Protest United States Reservation on British Blockade
Washington reports the United States has reserved its rights under International Law regarding Britain's order in council stopping German exports through neutral countries. The note, conveyed to the British Ambassador, states two key points and is not a formal open protest. The U S rejects the wartime blockade while neutral and seeks German technical instruments still obtainable.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Air Raid On Firth Of Forth Driven Off By British
German warplanes raided the Firth of Forth area shortly before noon. The British Air Ministry said raiders were driven off by British fighters and that one enemy aircraft was hit. Authorities also reported engagements over the North Sea with two Dornier flying boats badly damaged.
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London
Firth of Forth
Air Ministry
North Sea
Senator Thomas Hospitalized in San Francisco
Democratic Senator Thomas of Oklahoma is under treatment at a San Francisco hospital. Physicians say his condition is not serious after he fell ill during a tour of inspection of western army posts with the House and Senate Military Affairs committee. The illness is described as a local ailment.
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Cal
Thomas
Oklahoma
House
Senate
Belgium Ready for Defense of Homeland
Premier Hubert Pierlot told the Chamber of Deputies that Belgium is prepared for any contingencies. He said the army is well equipped and stationed in first class defense works, and that Belgian territory is neither open nor accessible.
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Brussels
Dec
Hubert Piarlot
Chamber of Deputies
Belgium
Okay Relax Those Floating Mines Won't Cross the Atlantic
The piece reports Navy experts doubting floating mines will cross the Atlantic safely, noting currents in the North Sea and Gulf Stream effects. It discusses how mines could drift across routes, potential diplomatic incidents, and the complexity of ocean current maps. It also mentions ongoing concerns about mines near Canadian ports and British coastlines and includes analysis from U S Navy experts.
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Washington
Navy
North Sea
New York
Ocean Management
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New England
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Azores
Halifax
North Atlantic
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French repulse German patrol thrust near Wissem boug
Paris December 7 French forces repulsed a savage German patrol thrust near Wissem bourg inflicting heavy losses The Germans used artillery in the attempted advance The Wissem bourg sector lies near the Rhine and west of Germany Other German units were active near Bitche west of the Vosges The report also notes a surgical patient Glen Newton was admitted to St Anns Hospital for surgical care this morning.
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High Command
Wissembourg
Rhine
Germany
Bitche
Vosges
Glen Newton
St. Anns Hospital
Republican Leaders In Session On Convention Date
In Washington a group of Republican leaders meeting to discuss erasing a $790000 deficit and to set the Presidential nominating convention date. Alaska is allotted three delegates in the tentative Republican National Convention apportionment. Opinions vary, with R B Greager preferring July or August and Mrs John Hillman favoring the usual June time.
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Alaska
R. B. Greager
Texas
John Hillman
Colorado
Dewey Opens Presidential Campaign in Minnesota Speech
Thomas E. Dewey, New York District Attorney, launched his Republican presidential bid in Minneapolis addressing about 9,000 supporters at Municipal Auditorium. He attacked New Deal defeatism and claimed high taxes and economic quackery deter enterprise, arguing there is nothing left to do but share what was taken from the Indians.
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Minn
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Two British Craft Sunk by Fog Collisions at Sea
Halifax reports the loss of the 5900 ton Manchester Regiment and the 4600 ton Chancellor after collisions in dense fog. Survivors aboard the Oropesa disclosed the ships went down with unknown fatalities after being rammed or rammed by a tanker Athelchiel in pea soup fog.
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Nova Scotia
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Chancellor
Oropesa
Athelchiel
Spencer Penrose Dies at 74 After Mining Fortune and Broadmoor Life
Colorado Springs memorial notes Spencer Penrose 74 a mining financier and Broadmoor Hotel builder died from a throat ailment. Born November 2 1865 in Philadelphia he earned wealth in Cripple Creek copper and Alaska ventures. He funded the Stirring of the Sun memorial to Will Rogers on Cheyenne Mountain and planned a burial crypt there.
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Penrose
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Cheyenné Mountain
Will Rogers
Philadelphia
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University of Pennsylvania
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Cromiers
Boise Penrose
United States
Pennsylvania
Charles B. Penrose
Jehard A. B. Penrose
Gealey
Old Mexico
New Mexico
G. B .Putt
Tney
Metal Copper Company
Guggenheim Company
Alisioe Gold
Alaska Gold
Penrose Hal
Basin Road Work Progress Reported By District Ranger
Basin Road to Cape Horn progress report notes culverts nearly finished and surface rock being laid from Alaska Juneau mine. District Ranger's office states work is progressing satisfactorily and crews are applying crushed rock along the route.
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Cape ‘Horn
Alaska Juneau
Provoking Turkish Russian Fight Allegations Rise in Ankara
Harkiaty Tews accuses Germany of provoking a Turkey-Russia clash. Ankara demands recall of German ambassador von Papert over a circular bearing a Moscow Pravda article. The circular reprints a Pravda piece and Turkish papers claim mistranslation and misrepresentation.
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Harkiaty Tews
Mpors
Wccuse
Germany
Turkey
Three Nations Confer Over Finn War At Oslo Meeting
Oslo dispatch reports Norway Sweden and Denmark foreign ministers reached a pact to urge force negotiations between Russia and Finland. The communique notes discussions on consequences of the war and the general situation, with the decision kept secret.
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Oslo
Lengat
Risia
Finland
Atl
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Thed
King George Entertained by French Leaders in Paris
In Paris on a tour of British Expeditionary Forces, King George was entertained at luncheon today by President LeBrun Premier Daladier and General Gamelin in an event noted as a significant Allied gathering during wartime.
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Paris
George
LeBrun
Previer Daladier
France
20 000 Men Massing On Arctic Front In Finland War
Reports from Norway indicate Finnish forces near Petsamo are massing about 20 000 troops to push back Russian invaders and secure the Arctic outlet. The Red Army claims gains on the Karelian Isthmus while Finland reports repulsed attacks.
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Norway
Finland
Petsame
Arctic Ocean
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Karelian
Leningrad
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Helsinki
Great Britain
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Denmark
Abonlo
Thirteen Army Fliers Killed In Italian Bomber Crash
Thirteen Army fliers and one farmer were killed when three Italian bombers crashed during a flight from Milan to Rome near Lucca, about 160 miles north of Rome.
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Lucca
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