Russia Masses Troops On Isthmus Drive In Finland War
Soviet forces reportedly massing seven divisions about 105 000 men to spearhead a major offensive against the Mannerheim Line on the Karelian Isthmus under a new command. Finnish sources say the defense remains intact despite heavy fighting and losses.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Helsinki
Russia
Mannerheim Line
Karelian
Finland
Stern
G. M. Stern
K. A. Meretskoff
Rus
Mannerheim
Petsamo
Lake Lavajarvi
Quake Renewal Terrifies Turks Amid Flooding in Anatolia
An earthquake leveled 10 villages in Yozgad as the Euphrates overflowed, spreading terror in southern Anatolia. Hundreds of buildings collapsed, nearly a thousand homeless, with fears of rising death toll in widespread floods. Mobile hospitals reached Izincan to aid survivors amid bitter winter.
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Ankara
Yozgad
Turkey
Euphrates
Anatolia
Vozgad
Birijik
Syria
Izincan
Communism On Skid In U S Dies Committee Report Says
The Dies Committee estimated today that not more than 1,000,000 Americans have been seriously affected by subversive activities and that such activity is declining. The report credits CIO leadership for not being Communist, notes fronts, and urges continued law enforcement to root out subversion.
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Dies Committee
Washington
Jan
United States
House
CIO
John L. Lewis
American Youth Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Youth Congress
Hitler
Stalin
Bund
Communist Party
Russia
Rep
Dempsey
D-Nm
WPA
Starnes
D-Ala
Casey
D-Mass
Voorhis
Calif
Thomas
Eighteen Die in Marlborough Apartment Fire
Minneapolis blaze at the Marlborough apartment hotel in sub-zero weather left at least 18 dead and up to 20 feared. Four victims leaped to escape, others perished in hallways or as floors collapsed. More than 25 injured. Fire started in three sections of the 85 unit building after an early morning explosion reported by residents. Firefighters found three bodies within hours of arrival.
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Minneapolis
Marlborough
Rep Carl Durham Files Reelection Bid in Sixth District
Greensboro dispatch reports Rep Carl T Durham of North Carolina's Sixth District declared his candidacy for reelection. He faces Oscar Barker Ed Hanford and John W Caffey as opponents in upcoming race, with Durham affirming durability of his bid to succeed himself.
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Greensboro
Carl T. Durham
North Carolina
Chapel Hillian
Oscar Barker
Durham
Ed Hanford
Burlington
John W. Caffey
Woman Slays Mother Then Falls To Death in Hotel
In Pittsburgh a 34 year old university librarian Agnes West strangled her mother Helen West with a scarf, then leapt from a hotel window in a death by own action. The daughter, an assistant student librarian at West Virginia University Morgantown, survived with back and internal injuries.
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Pittsburgh
Cyril Letzkus
James O’kane
Agnes West
West Virginia University
Morganton
W. Va
Helen West
Health Service
West Virginia University Health Service
E.S.T
Letzkus
O'Kane
Miss West
University Health Service
University Infirmary
South Carolina Chief Justice John G. Stabler Dies
John G. Stabler 68 chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court died in Columbia after a paralytic stroke. A former Calhoun County senator, he served 14 years on the bench and would have completed 14 years next month. His widow, Hallie Murray Stabler, survives along with a sister Emma Stadler living in Washington. Funeral plans were incomplete.
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Columbia
D. C
John G. Stabler
South Carolina Supreme Court
State Senate
Calhoun County
St. Matthews
Stabler
Hallie Murray
Emma Stadler
Washington
Congress Opens Year With Roosevelts Message
The new decade begins with a united stance against Europe’s wars yet deep domestic split over trade, spending, and labor policy as Congress convenes to hear President Roosevelt’s annual message. Leaders vow a lengthy session amid noisy greetings and formalities, with focus on domestic issues and foreign relations.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Rooseevlt
Good Fellowship
Senate
House
Roosevelt
America
Garner
Bankhead
Z. E. Barney T. Phillips
James Shera Montgomery
Senate Chamber
Capitol
Rep
Peterson
D-Flo
Social Security Grants For Public Aid Issued
SPECURITY GRANT 851,926 WASHINGTON Jan 3 The Social Security Board announced grants to states for public assistance January 1 to March 31 including North Carolina blind 51926.
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Washington
Social Security Board
North Carolina
Record hatch of diamond back terrapins at Piver's Island
The U S Fisheries Laboratory on Piver's Island reported 14 000 diamond back terrapins hatched last year making the largest domestic hatch in the world as Piver's Island is the largest of the few such farms remaining.
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Beaufort
Jan
U. S. Fisheries Laboratory
Piver’s Island
Finnish Ski Army Pursues Fleeing Reds
Thomas F. Hawkins reports from near Lake Kianta as Finnish forces chase the retreating remnants of the Soviet 176th division across deep snows in subzero temperatures. He describes continued fighting, mass casualties, a field hospital in a ruined school, and prisoners who say they were not told their enemies.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Lake Kianta
Finland
Murphy Seen as Next Supreme Court Justice and Jackson as Attorney General
Washington reports on high authority that Frank Murphy will be nominated to the Supreme Court and Robert H. Jackson will become attorney general after Murphy’s move. The shift follows Justice Butler’s death and a Roosevelt discussion with both officials. Jackson previously led the antitrust division and served as solicitor general since 1938.
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Washington
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Justice Department
Pierce Butler
Roosevelt
Murphy
Jackson
Cummings Murphy
Homer Cummings
Michigan
Philippines
Stanley Reed
Capitol Hill
Senate
Schwellenbach
Roosevelt urges extension of reciprocal trade program
President Roosevelt in his annual message before Congress urges extending the reciprocal trade treaty program as essential to a stable peace while calling for new taxes to fund emergency defense spending. He stresses national unity as democracy’s safeguard amid world disintegration and proposes budget cuts elsewhere to keep deficits down. He links trade policy to full employment and economic prosperity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
America
House
Senate
Nazi Threats Push Germany Toward Involving Russia
Berlin reports quote authoritative Nazi sources stating Germany could be forced to back Russia if France sends Alpine troops to Finland. They warn landing of Allied troops would widen the war and threaten neutrality. France’s aid to Finland and possible British munitions deliveries are cited as triggers.
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Berlin
Germany
France
Finland
Russia
Britain
League of Nations
Norway
Sweden
Brussels
Irish Parliament Tackles IRA Financing From America
Dublin legislators in a special session consider drastic public safety laws after Justice Minister Gerald Boland cites a Phoenix Park arsenal raid and asserts large sums from the United States financed IRA extremists. The Swedish steamer Svarton was torpedoed off Scotland with 20 missing and 11 survivors.
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Dublin
Irish Republican Army
United States
Gerald Boland
Phoenix Park Arsenal
America
L R. A
London
Svarton
Scotland
Court Upholds Eight Death Sentences in North Carolina
The North Carolina State Supreme Court upheld death sentences for eight men in five cases from four counties, granted a new trial to Julius Buchanan, and scheduled further decisions for February 2. The executions date was set for January 19, with thirty-one total opinions announced.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Roy Kelly
Wade Hanford
Ralph Wanford
Alamance
M. P. Robertson
J. B. Murray
Archie C. Stephens
Durham
A. M. Snipes
Robert Williams
Robert McNair
Cumberland
Glenn Maxwell
Charlie Shepherd
Alleghany County
Clarence Rogers
Howard Moore
Julius Buchanan
Forsyth
Supreme Court
Ailing English Socialite Leaves for Folkestone
Calais France January 3 to 4 Miss Unity Valkyrie Freeman Mitford ailing British friend of Adolf Hitler departed by channel steamer to Folkestone in a stretcher. Her mother Lady Redesdale sister Deborah Vivien and nurse accompanied. Surgeon in London to operate on a neck bullet. Father Lord Redesdale defends daughter actions saying she sought friendship between Germany and Britain.
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Calais
France
Unity Valkyrie Freeman- Mitford
Adolf Hitler
Folkstone
Lady Redesdale
Deborah Vivien
Hood calls for year end reports of state banks
Raleigh January 3 Gur ney Hood state bank commissioner issued a call for the condition of all state banks at the close of business Saturday December 3.
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Hood
Raleigh
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