Finns Broaden Thrusts At Vital Russian Supply Line
Finnish ski patrols advanced toward the Murmansk Railway and into Soviet territory near the Karelia Isthmus. Reports say separate offensives penetrated toward the railway with bold raids on supply lines while heavy fighting raged around Lake Suvanto and Viipuri. Casualties and clashes continued as both sides held positions on the isthmus front amid aerial bombings and tank assaults.
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Isthmus
Lake Hattalahti
Annye
Viipuri
Kare
Suomussalmi
Petsamo
Suomussalmil
Pitspajarvi
Phantom Finns on Skis Credited With Gains in War
Finnish troops known as the Phantom Finns sweep through snowy forests in white camouflage. They are praised for gains in the Salla region above the Arctic Circle and for active scouting along the Karelian front amid artillery exchanges and Russian small attacks.
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Arctic‘ Circle
Jap Cabinet Won't Quit Say Abe Officials
Abe stated the cabinet would not resign and dismissed political maneuvers while the war in China and foreign relations were the focus. He noted the U S trade treaty expiry and Japan’s long planned Yangtze trade reopening, and cautioned on Moscow talks with terms offered to the Soviet Union.
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China
United States
Japan
Meat And Sugar On Ration List Move To Insure Even Distribution
London dispatch reports Britain will extend rationing next month to meat and sugar with a 12 ounce weekly sugar allotment starting January 8. Butter and bacon rations set at four ounces per person, registration for meat rationing to begin January 8. Livestock control to start January 15. poultry excluded from meat scheme.
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England
London
Ministry of Food
W. S. Morrison
Devastating Erzincan Quake Leaves Thousands Dead Or Injured
Reports from Ankara state 42,000 people were killed or injured in the Erzincan region after a major Turkish earthquake. Severe weather, blizzards, and storms along the Black Sea worsened conditions for hundreds of thousands homeless. Fires, collapsed buildings, and frozen survivors marked a wide disaster area as relief efforts struggled through ruined rail lines and blocked roads.
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Turkey
Erzimcan
Anatolia
Black Sea
Ersincan Iz A Vilayet
Erzincan
Cara
Sareun
Bak
Tokat
Papal Visit to King Seen as Bond Between Vatican and Italian State
Pope Pius XII met King Vittorio Emanuele III and Queen Elena in Rome signaling closer Vatican Italian ties. The ceremony, first pope visit to the Italian ruler in 70 years, followed a reciprocal royal visit a week earlier and foreshadowed discussions with Premier Mussolini. Thousands lined streets as rain drenched the procession, while Vatican and Italian leaders avoided tying the moment to war or peace issues. The Lateran Accords and mutual respect framed the exchange as a step toward ongoing accord between church and state.
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Rome
Pius XII
Italy
Kign
Vatican
Vittorio Bragnuele
Elena
Bussolini
Pius
Lateran
Mussolini
Virginio Gayda
Giornale
Italia
Gayda
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l'Osservatore Romano
Sub Zero Temperatures Hit South Dakota This Winter
Sub-zero readings swept South Dakota with Sioux Falls at minus six and Pierre, Huron and Mitchell at zero. Roads were icy and drivers faced slippery conditions despite some melting. Aberdeen fell to minus four then rose to ten above. Snow totals near four tenths of an inch plus a light early snowfall left a one to five inch statewide blanket.
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Tenacles
South Dakota
Aberdeen
Pierre
Huron
Mitchell Rapid City
Brookings
Watertown
Yankton
Haxerdous
German Merchantman Aground Off Spain
Cadiz Spain December 28 Part of the crew of an unidentified German merchantman went aground near San Lucar de Barra today at Port Bonanza while others stayed aboard to salvage. A British warship pursued the ship toward Spain's Atlantic coast but withdrew when the Spanish torpedo boat Galicia appealed and signaled that the Britisher was in Spanish waters.
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Spain
Germino
San Lucar “de” Barra
Port Bonanza
Atlantic
Gadria
Wuthering Heights Wins Critics Award as Best Film
New York critics pick Samuel Goldwyns Wuthering Heights as the best English language picture of 1939 after 13 ballots. Vivien Leigh wins best actress for Gone With The Wind while James Stewart is named best actor for Mr Smith Goes To Washington. John Ford earns best directing for Stagecoach.
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New York
Samuel Goldwyn
Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights
Film Critics
Mr. Smith
Washington
Vivien Leigh
Scarlett O'Hara
James Stewart
John Ford
Bushfield Names New Fair Board Members
Governor appoints a new South Dakota State Fair board for one to three year terms. Harold Lovre of Hayti Emanuel Hinsman of Eureka and W W Thorpe of Britton join C B Hansen as secretary candidate. Lovre former president Heilman former vice president. secretary salary set at 2000 dollars annually.
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Dee
Pew Ol‘ Agricul
Harold” Lovre
Hayti
Emanuel Hinsman
Eureka
W. W. Thorpe
Britton
Lovre
Heilman
Thorpe
C. B. Hansen
Canistota
State Board of Agriculture
South Dakota
Hansen
British Planes Fail To Return From Northwestern Germany Flight
London reports a successful reconnaissance over northwestern Germany with one British plane missing. The air ministry cited damage to a German patrol vessel and silencing of Dornier bombers, while a separate German communique claimed difficult defenses along the North Sea coast and a British plane shot down. A tanker crew attempted to steer a damaged stern toward land after a torpedo strike, abandoning the vessel then returning to port.
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London
Air Ministry
Germany
North Sea
Craf
San Albertos
Land's End
Salesman Found In Closed Garage With Car Running
Sioux Pals reports J B Dennis a Sioux Falls road material salesman and a principal in the state highway and purchasing departments investigation ordered by Governor Bushfield was revived from carbon monoxide poisoning after being found in his car in a closed two car garage. He was taken to a hospital in serious condition but showed improvement. Dennis had entered the garage about 6 20 and it would take 30 to 43 minutes to fill the space with gas. He had told an associate he was leaving for Rapid City on business. Governor Bushfield ordered the attorney general to investigate the highway and purchasing departments naming Dennis and former secretary Andrew Nortad as connected with alleged overspending on road oil. TEMMEY PROMISES SPEED IN INQUIRY.
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Dennis
Lievel Zelihoefer
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Rapid City
Bushfield
Attorney General's Office
Andrew Norstad
Highway Commission
Temmey
Pierre
Leo Temmey
Seo
New Year Holiday Observed With City Offices Closed
Retailers plan all day closings on New Year’s Day 1940. Post office, city and county offices, libraries, and federal agencies join in closure. New Year’s Eve parties hosted by Country Club and Elks Lodge proceed with midnight and 10 p m dances.
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Hurons
Country Club and
Elks Lodge
CD Club
Louis Lang
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Elks Club
Lloyd Behn
The
Elks
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Italians Reported Arriving to Aid Finland at Tornio
A dispatch from Helsinki reported, without confirmation, that 2,000 Italian volunteers had arrived at Tornio to fight for Finland against Soviet Russia. Tornio sits at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia, a Finnish port.
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London
Ritish S Agency
Helsinki
Tornio
Russia
Gulf of Bothniz
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