13 Dec 1939
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1939
Page
1
Finnish dispatches said the USSR masses 1.5 million first line troops and 1,000 planes for a major assault on the Karelian Isthmus. The tempo of fighting was described as among the war’s severest with a Finnish counter on the Mannerheim line.
More than 700 Russians including women and children were missing and believed drowned or frozen after the Indigirka wrecked in a blizzard off Hokkaido. The Karafuto Maru rescued 395 survivors. about 1,100 were aboard the Indigirka when waves and a radio room smash halted SOS signals.
A 13 nation League of Nations committee adopts a resolution condemning Russia as aggressor in the Baltic war. The measure calls for Russia’s ouster from the league and invites aid to Finland. The report may be acted on by the assembly tonight and suggests nonmember help from the United States if desired by the council.
Tokyo reports Japanese foreign office spokesman Yaku iro Suma confirms plans to start talks with Soviet Russia toward a trade treaty and notes hope for a new pact with the United States. He says the current US treaty expired and a non treaty path would be harmful economically and psychologically. He warns of broader impact on US Japan relations and trade with China.
Moscow reports convert of churches in Leningrad to military hospitals as Red Army casualties from the Finnish fronts overwhelm regular facilities. Tass notes Russia rejects League mediation while papers claim Finns welcome Soviet liberators in army occupied zones. Red Star cites global worker support for Soviet leadership. Reports move on to Finnish village and railroad station occupations near Salla and Lake Ladoga.
The Bremen, a 51,731 ton liner valued at 20 million dollars, arrived in a home port under British submarine proximity. Commodore Adolf Ahrens twice outwitted enemy forces as planes protected the ship from attack in the North Sea. The voyage began with a New York to Murmansk run in the war’s early days.
Photographer Charle W. Barrell reports in Scientific American that X ray and infrared studies suggest three famous Shakespeare portraits actually depict the Earl of Oxford. He cites altered features and hidden family insignia to argue the Oxford theory and to conceal noble links to the theatre.
British air units conducted preventive patrols over four North Sea bases to disrupt German mine laying aircraft. The Air Ministry said patrols over Sylt Borkum Norderney and Helgoland faced anti aircraft fire but were completed successfully. The spokesman hinted at broader use of the system.
Paris reports heavy German patrols driven back while attempting to seize three French outposts east of the Warndt Forest on the western front. Six sectors saw fighting in 24 hours as isolated French posts held off larger German units until French artillery forced a withdrawal with many German dead.
AFL union leader says about 80,000 coal miners have been denied rights to join their chosen union and forced to join CIO UMWA as a condition of employment. He testifies to a House committee on Wagner Act limits and NLRB authority. The hearing notes mixed board positions on bargaining units as Progressives stage the session.
British authorities rejected rumors that the cruiser Achilles was sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. They conducted a full check of sources and found no confirmation. The report originated in enemy quarters and had circulated previously.
Rome reports the Russian ambassador Nicolai Gorekhin left Rome for Moscow without credentials after only 15 days in Italy. Soviet attaches deny reasons or timing. Fascist demonstrations flare as Finland war continues and Italy reportedly ships 30 planes to Finland. Italian volunteers seek to fight for Finland amid tense Russo Italian ties.
London dispatch reports a Danish sailor, thought to be the sole survivor from a 26 crew, of a Danish vessel sunk by a submarine, was rescued today by an Aberdeen trawler.
Seventy two German sailors live at a Baltimore hotel under Standard Oil subsidy with meals and 50 cents daily. Some later returned to Germany while others remain aboard the ships M S Penelope and M S Heinrich von Riedemann. Postcards report the first batch safe return. no word on the second group.
At a civil Aeronautics hearing in Washington Pennsylvania Central Airlines seeks authority to run an Norfolk Virginia to Knoxville Tennessee route with stops in North Carolina. Elizabeth City editor Herbert Peele calls it a century old dream and notes Wright brothers flight near Elizabeth City. Greensboro and Norfolk business leaders testify benefits from air mail and passenger service while other carriers, including Delta and Eastern, seek participation.
American ambassador to Belgium Joseph E. Davies warned reporters that nothing short of a miracle can prevent the European war from being long and bitter. He would not specify how many years the term long might signify and noted Belgium remains neutral.
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