Hamburg Raider Sunk Hint From Adrift Lifeboat
New York reports an empty Hamburg marked lifeboat adrift 800 miles off Portugal's coast, hinting a German sea raider may have perished. Britain pressed raider pursuit as Carnarvon Castle and Warspite chased possible targets. Everleigh shelled 400 miles northeast of Ireland.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
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Azores
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Lloyd Shipping Combine
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Europa
Bremen
North Atlantic
Jervis Bay
North
South Atlantic
Warspite
Enterprise
Carnarvon
Everleigh
Mackay Radio
Ireland
Agnes Ayres dies at 42 in Hollywood after silent era star rise
Agnes Ayres, star of The Affairs of Anatol and The Sheik, dies Christmas Day in Hollywood from a cerebral hemorrhage. She had retired from films at the start of sound era and made a failed comeback attempt. Survived by her daughter Maria, 15, and her ex husband S Manuel Renchi, with earlier marriage to Capt Frank P Schuker.
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Agnes Ayres
Miss Ayres
Gloria Swanson
Wallace Reid
Anatol
Rudolph Valentino
Maria
Mexico City
S. Manuel Renchi
Frank P. Schuker
Father Bereaved Offin Holiday Fire Keeps Funeral Secret
A Washington man Alton Heinbach mourns five dead family members after a Christmas Eve blaze at their home in Upper Marlboro. He bars public attendance, arranging a private funeral and burial at an undisclosed cemetery for himself and close relatives.
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Washington
Alton Heinbach
Upper Marlboro
Heinbuch
Aldrich Architect Dies in Rome at 69
Chester Holmes Aldrich, 65, longtime director of the American Academy in Rome since 1935, died in Rome. A Providence native, he was a New York City firm architect before joining the academy and a Columbia graduate of 1893. He led civil affairs for the American Red Cross during 1917 to 1919.
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Chester Hiolmes Aldrich
New York City
American Academy In
Providence
R. I
Columbia University
Aldrich
American Red Cross ‘Commission
Churchill Address Recap Sparks Italian Public Response
Italian press published a brief summary of Churchill's radio appeal urging Italians to oust Mussolini and noting British friendship. Stefani criticized sanctions as attempts to strangulate Italy, while Ironically linking Churchill’s view to King Vittorio Emanuele’s troops message about Italy’s rising resolve.
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Churchill
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Britain
Italy
Stefani
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Ethiopia
Churchil
Vittorio Emanuele
Pelmanism Founder Faces Financial Collapse in London
London Dec 26 The assets of Joseph Ennever founder of the Pelmanism memory training system have vanished and he now shows liabilities near 65000 dollars Several companies connected with memory training schools were formed Ennever says he was ruined by arrears of income and surtax on supplementary assessments made years ago
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London
Joseph Ennever
Ennever
Wreck Cleared After 17 Freight Cars Derail on B and O
Wreck halted Baltimore and Ohio traffic from Silver Spring to Rochester after 17 freight cars derailed when a drawhead knuckle dropped between ties. Crews cleared debris and coal cars over several hundred yards, and traffic resumed early today on the Salamanca to Rochester run.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Salamanca
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Silver Springs
Rochester
Silver Lake Junction
Soviet Guard Captures Alleged Spy Entering Russia
Pravda reports a Soviet coast guardsman captured an alleged spy who entered the USSR from a Baltic state. The incident was announced by the Communist Party newspaper in Moscow on December 26.
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Communist Party
Pravda
Russia
Baltic States
Safari in Alley Puts Big Game Hunter in Jail
Minneapolis police arrested a lone hunter after neighbors complained of pistol fire in an alley during a Christmas safari. The man told officers he was shooting elephants.
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Minneapolis
Love cheers well confident cablegram reaches Missouri
Kansas City dispatch Dec 26 reports Mrs. George Fiske received a Christmas cablegram from her sister Mrs. Helen Nick Tombazi in London reading Love cheers well confident. The brief message reflects warm family greetings across the ocean.
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Kansas City
George Fiske
Helen Nick Tombazi
London
Eugene Chamber Doubtful About Santa Fe Man
A Santa Fe man wrote to the Eugene Chamber of Commerce asking for help to relocate his wife to Eugene, prompting the chamber to express doubt about its ability to assist in the unusual relocation request.
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Eugene. Ore
Eugene Chamber of Commerce
Santa Fe
N. M
Shooting Sparks Riot in Buffalo’s Little Harlem
In Buffalo a 23 year old Isadore Goldstein was detained on charges of first degree assault and possessing a gun without a permit after a shooting that left Herman Collins 41 wounded in the leg as he fled a delicatessen. Police used shotguns to quell a crowd of about 200 that gathered and threw an object at the store’s plate glass window. Witnesses say Collins tried to take beer from the display. Goldstein chased him, a short distance from the shop, leading to the confrontation.
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Harlem
Walter Holz
Isadore Goldstein
Holz
Herman Collins
Goldstein
Collins
State pigs fewer in New York as 1940 crop drops
Special Dispatch Washington reports a 14 percent drop in New York pig production. The Department of Agriculture records a 1940 pig crop of 335,000 head, down from 389,000 in 1939, as of December 1.
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Special Dispatch
Washington
New York
Department of Agriculture
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Wells & Coverly
Wells & Coverly’s
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Omaha
Esther V. Ernst
With Confidence Furniture Co
Washington ST
Lester M. Browde
S. Salina
East Jefferson
Stein Bloch
Fashion. Park
Hickey Freeman
Burlington Club
Kenroyd
Wells. & Overly, Inc
Saline St
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