British cruiser Achilles reported sunk in South Atlantic battle
British naval officials said they were probing reports that the 7030 ton cruiser Achilles was sunk in a fight with German 10000 ton pocket battleship Admiral Scheer off Punta Del Este Uruguay, but no direct information was found. Reports circulated from Montevideo and were unconfirmed by authorities.
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Buenos Aires
Achilles
Germ
Scheer
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Mortevideo
Atlantic
Montevideo
Admiral Keer
Hilles
Uruguayan
Uru- Jay
Rickey 84 longtime baseball executive dies at home
J donk Rickey, 84, father of Branch Rickey and former vice president and general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, died at his home late yesterday of an abdominal ailment after two days of illness. He was a farmer active in church work and the prohibition cause.
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Oatsmouth
UPI
J. Donk Rickey
Branch Rickey
St. Louis Cardinal Baseball Club
Rickey
Scioto County
Ili
Lawyer Heads Fair Board and Sets All Time Membership Mark
Lawyer head s fair board and all time membership mark as Muskingum county agricultural society holds annual reorganiza tion meeting at county extension office. Officers elected include president H Sawyer and secretary Leslie Wilson with E E Baird as vice president and Orville Baughman as treasurer. Total receipts for 1939 were 15 597 41 and expenditures 15 247 60 leaving a small balance. debt details given and membership reaches 1716, an all time high.
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H. Sawyer
Gratiot
Leslie Wilson
Lexington Avenue
Muskingum County Agricultural Society
E. E. Baird
Hopewell
Clyde McFarland
South Zanesville
Orville Baughman
Ark Road
S L. Shepfer
Adamsville
Wilson
Shep Ft
McFarland
Ohio ‘Department of
Jdeaving
Agria
Ori
Pcket
Gate Up
Nean
Baird
Baughnt
Frank Bowen
B. McCormick
John Hobbs
Hobbs
Watt Moore
P. D. Elliott
Speed
Flodhs
McCormick
Swift
Shepfer
Elliott
Grange
E. E. Button
Af Entertainment
Bowen
Sweden Offers Broad Aid to Finland in Arctic War Push
Sweden forms a national union cabinet and mobilizes broad support to rush material aid to Finland as Soviet forces advance along the waist-line front. Public opinion gauges Sweden's resolve to aid its neighbor before Soviet lines sever supply routes.
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Stockholm
INS
Sweden
Finland
Russia
National Union
Sweden Agrees to Furnish Finland With Material Aid
Finland and Sweden coordinate aid as Soviet forces mass for a potential blow into Karelia and the Gulf of Bothnia. Finnish reports claim a major Red Army thrust with 1.5 million troops and 1,000 planes, aiming at the Karelian isthmus while Finns defend the Mannerheim line against winter conditions and entrenched fortifications.
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Gulf of Bothnia
Kemi
Ulenborg
Soviets
Helsinki
Finnish Telegraphic Agency
Russia
Ageny
Arelian
Manterheim
Karelian
Lake Lagotia
Mannerheim
Lake Ladoga
Muola
Tolvajarvi
Mantyhyoto
Moscow
Lenigrad
Many Missing as Soviet Ship Sinks
Ninety per sons died and between 200 and 400 were believed missing after the sinking of the Indigirka off Hokkaido. The Karafuto Maru, a Japanese steamer, rescued 390 of the Russian vessel s passengers and crew. High seas hampered rescue efforts and causes remain unknown. Russian coastal steamers often carry large passenger lists when cannery crews are returning north.
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Hok- 4
Foreign Office
Hokkaido
Japan
Vladivostok
Lloyd's Shipping Register
Manitowoc
Wisconsin
Russia
Plan Quiet Funeral For Noted Actor
Douglas Fairbanks Sr dies of heart attack in Santa Monica. Widow Lady Sylvia Ashley cared for by a physician. funeral plans remain tentative. Business manager says services will be quiet and private at Wee Kirk O Heather Forest Lawn Memorial Park with only close friends admitted.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
Curtein
Sylvia
Ashley
Will Rogers
Jean Harlow
Fairbanks
Don Juan
Kirk O' Heather
Coal miner shoots wife then attempts suicide in Lisbon
Joseph Polifrone, 56, a coal miner, shot and killed his wife Rose, 39, and wounded himself, probably fatally. Neighbors said the couple quarreled and that the three children Pauline 18, Nicholas 12, and Katherine 6 had been living apart for two weeks in fear. Sheriff Harry L. Gosney reported the grim sequence following his warning to stay away.
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Lisbon
Joseph Polifrone
Ose
Harry L. Gosney
Gosney
Polifrone
Shcy
Pauline
Nicholas
Katherine
Movie Folk to Atlanta for Gone With The Wind Premiere
Hollywood begins its trek to Georgia for the 3.96 million production Gone With the Wind. Producer David O. Selznick leads a party with Vivien Leigh Olivia de Havilland and Rex Harrison as the cast of the Civil War saga heads to Atlanta for the world premiere.
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Atlanta
Hollywood
Georgia
Margaret Mitchell
David O. Selznick
Vie Vien Leigh
Scarlet O'Hara
Olivia de Raviland
Rhett. Butter
Housing Work May Start Soon In Zanesville
The Zanesville Metropolitan Housing Authority aims to award contracts today for the Pershing Road project with W. J. Paul and Adams Brothers as general contractor at 813660 dollars. Davis Brothers will install plumbing, RB. Rhotan will provide heating, Ross Engineering will handle electrical, and H. A. Albyn Nursery will do landscaping. Contract signing will take about a week before final U S Housing Board approval and a proceed order. Groundwork could begin soon after the first of the year.
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Zanesville Metropolitan
Pittsburgh
H. A. Albyn Nursery
Newark
U. S. Housing Board
James Goddard
Washington
Muskingum County Basketball Tournament Relocated
The Muskingum county high school basketball tournament will move to Lash high school gymnasium this spring. Games are set for Feb 16 17 18 23 and 24 with 12 Class B teams including Nashport Frazersburg Dreden Adamsville Hopewell Rosville South Zanesville Chandlersville Meigs Otsego Philo and New Concord.
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Muskingum County
New Concord
Lash High School
F. C. Ring
Ring
Zanesville
John Brammer
Lash-Newark
Nashport
Frazersburg
Dresden
Adamsville
Hopewell
Roseville
South Zanesville
Chandlersville
Meigs
Otsego
Philo
Muskingum Valley League
Galleries Crowded At Secret Session Opens Parliament
The first secret session of parliament in nearly 22 years opened to debate opposition criticism of military supply organization. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain noted strangers in the gallery as the roars of laughter erupted and the speaker ordered their withdrawal.
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Neville Chamberlain
Mayor Quiet On Grant Firing Claims
Mayor Tom V. Moorehead declined to comment on Safety Director Samuel F. Grant’s claim he was fired rather than resigning. Grant said he was dismissed for not “dancing when the master puppet pulls the strings,” while Moorehead said Grant offered a verbal resignation effective January 1 and called the matter closed.
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Tom V. Moorehead
Samuel F. Grant
Grant
Moorehead
Alleged Robber Free On Bond In Senecaville Bank Heist
William A. Morrison, 54, Summerfield for buyer, posted 3000 bond at Cambridge and was released. Co defendants Mike Merkich, 20, Weirton WV. J E Pile, 19, Holliday's Cove WV. and Lawrence Curtiss, 29, also face charges or arraignments. Grand jury likely to convene January 16 at Cambridge to weigh the daylight robbery. Three pistols and $63 in loot were recovered in a raid at the Morrison farm northeast of Summerfield.
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William A. Morrison
Summerfield
Senecaville
Guernsey
Fife
Meton S Boyd
Cambridge
Lawrence Curtiss
Holliday’s Cove
Morrison Farm
British Press Angry Over Failure to Capture Bremen
British papers condemn the navy and air force for failing to capture or sink the liner Bremen on its Arctic dash from Murmansk to Germany. They also attack the RAF for not bombing over Heligoland Bight. Officials remain confident in the course of the war despite relentless editorials.
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Bremen
Nazi Germany
Navy
Air Force
Murmansk
Arctic
Russia
Germany
London
Admiralty
Sir Ministry
Russia Expulsion Hailed At League Amid Finland Crisis
A 13 nation Finland committee urged expelling Russia from the League of Nations after accusing Moscow of invading Finland. Argentina’s Rodolfo Freyre opened the attack, saying the Soviet Union violated covenants and that Argentina could not remain in the league while Russia stayed. Russia replied with a brief note that it refused the demand to halt hostilities under league auspices.
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Ensava
League
Russia
League of Nations
Finland
United States
League of Nations Council
League Assembly
Council
Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Yeeyre
Adolfo Costa Durell
Bolivia
Great Britain
China
Assembly
Japan
Germany
Freyre
Soviet Union
Argentina
Thad
Cleveland Relief Officials Begin Large Food Orders
City relief officials started writing food orders for 16 000 people moved off direct relief and for 40 000 cases previously on curtailed orders. Assistant Commissioner Sydney T Rowley said orders dated Dec 15 would be mailed tonight and tomorrow. Some listed as ineligible if they have work. social workers had been out of touch for weeks. Supplies from the federal surplus commodities program include corn meal navy beans flour oats butter apples onions and squashes.
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Cleveland
Sydney T. Rowley
Harold H. Burton
Rowley
Humber
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