National Hospital Plan Would Build 100–Bed Local Hospitals
President Roosevelt proposed a national health approach to fund 100-bed hospitals in poorer states and towns. The federal government would cover total costs if communities could maintain operations, with expert review and title retention by the government. The plan aims as a first step toward broader health reform.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wagner
D.-N
Harrison
D.-Miss
German Train Wreck Fatal in Genthin Collision
In Genthin a Berlin Neukirchen express collided with a Berlin Cologne train during a 1 a.m. halt killing 70 and wounding about 100. The crash derailed the locomotive and cars, marking the eighth in a series of six disasters since the war began, raising overall casualties to 193 dead and over 158 injured. Genthin lies about 50 miles south of Berlin on the Mecklenburg line.
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Berlin
Genthin
Berlin-Neukirchen
Saar
Mecdeburgg
Mystery Surrounds Demise Of Marie Farley
Mystery surrounds the death of 27 year old Marie Farley found dead at Collie M McIntyre’s home 115 East Wilford street after a bedroom fire. Fire damaged a mattress and water was used to extinguish it while authorities said she likely suffocated while trying to escape to a cot. Mrs M E Moore alerted officials after seeing the victim, coroner Dr Paul P Warden ordered the body removed to Bartlett Funeral Home as police continued the probe.
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Marie Pur
Collie M McIntyre
Wilford Street
Farley
M. E. Moore
St. John Street
McIntyre
Wiford Street
R ‘Nce
Bartlett Funeral
McGraw Avenue
Few Finns on Battle Lines
Finland faces about 190000 combat troops against Russia based on a rule of thumb from neutral estimates. The Finns, with 400000 men in uniform, also have many behind the lines. Russian forces are much larger, with estimates ranging toward 18 million soldiers and reserves, while Germany and France are noted elsewhere.
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Washington
Finland
Soviet Russia
Germany
France
American Freighter Wind Rush Afire Near Caribbean
Reuters reports the 5,586 ton freighter Wind Rush burn in the Caribbean en route to Cristobal Canal Zone. The 410 foot vessel left New York December 9 for Los Angeles and San Francisco, called at Philadelphia December 11, then sailed again on December 15.
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London
Reuters News Agency
Caribbean Sea
Cristobal
Canal Zone
New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Philadelphia
German Raiding Airplanes Driven Off Firth of Forth
German air raiders appeared over the Firth of Forth in Scotland and were driven off by British fighters after a battle. One German plane disappeared in a dive. The Firth of Forth hosts Edinburgh and the Rosyth naval base, target of raiders in the war.
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Firth of Forth
London
Air Ministry
Scotland
Edinburgh
Rosyth
Large Gift Is Made To Finnish Relief Fund
Largest single contribution from Taylor county for the Finnish Relief Fund Inc is dispatched through the county Red Cross chapter. Dick W. Lawson, filling station proprietor on the Webster road, contributed a check for 25 to the fund.
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Taylor County
Finnish Relief Fund, Inc
Toay
Dick W. Lawson
Webster Road
Liberal move stirs Washington on a united liberal front
Washington observers note White House and cabinet talks aim to form a united liberal front for the 1940 campaign. Congress shows tepid reaction, referencing past failures of third party and allied efforts and forecasting limited support for current sponsors.
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Washington
White House
Cabinet
Congress
Progress Reported In Sino American Talks
Tokyo dispatch says a fourth conversation between US Ambassador Grew and Japanese Foreign Minister Nomura yielded an authoritative report on progress in discussing American Japanese issues. The talks focused on the plan to reopen Yangtze trade to foreign commerce up to Nanking with further discussions planned and no date set.
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Tokyo
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Kichsaburo Nomura
Yangtze River
Nanking
Foreign Office
Nomura
Tag Day For Grafton High Band Members
Members of the Grafton High School band will be on the street all day Saturday December 3 to raise funds. Supporters are urged to back the band through this tag day event and civic participation.
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Grafton High School
Paris Span Collapse Kills Two on Notre Dame Bridge
Two dead and at least three injured as a heavy barge strikes the central arch of the St. Louis bridge near Notre Dame, causing a gas main explosion and the bridge to plunge into the Seine. Police say the 1627 bridge was destroyed, with fires lighting the river banks as crowds watched.
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Paris
St. Louis
Cathedral of Notre Dame
Seine River
Tre de la Cite
Jealous Relative Blamed in Slaying of Couple
PORTSMOUTH Dec 22 four rifle shots killed James Ruby 38 and his wife Lillian Ruby 31 as they unloaded gifts from a Christmas shopping trip. Sheriff Brandle said a jealous relative killed the couple then shot himself. Their sons Ronald 10 and Gary 3 were left in the car. Cecil Ruby 21, James' nephew, was found nearby wounded in the chin and forehead and later taken to a hospital under guard.
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Portsmouth
Earl Bran
James Ruby
Lillian
Ronald
Gary
James
Cecil Ruby
Brandle
Cleanup of Numbers Leads to Further Arrests in Charleston
Charleston December reports detail the last seven of 31 detainees in a citywide numbers lottery crackdown. Justice H G Thayer scheduled hearings for these seven, with earlier hearings postponed for a week for ten others. Deputies call fourteen detainees bankers and players in the scheme.
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Charleston
H. G. Thayer
Montgomery
Thayer
Robert Slack
White Christmas Hopes Fade in Grafton Weather Report
A bright sun and warmer temperatures dim chances of a white Christmas in Grafton after a night of deep cold. Snow on streets and highways began to melt as City crews, under orders of Mayor P. F. Gillispie, worked to clear sidewalks and hills.
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Grafton
Sod Sol
P. F. Gillispie
Bricker Blames New Deal Tone On Ohio Soup Kitchen Idea
Governor Bricker charged that New Deal policies drive the proposed relief soup kitchens in Ohio and said any soup kitchen move in Cleveland or elsewhere would be for political effect. He cited WPA manipulation of relief crises and avoided direct clash with federal administrator Harrington.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
New Deal
Ohio
WJA
Cleveland
Bricker
John Owens
CIO
Presia Welt
Owens
Washington
Toledo
F.G. Harrington
Federal Works
Harrington
Arthur James
Penns
Firemen Quell Severe Blaze in Midland Business Block
In Midland Pennsylvania on December 22, more than 50 firefighters battled cold and wind to control a fiery conflagration that destroyed the Cut-Rate Drug Store and Star Furniture buildings. Fire Chief Edward J. Barrett said there were no casualties and estimated damages at $100,000. cause was not immediately determined.
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Midland
Star Furniture Company
Edward J. Barrett
Mickey Rooney Tops 1939 Film Personalities Poll
Hollywood reports Mickey Rooney is rated the best motion picture personality of 1939 by the Motion Picture Herald annual poll. The popular star of the Judge Hardy series and Babes In Arms leads by a wide margin as Shirley Temple drops from first to fifth after four years in top spot.
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Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Motion Picture Herald
Shirley Temple
FBI Undertakes Inquiry of Florida Resort Conditions
Miami Beach authorities join a federal probe into crime and civic corruption, led by Edgar Hoover. Agents conduct a bird-dog survey similar to prior cleanups in Hot Springs Arkansas and Kansas City, aiming to reveal dishonest practices while assuring honest residents nothing to fear. Mayor E G Sewell supports the investigation as a deterrent to wrongdoing.
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Miami Beach
Fila
Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hot Springs
Ark
Kansas City
Louisiana
E G. Sewell
Miami
Roosevelt Forecasts Huge 1940 Federal Deficit Plan
President Roosevelt reportedly reconciled to a 3.03 billion dollar deficit in the next federal budget despite aims to limit it to 2 billion. He is expected to request about 9.25 billion in expenditures for the year starting July 1 1940, with revenues around 6.3 billion. War costs are boosting outlays as Congress debates potential new taxes.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Belgian protest over alleged Nazi violations of Belgian air space
Brussels reports Belgium lodged a fresh protest with Germany accusing Nazi planes of violating Belgian territory as Belgian defense ministry said raids on Belgian aircraft ended with forced withdrawals. A prior protest was filed November 29 as Dutch forces repelled unidentified foreign aircraft over Utrecht and near Essen.
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Brussels
Germany
National Defense Ministry
Belgium
Netherlands
Utrecht
Velluwe
Essen
Epidemic Traced To Cattle Encephalomyelitis In Iowa
SPENCER Dec 22 The state and federal veterinarians opened an investigation to see if the encephalitis that killed three children came from cattle dying of encephalomyelitis. Blood samples and other specimens were collected as officials weigh equine type versus bovine form and note no human infection from cattle type. Health officials report the outbreak across Calhoun county is fading with no new cases.
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J. M. de Pue
Spencer
Charleston
A. E. McClue
Calhoun County
Man Confesses to Slaying Friend on Wedding Anniversary
Carl H. Erickson, 25, allegedly told Chicago police he killed his friend Herbert Wolff, 20, on Wolff’s first wedding anniversary, claiming Wolff was an ingrate. Erickson said he had supported the couple for a year before Wolff took his garage job.
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Carl H. Erickson
Chicago
Herbert Wolff
Erickson
Wolff
Navy weighs 65,000-ton battle ships in push
Washington December 22 A congressional sub committee studies the advisability of arming the Navy with 65 000- ton battleships far larger than any afloat or planned abroad The House naval appropriations sub committee asked the Navy department to prepare cost estimates for ships nearly double the fleet size This report coincides with cost data being sought and references Rep Maas of Connecticut.
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Washington
Navy
House
Naval Appropriations
Navy Department
Maas
Western New York Digs Out After Severe Snowstorm
Western New York residents dug out as a storm-moving low pressure area crept toward the eastern seaboard. Traffic crawled on icy, drifted roads and a blizzard in Genesee County virtually halted main east-west routes. Jamestown and Rochester saw three to four inches of snow on icy streets as snow spread across the state.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Upstate
New York
Seaboard
Genesee County
Jamestown
Rochester
Postoffice To Deliver Packages On Christmas
Grafton postoffice workers will deliver within city limits on Christmas day. The usual holiday mail schedule remains in effect. Postmaster James T. Murphy notes postoffice windows open until 6 p m Saturday with an afternoon delivery and a Christmas night mail collection in the business section only. He urges prompt deposit of mail at the postoffice.
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Grafton Postoffice
James T. Murphy
Murphy
Postoffice
Retreating Russians Reach Arctic Salmijarvi Border Point
Reports from Norwegian border posts describe a Russian retreat in Arctic Finland nearing catastrophe. Observers say forces near Salmijarvi have reportedly passed the point and are moving east toward the Kola region. No southbound supply trucks seen, locals fear thousands may have perished in the extreme cold.
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Copenhagen
Finland
Salmijarvi
Kola
Russia
Petsamo
Sweden
Soviet Planes Drop Pamphlets Over Helsinki in Snowstorm
In Helsinki three Soviet planes flew through a driving snowstorm dropping pamphlets rather than bombs. Air raid warnings and all clear signals were issued as the planes circled for about ten minutes. Finnish reports from Lapland and Petsamo note continued Soviet activity and a Russian retreat while fighting remains heavy on the Karelian Isthmus.
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Helsinki
Lapland
Petsamo Secion
Karelian
Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs F B Marsh to tonight’s show
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs F B Marsh of 9 Leonard Street to attend tonight’s presentation of Jack Trent in Stunt Pilot, the current attraction at the Opera House theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
J. W. Thompson
Graham Street
Pampas
William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
Dixie Theatre
Lew _ Ayres
Strand Theatre
F. B. Marsh
Leonard Street
Jack Trent
Opera House Theatre
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