Debates Over LaGuardia Merger Talk For 1944
Washington reports discuss possible mergers to place Fi G new deal allies with Mayor LaGuardia in line for national office. Roosevelt backers in New York push for labor secretary or top CIO AFL role as a path to a 1944 presidential spotlight, with timing framed for major developments in sixty days.
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Washington
Jim Fawley
LaGuardia
Yorks
Farley
Roosevelt
Laver
Mr. Guardia
State Secret
Guardia
LeGuara
London Admits Three Killed Some Damage Aboard Vessel
The Admiralty reported that a German submarine torpedoed a British battleship of the Queen Elizabeth class. Three sailors were killed and the vessel sustained some damage. The specific ship and attack timing were not disclosed. The Queen Elizabeth class includes five ships built before and during World War I, each armed with eight 15 inch guns.
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London
Admiralty
Jutland
Warspite
Valiant
Barham
Malaya
Soviet Union Reinforces Censorship And Replaces Finnish War Leader
Soviet Russia abandons prior vague reports on the Finnish invasion and installs Gen. G. M. Stern as head of the Leningrad Military District and a reinforced Red Army unit. Gen. K. A. Meretskosi is said to have been dismissed. Censorship of foreign dispatches is reimposed with direct pre transmission control starting yesterday.
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Moscow
Russia
G. M. Stern
Vest
Leningrad
Finland
K. A. Meretskosi
Kremlins
Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Office
Italy
Germany
Stern
Joseph Stalin
Order of the Red
New Hill Town Planned On Flood-Free Plateau
Hill near the floodplain will host a re-established community after a dam project. A committee of selectmen and four citizens will form a corporation to rebuild the village on a nearby plateau above floodwaters. Frederick T. Clark outlined a model village with minimal streets and a central business core, plus a park. work hoped to begin next spring.
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Board of Selectmen
Frederick T. Clark
State Planning Board
Social Security Starts In 1940 With Payouts Planned
The piece notes about 20 000 will be paid out starting 1940. It mentions F D R and Morgen and implies the program will require workers to contribute one penny per dollar earned. Estimated average monthly payments for a man and wife would be 390. The plan aims to fund retirement as Treasury resources are stretched.
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New York
Social
Morgen
Treasury
Russian Planes Renew Attack On Finnish Cities Rail Junctions
Helsinki reports Soviet air raids strike railway hubs at Hyvinkaa Riihimaki and Karjaa plus coastal Hanko Katka and Porvoo. Finnish air force gains power with Italian planes silencing a long range gun at Viipuri as Helsinki endures 40 minute alert with no planes sighted.
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Helsinki
Russia
Red
Finland
Murmansk
Hyvinkaa
Riihimaki
Karjaa
Hank
Lieksa
Salle
Stockholm
Salla
Arctic Circle
Petsama
Arctic Ocean
Vvnipuri
Viipuri
Exeter Academy Tax Case To Be Taken Up Shortly
Concord December 29 The State Supreme Court will start its sessions for next year Tuesday. It has before it claims of Exeter town officials for taxation of Philips Exeter Academy. Academy representatives in arguments contend they are exempt by their charter and legislative action. The case is watched for its possible effect on private schools.
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Concord
State Supreme Court
Exeter
Philips Exeter Academy
Fire destroys UNH student house in Durham
A fire of undetermined origin yesterday gutted the small dwelling owned by the University of New Hampshire and rented to four students in the poultry department. Clifford Annis and Dean Plumpton assisted, saving some possessions. two others were away. The fire ruined books and papers, and the building will need complete rebuilding.
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University of New Hampshire
College of Agriculture
Clifford Annis
Colebrook
Dean Plumpton
Manchester
Durham
Hugh Chay
Man
Alton
Royal Holmes
Charlestown
Vacaton
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today AP Dec. 29 1914 No Frontline Fighting
A brief AP recap notes that on December 29, 1914, no fighting or significant front line actions occurred on any theater. The snippet reflects ongoing stalemate reports and general trench warfare context of World War I without new offensives.
Kittery Couple Sails to Bolivian Jungle After Quincy Wedding
Mr and Mrs Gerard J Gallant of Kittery wed in Quincy Mass then sail from New York aboard the Santa Lucia for La Paz Bolivia where Gallant works as a flight mechanic for a gold mining concern. The bride Miss Harbara A Ross is from Quincy and was given in marriage by her father at St Johns Church.
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Gerard J. Gallant
Kittery
New York City
Quincy
Mass
South America
St. John’s Church
Harbara A. Ross
Archie Ross
Clarendon Street
Gallant
Andrew Gallant
Michael J. Owens
Adella Ross
Thomas L. Ross
New York
Santa Lucia
la Paz
Bolivia
St. John’s
Quincy High School
St. John's Church
Trusp Academy
East Boston
Compagnie Aramayo de Mines
la Par
Roosevelt Jr and wife injured in Virginia car crash
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr and his wife were injured in a morning accident near Berry's Ferry Clarke county Virginia while en route to Washington from a Polish relief ball. They were treated at Memorial hospital for lacerations and abrasions believed caused by flying glass. Occupants of the truck were unhurt.
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Winchester
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Washington
Virginia
Memorial Hospital
Robert P. Cline
Berry's Ferry
Clarke County
Scabby
Kenneth Gilpin
Boyce
Northern Virginia
University of Virginia At
Charlottesville
Ethel Dupont
Flames Damage Patterns For Destroyer Parts
Revere Massachusetts December 29 AP Fire department officials investigated a blaze at a Revere brass foundry that possibly destroyed patterns for machinery parts for new US destroyers. The fire caused about 15000 dollars in damage and the cause was suspected to be a hot air explosion in a core oven. State Fire Marshal assistance was sought to confirm origin. Company officials said patterns were copies of originals and could be replaced without delaying production.
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Revere
Mass
Revere Brass
U. S
Thomas J. McCarrick
McCarrick
Stratham Man Dies From Injuries After Fall
August E. Peters, 71, of Stratham, died yesterday at his home from injuries from a fall down a flight of stairs. A Stratham resident for 14 years, he was a farmer born in New Holstein, Wisconsin, and is survived by his wife and an adopted son in California.
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August E. Peters
Stratham
Mr. Peters
New Holstein
Wis
California
Earthquake in Anatolia Hits 60 000 Casualties and Looming Disasters
In quake stricken Anatolia a blizzard looting and disease fears deepen horror. Officials say total casualties near 60,000 with 20,000 killed and 42,000 dead in Erzincan alone. Special trains with doctors reach ravaged areas as more tremors are forecast. Martial law to deter looters. Numerous villages wiped out and many homeless and freezing. Recovery work hampered by frozen rivers and destroyed roads and bridges.
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Ankara
Anatolia
Erzincan
Fatin
Istanbul Observatory
Turkey
Vilayet
Janik Mountains
Black Sea
Sivas Vilayet
Zara
Dafoe Reported to Quit Guardianship of Quints
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe resigned as one of the guardians of the Dionne quintuplets, a move hinted by sources amid ongoing court questions over contracts involving the children. Premier Hepburn said retirement as guardian is Dr Dafoe’s decision and noted he remains the quints’ personal physician as long as the current government is in office.
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Callander
Allan Roy Dafoe
Dionne
Mitchell Hepburn
St. Thomas
Hepburn
Guardian
Dafoe
Dr. Dafoe
J. A. Valin
F Peroy Wilson
Keith Munro
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Sense
Babson
Oy Barclay
Hampton
Eboney
Kittery Point
Neal O‘hara
Exeter Academy
The
Associated Press
Kittery Man
F.D. Roosevelt, Jr
Quints
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