Senate Debates Expanded Neutrality Bill For Free Seas
The Senate opened debate on a history making bill to restore full freedom of the seas for American merchant ships. The Foreign Relations Committee approved the measure 13 to 10, with hopes of final action within two weeks.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Foreign Relations Committee
Nye
R-Nd
Administration
Connally
D-Tex
Bridges
R-Nh
Gurney
R-Sd
Senatorustin
R-Vt
Wendell L. Willkie
Foreign Relations Group
United States
House
Rayburn
Chairan Bloom
D-Ny
Foreign Affairs Committee
Ohio Farm Mortgages Gain in 1940
Ohio farm mortgages show a shift with 23,244 new loans totaling 94,372,464 recorded while 17,333 cancellations amounting to 99,281,268 occurred in the state. Secretary Sweeney notes 1938 and 1939 cancellations near 16,500. 1939 total mortgages stood at 22,355 with 163,934,201. Through the year to date 24,380 loans totaling 59,366,777 have been recorded and 21,471 cancellations totaling 49,521,819.
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Columbus
Ohio
John E. Sweeney
Hope Lost as Weather Ends Hunt for Fliers
Winter weather halts search for three army planes missing in the Sierra Tehachapi mountains near Fresno California. Eight search planes yesterday found no trace of the P-40 pursuit ships or a fourth plane from which Lieut J H Pease parachuted safely.
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Fresno
Calif
Sierra-Tehachapi
J. H. Pease
Fifteen Die as Bus Burns After Crashing into Bridge
A Montgomery Alabama bus crash killed fifteen aboard when the vehicle struck a bridge railing and burst into flames. Driver W P Alton died of burns after aiding passengers. one victim identified as Mary Eleanor Finney, 24, a Montevallo teacher. Remaining bodies await identification as coroner lists others as Troy and Union Springs youths bound for a Civilian Conservation Corps camp.
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Clanton
Ala
Montgomery-Birmingham
W. P. Alton
Alabama
Lew Finney
Boston Red Sox
Mary Eleanor Finney
Montevallo
Here
Hardie Jones
Aultman
Tornadoes Hit Arkansas 14 Dead Across Hamburg and Dardanelle
Two Arkansas twisters last night left at least 14 dead and many injured. Hamburg suffered nine fatalities as homes were destroyed, while Dardanelle in the river valley reported five deaths and extensive property damage amid ongoing rescue efforts.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Hamburg
Arkansas River
Dardanelle
Shelby Jordan
Ulysses Walker
Charley Kelly
Thornburg
Bill Price
Otis Heathcoat
Bethel
Alfred McDonald
Oak-E-Doak
Minnie Bruton
French Aiding British Fliers Hidden Underground Network
Two women, arriving from Europe after 15 years in France, describe a secret underground network that smuggles stranded RAF fliers back to England and helps French youths flee to join Free French forces. They said they have no details on operations and many fliers remain unaware of their helpers.
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Jersey City
N. J
Europe
France
RAF
England
Helen Hill
New York
Violet Maxwell
Free French
Burton Opposes Arms For Merchant Vessels
Sen. Harold H. Burton of Cleveland urged at the Fifth District American Legion convention that arming merchant ships risks war and questioned whether amending the Neutrality Act would better defend America than increase danger.
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Tiffin
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland Republican
Congress
America
Burton
Fifth District
American Legion
AFL union maps wage gains five day week sales tax aid
Members of an AFL union of state county and municipal employees went on record seeking wage increases a five day work week and distribution of sales tax funds to financially strained cities in a renewed drive for relief.
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Cleveland
AFL
Ten Times Cast in Kentucky Mine Blast
A Sterling Coal Company mine at Daniel Boone near Madisonville Kentucky suffered a blast that killed none but left 15 miners missing while 16 were rescued. Sixty men were working the shift and the explosion disabled the cage leaving a 2800 foot distance to the main shaft.
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Sterling Coal Company
Daniel Boone
Madisonville
Lewis' Answer To President Is Awaited Today
The United Mine Workers report nearly all 53 000 captive miners idle in response to John L. Lewis strike order despite Roosevelt urging workers to stay. 5 000 at Jones and Laughlin and Alleghany Ludlum Mines at work. 25 000 idle elsewhere. strikes spread across West Virginia Alabama and Kentucky.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
K. G. Adams
UMW
Lewis
Adams
Steel
Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin
Alleghany Ludlum
West Virginia
Lynch
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
United States Steel Corporation
Alabama
Pro-Axis Arab Chief Seeks Refuge in Italy
The exiled Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, a noted anti British Arab leader, has taken refuge in Italy. Italian officials say he arrived safely at an airport in southern Italy after mysteriously disappearing from Iran, his prior refuge during wartime occupation.
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Italy
Rome
Jerusalem
Iran
Tojo vows uninterrupted expansion drive for Japan
Premier General Hideki Tojo declared an unyielding path of ever expanding progression for Japan. Speaking in Osaka to 200 officials he warned that no international pressure can disturb him. He urged unity and noted Japan must develop the total strength of its hundred million people to advance policy including greater east Asia co prosperity.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Osaka
Tojo
Istry
United States Navy
Frank Knox
Washington
Pacific
China
Strike Closes Robins Drydock in Brooklyn
A 14-vessel overhaul yard in Brooklyn halted operations as a CIO union strike silenced Robins Drydock and Repair Company. About 5,800 of 6,000 workers off the job amid a wage dispute, with guards keeping essential operations going. the union seeks a five percent raise and accepts mediation by the national defense board.
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Lewis
UMW
Myron C. Taylor
U. S. Steel Corporation
Taylor
Roosevelt
Defense Mediation Board
Sidney Hillman
Defense Production
CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
New York
Robins Drydock and Repair Company
Brooklyn
U. S
Industrial Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
CIO
National Defense Mediation Board
John Burge
Transportation Strike Sets Toledo Citywide Walkout
A 400 member AFL union walkout is set to start at midnight Tuesday unless the Toledo Community Traction Co. meets wage increase demands. Walter Morgan, business agent, said operators voted to strike if terms aren’t agreed.
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Toledo
Walter Morgan
AFL Street Car and Bus Men’s Union
Toledo Community Traction Co
Flood Causes Collapse Of Rio Grande Bridge
The international bridge across the Rio Grande collapsed early today under flood waters that have battered it for a week. Only a few concrete slabs remained after the $66,000 structure fell in the center.
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Rio Rico
Mexico
International Bridge Across the
Rio Grande
Coal Minimum Change Urged by Trial Examiner
Floyd McGown, trial examiner for the bituminous coal division, urged Howard A. Gray to adjust the minimum price basis for all bituminous coal producing areas. The recommendation follows a hearing on costs last summer and notes 1939 and 1940 costs fell after a new wage agreement. The examiner cites higher costs from vacations, insurance, old age benefits, unemployment taxes, and mine-supply advances.
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Washington
Floyd McGown
Interior Department
Howard A. Gray
Miss Nora McCoy Dies At Middleport
Miss Nora McCoy operator of a hat shop in Middleport died at her home from a heart attack Sunday night. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at two o clock at the home with interment in Pine Street Cemetery Gallipolis. She leaves four sisters Vesta McCoy Middleport Ella Wyatt Dayton Will Drury Glouster and C B Forrest Fremont.
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Nora McCoy
Charles P. Kircher
Athens
Pine Street
Gallipolis
Two Ocean Navy Growth and Mahan in Naval Thought
A Navy Day editorial by Prof. Paul Fontaine examines the two ocean navy and why decisive seapower matters. It discusses Admiral Mahan, Theodore Roosevelt, and the need for global reach amid shifting defense priorities and canal strategy. The piece notes ongoing debates on fleet division and capacity.
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Paul Fontaine
Ohio University
United States
Fontaine
Richard Ingerham
Athens High School
Naval Aviation
The
Messenger Today
Navy Day
Soviet Soil Invaded As German Drive Presses On Moscow
Soviet and German forces clash near Moscow Rostov and Kalinin as German tanks push toward the capital. Russia reports gains and losses including Stalino, while a Japanese patrol skirmish on the Far East frontier is noted. Britain and Italy show wartime resolve.
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Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Rostov
Russia
Manchukuo
Japan
Germany
Tass
Vladivostok
Raskino
Maloyaroslavets
Kalinin
Mozhaisk
Caucasus
Rostov-on-Don
Navy Day Observance Highlights Roosevelt Address
Washington observers note Navy Day marks a contrast between in port gala dress for ships and battle dress at sea. President Roosevelt is expected to deliver a world affairs address tonight around 10 p.m. EST, touching on defense production, Russian munitions needs, Far East prospects, and naval efforts to keep Atlantic lanes clear.
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Continental
North Atlantic
England
Russia
Roosevelt
Far East
Atlantic
Nazis Train for Invasion of England Reported
Istanbul dispatch says German forces in northern Poland are drilling for an England invasion. Barges with obsolete aircraft motors line the Baltic and Gulf of Danzig as thousands practice debarking in full gear amid air and sea attack defenses.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Poland
England
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Danzig
Non-College Men Win Aviation Scholarships in Army Cadets
In the army's fifth corps area noncollege men increasingly win aviation cadet scholarships by attending school to build required foundations. Monthly scholarships rose from about 120 to 325, with one seventh going to noncollege applicants as college entrants no longer dominate.
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Columbus
Army
Fifth Corps
Air Corps
First Aid Squad Aids Asthma Victim In Pomeroy
Middleport's first aid squad responded Sunday night to aid Irene Briggs during a severe asthma attack in Pomeroy. She is staying with Mrs. May Van Inwagen and is reported in satisfactory condition today.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Irene Briggs
Miss Briggs
May van Inwagen
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