Republican Ranks Split On U S Plans
Washington dispatch reports a sharp split among Republicans over whether foreign policy should be an issue in the 1940 campaign. Rep. Ditter of Pennsylvania criticizes ambassadors Kennedy and Davies for urging a third Roosevelt term, while Sen. Borah says foreign policy will dominate the campaign.
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Joseph &. Davies
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Borah
Idaho
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London
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White House
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Leading Role for Local Student in Church Play
Ralph Snapp a Stephens City High School student active in Future Farmer Chapter has been cast the leading male in Dont Darken My Door a three act comedy to be staged December 14 15 by Montague Avenue Methodist Church youth for the building fund in the Sunday School room of the church.
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Ralph Snapp
Stephens City High Schol
Future Farmer
Montague Avenue Methodist Church
Montague Avenue
Sailors Praised By Chamberlain
Prime Minister Chamberlain lauded three British ships Exeter Achilles and Ajax for engaging the Admiral Graf Spee in the South Atlantic and driving the German vessel toward Montevideo after a severe battle. He praised League action against Russia and Finland while stressing resistance to German aggression as key to freeing Europe.
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Montevideo
Spectators At Sea Tilt As Graf Spee Battle Unfolds
Spectators aboard the 9975 ton Formose tell how they rode out the naval clash off Rio Grande do Sul with lifebelts fastened and smoke screens masking the German Admiral Graf Spee. British ships Ajax Achilles Exeter engaged as the Graf Spee retreated leaving the Formose behind in the smoke.
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Rio Grande Do Sul
Baron
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Ajax
Achilles
Exeter
Nighttime Uruguayan Coast Battle As German Ship Fights Three Ships
Passengers witnessed a running battle as dusk fell near the Uruguayan coast. A German warship was pursued by two British cruisers with intense firing for about two hours before ceasing within Uruguayan territorial waters.
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Uruguyan
Drifted bodies reach shore after Indigirka wreck tragedy
In Hokkaido, about 350 bodies washed ashore from the Indigirka disaster as rescuers reported 420 survivors taken to Otaru by the Karafuto Maru. The steamer carried roughly 1,100 people, mainly Russian fishermen and families, as crews faced a fierce Arctic storm.
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Hokkaido
Japan
Indigirka
Otaru
Convicted in Coventry Explosion Sentenced to Death
Two men found guilty of complicity in the Coventry bombing on August 25, blamed on the outlawed Irish Republic Army, were sentenced to death today after the court declared their roles in the explosion which killed five people.
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London
Coventry
Irish Republic Army
For Rent Apartments and Garages on Loudoun Street
Short notice rental listings show apartments at 411 N Loudoun and 406 N Loudoun with contact 562 and a garage at 1375 S Loudoun. Listings date from April to May with transaction tags for rental availability.
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Loudoun Street
Loudoun
German Cruiser Damaged By A Blast At Sea
Berlin reports a Nazi light cruiser was slightly damaged by an underwater explosion but reached a German port. Communique notes increased scouting activity near the Moille and Rhine and says several prisoners could be taken at points along the coast. Operations in the northern North Sea included an underwater explosion during return from patrol.
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Moille
Rhine
North Sea
Home Harbor
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