Quake Death Toll May Reach Fifty Thousand In Finland War
Helsinki reports bombings by Soviet air force on Hyvinkaa Riihimaki and Karjaa with naval bases at Hanko Kotka and Porvoo under alarm. Finnish lines at Lieska and Salpa front show ski troops probing toward Murmansk Railway. Russian forces shell their own troops causing confusion but not revolt.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Helsinki
Russia
Red Air Force
Finland
Murmansk
Hyvinkaa
Riihimaki
Karjaa
Thes
Red
Lieska
Salla
Finnish relief fund in U S sends 300000 to Finland
Herbert Hoover reports the Finnish relief drive has sent 300000 to Finland in twelve days via three 100000 instalments. In Charlotte, H P Harding says schools reopening is postponed to January 8 to guard against influenza.
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Chicago
United States
Finland
Herbert Hoover
Charlotte Charlotte
H. P. Harding
The
Charlotte Public Schools
Roosevelt to investigate hunger aid in Athens county
Washington reports Roosevelt will have Colonel F C Harrington WPA director investigate a request to send federal soup kitchens to feed the needy in Athens County Ohio The move aims to address hunger in the region during late December.
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Washington
Athens County
Ohio
Roosevelt
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Governor Hoey Endorses Newspaper Carrier Training
Charlotte December banquet remarks from Governor Clyde Hoey praise newspaper carriers as ideal examples of duty faithfulness and dependability. He noted his own start as a printer's devil and carrier and urged youths to value their work and responsibilities.
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Charlotte
Clyde Hoey
Charlotte Observerewsboy
Shanghai Chamber Urges U S Action on Japan Trade Rules
The Shanghai American Chamber of Commerce telegraphed the U S State Department urging firm action against Japan's trade restrictions in China.
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Irges Action
Shanghai
Shanghai American Chamber Commerce Today
United States State
Japan
China
Borah says balancing budget futile amid defense cuts
Senator Borah of Idaho warned that balancing the budget is futile as Congress moves to drastic reductions in national defense expenditures after decades of voting on federal operations.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Ried
Congress
Chinese Death Toll in War Cited at 1,218,462
Tokyo reports 1,218,462 Chinese troops killed in the undeclared war from July 1937 to November 1939. Japanese losses total 27,000 from Oct 1938 to Dec 1939, with 18,000 additional Japanese killed or wounded against Soviet Russian forces on the Outer Mongolian Manchukuo border last summer.
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Tokyo
Imperial Japanese
Mongolian - Manchoukuo
German Sub Attacks British Battleship
London reports the admiralty says a German submarine attacked a British battleship, killing three and causing damage. An unofficial note claims the Queen Elizabeth class ship was torpedoed west of Scotland, with authorities offering no specifics on which ship and when. The Queen Elizabeth class includes Queen Elizabeth Warspite Valiant Barham and Malaya with eight 15 inch guns each.
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London
Admiralty
Scotland
Jutland
Warspite
Valiant
Barham
Malaya
Londons MP Sir John Withers Dies at 76
Sir John Withers a conservative member of parliament for Cambridge University died today at his London home at age 76.
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Legislator
London
Sir John Withers
Cambridge University
Germany Poised to Make Fats From Coal and Shale
Germany can produce edible fats from coal by passing steam through burning coal to form carbon monoxide and hydrogen, then processing into fat. Shale offers a second path to substitutes, with Germany aiming first at industrial fats, notably fats for seals, per Dr Willy Lange of the University of Cincinnati.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Columbus
Germany
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Willy Lange
Basic Science Research Laboratory
University of Cincinnati
Lange
Press Wishes Roosevelt An Eventful New Year
President Roosevelt received a New Year wish for an eventful 1940 from Earl Godwin president of the White House Correspondents Association speaking for his colleagues. Roosevelt quipped asking why such equivocal wording and Godwin replied explaining the sentiment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
FDR Noting Open Talks With Nonmembers On Peace
President Roosevelt said he would meet leaders of Protestant groups outside the Federal Council of Churches to discuss peace. After naming Myron C. Taylor to Vatican talks he noted four large nonmember groups Southern Baptists Southern Presbyterians Lutherans and Episcopalians with substantial memberships. He added many smaller denominations exist outside the council.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
Southern Baptists
Southern Presbyterians
Episcopalians
Danube Snowstorms Halt Southeast Goods to Germany
Snowstorms and river ice froze the Danube, tying up German, Hungarian and Romanian boats and slowing the flow of goods from Southeast Europe to Germany as temperatures hit minus 22 Fahrenheit in Budapest.
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Danube
Germany
Budapest
Europe
Administration Looks For 1940 To Lower Debt
President Roosevelt projects a stronger 1940 with higher national income and steady production near 1929 levels. Economists expect better business but note weaker consumption. The budget plan, due January 4, targets tax and financing questions as Congress weighs farm financing and tax proposals.
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Roosevelt
Hopkins
Congress
Bankhead
Wallace
Finns Seek U S Equipment for Finlands War Aid
President Roosevelt conferred with Anglo French board officials on American supply acquisitions. Finland appeals for U S made warplanes and marine motors for torpedo boats while 44 Brewster fighters released by the navy await shipment next month. Col Zilliacus notes ongoing talks for anti aircraft guns and 60,000 gas masks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Anglo- French Purchasing Board
Arthur B. Purvis
New York
Purvis
Rene Pleven
Zilliacus
Ct Alliacus
North Carolina ends 1939 with record Christmas trade
North Carolina closes 1939 with a steady upturn in business. Christmas trade sets records or near records, employment and wages rise, and state tax revenues reach high levels. Post offices report record receipts in major cities, while WPA relief shows ongoing demand for jobs.
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Noel Yancey Raleigh
North Carolina
State Employment Service
C. C. McGinnis
WPA
Rep&ts
Willard Dowell
N. C. Merchants’ Association
John Swain
Raleigh Merchants’ Association
Charlotte
Durham
Winstonsalem
Wilmington
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Fayette‘ile
Goldsboro
Statesville
Shelby
Henderson
North Wilkesoro
Raleigh
State Department of Revenue
Bell Named Undersecretary of the Treasury by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt announced Daniel W. Bell former acting budget and rector will be nominated as undersecretary of the treasury. Bell, currently an assistant to the secretary, may keep civil service status after a fixed term. Roosevelt also signaled upcoming nominations for the Supreme Court and five diplomatic posts.
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Roosevelt
Daniel W. Bell
the Treasury
Senate
Congress
Bell
Secretary of the Treasury
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
Murphy
John D. Wickem
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Capitol
Pierce Butler
Butler
Deadwood From Government Urged By Evening Standard
London dispatch reports The Evening Standard editorial calls for clearing dead wood from Chamberlain’s cabinet. It names Oliver Stanley Reginald Dorman-Smith W S Morrison Euan Wallace and Admiral Lord Chatfield as unfit for wartime leadership while praising the War Office Admiralty Exchequer and ministers of Air and Supplies.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
The
Evening Standard
Chamberlain
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith
W.S. Morrison
Euan Wallace
Lord Chatfield
War Office
Admiralty
Exchequer
Dafoe to resign guardianship of Dionne quintuplets
Miami Beach reports confirm Dr. Allen Roy Dafoe will retire from guardianship of the Dionne quintuplets. Attorney Arthur Slaght says Dafoe will remain the children's personal physician and resignation takes effect once accepted by Ontario Premier Mitchell Hepburn's government.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Arthur Slaght
Allen Roy Dafoe
Slaght
Dafoe
Mitchell Hepburn
Ontario
Train Crash Caused By Tampering With Tracks
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports malicious tampering derailed the Southern Pacific City Of San Francisco near Harney Nevada August 12. Nine passengers and 15 dining car staff were killed. 99 passengers and 14 staff injured. Evidence shows speed under 60 mph. track and signals were sound before derailment. A tumbleweed was seen on the curve. angle bars and hardware were removed from a joint 169.5 feet behind a bridge. Details continued on page two.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Harney
Nev
Devastating Anatolia quake toll climbs amid cold and disease
Relief trains rush food and medicines to the earth quake zone as Ankara reports death toll possibly reaching 50,000 amid snow and blizzard conditions. Officials warn of more tremors and many missing in Erzincan Province while stray children are found in the mountain woods.
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Ankara
Anatolia
Erzincan
Fatin
Istanbul Observatory
Allotments Announced for Flue-Cured Tobacco 1940
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration sets 1940 state acreage allotments totaling about 750000 acres for flue-cured tobacco, down from 1939's 884000 acres. State quotas include Virginia 723?24 acres and 57318000 pounds, North Carolina 509534 acres and 46861000 pounds, South Carolina 85326 acres and 81060000 pounds, Georgia 67825 acres and 65790000 pounds, Florida 12154 acres and 10866000 pounds, Alabama 500 acres and 427000 pounds. A separate 1236000 pounds and 1397 acres will be allocated to first-time producers.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
AAA
Navy patents destroyed by brass foundry fire
Revere Massachusetts December 29 flames swept through the Revere Brass Foundry plant destroying valuable United States Navy casting design patents for destroyers. Fire Chief Thomas J MecCarrick estimated damage at $15 000 and suggested sabotage may be possible prompting involvement of state police and fire marshal's office due to rapid spread of the blaze.
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Revere
Mass
United States Navy
Revere Brass Foundry
Thomas J. MecCarrick
McCarrick
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