Embargo on Aircraft Looming As US Considers Action
President Roosevelt urged American exporters to avoid supplying war material for civilian bombings in a formal statement after talks with Secretary Hull. Finland's reaction to US stance on bombardment is reported as favorable, while Hull may push public opinion against Russia plane shipments. Congress weighs Finland debt moratorium with support from Norris Borah Clark. Senator Johnson questions fairness to taxpayers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Cordell Hull
Russia
Finland
White Hole
Stephen Early
Hull
Japan
Norris
Borah
Clark
Johnson
Colorado
Russian Legation Windows Battered in Copenhagen
Windsovernight damaged the Russian legation in Copenhagen with all its windows broken and other damage reported.
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Copenhagen
Thought Poor Frugal Widow Leaves Fortune
In Chicago on December 2, the secret wealth of Mrs. Jeanette Lincoln, 56, a frugal widow long near poverty, totaled over half a million dollars. Securities were in two safety deposit boxes and the remainder in cash. She had been boarding with distant relatives and paying them $3 weekly, who believed she was poor.
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Chicago
Ill
Jeanette Lincoln
Alaska Mining Claims Battle Adds 28 Claims in King County Suit
A 5.5 million suit filed in King County Superior Court contests 28 Alaska mining claims. Led by 70 year old Vashon Island farmer K J Pleld, the suit names Nabesna Mining Corporation and Carl F. Whitham of Valdez as defendants, with many former Alaskans joining.
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Seattle
Der
King
Alaska
K. J. Pleld
Vashon
Land Farmer
Na~besna Mining Corporation
Carl F. Whitham
Valdez
Japanese tensions set to dominate early 1940s headlines
The United States eyes Japan as the likely headline in early 1940s coverage. Washington argues for equal opportunity and trade openness while Japan accuses U S policy of undermining the new Oriental order. Reprisals rise as embargo talk and China tensions mount.
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Preston Grover Washingston
State Department
Europe
Japan
United States
PRO
China
U. S
Grew
Tientsin
Pittman
Foreign Relations Committee
California Republicans Set to Go Instructed at Convention
California's 1940 GOP convention delegates will go instructed by the State Central Committee after a meeting in San Francisco. The decision was announced as the committee established its guidance for the delegates.
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San Francisco
Cal
California
G.O.P
State Central Committee
Swedes Protest Finland at Stockholm Legation
Two thousand Swedes demonstrated before the Finnish Legation in Stockholm shouting Long Live Finland. They jeered Stalin's name during the protest. In New York, Grant's Tomb was funded by public subscription totaling 600000 dollars.
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Stockholm
Finland
Stalin
Grant
New York
Finnish mob beats 3 Red filers dead in Olkimuora village
Reports from Olkimuora in the Kaarelin sector say women and children killed three Russian filers with axes pitchforks shovels and shotguns as they parachuted to a damaged aircraft near the village. The filers fired back but were overwhelmed and killed by locals.
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Helsinki
Kaarelin
Olkimuora
French Release Twice-Fathers Soldier Duties
Paris December 2 Premier Daladier announced that mobilized fathers with two or more children will be released to their homes starting December 15. Fathers of four or more children have already been sent home. Men over 40 will be withdrawn from front lines and replaced by younger troops. The Western Front reported no overnight engagements.
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Paris
Daladier
Wsetern
Severe gusts and heavy rain hit Juneau this morning
A 30 mile per hour wind battered Juneau with more than an inch of rain as U S Weather Bureau readings showed wind increasing between 4 and 5 am and peaking at 30 miles an hour from the east at 9 53 am, raising the year's rainfall tally.
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Juneau
U. S. Weather Bureau
National income in U S will top 68 billion this year
AP reports the national income of the American people will exceed 68 billion dollars this year about four billion above 1938. Unemployment ends the year around 8 million, still far below the 90 billion goal, with a noted upturn before the war.
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U. S
Washington
Roosevelt
Typhoon Strikes Philippine Islands Causing Wide Damage
A severe typhoon struck Suriago at the northern tip of Mindanao, damaging crops and communications in Samar Province. The storm moved northwest toward Masbate Legaspi and Borsogon provinces, with undetermined casualties as of late afternoon.
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Manila
Suriago
Mindanao
Samar
Masbate
Legaspi
Borsogon
Gruening to Be Alaska Governor and Fisheries Plan
Dr. Ernest Gruening boarded the Yu Ikon to Juneau to take oath as Alaska governor and spoke on Alaska highway and airline needs. He favored establishing University of Alaska fisheries classes with the Ketchikan lab and planned talks with J. W. Mendenhall on fisheries work. He praised Alaska newspapers as creditable American journalism.
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Gruenling
Alaska
University of Alaska Fisheries
University
Ketchikan
Nhewspapers
Gruening
Russian destroyer downed by Pinutsh shore batteries
A Reuters dispatch from London says Pinutsh shore batteries at Hangoe appear to have sunk a Russian destroyer. A Stockholm dispatch notes the Rivela cruiser once reported sunk is still afloat but badly damaged.
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London
Reuters
Hangoe
Stockholm
Defenders Fight On In Finland Front Amid Push From Red Army
Finnish forces report repelling Red Army advances along the Karelian Front and recapturing Petsamo and nearby Arctic ports. Refugees cite heavy losses for Russians, with 16 to 18 planes shot down and multiple tanks destroyed. Norwegian reports mention British ships nearby and continued heavy fighting in the Potsamo district.
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Kirkenes
Norway
Pfinnish
Potsamo
Finland
Helsinski
Igguna
Karkenes
Petsamo
Pink
Arctic
Salmijarvi
Defense Ministry
Suojurvi
Nothing Doing at the Western Front
Berlin dispatch reports an official communiqué stating there are no special events at the western front to report as of December 2.
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Berlin
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