Finland in War Spotlight Touches Geneva and League Debates
Amid reports from the Finnish front, the League of Nations convicts Russia for aggression and grants Finland material aid. Paris and Rome note international reactions. Roosevelt approves a 10 million dollar U S credit for Finnish civilian needs as Britain France and Denmark mobilize aid.
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Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations
Russia
Finland
Land
Rudolf Holsti
Engrge
League
U.S.S.R
Moscow
Helsinki
Argentina
United States
U. S
Roosevelt
Red Cross
Hoover
Britain
France
Copenhagen
Reddrang Nach Westen
Rome
Admiral Graf Spee engages in first major naval clash of new war
In the east Atlantic off Uruguay the Nazi pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee pressed by British cruiser Ajax with Achilles and Exeter, fought a running gun duel to near nightfall, Exeter disabled, Spee driven into Montevideo harbor with heavy losses among her crew. British and Allied actions across fronts also shift with naval and land battles, defenses, and strategic moves as the war widens.
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South America
Count Maximilian von Spee
Graf Spee
Ajax
Uruguay
Britain
France
New York
Germany
Bremen
England
Murmansk
Russia
Quotations From Global Leaders Stamp News Roundup
The page surveys remarks from Manuel Quezon Frederick P Keppel Winthrop Rockefeller Alexander Kerensky and Father Divine. Quezon favors a government run by Filipinos over American rule Keppel criticizes rising acne degrees Rockefeller discusses foreign affairs expertise Kerensky protests Russian Bolshevik conflation Father Divine envisions a united Americas nation state.
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Manuel Quezon
Frederick P. Keppel
Presior
Carnegie Corp
United States
Winthrop Rockefeller
Near East
Alexander Reek
Remier
Russia
America
United States of America
Central and
South America
Americas
College News Sheds Light on Student Life in 1910s
Smith College girls wear tiny sleigh bells during Christmas causing professors to joke. Dartmouth freshmen whip themselves nine times daily now, up from five in 1908, credited to better health from exercise and diet. Wilson Heller, college statistician, notes students frown on jitterbugs and any U S war beyond defense.
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Smith College
Dartmouth
Wilson Heller
U. S
Medical Bits and Political Echoes Across The Week
Medical notes describe a joint healing method using oxygen and a new oral bismuth compound for syphilis. A parade of personal tales follows, from Claude Bradley’s optimistic cancer farewell to Douglas Fairbanks Sr.’s death. Ambassadors Roosevelt Taft and Dewey mix with war memory and a jail term for soap theft.
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E. Bennette Henson
Charleston
W. Va
Southern Medical Association
American Medical Association
Stanford University
Claude Bradley
New York
Dracula
U. S
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
Joseph E. Davies
Brussels
Roosevelt
America
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
Taft
Lawrence Di benedetto elected AAU president
At Home Sports Dept. reports Lawrence Benny Di benedetto of New Orleans elected president of the Amateur Athletic Union of the U S The piece also notes national sports awards and relief actions in Ohio and Washington including WPA projects and relief worker rights.
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Lawrence
Benny) Dibenedetto
New Orleans
Amateur Athletic Union of
U. S
Green
Alice Marble
Texas Aggies
New York Yankees
Ohio
Cleveland
Toledo
Washington
Roosevelt
Economic snapshot hints at 1940 demand and policy debates
Trade and industry show strength with 110 percent of 1929-30 activity, private construction ahead, auto output strong, and war orders steady in planes and tools. FTC criticizes auto financing. Turbulent policy looms as tariff authority and roundtable with Congress spark debate over renewal and industry.
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Britain
France
Controversy Over Wagner Act NLRB Probe in Washington
Congressional hearing examines the National Labor Relations Board and its broad powers under the Wagner Act. Witnesses include Dr William Leiserson and AFL leaders alleging bias in bargaining unit decisions and claims of misused procedures and intimidation by employers.
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National Labor Relations Act
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Congress
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
NLRB
AFL
CIO
William M. Leiserson
Wisconsin
National Mediation Board
Leiserson
Labor Board
Italian Senate Session and Winter Season Mark December
Italian Senate convenes on Tuesday December 19 as winter trends begin. The era marks the 319th anniversary of the Pilgrim landing at Plymouth Rock and Havana hosts the opening of the horse racing season with last shopping days before Christmas.
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America
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
Doug
Plymouth
Havana
Cuba
Notable 1940s Headlines Span World and Politics
Henry Cotton the British golfer and wealthy Mrs Maria Moss of Argentina loom in a list of notable people. The Supreme Court limits wire tapping evidence in federal trials. Gone With The Wind debuts with a grand Atlanta premiere. David L Lawrence and Maury Maverick face criminal and political accusations and resignations. Bishop O Hara plans Notre Dame exit for Army chaplaincy. Died: Ernest Schelling and other prominent figures. Madeleine Carroll and Captain Astley divorce. Cotton marketing controls approved by farmers in 19 states. Archbishops and business leaders named to various posts. Drowned Russians and multiple German rail crash deaths reported. European casualties mount as Plane and rail disasters strike. Elected leaders named for League of Nations, Swiss presidency, and U S manufacturing groups.
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Henry Cotton
Maria Isabel Moss
Argentina
Supreme Court
Atlanta
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Tex
John F. O’hara
Notre Dame University
U. S. Army
Ernest Schelling
John S. Hammond
Charles H. Totty
Wilhelm Grosz
Paul J. Bonwit
Charles R. Walgreen
Carl Mapes
Michigan
Madeleine Carroll
Philip Astley
Albert Fletcher
Pope Pius
Little Rock
Ark
Japan
Karl J. Hambro
Norway
League of Nations Assembly
Marcel Pilet- Golaz
Switzerland
H. W. Prentis, Jr
Armstrong Cork Co
Lancaster
National Association of Manufacturers
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Nice
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the Cops
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FTC
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