Soviet blockade of Baltic foes shocks neutrals and ships
Neutrals flee Baltic approaches as Soviet Russia declares a blockade of Finland. Ships must leave by noon tomorrow or waters will be deemed dangerous. Denmark notes the move, while Sweden and Finland have mined the Gulf of Bothnia. Officials question effectiveness, with shippers left to navigate possible enforcement.
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Copenhagen
Baltic
Finland
Russia
Sweden
Gulf of Bothnia
Red Air Force
Stockholm
Finns Report Drive Halting in Arctic Front
From Kirkenes Norway December reports describe Finnish camouflage and white uniforms slowing Soviet advances on the far northern front. Casualties are heavy for Russia with minimal Finnish losses. Soviet air units reportedly mistook their own troops.
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Kirkenes
Norway
Finland
The Grafton Sentinel invites Minnie B to Phantom Rancher
The Grafton Sentinel invites RS Minnie B at 242 Maple Avenue to attend tonight's presentation of Phantom Rancher with Ken Maynard at the Dixie Theatre. Also displayed is Pugitive at Large starring Jack Holt at the Strand Theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Minnie B, Ware
Maple Avenue
Ken Maynard
Dixie Theatre
Cr “Pugitive
Jack Holt
Strand Theatre
Maverick Wins Jury Verdict In San Antonio Case
Mayor Maury Maverick, allied with President Roosevelt, was acquitted of conspiring to pay poll taxes for other voters at the last city election. The trial, tied to his political comeback after a congress loss, involved accusations he paid taxes for union garment workers. The verdict drew applause and implied a charged political climate in Texas.
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San Antonio
Tex
Maury Maverick
Roosevelt
Maverick
Congress
Texas
Fatal Fall From Hotel Window Triggers Suit
In Charleston on December 8 a $10,000 damage suit was filed in federal court over the death of Maxine Wilbur Collier who fell from the sixth floor of the Daniel Boone Hotel. Gerald F. Rybolt, administrator of her estate, names S Clyde Jarrett and Edgar C Bourne as defendants with H D Collins of Charleston representing the Kokomo, Indiana, based plaintiff. Collier died in a hospital March 25, less than four weeks after injury.
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Charleston
Daniel Boone
S. Clyde Jarrett
Charleston Housing Authority
Edgar C. Bourne
H. D. Collins
Gerald F. Rybolt
Kokomo
Ind
Rybola
Maxine Wilbur Collier
Collins
Theft of $10 Reported To Police at Main Street Stand
Police investigated a theft reported from the American News Stand at 44 West Main Street last night at 9 15. An unidentified woman took a $100 bill from a customer and fled before discovery. Patrolmen Paul Sturm and Norman Smith continued inquiries with no formal report filed yet.
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West Main Street
Paul Sturm
Norman Smith
A. E. Lockard
Pope Pius XI Prays For World Peace At Basilica Mass
Pope Pius XI used a ceremonial visit to Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore to offer special prayers for world peace. He knelt at the chapel altar where he celebrated his first mass as a priest forty years earlier.
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Rome
Pius XI
Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore
Two suspects hunted in Nazi murder case in New York
Police pursued two suspects in the fatal shooting of Dr Walter Richard Engelberg as agents examined reports the slain German consul attache was a Nazi spy. Clues included ten bloody fingerprints, size 11 slippers, and a large gown. A man of huge bulk about 6 feet 4 inches tall was sought, believed to have slept in an ad.
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New York
Walter Engelberg
Inset
Walter Richard Engelberg
Nation's Manufacturers Propose 28 Point Recovery Platform
The 28 point platform, drafted by 22 committees with about 700 industrialists, was adopted by 1000 business leaders at the 44th annual congress of American Industry. The plan calls for revise labor laws a balanced budget and lower taxes while urging cooperation among industry labor investors and consumers under free enterprise and prudent regulation.
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New. York
Congress of American Industry
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
Italy Sticks to Nazi Pact in Rome Report
Diplomatic circles report Robert Ley delivered a long message from Adolf Hitler to Mussolini after a four hour council session. Italy affirmed its military alliance with Germany, endorsed a non intervention stance, warned Russia about Balkans, and urged Britain and France to avoid interfering with Italian shipping. Ley’s mission was described as non diplomatic, though observers suspected a weightier topic.
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Rome
Robert ‘Ley
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Grand Council
Italy
Germany
Russia
Balkans
Great Britain
France
Ley
Scarlet Fever Reported in Wendel and Simpson
Scarlet fever cases have been reported in the villages of Wendel and Simpson to county health physician Dr. R. D. Stuot. The illness affects grade school children, but the number of cases is not sufficient to close schools. In Grafton, numerous new whooping cough cases appear, mainly on the west side, though most are mild.
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Wendel and
Simpson
R. D. Stuot
Wendel Or
Grafton
West Side
Export Tieup Protested by This Country
The United States declared its rights to seek damages from Britain over the German export blockade. It called the blockade a breach of international law and urged measures not to interfere with legitimate trade while reserving its and its nationals’ rights. Britain’s Monday blockade aimed at German exports for overseas consumers drew the U.S. warning.
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Washington
United States
Britain
State Department
More Money Is Granted For Classified Cases
Charleston reports that West Virginia will receive a higher federal grant for dependent children starting January 1, shifting from one third to a matching basis. The increase allows a slight liberalization of old age and blind assistance as state funds are freed, and general relief cash grants fell by 798 in November from October’s 10,956.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Public Assistance Department
J. R. Blackburn
State Department
Blackburn
Wellsburg City Hall Destroyed By Blaze
Wellsburg fire destroyed the three story city hall, believed to have started in the clock tower, with a $40,000 loss. The blaze damaged shops, the restaurant roof caught fire nearby, and aid came from Wheeling, Steubenville, and other cities. The cause remains undetermined.
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Wellsburg
Sam Nelzin
Wheeling
Steubenville
Nelzin
14 Year Old Kentucky Girl Weds Man Ten Years Older
In BEE SPRINGS Kentucky 14 year old Maxine Ashley married a 24 year old coal miner after three weeks of marriage in her parents home. She weighed 64 pounds and stood five feet one inch tall. She said friends in the seventh grade were jealous but she did not care. The husband said he had waited seven years to marry her.
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Bee Springs
Raymond Hayes
Ashley
Cave Country
Kentucky
Maxine
Ickes Dismisses McNutt Candidacy As Unfriendly To Labor
Interior Secretary Ickes dismissed Paul V. McNutt as a potential Roosevelt successor, saying liberals and progressives from both parties would not back him and citing organized labor opposition and Indiana two percent clubs. The piece also notes Republican critiques of Roosevelt and a GOP plan to cut a large deficit.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
McNult
McNutt
National Guard
Terre Haute
Hamilton
New Deal
Soviet
Russia
Republican ‘Executive Committee
John Hamilton
National Party
Alf M. Landon
Russians Use Poison Gas Trigger Mass Finnish Exodus
Reuters reports Soviet Russia began using poison gas prompting a civilian exodus from Helsinki as gas mask supplies prove insufficient. Helsinki authorities acknowledge limited gas mask availability and urge protective measures amid the move.
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London
Reuters
Helsinki Today
Soviet
Russia
Helsinki
Vandenberg renews plea on Russia policy
Senator Vandenberg urged Secretary Hull to harmonize U S attitude with Latin American nations by breaking off diplomatic relations with Russia in a letter noting regional calls for joint condemnation. He pressed Washington to join the hemisphere in a united stance.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Vandenberg
Mich
Hull
United States
Russia
Five Die After Train collides with Auto Near McDonald
Five persons killed when their car struck a Pennsylvania railroad freight train at a private crossing near McDonald. Victims include Mrs. Charles Dickinson, 60, Mrs. Elizabeth Hookey, 61, Thomas Lewis, 78, and Charles A. Hainaut Jr., 2, while his mother died hours later. Dr. Charles A. Hainaut, 29, survived.
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M'Donald
Pennsylvania Railroad
Charles Dickinson
Elizabeth Hookey
Thomas Lewis
Charles A. Hainaut, Jr
McDonald
Hainaut
Charles A. Hainaut
Two Missing After Blast On Steamer J C Rawn
Rescue workers hunted the Ohio river section after a boiler explosion on the steamer J C Rawn killed one man and injured five others. Fireman Jess Plants of Point Pleasant was killed outright. Missing are F G Gebhardt of Huntington and Lloyd Mayes, second engineer, of Point Pleasant. Five injured include Captain W M Wright, 54, of
Hallanan Charges Reds Receive Encouragement
National Republican committeeman Walter S. Hallanan of Charleston West Virginia accused the administration of promoting communist influence and Soviet policy, saying Russia was recognized over Republican protests while the president wristslapped Moscow for its aggressive acts and seeks to apply Russian internal policies at home.
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Washington
National Republican
Second Maginot Line Is Established By France
Paris report says Le Matin confirms a second Maginot Line system with forts dugouts and tank traps, mirroring the original defenses. The work is completed and the line is now backed up as a second defensive ring around France.
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France
Paris
le Matin
Roosevelt faults Ohio for relief spending in press briefing
President Roosevelt criticized Ohio for not meeting its duties to the needy unemployable during a press conference. He cited WPA figures showing Cleveland lacking funds to feed thousands and contrasted Ohio with Pennsylvania, noting states bear responsibility for the unemployed who cannot work. The president recalled a federal role in aiding the employable and argued no contract existed with states. He cited 1939 spending as Ohio seven million, Pennsylvania thirty three million, with further discussion expected on page four.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ohio
Cleves’ Sland
WPA
Cleveland
Harrington
Pennsylvania
Red Army advances push into Finland from three sides
Soviet dispatch from Moscow says Red Army columns advanced from three directions into Finland, seizing Finnish supplies and shooting down two Finnish warplanes. The northern push reached 28 miles south of Petsamo, crossing minefields and entanglements. Continued on page six.
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Moscow
Russia
Finland
Leni
Lae
Petsamio
Arctic Ocean
The Rookie Cop at Opera House Theatre
The Grafton Sentinel notes Mrs P Storm on their street invites readers to The Rookie Cop current attraction at the Opera House theatre featuring Holt as the star performer.
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Grafton Sentinel
P. Storm
Holt
Opera House Theatre
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