Britain's Hunt for Bremen Held Futile
ERLIN December 13. German high command reports British planes tried to reach the liner Bremen but turned back before reaching the German coast. German forces claim successes on the western front with prisoners taken and tout the Bremen’s arrival in a home port despite a British submarine. The German foreign office released a white book defending Germany and accusing Britain, including excerpts attributed to Chamberlain, amid war diplomacy review.
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Bremen
Germaius
Adolf Anreis
New York
Murmansk
Soviet Russia
Bremerhaven
Foreign Office
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Pisudski
Poland
Melgoland
North Sea
House of Commons
Mnayy
Admiralty
Murimansk
Russia
Western Front
Treasury position report shows December 17 figures
Treasury data from December 17, compared with a year ago, lists receipts of 2 3470 54684 and 2 182 807 41, expenditures 2 5866 86049 and 2 7769 17897, net balance 2 618 8d134797 and 2 252 52466 74, customs receipts 1 1056 51723 and 9 868 454 69, yearly receipts 2 362 435 716 17 and 2376 173 8421, expenditures 4 171 914 628 0 and 3 949 27760 65, excess of expenditures 1 609 479 11264 and 1 573 198 376 40, gross debt 41 28 283 123 73 and 58 670 059 005 06, increase 2 451 228 62, sold assets 17 432 810 225 78 and 14 970 022 832 66.
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Dre
The
Egyptian Palace to Become Fort in Alexkandha
The Egyptian government buys the palace at Randel for 300000 dollars, once owned by Prince Mohamed Ali and linked to King Farouk. It will be converted into a fort, with origins tied to the ex-Khedive's mother.
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Alexkandha
Egypt
Randel
Oword
Mohamed Ali
Farouk
Chamberlain quote on Slovak independence and frontiers
A March 15, 1939 remark attributed to Chamberlain is cited, noting that British guarantees for frontiers were unlikely and that the crisis originated from the Slovak minority declaring independence. The Munich pact context is referenced in relation to Greek borders and broader regional shifts.
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Munich
Chamberlain
Squirrels Aided Says Spokesman Over Tree Guards
Brownwood resident reports growers defend pecan crops by guarding trees from squirrels. A spokesman says annual pecan crop value rises when guards deter nut theft, while Mrs. Emilie Schuyler of Dallas Animal Protection League protests the guards guarding trees, calling it cruel to the wildlife.
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Emilie Schuyler
Dallas Animal I Proceptive League
British patrol flights ward off Nazi mine-laying planes
London reports British warplanes conducted preventive patrols over four North Sea seaplane bases including Helgoland to disrupt German mine-laying aircraft. The Air Ministry said patrols were continuously maintained with no details released, and aviation sources described the operation as a watchdog system designed to interrupt enemy mine-laying efforts.
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Vetch
North Sea
Air Ministry
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Borkum
Nori
Helgoland
Island Fortress
Elbe
Weer
Ger
Two Year Sentence for Rape Charge in District Court
Daniel EB. Perez pleaded guilty in Criminal District Court to assault with intent to commit rape and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary from October 26, the date of his arrest. He had been indicted on a charge of raping a girl.
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Apaches Packing Company
I Criminal District Court
Rane
War Roundup Ponders Expulsion of Russians from League
Associated Press reports Russia condemned as aggressor for invading Finland by a League of Nations subcommittee. The panel urged help for Finland and even suggested asking nonmembers like the United States to assist. Debate centered on Russia’s status in the League amid mediation rejection.
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Finland
League of Nations
League
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League Assembly and Council
Argentina
Soviet Union
Europe
Buenos Aires
Achilles
Admiral Scheer
Uruguay
Washington
Joseph E. Davies
Brussels
Muscov Dnpx
Helsinki
Weather data fragment with rainfall and cities
Fragmentary weather notice lists temperatures, rainfall figures, and cloud conditions across multiple U.S. locations. Reads like a historic station table with atomized city entries such as Atlanta Gal Rabins Austin Boston and New Orleans, plus notes on rainfalls, highs and lows, and moon phases.
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Ataisaa
Dow
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Sarpua Christ
Dallas
del Rio
Coin
Dolce City
Kan Hi Paso
Texan
Tex
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Tekas
Batis Maem
Tennsey
Winrar
New Orleans
Jervey
New York
Nema
Alaska
Amaha
Net
Paris
Teraa
Haining Tyt Agtnar
Priatsin
Sramice Keerburg
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Chen
Death weapon linked to car held thieves in Nevada
Investigators in Chicago Nevada concluded the death of Mrs. Tinka Thompson resulted from being struck by a car after a theft. Witnesses described the assailants forcing the car forward and running her down as she stood by the street, with latest testimony noting the vehicle rolled over her as she attempted to stop it.
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Nev
M—Demaertives
Tinka ‘Thompson
Dalihemin
Lilectiqves Phila
Thompson
Weber
Wight
Ailey
Griening
Hoffman
Trade Act renewal looms as major 1940 issue
Washington dispatch notes Roosevelt will seek renewal of the reciprocal trade act before its June expiry as a key 1940 congressional matter. Senate Minority Leader McNary predicts an overwhelming defeat for the measure amid party lines and wartime policy shifts. In London, a blood transport fleet stands by to supply transfusions to British army hospitals in France or other cities hit by air raids.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
re+porters
Senate
McNary
Republican
Oregon
MERCY
London
France
Japan to Open Talks With Soviet for Trade Pact
TOKIO December 13 Vakichira Suma the Japanese foreign office spokesman said Japan would begin negotiations with Soviet Russia on January 10 to seek a trade treaty. He noted the United States has denounced the present pact effective January 26 and that the Russian market now cannot replace the American one. Suma declined to say if trade would be restricted with the United States or if Far East tensions would rise, but asserted trade would proceed under a non tit y conduit.
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Vakichira Suma
Japan
Soviet Russia
United States
Suma
America
Far East
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