Broun Dies A Chronicle of a Newspaper Career
Broun studied at Harvard and entered journalism in 1908. He held posts at the Newark Morning Telegraph, New York Tribune, New York World, Telegram, and New York Post. Survived by his mother Mrs Heywood Cox Broun his widow Connie Cooley and son Heywood Hale Broun.
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Harvard
Newark Morning Telegraph
New York Triune
A. EB. F
France
New York World
Ralph Pulitger
Braun
Telegram
the World
New York Post
Broun
Heywood Cox Broun
Connie Cooley
Heywood Hale Broun
Ruth Hale
Relief Worker Struck by Auto Dies at Fort Bragg
John Albert Marsh age 65 WPA worker died at Fort Bragg post hospital after a car strike on U S highway 24 near the post. Coroner W G Davis said Alec Brunson hotel porter was the driver. An inquest was planned later today.
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Fayetteville
John Albert Marsh
WPA
Fort Bragg Post Hospital
U. S. Highway 24
W. G. Davis
Alec Brunson
Broun A Life Rich in Sports Humor and Public Service
The text outlines Broun a man who joined the Catholic Church last summer and died with his wife at his bedside. Raised in Manhattan near Central Park he became a noted figure in society and sports circles. He attended Horace Mann School played football and sought humor in all activities. A Socialist candidate for Congress in 1930 he lost to Ruth Pratt amid a silk stocking district comment. He painted landscapes wrote books and coauthored a biography of Anthony Comstock with Margaret Leech.
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Broun
Manhattan
Central Park
Heywood Cox Broun
New York Social Register
Horace Mann
Congress
Ruth B. Pratt
Graf Spee Sinks After Valient Stand Off Montevideo
The Graf Spee, after scuttling her wounded hull, blew up off Montevideo as crews evacuated to ships bound for Buenos Aires. Authorities arrested the Tacoma master for port-closing violations while Uruguay and Argentina weigh internment versus repatriation for the crew.
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Uruguay
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Graf Spee
Tacoma
Germans Sink Ships in Norwegian Waters War Losses Reported
British sources say the 487 ton steamer Serenity and the 678 ton Pearl were sunk by bombs in a damaged ship convoy. Light vessels and warships suffered damage as Nazi planes attacked from height and machine gunned lifeboats.
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Lloyd's Shipping Register
DNB
Finnish Front Holds Against Russian Attacks On Ladoga Front
Finnish forces report repulsed attacks on the Karelian Isthmus and southeast sectors. Swedish interviews quote a Finnish commander describing two Russian forces of about 10,000 men each surrounded near Tolvajarvi and Suomussalmi, north of Lake Ladoga, as Moscow presses a push around the lake. Border violations are mentioned in the same report.
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Ladoga
Karelian
Salla
Petsamo
Tolvajarvi
Suomussalmi
Lake Ladoga
Russia
Finland
Reich Bombers Refugee Seizure in War Time Diplomacy
A Reuters report from Moscow says Vereker, once a British embassy counselor in Moscow, may be detained in Germany after being taken off an Estonian ship en route to Bolivia. Exchange Telegraph in London notes Vereker was taken to Swinemuende as negotiations for his release proceed under diplomatic privileges. The piece cites international custom allowing safe conduct for diplomats at severance of relations but not transfers after war begins, citing a German consul who was recalled while en route to a South American post to avoid capture.
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Selor
Moscow
Reuters
Vereker
Germany
Bolivia
Exchange Telegraph Company
London
Swinemuend
Genoa
Finnish Salmijarvi Front Reports Fierce Arctic Stand
Reports from Salmijarvi indicate a Russian assault on the nickel mining center faced stiff resistance as defenders fight in arctic darkness with temperatures plunging to 13 degrees below zero. Norway denies any border violation while President Kallio appeals for substantial aid from the world to meet the invasion.
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Salmijarvi
Petsamo
Finland
Kyosti Kallio
British Sub Ursula Sinks Koeln Class Cruiser at Elbe
The Ursula, a 540 ton British submarine, reportedly sank a Koeln class cruiser at the Elbe mouth after a bold attack that followed its decision not to strike the German liner Bremen on her return trip from Murmansk. Prisoners from German subs total 169 after a fourth day of releases.
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Bremen
Murmansk
Soviet Russia
War Office
Royal Oak
Scapa Flow
Admiralty
Elbe
Koeln
Koenigsberg
Karlsruhe
Admiral Scheer Rumored to Continue Graf Spee’s Work
Reports abroad say the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer, sister ship of the Admiral Graf Spee, may remain in the South Atlantic and attempt to carry on the work of the scuttled vessel though these details could not be confirmed.
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Berlin
Admiral Scheer
Graf Spee
South Atlantic
Cleveland County Farmer Shot to Death in Quarrel
Will Howell a 45 year old Cleveland County farmer was shot to death at his home near Kings Mountain early today. His son Boyd Howell age 21 was jailed after the shooting with the sheriff reporting the son’s account of the incident.
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Cleveland
Quarrel
Kings Mountain
Will Howell
Cleveland County
Here
Boyd Howell
Raymond Cline
Howell
Burley Marts See Record Barley Sales Across Five States
Burley markets last week totaled 81,505,137 pounds with a crop estimate at 30,669,000 pounds. Indiana Tennessee Virginia and North Carolina together sold 15,182,906 bushels at an average 15.55 per hundred pounds. Burley Marts averaged 16.47 per hundred pounds and brought in 10,939,514.86. The state average lagged 2.59 below last year’s 19.06.
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Indiana
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
See Scuttling As Sign Of Defeat
London dec 18 a British official said the scuttling of the Graf Spee signals the German government expects defeat in the war. If the ship had interned it would have returned to Germany after the war, but since it was scuttled on government orders the Nazis are believed not to think Germany will win.
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Langsdorff
Buenos Aires
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Uruguay
Argentina
Washington
Graft Spee
Cumberland
Ajax
Achilles
London
Great Britain
Graf
Germany
Spanish Mail Plane Crashes Off Gibraltar
A Spanish mail and passenger plane crashed at sea six miles south of Europa Point, Gibraltar. British destroyers rescued survivors and recovered several charred bodies. The Spanish consul general said the aircraft likely operated a regular Alicante to Morocco route.
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Gibraltar
Europa Point
Alicante
Morocco
Renown Sails Rio de Janeiro After Reprovisioning
The 32 000 ton British battle cruiser Renown sailed from Rio de Janeiro today after taking on fuel and other supplies. She followed the aircraft carrier Ark Royal which completed reprovisioning and sailed yesterday.
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Renown
Rio DE Janeiro
Ark Royal
Threatening Father Aimed Shotgun At Family in Household Incident
A man confronted his father as the latter threatened to kill other family members and wielded a shotgun as if to execute the threat, triggering police intervention and an investigation.
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