Britain Ships and Planes Guard North Sea Fishermen
Britain mobilized ships and fighting aircraft to shield unarmed North Sea trawlers after German air attacks left 85 vessels damaged in three days. Sailors sweeping mines and fighting submarines will receive a retroactive hard-lying bonus for dangerous work, announced by Geoffrey Shakespeare. A secret meeting linked Admiral Darlan and Winston Churchill amid fears for Britain’s fishing fleet.
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London
Great Britain
Geoffrey Shakespeare
The
Admiralty
Jean Darlan
Winston Churchill
Britain
Columbus Crew Describes Scuttle Drills On German Ship
Survivors of the German liner Columbus testifed that Nazi ships carried trained scuttle squads to burn and sink vessels under Berlin orders rather than surrender. Captain Wilhelm Daehne said obedience to orders left no room for questions as the Columbus sank within the neutral zone 240 miles southeast of Nantucket.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Berlin
Columbus
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelm Daehne
Ellis Island
U.S
Tuscaloosa
Nantucket Shoals
Ellissland
Buenos Aires
Hans Langsdorff
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Langsdorff
Captain Langsdorff Dies by Own Hand After Graf Spee Battle
The Graf Spee commander Hans Langsdorff killed himself after ordering the ship scuttled to avoid further battle with British forces near Montevideo. His farewell letter to the German embassy goes with him. In Montevideo his body lies in state aboard the ship, with burial plans in the German cemetery as 300 crewmen prepare for funeral services. Otto Langmann, Germany’s Uruguay envoy, travels to Montevideo with other diplomats to oversee the affair.
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Buenos Aires
Hans Langsdorff
Adolf Hitler
Admiral Graf Spee
Montevideo
Graf Spee
Otto Langmann
Uruguay
Former Raleigh Reporter Heads Press Organization
Robert A. Erwin, formerly a reporter for the Washington Star and a Raleigh, North Carolina journalist, was elected president of the American Press Society. Announcement came from Roy B. Eastman, committee chair, noting Erwin’s prior Raleigh work.
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Raleigh
New York
Robert A. Erwin
Washington Star
American Press Society
Roy 8. Eastman
Committee On Elections and Nominations
Erwin
N. C
Carmichael Chosen UNC Controller
Governor Hoey announced William D. Carmichael Jr. a prominent New York businessman and UNC alumnus will become controller at the university. The special committee will seek unanimous board approval December 28. the post pays about 7500 dollars annually.
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Raleigh
Hoey
William D. Carmichael, Jr
New York
University of North Carolina
University
Charlies Whedbee
Charles T. Woollen
Carmichael
New York Stock Exchange
Durham
Chapel Hill
Tar Heel
Reds Reported Moving North on Arctic Front
At Kirkenes in Norway observers saw Russian troops marching northward toward Nautsi along the Arctic highway, sparking chatter they may be retreating from Finland’s corridor facing the Arctic Ocean. A blizzard eased overnight but widespread movement remained unconfirmed and perceptions varied.
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Kirkenes
Norway
Arctic
Petsamo
Finland
Arctic Ocean
Nautsi
Napoleon
Moscow
Helsinki
Dancer Suffered Back Injury In Auto Crash Near Wilson
Johenn Murrell a 17 year old New York dancer from Paradise was injured when the car she rode in overturned near Wilson while returning to Jacksonville Florida for the holidays. Her mother was cut and bruised. Father W O Murrell was unhurt and drove the car. The girl was placed in a cast and regional doctors expect she will recover enough to dance again.
Germany protests Argentine on Graf Spee internment
Berlin protests to Buenos Aires over internment of officers and crew from the scuttled Graf Spee. Germany cites postwar practice of releasing shipwrecked belligerent crews and references Dutch actions in 1914. No comment on Columbus. High command reports livelier artillery on the western front and a downed French scouting plane near Pirmasres.
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Berlin
Germany
Graf Spee
DNB
Argentina
New York
High Command Today
Pirmases
CNB
Neville Chamberlain
France
Neville
Chamberlain
Paris
Saar River
Gynecologist Dr John Mullin Dies in Wilmington
Dr John Henry Mullin age 50 a noted gynecologist died last night in Wilmington He served as a captain in the medical corps during World War I on General Pershing’s staff and made notable contributions to his field.
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Wilmington
Del
John Henry Mullin
Pershing
Fifth set of twins born to Chafin family in six years
In Logan West Virginia on December 21 24 year old Mrs Budd Chafin and her 41 year old husband a mine machineman welcomed a six pound boy and girl named Don and Lola Mae The couple married when she was 16 and total 11 children have been born to them One twin set died earlier one child from two other sets died
Stalin Birthday Celebrated Across Soviet Union
Soviet media hailed Joseph Stalin on his sixtieth birthday with praise for leadership of global socialism. President Kalinin published a new biography, while factories and schools hosted events and the nation honored him with Lenin order and Hero of Socialist Labour title.
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Witt Hancock
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Joseph Stalin
Red Army
Liberator
Stalin
Soviet Union
Poland
Baltic States
Finland
Supreme Soviet
Lenin
Unidentified Planes Clash With Dutch Squadron
Netherlands planes engaged aircraft of unknown nationality above Utrecht in view of hundreds of residents. The fight began at noon as invaders from the east approached Gelderland and Veluwe areas. A smoke curtain aided their escape while anti air batteries and patrols pursued the foreign planes.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Utrecht
Germany
Veluwe
Gelderland
Essen
Morgenthau Opposes Wallace Plan For Farm Parity Aid
Secretary Morgenthau rejected further consumer taxes and voiced opposition to the Wallace certificate plan to shift farm parity payments. He noted no final decision yet and said any verdict would go to the President, not be made public. The plan would transfer payments from the treasury to processors and possibly to consumers via certificates.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Agriculture Wallace
Wallace
Fiscal and Monetary Committee
Agriculture Department
Swedish Seamen Rescued After Lamp Signal From Raft
Six Swedish sailors stranded after their steamer sank in the North Sea flashed lamp signals to a British airplane from a raft. A destroyer then rescued them, ending their perilous ordeal.
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London
North Sea
Finland Seeks 50 Million Loan From U S for War Material
Washington reports say Finland sought a 50 million dollar loan from the United States to buy war materials to fight Russia. Congress members discussed the move amid concerns over policy against financing such arms purchases and potential Russia relations, with public sympathy for Finland noted.
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Washington
Finland
United States
Wall Street
Congress
Russia
China
Europe
Soviet Air Raid Destroys Helsinki Hospital and Blind School
Soviet planes bombed a hospital dormitory in Helsinki, heavily damaging a blind school and striking seven of ten hospital buildings. Two patients wounded, deaths reported likely. fifteen bombs fell on the hospital block. The raid coincided with Stalin's sixty birthday and followed attacks on nearby towns. The dormitory suffered a direct hit collapsing roofs and floors.
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Helsinki
Copenhagen
Jack Diamond Case Cleared
Salvatore Spitale was named by the probation office as the moving force behind the assassination of gangster Jack Legs Diamond. Spitale—sentenced for grand larceny to five to ten years—allegedly ordered Diamond's killing with Irving Bitz after Diamond refused to repay $200,000 for narcotics shipments. Diamond, known as the clay pigeon, was killed in an Albany rooming house in December 1931.
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New York
Salvatore Spitale
Court of General Sessions
Jack “Legs” Diamond
Spitale
Sing Sing
Irving Halpern
Diamond
Irving Bitz
Halpern
Germany
Bitz
Underworld
Clay Pigeon
Albany
N. Y
Hill New Assistant To Henry Wallace
Crover B. Hill of Gainesville Texas was named by President Roosevelt as assistant secretary of agriculture to replace Harry L. Brown. Hill, 50, moved to Washington in 1936 and led the Southern region range program. He previously directed the cattle buying program for New Mexico Texas and Oklahoma in 1934.
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Crover B. Hill
Gainesville
Tex
Roosevelt
Harry L. Brown
TVA
Hill
Agriculture Department
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
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Michael Kalinin
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