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From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker)
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Subject: 50 Years Ago: Wednesday, 29 November, 1939
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From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker)
Wednesday, 29 November, 1939

The USSR severs diplomatic relations with Finland.  The United States
offers to mediate discussions between the two nations.

Major General J.W. van Oorschot, head of the Netherlands intelligence
service, resigns. It is believed the resignation is a result of the Venloo
incident.

The NY Times reports Germany's efforts to construct synthetic petrol
plants to make up for lost US oil imports.  The plants are estimated to 
achieve full production in 1941.

Twenty-nine states celebrate Thanksgiving today.  These "traditionalist"
states prefer to observe the holiday on the last Thursday in November,
now informally known as "Republican Thanksgiving," rather than to follow
the new Thankgiving date (November 23rd), aka "New Deal Thanksgiving",
fixed by Pres. Roosevelt.  Three of the states officially observed both
dates.

To date, 540,000 tons of merchant shipping have been sunk by Germany,
including 323,000 tons of British ships.

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Bill Thacker			            military@cbnews.att.com
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"German surface warships operate at will in Atlantic waters, while Britain
is not in a position to protect her own coast." - Deutsche Allgemeine
Zeitung


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