Greatest Battle Of War Brings Three British Cruisers To Action
Finnish army reports invasion of the Karelian Isthmus is at standstill after two weeks of bitter winter fighting. Red forces on the eastern front suffer heavy losses as Finnish counterattacks near Lake Ladoga recapture tanks and artillery and coastal artillery bombardments drive back enemy units near Saunaniemi and Koivisto island.
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Karelian
Helsinki
Gulf of Finland
Arctic Ocean
Lake Ladoga
Saunaniemi
Koivisto
Muurola
Viipuri
Finland
Red Air Corps
Pamphlet Distributed in Butte on Soviet Finland Topic
A pamphlet titled Finland the Soviet Union and the Finnish People in Butte was circulated to inform residents about Finnish history, the Soviet Union, and related regional implications. It highlights questions of national identity, foreign policy, and the Finnish people’s outlook during tense geopolitical times.
League of Nations votes on expelling Soviet Russia
The League of Nations moves to brand Soviet Russia an aggressor over Finland and seeks Russia's expulsion. A 13-nation committee sent the resolution to the assembly for final action with Great Britain and France among supporters. The assembly will vote tomorrow morning and is expected to approve.
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League OF Nations
Geneva
Soviet Russia
Finland
Russia
League
Great Britain
France
Assembly
Graf Spee seeks refuge in Montevideo after sea fight
A 14 hour battle at sea ends with the German pocket battleship Graf Spee taking refuge in neutral Montevideo harbor. 36 crew killed and 60 wounded. British Exeter crippled. Achilles and Ajax pursue Graf Spee.
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Graf Spee
Montevideo
Uruguay
William Green Denounces Stalinism and Hitlerism at Anti-Nazi Rally
President William Green of the AFL pledges that free Americans will not tolerate Nazi or communist expansion. He says labor and church groups will use all means short of war to stop dictators in Poland Finland Austria and the Balkans at an anti-Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden called by the American Jewish Congress and AFL and others.
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New York
William Green
American Federation of Labor
America
Poland
Finland
Austria
Balkan States
Green
Madison Square Garden
American Jewish Congress
The
Butte Miners Union Under Fire Over Communists Protest Meeting
In Butte a protest meeting at the Miners Union hall draws fierce criticism as a local newspaper denounces union leaders and the Fredricksons and Garnets for hosting a Communist protest against American aid to Finnish refugees. The piece portrays Stalin as a butcher and urges Butte workers to question the union’s role while noting the continuation on page 8 column 1.
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Finland
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Soviet Union
New Deal
ACM
Chamber of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Risto Ryti- Butcher Mannerheim
Butte
People’s Government
Land OF Socialism
America
Fredricksons
Garnets
Montana Standard
Butte Miners’ Union
Needy Children Urged to Place Toy Orders in Butte
Parents of needy children are urged to file toy order applications with Betty Horst in the NYA sewing room of the old high school building. Orders will be taken daily from 1 to 3 pm to reduce delay before toy distribution on December 21 and 22. Donations of used toys are requested, with pickup arranged by calling 2-1421.
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Betty Horst
NYA
Old Butte High School
Butte
West
Granite Street
Butte Exchange Club
1000 Teachers to Convene in Butte for M E A District Meet
Butte will host the Southwestern district convention of the Montana Education Association next October. About 1,000 teachers and educators are expected to attend with tentative dates set for October 22 25 and 27. Superintendent Lowell W. Johnson announced the plan after a conference with M. P. Moe of the M E A and Norman Korn.
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Butte
Montana Education Association
Lowell W. Johnson
Johnson
M. P. Moe
Norman Korn
Debating Bungling War Supplies Behind Closed Doors
The House of Commons held its first secret session since the war to discuss government missteps in producing vital wartime supplies. In the Lords Esme Ivo Bligh urged considering Leopold of Belgium and Wilhelmina of Holland mediation to seek a freely negotiated peace, provoking a rebuke from Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax.
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London
House of Commons
House
House of Lords
Viscount, Halifax
Esme Ivo Bligh
Earl of
Burnley
Leopold
Belgium
Wilhelmina
Holland
Ovzanic accuses NLRB of aiding CIO in coal union clash
Joe Ovzanic, Progressive Mine Workers leader, tells a House committee that the National Labor Relations Board followed a plan to certify the CIO as bargaining agent for all coal mines in a region, forcing thousands of progressives to join the CIO and pay dues. He cites coercion and attacks by CIO members against AFL followers and mentions John L. Lewis.
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Richard L. Turner
Washington
Joe Ovzanic
Progressive Mine Workers
A. F. of L
House
National Labor Relations Board
United Mine Workers
C. I. O Union
C. I
American Federation of Labor
Ozanic
John L. Lewis
Edmund M. Toland
Philip G. Phillips
West Virginia
The
Labor Board
Montana Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy on Thursday and Friday with showers limited to extreme west counties. Temperatures show little change as winds remain light and skies vary between sun and clouds.
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Montana
British Sink Nazi U-Boat and Hit Cruiser
The admiralty said a German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee was repeatedly hit in a heavy fight with three British cruisers off Uruguay as authorities noted pursuit toward the River Plate. Separately a British submarine sank a U-boat and torpedoed an enemy cruiser in the North Sea, while air units damaged two Dornier flying boats.
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Admiral Scheer
Germany
Admiral Graf Spee
Uruguay
Otto Landhmann
Graf Spee
Atlantic
Admiralty
London
Exeter
Achilles
Ajax
River Platte
North Sea
Air Ministry
Fairbanks Rites Tentatively Set for 2 30 Friday
Santa Monica Calif Dec 13 UP Last goodbyes were prepared tonight for Douglas Fairbanks Jr a swashbuckling favorite son of filmdom Funeral services were set tentatively for 2 30 p m Friday The widow Lady Sylvia Ashley prostrated with grief by the sudden death early yesterday made no definite announcement but arrangements were being made by the family The chapel seats only 150 persons so invited guests among family and long standing friends were expected to attend
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Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Filmland
Sylvia Ashley
Hugh Adair Named Chairman of Roosevelt Birthday Fete
Hugh Adair of Helena, Montana lieutenant governor, is named again chairman of the Montana committee for President Roosevelt birthday celebrations. Funds from the dances support infantile paralysis efforts. Dr. T. J. B. Shanley previously held the post before Adair.
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Hugh Adair
Roosevelt
Helena
Montana
Keith Morgan
New York City
T. J. B. Shanley
Butte
Adair
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Miners Union Hall
East Park Street
Arvo Fredrickson
Communist Party of Montana
Leo Garnet
Communist Party OF Butte
East Park St
Butte, Montana
the Daily Worker
Charles 8. Foltz JR
Deck
Joseph Stalin
Brotherhood of Man
Bethlehem
Public Library
Merson
Caesar Augustus
Joseph
Galilee
Nazareth
Judea
David
St. Luke
Jesus
ALF. L. Leader
AVON
L.A
Helping, J. U
Fairbanks
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