Windsor Eyes U S Ambassador Post amid Roosevelt talks
British figures aboard the U S S Mayrant discuss Windsor possibly serving as British ambassador to the United States. President Roosevelt tours Atlantic bases aboard the Tuscaloosa as rumors swirl about a high level meeting and official duties in Bahama waters.
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U. S. S. Mayrant
Roosevelt
United States Atlantic
Caribbean
Miami
Tuscaloosa
Navy
Washington
Vyvyan Drury
Windsor
State Department
Miami Herald
Duke
United States
Lord Lothian
Bahamas
England
Five Die in Auto Wreck Near Camp Edwards
Five men were killed in a head on collision near Bourne Massachusetts with four others injured or in serious condition. The deceased include Charles Faria and Joseph Lopez both 21 to 22 of East Wareham Edward L Morrison 28 and Lyman Summers 25 of Falmouth Glendon Hopkins 31 of Brockton. Survivors in critical condition were Robert MacDonald 31 Falmouth Henry Monterio 20 Wareham and Anthony Monterio 20 Henry's brother. All workers at Camp Edwards where barracks were under construction.
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Robert MacDonald
Falmouth
Henry Monterio
Wareham
Anthony Monterio
Henry
John J. Hogan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Camp Edwards
Morrison
Summers
Hopkins
MacDonald
Hegan
Sunfish sinks German ship near Norwegian coast
British submarine Sunfish reported to have sunk a 4000 ton German supply ship off Norway and damaged a roughly 4000 ton oil tanker. Two torpedoes hit the supply ship causing immediate sinking while a nearby tanker was struck and damaged.
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London
Sunfish
Norwegian
Admiralty
H. M
G. R. Colvin
R. N
Germany
H. M. S. Sunfish
Roosevelt Wins Third Term In 1940 Election Across Nation
The Associated Press tally shows Franklin D. Roosevelt winning a 49 state-elector victory with 27,241,939 popular votes to Willkie’s 22,327,226. Minor candidates totaled 239,459, while Roosevelt’s national total set a new high, aided by 417,418 American Labor votes in New York. Nebraska and Rhode Island finalize canvasses to complete electoral votes.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Associated Press
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Roosevelt
Willkie
Thomas
Babson
Prohibition
Browder
Aiken
SPN
Anne
Morcday
New York State
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
L.S.U. Progressing as Association Probes Mississippi Colleges
Memphis Tenn Dec 13 The Southern Association placed Mississippi Southern College on probation and warned Mississippi state colleges over alleged political influence in dismissals. Louisiana State University remained on probation pending a committee report while showing progress under acting President Paul M Hebert. Baylor Hardin Simmons Texas Tech Newberry Southwestern Louisiana Institute were restored to membership. Sam Whitley of East Texas State Teachers College became association president.
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Memphis
Tenn
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Mississippi Southern College of Hattiesburg
Mississippi
Louisiana State University
Paul M. Hebert
L. 5S. U
Louisiana
Baylor University of
Sam Whitley
East Texas State Teachers College
Commerce
Tex
Association
M. R. Hinson
Florida State College For Women
Prehistoric Sailors Found On San Nicolas Island
Scientists report evidence of a prehistoric people on San Nicolas Island including grass skirts and primitive cordage suited for sailing vessels. Artifacts may predate sixteenth century Spanish discoveries and suggest an ancient, coastal culture on the windswept Pacific island under navy protection.
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Los Angeles
Pacific
Arthur Woodward
County Museum
San Nicolas Island
Woodward
San Nicolas
California
Santa Barbara Channel Islands
Navy
Cold rain and freeze forecast for Twin Cities tonight
A winterlike system brings rain then a cold snap with temperatures near 32 degrees in the Twin Cities tonight. Forecasters predict continued cold Saturday with highs around 35, while other regions face sleet freezing rain and strong northerly winds along the coast.
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Twin Cities
United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Arkansas
Civil Aeronautics
Selman Field
Associated Press
Monroe
Louisiana
Memory saves victim from thief after quick recall
In Kansas City a man remembered a suspect from a 1936 robbery after paying $29.30 to two robbers. He alerted police two days later, and the man confessed. The partner had earlier robbed Mrs. Ogilvie of $5. Police arrested him after the confession.
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Kansas City
Benton Ogilvie
Ramon Novarro Seriously Injured In Auto Crash
Ramon Novarro 41 year old screen actor was seriously hurt in an automobile accident in Hollywood. He suffered chest injuries a concussion and cuts. Doctors described his condition as satisfactory and moved him to a private hospital.
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Hollywood
Dec
Ramon Novarro
Egyptian Battle Rages In Western Egypt Amid Sandstormstr
British forces in western Egypt drive a sweeping barrage against Italian troops as the battle along the Mediterranean coast continues. The British communique asserts thousands more Italian prisoners and two more generals captured, with Italian withdrawals pressing under Allied pursuit.
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Henry Maitland Wilson
Africa
Mediterranean
Egypt
Buqbug
Maktila
Sidi Barrani
Libya
Associated Press
Britain
Army of the Nile
Mediterranean Sea
Somervell Placed in Charge of War Department Construction
Washington Dec 13 The War Department named Lt Col Brehon Somervell to command its 1 147 billion dollar construction program amid reports Brig Gen Charles Hartman, previously in charge, is at Walter Reed for observation after overwork. General Marshall said delays in projects did not affect the new assignment.
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Washington
War Department
Brehon B. Somervell
Department
Charles D. Hartman
Walter Reed Hospital
George C. Marshall
Somervell
Unbroken Pact to Be Marked by Iroquois Peace Ceremony
Washington marks for the first time in 146 years the treaty of peace between George Washington and Onoyeahnee. Officials will present calico gifts and the six nations receive a subsidy while tribal pageants and songs honor the pledge at the Seneca reservation near Buffalo.
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Washington
United States of America
George Washington
Onoyeahnee
Buffalo
N. Y
United States Indian Office
Six Nations
United States
New York
New American Republic
Kenandaiqua
Attorneys Challenge Validity of Louisiana Crime Commission
In Springville on December 13 a district court motion attacked the 1940 act creating the state crime commission. The suit targets Dewey E. Rushing former Livingston parish treasurer with claims totaling $18,961.63 and cites powers shifted among branches, venue rules, and fund transfers. The commission is funded up to a half million dollars to prosecute graft and pursue civil recoveries. Members include Gov. Sam Jones, executive counsel G. T. Owen, and Attorney General Eugene Standley.
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Springville
New State Crime Commission
Dewey E. Rushing
George M. Wallace
Richard Lewhe
Earl Long
Wade O. Martin, Jr
Public Service
Wade Martin
Crime Commission
Executive Department Board
Louisiana
Sam Jones
G. T. Owen
Eugene Standley
Rushing
Livingston Parish
Rochester Water Supply Contaminated With Sewage
Rochester officials report the city drinking water as grossly polluted and definitely contaminated with sewage after six million gallons of Genesee river water entered the mains. Boiling orders were issued and state authorities dispatched vaccine to prevent typhoid fears.
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Rochester
N. Y
Harold W. Leahy
City Health Bureau Laboratory
Hemlock Lake
Genesee River
British Drive Pushes Italians From Egypt Front
British forces in the western desert recaptured fuel and food stocks and launched a major offensive. Aboard a destroyer off Egypt, reports say the assault may turn into a counter invasion of Italian Libya as Graziani’s forces withdraw under heavy air sea and land pressure.
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London
Egypt
Desert
Reuters
Cairo
Larry Allen
Libya
Marshal Graziani
Luxurious Oslofjord Sunk After Mine Off Newcastle
Oslofjord, Norway’s largest liner, struck a mine and sank off the British Isles two days earlier while returning to Canada after picking up Canadian aviators in Halifax. Built in Bremen 1938, she carried 800 passengers and featured Finnish baths and Norwegian artistry.
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New York
Oslofjord
Norway
Newcastle
British Isles
England
Halifax
Canada
London
TVA Tests 6000 Employees With New Influenza Vaccine
The Tennessee Valley Authority disclosed that about 6,000 employees were given a vaccine to combat the prevalent influenza type A. It marks the vaccine's first use in the south, following an introduction in San Francisco this week. Officials say it is beyond experimental stage and will rely on TVA records to assess effectiveness and duration.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
South
San Francisco
TVA Department of Health and Safety
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Wade Martin, Jr
Fund of Good Fellows
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Scrooge
Charles Dickens
Good Fellows Fund
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