US Considers Columbus Sinking as Potential War Act
Washington officials study whether the scuttling of the German liner Columbus inside the neutrality zone constitutes an act of war. Initial reports said British forces engaged the ship near the line but later calculations placed the sinking about 250 miles inside the zone, prompting review of neutral zone limits and related incidents including Graf Spee.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Columbus
America
Stephen Early
White House
Tuscaoola
Washington
Panama
Graf Spee
Uruguay
Trayer
Nations favor air and gun aid to Finland from Paris
Paris reports Britain and France prefer sending planes and artillery rather than a full expeditionary force to aid Finland against the Soviet Union. Geography favors air routes, while Norway and Sweden neutrality blocks sea and overland supply lines. Finnish leaders urge rapid anti aircraft and field guns to sustain resistance. League secretary general Avenol arranges a conference.
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Paris
Greatritain
France
Finland
Soviet Union
Germany
Finlanl
Norway
Sweden
League of Nations
Ofussia
Jague
Joseph A. C. Avenol
Usy
Three Nations Offer Aid to Eject Graf Spee
Montevideo reports that the United States Argentina and Brazil offered armed aid to Uruguay to eject the German pocket battleship Graf Spee. Diplomatic sources say Washington led a firm regional stance in a meeting here as Uruguay ordered Graf Spee to depart.
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Montevideo
Argentina
Brazil
Uruguay
Grafpee
Urusuay
United States
Washington
Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Panama
Maine
Survivors of British Trawler Trinidad Reach Oslo
Survivors of the 606 ton British trawler Trinidad reached Oslo after a Danish fishing boat found them clinging to wreckage. The vessel was reported blown to pieces by a German plane just outside Norwegian waters. One crew member drowned and another died of exhaustion during rescue.
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Oslo
Norway
Egersund
Nazis Have Lost 50 Subs In War
Paris reports official French estimates placing more than fifty German submarines sunk since the war began on September 3. The Siroco is credited with another sub and naval experts claim submarines are being destroyed at about four per week. Front line troops repelled four German raids near the Moselle and Vosges, with one strong assault halted by heavy artillery.
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Paris
Germany
France
Siroco
Moselle
Vosges Mountains
Disillusioned man warns of death plans over unemployment
A jobless young man in Pittsburgh announced he would end his life at midnight Christmas Eve to shock the public into addressing unemployment. He sent a letter to the Sun Telegraph signed by a disappointed American. Clergymen urged him to seek help and find work.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
Bernard C. Clausen
America
J. L. Quinn
Hitler to Spend Christmas at Berchtesgaden Home
Adolf Hitler departed Berlin today likely to spend the Christmas holidays at his Berchtesgaden residence near Munich. He typically marks Christmas Eve with over 1,000 old guard party fighters in the Beer Cellar at Munich.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Munich
Hitler
Second Crash Victim Passes
Bruce Beane 19 of Randleman died at Randolph Hospital from injuries in a late Saturday crash. He was the second victim, with James W. Johnson also of Randleman. Roland W. Jamerson of Chicago, charged with manslaughter, waived hearing and is bound over to Randolph County Superior Court. Beane’s funeral is at Mt. Lebanon Church tomorrow at 2:30.
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Asheboro
Bruce Beane
Randleman
Randolph Hospital
Beane
James W. Johnson
Roland W. Jamerson
Chicago
Jamerson
Two Months' Bride Dies Mysteriously
In Los Angeles a bride of two months died mysteriously today while riding in a moving car during a separation dispute. Her ex soldier husband Leonard Thompson, 32, was arrested on suspicion of negligent homicide and drunk driving after he claimed she leaped from the vehicle. Investigators noted no bruises or pavement burns on the scantily clad body.
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Los Angeles
Leonard Thompson
Rose Marie Thompson
Finland Calls Up Men Over Forty for Service as War Rages
Finland mobilizes all men over 40 as Russian forces retreat on the Karelian Isthmus and Soviet air raids intensify. About 20 000 additional troops are ordered to report by December 26, with regular reserves already mobilized. Several Finnish cities endure air raid alarms and bombings, including Helsinki Turku and Kotka while Russian planes are reported shot down near Antrea and Viipuri.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Helsinki
Finland
Karelian
Red Army
Turku
Obo
Hanko
Kotka
Antrea
Viipuri
Russian Ship Reported Lost In Arctic War Feud
Finnish forces hold the Lapland Mannerheim Line as Soviet troops push in the Arctic. A Danish dispatch claimed the battleship October Revolution, built 1914 as Gangut, was sunk. Finnish claims say four Red Army planes were shot down and air raids around Helsinki continued with bombs on suburbs.
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Copenhagen
Lapland Mannerheim
Arctic
Helsinki
Kremlin
Gangut
Lake Ladoga
Karelian
Isthmus
Mudajarvi
Kaukjarvi
Philippines Hit By Heavy River Flood
Isabela and Cagayan provinces face enormous loss as the Cagayan River floods after a typhoon. Hundreds homeless, crops and livestock destroyed, communications cut, Red Cross and relief teams deployed.
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Manila
Isabela
Cagayan
Ilagan
Philippines
Red Cross
Lumberton Man Sentenced in Plumber Slaying Case
In Lumberton on December 20 a 38 year old black man, William D. Pope, pleaded guilty to second degree murder for the December 10 death of Elias Lamb, a white plumber, and received a long term sentence estimated at 20 to 25 years in prison.
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Lumberton
William D. Pope
Elias Lamb
Truck Crash Kills Farmer Near Mooresboro
Flay Jones a 38 year old Mooreboro North Carolina farmer died when his pickup overturned near Mooresboro. His companion Roy Walker was shocked and bruised in the crash reported today December 20.
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Shelby
Flay Jones
Mooreboro
Rt. 1
Roy Walker
Mooresboro
Arctic Winter Halts Finnish Russian Front Push
Blizzards and 25 below zero Fahrenheit grip KIRKENES Norway at the Finnish frontier. Russian forces, advancing from the Arctic coast, face mass retreat as outdoor activity stops and supply routes stall. Portable huts rise amid doubts over cold protection. No combat reported this morning.
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Kirkenes
Norway
Arctic
German Air Force Destroys 23 British Vessels In Three Days
Berlin reports heavy losses for Britain as the German air force claims 23 British vessels sunk in three days. The high command says prisoners were taken in western front sallies and four ships of the British light naval forces were destroyed by bomb hits. The communiqué notes reconnaissance and attacks against sea positions in the North Sea amid bad weather.
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Berlin
North Sea
Manufacturers Call Wagner Act a Menace to Welfare
A National Association of Manufacturers committee in Washington brands the Wagner act and NLRB as a menace to national welfare. It urges sweeping changes and cites alleged bias in administration. The hearings on entrapment claims related to Inland Steel Company ended with eight days of testimony and a Christmas recess.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
National Labor Relations Board
House
Labor Board
Inland Steel Company
Nathan Witt
CIO
Witt
Routzohn
Rohio
Rep. Halleck
Rand
Edmund M. Toland
Charles Fahy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Langsdorff Ends Sailor's Life After Spee Sinks
Captain Hans Langsdorff, 45, shot himself in his Buenos Aires room after a three hour farewell with staff following the Admiral Graf Spee's scuttling in the River Plate. His body was found at 8:30 am as Langsdorff and over 1,000 crewmen remained interned since Monday. The German embassy said he chose to share the ship's fate and die rather than return to battle with British forces off the Uruguayan coast.
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Langsdorff
Graf Spee
Hans Langsdorff
Buenos Aires
River Plate
Argentina
Harold K. Miles
Admiral Graf Spee
Buenos Aires Naval Arsenal
Langsdorfff
Adolf Hitler
Uruguayan
Captain Langsdorff
K. G. Wilhelm Langsdorff
U S Refuge Suits German Ship Captain
Captain Frederick Stengler Mugh ed of the German freighter Arauca says the ship may stay at Port Everglades for two or three years after being chased by a British cruiser Orion into Bahama waters. Witnesses saw a catapulted airplane and coast guard plane monitoring the scene. The Arauca was on its maiden voyage when intercepted near the coast.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Port Everglades Harbor
Frederick Stengler
Columbus
Atlantic
Orion
Here
Stengler
Bahaman Waters
Coast Guard
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