THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
THURSDAY, DECEMBER
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I Lion Feuchtwanger, famed Ger-
nan-Jewish author whose books
'were burned by the Nazis and who
carried on his war against Hitler
ia France, is shown in New York
after a sensational escape from m
French concentration camp. He was
smuggled out by an American
friend and put aboard an American
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Rome spokesmen announced that
General Ubaldo Soddu, secretary
for war in the Italian cabinet, hai
been sent to Albania to direct th
drive against Greece. General Sod
du, 67, ia a veteran of all Italy i
wars since 1900.
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Donald M. Nelson, merchandise
executive, has been designated Pri
orities Administrator by President
Roosevelt. He heads the board con
sisting of Knudsen, Stettinius and
Leon Henderson, to require produc
tion and delivery of national de
ifense materials ahead of goods pre
jviously ordered by private industry.
; Dr. Robert S. Harris of Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology
has produced a food mixture which,
he says, contains every vitamin ex-
Icept HC". The food would cos
'11.87 a person s year. The U. & irw-
govemment nas oeen given uie
formula and it already has been
sent to Britain.
Three tiny tiger cubs cuddle up to a tiger-skin rug in the Rockland Lake, N. Y., home of CiDtiin R
Proske, animal trainer. They are the survivors of two sets of twins born to two tigers on the castii '
farm. ZoolmrisU wpr amazed at the blessed events, for ticera seldom hrosH In ;..:... m, P'n S cat
taken away from the mother tigers because they frequently at their voiiaa.
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Pulling out from her New York pier is the United States liner Wat
tngten. Orient-bound to bring home Americans from the Far East.
On board can be seen some of the member of the Second Division Naval
Reserve from Baltimore. 139 men and six officers, who will take up active
duty in tne ranama iani oii,
General Manuel Avila Camacho is shown making his inaugural address
after taking the oath of office as President of Mexico in Mexico City. Ha
placed his republic beside the United States and all other American
nations in the common cause of hemisphere defense.
Bares Espionage Arrested by British Rockefeller Blood for Britain
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belarich Peter Fassbender, 13,
jeenfeseed to Chairman Martin Dies
ef tho House on-American Activi
ties Committee, in Chicago, that he
Wad engaged in fifth column work,
in Spain and Belgium for Germany
'kef ore eominsr to the U. S. The!
former Gestapo siren t told his storvi
f espionage in the U. after a:
Komise he would not be extradited,
back to Qermany. '
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, former
president of the Indian Congress
party, was arrested by British au
thorities near Allahabad after a
meeting with Mohandas K. GandhL
He was one of two men chosen by
Gandhi to make anti-war speeches
as part of the plan of limited civil
disobedience.
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Winthrop Rockefeller, son of financier John D. Rockefeller. Jr donates
a pint of his blood for uso in treatment of British war wounded. He is
pictured in New York Hospital with Dr. Alphonse Timpanelli and Nurse
Mary Wyatt in attendance. More than 11,000 men and women in New
York have donated blood to Britain.
Senators Debate Giving More Aid to Britain
The Topic: Shipping
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Tne Senate foreign relations committee Is pictured as it convened in Washington to debate the possibility
, ef farther aid to Britain. Seated (left to right) are Senators Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Hiram W.
Johnson of California. Walter F. George of Georgia, chairman; Elbert D. Thomas of Utah and Frederick
I Van Nays of Indiana. Standing, are Senators Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, Arthur H. Vandenberg of
jikygan, Theodore F. Green of Rhode Island, Guy M. Gillette ef Iowa, Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania
and Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri. .
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Under Secretary of State Sumner
Welles addresses the First Inter
American Maritime Conference, in
Washington, attended by delegates
from the 21 American republics.
First of its kind, the conference
was occasioned by abnormal condi
tions affecting shipping and trade
which have followed in the wake of
the war. Seated, is Dr. William
Hanger, Counselor of ths Pan
American Union.
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Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt sets an example to the women of the nitl
by doing her Christmas shopping early, bhe is pictured in a Fi
Avenue shop, in New York, selecting toys for her grandchildren,
Their Ship Was Torpedoed
' Shortly after this picture was
; taken of Queen Mother Helen and
.King Michael of Rumania, the
! streets of Bucharest ran red with
: blood. The Queen Mother and her
, son are shown reviewing a parade.
: A dispatch brands as false reports
; Michael is preparing to quit in the
I face of the terror provoked by the
j Iron Guardifrts. Queen Helen hat
left Rumania.
Senator's Fiancee
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Marfnerite Johnson, teacher ol
home economics in Central Junior
High School, Rock Island. 111., wil
give up teaching theory to practira
application as the wife of Senate
Gerald P. Nye of Coopers town, N
Dakota. The couple did not sa
when they would be married.
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rescue on the high seas of the survivors of a o " foregronj
rne rescue was made by a Canadian aesiroyer. h.iJin on "
obviously too weak to cUmb the rope thrown ""- "
dear uie.
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Attwaft B-14 bombers, recently released to the British air force. The 20-ton craft has a ew wt
jm mUea, and a ton siMed of mors than 100 miles an hour. The nlane alreadv bears the on