German prize crew threatens to sink captured City of Flint
Survivors from the Stonegate report German prize crew of 30 to 40 aboard the City of Flint threatened to sink the American ship if trouble arose. The Stonegate was shelled and sunk by the Deutschland after warning shells. British survivors were landed near Tromsø and later ashore at Murmansk after the City of Flint was sailed north.
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London
City of Flint
Tromsoe
Norway
England
Flint
Five Boy Hunters Die After Dynamite Cache Explosion
In Rock Springs Wyoming five boys aged 7 to 12 set out for rabbits and found a dynamite cache. An explosion blew them apart nearly a mine hill. Investigators say they fired at the bundle, likely causing the fatal blast. Sheriff M J Dankowski noted the presence of a discharged .22 shell at the scene.
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Cache Rock Springs
Wyo
Wyoming
David Chamberlain
Don Cooper
Gordon Grant
O'Dea
Valentino Herrero
M. J. Dankowski
Police Inspector To Accuse Wheelock In Murder Trial
State Police Inspector John A. Cosart prepared to testify for the prosecution as Norman Wheelock's first degree murder trial resumed after a weekend recess. District Attorney George A. King expected to rest the people's case after Cosart. Wheelock, 26, a Prattsburg telephone lineman and father of two, is accused in the slaying of Evelyn Reed, 13, a Penn Yan student found near Branchport last month.
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John A. Cosart
Norman Wheelock
George A. King
Cosart
Wheelock
Prattsburg
Evelyn Reed
Penn Yan
Branchport
Death of NY Daily News editor in Teaneck car crash
Harvey V. Deuell 49 managing editor of the New York Daily News died of a heart attack in his car in Teaneck New Jersey while en route to his office. The death came unexpectedly after a recent influenza illness. He leaves wife Henrietta Kinley and mother Mrs Mary J Deuell.
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H. V. Deuell
New York City
New York
Harvey V. Deuell
The
New York Daily News
Teaneck
N.J
Deuell
Henrietta E. G. Kinley
Pegey Hull
Mary J. Deuell
Paris Expects Soviet Aims Statement to Turkey
Vasili Stoica returned to Bucharest to report Turkey's stance on the peace bloc and Romania's potential aid if attacked. Turkey delays conferences with Russia until Stoica's Ankara return, after which Romania would join. In Bucharest King Carol and advisers discuss Stoica's report that Russia has not claimed Bessarabia and would back Bulgaria's South Dobrudja claims if Bulgaria's cabinet includes pro Soviet ministers.
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Turkey
Vasili Stoica
Bucharest
Romania
Russia
Stoica
Ankara
Rumania
Carol
Sukru Saracogl
Soviets Plan Triumphal Session on White Russia Reunion
The fifth extraordinary session of the Soviet Supreme Council is to convene with expectations of a triumphal note on the reunion of White Russia and Western Ukraine with Soviet Russia. Poland lost provinces returned by the Russian German partition. Molotoff may report on war aims.
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Moscow
Soviet Supreme Council
Russia
Ukraine
Poland
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Council
Molotoff
Europe
British Hunt Continues as Nazi Hands Seize Ship
The article notes continued British efforts to recover or recapture a vessel from Nazi control as wartime output peaks. It cites that Germany was constructing more than 25 U boats monthly, reflecting the harsh pace of the conflict and the strategic stakes in maritime warfare.
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Germany
Danes Expect City of Flint Arrival On Wednesday
Lookouts along the Danish straits watched for the American freighter City of Flint believed headed for German ports with a German prize crew aboard. Tass said the ship left Murmansk and mariners thought she could reach the area by Wednesday. Officials gave no confirmation on fate, but a German port destination and 41 American prisoners were suspected.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Flint
Germany
Moscow
Tass
Murmansk
Baltic
Washington May Send Sharp Protest Over City of Flint
Washington weighs a strong protest to the Soviet Union charging violations of pledges made when relations were established in 1933. Possible actions include a note or recall of Ambassador Steinhardt, with emphasis on international law and diplomatic understandings. The City of Flint, seized by a German raider three weeks earlier, carried contraband cargo and crew of 141. Moscow’s handling is questioned amid limited embassy cooperation.
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Soviet Union
United States
City of
Flint
Russia
City of Flint
Laurence A. Steinhardt
State Department
Steinhardt
Murmansk
Germany mobilizes huntsmen to boost food supply
Berlin reports Germany mobilized huntsmen to increase domestic food reserves. Col-General Hermann Goering urged gunners to shoot small game in West Prussia’s Tucheler forest, offering travel expenses, $2.80 per day, and two cartridges per animal to fill food stocks.
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Germany
Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Reich
Poland
Tucheler
West Prussia
Dispute Over Soviet Relations Reflected in 1933 Exchanges
Damaged machinery blamed for an incident as August 1933 protests to Russia flared over U S recognition pledges linking to Interference with government. In November 1933 President Roosevelt and Maxim Litvinov discussed rights of U S citizens in the Soviet Union and the State Department now seeks contact with the City of Flint crew.
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State Department
Russia
United States
Roosevelt
Maxim Litvinoff
Soviet Union
Steinhardt
Flint
One-Pound Infant Fighting to Survive in Galveston
In Galveston Texas a one pound newborn named William Arthur Harrell born Friday night receives oxygen through nasal tubes and a small milk formula as doctors monitor his weight gain and health. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Allen Harrell former Monroe Louisiana residents.
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Galveston
Tex
William Arthur Harrell
William Arthur
John Allen Harrell
Monroe
Czech Alliance Head Says Hitlerism Near End
Dr. Matus Gadzik of Pittsburgh secretary of the Czecho Slovakian National Alliance told a Czecho-Slovakian Day gathering in Buffalo that Hitlerism is nearing its end. He cited growing sentiment against Hitler in Germany and dissent in the army as signs.
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Buffalo
Matus Gadzik
Pittsburgh
National Alliance
Gadsik
Hitler
Germany
New Dealers Push Neutrality Bill Through Congress
Congress moves toward a joint Senate House committee to reconcile differing neutrality bills. Admin aims to enact the Senate version, while House leaders contemplate amendments on the floor. Speaker Bankhead notes the rare procedure but hints Administration hopes for swift Senate bill approval. Senators foresee closing the special session after the neutrality measure reaches the White House amid expected White House discussions.
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Senate
House
Fish
Joint Committee
Bankhead
Senate House Committee
White House
Roosevelt
Washington
McNary
Martin
Plane Killer Pletch Faces Murder Charges Across Counties
The 32 caliber pistol threat tied to the takeoff led to murder kidnapping and plane stealing charges. Prosecutors in Macon and Shelby counties file murder counts as Pletch remains jailed. Community unrest grows in Brookfield while authorities push for lawful action amid mob fears. Pletch, dubbed The Flying Lochinvar, was captured after landing the stolen plane in Bloomington area.
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Macon
Vincent Moody
Pletch
Shelby County
Fred Bellow
Brookfields
Brookfield
Clyde Cassidy
Etta Bivens
Filer
Cassidy
Illinois
Indianapolis
Bloomington
Frankfort
Ind
Guy Pletch
Indiana
Prairie pilot soars and danger eyed in wild flight
A pilot blasted from the southwest over a farm then performed barrel rolls loops and inverted climbs. He told an arresting officer he contemplated crashing into the Pletch smokehouse and dying but altered his plan.
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