Five British Ships Sunk Says Berlin
Berlin reports the sinking of four armed British merchant ships totaling 24 340 tons and a fifth of 12 329 tons named Waiotira credited to two German submarines. A German scouting plane dropped two heavy bombs on a merchant ship off the Thames mouth.
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Berlin
High Command
Thames
Mackay
Trish
Hish
London
Dunkerque
French Channel
Channel
France
English Channel
DNB
North Sea
Nazi Raiders Reported Near Japanese Ports
Continued reports claim three German vessels lie at Tsingtao on the Chinese coast and three more in Chinese ports are being armed. Informants say foreign intelligence notes indicate many Germans have been arriving in Japan for months.
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Tsingtao
Japan
20 Norse Ships Sunk In the Indian Ocean
Travelers report Nazi raiders have sunk more than 20 Norwegian ships and attacked British vessels in the Indian Ocean. German raiders believed to be aided by two ships from Kobe and potential freighters from Shanghai. One confirmed sinking is the Norwegian tanker Ole Jacob brought to Kobe. Empress of Asia zigzagging on voyage to Hong Kong due to danger.
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Shanghai
Hong Kong
India
Indian Ocean
Kobe
Japan
Ole Jacob
Japan Soviet Talks Open on Fisheries Pact Renewal
Diplomatic sources report Japan has begun negotiations with Soviet Russia to renew the fisheries agreement set to expire December 31. Ambassador Yoshitsugu Tatekawa has met twice with Vyacheslav Molotov on the matter. The pact previously allowed Japanese fishing in certain Soviet Far East waters.
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Japan
Moscow
Russia
Yoshitsugu Tatekawa
Vyacheslaff
Far East
Trud
Tokyo
Norma Shearer Recovering From Flu in Idaho
Actress Norma Shearer is recovering from influenza at Sun Valley Idaho with a normal convalescence, according to Dr John R Moritz. Shearer Mrs Irving Thalberg returned Monday after spending Christmas holidays with her children, as reports noted.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
Norma’ Shearer
John. R. Moritz
Miss. Shearer
Irving
Thalberg
Levine
Storm Dead On 2 Coasts Reaches 26
A tropical windstorm ravaged Cuba and Mexico and spread up the Florida and California coasts, killing 26 and injuring hundreds. Bejucal in West Cuba suffered 10 deaths and 180 injuries while Vera Cruz State, Mexico reported nine dead. In Florida a man electrocuted by a fallen power line as torrential rains hit. a Coast Guard rescue saved 22 crew from the lumber schooner Stanwood off California after 30 foot waves.
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Associated Press
Cuba
Mexico
Florida
California
Bejucal
Vera Cruz
Robert L. Knight
Weather Bureau
Stanwood
Coast Guard
New England
Alabama
Washington Weather Bureau
Block Island
Sandy Hook
Errol Flynn’s Yacht Sirocco Forced Back by Gales
Avalon California December 25 Errol Flynn’s yacht Sirocco returning from Honolulu after 11 days at sea was driven back by 60 mile an hour gales on December 24 about 600 miles from California. Radio failure the second day prevented reporting its position. Flynn did not make the voyage.
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Avalon
Catalina Island
Calif
Iovie Acl
Errol Flynn
Sirocco
Honolulu
al Wetzel
Warner Bros
California
William Keil
Flynn
Airliners Grounded By Fog in New York
Rain and fog grounded flights across New York state on December 28 delaying travel and canceling schedules at Buffalo LaGuardia Albany Syracuse and Rochester. State police warned against unnecessary travel in counties with low visibility while forecasts predicted conditions to persist into tomorrow.
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Albany
New York
Buffalo
LaGuardia Field
New York City
Syracuse
Rochester
Weather Bureau
Warren
Saratoga
Washington
Saranac Lake
Keeseville
Dorothy Comiskey to Marry Rigney
Dorothy Comiskey, 23, treasurer of the Chicago White Sox, is engaged to John Rigney of the White Sox pitching staff. The engagement was announced by Mrs Grace Comiskey, mother of the bride to be. The couple plans marriage next fall. Rigney is the son of Mr and Mrs Thomas J Rigney of River Forest Illinois.
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Dorothy Comiskey
Rigney
Chicago
Chicago White Sox
John [Rigney
White Sox
Grace Comiskey
Miss Comiskey
J. Louis Comiskey
Charles A. Comiskey
American League Club
Thomas J. Rigney
River Forest
Lee
Nazi Move Steps Heighten War Pressure in Southeast Europe
Reports say Nazi forces concentrate in Romania and Balkans to press Yugoslavia and Turkey while preparing to alter control in Alsace Lorraine and Moldavia. Petain signals possible North Africa defection if terms are harsh. Weygand leads Free French against Italian Libya from Tunisia.
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France
Alsace
Lorraine
Italy
Petain
North Africa
Maxime Weygand
Charles de Gaulle
Libya
Tunisia
Egypt
Rumania
Louthwestern
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Moldavia
Germany
Hitler
Vienna
Hungary
Romania
Rumanian Iron Guard
Nazis Affront Russia Says Turkish Press
Istanbul reports that Turkish papers view Germany’s army movement into Romania as a threat to Soviet Russia and Balkan stability. Aksham argues Germany may target Russia and worsen German Soviet relations, warning of shattering Balkan peace and affronting the Soviets.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Romania
Russia
Balkan
Aksham
Germany
Balkans
Attorney Marries Portia He Opposed In Federal Trial
Delphine Meyer 24 year old Deputy District Attorney and Harold R. Shire Assistant United States Attorney wed in Yuma after a federal court romance sparked by opposing counsels. Meyer is cited as possibly California’s youngest deputy prosecutor, USC Law School graduate with high honors, admitted to the bar last July.
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Portia
Los Angeles
Delphine Meyer
Harold R. Shire
United Sates
Fred S
Meggssg
Hollywood Motion Picture
Yuma _yesteray
California
Shite
University of Southern California Law School
Jourie
Privaty
Prartinn
Greeks Push Fronts In Albania Threaten Valona Bay
Greek forces drive on across Albania amid blizzards advancing to Valona Bay and Berat. They seize Chimara Porto Edda Porto Palermo and three key positions near Moskopoli and Ostravista while Italian air raids strike Corfu City and Preveza.
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Yugoslavia
Chimara
Valona Bay
Ostravista
Moskopoli
Berat
Europe
Greece
Pogradec
Lin
Georgevista
Vanista
Argyrokastron
Tepelini
Porto Edda
Porto Palermo
Valona
Argirocastro
Corfu
Preveza
Albania
Kathemerini
A. Sakellariou
Andrew Browne-Cunningham
Mediterranean
Italians Report Plane Attack on Greek Coast
Italian war planes attacked the naval base at Preveza on the west coast of Greece and scored direct hits on steamers in the bay. Bombing and fighter formations also targeted Albania with troops and highway junctions, while ground attacks were repulsed. Some prisoners and automatic arms were reported captured.
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Rome
Preveza
Greece
Albania
Petain Aids Go to Africa and Egypt Demobilization Reported
Travelers from unoccupied France report Petain authorized French naval officers to take vacations in North Africa and ships sail from Toulon. They cite Petain seeking sole control of France and resisting foreign troop passage. A Vichy cabinet meeting was awaited with a report on a Christmas trip to occupied France and a letter to Hitler. In Cairo, Egypt, the army demobilization for officers and men was reported.
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Lisbon
Portugal
France
Petain
North
Africa
Toulon
North Africa
Vichy
Navy
Jean Darlan
Christimas
Switzerland
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Soup and Fish Tales Spark City Panhandling Jest
A Seattle jail inmate quips that door to door begging in a silk suit looks better with a soup and fish guise. Across the Midwest a 77 year old divorce case ends with a doghouse in the settlement. A Wisconsin towman injured by a shifting wheel after car crashes is hospitalized. Ogdensburg reports a family row over nut butter used to putty windows. The American Brass Co plans a New Year closure citing excess celebration. Kansas City civic groups fund a camp leisure luxury for the 110th Engineers at Camp Robinson.
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Seattle
Sergt
Martin Hanson
Watertown
Wis
Roland Reynolds
Reynolds
Mere
Ogdensburg
Kansas City
National Guardsmen
al Company
110Th Engineers
Camp Robinson
Ark
War Today War Today The Irish Question
Premier De Valera urged the United States to help Ireland gain arms and food as Britain tightens controls on Irish imports. The piece recalls the 1938 agreement transferring bases to Eire and notes Ireland's neutrality and fear of invasion amid Britain's wartime shortages. The author questions whether Britain will use trade limits to pressure Ireland or push union with Ulster.
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Eamon de Valera
Eire
Columbia Broadcasting System
America
Britain
de Valera
Ireland
Dublin
Soverign
England
Bantry Bay
Cobh
Queenstown
Lough Swilly
Hire
British drive nears Bardia as 38114 troops defeated
38 114 taken prisoners as British forces mass for assault on Bardia. Italian commander Graziani rushes to strengthen Tobruk defenses while Mussolini orders prolonged resistance. Captured equipment shows aging guns and mixed mobility as British observers note stout garrison and potential naval bombardment along the coast.
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Dolfo’ Graziani
North Africa
Tobruk
Bardia
Royal Air Force
Mussolini
Salum
Associated Press
Garibaldi
Rome Claims Destruction of Motorized Column Front on Bardia
The High Command said Italian motorized columns destroyed a British mechanized detachment on the Bardia front with air force help and captured crews. A naval unit shelled British forces along the Libyan coast, dispersing armored detachments and silencing artillery. An Italian plane torpedoed and sank a 5,000 ton steamer in the Mediterranean amid mixed submarine news.
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Rome
High Command
Bardia
Libyan
Daily War Bulletin
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Seamen Safe As Ship Sinks In Offshore Incident
The Charles Pratt of 9 000 tons carried an American crew and escaped war zone rules after Standard Oil transferred 17 ships to Panama before Roosevelt wartime zones. Two sister ships, the Jaser Seep and James McGill, were sunk with no American crew or casualties.
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Charles Pratt
Standard Oil Company
Roosevelt
United States
West Africa
Jaser Seep
Havre Roads
James McGill
English Channel
Red Army Reports Two Border Bandits Neutralized
Soviet dispatches say two bands of border trespassers were wiped out by Red Army troops. Semion Sakal led a border guard unit that killed the invaders and seized their arms and goods. The first clash occurred months ago in mountainous terrain. the second ended with the bandits routed from a volcano hideout using rifles and grenades.
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Red Army
Moscow
Comsomol
Communist Youth Party
Pravda
Communist
Semion Sakal
Couo
Buenos Aires Decree Bans Film Exhibition in Theaters
Buenos Aires Mayor Carlos Pyeyrredon issued a decree prohibiting the exhibition of the film The Dictator in theaters across the city. The unclear INS dispatch notes the action taken today amid unspecified local considerations.
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Buenos ‘Aires
Carlos
Pyeyrredon
Buenos Aires
Charlie Craps
the Dictator
Buenos
Roosevelt weighs speech aims as war aid debated
President Roosevelt plans a final draft of his address with two callers, Ambassador Phillips and defense head Knudsen, discussing defense funding and shipbuilding. He may also address peace proposals and plans to speak to Congress on January 6 with a budget message the next day. Senator Wheeler denounces loan lease, urging caution on a peacetime precedent. Representative Fish backs accelerated ship production to aid Britain without war.
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William Phillips
United States
Italy
William S. Knudsen
Defense
Early
Phillips
Rome
Knudsen
Roosevelt
New Title Congress
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Hamilton Fish
R-N
Fish
Wheeler to Air Views On Lend Lease Opposition
Senator Wheeler of Montana announced he would broadcast his objections to President Roosevelt's lend-lease plan Monday night. The speech, airing at 10 30 P M Eastern Time, will be carried on a national hookup and rebroadcast to foreign countries by short wave.
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Wheeler
Washington
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Senator Wheeler
D-Mont
London Bomb Raid Reported as City Suffered Casualties
A German raid over London lasted about four hours killing some people and destroying dwellings. The dispatch notes fires and damage across districts including a church and hotel, with rescue crews pulling a 14 year old girl from debris as home guards patrolled for looting.
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Fleet Air ‘Arm
Royal Air Force
Haugesund
Admiralty
Air Ministry
Stavanger
Norway
Scotland
Britain
England
Bay of Biscay
Scandinavian Peninsula
Associated Press
East Anglia
London
Rochester Seeks School Fire Cause
Rochester fire officials sought the origin of a 12000 dollar blaze that partially destroyed the Sacred Heart Parochial School building. Two firefighters were overcome and many others were affected by dense smoke as a wing and part of the main building suffered extensive damage.
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Rochester
Sacred Heart Parochial
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Estes
Waterbury, Conn
American Brass Company
Clark Judd
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Francesco Berti
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