California Blizzard Strands 200 Trucks on I-5 Route
A severe blizzard snarls the Los Angeles to San Francisco highway trapping 200 trucks and many cars. Gale warnings stretch from Oregon to the Mexican border as rain and strong winds hit the coast. The Hawaiian Clipper turned back after severe headwinds. Ridge Route patrols report four inches of snow in a few hours.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oregon
Honolulu
Donovan plans mystery trip with Greece as aim
Washington reports inside facts point to Colonel William Donovan heading to Europe with Greece as his main destination. En route he will stop in North Africa to meet Marshal Weygand and assess French forces, with potential impact on British naval strength and Allied strategy in the Mediterranean and Far East.
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Washington
William Donovan
Europe
Greece
Africa
Marshal Weygand
Atlantic
Far East
Dutch East Indies
Thdo-China
Mediterranean
Japan
Donovan
England
Yugoslavia
Turkey
India
Indo-China
Royal Air Force
RAF
U. S
Army
Navy
Roosevelt Back From Caribbean Cruise Urges Wider Outposts
President Roosevelt returned to Charleston aboard the Tuscaloosa after a Caribbean cruise. He urged extending U S defense outposts to Bermuda Newfoundland and the Bahamas, saying farther bases reduce continental risk and that the Bahamas would be next best if no island lies between Puerto Rico and Bermuda.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Charleston
U. S
Tuscaloosa
Caribbean Sea
Duke of Windsor
United States
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Puerto Rico
Bahamas
Duke
Duchess Is Recovering From Dental Operation
The Duchess, recovering from a dental operation, was moved from the hospital to a hotel after the Duke of Windsor returned from a talk with President Roosevelt aboard the U S 9. Tuscaloosa.
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Duke
Miami
Fla
Duke of Windsor
Roosevelt
U. S
Tuscaloosa
Cutter Pulls Steamer From Clatsop Spit
Astoria Oregon Dec 16 The steam schooner Whitney Olson was pulled from Clatsop Spit after grounding at 527 am. The Coast Guard cutter Onondaga towed her stern first toward Astoria. Olson crew of 26 reported rudder jammed but hull remained afloat.
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Astoria
Oregon
Whitney Olson
Clatsop Spit
Point Adams
Olson
Coast Guard
Onondaga
Coast
Boeing union ousts Keppler amid communism charges
Eight thousand members of Local 751 Aeronautical Mechanics Union approved a trial board report finding Vice-President Donald Keppler guilty of Communist activity. A second mass meeting on December 28 will address charges against about 26 other officers and members.
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Seattle
Boeing Airplane Company
Donald Keppler
Aeronautical Mechanics Union
Keppler
Aero Mechanic
Clifford Stone
Trial Board
Hoover backs deportation of CIO leader Bridges
J Edgar Hoover said FBI investigations prove Harry Bridges, West Coast CIO leader, should be deported. He cited a 3000 word report to Attorney General Jackson claiming evidence the Communist Party intends to overthrow the U.S. government. The Bridges case had been reviewed by Justice and Labor departments.
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Miami Beach
Fla
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Harry Bridges
CIO
Hoover
Jackson
Communist Party
United States
Bridges
Justice and Labor Departments
Douglas Cancels Northbound PAA Flight Amid Interior Snow
The Douglas airliner of Pan American Airways was cancelled for 24 hours on its scheduled northbound run from Seattle due to interior snowstorms. Snowfalls trapped Panair planes at Fairbanks and PAA traffic to Juneau was halted today.
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PAA
Seattle
Panair
Juneau
American Women Prisoners in Paris Freed and Sought
Elizabeth Deegan a receptionist at the U S Paris Embassy was held prisoner in a Paris hotel for over a week on charges of aiding British officers to escape. Washington state reports the Paris Embassy is seeking the release of Etta Kahn Shiver, the second American woman detained in occupied France, with charges undisclosed.
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Elizabeth Deegan
United States
Paris
Associated Press
Empire
France
Washington State Department
U. S
Etta Kahn Shiver
Mrs Nostrand and Daughter Go South to Seattle
Mrs. Garrett W. Nostrand a Juneau resident for 17 years and her daughter Miss Maxine Nostrand left for Seattle aboard the Yukon. Friends gathered at the steamer to bid the popular couple goodbye as they likely settle permanently in the south.
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Juneau
Garrett W. Nostrand
Maxine Nostrand
Seattle
Yukon
New Defense Labor Draws 600,000 Workers Amid Skill Shortage
Written as a montage of opinions, the piece cites William S Knudsen estimating 600000 new defense workers and notes a shortage of skilled labor due to postwar attitudes toward manual work. It runs through other voter participation worries raised by Rep Lee Geyer and mentions pending civil service hearings on Hatch Act violations.
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Wee
G. L
Kansas City
Kan
William S. Knudsen
Knudsen
Bill” Knudsen
S. T. P. Austin
Texas
Lee Geyer
California
Jim Crow Case Goes To Supreme Court Review
The Supreme Court agreed to review Representative Arthur Mitchell’s challenge to Jim Crow railway cars in the South. Mitchell, the only black member of Congress, argues railroads must provide accommodations for Black travelers equal to those for whites in interstate commerce. His petition was dismissed by a northern Illinois federal district court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Arthur Mitchell
Congress
South
Mitchell
Milnois
War Department approves $69.7 million engine contract
The Allison Engineering Company a GM division in Indianapolis will supply airplane motors for the Army Air Corps under a new $69 722 000 contract. Maropvet Howard receives medical care at Government Hospital.
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Department of War
Washington
War Department
Airplane Motors
Allison Engineering Company
General Motors Company
Indianapolis
Army Air Corps
Maropvet Howard
Government Hospital
Greeks on Offensive in Albania and Libya Frontiers
British forces report crossing the Libyan frontier into Italian Libya in the battle of Egypt as RAF bombers strike Berlin. Greek troops push in central Albania toward Elbasani while Italian defenses hold around Salam near the frontier. Berlin raid kills four, wounds 12. Sheffield attacked as rescue teams search wreckage. Greek forces advance near Trepelini between Argirocastro and Valona.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
Libya
Egypt
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Britain
Balkan
Elbasani
Albania
Bardia
Salam
Hitler
Sheffield
North England
British Press Association
London
Trepelini
Argirocastro
Valona
Blaze destroys Federal Building in Valdez
Valdez Alaska December 16 The Federal Building housing the Third Division court headquarters was completely destroyed by fire at 1 oclock last Saturday morning. The cause is undetermined. The blaze began between jail walls. Firemen and citizens fought the flames until 9 oclock and kept them within bounds.
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Valdez
Alaska
Federal
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