Officials Bar Exchange of Waspish Notes 1914 16
Washington officials plan to avoid public notes with Great Britain over neutrality and blockade issues. Future disputes would move to private talks between Washington and Lord Lothian to prevent renewed friction in the pacifist period.
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London
Great Britain
Lord Lothian
Adolf
Renee
State Department
Nevicert
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Former Senator Charles S Deneen Dies in Chicago
Chicago February 5 Charles S Deneen veteran Republican leader dies at his home age 76 heart disease during the current primary campaign He served as Illinois governor twice 1904 1908 and US senator 1924 He faced opposition from faction led by Gov Small Mayor William Hale Thompson and State's Attorney Crowe Two followers including a Negro politician and a ward leader were slain during the faction fighting Deneen spoke at their funerals continuing to defend his line in Chicago politics.
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Charles S. Deneen
Illinois
United States
Senate
Fight Ag
Small
William Hale
Big Bill” Thompson
An Crowe
Cook County
Chayater Dem
Deneen
West Virginia Supreme Court to hear Collins will dispute
Charleston West Virginia February 5 the supreme court will review the will of Justus Collins a coal operator who left about 9000000 to his grandchildren. plaintiffs Helen E Chit Julia Beury Holt John H Beury and Justus C Beury challenge the will claiming it was not made under an agreement with his wife.
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W. Va
Justus Collins
Supreme Court
Helen E. Chit
Julia Beury Holt
John H Beury
Justus C. Beury
Marcol
Collins
Finns Take New Karelia Stronghold in Sea of War
Finnish forces reported the capture of a new stronghold north of Lake Ladoga with 500 Russians killed and seven tanks seized. reports on a Russian 18th division destruction were denied. air raids hit Kaskein village. snowfall aided observers as heavy artillery pounded Karelia front.
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Ladoga
Russia
Kaskinen
Bothnian Gulf
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Kitela
Markajarvi
Salla
Karelian
Konen
Powerjay Avers Wife 15 Alive Mystery In New York
Ivan Poderjay a Yugoslavian adventurer says his wife Agnes Turverson vanished seven months ago and he can locate her within 60 days. He claims they used a secret code and sometimes communicated by flowers. He was released from Auburn prison February 1 after a five year term for bigamy.
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New York
Ivan Poderjay
Agnes Tufversion
Neeety
Ellis Island
Auburn
Miss Turverson
Kentucky Miners Stage Scrip Strike Near Harlan
Harlan Ky Feb 5 two Berner's Goalmint Co near that Georgethen United Mine Workers union official said a protest against company script. The walkout stemmed from a misunderstanding, but a change in company script was confirmed.
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Harlan, Ky
Berner
Minit Co
Georgethen United Mine Workers Union
Labor Groups Fire Grit in Miami on Fed Policy
Labor factions in Miami condemn federal indictments against unions and accuse the Justice Department of a nationwide anti labor drive. William Green and other AFL leaders respond, insisting the hour has come to resist the drift toward insolvency and industrial collapse.
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Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Justice Searment
William L. Hutcheson
Matthew Woll
A.fp
Federation
William Green
Hutcheson-Woll
C - Council
Department of Roto Control
Bartley No 1 Mine Resumes Operations
Bartley No 1 mine resumed operations at 6 o clock yesterday afternoon after being idle since January 10 when a terrible mine blast killed 91 miners. Inspectors and company officials have worked to clear debris and run tests to ready the mine for reopening.
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Bartley No
Dies Probes Justice Link to Pelley Letters Forged
The Dies committee votes to refer forged letters linking Chairman to the Silver Shirts to the Justice Department for action. Witnesses say the Pelley related letters in the Congressional Record appendix are forgeries. The panel pressed for fact finding while denying any plot against un American activities.
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Dies Committee
Justice Department
Pace
Tex
Silvershire Legion
Eertnent
Belliam Dudley Pelley
D. Mayne
Pelley
Hook
Mich
Congressional Record
D. E. Montgomery
Consumers’ Counsel
Agriculture Department
Gardner Jackson
Labor
League
Montgomery
Dies
Christian Front
Keefe
Wis
Hoffman
Sphinx Sinks as Sloop Sunk and Beaverburn Losses Rise
British naval losses mount as the 9874 ton Sphinx sinks towing to port after air raids by German planes. Beaverburn reported missing with most of her crew feared. Observers cite Germany's three air attacks last week as prep for a renewed blockade and renewed U boat campaign.
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Germany
London
Britain
British Press Association
Liverpool
St. John
New Brunswick
British East
France
Food Ministry
Japan Uses Military Need to Justify Kunming Hanoi Bombing
Tokyo says attacks on the Kunming Hanoi railway will continue as long as military necessity exists. Foreign official Yukichiro Suma endorsed operations amid French protests over Thursday’s bombing that killed five French nationals. Paris alleges the line is civilian, while Japan claims it supplies military operations and denies direct responsibility for raids.
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Tokyo
Kunming Hanoi
China
Foreign Office
Moncerne
Yukichiro Suma
France
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Suma
Shanghai Ofamen
Japan
Counahing
Oo Hee
Charles
Allies Reach Accord On French British War Efforts
Paris reports the allied supreme war council has achieved complete accord on maximizing French British cooperation. Daladier and Chamberlain presided over the all day session as Finland’s potential role and air power were discussed amid broader European conflict warnings.
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Paris
Allied Supreme War Council
War Ministry
Finland
British Press Association
London
Supreme War Council
Daladier
Chamberlain
Madden accused of blacklisting by labor board chair
Westioatee February report cites Edmund M Toland accusing J Warren Madden, head of the labor board, of “a little black-listing” as a house committee questions the board’s actions against an employer alleged to blacklist union workers. Fahy seeks more time to present the board’s case amid bitter intra agency dispute.
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Westioatee
J. Warren Madden
Labor Board
House
Madden
Edmund M. Toland
Charles Fahy
Fahy
Fahy Ad- Toland
Roosevelt Tired Of Third Term Questioning
President Roosevelt told reporters at Hyde Park that he is tired of being pressed about a possible third term. He said any decision would come at a time of his choosing and joked that desks are silly for pushing the issue. A reporter vowed to continue pressing him.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Parley
John Nance Garner
United States
Garner-Farley
Charles Sawyer
Ohio
Sawyer
Roosevelt Hurls at Critics with 80 Billion Income Goal
Hyde Park, Feb 5 President Roosevelt defended his New Deal by presenting statistics claiming big gains since 1933 across wages payrolls farm income and production to support an annual national income near 80 000 000 000 while avoiding economic forecasts for 1940 and any firm salt to reach the target.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
America
Senator Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Frank Gannett
New Deal
Gandhi Fails To Advance Demands For Independence
New Delhi February 5 Gandhi and Viceroy Linlithgow failed to resolve Indian demands for immediate independence. They conferred two and a half hours with a final communique saying only a deferment of further talks was agreed. Britain offered to consider independence after the war and discussed the 1935 federal scheme as a path toward self government. The congress had resigned eight provincial governments in protest over postwar timing.
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India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Lord Linlithgow
Gandhi
Congress
Britain
Congress Party
Dominion
Germany
Farley Sets Date For Democratic National Convention
Democrats chose Chicago as the 1940 convention city and left the date to National Chairman James A. Farley after a tense national committee meeting. Chicago led Philadelphia and San Francisco in the vote, with Garner casting one of the final ballots. Farley praised Garner, and speculation grew on a Garner-Farley alliance to block a third Roosevelt term.
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Chicago
James A. Parley
Houston
Texas
Garner
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Illinois
Parley
Republican Committee
Roosevelt
Kelly-Nash
Farley
Kee to Seek Reelection in West Virginia Fifth District
West Virginia Fifth District congressman Representative John Kee of Bluefield announced today he will seek reelection on the Democratic ticket. Kee, serving his fourth term, plans to file formal declarations for the May primaries as other natives announce their bids.
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West Virginia
John Kee
Bluefield
Kee
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