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COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 3--In Karelia the Finnish forces were reported today to be withstanding all attacks. North of Lake Ladoga the Russians were still pressing at Suojaervi with the object of cutting off the Karelian forces from the rear.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 3--Facing the worst relief crisis in their city's history for a six-week period, the people of Toledo have united to help themselves.
F McHale repts on tour of 32 States
Calls League of Nations Council meeting
LaGuardia starts better-disposal campaign; urges cooperation of mfrs
1939Stephen W. Bosworth, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea (died 2016)[†]
Stephen Warren Bosworth was an American academic and diplomat. He served as Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University and served as United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy from March 2009 to October 2011. He served three times as a U.S. Ambassador, to Tunisia (1979–1981), to the Philippines (1984–1987), and to South Korea (1997–2001). In 1987, he received the American Academy of Diplomacy's Diplomat of the Year Award.
1939Joan Brady, American-British author (died 2024)[†]
Joan Brady was an American-British writer. She was the first woman and American to win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award for her novel Theory of War.
1939World War II: HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.[†]
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.