Finland Receives U S Aid and Fighter Planes
United States to sell 44 high speed fighting planes to Finland after approval by the army and navy board. Browser Aeronautical Corp built the craft designed for land or carrier use and claims superiority to many current models. Herbert Hoover sent $100,000 to Finland relief for civilian rehabilitation. The Allied War Council pledged aid to Finland consistent with League of Nations calls.
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Washington
Navy
Finland
Army
Joint Aeronautical Board
Browser Aeronautical Corporation
Long Island City
N. Y
France
New York
Herbert Hoover
Finnish Relief Fund
Risto Ryti
Paris
Allied
Supreme War Council
Germany
War Council
League of Nations
Russia
League
Grain Output Below 1938 Grain Output Below 1938
The agriculture department reports final crop figures: wheat 754 971 000 bushels, corn 2 619 137 000, oats 937 215 000, potato 360 992 000, sugar beets 10 691 000 tons, apples 100 284 000 bushels, peaches 61 730 000, pears 30 910 000. Last year and ten year averages are shown for comparison.
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Washington
Agricuture Department
Union Pacific Reports November Net Income Decline
Union Pacific Co. reports November net operating income of 2,776,916 down from 3,206,298 year over year. Gross income for November totals 14,478,214 versus 14,532,613 a year earlier.
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New York
Union Pacific Co
Nazi Ship Saves Crew of Scuttled Graf Spee
Montevideo reports Uruguayan officials moved toward internment of the German supply ship Tacoma. The Tacoma carried oil for the ill fated Graf Spee and was escorted into the inner basin under Uruguayan guns. The captain faces technical arrest for moving a merchant vessel after the Spee sailed to be scuttled.
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Montevideo
Tacoma
Admiral Graf Spee
Graf Spee
Uruguay
British Sold Fuel Oil Trap For Graf Spee
Naval sources say Admiral Graf Spee’s encounter with three British warships in the south Atlantic was a trap using British fuel oil as bait. A German freighter reportedly secured fuel from a British concern before the engagement, leaving Langsdorff short of fuel and forcing a fight that ended with the Graf Spee’s scuttling.
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Montevideo
Graf Spee
South Atlantic
Hans Langsdorff
Brazil
Tacoma
Exeter
Ajax
Achilles
Buenos Aires
Langsdorff
Spain
Cumberland
Santa on spot at Jimmy Adler's shop
In Kansas City on December 19 a four year old boy visiting downtown stores as Santa Claus listed a long gift wish list. His mother cautioned that Santa could not bring all items. The boy insisted Santa would deliver or else he would be a big liar.
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Kansas City
Santa Claus
Jimmy Adler
Jimmy
Santa
Midland coeds deck halls in festive red and green
In Fremont Nebraska seven Midland college coeds display holiday colors in technicolor fashion. They color their nails red and green, wear one red and one green anklet, and pair red hair bows with bright red cardigans over vivid slipovers.
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Fremont, Neb
Midland College
German liner Columbus reportedly scuttled at sea
Rear Admiral Taussig reported the liner Columbus was being scuttled about 300 miles northeast of Cape Henry after leaving Vera Cruz last Wednesday. The Tuscaloosa stood by to rescue the crew as the German liner’s fate was confirmed late today.
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Norfolk, Va
Joseph K. Taussig
Norfolk Naval Operating Base
Tuscaloosa
Cape Henry
Utah Toll Rises in Pedestrian Fatality
Salt Lake City reports Fred Trost, 49, died after being struck crossing a street. Elmer L. Madsen, 50, the car driver, was arrested and charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian and operating a vehicle with faulty brakes.
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Salt Lake City
Fred Trost
Elmer L. Madsen
Trost
A. J. Orencole
L. E. Olson
Madsen
Old Age Payments Increase in Idaho Public Aid
Idaho public assistance cost 284,236 in October up 1,942 from September with old age payments driving the rise. Unduplicated households receiving aid reached 12,587. average per-household grant 22.58. County averages ranged from 11.99 to 25.04, with Kootenai at 25.04 and Bear Lake at 18.42.
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Boise
Idaho
Bill Child
Child
Fort Hall
Duck Valley
Bear Lake County
Kootenai
Cedar City Youth Dies In Highway Crash
Leonard Bess, 21, of Cedar City, died at the county hospital after his car crashed into a stalled vehicle on the Modena highway. The fatality raised Utah’s traffic toll for the year to 155, down from 214 at this time in 1938.
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Cedar City
Utah
Leonard Bess
Modena
Government asks credit for 1940 military funds
Paris reports the government appealed to the finance committee of the chamber of deputies to approve military credits for the first three months of 1940 totaling 55,034,000,000 francs about 1.265 billion dollars.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Sheep Men Object To Valuation of Dollar Per Acre
Boise inspectors report Idaho range lands assessed at 100 to 200 percent of value while desert grazing land bought at 50 cents an acre is valued near 1 and better range land at 2 to 3 dollars. Idaho Wool Growers reps Tod M. Claar H. B. Soulen protest biased valuations harming sheep returns.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho Wool Growers
Operat Ya Oils Tod M
C. Claar
Association
H. B. Soulen
Weiser
Claar
Banker Given Prison Term For Embezzlement Counts
Evan Homer Hancey, 44, formerly assistant cashier and trust officer at Cache Valley Banking Co. in Logan, was sentenced in federal court to three years in prison on each of five embezzlement counts and four counts of making false entries. The sentences run concurrently. Judge Tillman D. Johnson denied a new trial motion. Hancey’s attorney Willard Hanson said an appeal would be taken. Hancey was convicted of embezzling 2556 dollars.
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Salt Lake City
Evan Homer Hancey
Cache Valley Banking Company
Logan
Tillman D. Johnson
Willard Hanson
Hancey
Nine Cars Collide in Fog at L.A. Intersection
A nine car pileup in heavy fog at a Wilmington California intersection left three motorists seriously injured, one with both legs amputated. Police report the crash began when a car rear ended William B. Ashley’s halted vehicle, sending it into a traffic divider as four cars hit one side and three the other. Ashley was hospitalized for amputation.
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Wilmington
Calif
William B. Ashley
Ashley
Idaho Supreme Court Hears Johnston Murder Appeal
The Idaho supreme court reviewed supplemental arguments in the appeal of former Twin Falls mayor Duncan M. Johnston, convicted December 10, 1938, for the murder of Salt Lake jewelry salesman George L. Olson. Hearsay testimony by Twin Falls Police Chief Gillette and a related unsigned Mills letter were at issue.
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Boise
Idaho Supreme Court
Duncan M. Johnston
Twin Falls
George L. Olson
Salt Lake City
Howard Gillete
A. O. Sutton
Weiser
Alfred Budge
Gillette
W. A Mills
Decker Jewelry Company
Olson
Johnston
Decker
Jewelry Company
Mills
Lewis Denies Fake Fights In Thomas Case
Nate Lewis former Thomas manager testifies before the Illinois Athletic Commission denying charges that Harry Thomas staged fake fights with Max Scenmeling and Tony Galento. He plans to add to his testimony at a Thursday resumption of the investigation in Chicago.
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Chicago
Harry Thomas
Max Scenmeling
Tony Galento
Nate Lewis
Thomas
Lewis
Illinois Athletic Commission
Pope Pius XII Plans Christmas Eve Address
Vatican reports say Pope Pius XII will deliver an important address to the College of Cardinals on Christmas Eve. The speech likely concerns the war and may be published that night in a special edition of L Osservatore Romano.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
College of Cardinals
Sacred College
L’osservatore Romano
Farley Pushes First Class Cards Over Third Class
Postmaster General James A Farley urges postmasters to promote first class Christmas cards to customers. He showcases a poster stressing sealing ability and personal appeal with third class cards labeled unsealed, non forwarded, and non returnable. Farley seeks higher department profits through this class preference.
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Washington
James A Farley
Parley
Farley
Yale
Department
Germans Attack Fishing Vessels With Aerial Torpedoes
British fishing trawler Active was sunk by an aerial torpedo from German warplanes off the coast. Etruria was damaged with crew fatalities, while Inverne and Fort Rose reached port. City of Kobe was sunk in the North Sea, raising shipping losses as Churchill warned of harsher fighting ahead.
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London
David Sutherland
Active Today
Etruria
Sutherland
Britain
Kobe
North Sea
Winston Churchill
ICC Fixes Blame For Rail Crash In Northern Idaho
The ICC assigns fault for a rear end collision near Avery Idaho on September 15 involving Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Pacific trains. It cites lack of proper operating rule enforcement, failure to provide flag protection, and speed control errors due to a false signal. The crash injured 180 people, including 164 passengers, with the Olympian striking the rear of the second train.
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Ington
Estate Commerce Commission
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Avery
Idaho
Milwaukee
Olympian
Collision Injures Pocatello Man
Ear Horner of 729 West Center was injured in a wreck about 10 p m Monday five miles east of Lava Hot Springs. Roy O. Haver of Twin Falls drove a coal truck that struck Horner s car on a bridge the car went into a canal and the truck overturned scattering coal over a large area. Damage was 300 to the car and at least 400 to the truck.
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Ear Horner
West Center
Lava Hot Springs
State Nolice
Douglas Snow
Roy O. Haver
Twin Falls
Horner
Idaho Weather Outlook: Cloudy and Warmer
Idaho forecast shows cloudy conditions with a gradual warmup tonight and on Wednesday light rain possible in the far southeast. Temperatures rise, and precipitation remains light in most areas.
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Idaho
Snow Closes Yellowstone Park Roads After Weekend Snow
Weekend snows blocked the south entrance and routes Norris to Canyon and Old Faithful to West Thumb. Acting Superintendent G W Emmett said only Gardiner to Mammoth, West Yellowstone to Old Faithful, and Mammoth to Tower Junction and Cooke City remain open for automobile travel.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Yellowstone National Park
Norris
Canyon
Old Faithful
West Thumb
G. W. Emmett
Gardiner
Mont
Mammoth Hot Springs
West Yellowstone
Mammoth
Tower Junction
Cooke City
Boxer Admits Murder in Hitler House
New York police say Ernie Haas, a 28 year old pugilist, admitted beating to death Dr Walter Engelberg, secretary of the German consulate, in his Brooklyn home on December 5. The body was found 24 hours later by a consulate employee. Haas was arrested in Toronto and described as an amateur boxer from Winnipeg, age 26.
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New York
John J. Ryan
Ernie Haas
Toronto
Canada
Walter Engelberg
Ryan
Haas
Engelberg
Brooklyn
Frank Bals
Men Wita
Winnipeg
Relief List Shows 4 Percent Drop in General Relief
The Social Security Board reported that 110 urban areas recorded a 4 percent drop in general relief cases from October to November. Obligations incurred fell less than 1 percent. The reports cover 36 states and the District of Columbia and include all state and local relief to the needy.
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Washington
Social Security Board
District of Columbia
Joe E Brown Aims Home by Christmas After Auto Crash
Hollywood comedian Joe E Brown remains in a hospital cast for eight weeks to mend vertebrae fractures from an earlier automobile accident. If he leaves the hospital it will be in an ambulance, his physician Dr. J. W. Young said. Brown has a public slogan promising a Christmas recovery.
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Hollywood
Joe E. Brown
Brown
J. W. Young
Russian Battleship Oktiabrskaya Revolutia Sank Reported
A Reuters dispatch from Helsinki reported, without confirmation, that the 23,256 ton battleship Oktiabrskaya Revolutia had been sunk by Finnish coastal batteries. The ship, formerly Gangut, is listed with a 1125-man crew and extensive armament.
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London
Reuters
Helsinki
Oktiabrskaya Revolutia
Tanker Hides In U S Port Beset By Naval Attention
A German merchant tanker flying the swastika anchored near Fort Lauderdale while a British-flagged cruiser approached from the south. Officials identified the tanker as Arauca from Tame Pico. Navy neutrality patrol planes circled overhead as two vessels maneuvered near U S waters.
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Fort Lauderdale
Port den Per
Coast Yard
U. S
Navy
Neutrality Patrol
Miami
Lewis and Roosevelt Meet With No News Reported
John L. Lewis head of the CIO met with President Roosevelt for twenty minutes in Washington. Afterward he called the meeting a perfect dud for news, and said he came at the invitation of the president.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cuba
John L. Lewis
Banks of Far West Bulging With Record High Deposits
Banks in the far west report record deposits totaling 2.544 billion dollars across 31 banks in seven cities led by San Francisco. The gain pushes California Oregon Washington Idaho Utah Nevada and Arizona toward an estimated 6.36 billion in deposits. Loans at 972 million while investments rise to 1.307 billion, with government securities at 796 million. Nationally deposits and loans also rise, with western banks contributing to a 361 million increase in total reserves.
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Far West
San Francisco
Santa Claus
Pacific
Federal Reserve Bank of
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
Treasury
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U. P
Spee
Columbus
Vera Cruz
State Department
Los Angeles
Arco
C. A Bottolfsen
Pope
Inverne
Fort Rose
ICC
Pocatello
Snow
Boxer
Hitler House
Gangut
U.S
Lewis, Roosevelt Center
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