Finnish mop-up hunts remnants of Soviet 15 000 men
In Suomussalmi Kianta area Finnish patrols press to destroy the shattered Soviet 163rd division after a two day battle that stalled the invasion. Remnants scattered toward Juntusranta as Finnish forces claim thousands of enemy casualties and a major victory in a two day war action.
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Helsinki
Kianta
Suomussalm
Juntusranta
Suomussalmi
Middle Eastern
Finland
Three Killed On Highways
North Carolina year end traffic toll includes at least three dead on New Year’s Eve. Fort Bragg soldiers among victims. shootings claim at least four more. Notable fatalities include Ocie Farris in Fayetteville and Lonnie Ayers on a hunting trip near Smithfield.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Fort Bragg
Corr Ocie Farris
Spring
Tenn
Fayetteville
Pri Austin Jackson
Cedark
Erwin
Lonnie James Ayers
Oaks
Smithfield
Charles Adams
Morehead City
Money Island Beach
Lillington
M. C. Railey
Melvin McLean
Raleigh
Willie Buell
Silvan Brodie
G. Irby Holmes
Goldsboro
Thurlow Davis
Pineville
Wilmington F C A Official Loses Toes In Gun Accident
W F King in charge of the Urgency Crop Loan Office of the Farm Credit Administration is in a local hospital with gunshot wounds to his foot sustained while hunting Saturday afternoon. He said a shell discharged accidentally near his foot as he rested with the gun, blowing off toes. He hinted at Kelly and sent a man down the road to fetch shells before the incident.
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Wilmington
W. F. King
Farm Credit Administration
King
Kelly
Floods Add To Quake Horrors
Floods exacerbated disaster in Turkey adding to quake misery as rain swollen rivers flooded Smyrna Brusa and Adrianople areas. Thousands marooned in cold open fields. death toll from floods remains unknown while blizzards drift.
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Ankara
Smyrna
Brusa
Turkey
Adrianople
Japs Shoot Down 21 Chinese Planes in South China Battle
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese navy claims 21 Chinese aircraft down in a large South China clash. They also bombed the Haifeng Kunming railroad near French Indo China border, with slight damage but noted as significant.
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Shanghai
South
China
Haifeng- Kunming
Hongkong
Liuchow
Kwangsi
Chungking
Ichang
Hankow
Laotang Pao
Northwest China
Paotouchen
Suiyuan
German Liner St. Louis Breaks British Blockade
Berlin reports the 16 732 ton German liner St Louis has slipped through the British blockade and reached a home harbor after seven months absence. The DNI says it is the fifth Hamburg American Lines passenger ship to return to Germany since the war began under Captain Gustav Schroeder.
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Berlin
St. Louis
DNI
Hamburg-American Lines
Germany
Gustav Schroeder
Improved Business May Be Congressional Boon
Washington reports that improving business conditions could ease unemployment relief and tax pressures as Congress opens. Treasury revenues rise to about 6.2 billion dollars, shrinking the projected deficit to two to three billion. The House aims to start on major appropriations while anti lynching legislation looms. the Senate faces nominations including Edison for Navy secretary and Bell for Undersecretary of the Treasury.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
Bankhead
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Charles A. Edison
the Navy
Daniel W. Bell
the Treasury
Farm Leaders Plan Tariff to Shield Farm Income
Washington reports farm leaders push a certificate program to replace direct treasury payments for crop control. Certificates would be bought by processors to cover the gap between parity prices and market prices, with costs possibly passed to consumers.
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Washington
Administration
Treasury
Congress
J. B. Hutson
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Passenger Trains Crash In Arcola Station
A rear end collision between Illinois Central trains at Arcola Illinois early today left one dead, eight to hospitals with serious injuries, and many others hurt. The No 4 train from New Orleans was struck in the Arcola station by No 6 Panama Limited. W T Talmadge of Evanston Ill identified as the deceased.
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Arcola, II
Illinois Central
W. T. Talmadge
Evanston
Ill
Tuscola
Mattoon
New Orleans
Arcola
No. 6
Panama Limited
America
Europe
Atlantic
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Beverly Hills
Miami
Merrymakers
Canal Street
Finnish President Seeks More Aid From Allies
President Kyosti Kallio urged friends of Finland in a New Year message to provide active front line assistance as volunteers from many countries join the defense. He thanked supporters abroad and Scandinavian neighbors for gifts aiding resistance against the Soviet invasion.
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Helsinki
Kyosti Kallio
Friends of Finland
U-boat sinks British trawler Barbara Robertson off North Scotland
Survivors report a German submarine sent their ship down off North Scotland. One crewman was lost. They were in an open boat for over 12 hours before being picked up by a warship after a plane sighted them.
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London
Jane
Barbara Robertson
Scotland
Crump briefly leads Memphis then resigns over union invite
On January 1 1940 Ed Crump briefly became mayor of Memphis at midnight then resigned after rescinding the invitation to the American Newspaper Guild to hold its 1940 convention here next June. He cited opposition to CIO and to mayor Watkins Overton, advising council to elect Rep. Walter Chandler in his place.
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Memphis
Tenn
Edward H. Crump
American Newspaper Guild
Crump
CIO
Guild
Watkins Overton
Milton Kaufman
Walter Chandler
D-Tenn
Nazi Plane Shot Down Over North Sea and Steamer Sunk
London reports a British fighting plane shot down a German plane over the North Sea as British pursuit craft and anti aircraft fire repelled two raiders near the Shetland Islands. Bombs were dropped but caused no damage. The all clear followed 45 minutes after the alarm.
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London
North Sea
Shetland Islands
Shetlands
Scotland
Air Ministry
British Steamer Box Hill Sinks After Explosion
The British steamer Box Hill of 5,677 tons sank in the North Sea yesterday after an explosion. About 20 crew members are believed lost, with 12 of the 32 crew surviving and landing at a British port today. Lifeboats could not be launched as the ship sank rapidly.
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London
Jan
Box Hill
North Sea
Death claims CCC Chieftain Fechner at 63 in Washington
Robert Fechner founder of the CCC dies at 63 from heart and lung ailment. He built the forest army of youths and veterans, credited with mobilizing 2.4 million men in seven years of service aiding forest fires rescues floods and flood victims. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Born March 22 1876 in Chattanooga Tennessee. Widow Clare Dickey of Clinton Iowa, sister Mrs. Walter E. Coney of Savannah Georgia.
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Fechner
Arlington National Cemetery
Chattanooga
Tenn
Clare Dickey
Clinton
Iowa
Walter E. Coney
Savannah
French Destroyer Rescues 200 From Burning Liner Cabo San Antonio
The French naval ministry reports a destroyer rescued 200 people from the burning Spanish liner Cabo San Antonio and five are missing. Among the saved were Gen. Juan Vigon Suerediaz and the ship's captain. Seville reports said 280 rescued by a French ship after the liner was abandoned about 500 miles west of the Canary Islands on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Cadiz.
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Paris
Cabo San Antonio
Juan Vigon Suerediaz
Seville
Spain
Canary Islan
Buenos
Cadiz
Eleven NYC college students rescued after 12 hour hike
Eleven members of a New York City college party were found alive after a 12 hour search in freezing snow near Haverstraw. State police and volunteers located them on Mount Timp seven miles from the hotel where they started. They were lightly clad and building a fire when found.
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Haverstraw
N. Y
New York City College
Here
Feu
Dunderberg Mountain
Mount Timp
Tacoma Interned In Montevideo As War Restrictions Persist
Uruguay declared the German freighter Tacoma would remain interned in Montevideo harbor after missing the January 1 departure deadline. The 8,268 ton ship anchored off the breakwater while Uruguayan marines boarded for a survey, and a German protest was anticipated. Nearby ships may offer further tension as the Ajax and other vessels move in the region.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Tacoma
la Valleja
Hans Know
Admiral Graf Spee
Buenos Aires
Antolia
Niemburg
Legation
Otto Langmann
Shropshire
Rio de Janeiro
Uruguayan
Ajax
Graf Spee
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Ata
Rae Vos Srt
Jruguay Internes
Inns
BY Lynn Heinzerling
Western Front
NEA
Stalin
Eric Calcraft
Warsaw
Wilmington F. C. A
Asiatic
Savage
Associated Press
United States
Ang
Panama
Tulane
Texas A. & M
Chandler
The
CCC
Robert Fechner
Otto Langman
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