Rumania Loses Neighbor Support In Balkan Entente
Belgrade reports that Romania failed to secure automatic allied support against Germany or Russia from Yugoslavia Turkey and Greece. The ministers agreed to enlarge economic contact among the four nations and pursue prewar trade while tensions with Germany Russia and Hungary persist.
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Germany
Belgrade
Romania
Rumania
Turkey
Slavia
Yugoslavia
Greece
Russia
France
Britain
Reich
Entente
Grigore Gafencu
Sukru Saracoglu
Alesander Cincar-Markovic
John Metaxas
Balkan
Cae Cae
Europe
Eee
Hungary
Bulgaria
Gafencu
Transylvania
Jap Bombers Renew Raids On Hanoi Kunming Line
Japanese bombing planes renewed raids on the Hanoi Kunming railway near Shanghai, killing or wounding about 100. Ten Westerners were among the dead or injured as a bridge was wrecked and the northbound train derailed, disrupting traffic on the meter gauge line linking Kunming.
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Shanghai
Hanoi - Kunming
Occidentals
Kunming
Navy probes Ranger plane accidents in routine inquiry
Washington reports a series of accidents to planes from the aircraft carrier Ranger prompting an official inquiry at Norfolk. Ensign Malcolm Charles Kirby, 26, reserve pilot, died January 16 when his plane crashed into the sea. Officials call the inquiry routine and say no decision yet on connections.
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Washington
Navy
Ranger
Norfolk
Malcolm Charles Kirby
Kump Announces Bid for U.S. Senate Seat
Former West Virginia governor E. F. Kump declared he will seek the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate from the state. He aims to challenge incumbent Rush Holt of Weston in the May 14 primary and said he will issue a fuller campaign statement later.
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Kump
West
Rush Dew Holt
Weston
Holt
Senate
Homer A. Holt
United States
West Virginia
Rush Holt
Congress Urged to Change Wagner Act Ump Labor Board
Washington February 2 A proposal from Dean Lloyd K Garrison Wisconsin University law school urges Congress to relieve the labor board of civil warfare between the AFL and CIO The suggestion aims to dampen criticism and push unions to settle conflicts themselves Garrison testified before the House committee investigating the national labor relations act Rep Fries complained the committee is accomplishing nothing amid ongoing upheaval in the nation.
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Washington
Congress
Labor Board
The
CIO
Lloyd K. Garrison
Wisconsin University Law School
House
National Labor Relations Act
NRA Labor Board
Apparsides
Epi
Smith
House Investiga Garrison Tion
Rep
Fries
Ill
Garner Demands Georgia Primary
AFL denounces Hitler and Stalin as enemies of mankind and urges aid to victims of persecution. It calls for U S action to help Finland resist Soviet aggression and rejects Communist influence in American labor. Garner backs a Georgia presidential preference primary with plans to file in Ohio if Donahey runs.
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Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor
Hitler
Stalin
Germany
Russia
Federation
Europe
Pinland
Union
American Newspaper Guild
Germany reveals submarine crews held prisoners
London reports British Press Association says crews from submarines Sea Horse and others were believed captured after attacks near Heligoland Bight on January 15. Four officers and 26 men from Starfish and Undine reportedly rescued or captured. other families await word as transmitting sets pick up messages.
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London
British Press Association
Helgoland Bight
Admiralty
Roosevelt backs farm bloc to restore cuts in agriculture bill
President Roosevelt urged restoring part of a 154 million dollar cut to the farm program, arguing a 900 million dollar farm budget is barely sufficient for soil production and surplus removal. He signaled support for higher taxes and debt limits to finance defense and neutrality enforcement.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
House
Appropriations Committee
House Appropriations Committee
White House
Six Big Stick Homes Destroyed by Blaze
Beckley West Virginia February 2 six miners homes at Big Stick eight miles away were destroyed by fire early tonight A seventh dwelling was badly damaged officials estimated loss at ten thousand dollars
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Beckley
W. Va
Big Stick
Russians raid South Finland kill civilians and hit Pori
A wave of Soviet air raids on southern Finland killed more than twenty civilians. Pori suffered heavy damage with 10 dead as Rauma Pieksamalla Kota and Kuopio ports were attacked. A church was damaged and Red Cross symbols were targeted at an eight story hospital.
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Helsinki
Finland
Pori
Rauma
Pieksaemaki
Kota
Kuopio
Gulf of Finland
Hel- At Pori
Estonian
Usimas
France Approves Mail Examination Amid Nazi Contraband Figures
Paris reports that the French blockade backs Britain's claim to examine neutral mails. The ministry says about $8,000,000 of contraband exported by Nazi agents was seized in three months, plus $10,000 in bills and $425,000 in German-destined checks from American mail.
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Paris
Britain
United States
Germany
Snow Delays Travel Across West Virginia Stateswide
Snow and sun mixed across West Virginia as temperatures plunged to near 13 degrees above zero. Up to eight inches of snow prompted the state road commission to deploy plows and cinders in the mountains while Preston County reported its second fatal fire in two weeks. The Ohio River level fell, forcing Wellsburg’s Hammond Bay plant to suspend operations due to low water intake.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Preston County
Edna May Wilhelm
King
Ohio
Wellsburg
Hammond Bay and Paper Company
Russians Fail To Gain In Furious Attacks On Finn Mannerheim Line
The piece notes heavy Soviet assaults on the Finnish Mannerheim Line during World War II without decisive gains, while a Washington report details the House passing an Agriculture Department appropriation bill for 1941 totaling 722 million dollars, 66.9 million less than President Roosevelt requested, amid cuts to farm programs and a late addition for rural electrification.
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Finn Mannerheim Line
Washington
Roosevelt
House Tonight
Agriculture Department
House Appropriations Committee
Rural Electrification Administration
House
Weto
Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Ee Ee
France seeks new U S Army Air Corps planes
French negotiations to buy Bell Aircraft Airacobra pursuit planes may boost Allied aid to Finland in its war with Russia. The deal could supply 3000 single‑engine fighters tied to replacements for France and Britain’s own defense needs, with deployment planned for shipment abroad later.
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New York
U. 8 S. Army Air Corps
Finland
Bell
War Department
Russia
Bell Aircraft Corp
U. S. Army Air Corps
Messerschmitt
Gonboo
Searchers Fail Find Trace of Distressed Ship
Fate of an unidentified French ship in trouble about 600 miles west of the Azores remained undisclosed as several vessels including the Tulsa Exmoor and others steamed toward the scene after a distress call heard by Mackay radio. No further word was heard, and fear of enemy craft was suspected.
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Thomaston
Azores
Mackay
Tulsa
Exmoor
Hoover warns war could bring famine and pestilence to Europe
Former President Herbert Hoover told the Overseas Press Club that a prolonged war would force the United States to confront famine and pestilence across Europe. He urged continued American relief, noting a food surplus to aid Finland and other nations while stressing support for liberty and independence amid aggression. He described the “Four Horsemen” of apocalypse as imperialism intolerance statism atheism and hate, with war and famine as the inevitable end of a long conflict. He cited about 30 million dollars in surplus food to aid those in need.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
United States
Europe
Overseas Press Club of America
America
Finland
Mr. Hoover
Where Are the Gables Mystery Ends Quietly
Hollywood reports a 12 hour mystery titled Where Are the Gables? ending without drama. Clark Gable and wife Carole Lombard were in Ensenada near the Mexican border when they learned they were missing after arriving there.
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Hollywood
Clark
Gable
Carole Lombard
Ensenada
Mexican
Eerie Battle 1: Parachute Troops Tangle with Finnish Lines
Finnish defense tears through Soviet parachute troops amid Karelian Isthmus fighting. Soviet air raids and bomb fallout push civilian casualties near 100 for the week as Finns report heavy sledged tanks and smoke screens in the Viipuri area.
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Wade Werner
Helsinki
Red Army
Mannerheim Line
Karelian
Vilpuri
Gulf of Finland
Viipuri
Pinland
Democrats push to delay GOP convention date
Washington reports an expanding push by Democrats to force Republicans to hold their national convention after theirs. Senators Pepper and Murray back subcommittee delay to post February 16 GOP meeting. Republicans fear a subcommittee date would let Democrats choose first.
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Senate
Republican National Committee
Pepper
Fla
Murray
Mont
John Hamilton
Austin
McNary R
Ore
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