City to Close Two Schools and Trim Staff in Budget Move
Syracuse officials announce January shakeup with at least two schools closing and up to 75 teachers to be dropped due to reduced state aid. Five aging schools—Tompkins Garfield Townsend Nichols and U S Grant—are under review for closure with Townsend Garfield and U S Grant likely first.
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Directory Amusements and Features Listing
A reader page lists sections such as Amusements Comix Crossword Death Editorials and Radio Programs. It names contributors including Fred Betts David Lawrence Paul Mallon Gertrude Johnson Raymond Clapper Eleanor Roosevelt Walter Winchell C Hill Bugs Baer Damon Runyon and Dorothy Dix plus features on Weather and Society.
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21000 Soviet Troops Move Into Estonia
Helsinki reports cut telegraph and radio links with Estonia amid expected Soviet occupation of military bases. About 21,000 Red Army troops are said to be sent into Estonia in two columns from the north and south with naval support. Foreigners face travel restrictions. Tallinn and nearby islands become Soviet bases.
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Reich Front Lines See Heavy Activity As Forces Mass
Paris reports German railways and roads jammed for 30 miles behind the Western Front with men equipment and guns as preparations for a grand assault on the Maginot Line unfold. French and German patrols clash in No Man's Land with grenades pistols and knives amid tense near dawn fighting and ambushes.
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Mexico negotiates to buy two German tankers
The Mexican government petroleum agency is reported to have begun negotiations to purchase two German tankers that sought refuge in Mexican waters at the war outbreak. The Emmy Friedrich is 4,326 tons and the Tine Asmussen 6,795 tons.
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Tine Asmussen
Britain Under Pressure From German Sea and Air Offensive
German plans for a quick end to the war hinge on lightning strikes to break the North Sea blockade and defeat Britain by air and sea. Hitler seeks rapid victory while Nazi leaders praise submarine and air attacks on the British fleet at Firth of Forth and Scapa Flow. Negotiations between Germany and Russia over terms slow, with direct talks not yet begun.
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Planes and Warships Clash Near Dutch Waters
Late news report from Amsterdam notes a fighting incident between unidentified planes and warships off the north Dutch coast near Schiermonnikoog. Witnesses say six warships were attacked by twelve planes around 11 AM. Air raid warnings issued in Lille and Kirkwall with all clear signals following shortly after.
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U S Backs Nordic Peace Talks Amid Baltic Neutrality Push
President Roosevelt announced U S support for Norway Sweden Denmark and Finland as Nordic nations opened a Stockholm conference on Baltic neutrality. He sent a moral support message to King Gustaf of Sweden alongside a note from Russia noting friendly negotiations with Finland.
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Confere nces Open As 3 Rulers Arrive
Stockholm hosts a high level meeting with the kings of Scandinavian nations and the president of Finland. They assemble to discuss joint defense, European peace moves, and a policy of unity, opening under a mood of solidarity and anxiety. Fredrik Stroem, Stockholm city council chairman, delivers the welcoming address.
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Fredrik Stroem
Ford Plant Ejects 40 Soviet Engineers And 11 Reds
Forty Soviet engineers and eleven local Communists were expelled from Ford's River Rouge plant for alleged plot to obtain blue prints and to spread propaganda. Harry Bennet said the engineers had nine years in the plant as part of Amtorg autostudy and the locals served as interpreters.
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Philadelphia man sentenced to die in arsenic murder case
Herman Petrillo, who left a spaghetti and olive oil sales job to run a Philadelphia arsenic murder for insurance ring, was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the poisoning death of a syndicate victim.
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Chamberlain Reports Hitler Fails to Reply to Peace Terms
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Adolf Hitler has failed to reply to Allied peace conditions. He warned of more and larger Nazi air raids, noting German response to British naval base raids was disappointing but predicting further surprises in the war. He cited 1,400 Royal Navy deaths and said the Western Front shows unity among Allies while British forces claim eight German aircraft shot down along the coasts.
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Typhoon Hits Kagoshima Area Killing Dozens Missing
Tokyo dispatches report a Kyushu typhoon left 38 dead and 33 missing with many injured. Kagoshima and Miyazaki suffered widespread destruction as thousands of homes were destroyed and hundreds of boats were damaged. Landslides disrupted bridges roads and communications across the southern tip of Kyushu. Approximately 10 000 buildings were reported destroyed.
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President Harding Injured in Fury of Atlantic Storm
The United States liner President Harding, returning to New York with 597 passengers, endured a North Atlantic gale that injured at least 20 people. A Coast Guard cutter Hamilton sped to aid with a doctor and supplies while the ship sought Halifax as a lifeboat and rail damage were reported.
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Explosive Plant Blast Kills Five In Pennsylvania
An explosion at the National Powder Company explosive mixing plant in Eldred near here killed at least five workers. Forty-five employees were in the complex. a preliminary survey found no additional injuries. Guards sealed the area as Justice of the Peace Jack Loftus confirmed the five victims were in the mixing plant, a stone structure on the plant outskirts.
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Democrats Seek Softening of Neutrality Act Shipping Limits
A Senate foreign relations panel group backs a Connally proposal to allow U S vessels to carry all goods except arms to belligerent ports in South America the Pacific China Sea Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. Final details to be worked out after today meeting as Democrats push for faster vote.
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Turkey Breaks Off Treaty Talks with Soviet Union
Ankara announces rupture of negotiations for a friendship treaty with Communist Russia and moves to sign formal assistance pacts with Britain and France. Foreign Minister Sukru Saraoglu plans rapid travel via Constanza Varna to consult allies while Baron von Papen departs Ankara for Istanbul to report to Hitler. Russia lodged new demands conflicting with Turkey's Britain France pledges.
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Remler Refik Sydam
German Saar Offensive Without Expected Power
The Saar front stretch of about 20 miles saw a sizable German offensive with heavy artillery but lacking the decisive punch Berlin had promised. Nazi bombing raids targeted Scapa Flow while Paris reports hint Hitler’s peace push continues, leaving observers puzzled over the momentum and purpose of yesterday’s actions.
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