Washington paints the politics of camouflage in a thin gray
Washington insiders describe a capital dressed in grey as the 1940 campaign looms. The O Mahoney Borah licensing bill revival signals a first step to peace via corporate regulation. Budgets shift toward defense while deficiences and tax ideas surface, with White House hints at excess profits taxes and fiscal maneuvers.
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Washington
Cressional Sessim
Con- TeAsMell
Essary
WPA Pwa
White House
Finnish Forces Halt New Soviet Attacks On Karelian Isthmus
Finnish fronts report shattered Russian tank assaults on the Mannerheim line on the Karelian Isthmus while airmen and ski troops strike toward the railway. Finnish ski detachments push east of Lieksa and skirmish across the frontier in the waistline area seeking weak tracks for bombing and withdrawal. Reports claim heavy artillery and tank battles around Viipuri and Lake Suvanto with civilian casualties at about 150 nationally.
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Karelian
Karelian Isthmus
Finland
Mannerheim Line
Lieksa
Sallagrea
Itf
Lawrence of Arabia
Red Army
Russia
Sian
Lake Hattalahti
Viipuri
Kereliga
Lake Suvanto
Suomussaim
Fetsamo Froms
Arctic
Petsamo
French Repulse Two Attacks By Nazis
Paris reports French troops repulsed two German attacks including hand to hand fighting. Operations extended the north Western Front flank with recon patrols in the Moselle and Meuse regions. Britain notes two war cabinet members plan to tour the Maginot line amid Allied high command briefings.
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Paris
Wesern
Saar Tiver
Vosges
Moselle River
Med River
Britain
Samuel Hoare
Maurice Hankey
Christmas spoof mocks Stalin Adolf and Joe in era humor
A fragmented humorous piece mocks Stalin Adolf and Joe in a holiday street scene. It jokes about Comrade Joe and Adolf as safe figures, mentions vodka and cyanide references, and contrasts Christmas spirit with a grim revolutionary past.
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Joe
Adolf
Stalin
Lenin
Pope Pius XII Visits Italian King and Queen
Pope Pius XII met Italy's king and queen at the Quirinal Palace in Rome in a historic first papal audience with a temporal prince in over 70 years. The visit signals closer church state ties as Mussolini is expected to visit the Pope on Jan. 5. The Pontiff prayed for royal protection and a peaceful, durable order for Italy and Europe.
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Rome
Pius II
Italy
Quirinal Palace
Vittorio Emanuele
Elena
Vatican
Mussolini
Il Duce
Pope Pius MII
Pius
197th Regiment Strength Figures Show 1,011 Men Active
Reports up to December 26 list the 197th Regiment N H and N Ga with 3,011 enlisted men plus 48 commissioned and one warrant officer. Authorized strength is 1,187 enlisted men, leaving 176 more enrollments needed to reach maximum.
Worker Survives 13 553 Volt Electric Incident
Irving C Young 40 of 32 Washington Street Concord escaped death after 13 553 volts passed through his body at the Cocheco Street substation of the Public Service Company of New Hampshire. He remained in Wentworth Hospital in serious condition with severe hand burns and shock, aided by a pillow and ambulance.
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Irving C. Young
Washington Street
Concord
Public Service Company of
New Hampshire
Wentworth Hospital
Young
Manchester
Coche¢o Street
Comeback In N. Y. Stock Market
New York stock market turns up with many depressed issues reclaiming fractions to over a point. Early activity sluggish but broadening later as steels and aircrafts lead gains with U S Steel Bethlehem Lockheed Glenn Martin Eastern Air Lines United Aircraft Chrysler Public Service of N J Anaconda Dow Chemical U S Gypsum Montgomery Ward N Y Central and Southern Pacific among advancers.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Lockheed
Glenn Martin
Eastern Air Lines
United Aircraft
Chrysler
Public Service of N. J. Anaconda
Dow. Chemical
U. S. Gypsum
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central and Southern Pacific
Four Suncook Firemen Hurt In Collision
Four Suncook firemen and the gasoline truck driver were injured in a crash on the Daniel Webster highway. The gas truck struck a filling station and garage, causing a large fire that destroyed the station, garage, the truck, and 400 gallons of gasoline. Injured were Antonia Garant Rene Fontaine Edgar Lavoie and Raoul Beauregard. Garant needed hospital care. Frederick Hurd of Manchester, the gas truck driver, had cuts and bruises. A second fire truck arrived to tackle a minor blaze from an oil stove.
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Suncook
Daniel Webster
Antonia Garant
Rene Fontaine
Edgar Lavoie
Raoul Beauregard
Garant
Frederick Hurd
Manchester
Weather Grows Warmer Across Portsmouth Area Today
Old Man Winter eases its grip as temperatures rise a few degrees from yesterday in Portsmouth readings. The coldest spot was Congress Street at 2 degrees below zero while most sites were slightly warmer, with readings in Harbor County and nearby areas like Isles of Shoals and Hampton listed.
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Winter
Portsmouth
Congress Street
Portsmouth Harbor County
Christian Shore
Navy Yard
Isles of Shoals
Hampton Beach
Hampton Center
Nazis Accuse Allies Of Inciting Finns To War On Russia
Berlin dispatch notes the German foreign office mouthpiece accuses Britain and France of provoking Finland to fight Russia to disrupt northern Europe and hinder Germany’s supply routes. It argues Allies seek only moral support and outdated material aid, with no real intent to assist Finland militarily.
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Russia
Berlin
Foreign Office
Britain
France
Finland
Europe
Germany
Deutsche Diplomatisch - Politische Korrespondenz
Korrespondens
League of Nations
League
Red Arms In Black Sea Area Pondered
Moscow reports speculation that the Soviet Union may demand new Black Sea naval bases as a Bulgarian trade delegation arrives. Russia fears shifts after Turkey’s mutual aid pact with Britain and France and calls more men to arms, details undisclosed. A Red Army communique notes no major front action while Soviet aviation conducted reconnaissance flights.
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Moscow
Russia
Black Sea
Turkey
Great Britain
France
Red Army
2000 Italian Volunteers Reported In Tornio Finland
London, Dec. 28. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Helsinki said it was reported without confirmation that 2,000 Italian volunteers had arrived at Tornio to aid Finland against Soviet Russia. Tornio is a port at the Gulf of Bothnia.
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London
Air Ministry
Germany
Ministry
North Sea
Helsinki
Tornio
Finland
Russia
Gulf of Bothnia
Combes Couple Mark 60th Anniversary in Hampton Falls
Mr and Mrs C F Combes of Hampton Falls celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary on Monday with an informal reception for relatives and friends. Family guests included Mrs Stephen E Combes of Hampton Falls and Mr and Mrs Everett B Combes of Hampton. Both are in good health and able to work their daily tasks.
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C. F. Combes
Hampton Falls
Stephen E. Combes
Everett B. Combes
Hampton
12 Cities And 80 Villages Demolished By Shocks
Ankara reports 9,000 feared dead or missing as yesterday's quakes in eastern and northern Anatolia destroy dozens of towns. Tokat reports 959 dead and 443 injured. Erzincan in ruins, fires rage from gas mains. Turkish relief troops and army patrols rush aid as tremors continue through the night.
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Anatolia
Europe
Asia
Tokat
Erzincan
Kemah
Black Sea
Samsun
Ordu
Ankara
Sivas
Amasia
Yozgad
Baltic
Ankers
West Bromwich
London
Newschatel
Zurich
Switzerland
Ucele Observatory
Belgium
Asia Minor
Straits of the Bosporus
Dardanelles
Sea of Marmara
Three Injured In Accident At North Kennebunkport
In North Kennebunkport on Route 1, Mrs. Blanche L. Burroughs of West Kennebunk and William Dennison were riding in a car that struck a horse-drawn wagon carrying Frank Sewall, 70. Burroughs hospitalized with a fractured leg and broken ribs, Dennison cut on head and back pains, Sewall dazed but uninjured, horse shot after crash. both vehicle and wagon wrecked. Dennison said he attempted to pass the wagon when an oncoming car crowded him, causing the collision.
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North Kennebunkport
Route 1
Blanche L. Burroughs
West Kennebunk
William Dennison
Frank Sewall
Biddeford
Dennison
Sewall
Argentina Refuses To Free Spee Crew
In Buenos Aires on December 26 the Argentine government rejected protests against internment of the crew of the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee. More than 1000 sailors are held at the naval Arsenal pending transfer to inland provinces with maintenance charged to Germany.
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Buenos Aires
Geremany
Graf Spee
Germany
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National Advisory Committee Aeronautics
AL Lindbergh
Paul Mallon
Herald
Murmansk
Hitwessing Diplomatic
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