Nazi Troop Movements Through Bulgaria Stir Front Door Duel
Reports from Sofia say King Boris III may address New Year on Nazi troop presence at Bulgaria's front door. Observers note potential government crisis as Germany aids Italy in Albania and mass movement through Bulgaria looms, with Bulgaria’s stance risking wider conflict.
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Hungary
Michael Teleki
Germain
Sofia
Boris III
Bulgaria
Boris
Bogdan Philoff
Peter Gabrovs
FR Garian Nazi Party
Giurgiu
Romania
Danube
Ruschuk
Hich
Bulgar
Bris Dover
English Channel
Turkey
Red Press Reports Friction in Balkans
Moscow reports Balkan friction with Hungarian Romanian polemic. Tass dispatches from Budapest and Bucharest describe disputes over northern Transylvania transferred last August. Red Star notes stagnation in the Chinese Japanese war but China’s growing army and resources offset by longer war.
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Moscow
Balkan
Tass
Budapest
Bucharest
Transylvania
Rumania
Hungary
Ans
Red Star
China
Burma
Delaware pre marital syphilis tests proposed forlicenses
The Medical Society of Delaware will submit a pre marital bill requiring couples to pass syphilis tests before getting a marriage license. Dr Emil R Mayerberg said the measure has broad backing and would align Delaware law with New Jersey Pennsylvania and New York. It is expected to be among early bills in January.
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Wilmington
Del
Medical Society of Delaware
Emil R. Mayerberg
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
Colchicine Used to Change Chicks Development
Crocus derived chemical colchicine used to alter chick inheritance. Dr Alpert Blakeslee at Cold Spring Harbor first used it on plants to double chromosomes and create varieties, while Dr Fadna Highes at the University of Pittsburgh applied it to chick embryos to speed up evolution in fowl, doubling combs and wattles and letting roosters crow at seven months.
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Philadelphia
Alpert F. Blakeslee
Carnegie Institution
Cold Spring Harbor
N. Y
Fadna Highes
University of Pittsburgh
Greeks Push In Valona Front Amid Snowbound Alps
In fierce mountain fighting Greek forces reportedly drove Italians from key terrain near Tepeleni and Kusura, holding lines under heavy fire as snowdrifts reach six feet. RAF aircraft bombed Valona in two raids, with ships and transports hit. Italian losses cited include a downed plane and submarines credited with shooting down a bomber.
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Tepeleni
Valona
Tepe Jeni
Kusura
Klisura
Royal Air Force
Italy
Italian Warships Shell Greek Coast and Albania
Italian High Command reports warships shelled the western coast of Greece and Greek occupied southern Albania with destructive results. Italian fliers bombed coastal targets, focusing on the naval base at Preveza. A harbor steamer was damaged. Greek counterattacks in Albania were described as repulsed.
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Rome
Greece
Albania
Preveza
Farm Adjustment Payments Top $38 Million in 1938
A 1938 Agriculture Department report shows 16,000 payees received $38,122,685 in adjustments of $1,000 or more. Metro politan Life Insurance Co led with $346,773, and Equitable Life Assurance Society followed at $305,491. Only about 0.3 percent of 5,288,755 recipients were in this high tier.
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Washington
Dee
Congress
Lst
Agriculture Department
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Wickard
Connally Reports Two Deer Down With Two Shots
Senator Tom Connally of Texas returns to say his shooting eye is in good shape after he says he bagged two deer with two shots at home. He notes he shot them in Jack Garner's country, but Garner was not with him.
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Washington
Tom Connally
D.-Tex
Texas
Jack Garner
Dynamite Caps Stolen Near Kensico Reservoir Prompt Police Hunt
A theft of percussion caps from a shed near Kensico Reservoir sparked a wide search around New York Citys water supply system. Police recovered 48 caps believed dangerous but harmless to the dam, while officials discounted sabotage and noted the dynamite store remained intact.
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Valhalla
Kensico Reservoir
New York City
Lawrence Tierney
New Year Drivers Warned of Liquor
Albany reports State Commissioner of Motor Vehicle Carrol E Mealey urges sheriffs and police to be vigilant on New Year’s Eve to keep drinking motorists and pedestrians off the streets. Rome dispatch notes war emergency decrees cap stock dividends at seven per cent and raise stock tax from ten to twenty per cent.
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Albany
Carrol E. Mealey
Rome
INS
Official Gazette
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Atlantic
High Command
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Ghina & Glass
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Reey
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