Rift Widens as Hungary Romania Clash Deepens
Budapest reports worsen the Hungaro Romanian dispute as Bulgaria distances from the Axis and Yugoslavia signals alignment with Germany. Bulgarian minister Popoff asserts no war aims while Soviet naval bases rumors surface at Burgas. Teleki accuses Antonescu of defying Vienna pact amid Romanian internal turmoil.
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Budapest
Balkans
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Germany
Ivan Popoff
Black Sea
Burgas
Soviet Union
Belgrade
Alexander Cincar-Markovitch
Berlin
Sofia
Axis
Popoff
Paul Teleki
Hungary
Ion Antonescu
Rumania
Transylvania
Antonescu
Romania
Teleki
Standard Oil Lines Seized in Romania Decrees
Premier Ion Antonescu ordered expropriation of all oil pipelines pumping stations and related real estate in Romania. Romano Americano a Standard Oil unit faced losses as its properties are seized. A second decree seized Danube barges tugs tankers and ships tied to firms with Jewish stockholders. Reimbursement planned over 25 years via 3 percent bonds. Oil output fell from 1700 to 1400 tank cars daily due to transport and unrest.
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Bucharest
Ion Antonescu
Romania
Romano Americano
Standard Oil
Danube
Antonescu
Rumania
Five Iron Guards Executed for Iorga and Madgearu Murders
Budapest reports say five Iron Guardists were executed by Romanian authorities for the killings of former Romanian Premier Nicholas Iorga and former Finance Minister Virgil Madgearu during the blood purge. Identified among them is M. Cojacaru, Ploesti police chief, alleged to have driven Iorga in an official car and shot him. Constantin Boeriu, former general manager of a Romanian cooperative, a former butcher, is listed among the murderers.
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Budapest
Iron
Nicholas Iorga
Virgil Madgearu
M. Cojacaru
Ploesti
Iorga
Madgearu
Constantin Boeriu
Bethlehem Steel announces 50 thousand ton ingot expansion
Bethlehem Steel Corp launches a 10 million expansion adding 50,000 tons yearly ingot capacity for military and commercial use. The project includes six open hearth furnaces two coke oven banks two blast furnaces and enlargements to two old furnaces. Plant extensions cover Bethlehem Lackawanna Maryland and Steelton sites with a 800 000 tons coke and 700 000 tons pig iron output.
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Washington
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Council of National Defense
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem
Edward R. Stettinius
Defense Commission
Navy Department
New York
Grace
Bethlehem, Lackawanna
Stettinius
Italian Raids Turn Corfu Into Island of the Dead
Corfu suffers daily Italian bombing with no military defense leaving a quarter of the old town uninhabitable. About 5,000 residents shelter underground in cellars and stairs while 60 civilians killed and around 100 wounded by Nov 28. Churches damaged, St Epirridion remains, locals pray to patron saint as streets lie deserted.
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Jan Vindrien
Corfu
John Pappadakis
St. Epiridions
St. Epiridion
Poisonous Spiders In Auto Thief Loot In Chicago
Nathaniel B. Milton reported his car stolen but more alarming was the package found inside the vehicle. The bag contained two tarantulas and 50 black widow spiders Mil to n had collected for a research project and warned the thief of the deadly danger if bitten.
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Chicago
Nathaniel B. Milton
Milton
Tangier Post Office Incident Draws British Protest
The British Consul General A F D Gascoigne at Tangier representative of Spain faced protests after 20 Italians allegedly pulled down official bulletins and photographs from the British post office. No injuries were reported and the notices were replaced. assurances were obtained.
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Tangier
London
Morocco
A. F. D. Gascoigne
Youths Enter Army Indictments Dismissed in Buffalo
Two Buffalo youths Aloysius Cieslik 18 and Vincent Gembolys 21 had second degree grand larceny indictments dismissed by Supreme Court Justice Alonzo G Hinkley after they were accepted for United States Army service. Sentences had been deferred last September to allow enlistment. The move was seen as a precedent in the area.
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Buffalo
United States Army
Supreme Court
Alonzo G. Hinkley
Aloysius Cieslik
Vincent Gembolys
Calf of Two Heads Offered to Art Museum for 2000
Kansas City report says William Rockhill Nelson Art Museum director Paul Gardner received a letter offering a mounted Hereford calf with two heads four eyes and three ears for 2000. Other notes mention army chaperone plans and Des Moines coat hanger fundraiser raising 42532 cents.
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Kansas City
Paul Gardner
William Rockhill Nelson Art Museum
Ten year old seeks Negro orchestra for piano project
Baltimore on December 4 reports ten year old Robert Chick Smith and his traveling piano search for a Negro orchestra to tune up with. He fears the piano will freeze on a vacant lot after neighbors left it when they moved.
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Baltimore
Robert
Chick) Smith
Newberry Boys Print Mail Order Lists For Santa
Two Newberry youngsters Allen and Mack Calcote print and list mail order prices to keep Saint Nick busy. They mailed letters with prices so there would be no mistake. Police moved in after a truck action on the street tracks, but the truck could not budge the obstacle.
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F.C.B
North Pole
Newberry
5. C
Allen
Mack Calcote
Saint Nick
Quietly Leave Burning Masque Theater After Fire Breaks Out
Three hundred patrons filed quietly from the Masque Theater in Buffalo as fire erupted in the projection booth. The film halted, flames spurted from booth portholes, and firemen praised the orderly exit. Damage estimated at about 200 dollars.
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Buffalo
Bethlehem plans two new furnaces for Lackawanna plant
Bethlehem Steel officials announced a production speedup to boost pig iron output at the Lackawanna plant near Buffalo. Edward Entwistle, the general manager, said a new coke oven battery and a new blast furnace would be added, bringing the plant to four coke oven batteries and six blast furnaces.
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Buffalo
Bethlehem Steel
Lackawanna
Washington
Edward F. Entwistle
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