Reds Urge Romania to Sign Mutual Pact with Soviet Union
In Moscow the Comintern urged Romania to immediately sign a mutual assistance treaty with the Soviet Union. The article compares the pact to Soviet agreements with Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania and warns of British and French influence pushing Romania toward a second imperialist war.
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Rumania
Soviet Union
International Communist Organization
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Baltic
Comintern
Russia
Ohio Governor Is Challenged In Relief Crisis Debate
A Toledo survey by 50 investigators finds many Ohioans in unbelievable poverty with cases of starving and scavenging. Cleveland and Toledo officials seek state aid as Mayor La Guardia challenges Gov Bricker over funds for relief while Bricker denies making such remarks.
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Toledo
Fiorello la Guardia
New York
Gov. Bricker
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Bricker
U S Plans New Aid for Finland Civilian Relief
President Roosevelt met with Jesse Jones and Norman Davis to discuss extending non military relief to Finland. Talks focused on feeding and clothing civilians while financing methods are reviewed, with prior aid including medicines dispatched and a potential use of Finnish debt payments for aid.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Norman Davis
The
Red Cross
Finland
Davis
Jones
Congress
Nazi Mine Laying Plane Crashes Off Norfolk Coast
A German twin engined mine laying aircraft crashed into the sea off Sheringham Norfolk with the pilot’s body washed ashore. The Air Ministry said British fighters could not reach the plane due to bad weather. Unidentified aircraft were sighted over the Thames Estuary.
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London
Air Ministry
Sheringham
Norfolk
Thames
French Folk Greet King George VI in France Visit
King George VI touring his army in France drew wild cheers from French civilians and veterans as British troops kept orderly, brushing mud from uniforms. Children waved Union Jacks while locals prepared meals. the king's luncheon included chicken pie and plum pudding.
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France
George VI
Finns Observe 22nd Birthday of Free State
Finland marked its independence anniversary amid reports of continued fighting with Russian forces. A government communique claimed 2,000 Russian troops captured and 64 tanks destroyed since the invasion began, while Finland reported eight tanks destroyed and many prisoners taken on the Karelian Isthmus.
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Lynn Heinzerling Elsinki
Baer
Finland
Fighters For Freedom
Karelian
RED
Helsinki
Russia
Risto Rytt
Esbo
Two Boys Die When Hit By Automobile
Bryson City authorities report Francis Jenkins 18 of Bryson City and Earle Wilke 28 of Needmore were killed when a car driven by Clarence Rogers Jr 20 Ela struck them on U S Highway No 19 two miles west of Bryson City. Odell Evans 36 remained injured with several broken ribs after the possum hunt walk.Arrest in jail followed for Rogers with Newman Arneed 21 and Gary Owl 21 Indians nearby as witnesses and suspects.
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Bryson City
Francis Jenkins
Earle Wilke
Needmore
Clarence Rogers, Jr
Ela
U. S. Highway No. 19
Odell Evans
Gomer Martin
Clarence Rogers
Newman Arneed
Gary Owl
Cherokee Indian School
Six Home Sick German Sailors Spark War Mystery
Government officials say the case centers on six German sailors aboard the yawl Lakata who were found near Wilmington after stockpiling nearly six months of rations. Coast guard detention and federal inquiry followed as authorities sought to avoid a spy scare while noting the men had worked on Standard Oil tankers before choosing to return home.
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Coast Guard
Lakala
Wilmington
N. C
Standard Oil
New York
Baltimore
Justice Department
Germans Honor Aged General On 90th Birthday in Berlin
Adolf Hitler personally visited Field Marshal August von Mackensen on his 90th birthday and gave congratulations at his estate. Von Mackensen, famed cavalry leader, received a white horse from Colonel General Walther von Brauchitsch.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
August von Mackensen
Hitler
von Mackensen
Germany
Walther von Brauhitsch
Kaiser
Paul von Hindenburg
Poland
Balkans
Serbia
Balkan
Yugoslavian Liner Drava Sunk Near Santo Domingo Coast
MacKay radio picked up an 8 O distress call from the Yugoslavian freighter Drava, 47 miles north of Puerto Plata on Santo Domingo's north coast. The 3,508-ton vessel, formerly the Essex Druid, left Norfolk October 20 for Peru and Ireland, 361 feet long, built in Rotterdam in 1919.
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MacKay Radio
Dray
Puerto Plata
Santo Domingo
Caribbean Sea
Norfolk
Peru
Ireland
Rotterdam
Drava Reported Abandoned After Distress off Santo Domingo
Coast guard and S S Flora logs show Yugoslavian steamer Drava in heavy water intake fifteen miles off Santo Domingo with Drava crying for help. MacKay radio relay found no reply and operators feared abandonment. Also, an enemy aircraft over the Orkney Islands triggered an air raid alarm.
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Fia
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Santo Domingo
MacKay Radio
London
Orkney Islands
Scotland
Five Nazi U Boats Sunk During Week
London reports Churchill in Parliament announcing five German U boats sunk by French and British navies this week. Allied drive against U Boats continues at two to four weeks per boat replacement pace. Over 1,000 British merchant ships armed, soon 2,000. Magnetic mines blamed for over half sea losses. Britain claims no novelty and countermeasures underway.
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London
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
Germany
Churchill
Lord
Finnish Legation To Leave Moscow
The Finnish legation staff plans to leave Moscow tomorrow night en route to Riga Berlin and Stockholm after isolation since hostilities began. The Soviet government refuses to recognize the legation since the Terijoki communist government set up on the Karelian Isthmus. The Swedish minister has failed to mediate Helsinki's position.
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Legation
Riga
Berlin
Stockholm
Terijoki
Karelian
Helsinki
English Capture German Liner Off Coast of Africa
British warships in the South Atlantic captured the German liner Ussukuma of 7,834 tons. German officers and crew were transferred to a British ship to take them to port as a war prize. The Ussukuma, owned by the German East African Line, had been chased after sailing from Hamburg to India.
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London
Reuters
Capetown
South Africa
South Atlantic
Watussi
Adolph Woeermann
Ussukuma
German East African Line
Bahia Blanca
Argentina
Cape of Good Hope
Hamburg
India
Soviet Drive 35 Miles Into Finland Amid Finland Sweden War
A Soviet force reportedly penetrated 35 miles into Northern Finland toward Kuolajarvi on December 6, the 22nd anniversary of Finnish independence. The advance aims to split Finland and threaten Sweden, with observers warning of a major strategic threat to the Nordic region. Finnish sources say resistance will be heavy once Finnish positions west of Kuolajarvi are reached, and note base rail hub at Kandalaksha near the White Sea.
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Kirkenes
Norway
Finland
Kuolajarvi
Sweden
Kandalakehe
White Sea
Kandalaskeha
Japs View U S as New Naval Threat in Orient
Tokyo reports frame the United States as a upcoming foe replacing Soviet Russia as tensions rise. Miyako editorial says the American fleet buildup aims to pressure Japan into terms for a new trade treaty. The old treaty expires January 26, heightening alarm.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
Russia
Yukichiro Suma
Foreign Office
Orient
Miyako
America
Alley Fight Sparks International Tension in Washington
In Washington on Armistice Day a clash between Nazi air attache Peter Riedel and mechanic Frank Werner escalated into a diplomatic incident. Both sides dispute who swung first while firms consult the state department and district attorney as officials await action. Werner apologizes for the mop remark.
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Peter Riedel
United States
Frank Werner
Riedel
Werner
Karl Rosenberg
State Department
Washington Police Department
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