British Planes Reinforce Finnish Air Force At Helsinki Front
British Blenheim bombers reach Finland to bolster defenses against the Soviet advance as Finland claims 100 Soviet tanks destroyed on the Karelian Isthmus. Reports note 50 Italian planes already in Finnish service and new equipment arriving from other nations.
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Finland
Spain
Pinland
Britain
H Inki
Karelian
Hogland
Gulf of Finland
Lake Ladoga
Tapale
Summa
Alexander Mellbloom
Viipuri
Risto Ryti
Russia
Soviet Exit Favored Over Expulsion Over Finnish Aggression Charge
Moscow sources say the Soviet Union may quit the League of Nations rather than face expulsion over Finland's aggression charges. Russia reportedly abandoned collective security, eyed broader conflict risks, and blamed neutrals amid a naval blockade plan. A new Odessa military district was set up near the Romanian frontier while Soviet claims denied misinterpreted attacks on Romania.
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Moscow
Russia
League of Nations
Finland
League
People's
Odessa
Black Sea
Turkey
Moscow Radio
Foreign Office
Rumania
Communist International
Romania
Red Army
Leningrad
Karelian Isthumus
Taipale
Vuoski
Tass
Finns Defy Russia's Baltic Sea Blockade
In Copenhagen Finland challenges the Russian blockade of its Baltic coast arguing it lacks legal significance. Stockholm reports Russian submarines near the Bothnian Gulf as Sweden, Denmark, and Norway face shipping pressures from the new naval move.
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Russia
Baltic Sea
Finland
Gulf of Bothnia
Sweden
Aland Islands
Stockholm
Bothnian Gulf
Estonia
Gulf of Riga
Baltic
Renewed Nazi Attacks Fail On Western Front
Paris reports the French high command says renewed German patrol attacks on the northern flank of the western front were repulsed. Fierce fighting occurred east of the Moselle with a German plane moving along the Rhine twice, causing no losses to French posts. The notice notes revived Rhine valley activity and a brief formal communique citing infantry and artillery activity at various points.
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Paris
Moselle
Rhine
Former Asheville secretary arrested on embezzlement charge
Mrs. Ethel Graham Barnes longtime secretary in A. G. Carver's Asheville real estate and insurance office is in Denver under arrest and will be brought to face embezzlement charges. She allegedly embezzled about 1500 to 2000 dollars over two months from her employer.
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Asheville
Ethel Graham Barnes
A. G. Carver
Denver
Colo
Laurence E. Brown
Six Die In Cascade Of Crime In Wisconsin
In Chippewa Falls a cottage blaze near Lake Wissota claimed four victims, likely slain, with a second man found dead in an Eau Claire cemetery. Donald Cameron, later found shot in a garage, had robbed a local filling station, wounded three, then died. Police linked the events as a crime spree.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Lake Wissota
Eau Claire
Donald T. Cameron
Edward Holtz
Holtz
Cameron
A. W. Wilk
Dale McFete
Minneapolis
Eau
Bloomer
Redard
Holeen
Babbitt
Fierce Sea War Claims Rise in Battle for Seas
London dispatch reports intensified sea conflict as British forces capture a German ship and claim sinking two to three Nazi submarines while ongoing shipping losses mount amid the global naval war.
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Hugh Wagnon
London
Britain
Henning Oldendorff
Weather swings as ships sink in North Sea war toll rises
Chameleon weather streaks across the United States with extreme winds and warm spells. In wartime news, the Japanese freighter Azuma Maru is feared lost after an SOS, while the Danish steamer Scotia is reported sunk with 21 dead. The 14th week of hostilities claims at least 122 lives and notes multiple ship disappearances and sinkings.
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United States
New England
Oregon
Alma
Florida
California
Midwest
Southwest
Utah
Salt Lake City
Weather Bureau
Scotia
North Sea
Harry Needham
England
Brandon
Gimle
Dinaro
Heiress Eileen Herrick Vanishes Amid Elopement Plot
New York reports a Manhattan heiress Eileen Herrick age 20 remains missing after a drive from the Long Island estate. Her suitor broker George Lowther III 30 seeks to confront parents Walter Herrick and wife in contempt of court over the planned elopement. Attorney Eli Johnson cites a nurse witness claiming restraint and unlawful detainment as the case moves toward another court appearance.
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New York
Manhattan
Romeo
Juliet
Park Avenue
Eileen Herrick
George Lowther
Eileen
Long Island
Lowther
Eli Johnson
Suffolk
L. Barron Hill
Walter P. Herrick
Johnson
Nellie O'Connor
The
Birmingham Southern quits Dixie Conference
Birmingham Southern College resigned from the Dixie Conference today and business agent W N Yielding said the school is retiring from intercollegiate competition. Yielding also offered his resignation as vice president of the conference. Finns skit troops surprise Russians in battle.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham-Southern College
WN. M. Yielding
Yielding
London
Reuters
Helsinki
Californian Sets Fire to Himself on Street Corner
Edgar O. Zetterberg of San Francisco lighted a street corner by stuffing his clothing with excelsior and cleansing fluid, then set himself afire. He died en route to a hospital after firemen extinguished the flames.
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Los Angeles
Edgar O. Zetterberg
San Francisco
Jap American Relations Taut
Lieut Gen Masaharu Homma warned that Japanese American relations would reach their most precarious point on January 26 when the trade treaty expired. He urged a conciliatory U.S. stance and negotiations for a new treaty to improve conditions for Americans in North China and hinted Japan would find other sources if export restrictions remained. He denied plans to strangle American trade and said orders were given to ease passage of American goods through the barrier.
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Tiensin
Masaharu Homma
Tientsin
United States
Homma
North
China
London
Japan
Asia
League Faces Dixon over Soviet Expulsion amid Latin American Rift
Finland presses for moral condemnation of the Soviet Union in the League Council as assembly debates whether to expel Moscow or risk losing Latin American members. Britain and France back the Finns while China and the United States weigh votes with Russia absent.
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Chas
Foltz
Geneva
League Council
Finland
Russia
Assembly
League
Rudolf Hosti
Soviet Union
Holsti
Helsinki
RED
Jakob Surits
V. K. Wellington Koo
Koo
China
Japan
Farlier
Richard A. Butler
Joseph Paul Boncour
Great Britain
France
Britain
United States
Latin America
Firemen Robbed By Six Bandits
Westford Massachusetts December 9 six masked gunmen raided the Westford Volunteer Fire Department social club. They forced twenty firemen to strip to their shorts and robbed them of two hundred dollars before fleeing. A pursuer followed a trail of empty wallets toward Boston after calling police.
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Westford
Mass
Boston
President Urges Short Congress Session to May
President Roosevelt reportedly told Senate and House leaders he wants Congress to settle routine issues and adjourn by May. He plans few proposals to avoid prolonged debate and will keep New Deal programs intact unless needed. The lecture covers foreign policy, revenue choices, reciprocal trade, and deficit reduction.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol
Finland
Publicist named to head state highway PR bureau
Raleigh December 9. A public relations bureau to be established by the State Highway and Public Works Commission will be headed by W. M. Jones of Charlotte a newspaperman and publicist.
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Raleigh
State Highway and Public Works Commission
W. M. Jones
Charlotte
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