High Command Considered For World War Defense Plan
Washington reports Roosevelt officials weighing a four to five plan overhaul for defense including a high command led by Simson Knox and Knudson. Britain seeks contracts worth up to 3 billion for merchant ships planes tanks and munitions with cash payments and speeded approvals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
White House
Congress
Simson
Knox
William S. Knudson
Defense Commission
St. Stephen Early
Iescon
Patterson
Forrestal
Navy
Fpigeic
Portland
Hoosavelt
Early
Army
Stimson
Drink Mystery Leads to Jewelry Heist on Madison Avenue
New York police report a dramatic robbery at a Madison Avenue jewelry store. Joseph Merrin recalls a customer who, after choosing a $495 diamond ring, returned with a gun and robbed Merrin, his wife, an employee and two customers, escaping with gems valued at $55,000.
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New York
Joseph Merrin
Madison Avenue
Mervin
Crop Yields By States Estimated
Washington December figures from the U S Department of Agriculture list per acre yields and total production by state for corn wheat flaxseed potatoes and related crops. States showing figures include Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Montana and Idaho with varied yields and total outputs in 1940 estimates.
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Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Towa
Idaho
Trainman Killed In Florida Crash Near Zephyr Mills
A Sunbeam passenger train and an Atlantic Coast Line freight collided at a crossing near Zephyr Mills, 28 miles northeast of Tampa. Engineer Ben Green, 50, was killed. Porter Isaac George injured. Fireman E F McLeod escaped with scratches. One trainman died and about a dozen others were injured overall.
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Tampa
Fla
Atlantic Coast Line
Zephyr Mills
Ben Green
Isaac George
Sunbeam
E. F. McLeod
Alleged Slayer Shot By Posse
Clyde William Buchanan 40 died four hours after a cross state posse wounded him near Wheeler Virginia following a two and a half day search in the Cumberland Mountain area. His son Clyde Jr 15 was captured earlier by Walter B. Smith who led the hunt.
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Middlesboro
Clyde William Buchanan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Wheeler
Cumberland Mountain
Walter B. Smith
Buchanan
Clyde
George W. Fisher
Smith
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Logan-Walter bill seen passing next Congress
Both supporters and opponents expect the Logan Walter bill to become law in the next session with President Roosevelt's approval. Rep Walter of Pennsylvania plans to reintroduce it on day one, while Rep McCormack of Massachusetts says action was only delayed. Senators Hatch and Austin will press renewed efforts to gain approval.
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Washington
Friend
Foe
Roosevelt
Congress
Rep. Walter
Pennsylvania
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
Hatch
New Mexico
Austin
Vermont
House
Matsuoka Pleads US Stays Out of War in China
Tokyo dispatch reports Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka urging the United States to avoid war, warning of Armageddon and cultural destruction. U.S. Ambassador Joseph C. Grew counters that American interests in China are not sentimental and stresses weighing facts and actions. Admiral Nomura echoes calls for peace.
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Grew
U. S
China
America
Matsuoka
United States
Tokyo
Yosuke Matsuoka
U.S
Joseph c. Grew
Kichisaburo Nomura
Mats
Grey
Admiral Nomura
Japan
Europe
Pacific
Greater East Asia
London Is Raided After Three Nights Of Quietness
Londoners heard air raid sirens and gunfire near the capital ending a quiet stretch of about 68 hours since Nazi raids began in September. Former Finnish president Kyosti Kallio died of a heart attack after collapsing outside his Helsinki home. A flock of 71 sheep from Floyd Sehurst’s Sand Creek Township was found several miles from home after missing since Sunday night.
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London
Kallio
Berlen
DNB
Helsinki
Kyosti Kallio
Finland
Floyd Sehurst
Sand Creek Township
John Boyle
North Dakota Warden Faces Fine or Jail for Contempt
Mandan North Dakota December 19 Oscar J Nygaard warden of the state penitentiary was held in contempt for refusing to accept a prisoner. He received a 30 day jail sentence and a $10 fine with the option of five more days in lieu of payment. He later agreed to take the prisoner but must still pay the fine or serve five days.
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Mandan
N. D
Oscar J. Nygaard
North Dakota Penitentiary
Nygaard
Harvey J. Miller
Secrecy Cloaks Crash Inquiry Near Riverside
Riverside officials opened a probe into the B 17 crash on Marion Mountain in San Bernardino National Forest. The bomber struck the snowline during a routine training flight, killing six army fliers and injuring no one else while wreckage lay along the slopes.
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Riverside
Cal
San Jacinto Mountains
Marion Mountain
San Bernardino National Forest
Harold J. Turner
Corning
Ist
Donald T. Ward
West
Los Angeles
Vernon McCauley
Hiverside
Thomas F. Sweet
Riverside. Corp
Frank J. Jirak
Saleta
Ore
Prys
James C. Sessions
Bisbee
Aris
Army Investigating Board
U S Battleship And Freighter Collide Off Jersey Coast
A 26 100-ton battleship the U S S Arkansas and two freighters collided in the dark off Sea Girt New Jersey early today. The smaller freighter was badly damaged and beached after limping 40 miles to New York harbor. No injuries were reported and the Arkansas, oldest battleship of its type, was practically undamaged.
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York
Arkansas
Jersey Coast
New York Harbor
Sea Girt
Sermca
Italians Pressed At Bardia As Axis Strain Near Suez
British force gains press toward Tobruk as Bardia appears surrounded. Italian troops retreat under harassing fire while Italian metals and fuel shortages hinder their defense. Italian high command reports fighting centered at Bardia with Greek front skirmishes elsewhere and Italian warships shelling Greek positions.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bardia
Tobruk
Demma
Sidi Barrani
Salam
Matcuh
CBS
Associated Press
Suez Canal
Rome
High Command
Lukova Zone
Porto Edda
Argirocastra
Morgoni
Kolonia
Reinforcements Reported From German Planes Across Adriatic Front
Allied dispatches describe Nazi transport planes ferrying Italian troops to the Albanian front as Mussolini presses Axis cooperation. Reports cite Basel traffic suspendions for German divisions and Greek forces gaining in Klisura Tepeleni while Churchill warns Britain remains half armed yet confident in 1941.
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Associated Press
Germany
Italy
Tostay
Adriatic Sea
Mussoini
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Junkers
Basel
Switzerland
Rome
Berlin
le Democrat Af Delemont
Brenner
Klisura
Tepeleni
Adriatic
Palermo
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
London
Britain
Churchill
House
Anthony Eden
North Africa
Cairo
Bardia
Albania
Eden Isid
Eden
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Florida
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
NEA Telephoto
Posse
Son
Logan-Walter Bill
Il Duce
Athens
Kiisara
Tepelleni
Mussolini
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