News behind the News ston State Department debate
Fragmented account shows discussion of withdrawal of American ambassador to Germany and possible impact on Hitler policy. The State Department, White House, and diplomatic officials weigh deterring actions and effects on trade and propaganda. References to Thurman Arnold anti trust actions and AFL tensions appear in context.
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Roose
State Department
Dec
Nm Council
Germany
Hitler
Staat
Iiry
Dom
Thurman Arnold
Arnold
AFL
Progress Report on Portsmouth Kittery Bridge Construction
Weather in November aided progress on the Portsmouth Kittery Bridges project. The Frederick Snare Corp completed air work on seven of nine caisson piers, with two more pending. Upper piers near cofferdams proceed, cofferdams to be reused for remaining caissons. Phoenix Bridge Co erected 15 steel girders and one river truss span, with Ellis Snodgrast handling concrete deck work at nearly two spans daily. Littleton Construction nears completion of a 326 foot railroad tunnel at Kittery, to be narrowed in winter until spring. Tafolla Co finished Maplenwood concrete substructure and advances Islington street overpass, followed by Bethlehem Steel erecting steel and finishing road work in spring.
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Portsmouth-Kittery
PWA
James RB. Gardner
Frederick Snare Corp
Phoenix Bridge Co
Mill Pond
Noble's Island
Rver
New Hampshire
Ellis Snodgrast
Portland
Phoenix Co
Littleton Construction Co
Kittery
John Tafolla Co
Maplewood Avenue
Islington Street
Bethlehem Steel Co
Comrade Joe Wavers Over Finland And Sweden Plans
The piece mocks Soviet and Russian motives as a bear and pig analogy, noting Finland’s capi tal fate and potential moves toward Sweden. It profiles Comrade Joe and the author’s satire on mutual aid pacts and shifting alliances in a wartime context.
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Joe
Painland
Russia
Secret War Supplies Debate Planned In London
London December 3 AP sources say Prime Minister Chamberlain will designate one day next week for a joint parliamentary discussion on war supplies, following pressure from Labor and Liberal leaders. The plan aims to address supply issues and coordinate government efforts.
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London
Chamberlain
Steve
Mel
Séorel
Conviction of Peters Upheld by State Supreme Court
The state supreme court upheld the murder conviction of Raymond V. Peters for killing Newport case operator Dennis Kungulis. Peters and accomplice Percy G. Long are serving life terms. He argued hearsay evidence was improperly admitted, but the court rejected the claim.
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Concord
State Supreme Court
Raymond V. Peters
Dennis Kungulis
Newport
Cash Year
Peters
Percy G.long
Prison Term For Fritz Kuhn
Fritz Kuhn, leader of the German-American Bund, was sentenced in New York to a prison term of two and a half to five years after being convicted last week of grand larceny of Bund funds.
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New York
N. Y
Fritz Kuhn
Scandinavian Ministers Meet Thursday In Oslo
Norway's foreign minister Halvdan Koht invites Sweden's Richard Sandler and Denmark's Peter Munch to a Thursday conference of Scandinavian foreign ministers in Oslo to discuss the Russia Finland conflict. Denmark remains neutral due to a nonaggression pact with Germany.
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Oslo
Norway
Halvdan Kohi
Richard Sandler
Sweden
Peter Munch
Denmark
Koht
Europe
Finland
Thovald Stauning
Germany
Vaino Tanner
Elias Erkko
Stockholm
Kyosti Kallio
Scandinavia
Coast Guard rescues three after 2 1 2 days at sea
A 28 foot boat with three men was towed to safety by the Portsmouth Harbor Coast Guard after being tossed about for two and a half days. They had started Saturday from Provincetown toward Rockport, Massachusetts, were driven off course by a northeast and fog and ran out of fuel. Skipper Manuel Silver of Gloucester reported the ordeal to Boatswain's Mate Howard Fedderson.
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Cape Porpoise Harbor
Portsmouth Harbor
Mass
Howard Federson
Troops Guard Red Embassy In Rome From Mobs
In Rome on December 5 AP reports Carabinieri and troops blocked a new anti-Russian demonstration before the Soviet embassy after Saturday and Sunday protests. Hundreds of students marched in rain, shouting Finland resist, as troops held avenues and pushed crowds away. Some protesters redirected toward the Finnish legation. Police supported the security cordon as the marchers approached the embassy.
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Rome
Finland
Legation
Estonia Base Used By Reds Bombed, Helsinki Says
Helsinki reports Finland struck Paldiski in Baltic port raid used by Soviet planes that attacked Helsinki last week. Unconfirmed dispatches claim 60 Russians planes were destroyed at Murmansk. Three Soviet planes raided Salmijärvi and nearby areas. Civilians flee Helsinki as authorities fortify Åland. independence anniversary looms. Government rejects Moscow peace claim as cynical and false. No fighting progress details available.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Paldiski
Baltic
Estonia
Murmansk
Salmijaervi
Sweden
Aaland Islands
Moscow
Believe Winnie Judd May Have Taken Own Life
Phoenix AP report says Winnie Ruth Judd, the so called blonde tigress, may have killed herself or hid within miles of the state hospital after escaping Sunday for a second time. Police chase reports say posses scoured areas near the hospital and bloodhounds failed to pick up a scent as authorities near possible closure on the famed killer who once shipped bodies in trunks to Los Angeles.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona State Hospital
Tigress
Los Angeles
Judd
Soviet to quit League over Finland aggression tensions
Moscow reports withdrawal from League of Nations sessions over Finland charge of aggression. Russia calls the invitation insulting while Leningrad reports deeper Finnish advances. Tass rejects League talks claiming the Soviet Union is not at war with Finland. Swedens mediation efforts were sought by Helsinki as Moscow snubs the league. Continued on Page Six.
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London
New York
Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Moscow
Soviet
League of Nations
Leningrad
Tass
Soviet Union
Rudolf Halsti
Holsti
Fin
League
Vyacheslaff
Exeter Youth Held On Auto Theft Charge
An 18 year old Exeter youth Norman Greenwood known as a hermit will be arraigned in Exeter municipal court on two larceny charges. He claimed Boston as his address and allegedly admitted other thefts. The stolen car belonged to Miss Marjorie Evans of Main Street Exeter. Greenwood was captured in Boston and later turned over to Exeter police after a report of a car theft from Rollin's Garage on Epping Road. Police notified state troopers in Topsfield Massachusetts. Continued on page six.
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Marjorie Evans
Main Street
Exeter
Greenwood
Boston
Exeter Police
Evans
Rollin's
Epping Road
Chrysler
Topsfield
Mass
Seabrook Clergyman Learns His Daughter Is Safe
Rev. H. Hawthorne Benedict learns his daughter Agnes is safe after a Berlin embassy cable mentions Helena and George Benedict in destitute circumstances in Warsaw. The State Department warned of a possible tragedy due to censorship. Continued on page six.
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Seabrook
H. Hawthorne Benedict
Poland
Warsaw
War- Schan
Germany
Agnes
State Department
Washington
Berlin
Helena
George Benedict
Benedict
Helena Wolanska
Holtin
Rumania
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James Morrison
C.G
Gee
Winnie Judd
Geneva
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Norman Greenwood
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