United States Plans Surplus Arms Sale to Scandinavian Nations
Washington reports say the Roosevelt administration is weighing immediate sale of surplus U S Army and Navy arms to Scandinavian governments and a plan to tighten export controls on vital raw materials. The move could involve thousands of field guns and about 2 5 million rifles, with a White House meeting among top officials noting possible use of obsolete stock. A Senate debate over expanding the Export-Import Bank fund to finance credits for Finland and other nations adds context to the broader arms and export policy discussion.
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Washington
Senate
Export - Import Bank
Finland
White House
State, War, and Navy
State and War Departments
Joseph Green
State Department Division of Arms Control
James E. Burns
Louis J. Johnson
Roosevelt
Navy Budget Cut Highlights House Economy Drive
The House appropriations subcommittee reports more than 100 million dollars shaved from the Navy Department for 1941, with total reductions around 260 million relative to Roosevelt budget figures. Navy construction plans and a 20 million net for harbor defense nets face edits as lawmakers push debt and tax considerations.
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Washington
al House Appropriations
Navy Department
Roosevelt
House
Naval Appropriations Subcommittee
Jenkins Fires New Blast at Third Termers
Rep Thomas A Jenkins of Ohio argued against a constitutional third term for a president. He cited Washington and Jefferson opposing third terms and said multiple Democratic leaders could lead creditably if Roosevelt’s emergency mandate fails. He warned against one man wielding state power for life and urged alternatives.
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Jenkins
Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
House Ways and Committee
Jefferson
Jackson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
America
Gas Explosion Kills Circleville Mother and Daughter
A Circleville home blast yesterday killed Mary Kuhns 65 and her daughter Veronica Kuhns 28 while two others, Mr and Mrs Charles Sobers, suffered serious injuries. Sobers said a match sparked the blast believed caused by gas from a heater flooding the upstairs, wrecking the house and knocking occupants down the stairs.
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Mary Kunns
Veronica Kuhns
Charles Sobers
Sobers
Officer Held After Hit and Run In Ohio
Cincinnati police Patrolman German Koch was suspended and charged with leaving the scene after a four day probe into the death of 22 year old Glenn Wheeler an itinerant bootblack from Galesburg Illinois. Koch reportedly admitted driving the car.
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Cincinnati
U.P
German Koch
Elmwood Place
Koch
Glenn Wheeler
Bootblack
Galesburg
Ill
Defiance Baby Dies After Drinking Acid
Funeral services will be held Saturday for 16 months old Gordon Houck of Evansport Ohio who died after drinking carbolic acid taken from a bathroom cabinet. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Houck.
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Defiance
U.P
Gordon Houck
Nelson Houck
Evansport
Road conditions hazardous in parts of Ohio
The state highway department reports hazardous driving conditions in sections of Northwestern and Northeastern Ohio due to current weather and road conditions.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Ohio
Life Sentence Imposed for Slaying of Bertha Moore
Fred C. Moore of Pickerington received a life imprisonment sentence today for the murder of his wife Bertha Moore last May in Lancaster Up. The case was concluded with the verdict and sentencing following the investigation and trial.
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Lancaster
Fred C. Moore
Pickerington
Bertha
May stay together as Columbus family seeks aid
In Columbus, Mr and Mrs Fred McNeil consider giving away their two youngest sons due to poverty and malnutrition. Mayor Floyd F Green arranges a meeting to find steady work for the WPA worker, hoping to keep the family intact. Neighbors donate resources while offers to adopt are declined.
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Columbus
Fred McNeil
Floyd F. Green
McNeil
WPA
Wilbur
Paul
McNeils
Gerald
Upper Arlington
Lewis Refuses To Talk Peace
President Roosevelt said John L. Lewis of the CIO rejected immediate renewal of peace conferences with the AFL. Lewis told him before Christmas no useful purpose would be served by further talks at that time, the President stated at AFL Executive Council request.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
AFL Executive Council
AFL
CIO
Plan for United States of Europe Advanced at Paris Conference
London report says British Labor Party will discuss a United States of Europe plan with French laborites at a Paris conference on February 22. The party, with 2,686,002 members, also pushes for a league of nations with teeth as a war aim against Germany.
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London
United States of Europe
Paris
United States of America
British Labor Party
League of Nations
Germany
Ohio to Enforce 72-Hour Fireman Week
Nine Ohio municipalities were warned to comply with the 72 hour per week state law for firemen or face mandamus actions. Nelson Hovey of the department of industrial relations said court action would begin in 30 days if cities do not comply.
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Columbus
O.P
Ohio
State Department of Industrial Relations
Nelson Hovey
Nazi Ships Attempt To Run Allied Blockade
Nine German ships sheltering in Brazilian ports since the war began sailed at night with full cargoes of lard meat rubber and general food, in what observers call a bold attempt to evade the allied blockade to German ports.
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Rio DE Janeiro
A.S
Delay Questioning of Silver Shirt Leader
The Dies committee postponed a meeting to resume questioning William Dudley Pelley about his anti-Semitic ideas and leadership of the Silver Shirt Legion. Pelley has admitted anti-Jewish and anti-Catholic views and would implement Hitler's policies if president.
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Washington
U.P
Dies J Committee
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirt Legion
Pelley
Hitler
Arraign Youth Today On Murder Charge
Donald Slater an 18 year old among three charged with first degree murder in the hammer slaying of Fred Jenkins 51 of Huntsville. Jenkins widow Minnie 47 and his son Merlin 18 pled innocent at arraignment and would attend the funeral at Sidney.
European conditions to be studied by Welles
President Roosevelt announced he will send Undersecretary Sumner Welles to Europe to obtain first hand information on conditions in Italy France Great Britain and Germany.
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Welles
Washington
Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
Europe
Italy
France
Great Britain
Germany
Cordell Hull
Five Children Die in Detroit Fire Destroying Two Homes
Five young children perished in a house fire that swept two Detroit dwellings last night and yesterday. Authorities reported the tragedy as the blaze gutted both structures, with neighbors aiding in the emergency response.
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Detroit
U.P
Michigan
Church Strives To Put Human Welfare First
Washington report on a National Catholic Welfare Conference statement urging a Christian social order. church leaders say economic power must be subordinated to human welfare and that reforms require time and steady growth, not hasty legislation.
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Washington
U.rp
National Catholic Welfare Conference
United States
Youth Congress Opens National Citizenship Institute
The American Youth Congress begins a four day National Youth Citizenship Institute in Washington with about 3 500 delegates. Attorney General Robert H Jackson will speak at a Lincoln Memorial Meeting. A new Communist charge statement by Gee Tunney and four others accuses the congress of Communist influence.
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Washington
U.P
American Youth Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Youth Citizenship Institute
Robert H. Jackson
Congress
Gee Tunney
Widow of Letart Falls Civil War Veteran Dies
Mrs. Nancy M. Sayre, 94, widow of Civil War veteran Nathan Sayre, died at her Letart Falls home. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Survived by son Henry Sayre of Boulder, Colorado. daughter Mrs. William Verian of Letart Falls. brother Dayton Roush. sister Mrs. Arminda Brown. eight grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
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Letart Falls
Nancy M. Sayre
Nathan Sayre
Sayre
Henry Sayre
Boulder
Colo
William Verian
Dayton Roush
Arminda Brown
Explosions injure three in Los Angeles area
Violent blasts at the Golden State Fireworks plant trigger 22 tons of explosives. Three people are injured including 50 year old Rev. Nettie Denman whose leg is fractured after her home roof collapsed burying her and her son. Nearby resident S F Bragg also hurt.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Golden State
Nettie Denman
S. F. Bragg
Dodd in Critical Condition With Pneumonia
Former ambassador William E. Dodd was reported in critical condition in Round Hill Virginia as doctors administered oxygen via mask for pneumonia.
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Round Hill
U.P
William E. Dodd
Germany
Better Safety Methods Sought in Ohio Mines
Ohio mine operators will be required to install three preventive safety measures after a report on a Bartley West Virginia explosion. L. Lodwick’s findings urge rock dust to suppress gas buildup, additional breakthrough tunnels for ventilation, and water on coal saws to control dust. Director Strain expects at least one major Ohio firm to adopt broader breakthrough work.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Coal
George A. Strain
Ohio Department of Industrial Relations
Department
Ohio
L. L. Lodwick
Bartley
W. Va
Lodwick
Strain
Cold Weather Raises Relief Costs in Ohio
Ohio relief costs for January rise by 437661 to an estimated total of 2436112 across 125 of 149 areas. State funding would cover about 41 percent with local communities paying the rest as unusually cold weather and closed WPA projects drove higher clothing and fuel requests and a case load of about 111000, up over December.
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Columbus
Ohio
William H. Hartsough
State Welfare Department
Middleport Woman Dies of Pneumonia
Mrs. Sarah Frances Gilfillen 55 died of pneumonia at her home in Middleport. Funeral 2:30 Sunday at Church of Christ. Interment Horden Hill Cemetery. She leaves husband B O Gilfillen two daughters Mrs Ralph Young Gallipolis and Georgia at home and son Charles. She was active in several Middleport organizations.
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Middleport
Sarah Frances Gilfillen
Church of Christ
Horden Hill
Gilfillen
B. O. Gilfillen
Ralph Young
Gallipolis
Georgia
Charles
Boy Scout Anniversary Celebration Opens Nationwide
President Roosevelt opened Boy Scout Week celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of the movement. About 1,000,000 Scouts and 8,000,000 alumni were greeted at meetings nationwide, with Roosevelt praising the Scouts as a generation trained in good citizenship.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Beaver Burn crew lands after torpedo attack near port
Seventy six survivors from the torpedoed Canadian freighter Beaver Burn arrived at a west coast port aboard a British tanker. Only the vessel's chief cook was reported lost.
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London
Cook
Ankara Government Cuts More Ties With Germany By Taking Over Shipyards
The United States dispatch reports Secretary Hull stating talks with several neutrals to restore world peace. It notes Turkey’s shift against Germany, ending German naval engineering in shipyards and taking over supervision of related work, amid broader Allied moves in Europe and the Middle East.
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Ankara
Germany
Turkey
Dardanelles
Far East
France
Syria
Islam
Britain
Reich
Franz von Papen
Balkans
Gas Explosion Wounds Dozens at Rockhurst Prep School
In Kansas City Missouri a gas explosion rocked Rockhurst College in the prep school building during recess injuring more than 20 students. Most injuries are not critical but many suffered burns and shock as victims were taken to hospitals by ambulance and private cars.
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Kansas City
U.pa
Rockhurst College
Wisconsin Voters to Cast First 1940 Primary Test
Madison Wisconsin voters will be first in the nation to express themselves on a Roosevelt third term issue. The Wisconsin primary set for April 2 will precede Illinois, the only other state with third term supporters on the ballot.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Illinois
Hitler Leaves Berlin For Mountain Retreat
Adolf Hitler departed Berlin to spend several days at Obersalzberg near Berchtesgaden. The move marks his first absence from the capital in some time after extensive time spent in the new chancellery.
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Berlin
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Obersalzberg
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Toledo gas strike settlement talks pivot to tonight
Labor conciliators expressed hope negotiations could yield a settlement of the Toledo gas workers strike that began February 1. The parties aimed to conclude talks by tonight as efforts continued to end the dispute.
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Toledo
U.P
Toledo Gas Workers
Son Says FDR Shouldn't Run
Elliott Roosevelt son of the President told about 3,000 Illinois Lumber and Material Dealers Association members that he thinks his father should not run for a third term. He added Vice President Garner is not as bad as CIO Chief Lewis said, and noted his remarks are an accident of birth.
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Chicago
Elliott Roosevelt
Dallas
Tex
Illinois Lumber and Material Dealers’ Association
John Nance Garner
CIO
John L
Lewis
Organization Formed By Contract Carriers
Columbus Ohio contract carriers form Ohio Contract Carriers Association Inc to improve business and prestige of transporting property by motor vehicles under private contract and to work with public utilities commission and interstate commerce commission.
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Columbus
U.P
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio Contract Carriers Association, Inc
Miner John P. Berger Dies at 80 in County Infirmary
John P. Berger 80 formerly a miner died Thursday at the county infirmary where he had recently been moved. Funeral services will be held Saturday at nine in the Sacred Heart Church with interment in Sacred Heart Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
John P. Berger
Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Cemex
Tery
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Freeman
John A. Marks
Electricians’ Union
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