Scandinavian conference eyed for Finnish Russian war end
Copenhagen reports Norway calls a conference of Norway Sweden and Denmark to seek peaceful settlement of the Finnish Russian war and to assess regional dangers. Danish PM Stauning says Denmark will stay neutral as Swedish mine-laying and Finnish fortifications raise alarm.
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Copenhagen
Norway
Halsdin Kobt
Sweden
Denmark
Oslo
Sunfort
Finland
Payne
Thovald Stauning
Yacht With Nazi Crew Held By Coast Guard
The 46 foot yacht Lekola, crewed by a German group, was detained by U S Coast Guard near Topsail Sound. Patrolman 1. J. Tuten of Moreread City said the vessel aroused suspicion and was held pending orders from Norfolk coast guard headquarters.
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Coast Guard
Wilmington
Cosal Guard
Inday
Tuten
Moreread
Norfolk, Va
British steamer sinks off Nova Scotia in fog collision
Canadian press reports a British merchantman was sunk in a collision during thick fog off the Nova Scotia coast. No lives were lost. Naval authorities withheld further details and the ship's name pending a fuller investigation.
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Nova Scotia
Texas steer named Lucky Boy 2nd wins big show
Chicago December 1 Texas breeder Mayfield Rothmann's brown Hereford Lucky Boy 2nd crowned grand champion at the 40th International Livestock Exposition. Steer weighed 1240 pounds, bought for 445, with auction to raise over 24000. Last year’s champion was a Aberdeen Angus. Other winners included Texas entry Texas State Mair and placers in hog and poultry divisions. Secretary Wallace presided over the exposition.
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Chicago
Fortune
Texas
Mayfield Rothmann
Lucky Boy
Ames
Rothmann
Mason
Ite
Hip
Kothmann
Aberdeen
Trese Brown
Aleda
Jack Baker
Riult Dale
Orin
Etna I Plone
Henry A Wallace
President Would Apply Sum to Aid People Of Nation
President Roosevelt said he sought a method to use Finnish war debt payments for the benefit of Finland as Russia attacked the nation. He attacked critics from foreign poll objection and some politically minded individuals at home and in the Senate.
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Finland
Washington
Roosevelt
Little Battle
Russia
Repiditan National Committee
Senate
Huala
Red Cross appeals for donations to aid Finland
The Red Cross announced public contributions are being received for Finland relief. An initial $25,000 appropriation includes $10,000 used to buy medicines in London and airlift them to Finland. chairman Norman H. Davis warned the war’s toll may grow to appalling proportions.
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Washington
The
Red Cross
Finland
London
Crpe
Kata
Norman H. Davis
Italians Seek To Join Finnish Army To Battle Russians
Italian students in Rome voiced support for Finland as police blocked a 4,000 strong march to the Soviet embassy. Volunteers were urged to seek passage to Finland, though passport issues hinder Italian plans as authorities kept watch around the Finnish embassy. Demonstrations also rang at the US consulate and Russian embassy, with the scene echoing broader sympathy for the battlefront nations.
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Rome
Toc
Steven
Eero Jarnetelt
Anpiicante
Finland
Tusnag
Pinland
Uitte
United States
Aireeta
Maly
von Gorelhin
Vittorio Emagguele
Anaconda Epidemic Pleas Public Health Aid
Governor Ayers asked the Public Health Service to dispatch Montanas epidemiologist Dr Kilbourne and to have Dr Parker from Hamilton come to Anaconda to aid in stopping a growing caphalitia epidemic. The 33 000 population city has 36 cases and two deaths, with ongoing coordination between state and federal officials.
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Anaconda
Gev
Roy H. Ayers
Anacandh
Tha
W. F. Cogewall
Thomas Parran
Mizgeon
Ayer
Ald
Montane
Parker
Acme
Hamilton
Nrowih
Caphatttia
Britain Condemns Invasion of Finland in Red Aggression
The report recalls Britain denouncing the Soviet invasion of Finland as the murder trial in East Helena progresses. Testimony includes a blood stained letter and statements by Arthur Kooken and Mrs Frank Pintar as prosecutors seek motive, with County Attorney Harold Anderson leading the day’s proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Benger
Sertea
Nolen
Frank Pintar
Ltaly
Tal
Songer
Pintar
East Helena
Bent
Harold Anderson
Arthur Kooken
Minnesota
Mace
Kopken
Besston
Fay
Citizenship action opens in California
San Francisco December 5 The United States Government seeks to revoke the citizenship of Willan Schneiderman secretary of the California communist party in the nation’s leading case of its kind He is accused of concealing his communist affiliation when naturalized in 1927 before U S District Judge Michael J Roche The witness list includes officials from the government and Schneiderman’s background traces to Australia
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San Francisco
United States
Willan Schneiderman
California Communist Party
Nera
U. S. Wintrict
Michael J. Roche
Schneiderman
Aussia
Quick Peace With Germany Spurned By Halifax
London reports that Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax condemned the German invasion as an unforgivable act of aggression and rejected any quick peace with Germany. He warned that attempts at peace would be short sighted and insisted Britain would stand firm against further German aggression, despite calls to end western unity.
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London
Great Britain
Pinhead
Geremany
Lord Falifas
House of Jords
Wilr
Adolf Iter
Foland
Halifax
Woraapers
Moat Micke Tertya Vallfax
New Temperature Record In Dreamhor Exceeds Previous High
The mercury rose to 544 degrees, four degrees above the prior alltime high for Dreamhor, per Helena weather bureau records. The old mark, 3.9, dated December 1000, and the coldest December 6 was 22 degrees below zero. Forlena’s monthly precipitation stands at 15 of an inch. The BAM weather noted dusty streets from yesterday and considered reintroducing sprinkling to curb dust.
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Dreamhor Matinee Weather Bureau
Recorta
Helena
Forlena
Prvel
BAM
Yeatarday
Red
F. J. Berenson
Wheat Sells for $1 in Pit For First Time in Nearly Two Years
Wheat futures rose on the Chicago Board of Trade with No. 2 Hard Red Winter wheat trading at $1 a bushel in the spot market and December wheat at 96 cents. July contracts jumped, while expectations soured on the 1940 crop as crop reports from the United States and Argentina indicated poor conditions. Prices for corn oats and rye advanced with lard also rising on strength from grain markets.
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Reeder
Finland
Aaland
Battic
Red Hert
Riesta
Tetaude
Vatthent
Stockholm
Chicago
Dec
Board of Trade
Wittepipe
Buenoe
Alates
Argentina
Armantiva
Gralu
Carroll Classes Suspended For Three Day Spiritual Retreat
Carroll college suspends classes as annual three day spiritual retreat begins this evening at TAO in St. Charles chapel. Rev Edwant Gilmore, alumnus and pastor of Sacred Heart Ronan, leads as retreat master guiding Catholic and non Catholic students through reflection, meditation, and study through Sunday December 10.
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Carroll Collega
TAO
St. Charles
Edwant Gilmore
Sacred Heart
Ronan
Kuitinnes
Niward Gilmore
Hutte
Finnish Army Claims Mass Prisoner Captures and Tank Losses
Helsinki reports many Russian prisoners taken and eight enemy tanks destroyed in Karelia as Finnish air forces bomb bases beyond the Arctic circle. Russians reportedly captured Kuolajaevi near the border while Red Army masses troops in northern Finland.
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Helsinki
Dev
Karelian
Kuolajaevi
Paldiok
Ruveim
Betopla
Holotski
Gulf of Finland
Aiace
Karolino
Holstoky
Potsamo
Arctic Circle
Soviet Army Repulsed on North Front in Arctic Action
News from Rerkenes Norway near the Finnish frontier reports stubborn fighting as Soviet forces were repulsed on the Arctic front. A Russian bombing raid hit the Salmijarvi area near the International Nickel Company of Canada property but caused only small fires. Three planes bombed Salmijarvi as anti aircraft fire brought down one bomber, with two others escaping north. A 500 foot smokestack at the nickel smelter remained intact and no buildings were destroyed. Russian troops near Salmijarvi reportedly surrounded and captured, possibly part of parachute infantry dropped in the region.
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Rerkenes
Norway
Arctic
Salmijarvi
Salmiparvi
International Nickel Company of Canada
Republicans Find Western Stockmen Greatly Aroused
Republican investigators test the mountain West today with a single finding: stockmen are aroused by reciprocal trade agreements and fear increased federal control of lands where grazing occurs. Ranchers and farmers voiced opposition before committees drafting a party agricultural program for the 1940 platform, demanding no renewal of the reciprocal trade treaty law after June 1940, curtailment of agency powers over grazing, protective tariffs on imported meats, and private or agency transfer of submarginal lands.
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Denver, Mee
Republican Party
Mountain West
Agricultural
Alvestock Rataera
Congress
Juma
Sublic
G 0 P Campaign in Minnesota Opens by Frank E Gannett
Minneapolis, Jan. 1. Republicans launching 1940 bid against the New Deal opened their Minnesota efforts with Frank E B Gannett publisher Rochestner New York warning Roosevelt administration threatens nation with dictatorship. Tomorrow Thomas E Dewey district attorney New York will campaign in the Midwest with a meeting of Northwest Republican leaders to eye next November elections. Dewey meeting backers say he seeks information on regional problems rather than agricultural policy.
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Minneapolis
Nee
White House
Areiliory
Frank EB. Gannett
Rochwater
Nawspaper
Roosevelt
Thomas K. Dewey
New York City
Aetrict
Wil M
Dewey
Midwest
Sgri- Cultural
Arca
Missoula Girl Wins 4-H Canning Scholarship
Missoula area girl wins a 4-H canning scholarship at the National 4-H Club congress. Winners include Ciera Nelt Lavender Jr of Jefferson Georgia who canned 4 376 pints in six years. Anne Stiefeler of Missouri Montana canned 10 900 pints in eight years and stored 45 pounds of produce. scholarship valued at about 1 608 dollars.
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Chicago
Dac
Briakfaat
Nira
Ruth A. Kerr
Giana
Ciera Nelt Lavender, Jr
Jefferson
Anne Sti¢eler
Missouri
Mont
Grigg
Ner Gerden
Hoover to head Finland relief fund drive
Former president Herbert Hoover in Palo Alto announces creation of a relief organization to solicit American contributions for homeless Finns. He previously helped organize a similar drive for Poland.
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Hoover
Finland
Palo Alto
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Poland
End of Russo Finnish War Hopes Reported
Administration hopes for an end to the Russo Finnish War with diplomatic moves under consideration. Reports say efforts to end hostilities have been publicized and European attempts may influence broader peace. The United States is not a participant beyond limited actions, with President involved in undisclosed talks.
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R Ation
Europe
United States
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Newspapn
Finn
A. Tanner
A. K. Cajander
Tanner
Joseph Stalin
Mostow
Ehipe Sre
Britain
Reds
California
Germany
Carroll
Iva Weatoris
Glinkman Diltford
Hope of Apne
Shres
G.0.p
Frank E. Gannett
Missoula
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