Belligerents Deny New Peace Moves as Welles Visits Berlin
Europe braces for a long war as Sumner Welles tours Berlin for talks with Hitler. France issues economic decrees for a protracted conflict while Belgium and the Netherlands report Siegfried Line work and rising front activity. Britons face possible wage bonds to fund the war. French counter propaganda brands any peace bid as by the Nazis.
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United Press
Europe
Sumner Welles
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Vosges
Belgium
Holland
North Sea
France
Hitler
Italy
Reich
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Germany
Paris
Welles
Senator Nye’s Wife Seeks Divorce After 23 Years
Mrs. Gerald P. Nye filed for divorce from the North Dakota senator’s wife after 23 years of marriage. The Nyes have lived apart since last fall in a high profile legal action.
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Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Nyes
Senate expected to back loan to Finland and others
The amended Export-Import Bank bill would raise capital by 100 million dollars and allow a 20 million dollar non military loan to Finland. It grants discretionary power to lend to any country not violating the neutrality act, with Finland and China possible credits of 20 million each if deemed good risks.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Finland
House
White House
Roosevelt
China
Russia
Japan
Employment Decline Marks First Since May
Secretary Frances Perkins announced non-agricultural employment fell about 1.16 million in January the first drop since May. She said the downturn was about 100000 greater than the December-January fall last year yet the current total stood 1.1 million above January 1939 levels.
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Washington
U.P
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Ohio Bridge Commission Upheld by Ohio Supreme Court
In a 6 to 1 decision the Ohio Supreme Court upheld the act creating the Ohio Bridge Commission. Attorney General Herbert won a writ of mandamus against Secretary of State Griffith to compel attestation of 1.3 million dollars of two percent refunding bonds for the Sandusky Bay bridge. The court allowed the writ and bonds may be issued at a lower interest rate.
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Columbus
Ohio Bridge Commission
Ohio Supreme Court
Thomas J. Herbert
Earl Griffith
Sandusky Bay
Davey Alleges State Aid Backing McGregor Victory
Former Gov. Martin L. Davey charges state employees and state owned equipment aided the election of J. Harry McGregor of West Lafayette, the Republican candidate for Congress in the 17th District. The accusation centers on improper use of state resources during the campaign.
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Davey
McGregor
KENT
Martin L. Davey
J. Harry McGregor
West Lafayette
GOP Control in House Seen With Ohio Two By-Elections
Political calculations indicate the House will return to Republican control next November if Ohio by-elections reflect a shift in voting sentiment since 1938.
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Washington
W.P
House of Representatives
Ohio
Travelers Called Home From Oldenzaal Frontiers
German officials warned residents of the Reich who are temporarily in Holland to return to Germany before March. The appeal targets those living near the Dutch German frontier as tensions rise in anticipation of border shifts.
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Oldenzaal
Reich
Holland
Germany
Mother in Court for 30th Time in Ten Years
Mrs. Augusta Bauer, 48, mother of 10, was brought to police court in Cincinnati on a liquor charge for the 30th time in 10 years. She faced accusation of selling liquor without a state permit.
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Cincinnati
Augusta Bauer
Holt Uses Leap Day To Question Government Costs
Washington report notes Senator Rush D. Holt of West Virginia arguing that the leap day adds time to assess government spending. He claims the U S government costs fifteen thousand dollars per minute and an extra day is needed to calculate the overall burden on taxpayers.
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Washington
Rush D. Holt
W. Va
United States
Hoover Urges Aid for Finns In War Zones
Former President Herbert Hoover testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee urging relief for war victims in Poland and civilians in Finland. He estimated 7,000,000 Poles would need aid and proposed immediate European relief funding of 10 to 20 million dollars.
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Washington
U.2
Herbert Hoover
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Poland
Hoover
Congressional
Commission For Polish Relief, Inc
Finland
Aviation Head Predicts Boom in Aircraft Industry
Glenn L. Martin, head of the Martin aircraft company, predicted that after the European war America would lead global aircraft production. He said postwar demand would level off but that U S aircraft industry would be least affected by peace among war material producers and could meet military and commercial needs, though six months ahead remains to be seen.
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NEW York
Glenn L. Martin
America
Martin
Weather chart idea from sales tax records noted in Ohio
State Treasurer Don H Eb right reports sales tax records from coal companies rose 35 percent in the first seven weeks of the year compared to 1939, likely due to unusually cold weather.
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Columbus
U.P
Don H. Ebright
Eden Predicts Action On Western War Front
In Liverpool Anthony Eden predicts Allied military activity on the western front after a period of lull. He states that the autumn and winter slowdowns allowed weapons to be forged and that once ready they will be used.
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Eden
Liverpool
Eng
Dominions
Anthony Eden
Ozark Folks Speak Pure English Says Columbia
New York report says Southern Appalachian and Ozark speakers closely mirror Chaucer Milton and Pope in dialect. Columbia University notes mountain talk preserves archaic forms, using terms like heap admire poke preachment and phrases such as mind hit won’t pleasure her much.
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Ozark
Columbia
New York
Appalachian
Ozark Mountains
Columbia University
American Press
Lester V. Berrey
Highlands
Berrey
Chaucer
Milton
Pope
FDR to Push Canal Defense Plans and Locks Funds
President Roosevelt to propose immediate defenses for Atlantic and Pacific fronts after his southern cruise. He may convene defense chiefs and State Department reps for a Caribbean Pacific conference. House cuts wartime civil functions bill. seeks funds for a third Panama Canal locks project.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Pacific
Panama Canal
Army
Navy
National Defense
State Department
Caribbean
White House
House
War Department
House Appropriations Committee
Census snooping becomes Senate issue over 1940 questions
Senator Tobey led a hearing opposing Census Bureau questions on 1939 earnings, calling it an inde pendence issue as census officials defended the program. He cited thousands of letters from supporters worried a neighbor or gossip could obtain sensitive income data.
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Washington
Charles W. Tobey
N. H
Senate
Census Bureau
Tobey
Paul Prys
Sally Snoops
Bribery Trial Deliberations Continue For Two Athens Officials
Jurors in the bribery case against Athens County Commissioners Ira Whitmore and Walter Maccombs remained in deliberation at noon after an all-night session. The judge instructed the panel on the law and the possible verdicts, with several counts eliminated due to jurisdiction.
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Athens County
Ira Whitmore
Walter Maccombs
Hotel Berry
Belt
Zanesville
Bricker says Roosevelt cannot be elected to third term
Marietta Ohio Governor Bricker told 400 at the Lincoln Day dinner that Roosevelt could not be re elected a third time declaring the Washington tradition must be kept He attacked the prior Democratic state administration noting Ohio taxpayers paid millions to alleged chiselers and that his administration inherited a $40 million deficit He criticized Ickes for discrediting the Republican Ohio government and touted $5.25 million in annual spending cuts.
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Marietta
John W. Bricker
Roosevelt
Washington
Young Republican Club
Bricker
Ohio
Columbus
High Street
Davey
Cleveland
Harold L. Ickes
Increase in Influenza in Ohio Reported
The Ohio State Health Department reports influenza cases from Jan 1 to Feb 24, 1940 rose to 476, up from 230 in the same period in 1939, a gain of 246 cases. The increase highlights a sharper flu activity in the early weeks of 1940.
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Columbus
State Health Department
Ohio
Texas Swelters as Spring Heat Wave Hits Fort Worth
Fort Worth reports a spring heat wave sweeping across Texas after a blizzard only two weeks prior. Temperatures climbed to as high as 99 degrees, transforming the state from snowbound highways to sunlit heat.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
U.P
Burton to Travel Cleveland for Senate Campaign
Mayor Harold H. Burton will visit central and eastern Ohio Friday in support of his bid for the Republican nomination for U S Senator.
Flood Damages Rise as Sacramento River Floods West
The Sacramento River rose over levees for more than 100 miles forcing about 4000 people from homes and threatening a large fertile valley. A 37 foot crest was recorded at Kennett as floodwaters moved toward Sacramento with widespread damage feared near seven million dollars in the 1937 flood.
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San Francisco
U.P
Sacramento
Kennett
Savold Pastor Heavyweight Fight Postponed
The Lee Savold Bob Pastor heavyweight elimination bout at Madison Square Garden was postponed indefinitely due to Savold's grippe illness sending him to hospital yesterday.
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Savold
New York
U.P
Lee Savold
Bob Pastor
Madison Square Garden
Grippe
Bioff Surrenders to Fight Extradition in California Case
William Bioff, once the motion picture union czar, turned himself in to Illinois police seeking extradition from California. He was released on a habeas corpus writ. Bioff claimed a Communist conspiracy forced him to serve out a six month sentence from 1922 for pandering.
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Chicago
William Bioff
Motion Picture Union Czar
Illinois
California
Dawson seeks West Virginia governor nomination
Charleston mayor Daniel Boone Dawson 43 announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for West Virginia governor.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.P
Daniel Boone Dawson
West Virginia
Court settles corset ownership in Brooklyn fashion case
Mrs. Lillian Yellin 38 won clear title to a corset after a magistrate ruled the payment issue settled. She had worn and refused to pay for a corset at a Famous Fashion Shop in Astoria, was charged with petty larceny, and the judge accepted $8.50 from her brother to cover the corset price, ending the case.
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New York
Lillian Yellin
Nicholas H. Pinto
Astoria
Plan Action in Holding Cases
The SEC prepared to invoke the death sentence clause of the 1935 utility holding company act against nine major holding company systems. It ordered hearings set for April 26 for two New York entities Electric Bond and Share Company and Engineers Public Service Company on findings they do not confine operations to a single integrated utility system.
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Washington
U.P
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Electric
Engineers Public Service Company
New York
Palestine volunteers join BEF in France beacon corps
U P General Headquarters reports the first Palestine contingent of 700 volunteers, Jewish and Arab, has arrived in France to join the British Expeditionary Force as a pioneer corps.
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France
U.P
Palestine
BEF
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