League of Nations to Russia on Finnish conflict mediation
The Assembly of the League of Nations asked Russia to accept mediation in the Russian Finnish war and to reply within 24 hours. Finland's Rudolf Holsti appealed for support, while Sweden proposed the mediation. Norway's Karl Hambro was elected Assembly president and urged decisive action to halt the war. Some South American nations push for expulsion of Russia, but Moscow’s withdrawal remains uncertain. China abstained on today’s session after receiving Russian aid against Japan.
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Geneva
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Finland
Norway
Karl Hambro
League of Na+tions
Hambro
League
Russia
Turkey
Tran
Moscow
China
Naval Fight Reported In Shore Zones Of Finland
Reports say heavy fighting continues along the Gulf of Finland with shore batteries and anti aircraft guns repelling attacks by Soviet naval air forces. Finnish forces claim to have bombed and halted a large Soviet mechanized column near Karelia and repelled assaults along the Talmaar River as Moscow accuses Germany of arming Finland.
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Helsinki
Gulf of Finland
Kovista
Sk Lroopa
Karelian
Rauto
Valkjarvi
Tal~pale
Lake
Tadoga
Germany
Pinland
Italy
Finland
Kennedy Sits With FDR for Ship Planning
United States Ambassador Kennedy met with President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull to discuss reactivating merchant ships idled during neutrality loan restrictions. They explored routing ships on neutral lines abandoned by belligerents as Kennedy planned a Boston stop and return to Washington then London after holidays.
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Washington
United States
Kennedy
New York
Roosevelt
Hull
Maritime Commission
London
Boston
Captain Gainard Seized and Freed Becomes National Hero
Washington story chronicles Captain Joseph Aloysius Gainard of Flint as a rising national hero after surviving wartime torpedo perils and a mutiny incident in Montevideo. His career includes service on the President Lincoln and the City of Flint voyages, with further U boat encounters and Halifax reception anticipated.
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Captain Gainard
City OF Flint
Washington
Dec
Joseph Aloysius Gainard
Plint
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Yalla
Athenia
New York
City of
Flint
Gainard
President Lincoln
Edouard Victor Tak
Lincoln
Izak
Representative Izak
California
Joseph P. Kennedy
Maritime Commission
Kennedy
England
Young father convicted in gas death killing
Seattle December 11 A Superior Court jury found John Frederick Wanders 22 guilty of first degree murder in the gas death of his 16 month old daughter Belle Frances The verdict mandates a life sentence The prosecution said Wanders returned home with his wife after leaving for a movie and turned on gas jets then watched a film titled Unexpected Father.
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Seattle
John Frederick Wanders
Belle Frances
Wanders
Pather
Tough Break Ashland Dee Observing 95th Birthday
Zion Timothy Turmer, a former Alabama slave, marked his 95th birthday in Ashland Kentucky and reflected that President Lincoln still handicaps him by granting his freedom.
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Ashland
Dee
Zion Timothy Turmer
Alabama
Lincoln
Swedes Name New Commander in Chief of Army
STOCKHOLM Dec 11 The Swedish Government Saturday appointed an active Commander-in-Chief of all Swedish military forces Gen Olof Gerhard Phoornell The move usually signals anticipation of an emergency and consolidates top command under one general.
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Stockholm
Olof Gerhard Phoornell
Crucial Hour for Sweden Neared in British Chronicle
The Liberal News Chronicle predicts a decisive period for Sweden as Finland is seen as Sweden’s first line of defense. It outlines Germany’s possible actions toward Sweden and trade in iron ore, noting a German appeal to Russia to invade Pine as Molotov rejects the plea.
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London
Liberal News Chronicle
Sweden
Snv
Russia
Pineland
Finland
Germany
Moscow
Molotoff
Outside Aid Sought Now by Finland
Finland appeals for outside aid in the war against Russia, asking the League of Nations to condemn Moscow as an aggressor. Parliament declares Finland an outpost of western civilization worth active help as Russia advances on all fronts and presses a British blockade protest against German exports.
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Associated Press
Finland
Great Britain
Russia
League of Nations
League
Moscow
Arctic
Ten Million Dollars of Credit Advanced by U S to Finland
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation announces a program granting ten million dollars of credit to Finland for the purchase of agricultural surpluses and other specified items. This marks the second offer of financial assistance since the late Hostilities.
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U. S
Finland
Washington
Pinland
Fienance Corporation
Finwlat-Bingland
Wire Tapping Evidence Declared Illegally Obtained
U S Supreme Court reverses three New Yorkers’ convictions for using wire tapped evidence in interstate fraud prosecutions. Decision by Justice Owen J Roberts states communications sent are barred as evidence. no dissents. Separate ruling by Justice Welly Prankfurter and Justice James Clerk McReynolds dissented.
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Washington. Bee, LL
Supreme Court of the United States
Owen J. Roberts
Spreme Court
Supreme Court
Hix Est ‘Tribunal
New York
Welly Prankfurter
James Clerk McReynolds
Mrs Nye Returns From Skagway On May 5
Mrs Catherine Nye returned from Skagway on the Yukon after a month in the Lynn Cun town. She holds a controlling interest in Skagway light and power plant and has been attending to business affairs there.
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Catherine Nye
Skagway
Yukon
Lynn Cun
Town
Mussolini Backing Finland, Signals Italian Aid
Italian sources report Mussolini plans to provide Finland with aid within reason. Italian army pilots and ground crews accompanied 60 Italian phones to Pinkand this week, and the premier’s stance mirrors the acceptable level of support discussed by the Polish Finnish alliance and the Spanish Civil War context.
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Geneva
Bec. 1
Pinkand
Benito Mussolini
Finland
Aan
Foreign writer indicted on passport fraud charges
New York report says Harry Gannes, a foreign affairs writer, was indicted on passport fraud charges. The case involves alleged use of a passport under an alias dating back to 1926 and connections to a Communist publication Daily Worker, with secrecy maintained until his operation allowed safe disclosure.
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New York
Weiler
Harry Gannes
Gannes
Jacobs
Mine sweeper sunk and four ships overdue in British report
London December 11 report says a small minesweeper was sunk by a mine and a merchant vessel also sunk. Four other ships are long overdue and must be considered lost. German ships not named totaling about 1000 tons were sunk in the English Channel.
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London
Engien
New Move Indicated New Front Brussels
Belga News Agency reports from the Luxembourg frontier that German villagers along the Sauer river are ordered to evacuate portions of the zone. Villages will be emptied just below the river both east and west, from Walserbillig to the eastern border, and along the Luxembourg border to the south. German troop movements increase toward Trier and Kehrenach, a Luxembourg border city.
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Brussels
Dec
Belga
Sauer
Waaxserbillig
Trier
Kehternach
Luxembourg
No trace of Mrs. W. Judd in Phoenix estates
Deputy sheriffs searched numerous large outskirt estates near Phoenix for Winnie Ruth Judd the supposed mad woman. A woman resembling her was reported seen nearby. Wealthy families’ winter homes are closed and may offer hiding places for the escaped slaver s of two Juneau women.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Winnie Ruth Judd
Nippons Threaten Reprisals Over Blockade in Tokyo Waters
Tokyo dispatch reports Japanese newspapers warn of reprisals if the Allied blockade of German goods on Japanese ships proceeds. The note, likely official, recalls threats to confiscate British and French vessels in Japanese waters should the blockade be enforced. Also noted: Mrs. Spencer leaves Juneau to rejoin husband aboard the Yukon and Alaska travel mentions.
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Tokio
Japart
Spencer
W. W. Spencer
William Frombolts
Yukon
Juneau
Alaska
Mrs. Spencer
Goodnews Bay
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