Russians Shift Main Offensive To Eastern Line In Finland
Finnish defense forces deny Russia captured the Koivisto anchor fort as Moscow renews a broad push on the eastern isthmus near Taipale while abandoning earlier western attacks. The assault involves heavy artillery and air support with up to 35 000 attackers and weather cited as a potential factor in the fighting.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Helsinki
Mannerheim
Pinland
Taipale
Finn de Chaneuen
Summa
Heing
Isthmus
Koivis
Romania Faces Oil Controls And Military Callups
Romania reels as oil shipments to Germany falter due to Danube freeze and Allied pressure. Britain and France warn Bucharest over royal promises and warn of changing guarantees of independence if King Carol’s regime backs youths abroad ordered to return for service amid tensions.
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Danube
Rumania
Romania
Germany
Ania
Britain
France
Bucharest
Carol
Moscow claims 176 Finnish posts seized in 3 days
Soviet communique states 176 Finland fortifications captured between Feb 18 and 21 near Kolvisto in the Kol fortified area on the Mannerheim line. It cites 37 iron and concrete forts and air combats involving 16 Finnish planes.
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Kol
Mannerheim
Kolvisto
House Fight On Pact Continues In Congress
Washington February 21 Rep Barton joined the house Democratic majority in a fight to continue Hull reciprocal trade agreements for three years. He argued pacts would stimulate two way trade and keep the economic machine running. Rep Reed condemned the pacts as Democrats boasted of gains.
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Washington
Rep
Barton
R-N. Y
de York
United States
Reed
Frank Merriwell Hero Revival Feels Screenbound
New York reports a revival idea for Frank Merriwell and his creator Burt L Standish alias George W Patten. The passage imagines the character aiding his author amid a financial dispute over an $8 cooperative apartment with a $430 assessment.
Stowaway Mother and Three Children Cross Atlantic
A 36 year old woman named Alvarez and her three undernourished children reached the island ship from Lis b Portugal after obtaining a pass aboard. She carried 5 month old Erita and two other children Maria and Carlos while sleeping on the cabin floor. Officials allowed her passage and provided $1 as she left the pier in a cab.
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Alvarez
Erita
Maria
Carlos
Sam Jones claims runoff victory as Louisiana elects new governor
New Orleans reports Sam H. Jones, 42, wins Democratic runoff with 278,593 votes from 1,703 precincts, over Huey P. Long machine leader Robert S. Maestri. Jones vows to prosecute corruption, claiming modernization of Louisiana after years of Long dictatorship.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Sam H. Jones
Huey P. Long
Louis
Terday
Jones
Robert S. Maestri
Maestri
Neutral chipping bears brunt of mounting losses
Neutral shipping faces rising losses as German and Allied actions intensify. Royal Air Force planes scout Helgoland Bight while Britain readies new anti merchant ship protections. Vessels reported sunk include the Netherlands tanker Den Haag and Norwegian freighter Telnes.
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Royal Air Force
Helgoland Bight
London
Germany
Helgoland
Ovight
North Sea
Chamberlain
den Haag
Glenans Island
Brittany
Telnes
Ports Me
New York
Black Diamond Line
Norway
Judge Miller 10 Seeks Nomination in West Virginia
Ripley W Va February 21 1940 Judge Lewis H Miller seeks the Republican nomination for governor saying he would restore economy in state government without curtailing necessary public services. He contends his plan avoids partisan discrimination and will serve the whole people. Miller is a 49 year old circuit judge who previously ran unsuccessfully for the nomination. Other hopefuls include State Senator D Bay and Charleston Mayor D Boone Dawson.
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Ripley
W. Va
Lewis H. Miller
Republican Party
West Virginia
Miller
D. Bay
Moundsville
D. Boone Dawson
Charleston
Chesapeake and Ohio Reports January Net Income Rise
Chesapeake and Ohio railway announced January net income of 2,752,695 dollars, up from 1,587,826 dollars a year earlier. Operating income reached 3,456,628 dollars with operating revenues at 10,760,750 dollars versus 9,136,438 dollars in January 1939.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Today
British Marines Seize Mail From Clipper Plane At Bermuda
In Bermuda on January 18 British censorship officials seized 2,600 pounds of United States air mail from a Pan American clipper at bayonet point. Marine detachments boarded the aircraft at the Bermuda base to confiscate letters, with half of the 5,200 pounds ultimately retained for censoring. An official protest was filed, detailing orders from London.
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Bayonet Point
New York
United States
Bermuda
Pan-American Airways
Muda
Comber
Darrell’s Island
Lorber
Shecher
Pane trans-Pacific Run
Esa
Sapsali
Unemployed Relief Group Urges Bipartisan Study
A small coalition of House Democrats and Republicans urged lawmakers to join a nonpartisan effort to study unemployment. Led by Voorhis, the group planned a meeting to examine questions like WPA cuts and farm income, emphasizing devotion to the nation and its institutions.
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Washington
House
Voorhis
Calif
Keynote Speaker Contention for GOP Convention Emerges
Republican leaders consider Rep. Martin of Massachusetts for the keynote speech as a gesture to his minority leadership. Democrats weigh Speaker Bankhead or Rayburn. Roosevelt favors Barkley, with Stassen and Glenn Frank also mentioned as alternatives in a split party.
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Bankhead
Roosevelt
Barkley
Washington
Rep
Martin
Massachusetts
Rayburn
Tex
House
Garner
Chicago
Delphia
Ile
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Glenn Frank
Cold weather nudges relief payments in January
Charleston reveals that cold weather raised average general relief per person by 40 cents. The January average payment reached 8.80 dollars, up from 8.40 dollars in August, a representative summer month.
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Charleston
W. Va
Department of Public Assistance
Reds buy oil rigs from Oklahoma firm
A Tulsa manufacturing company signed a contract to supply 40 Soviet mobile oil rigs at about 55 000 dollars each to hasten crude oil development for military use. The rigs cover trucks and can be assembled and dismantled quickly, boring 5 000 foot wells at one to three per day. The report notes Russia’s oil output and shifts in petroleum exports during 1939.
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Tulsa
Hoye PhD LN
Russia
Germany
Russian experts recalled from Turkey amid wartime tensions
Istanbul reports say hundreds of Russian technical specialists are being repatriated from Turkish industry as part of a broader Soviet move, following Germany and Odessa patterns. Turkish officials inspect frontier fortifications with Britain and France considering war footing as British officers assess Bulgarian border defenses.
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Istanbul
Russia
Germany
Odessa
Caucasus
Ismet Inonu
Adrianople
Turkey
Great Britain
France
Horn
Britain
Bombs Hit Pajala Border Town As Sweden Faces Threats
Russian planes bombed Pajala, Sweden near the Finnish border, 134 bombs with 34 explosive and 100 incendiary, causing fires but sparing casualties. Residents fled. a telephonist warned others, shielding a church and hospital from direct hits amid renewed Swedish Finland movement tensions.
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Stockholm
Pajala
Finland
Russia
Iny
Land Of Lost Horizon To Enthrone Boy Leader Today
A six year old Tibetan boy, Ling-Erh La-Mu-Tan-Chu, is to be enthroned as Dalai Lama amid political maneuvering by British and Chinese factions. He is shown in monk’s dress, blessing mission members, with ceremony at Nor-Pu Ling-Ka before installation at Potala Palace.
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Land of
New Delhi
India
Dalai Lema
Tibet
Peneseane
Dalai
Ling-Erh
Ling - Erh
Nor-Pu Ling-Ka
Jewel Park
Dalai Lama
Potala
Lhase
Two Members Stock Exchange Board of Governors to Quit
New York Feb 21 General Robert E Wood and Charlie C Conway will retire from the New York Stock Exchange board of governors when their terms end May 1 They are public representatives on the board Wood is chairman of Sears Roebuck Conway leads Continental Can Co The two executives are prominent figures in finance and industry
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New York
Robert E. Wood
Charlie C. Conway
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
General Wood
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Chicago
Conway
Continental Can Co
Farm Man Charged With Planting Bomb
Milton West Virginia February 21 A farm laborer Lee Guinn 37 charged with planting a bomb intended to kill after a love affair ended. State Police Sgt E B Duckworth said Guinn built the cigar box device to harm his rival Boyd Cooper but was thwarted when Cooper was damaged by the blast. Guinn released on bond.
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Milton
W. Va
Duckworth
Lee Guinn
Boyd Cooper
Guinn
Cooper
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Louisiana Machine
Robert E. Bunnelle
GOP
Miler
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