Belle Who Wed Negro Found Dead in Cambridge Home
A former New York society belle who left her status by marrying a Black family’s coachman was found dead in Cambridge Massachusetts. Police said she died of natural causes and discovered a small cloth sack with jewelry tied to her neck. Neighbors recalled a life of culture and sacrifice for love, with a past elopement and a modest estate.
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Cambridge
Mass
Jennie T. Ray
Court of St. James
Jennie Tischauer
Frederic Lawrence
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Greeks Push in Albania in Continued Balkan Assault
Greek army forces advance on Porto Edda outskirts and surrounding zones in the Berati Vaiona area amid anti aircraft fire and fighter opposition. RAF reports shooting down additional Italian planes and recon aircraft, with Greek gains around Argirocastro and Libohovo heights. Near Premet Greek troops reportedly shattered a selected Italian company and captured officers even as weather and snow hinder operations.
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Berati
Vaiona
Elbasani
Shkumbi
Royal Air Force
Premeti
Argirocastro
Porto Edda
Libohovo
High Command
Pogradetz
Moskopolis
Devol
Elgasani
Mumulishia
Premet
Italy
Greeks Press Drive at Platovouni Despite Resistance
Greek communiques report a push at Platovouni crushing strong enemy resistance with civilians killed in Italian bombing raids on Prevenna Philiatra and the Island of Leukas. They say Greek planes bombed enemy columns and storehouses behind lines.
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Platovouni
Prevenna
Philiatra
Leukas
U Boastful U Boats Reveal Plan to Sink British Ships
Nazi sources describe a new central attack with U boats forming squadrons to intercept convoys off southwest England. Flying boats provide weather data and reconnaissance while subs attack from ahead without surfacing, forcing convoy escorts to dodge depth charges. Tangential and diagonal tactics are mentioned but not detailed.
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Britain
United States
Atlantic
England
Swiss Police Raid Reds Seize Propaganda Tracts
Bern, Dec. 4. Federal police raided underground units of the Swiss Communists and the totalitarian Swiss national movement ordered dissolved. At the Freiheit office they seized large batches of propaganda. Raids extended to Zurich Lucerne Bienne and Geneva uncovering documents showing 2000 regular members and a youth wing of 129.
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Bern
Switzerland
Swiss National Movement
Freiheit
Zurich
Lucerne
Bienne
Geneva
National Movernment
Italians Claim Hits on British Ships of War
Italian communique reports successful bombardments in the western sector of Erseka front and attacks on Greek ports Preveza and San Mauro. It claims six Greek planes shot down over Tirana, three Italian planes missing, torpedoing two British cruisers in Suda Bay, and submarine actions in the Atlantic. It notes Italian conscription raises armed forces by 200,000 to reach 3.6 million.
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Erseka
Halian
Preveza
San Mauro
Levkas
Tirana
Suda Bay
Crete
East Africa
Alula
Somaliland
Atlantic
Britain Demands Guarding Trade Lanes in Tangier Zone
British undersecretary R A Butler announced London reserves its rights in Tangier as Spain absorbs the zone into Spanish Morocco. He said Sir Samuel Hoare sought Spain’s reply on the length of stay for two damaged Italian submarines for repairs, while Spain guaranteed safety and economic rights for all foreigners in Tangier. Attlee affirmed Britain will not barter sovereignty for war supplies.
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Germany
Reich
Britain
Tangier
Spain
Spanish
Morocco
J. R. A. Butler
Samuel Hoare
Madrid
Butler
Sir Samuel
Clement R. Attlee
Privy Seal
House
Oliver E. Simmonds
British Possessions In the Western Hemisphere
United States
British MPs debate Italy bombing and Moscow diplomacy
Parliament members clash over plans to bomb Italy now that Greek air bases are available. Frederick S. Cocks urges swift ruthless action, calling for a broad bombing effort. Sir Stafford Cripps reports Moscow warnings over Lena Gold Fields remittance. Earl Winterton counters, urging a focus on British shipyards and imperial alliances with the United States.
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Soviet
Russia
Butler
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
London
Lena
Frederick S. Cocks
Italy
Italian
Earl Winterton
Britain
United States
Epidemic Strikes Los Angeles Area Amid Record Warm December
An influenza outbreak swamped Los Angeles as Mt Sinai Hospital and county facilities reported widespread illness among doctors nurses and staff. About 100 teachers 600 of 1400 pupils in one school and 400 of 2100 prisoners were affected. Health officer Dr George Parrish sought WPA help noting the epidemic began in November after treatment in Honolulu. Meanwhile daily temperatures reached record December highs across the region.
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City
Los Angeles
Mt.Sinai
Los Angeles County Hospital
George Parrish
WPA
Parrish
Honolulu
Tarzana
San Diego
Redondo Beach
Give British Irish Ports G B S Says From Page One
A dated remark rails at local patriotism and argues that British ports now belong to Europe and civilization. The speaker says Ireland holds them in trust and urges the public to protest while claiming England will complete the plan. The tone is defiant and propagandistic.
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Europe
Dublin
England
Knox to Inspect Defenses at Canal And in West Indies
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox left Washington by plane to inspect American naval defenses in the southeast and West Indies. He may join President Roosevelt in the Caribbean, visiting Miami and Jacksonville before proceeding to the Panama Canal. From the canal zone he will go to Puerto Rico and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, returning to Washington by December 18.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Southeast
West Indies
President Roosevelt
Caribbean
Knox
Miami
Jacksonville
Fla
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Puerto Rico
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Roosevelt Cruiser Aboard Magr ant Off Florida Coast
President Roosevelt travels aboard the cruiser Tuscaloosa with two destroyer escorts the Magrant and Trippe somewhere off the Florida coast. The fleet's exact course and destination were not disclosed and newsmen aboard the Magrant were kept in the dark about the voyage.
Unclear fragment on naval trip and Caribbean sites
Fragmentary passage mentions bases acquired from a poet, plans to sail into the destroyer trade, and limited fishing on a trip. References to the Caribbean Sea and numerous U S air and naval sites appear, with an advertisement interrupting the text.
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Soight
Caribbean
U. S. Air and Naval
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