Chamberlain Says More Proof Needed Before Making Peace
Washington reports the United States pressed Russia to maintain peace with Finland as Moscow talks with Russia and Finland began. The U S action was independent and dispatched through Ambassador Steinhardt while neighboring Nordic states weighed steps. Finland braces for worst with air raid shelters and border fortifications as Paasikivi heads to Moscow.
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Chamberlain
Washington
Russia
Finland
United States
Laurence Steinhardt
Moscow
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
State Department
Hull
Rex
Germany
Juha Kusti Paasikivi
Kremlins
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Helsinki
Erkko
Elias Erkko
Soviet Russia
Lampe Farm Named Site for 1939 Corn Husking Contest
Lampe Market Company farm near Huron selected as site for the 1939 county corn husking bee to be held at the Lampe Market Company farm southeast of Huron. County Agent L. L. Ladd names Three students die in a school bus crash near here as the 1939 event lines up with the annual Pow Wow Day Homecoming. The contest will take place Wednesday Oct 18 at 1 P M on the field south of the cemetery road east of the James River bridge.
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Britain
Poland
Eitler
Bald
Chamberlain
Hitler
Dominions
French Republic
W. Va
Huron
France
Kremlin
Moscow
Laurence A. Footcliff
L. L. Ladd
Germany
Steinhart
London
Soviet Russia
Mlands
Finland
Creek High School
Joe Tt
Steinhardt
West Virginia
Corbin
Iroquois
Sea Baltic
Huron College
Finland Faces Russian Demands Over Islands and Gulf Entrances
Finland, famed for its calm stance, resists Moscow’s push for three Finnish islands vital to Leningrad approaches, and control of the Aland archipelago. Russia seeks Hogland to shield Kronstadt, while Finland’s stubborn stance tests a long, uneasy history with Moscow as seen in continuing scribes of 12th century origins to modern debts.
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Aland Islands
Gulf of Bothnia
NEA
Finland
Russia
Moscow
Hogland
Kronstadt
Estonia
Volga
Beadle County Seals 135179 Bushels Of Wheat Under Loan
Beadle County seals 135179 bushels of wheat under government loan in 1940, with total grown 139172 bushels. Eli F. Martin, county Agricultural Conservation Committee chairperson, notes loan value about 101188.09 dollars. More grain sealed than 1938 due to increased farm program participation and interest in the ever normal granary. 21167 bushels sealed on farm, 114012 in federally approved warehouses. Average per loan 260 bushels and per loan value 149.76 dollars.
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Beadle County
Eli F. Martin
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Martin
CIO Backs CIO AFL Peace Talks via Negotiating Committee
The international CIO convention dismissed today President Roosevelt’s request for a labor peace with the AFL. A one paragraph resolution said the CIO already had a negotiating committee and urged its continuation to decide future negotiations toward an accord.
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San
Roosevelt
CIO
AFL
Jabor
Hoover Believes Poland Will Rise Again
Former President Herbert Hoover told 10,000 Polish Americans in New York that oppression regenerates the oppressed and destroys the oppressor. He warned there can be no permanent peace while oppression of a great independent race continues.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Poland
Germany
Russia
Bulow Points To Profit Motive
Washington Oct 12 Senate commerce chair Bailey Democrat NC says shipping provisions in the neutrality bill would disrupt American commerce and destroy much of the merchant fleet. Pittman Nevada and LaFollette Wisconsin weigh in, arguing embargo repeal could aid allies but threaten U S neutrality and defense programs. Congress continues debate on Page 2.
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Bailey
North Carolina
Senate
Comerce Committee
Commission
Fittman
Nevada
Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
Mouch
Bulow
South Dakota
United States
England
France
LaFollette
Wis
Wisconsin
Pat
Congress
Trip Of Horrors Ends For 788 On Board Iroquois
NEW YORK October 12 A three day storm and rumor flood haunted the liner Iroquois carrying 788 Americans 577 passengers and 21 crew as it reached New York amid cheering crowds. Passengers spoke of illness heavy lights and fear of a hidden time bomb while US destroyers patrolled and authorities recalled a Berlin warning that the ship would be sunk near the coast, a claim the Germans deny.
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New York
Mary Stiegchman
Ballianore
United States
White House
BE. A. Chelton
Washington
Berlin
Athenia
Franco Celebrates Columbus Day With Radio Talk
Generalissimo Francisco Franco marked Columbus Day with a radio speech to South America reaffirming Hispanic unity. Madrid observed the holiday for the first time since 1936, with commemorations in Huelva Seville Granada and other cities, noting Columbus remains disputed between Spaniards and Dominicans and claiming burial in Ciudad Trujillo per Dominicans.
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Spain
Qei
Francisco Franco
South America
Madrid
Huelva
Seville
Granada
Isabel
Ferdinand I
Columbus
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
London cancels Armistice Day commemorations
Indications Britain prepares for contingencies as public services mark Armistice Day on November 11 were canceled in London and other large centers due to air raid danger from large crowds feared in gatherings.
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London
Britain
French Claim To Be Holding Nazis
French advices report German patrols battering outposts from the Moselle to the Rhine with hundreds of Nazi casualties over three days. French entrenchments raked advancing troops as weather turned cold, while recon planes photographed positions and no Nazi airmen crossed the lines since Oct 10. The German offensive grew in scope, but French troops repulsed the attacks in a long, hard engagement on the Moselle front near Perl.
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Paris
Moselle
Rhine
Lnnes
Lauterbourg
France
North Sea
Perl
Western Front
Terms Outlined By Hitler Friday Not Acceptable
London Ost 12) Pia Minister Chamberlain told Parliament today he could have peace if he wanted it but it must be a just and settled peace not that outlined by Adolf Hitler in the Reichstag last Friday. Replying to Hitler's peace overtures, Chamberlain in his weekly war report to the House of Commons outlined Britain’s position.
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Hitler
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Chamberlain
Laing
Britain
Clement R. Attlee
J.C. Stark
London
Pia
Adolf Hitler
Leace
Germanfuehrer
Reichstag
Chamerlain
House of Com
Special Train to Watertown Cancelled Over Interest
Dr. Jay Spink reports plans for a special train to Watertown for the Huron-Water Town high school football game were dropped due to many fans preferring automobile travel. The Friday night proposal drew significant local interest and caused organizers to cancel the rail option.
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Watertown
Jay Spink
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