Blizzards Shape Finnish War Effort Amid Red Army Push
Snowstorms creep across northern Finland as Red Army presses Mannerheim Line near Viipuri. Finns reroute merchant ships to Murmansk and Norway to Germany while German subs operate from Murmansk. Blasts on Viipuri and Pajala fuel fear of Red Army Day. RAF sorties over Helgoland and North Sea fighting persist as neutrality strains rise.
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Murmansk
Norwegian
Germany
Bremen
Mannerheim
Viipuri
Thens
Helsinki
Moscow
Finland
Red Army
Pajala
North Sea
Britain
London Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Helgoland
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Tara
Voelkischerbachter
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
France
Altmark
Norway
Kirkennes
Petsamo
Pensioners of Ohio urged to check records
Ohio pension chief Tom McCaw urged pensioners to verify eligibility for social security checks. He noted many could qualify for additional payments, and explained that receiving old age insurance benefits could free funds to help others in need.
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Columbus
W.P
Tom McCaw
Ohio
McCaw
Parity Wheat Payment Set At 10 Cents A Bushel
The Athens County AAA Committee announced a parity payment of 10 cents per bushel for 1940 wheat. Chairman Frank Pugh said the payment will be made on the normal field acreage allotment for wheat with compliance to the conservation program, yielding a total of 19 cents per bushel for participating farmers when combined with the regular conservation payment.
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Athens County Aaa Committee
Frank Pugh
Athens County Aaa
AAA
Participa
Ohio legislator denied unemployment benefits
A member of the Ohio Legislature, paid $2,000 a year, was refused unemployment compensation after losing private sector work. H. C. Atkinson, administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, said the legislator is not entitled because he is paid annually as a general assembly member. The name was not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
H. C. Atkinson
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
General Assembly
Ohio Mine Chief Opposes Federal Inspection Bill
Columbus Ohio George A Strain state director of industrial relations denounced in Congress a bill to create a federal coal mine inspection service Strain and assistant director Nelson A Hovey plan to appear before the Mines and Mining Committee within ten days He argued the Neely bill would expand federal authority infringe state rights and duplicate Ohio's well run state division of mines with fewer accidents and lower costs for taxpayers The bill places federal mine inspection under the interior secretary and aims to collect data on health safety and causes of accidents and occupational diseases.
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Columbus
George A. Strain
Congress
Federal
Coal Mine Inspection Service
Matthew M. Neely
W. Va
Senate
Mines and Mining Committee
House
Strain
John L. Smith
Nelson A. Hovey
Washington
Neely
Ohio
State Inspection Service
Division of Mines
W. LeBurreau
Secretary of the Interior
Mae West Wins Case Over Diamond Lil Profits
Superior Judge William S. Baird grants dismissal of Mark Linder suit seeking 1 million dollars against Mae West over Diamond Lil profits. Linder accused Paramount of secret deal withholding further pay after collaboration on the play and its film She Done Him Wrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Mae West
William S. Baird
Mark Linder
Miss West
Paramount Studio
Sneezing Girl at Marietta Hospital under Care
Marietta doctors treat 11 year old Marjorie Ruth Kaneff after she began sneezing constantly Monday forcing her from school. Physicians suspect a rare brain irritation as the cause. She is the daughter of Harold and Mrs Kaneff, residents near Marietta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
U.P
Marietta Hospital
Marjorie Ruth Kaneff
Harold Kaneff
Magietta
Union Leader Seeks Pardon in 18 Year Jail Term
Chicago report says William Bioff, film union czar and AFL Western regional head, seeks a court pardon to avoid serving the remainder of an 18 year sentence for pandering. Bioff and his lawyers plan to argue Illinois forfeited its right to jail him by letting the case lapse. He posted a $5,000 bond and surrendered to state police after flying in from Los Angeles.
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Chicago
William Bioff
Ilinois
Bioff
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes
AFL
Los Angeles
Rivers Harbors Bill Split Into Four Separate Measures
The Senate Commerce Committee divided its $412 million rivers and harbors authorization bill into four parts covering navigation power flood control and mixed projects. The measure carries no appropriations and would authorize projects to proceed if Congress votes the funds later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate Commerce Committee
Congress
Gallia Woman Held For Bad Check Charges
Mrs. Katie Randolph age 36 native of Gallia County pleaded guilty to several bad check charges in Gallipolis and was held to the grand jury. Police say she is wanted in several other states on similar charges.
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Gallipolis
Katie Randolph
Gallia County
Pocket Battleship Prowl Reported in Atlantic
Montevideo dispatch says El Pueblo reports for a second day that either the Deutschland or the Admiral Scheer, German pocket battleships, are raiding in South Atlantic waters.
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Montevideo
U.P
el Pueblo
Admiral Scheer
South Atlantic
K of P Leader Marion Bridge Dies in Columbus
Marion A. Bridge 83 of Columbus, past grand chancellor of the Ohio Knights of Pythias, died last night.
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Columbus
U.P
Marion A. Bridge
The
Ohio
K Knights of Pythias
Sawyer Ohio's Favorite Son and Democratic Nomination
National Committeeman Charles Sawyer of Cincinnati emerged as Ohio Democrats favorite son candidate for the presidential nomination though Sen. Vic Donahey declined the role. A Saturday meeting placed Donahey as first choice and Sawyer as second with the understanding Sawyer would be chosen if Donahey declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Vic Donahey
Roosevelt
Sawyer
State Central and Executive Committees
Donahey
Alabama Woman Dies After Traffic Crash
Mrs. Lillie Harrold, 60, of Birmingham Alabama died in a Columbus hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile collision near New Lexington on February 13 while visiting friends in New Lexington and Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Lillie Harrold
Birmingham
Ala
New Lexington
Athens
Jones defeats Long machine in Louisiana gubernatorial runoff
New Orleans reports Sam Houston Jones, a political newcomer, won the Democratic nomination for governor in a runoff, driving the Huey P. Long machine from power. The win follows widespread voter anger at the scandalous conditions federal investigators exposed in Louisiana state government.
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New Orleans
U.P
Louisiana
Sam Houston Jones
Huey P.long
Huey Long
Jones
Earl K. Long
Long
Woman Faces Theft Charges In Dayton Chest Embezzlement
Dayton prosecutor Nicholas Nolan disclosed a $27,930 shortage in Dayton Community Chest funds after arresting Margaret P. Bishop, a longtime agency employee and bookkeeper. Bishop faces embezzlement charges for taking $6,775 over the past two years, revealed by an agency audit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Nicholas Nolan
Montgomery
Margaret P. Bishop
Widow's $1,100 treasure hunt aboard city barge
Philadelphia detectives and city workers search the rubbish barge Winifred after widow Mary Eftimoff mislaid $1,100 saved in a shoe box among ashes. She had entrusted the disposal to a nephew while she attended her husband’s funeral.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Winifred
Mary Eftimoff
City Ash
Trial Opens in Bribery Case Against Athens Officials
Testimony began in the bribery trial of Athens County Commissioners Iran Whitmore and Walter Maccombs with two state witnesses. court recessed as the second witness testified. The proceedings featured tense exchanges between counsel and an instruction to address the court only.
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Grover FE. Mitchell
Athens County
Iran Whitmore
Walter Maccombs
Harold J. Rose
Clifford L. Belt
Rose
John Kelsoy
Paul Watson
Southern Ohio Equipment Co
James R. MacSwords
Zanesville
Watson
Commissioners’ Office
Maccombs
Whitmore
A. B. Wells
Wells
WPA
John Greene
Gabriel Pincelli
MacSwords
Belt
Fire destroys Cole Brothers Robbins Circus winter quarters
Rochester Indiana reports a deadly blaze that consumed the winter quarters of Cole Brothers and Robbins Circus. Six lions two tigers two black leopards two zebras 100 monkeys 15 antelopes two llamas and a sacred cow died. hundreds of horses camels elephants and other animals escaped and roamed the countryside. Loss pegged at 150000 with plans for a summer tour despite the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Ind
Cole Brothers
Robbins Circus
Indiana
Circus
Iit
Killing of Child Is Confessed by Young Mother
Betty Hardaker a 26 year old mother confessed to killing her five year old child by dropping the head onto a concrete floor in Palm Springs. An alienist said her mental state was sub normal. She said she loved the child and could not explain her act. Her husband and mother described her as involved in a voodoo cult and intensely religious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
U.P
Paul J. de Rivers
Betty Hardaker
Charles
Etta Karnes
Body of Belpre Man Found in Ditch
Russell Peters age 20 a Belpre Ohio farmhand missing since Feb 13 was found in a roadside ditch near the Ohio River village. Coroner Dr R W Riggs ruled death was due to freezing with snow drifts not thawing until yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belpre
Russell Peters
Ohio River
R. W. Riggs
Washington County
Peters
Ohio Supreme Court rejects fence case in Bettsville
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to hear arguments from two Bettsville property owners over whether a dividing fence between their properties should have been torn down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio Supreme Court
Bettsville
Practical Benefit Expansions Proposed for Unemployed
Chairman Arthur J. Altmeyer of the Social Security Board urged six immediate and practical changes to unemployment compensation. Proposals include cutting the waiting period, raising minimum and maximum weekly benefits, extending the benefit period, paying for partial unemployment, and simplifying eligibility rules. The ideas, not ideal but actionable, appear in The Social Security Bulletin.
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Washington
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Altmeyer
Social Security Bulletin
Stop Dewey Bid In Wisconsin Primary Debate
Senators Arthur Vandenberg and Robert Taft campaign against Thomas Dewey in the Wisconsin Republican primary on April 2. Vandenberg seeks Wisconsin support with La Follette and local leaders backing him, while Taft plans to stay out of the contest. Dewey enters the race in Wisconsin but faces early resistance from party factions.
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Washington
U.P
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Robert A. Taft
Wisconsin
Vandenberg
Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Sen
Robert
M. LaFollette
Prof
Wis
Flood Control in the Ohio Valley Focus of Pomeroy Talk
Col. J D Arthur Jr head of the U S Engineer Office urged Pomeroy businessmen to heed flood control in the Ohio Valley. He traced the shift from local to national concern after 1936 and outlined the Flood Control Acts of 1936 and 1938, detailing a plan for 77 reservoirs with a total estimated cost of 312 million dollars and only 75 million authorized for construction.
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Malcolm Hartley
Pomeroy
Ohio Valley
J. D. Arthur, Jr
U. S
Huntington
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Arthur
Ohio River
Wheeling
Pittsburgh
Washington
Congress
Upper
Ohio
Army Engineers
Muskingum Valley
Colonel Arthur
Court Ruling Halts Sales Tax Collection
Ohio supreme court sustains demurrer in suit by taxpayer Hugh M. Foster to force collection of sales taxes from Kroger Grocery and Baking Co and Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co totaling 903,193 dollars. If no amended petition is filed, the decision disposes of the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
State Supreme Court
Hugh M. Foster
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Star seeks divorce from Frey Perry in Hollywood
Helen Vinson, the blonde film star, filed for divorce from her husband Frey Perry a British professional tennis player. The action marks their second divorce proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Hollywood
U.P
Helen Vinson
Frey Perry
RAF recon planes over Helgoland raid reported
The Air Ministry announced that several Royal Air Force planes conducted successful reconnaissance flights over the German North Sea base of Helgoland last night.
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London
U.P
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
North Sea
Helgoland
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