Finnish Defense Holds As Red Forces Muster Toll
Reports from Helsinki say seven Soviet divisions about 105 000 men mobilize for a major offensive under Gen G M Stern while Finnish troops continue to defend the Mannerheim line and inflict heavy losses. Berlin fears Allied aid to Finland could push Germany to side with Russia.
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Associated Press
Finland
Germany
Britain
North Sea
G. M. Stern
Mannerheim
Lake Kiant
Berlin
Russia
France
League of Nations
Hercinki
Petsamo
163Rd
Red Army
Helsinki
Kianta
British Nazi ally Miss Freeman-Mitford evacuated to Folkestone
Calais reports Miss Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford, ally of Adolf Hitler, left Calais by channel steamer on a stretcher for Folkestone. She is accompanied by her mother Lady Redesdale and sister Deborah Vivien. Surgeons in London may remove a neck bullet. Her illness or injury remains undisclosed.
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Calais
France
Unity Valkyrie Preeman- Mitford
Adolf Hitler
Folkestone
Lady Redesdale
Deborah Vivien
Evening News
Miss Freeman-Mitford
Tady Redesdale
Switzerland
Munich
Hitler
Great Britain
Legion Declares Bridges a Menace to U S Institutions
National commander Raymond J. Kelly faults the Landis report on Harry Bridges deportation, says Bridges remains a menace to American institutions. He vows continued Legion effort for deportation laws and to fight “un-American” convictions, while Dies committee reports subversive activity declining and outlines key findings on communism, fascism, and protective measures.
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Los Angeles
Raymond J. Kelly
American Legion
Landis
Harry Bridges
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Department of Labor
Bridges
Communist Party
Department
Mr. Landis
Kelly
Los Angeles Breakfast Club
Legion
America
At Least 18 Die As Marlborough Hotel Fire Rages
In Minneapolis, January 3, a Marlborough apartment hotel fire killed at least 18 persons and possibly 20. Firemen battled sub zero conditions as bodies were still being searched four hours after the alarm. Four victims leaped from upper windows and others perished in blazing halls as floors collapsed. Ten to twenty five were injured. cause of the blaze was not determined. Residents reported an explosion heard before 6 am. The 85 apartment building became an inferno with smoke and flames filling the halls.
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Minneapolis
Jan
Marlborough
Soviet Army Division Is Shattered
A Soviet Army division reportedly shattered in battle prompts page three follow up. The report notes heavy fighting and significant losses as Soviet forces face mounting pressure on the front. Further details are promised in the later pages.
Carlsbad Man Held In Local Robbery
Carlsbad, N. M. police hold 22 year old George F. Martinez for investigation in the Dinty Moore’s Bar robbery on North Main. Martinez fled from Officer Willard Thompson during the early morning pursuit, was arrested on a Artesia freight train, and admits being the fleeing suspect but denies theft. Cash loot totaled 41.75.
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George F. Martinez
Carlsbad
Dinty Moore
North Main
Henry Eller
Martinez
Willard Thompson
East Alameda
Eller
Artesia
Thompson
Dinty Moore’s
Dempsey Opposes Trade Treaties Textions and Comment
Rep J J Dempsey of New Mexico disputes a state dept report claiming reciprocity agreements aid New Mexico. He criticizes the report and notes a 50 percent concession in a Venezuelan oil import agreement.
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Dempsey
Washington
J. J. Dempsey
D-Nm
State Department
New Mexico
Prison cook freed of murder charges in Rogers deaths
Fort Towson Oklahoma January 3 exoneration of a prison cook charged in the New Year’s Eve killings of Elmer Rogers his wife and their 4 year old son Dean leaves investigators with no definite clues. A Stringtown prison camp trusty had implicated the cook but warden Jess Dunn and Norman Horton found no evidence. The physician’s report noted buckshot in the victims and Dean’s death by burns while James Glenn Rogers age eight said two strangers shot his parents and house.
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Fort Towson
Okla
Elmer Rogers
Dean
Norman Horton
Jess Dunn
Stringtown
Dunn
James Glenn Rogers
James
Billie Don
E. A. Johnson
Safe and Sound Report Clears New Mexico Slay Rumors
Santa Fe December 3 state police chief Tom Summers closed an inquiry into unfounded slaying and disappearance rumors in western New Mexico. Gus Raney, missing rancher, was found safe at Mogollon and a rumored body near Grants never existed. Summers noted Raney’s two sons died months ago in a stock water tank and the deaths were not foul play.
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Santa FE
N. M
Tom Summers
New Mexico
Gus Raney
Junta del Malpais
Mogollon
Grants
Summers
Raney
Livestock Auction Opens At Roswell New Ring
About 300 cattle planned for sale this afternoon at the Roswell Livestock Sales Company auction pavilion on the Roswell Dexter highway. Buyers expected from Phoenix Albuquerque Sioux City Lubbock Fort Worth and St Louis. Auction every Wednesday led by McConnell of Kermit as auctioneer. Ownership held by A S Patterson T S Stanfield and C H Davis.
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A. S. Patterson
T. S. Stanfield
C. H. Davis
Halter of Montgomery Ward Maps East Trip in Color
John Halter, local Montgomery Ward manager, gave Ad Club members a moving picture presentation of his eastward trip last summer. Most pictures were in color. He received a rousing sendoff as the show ended.
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John Halter
Montgomery Ward
Ad Club
East
Halter
Joe Birkmeyer
Gabe Martin
H. G. Davenport
The
Kemp Lumber Co
Ed Wurfel
el Paso
Bruce Poorbaugh
Harold Cooley
Mexico moves to ban saloons in work centers
On January 3 in Mexico City the union of saloon employees told the federal labor department that a new state prohibition in Chihuahua has caused unemployment in the northern border state. Border towns dependent on tourist trade suffer as the law bans hard liquor sales in saloons. The labor department urged Chihuahua to enact the measure following President Cardenas proposal.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Chihuahua
Federal Labor Department
Labor Department
Cardenas
Carlsbad Caverns Draw Record 218 Thousand Visitors
Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico set a record with 218 382 visitors in the year. Supt. Thomas Boles said the total surpassed the previous high by 11 000 and topped last year by 17 000. Texas led with 80 248 visitors followed by California 23 400 Oklahoma 18 913 and New Mexico 16 802.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Carlsbad Caverns
Thomas Boles
Texas
California
Oklahoma
New Mexico
New Year’s Dance Hall Stabbing Leaves Two in Socorro
In Socorro New Mexico on January 3 a dance hall stabbing left 21 year old Max Aragon in critical condition with wounds to the heart and near the jugular vein. His 23 year old cousin Jose Lopez was jailed in connection with the incident. Aragon required 48 stitches for one injury.
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Socorro
N. M
Max Aragon
Jose Lopez
Aragon
Uncle Sam Moves Post Office to New Building
N M Springer January 3 reports the post office occupying new quarters in Springer over the New Year holiday, signaling a major local civic upgrade.
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Springer, N. M
Uncle Sam
Free weddings fail to lure Albuquerque couples
ALBUQUERQUE, Jan 3. For the second time in five years residents declined Justice of the Peace L. M. Tartaglia’s offer of a free ceremony on New Year’s Day.
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Albuquerque
Jan
Justice of Peace
L. M. Tartaglia
Lincoln canes to pass to new Pueblo officers on Reyes Day
In Albuquerque on January 3 a ceremony will install new officers of the Pueblo Indian village as the Lincoln canes, symbols of Pueblo authority, pass from governors to successors. The rites honor Reyes Day with dancing and other customs. The canes were given to governors by the Civil War president and have been handed down to each new pueblo executive.
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Albuquerque
Lincoln
Pueblo Indian Authority
United Pueblo Agency
New Pueblo
McCormick Leads Santa Fe Donor In GOP Debt Drive
Cyrus McCormick of Santa Fe New Mexico, publisher and Republican national committeeman, contributed 1000 to the party’s year-end drive to wipe out the 1936 campaign debt. The GOP national committee reported over 200 donors gave 1000 or more in the drive.
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Washington
Jan
Cyrus McCormick
Santa Fe
N. M
GOP National Committee
House of Representatives
Treasury reports half year deficit in 1940 fiscal period
Washington reports a treasury deficit of 2 023 238 159 for the first half of the 1940 fiscal year. For the prior six months ending in 1939, outlays totaled 4 767 467 673 while receipts were 2 744 299 513.
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Washington
Treasury
Actress Mitzi Haynes Divorces Dave Gould in Los Angeles
Mitzi Haynes was granted a divorce from dance director Dave Gould in Los Angeles after she testified he urged her to date other men because he did not love her. The couple wed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in April 1937.
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Los Angeles
Mitzi Haynes
Dave Gould
Gould
Goulds
Albuquerque
N. M
Port tie-up ends as San Francisco move resumes
San Francisco officials announced a settlement ending the long port tie-up. Work gangs were notified to begin loading cargo at 1 p.m. Representatives of the CIO ship clerks and employers agreed to resume contract negotiations on Friday.
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San Francisco
CIO
New York Firm, 3 Officers, Indicted in $4 Million Fraud
In New York on January 3, federal authorities indicted The Standard Commercial Tobacco Company Inc its former officers and directors and the Standard Commercial Export and Finance Corporation on charges tied to a government described four million dollar fraud scheme.
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New York
Standard Commercial Tobacco Company, Inc
Standard Commercial Export and Finance Corporation
Mass flight of 800 planes heads south from Orlando
About 800 privately owned aircraft gathered in Florida from across the country and moved southward from Orlando for the 12th Miami All-American air maneuvers. The tech flivver cavalcade proceeds to St. Petersburg then West Palm Beach, with many pilots planning to attend the meet.
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Miami
Fila
Florida
Orlando
Tech “Flivver
St. Petersburg
West Palm Beach
Vatican Radio to Begin Twice Weekly Broadcasts to Americas
Vatican City authorities announced a new twice weekly radio broadcast of religious news and talks from the Vatican City radio station. The English language service for the United States will air Wednesdays and Sundays at 9:30 p m EST on a 48.47 meter wavelength starting tonight.
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Vatican City
North
Central
South America
United States
Von Rintelen claims Black Tom blast linked to plan
The New York Times reports Captain Franz Von Rintelen, former German secret agent, told a London interview he plotted the Black Tom munitions dump explosion that shook Jersey City just before U.S. entry into World War I. He said a 1915 plan targeted Lehigh Valley docks, but not the Kingsland plant. The explosion occurred after he left the United States and was captured by the British.
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New York
New York Times
London
Franz von Rintelen
Jersey City
United States
von Rintelen
Kaiser
Imperial Navy
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Kingsland
Germany
Two Auto Deaths and Roosevelts War Warning
Roswell reported two fatal auto accidents last year bringing total fatal crashes in 12 years to seven. Victims were Patricia Ann Mills and Lucille McLeod. In December 1937 one fatal crash followed a 1933 two-death incident. Washington dispatch notes President Roosevelts plea for national unity amid worldwide disintegration and his call for new taxes to fund emergency defense spending. He urged extended reciprocal trade treaties and warned unemployment among youth requires action, while defense spending increases would be modest per budget projections.
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Roswell
Patricia Ann Mills
Cecil V. Mills
Lucille McLeod
Ruidoso
East 2Nd Street
Police Department
National Safety Council
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
America
House
Senate
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Capitol Building
BP. m
White House
Capitol
Treasury
Finnish High Command Says Isthmus Attack Repulsed With Losses
Helsinki Jan 3 Finnish high command announced a major Russian infantry push on the Karelian Isthmus was repulsed with heavy losses. Russians bombed Turku and Hanko with no casualties or light damage reported in Hanko. On the eastern front Finnish forces repelled units north of Kuolamajarvi and defeated a company at Aijittajoki, while at Suomussalmi five tanks and two armored cars were captured and Finnish forces reached parts of Lake Kokkojarvi.
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Helsinki
Karelian
Turku
Hanko
Finland
Taipale
Lake
Kokkojarvi
Swedish steamer Svarton torpedoed off Scotland coast
The Swedish steamer Svarton of 2475 tons was torpedoed by a submarine off the northeast coast of Scotland and sunk in about ninety seconds. Twenty crewmen were missing while eleven survivors on a raft were rescued by a lifeboat.
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London
Svarton
Scotland
Swedish steamer Kiruna warns of U boat attack in Atlantic
New York dateline reports the Swedish steamer Kiruna radioed that it had been fired on by a U boat and was sinking slowly. The vessel gave a position about 500 miles north of the Azores and requested assistance. The call came through MacKay radio at New York today.
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New York
MacKay Radio Today
Kiruna
Azores
British warplane shot down over Belgium kills one pilot
A British warplane pursued by two German Messerschmitts over German territory today fell in flames in Belgium. One crew member was killed and two were seriously injured. The crash occurred about six miles from the German city of Aix-la-Chapelle.
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Brussels
Belgium
Aix-La- Chapelle
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State Health Department
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