Russians Claim Victory In Finnish Front Split Battle
Report from Helsinki says a Russian force near Aginjurvi was essentially destroyed before surrender, while Finnish troops push on Russian positions on the Karelian Isthmus and attack at Kitula. Russians suffer heavy losses. Finnish air raids hit Helsinki region and other cities. Finnish forces reportedly capture prisoners and matériel amid severe winter conditions.
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Lynn
Cannvon
Aginjarvi
Lake Ladoga
Karelian
Kitula
Suomussalmi
Finland
Tampera
Helsinki
Pori
Tamisasri
Hauma
Arctic
Koykhonjarvi
Arctic Ocean
Salmijarvi
Potanmo Fjord
Rugslang
Koli
Russia
Changes Loom for Demos In Sullivan County
Democratic readers report Sullivan County Demos plan New Year meeting in Blountville to discuss changes. A key proposal is an executive committee with fewer members and potential shift from primary elections to nominating by convention, signaling a major departure from two decades of Sullivan County practice. Opposition may surface from primary supporters at the organization meeting.
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Sullivan
Blountville
Alew
Wnoy
Liicely
Executive Committee
Sullivan County
Soo County Demos
Youth is accused of shooting girl in Michigan
Eighteen-year-old Richard Valentina was charged in a warrant with assault with attempt to kill after Edith Balcom, also 18 and known since childhood, was shot twice in Me heck and back when she refused his advances and a Christmas gift. Balcom was taken to University Hospital, Ann Arbor, for an operation to remove a bullet lodged in her neck.
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Millsdale
Mich
Richard Valentine
Edith Balcom
University Hospital
Ann Arbor
Aly
Valentina Id
Sap
Sullivan County to Restore Teacher Salaries After Holidays
Sullivan County elementary teachers will have reduced salaries restored in full at the start of school after the Christmas holidays. State funds will cover the original $202,640 operating appropriation, with adjustments to offset textbook costs and enrollment growth. The restoration aligns elementary salaries more closely with high school pay, aiding 10,590 students taught by 246 teachers.
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Sullivan County
Roy EB. Clarke
Clarke
State Department of Education
FDR appoints peace envoys and world peace push
President Roosevelt announced eight personal representatives to the Vatican and invited church leaders to back world peace. Myron Taylor will go to Rome with ambassadorial rank, and Dr. George Budrick and Rabbi Cyrus Adler were invited to confer on parallel peace efforts. Hopkins estimated national income up $4.5 billion to $68.5 billion in 1939, with $70 billion expected in 1940.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Vatican
Myron C. Taylor
Intergovernmental Refugee Committee
Rome
Taylor
George A .Budrick
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Ieader
Cyrus Adler
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Europe
Pope
Buttrick
Rabbi Adler
Hopkins
Commerce Department
Germany to care for all children
Berlin dispatch reports Nazi leaders promise state support for children of war fathers. Himmler orders SS and police to appoint special sponsors for children born to unmarried mothers whose fathers die in action. Hess notes wartime need and state aid for education and sustenance.
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Louis P. Loohner
Berlin
Mazi
Heinrich Himmler
SS ¢Elite Guard
Rame
Rudolf Hess
Nazi Party
Poland
Dashred
Himmler
War Christmas Observances Amid Frontline Struggles
War news notes limited observance as front line troops maintain duties while Christmas preparations proceed. French and British forces in France plan services and leave celebrations. Finnish troops face limited observance in snowbound terrain. Russians reportedly do not observe Christmas. British rations include pork, turkey, apples, and plum pudding as allied leaders send goodwill signals and pledge victory.
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No-Miai
Lluid
France
Navy
France Seizes German Vessels as 600 Mend Ships Return
Paris dispatch notes Allied ships stepped up night interceptions of Nazi shipping. French naval sources say about 600 German merchantmen in neutral ports were ordered to return to the Reich, carrying an estimated 1.8 million tons. Crew reportedly ordered to scuttle if captured. Twenty seven ships captured, 23 scuttled, about 157,000 tons of goods. Also, 70,000 tons seized under contraband controls. In the west, extreme cold halted patrols though aerial clashes continued.
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Paris
Reich
Germany
Hing
Southern governors map World’s Fair plan for Dixie enrichment
Atlanta December report outlines a ten year program by the Southern Governors Conference to stage a World’s Fair of the South in 2850. Led by Gov EB Rivers, the plan covers balanced crop and livestock production, improved marketing and transport, industrial development, land and water resource use, thrift and moral welfare, and pairing gains with human welfare. Included are Frank P. Graham and Clarence Poe as key committee members.
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Atlanta
South
Southern Governors’ Conference
EB. D. Rivers
Georgia
Fnu
Rivers
Physician Cancels Debts of Patients
HILWAUKEE Dec 23 A local physician Dr CG O Thienhaus 2933 N Hackett Ave forgave patient debts in a Christmas gesture believed to clear between 2000 and 3000 dollars owed to him by patients The physician declined to discuss the action and his wife provided the amount estimates in a newspaper advertisement today
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Hilwaukee
O. Thienhaus
N. Hackett Ave
Navy orders giant four motor flying boats for Pacific patrols
Washington reports the navy has awarded Consolidated Aircraft a contract for 50 or more large four motor flying boats, valued around 20.0 million dollars, to reinforce hemisphere defense. The PB2Y development weighs 30 tons with a 118 foot wingspan and crew of nine.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
California
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
San Diego
Calif
Accre
Hawaii
Panama
Isind
Consolidated Concern
Roosevelt
Congress
Unidere
Roosevelt parks navy army costs cut to meet defense goal
President Roosevelt ordered sizable reductions in War and Navy Department estimates for next year. Navy costs likely cut by 300 million and Army by 400 million, aiming for about 1.1 billion for the War Department and 1.0 billion for the Navy, with total defense near 2.1 billion. Provisions to raise the initial force to 600,000 regulars and guardsmen are expected to be deferred. A 271 million deficiency to cover patrols and emergency needs was submitted.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Costa
War Department
Two Injured in Local Mishaps Across Three Accidents
Three motor vehicle crashes and a pool room altercation sent two persons to Community hospital for emergency treatment as Kingsport opened the Christmas season. Mrs. C. B. Mitchell suffered a fracture of the right foot above the ankle after a taxi strike near Center and Cherokee streets. Rex Cavin, driver of the Yellow Cab car, provided details at the scene.
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Community Hospital
Kingsport
C. B. Mitchell
Center
Cherokee
Rex Cavin
Yellow Cab
Family Hopes Missing Melvin Returns At Christmas
The Horst family of Marshallville clings to hope that Melvin Horst, missing since December 27, 1928 at age four, may return at Christmas. His mother Myr and Mrs Raymond Horst, along with siblings Russell and Ellie Mae, keep a tree to remember him as investigators recount old tips and trials in a case marked by kidnapping charges and later acquittals.
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Melvin Horst
Myr
Raymond Horst
Russell
Ellie Mae
Melvin
Nations Consider Penalties for Future Naval Violations
Washington reports that 21 American republics protested to England France and Germany over naval actions in the neutral zone and discussed penalties for future violations. They weighed barring belligerent ships from port repairs when acts occur in the zone and pledged stronger protections through new rules. In Buenos Aires Argentina received a German protest over the internment of over 1,000 Graf Spee seamen, with Argentina likely to uphold the stance that German sailors are sailors.
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Washington
England
France
Germany
Panama
Don Augusto
Boyd
Graf Speck
Uruguayan
River Platte
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Admiral Graft Spee
Graf Spee
Kefauver to Speak at Wilson Dinner in Knoxville
Congressmen Estes Kefauver of Chattanooga will be the principal speaker at the annual Wilson Day Memorial Dinner in Knoxville next Thursday. The event is sponsored by the Anderson county Democratic Women’s Club.
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Knoxville
Estes Kefauver
Chattanooga
Ene County
Democratic Women's
Claire Trevor Said To Be Critically Ill
Hollywood December 23 Claire Trevor a screen actress was in critical condition at St Vincent's Hospital. Dr Conrad Baumgartner said the illness had been determined after she collapsed at her BobAir home last Sunday and was moved to hospital two days later. Her husband Clark Andrews remained at her bedside attributing the illness to overwork.
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Hollywood
Claire Trevor Lo
St. Vincent's Hospital
Conrad Baumgartner
BobAir
New York City
Clark Andrews
Times Employes Observe Full Christmas Day Holiday
The Times announces no issue tomorrow as Monday is a complete holiday. The paper resumes Tuesday with an extended holiday greeting from local merchants and best wishes for Christmas and the new year.
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Thaes
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