacoga
Amy Fiers
Sweden
Aaland Islands
Outer Mongolia
Manchourias
Weather Draws Freak Pattern Across the U S
The Associated Press reports unusual December weather with high winds in New England moving cars, gusts in Oregon destabilizing structures, mild southern warmth, cherry trees failing to bloom in Alma Missouri, heavy fog in Florida, and light rains cracking drought in northern California. Minnesota and the midwest see unseasonable warmth while Salt Lake City records the warmest December and Shreveport hits a high of 83.
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Associated Press
United States
New England
Oregon
Alma
Florida
California
Midwest
Southwest
Salt Lake City
Weather Bureau
Shreveport
Trucker Fined For Operating Without Permit
A. N. Johnson of the Public Utilities Commission reports the Aberdeen arrest of Sidney Paulson a Pierpont trucker on charging operating a truck without a commission permit. Paulson appeared before J J Crane in Aberdeen yesterday and was fined 25 dollars with 16 35 costs suspended on payment. Reuters reports from Helsinki note Finnish troops on a two mile front with heavy casualties and a surprise thrust by a four by unit.
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A. N. Johnson
Public Utilities Commission
Aberdeen
Sidney Paulson
Pierpont
Commission
JJ Crane
Berdeen
Paulson
Ebeipon. Dee
Eto Reuters
Helsinki Today
Akie
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Bothuian Gulf
Benson
Berlin
Warsaw
Hungary
Uss.s.r
Yugo
Ireed
SEST
Uth
Baltic
Romania
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