Norway Eyes Altmark Case at League as War of Words Intensifies
Oslo officials accuse Britain of violating neutral rights over the Altmark incident. Foreign Minister Halvdan Koht says the Altmark carried 300 to 400 prisoners and was legally in Norwegian waters except for the wireless infringement. He asserts Norway may seek a League of Nations or other tribunal ruling while the ship is stuck near Gjesingfjord with German sailors dead and Britain claiming a technical breach.
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Halvdan Knoht
Finns Must Wait For Financial Aid
Washington reports Finland will wait at least a week to learn if the United States will provide more aid. The House Banking Committee discussed creating a $100,000,000 capital for the Export Import Bank. action could come within days. Jesse Jones said further credit would depend on Finland’s status and chances to win.
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Finland
United States
House
Williams
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Jesse Jones
German claims as destroyer Daring sunk by submarine
Britain reports the destroyer Daring with 157 men lost to a torpedo attack marking the sixth British destroyer sunk in the war and the 28th naval craft to be destroyed. The rescue of prisoners from the German prison ship Altmark is hailed amid Norwegian neutrality tensions.
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London
Britain
Great Britain
Bowen
Fort Royal
S. A. Cooper
Admiralty
Marine Man Prevents Possible Derailment Of N. and W.
Arthur Hurley, 25, of Marine near Davy, spotted an 8 ton boulder rolling onto the tracks as No. 84 time freight approached at 45 miles per hour. He warned railmen and halted the freight, averting disaster on the mountainside line.
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Marine Teddle
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W.enee Jee
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Tension Eases Between Germany and Norway
Berlin reports diplomatic calm returning after Britain’s attack on the Nazi ship Altamark. Berlin notes Norway protests naval breach of neutral waters but acknowledges a kinder diplomatic tone. German officials pledge compensation and outline Polish labor and confiscation measures amid wartime actions.
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Germany
Norway
Foreign Office
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Michigan elects GOP congressman in special election
Grand Republican winner chosen to fill the late Carl E mapes successor term. The district has been Republican since mapes first election twenty eight years ago.
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Michigan
Carl E
Mapes
German Seamen Buried In Norway With Nazi Honors
One hundred German sailors from the Altmark attend six shipmates' funerals in Hauge Norway. Coffins draped in red and black Swastikas receive flower tributes from Hitler, von Ribbentrop and Admiral Raeder. A German vice admiral delivers the eulogy as snow covers the gravesite.
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Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Admiral Reader
Hauge
Altmark
Iter
Oslo
Helmuth Braeuer
Graf Spee
Long Orders Militia Watch Vote Today
New Orleans dispatch reports 3500 National Guardsmen mobilized amid fears of bloodshed in Louisiana’s gubernatorial runoff. Governor Earl J. Long says troops are to preserve peace and law, while addressing threats from the Jackson Brigade and World War veterans group.
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Militia Watch
New Orleans
National
Lousiana
Huey Long
Earl J. Long
Jackson
Organization of World War Veterans
Orleans
Huey
Sam Houston Jones
Osen Ish
Jimmy
Crozier Coal Miners End One Day Lamp Dispute
Officials of Crozier Coal and Coke announce a tentative settlement of a one day strike by eighty miners over a new lamp distribution system. Miners were sent home after refusing to use the new company lamps. A lamp distributor will be employed indefinitely to test the method while miners adjust.
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Crozier Coal and Coke Company
Jess Aquino
UMW
Crozier
Country doctor dies near his 105th birthday
Bethel Ohio February 19 William Tho years as a country war died today just over a month before his 105th birthday. Known as the oldest practicing physician he opened his Bethel cottage practice in 1860 and served in the era of horse and buggy medicine. He succumbed shortly after midnight in a coma linked to an illness two weeks prior. Bethel lies about 30 miles east of Cincinnati and is one of the last links to the saddle bag days of medicine.
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Bethel
William Tho
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Cincinnati
Court decision pleases director of coal division
Washington reports Howard A.oe, head of the bituminous coal division, welcomed a court ruling upholding the coal act. He noted the 19% tax on noncompliant producers gives teeth to enforcement and plans to address violators of price and market rules, in the Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co case from Clarksville, Arkansas.
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Washington
Howard A.oe
Set Aris
Gray
Little Rock
Sunshine Anthracite Coal Company
Clarksville, Ark
Internal Revenue Bureau
Woman Tries Suicide in Bluefield Jail During Raid
Mrs. Virginia Nelms detained with two Army privates after a raid on the Blue and Gray hotel attempted self harm with a razor. She and her husband Private William Fort Belvoir and Private J. McComas faced disorderly conduct charges and fines in Bluefield court. others in the raid were fined for disorderly conduct as part of a city clean up campaign.
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Kentucky
Blue and Gray Hotel
C. I. Wic Taie Gatthe Eles Wenn
William Re
Fort Bervoir
United States Army
J. McComas
Camp Jackson
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Nelms
Bluefield Sanitarium
Thomas H. Scott
Fort Belvoir
Army Base
McComas
Herbert Roseberg
Bertha White
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Be Rourke
Wueoe
BI Harrison Dudley
Davis Brown
Battle for Ohio Delegates in Roosevelt Third-Term Fight
Ohio Democratic leaders push for a Roosevelt favorite son in the May 14 primary as Donahey declines to run as a stalking horse. Garner and Wheeler vie for influence with Ohio's delegation while Republicans back the Glenn Frank platform.
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Ohio
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Wheeler
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Roosevelt
Congress
Glenn Frank
Donahey
Gustaf backs Swedish policy on Finland aid
King Gustaf announces Sweden will not provide direct military help to Finland and urges neutrality to avoid war with the western powers. He says Finland can receive more support from Sweden as a neutral, while volunteers and other aids continue in limited form. Leaders opposing the government suspend their critique in light of the king’s statement.
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Sweden
Finland
Russia
Former Army Man Seeks Clear Name Of Court Martial
Oberlin M. Carter, 83, asks a Senate Military Affairs subcommittee to void his court martial verdict from four decades ago. He alleges private papers tainted the case by enemies creating fraud charges about a Savannah harbor project. Carter and counsel accuse trial officials of relying on fraudulent information not presented at trial. Chairman Minton says the subcommittee's decision will be announced.
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Oberlin
M. Carter
Carter
Ironton
Chicago
Senate
Savannah
Rep. Jenkins
Ohio
James le Carter
Minton
Ind
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Committee Calls Cabinet Officers Over NLRB Actions
A congressional inquiry pressed cabinet members Ickes Edison and Perkins along with procurement official H E Collins and George R Cooksey on subpoenas linked to NLRB efforts to block RFC loans for firms accused of unfair labor practices. Madden and Toland presented letters showing coordination between the board and RFC and noted pending formal action. page 5
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Interior
Ickes
Navy
Edison
Labor
Perkins
Ne May
H. E. Collins
Treasury Procurement Division
Edmund M. Toland
Madden
Weiss and Klau Co
New York
Chairman Urges Fund Workers to Complete Quotas
Jenning W. Hobson, chair man of the drive, urged workers to finish their quotas as the Community Fund Six Way Drive raised to 18 566 25 dollars yesterday with an extra 1 500 donated. Contributions from chests railroad and colored and school groups remain unreported.
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Jenning W. Hobson
Objective City Becomes Part Of Front As Reds Enter Fortified Zone
Helsinki reports Russian artillery into Vilpuri where Soviet penetration makes it part of the front. The city is not threatened with capture but now lies within frontline positions. Finnish and Soviet actions continue with heavy shelling and air activity around Karelian centers and Yaroslavl landmarks.
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Front
Helsinki
Vilpuri
Mannerheim
Red Ladoga
Chinese Reports Seem Exaggerated About Nanning Withdrawal
Hongkong reports that Chinese claims of a large Japanese withdrawal from Nanning, a key Kwangsi city, were overstated. Estimates said about 1,500 trucks left toward the south before the weekend, but a sizable force remained to defend the city as Chinese guards stayed about ten miles north.
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Nanning
Kwangsi
Mooseseg
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