Police Ordered to Send Names of Patrons Of Gambling Houses to Dun & Bradstreet
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To get names of patrons in raided N Y C gambling houses
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December 25, 1940
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CHURCHILL 'PUERILE,' ROME TELLS PEOPLE; 'Compromise Peace' Spurned in Bitter Retort as Speech Is Released to Public
By Herbert L. Matthews Special To the New York Times
sends message to armed forces
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HOLIDAY RAID-FREE; Calm Over Britain Tends to Confirm Word of Truce REICH BELIEVED AS QUIET Manchester's Ruins Suffer in Sporadic Attacks Before Respite Begins
By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
German Wash Embassy hears Berlin instructed fliers to refrain from action on Xmas if RAF is inactive over Germany; no Berlin and London statements
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WIDE AREA SHAKEN IN NEW EARTHQUAKE; Shocks Are More Intense in New England--Tremors Here Are Slight
By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
wide area shaken
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U.S. COURT RULES A.S.C.A.P. IS TRUST IN TACOMA ACTION; Three-Judge Tribunal Refuses to Enjoin Washington State Law on Pooling Copyrights EQUITY MAXIM IS QUOTED Petitioner Is Held Not to Have Come 'With Clean Hands'-- Gene Buck Cites 3 Victories
By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
U S Circuit Ct dismisses Composers, Authors and Pubs Soc suit against Wash anti-monopoly law; details; soc to take case to Sup Ct; Buck comments
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Notable Births
1940Hilary Spurling, English journalist and author[†]
Susan Hilary Spurling is a British writer, known for her work as a journalist and biographer.
Notable Deaths
1940Agnes Ayres, American actress (born 1898)[†]
Agnes Ayres was an American actress who rose to fame during the period of silent films. She was known for her role as Lady Diana Mayo in The Sheik opposite Rudolph Valentino.