Finland Fights On as Red Army Presses Mannerheim Line
Soviet forces push toward Viipuri as Berlin claims Finland’s defeat. Finnish defense holds though facing heavy casualties and shortages. Izvestia backs the Nazi Soviet trade pivot while Scandinavian talks stir over neutral shipping protection.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Soviet
Russia
Red Army
Finland
Europe
Mannerheim Line
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Red
Stockholm
Sweden
Moscow
Izvestia
Copenhagen
Scandinavia
Britain
Scioto County Farmers Protest Roller Dam Plan
The Scioto County Protective Association plans to protest a roller dam project on the Ohio River below the Scioto mouth at a U S Army Engineers hearing on February 27. Farmers warn flooding could ruin rich corn lands. Howard D. Jewett chaired the meeting.
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Portsmouth
U.P
Scioto County Protective Association
Ohio River
Scioto River
U. S. Army
Howard D. Jewett
Son's Divorce Suit Hinted as Political Signal for Roosevelt
James Roosevelt’s desertion suit filed in Los Angeles amid talk of a possible third term for FDR. Friends note timing raises questions about political impact and past divorces among the President’s children. Roosevelt’s career in Hollywood and links to nurse Romelle Schneider are mentioned.
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Los. Angeles
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Elizabeth Cushing
Harvey Cushing
Hollywood
Samuel Goldwyn, Inc., Ltd
Beverly Hills
Romelle Schneider
Mayo Clinic
California
Phyliss
Storm Kills 70 on East Coast
The St. Valentine blizzard is estimated to have taken almost 70 lives and caused several million dollars in damage across the Northeast. Snowdrifts up to 15 feet blocked highways from New England to New York where five deaths occurred from overexertion while shoveling.
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New York
U.P
St. Valentine’s Day
Seaboard
New England
German Spy Executed and Four More Sentenced
Paris reports France executed Hans Kuhn a Luxembourg subject by firing squad at Chalons sur Marne after his July arrest while attempting to cross the frontier with plans for French armaments including tanks. Two French accomplices were sentenced to 20 years hard labor.
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Paris
U.P
France
Hans Kuhn
Luxembourg
Chalons-Sur-Marne
Germany to Supply Russia Arms Under Russo German Pact
Izvestia reports Germany will supply Russia with armaments under the new Russo German trade agreement and receive raw materials that might otherwise have gone to the Allies. This marks the first indication Russia would obtain more than commercial industrial goods from Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
U.P
Germany
Russia
Izvestia
Train Kills Boatman in Portsmouth
Fred Fields aged 67 an Ohio River boatman died after being struck by a Norfolk and Western train here late yesterday. The accident occurred near the riverfront, and authorities are investigating the fatal incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Fred Fields
Ohio River
Norfolk and Western
Hammer Slayers Draw First Degree Indictment
Logan County Grand Jury returned a first degree murder indictment against Donald Slater 18 Minnie Jenkins 47 and Merlin Jenkins 18 in the February 1 hammer slaying of Huntsville railroad telegrapher Fred Jenkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefontaine
U.P
Logan County
Yestery
Fred Jenkins
Huntsville
Donald Slater
Minnie Jenkins
Merlin
Fire at Oxford Hotel injures Miami University guests
A blaze at the Oxford Hotel in Oxford near Miami University started by a defective heating flue burned after midnight. Fronted by several Miami University students and other guests, the fire prompted emergency responders to evacuate the building.
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Oxford Hotel
Oxford
Miami University
Columbus attorney announces Democratic candidacy
Columbus attorney Joseph C. Allen announces his bid for the Democratic nomination for the general election. He enters the race as a party contender seeking votes in the upcoming campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Joseph C. Allen
Otrhey General
Finland Faces Its Toughest War Reversal Yet
Webb Miller reports from London that Russia seized advanced positions near the Mannerheim Line but the Finns retain strong artillery anchors at Koivisto Island and Taipale on Lake Ladoga. He notes Finnish preparations and predicts foreign aid and air power will blunt a prolonged Soviet war of attrition.
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Finland
Webb Miller
United Press
Miller
London
Isthmus
Mannerheim
Koivisto Island
Lake Ladoga
Taipale
Ferdinand Foch
Viipuri
Asks New Deal For Producers Of Livestock
Cincinnati report quotes P. O. Wilson of the National Livestock Marketing Association on cooperative marketing. He notes 10 packers handle most sales, local markets rise to 287 in Ohio and 158 in Indiana, and marketing changes reduce the consumer dollar to farmers. He urges producer ownership of marketing machinery, higher volume, and a stronger consumer meat value program.
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Cincinnati
U.P
P. O. Wilson
National Livestock Marketing Association
Ohio
Indiana
Wilson
Dies Opposes Coughlin Witness and Ballot Conviction
Dies Committee members said they would oppose summoning Father Charles E. Coughlin as a witness arguing it would give him a national platform for his radio views. The panel has no link to the Un American and subversive inquiry. In Cleveland, Nicholas Russo, 30, faced fines up to 1000 dollars and 1 to 5 years in prison after being convicted of unlawful possession of ballots in the last November city election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Dies
Charles E. Coughlin
Coughlin
Texas
Martin Dies
Tex
Detroit
Cleveland
Nicholas Russo
Ohio
Farm couple tragedy ends in double fatal shooting
Mrs. Ralph Caldwell was wounded when she tried to shield her husband as Glenn Plants fired a shotgun at their farm near Washington Pennsylvania. The husband died and Plants then forced Caldwell to pull the trigger, killing Plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Caldwell
Glenn Plants
Washington
Plants
Husband Wife Fight for Cash in Unadvertised Contest
In Columbus a Warren Ohio couple fought over a $2,223 state industrial compensation check. The husband cashed it and as cashier Lamley pushed out $2,200 in twenty dollar bills, both grabbed the bills, causing a fracas until the step daughter of the husband and Columbus attorney Dale Stump separated them and took charge of the money under a court like decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Warren
Dale Stump
Communist official charged over false passport application
Welwel Warstower, alias Robert William Wiener and treasurer of the Communist Party in the United States, remained free on 10000 dollar bond awaiting sentencing next Tuesday after a federal jury found him guilty in thirty minutes of making a false statement on a passport application. The verdict came faster than the prior conviction of Earl Browder on similar charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Welwel Warstower
Robert William Wiener
Communist Party
United States
Earl Browder
Jones Sees Finland as Good Financial Risk
Federal Loan Administrator Jesse Jones told the House Banking Committee that Finland will survive Russian aggression and repay debts. He supported a Senate bill to raise the Export-Import Bank revolving fund by 100 million dollars, enabling a 20 million loan to Finland for nonmilitary use beyond the 10 million already advanced. He said the bank would not lend if repayment is unlikely and noted loans for war materiel should be Congress's decision.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
House Banking Committee
Finland
Jones
Charles Gifford
Mass
Gifford
Europe
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Congress
High Taxes Fuel Bootlegging Says Distiller Group
Norman W. Baxter of the Distiller Spirits Institute warns that heavy liquor taxes will boost bootlegging and moonshining and cut state and federal revenues. He tells the National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association that better enforcement and funds are needed to keep gangsters from regaining control of the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur’ Springs
W. Va
Norman W. Baxter
Distiller Spirits Institute, Inc
Washington
National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association
Baxter
Church Closed in Cleveland After Parishioner Riot
The Catholic Universe Bulletin reports Holy Redeemer Church in Cleveland closed after parishioners halted the installation of Rev. Father Vincent Caruso. The church and parish school will remain shut until the archbishop is assured proper ecclesiastical authority is respected.
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Cleveland
Ohio sales tax receipts rise in 1940 versus 1939
State Treasurer Don T. Ebright reported continued gains in prepaid sales tax stamps for 1940, with total receipts through Feb. 3 at 4,022,041.92 compared with 3,546,998.32 for the week ending Feb. 11, 1939, a 13.3 percent increase.
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Columbus
AU P
Don T. Ebright
Auto skids and tumbles 75 feet injuring salesman
Co Cincinnati Indianapolis salesman Frank Weinman suffered only minor bruises after an automobile he drove skidded off the road, overturned four times, and plunged down a 75 foot slope.
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Cincinnati
Frank Weinman
Indianapolis
Weinman
Auto Skids Kill Two Near Cleveland
Two men died when a car hit an icy rut and skidded into a passing automobile transport truck east of Cleveland late yesterday. The crash occurred on a slippery stretch, prompting investigations by local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Procter and Gamble to Build Dallas Soap Plant
Procter and Gamble Co announces plans for a new soap manufacturing plant in Dallas Texas with a project cost of about 1 million dollars. The facility will expand output and create jobs in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PLAN
TEXAS
Cincinnati
AUP
Procter and Gamble Co
Dallas
Tex
Jimmy Roosevelt divorce filing spurs marriage speculation
Jimmy Roosevelt has filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court. Hollywood columnists speculate his next wife could be Romelle Schneider, a nurse met during his Mayo Clinic treatment in Rochester, Minnesota.
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Acme
Jimmy Roosevelt
Los Angeles Superior Court
Hollywood
Romelle Schneider
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Republicans Set 1940 Convention Date As Showdown Looms
Washington AP reports the Republican National Committee fixed June 24 for the 1940 nominating convention. Chairman John D M Hamilton urged a Roosevelt third term while condemning New Deal policies as European in spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican National Committee
James A. Farley
John D. M. Hamilton
Roosevelt
Republican Party
G.O.P
Hamilton
Glenn Frank
Herbert C. Hoover
Minimum Coal Price Hearing Ends Today in Washington
Trial examiners for the Bituminous Coal Division hear three days of oral arguments from producers and district boards over proposed minimum prices for soft coal. Southern Illinois firms led by Bell and Zoller Coal Mining Co seek a summer discount, arguing no summer markets beyond railroads and limited retail yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Y. Wildman
Bell and Zoller Coal Mining Company
Southern Illinois
Institutions Save Money Using Ohio Beet Sugar
Assistant State Welfare Director Herbert R. Mooney reported to Governor Bricker that state welfare institutions used 300000 pounds of Ohio produced beet sugar last year and expect to use about 1500000 pounds in 1940. Institutions now rely on beet sugar almost exclusively and save 20 to 30 cents per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
O.R
Herbert R. Mooney
Bricker
Mooney
Keen Memory of Cop Checkmates Wise Guy
Hyman Bader 23 of Sharon Pennsylvania dodged a $10 parking ticket by sending a check that bounced. He paid the price in Warren with a $50 fine and costs after returning on business and was jailed on a bad check charge. He remains in jail.
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Warren
U.P
Hyman Bader
Sharon
Pennsylvania
Bader
Parole Board Frees Two Athens Prisoners
The Ohio State Pardon and Parole Commission granted paroles to 157 prisoners at Mansfield Reformatory. Among those released were Athens residents Leroy Sater serving for failure to provide for a minor child and Robert L. Shivers jailed for auto theft. both paroles include dates from 1940.
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Columbus
U.P
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Mansfield
Athens
Leroy Sater
Robert L. Shivers
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