Planes Sold to Finland by U S Navy Procurement
Washington reports that forty four Brewster high speed fighters, built for the Navy, will be sold to Finland after the Aero nautical board approved the deal. The craft are land or carrier capable and superior to many in service, with no delivery to Navy or Army. Finland seeks gas masks and small arms, financed by RFC and Export-Import credit.
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Washington
Navy
Finland
Army
Joint Aeronautical Board
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Long Island City
France
RFC
Export-Import Bank
Labor Board Telegrams Stir Cincinnati Labor Fight
A telegram from Phillips to the labor board says the CIO claims obligation to Communists and would not drop discharge complaints as part of a compromise with a milling company. Paul Fuller in Cincinnati calls the telegram absurd. Other letters in the record include Phillips noting a Cincinnati Inquirer editor killed a story unfriendly to the union.
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Terday
Phillips
Labor Board
CIO
Paul Fuller
Cincinnati
Fuller
Nathan Witt
The
Cincinnati Inquirer
Editor denounces Enquirer coverage of American Rolling Mills case
In Catlettsburg Kentucky the Enquirer editor and publisher defend their paper against allegations of suppression and misstatement in coverage of the American Rolling Mills case. Journalists deny coordinating with city editor L L Evans and say reports were telegraphed by Joseph Garretson and produced independently.
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American Rolling Mills Company
Dennis
Phillips
W. F. Wiley
The
Enirer
Cincinnati
Enquirer
Wiley
L. L. Evans
California
American Rolling Mills
Catlettsburg
Louisiana WPA Operations Branded Racketeering
Representative Taber of New York condemned Louisiana WPA relief as the worst racketeering he has seen. The New Yorker on the WPA study panel said the “dirty mess” would be exposed. He accused projects of benefiting private property rather than workers’ needs and violating the requirement for certifications of need from public authorities. Investigators had been sent to Louisiana earlier this year to study the relief situation.
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Washington
Taber
R.-N.y
Louisiana
New Yorker
House
WPA
Mrs. Sophia Friedlander Dies at 73 in Clarksburg
Last rites were held in Baltimore for Mrs. Sophia Friedlander 73 wife of Max Friedlander a prominent Clarksburg business figure who formerly operated Friedlanders store in Grafton and who now managed a store in Clarksburg. She died suddenly Sunday morning at her Clarksburg home from coronary thrombosis.
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Baltimore
Sophia Friedlander
Max Friedlander
Clarksburg
Friedlander
Grafton
Allies report Vosges engagement and POWs taken
In the Vosges a reconnoitering party clashed with a German unit and took prisoners including two officers. British front lines suffered first weekend casualties from mines bullets and grenades during night patrols, according to military sources.
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Allied High Command
Vosges Mountains
Oil used as continued from page one in Buenos Aires
Cumberland Exeter and Ajax arrived in Buenos Aires within two days as the British South Atlantic division’s full cruiser strength. The Achilles, from the Pacific, refueled there on December 9, four days before the battle. Wreckage still burns though.
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Cumberland
Exeter
Ajax
Buenos Aires
Achilles
Pacific
Graf Spee Afloat After Battle as Uruguayan Custody Looms
The Admiral Graf Spee remains a smoulder in the River Plate estuary as Uruguay and Argentina weigh internment options for the wrecked ship and crew. An Argentine plane and Uruguayan guard boat observe the scene while German charges of Uruguay’s blame are answered by Foreign Minister Alberto Guan, who cites Hague convention compliance. The Tacoma aided by crew rescues, and the question of internment hangs over the ship’s 10090 ton hulk in the channel.
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Tacoma
O's
Graf Spee
River Plate
Alberto Guan
Uruguay
Langsdorff
Langsborg
Argentina
Ellis Island
Barbour Teacher Enters Guilty Plea and Fine
Warren B Kennedy a Barbour county school teacher from Philippi pleaded guilty to reckless driving in police court last night. Mayor P P Gillispie fined Kennedy 25 dollars and costs after his car crashed into the vehicle of County Game Protector Joe Powell in the First ward causing severe damages.
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Warren B. Kennedy
Philippi
Barbour County
P. P. Gillispie
Kennedy
Joe Powell
Powell
Wheeler Sees Garner Bid Split In Congress
In Washington Wheeler comments on Garner’s Democratic nomination bid while most lawmakers avoid firm backing. Senator Reynolds praises Garner as a fine possible president though not committing to support. Senator Murray doubts Garner seeks more than bloc leverage and questions any viable challenge to Roosevelt.
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Reynolds
Garner Wheeler
Garner
Congress
N. C
Jack Garner
Murray
Mont
Roosevel
Canadian Doughboys Restored Sleep Cushions Equipment
Canadian Doughboys receive improved living comfort with tubs and receptacles for razor blades and abandon traditional bunks. Soldiers slept on spring beds with pillows and mattresses, enhancing daily life aboard.
First Canadian Troops Arrive in Town on Leave
Canadian troops arrive on leave, shocking village shopkeepers as they “take over” the town. Private humor turns to busy counters as locals are surprised by the shoulder insignia and badges of Major General Andrew G. L. McNaughton’s active force arriving at an undisclosed port.
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Oly Avawal
Andrew G. L. McNaughton
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Gibraltar
Whitman
Malone’s Drug & Chemical CO
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Wheeler
Daniel Green
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