Kennedy to Launch Campaign Against War After Christmas
The Kennedy family announces that Joseph P. Kennedy will start a national effort after Christmas to educate Americans against involvement in the European war. He plans radio talks and writings while resting at Palm Beach, aiming to counter wartime propaganda and urge keeping the United States out of war.
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Joseph P. Kennedy
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Great Britain
Kennedy
Palm Beach
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Roosevelt
London
America
Court of St. James
Washington
10 Downing Street
Foreign Office
Foundling Finds Permanent Home In Philadelphia Dormitory
A three weeks old girl found on the steps of a University of Pennsylvania dormitory will be placed for adoption. Mrs. Bessie Bitting, the housemother, said she would file adoption papers and quipped about having 43 boys in the dormitory who need a girl around.
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Foundling
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Bessie Bitting
Three CampbelI co eds eat free meal wash dishes
Three Campbell College co-eds tried a restaurant stunt by eating a large meal and declaring they had no money. Manager L L Coats assigned them dishwashing duty, saying they did it for fun but needed extra help during rush hour. Eggs survive wreck with 55 dozen intact after vehicle crash in Richmond.
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Veto Likely On Logan Bill Before Roosevelt Cruise
Washington dispatch reports a presidential veto of the Walter Logan bill seems likely next week. President Roosevelt may draft the veto aboard the Tuscaloosa, as Congress had approved amendments to the measure limiting federal agency actions. House passage came 176 to 31 with Senate support, while Administration aides warned the bill could hinder defense and lawful government operations.
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China
Treasury
Los Angeles
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Amer
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Senate
Alben W. Barkley
John J. Cochran
DMO
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Interior Department
Nazis Strike At Bristol And London
British reports describe night raids by Nazi bombers on Bristol and London with fires and structural damage in several towns. Some casualties noted, but totals not confirmed. anti-aircraft defenses credited with delaying further attacks. Street crowds and air raid warnings marked the London daylight raid, while scattered strikes affected East Anglia, South Wales, and Liverpool.
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Britain reports air offensive against Germany and Norway ships
British bulletin says transport of food to Britain shifted to munitions runs to aid the war effort. It claims a direct hit on the stern of an enemy ship off Norway and another direct hit with a large explosion after bombing Feje Island wharves. Aircraft were lost in the raid.
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Lorient
France
Norway
Feje Island
Heaviest Bristol Raid Reported by Berlin Line
Berlin reports that German bombing planes returned to Bristol last night to finish destruction begun Sunday. Reconnaissance indicated Bristol industrial districts remained damaged after the prior raid, and last night’s strike was described as Bristol’s heaviest yet with attacks on large meat warehouses, lumber yards, and Portishead dock.
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Portishead
WPA Workers Die In Train Truck Collision Near Benton
Four WPA laborers were killed and 12 injured when a one car motor train struck a truck carrying workers to a road project south of Benton. Victims Henry Dare Lloyd Pierson John Chiatti and Arthur Davis hailed from Christopher. The Ferrian Zephyr train, bound for Chicago from Cypress, Illinois, derailed but carried no injuries among its crew or passengers.
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Witck
Henry Dare
Lloyd Pierson
John Chiatti
Arthur Davis
Christopher
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Cypress
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Why We Do Things Stirs Ripon College Assembly
In Appleton Wisconsin Dr Silas Evans Ripon College president spoke on Why We Do Things at Lawrence College. He was thirty minutes late for the address and admitted he could not explain why he forgot ten.
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Ripon College
Lawrence _ College
Fire, breakage and escape pepper city notes
Clipped items report a car breakdown after antifreeze added, a Chicago tavern blast with shattered glass and a hot water heater explosion, a cat’s meow alert saving a resident from fire, and an excavation find of two iron cannon balls from the French and Indian War unearthed by Clayton Bly.
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