Allies Blamed For New Fight In Baltic Crisis
German sources in Berlin blame Britain and France for Finland's troubles. They say Western moral support stiffened Helsinki against Moscow, asserting Germany offered a restrained stance to ease the Baltic crisis. Nazis argue an Anglo-French alliance with Russia would have ignored Baltic fates.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Britain
France
Finland
Russia
Germany
Baltic
England
Baltic States
Typhoon Strikes Islands in Philippines Wrecks Communications
Severe typhoon slams Mindanao and Samar provinces with early reports of casualties delayed by crippled communications. The storm first hit Surigao, then moved to Samar as Masbate Legaspi and Sorsogon warned residents on Luzon’s southeast tip.
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Philippines
Manila
Surigao
Mindano Island
Samar
Masbate
Legaspi
Sorsogon
Luzon Island
Russia Denies Bombing Towns And Civilians
Moscow reports deny Soviet air raids on Finnish towns and civilians while praising a Moscow backed Finnish government led by Otto Kuusinen. Premier Molotov rejects Roosevelt’s plea to spare civilians as Red Army advances across the Karelian Isthmus.
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Moscow
Russia
Finland
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Roosevelt
United States
Molotoff
Helsinki
Red Army
Arctic
Petsamo
Karelian
Gulf of Finland
Lake Ladoga
Leningrad
Terijoki
Democratic Republic of Finland
Otto Kuusinen
Tass
Poor Widow Found To Be $436000 Rich
Chicago reporters reveal Jeannette Lincoln, once called a poor widow living on $5 weekly, left at least $436000 in cash and securities. Investigators found $103000 cash plus $98,003 face value in stocks and bonds in one box and $279000 in another, mostly in $1000 bills.
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Chicago
Jeannette Lincoln
Liner Watussi Scuttled South of Cape Point
Reuters dispatch from Capetown reports the 9,521-ton German liner Watussi was scuttled south of Cape Point amid World War II hostilities.
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London
Reuters
Capetown
Union of South Africa
Cape Point
FDR Urges Moral Embargo on Air Hardware Exports
President Roosevelt issued a formal statement urging American manufacturers and exporters of airplanes and aeronautical equipment to heed a policy condemning unprovoked civilian air attacks. He appealed for restraint in shipments to nations involved in such incidents and praised cooperative American industry in supporting the policy.
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Washington
Dec
Roosevelt
Hull
White House
Finland
Russia
Stephen T. Early
Raleigh Man Named Assistant to Handy as SBI Director
Thomas Creekmore of Raleigh is named acting assistant director of the State Bureau of Investigation by Director Frederick C. Handy. Creekmore, a Wake County native and former General Assembly member in 1925 and 1937, has served with the SBI since last August as legal adviser and special investigator.
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Raleigh
Thomas Creekmore
State Bureau of Investigation
Frederick C. Handy
Wake County
General Assembly
Creekmore
SBI
Cleveland Reliefers Face Week On Apples And Flour Diet
About 12,000 Clevelanders will receive only apples and white flour next week as funds dwindle after removing able bodied unmar ried couples from grocery rolls. Eighteen people, claiming unemployment aid roles, ordered $9.96 of food at a cafe and tried to charge it to the city. city officials say no action will be taken.
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Cleveland
Rowley
Daladier Orders Demobilization For Fathers Of Families
Premier Daladier announced demobilization will start December 15 for fathers of four or more children and later for those with two children. Men over 40 will be pulled from front lines and replaced by younger service members. The plan follows prior orders affecting soldiers with multiple children and older ages. Reports from the Western Front noted increased patrols and several prisoners captured amid heavy fire in one sector.
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Paris
Daladier
France
Western Front
Senate
United States
Shaw Raps On Misled Finns
London dispatch reports 13 year old playwright George Bernard Shaw criticizes Finland’s stance on Soviet Russia’s invasion. He says Finland was misled by a foolish government and could have accepted Russia’s territorial adjustment offer. He questions American backing and warns of a frontier risk near Leningrad.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Soviet
Russia
Finland
The
Daily Mail Today
America
Leningrad
Youth Charged in $2 Million Jersey Fires
James L. Kaye, 21, of Paulsboro, admitted starting fires that destroyed about $2,000,000 in southern New Jersey. He faces arson and holdup charges and was held for Grand Jury after confessing to setting the Sanda ra Company plant blaze of 1934 and other fires.
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Paulsboro
N. J
Public
Sylvester Billbrough
Billbrough
James L. Kaye
New Jersey
Kaye
Frederick Simmler
Woodbury
Sandura Company
Baby Found On Porch Sparks Welfare Search
Reidsville December 2 The county welfare department opened a search for the parents of a three weeks old red haired baby left last night on the porch of William S Mason chamber of commerce secretary in this town.
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Reidsville
County Welfare Department
Williams
Mason
Chamber of Commerce
Invaders Lose Over 16 Planes During Attack
Helsinki dispatch reports heavy Finnish defense on the Karelian front with at least 16 to 18 or more Soviet planes shot down and 36 or more invading tanks destroyed. Finnish guns claimed two enemy companies wiped out and Hangoe fortress undamaged amid naval bombardment. Russia claimed advances along the frontier, while Finland vows to stand firm in defense of independence. The supreme commander says the nation is ready to fulfill its duty unto death to defend independence.
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Helsinki
Karelian
Defense Ministry
Estern
Suojarvina
Russaroe
Hangoe
Kirova Reuter
Finland
Finnish Women and Children Kill Three Red Fliers
In Olkimora Finland women and children armed with shovels axes pitch forks and shotguns reportedly killed three Soviet fliers who bailed out of a damaged plane. Villagers roused by the parachuting Russians overwhelmed them in a melee with no injuries among locals. An undamaged machine gun was later salvaged from the wreckage.
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Helsinki
Olkimora
Bombs Leave Helsinki Districts in Ruins After Invasion
The Helsinki area bears scars from Soviet air raids with two professors killed at the Institute of Technology and multiple failures of windows and walls across Hietalahti Square. Fire crews and soldiers clear debris as beds and furniture lie amid collapsed rooms and a shattered Lutheran church.
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Helsinki
Hietalahti Square
Institute of Technology
Institute
Arctic Port Reverts to Finnish Control in War Near Border
Civilian refugees report Finnish troops retook Petsamo after earlier Russian control. They describe a battle 50 miles north of Salmijarvi near the nickel mines, with over 150 Russians killed and troops entrenched near the Finnish Norwegian border. Soviet air activity and camouflage motor convoys are noted as fighting continues.
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Norway
Kirkenes
Finland
Petsamo
Salmijarvi
Arctic
Dian
Salmijn
Danish Students Attack Soviet Embassy in Copenhagen
War bulletin reports Soviet legation windows smashed in Copenhagen at night. In Stockholm, over 2,000 Swedish demonstrators chanted Long Live Finland as Soviet Russia invaded Finland marks the first Swedish display of sentiment on the war.
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Copenhagen
Finland
Stockholm
British capture two German vessels in wartime action
London December 2. The British today captured two German ships the 2185 ton steamer Ei and the 215 ton trawler Sop Busse.
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London
Ex-Red Lovestone Describes 1929 Communist Split
Jay Lovestone testified to the Dies Committee that Stalin ousted him as Communist party general secretary in 1929 over Moscow led leadership clashes. He said the party resisted a Soviet monopoly and fought for party democracy, with seven years of unity pursuit ending in 1936. He now leads the Independent Labor League of America earning $35 weekly and recalls meeting liquidation by firing squad as a party founder. He declined voluntary testimony citing distrust of committee procedures and fear of Stalinist fallout.
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Washington
Jay Lovestone
Dies Committee
Communist Party
Josef Stalin
Moscow
Stalin
IDEA
Independent Labor League of America
Communist Party of the United States
The
Communist International
J. B. Matthews
Earl Browder
Lovestone
Deputy Sheriff Walter Willis Ambushed Near Mt. Airy
Deputy sheriff Walter Willis of Patrick County Virginia was shot and killed while responding to a moonshine raid near Willis Gap about eight miles from Mt. Airy. Police state he died before hospital transport. A search for the assailant is underway.
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MT. Airy
Walter Willis
Patrick County
Virginia
Willis
Willis Gap
Less Famous Wright Brother Lorin Wright Dies in Dayton
Lorin Wright aged 77, a manufacturer and quieter brother of Orville and Wilbur Wright, died at his Dayton home. He kept from the spotlight though he watched the early flight era from a bicycle shop and helped with the first telegram about the success reach Day ton editors who delayed printing.
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Dayton
Lorin Wright
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Wrights
Indiana
Wilbur
Katherine
Reuchlin
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Lorin
Henry Ford
Milton Wright
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