Graf Spee Faces Return or Internment as War Sinks Loom
In Montevideo Uruguayan authorities report the Graf Spee may be interned or sunk if it cannot sail by 5 p m Sunday The dilemma pits German commander Hans Langsdorff against Allied demands while British ships Ajax Achilles and Exeter linger outside the harbor awaiting any exit by the pocket battleship The situation unfolds as a high seas clash looms in the Atlantic theater
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Harold K. Miles
Montevideo
Geran
Graf Speetoy
Hans Langsorff
Great Britain
Germany
Arbor
Ajax
Achilles
Exeter
Graf Spee
Spee
Panama President Juan Arosemena Dies at 69
Panama City reports the death of Dr. Juan Demostenes Arosemena 69 president of Panama from a heart attack at Penonome after a period of illness. Second Vice President Ezequiel Fernandez-Jean becomes provisional president. Arosemena previously visited the Peruvian legation and planned a public works dedication before his sudden collapse. He led the republic since 1936 and will be succeeded by Augusto Boyd, now ambassador to Washington.
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Panama
Juan Demostenes Aroseena
Republic of Panama
Penonome
Doner
Ezequiel Ernandez Jean
Arosemena
Legation
Order of the Sun
Carlson Brin
Brin
Fear of Neutrality Violations Over Graf Spee Clash
Secretary Hull said the United States and other American nations fear neutrality zone problems if the German battleship Admiral Graf Spee fights Allied ships again. He noted the first engagement already forced Spee to seek refuge in Montevideo Uruguay after three British cruisers attacked.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Uruguay
Hungarian Actress Leaps To Death In New York
Laszlo a 21 year old Hungarian motion picture actress and daughter of composer Aladar Laszlo, plunges from a tenth floor apartment of von Frederick von Oppenheim Cologne into the Gladstone Hotel marnee. Passersby hear a scream as the gowned figure falls. Detectives say von Oppenheim claimed involvement with the Laszlo family and that Miss Laszlo was looking at gifts when she vanished from the room. No notes or evidence of distress found.
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New York
A Laszlo
Aladar Laszlo
von Frederick von Oppenheim
Cologne
Germany
Gladstone Hotel
2Nd Street
Miss Laszlo
Ring of the Death
Aterical
William Fox
Mes Brady
von Oppenheim
Laszlo
Cali
Fornia
Japan
China
South America
Graf Spee Captain Describes Fierce Battle Near Shore
Captain Hans Langsdorff of the Graf Spee recounts a running fight with British forces off the coast near Montevideo. He cites depleted fuel and bold seamanship as key factors in the engagement.
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Graf Spee
Montevideo
Uruguay
Hans Langsdorff
Nart Antharitine Tadav
Baby killed by stepfather in Paterson charges filed
Samuel J. Dunning and his wife Elsie were held without bail on murder charges after a week old infant died from multiple injuries. Autopsy showed two broken ribs a broken jaw a broken neck a broken arm and a fractured skull. The child died at Paterson General Hospital and the couple faced grand jury action while pleading not guilty.
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Paterson
N. J
Samuel J. Dunning
Santa Claus
Haritable
Robert
Elsie
Paterson General Hospital
Hugh Spernow
Dunning
Smith
Weather Outlook for the Week in the South Atlantic States
Scattered light rain expected midweek and again at week’s end. Otherwise fair and mild most days with a colder stretch later in the week as temperatures fall across the region.
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South Atlantic States
Two Norwegian Steamers Sunk Off Britain
Two Norwegian steamers struck mines and sank off Britain's northeast coast. Ten men were reported missing, seven injured, and 30 rescued. The vessels were the 1907-ton H. C. Flood and the 1264-ton Ragni. Captain Peder Indbu said the Ragni struck a mine in dense fog, with six crew missing.
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London
Britain
H. C
Flood
Peder Indbu
Italy to stay out of European war allies with Germany
Rome reports Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano told the Chamber of Fasces that Italy would remain out of the European war by agreement with Germany while safeguarding Italian interests. He urged readiness to contribute to world peace if possible and outlined Italy’s focus on protecting its traffic, prestige, and power as Duce Mussolini presides over a crowded chamber.
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Richard G. Maslock
Rome
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Italy
Germany
Mussolini
Ciano
Chamber of Fasces and Guilds
Il Duce
Russia
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Salzburg
Balkan
Danubian
Murphy declines Supreme Court speculation
Attorney General Frank Murphy says he should not be considered for the Supreme Court post as others are more qualified. He comments on rumors of a 1940 Democratic ticket with Roosevelt and Murphy, joking he is no astrologer and that no offers have been made.
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Washington
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Murphy
Roosevelt
Conciliation Board Branded Coercive
Former NLRB regional director James P. Miller testified before a Congressional committee that a Washington staffer called a NLRB “goon squad” member and urged him to make industry fear the board. Miller said Fred Krivonos advised Cleveland staff to back Witt’s Hoover case skepticism.
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NLRB
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Congressional Investigating Committee
James P. Miller
Cleveland
Ohio
House
Fred Krivonos
Labor Board
Krivonos
Miller
Nathan Witt
Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Manufacturing Company
Witt
Hoover Company
Finnish Towns Left In Ashes In Arctic Campaign
STOCKHOLM Sweden December 16 Finnish towns are reported ash laden as Soviet Russian forces push south in Salmijarvi mining sector. Bridges dynamited lakes blown up nickel mines at Calmajärvi wrecked as Finnish engineers blow charges. General Wallenius says the war may last a year and snow could aid defense while Soviet artillery dominates.
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Stockholn
Sweden
Vilages
Salmijarvi
Calmijarvi
Petsamo
Rovaniemi
International Nickel Company of Canada
Kurt Wallenius
Minister 92 Weds 28 Year-Old Bride in Georgetown
The Rev. Joseph P. King aged 92 and Miss Lucille Courtney aged 28, both of Wilmington New York, married in Georgetown South Carolina. The groom is pastor emeritus of the Sixth Street Advent Christian Church Wilmington. The ceremony was held in the Georgetown County judge of probate office by Sylvan N Rosen notary public.
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Georgetown
S. C
Joseph P. King
Lucille Courtney
Wilmington
N. Y
Sixth Street Advent Christian Church
Georgetown County
Sylvan N. Rosen
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Three Russian Propagandists
A federal grand jury indicted three individuals and Bookgia Corporation for failing to register with the State Department and for criminal conspiracy. Rafael Rush Norman Weinberg and Morris Liskin are named as officers of Bookgia, the American affiliate of Russian publishing houses, accused of aiding evasion of alien propagandist registration requirements.
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Washington
Federal
State Department
Rafael Rush
Norman Weinberg
Morris Liskin
Bookgia Corporation
Finns Repulse Broad Attacks In South
Helsinki reports are that Russian attacks on the Karelian Isthmus were fought off with heavy losses after a assault with 50 tanks and strong artillery. Fourteen tanks were destroyed and four surrendered. Finnish forces also repelled attacks in other sectors and claimed hundreds of enemy casualties. The Suomussalmi battle nears a conclusion.
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Helsinki
Karelian
Gulf of
Finland
Suomussalmi
Taipale
Reds Expected To Snub Appeal From Finnish Leader
Moscow reports indicate Soviet Russia will ignore Finnish Foreign Minister Vaino Tanner's broadcast appeal for a halt to hostilities and resumption of negotiations. Officials say Moscow remains committed to the Helsinki government and its military campaign, while Tass mocks the League of Nations decision as absurd. Pravda discusses rising living costs in Canada and farmer discontent with Britain's wheat buys.
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Moscow
Russia
Vaino Tanner
Foreign Office
Helsinki
League of Nations
Finland
Tass Soviet
Great Britain
France
Pravda
Communist Party
Canada
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Eirse
James Arosema
Langsdorf
Tacoma
Langsdorff
Uruguayan
Self
Rhett
Clark Gable
Atlanta
Carole Lombard
Mrs. Gable
William B. Hartsfield
Conciliation Board
Coercive
Henry G. O'Donnel
Floyd M. Rett
Grand Jury
Amtorg
Russian Commercial Corporation
Boris Nikolsky
A. Illyin
Nikolsky
Silyin
Peyton Gordon
United States District Court
Horace J. Whitman
O'Donnell
Rett
Rush
Charles W. Lost
Office of
Arms and Munition Control
Bookniga Corporation
Bookniga
Vseso Juznoje
Objedinenie
Meshchunarodnaja
Kniga
Petsam
Lake Ladoga
Reds
Tanner
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