Greece mourns Metaxas while lend lease move stirs debate
The untimely death of Premier John Metaxas weakens Greece’s leadership as it continues to resist Italian forces in Albania. In Washington, the push to pass the lend lease bill prompts questions about its impact on the Panama Declaration and Western Hemisphere security. If the United States endorses broader aid, it could worry Latin American partners about commitments and sovereignty amid the wartime crisis.
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Britain
Pxt
Unitedates
England
Hitler
Panama
Erican
State Department
Inter of National Defense
Tuna
Brazil
United States
Metaxas Dies After War Leadership Greece Mourns
Greek Premier Gen John Metaxas aged 70 died Wednesday at 6 30 am after throat inflammation and complications including blood poisoning and uremia He directed Greece through three months of victorious resistance against Italy and was declared successor Alexander Korizis the new premier King George II vowed to carry on the war until victory.
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Greece
John Metaxas
Italy
Alexander Korizis
National Bank
George II
Metaxas
Metaxas Death Seen as Greek War Crisis Blow
Belgrade report says Greece loses its strong man Premier John Metaxas after a battle with illness following a tonsil operation. He died amid Italy’s war, having governed since 1936 and reshaped the regime along corporative lines.
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Metaxas
Constantine
Greece
Athens Military College
Berlin
Venizelos
Gallipoli
Athens
Corsica
Sardinia
Rome
Demand For Rooms Apartments Peak In Years
This want ad drew 15 inquiries and secured a tenant for the vacant room, reflecting strong demand for rooms and apartments this period.
Draftee Train Derailed Near Sandersville Injuring Dozens
A Southern railway troop train derailed one mile south of Sandersville Mississippi killing the fireman and injuring about 25 conscripts en route to Camp Shelby. Ambulance driver John Carter said about six cars overturned as the track failed and the cause was unknown.
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Sandersville
Miss
Southern Railway
Here
Camp Shelby
John Carter
Williams Funeral
Laurel
United Press
Carter
All hail Britain the mother of nations and poets
An 1847 Emerson passage celebrates Britain as mother of nations and free parliaments. The speaker views Britain as enduring, courageous, and just, praising its role in liberty, law, and global influence while noting its current life and death struggle for civilization.
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Emerson
Manchester
Britain
Free French Take Oasis in Desert Blitz
London reports Free French raiders seized the Italian post at Gatrun Libya about 100 miles southeast of Marzuck. De Gaulle’s forces swept 825 miles across the eastern Sahara into Italian Libya driving into Marzuck and destroying the garrison as Britain’s Imperial Army of the Nile girds a wider encirclement of Graziani.
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Gatrun
Libya
Marzuck
Charles de Gaulle
Cairo
Egypt
Charles de Gaulles
Sahara
Italian
Oasis of
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Lake Chad
Africa
Italy
Mediterranean
Tripoli
Graziani
Benghazi
India
Maly
Eritrea
Benito Mussolini
Red Sea
Massawa
Ethiopia
Kenya
Free French
Derna
Settlement Dismisses Suit Against Hancher and Others
A Chicago judge signed an order dismissing a civil suit by Thomas Tighe to force the Victory corporation to collect 110000 in notes from investors. After protracted talks a stipulation and Tighe’s motion to dismiss without costs were approved. Only Virgil M Hancher among 46 named defendants was served.
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Chicago
Thomas Tighe
Victory Corporation
Peter H Schwaba
Tighe
Virgil M Hancher
University of Iowa
Hancher
Central City Man Gets 60 Day Term For Drunk Driving
R M Crookshank 31 of Central City was sentenced to 40 days in Linn county jail after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. County attorney Crissman noted the 60 day jail sentence standard for guilty pleas electing jail time and warned against later swap to a 300 dollar fine. Crookshank had previously been fined 25 dollars in Central City for intoxication.
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R. M. Crookshank
Central City
Linn County
H. C. Ring
James Clapp
W. W. Crissman
Crissman
Crookshank
West Virginia Girl Chosen for Presidential Birthday Ball
Ann Skleplovich of Gary West Virginia was named Cinderella for the Presidents birthday ball in Washington She was a guest of the police department women s bureau and believed a White House invitation until the hoax was revealed Roosevelt invited her for a noon White House interview and she was placed on the calling list George Allen invited her as his guest and arranged a suitable dress
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Washington
Ann Skleplovich
Gary
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Women’s Bureau of
The
Police Department
Ann
Roosevelt
White House
Secret Service
Ford Says He Will Let Govt Run Factory for $1 a Year
Rep Clare Hoffman said Henry Ford told Defense Production Chief William Knudsen that if the government sought control he would permit operation of his plant by the government for a fee of one dollar annually. Ford reportedly refused a meeting with Sidney Hillman and charged that the Labor Relations Board aimed to force a closed shop, which he would not accept.
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Washington
Llp
Clare Hoffman
Mich
Henry Ford
Defense
William Knudsen
Hoffman
Michigan
Ford Knudsen
Ford
Sidney Hillman
Defense Commission
Office of Production Management
Labor Relations Board
Lindbergh Considered for 1942 Congressional Run
Providence dispatch reports Col Charles A Lindbergh seriously weighing a bid for the U S Senate or House in 1942. Reliable congressional sources cited by The Evening Bulletin from Washington say the plan is under consideration.
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Providence, RI
Evening Bulletin
Levellon Brown
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Marshall Raps Lease Bill as Dictator Move
Verne Marshall, head of the No Foreign War Committee, denounces H. R 1776 on radio as a landmark pro war move that would cede war making power to the President. He argues the bill would allow belligerents to enter U S ports and push the nation toward undeclared war while Congress loses authority. He warns Americans against supporting Bill 1776 or surrendering democracy for aid to Europe.
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Lease Bill
United States
Verne Marshall
No Foreign War Committee
White House
Des Moines
America
Congress
Roosevelt
Morgenthau Pushes Small Denomination Savings for Defense
Secretary Morgenthau urged Congress to issue treasury saving certificates and stamps to fund defense with real savings from the public. He supported raising the national debt limit to 65 billion dollars and proposed taxing income from all federal securities. He warned of tight borrowing authority for four months and cited a 28.5 billion dollar defense appropriation and a projected 1941-42 deficit over 15 billion dollars.
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Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
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Ranong Defense
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Congress
Morehan
Iowa Mutual Insurance elects Mulls as president and GM
Ray J. Mulls secretary and general manager since 1936 was elected president and general manager. John Hanson of Waterlaw former president named chairman of the board. Promotions include Harry Durham to senior vice president and secretary G Starman to vice president and underwriter G W Hopkins to vice president and agency supervisor. Durham also elected to board. holdover directors named.
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Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company
John Hanson
Waterlaw
Harry JD. Durham
G . Starman
G. W. Hopkins
Durham
Mills
Hanson
D. E. Beardsley
S C Dows
S E Coquillette
Ro D Taylor
W. L. Dutton
33 000 Volts Strikes Light Co. Worker At Plant
Charles Sellers 24 of the Grand hotel is reported in fair condition at St Luke's hospital after receiving a 33 000 volt shock at the Iowa Electric Light and Power plant. He was working in the high tension room when contact occurred. An ambulance crew revived him and he was hospitalized with severe burns to face and hands. Chief engineer Charles Herbeck said the exact cause is not known and the wires are out of reach.
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Grand Hotel
St Lukes Hospital
Sellers
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
St Tirkes Hospital
Charles Herbeck
Herbeck
Traffic Arteries Open Despite Thaw Not Developing
Cedar Rapids reports a predicted thaw failed to appear on Wednesday as overcast skies and a touch of snow linger. At 2:30 pm the temperature stood at 24 degrees and all roads remained open with icy spots noted by the highway patrol. City crews kept plows out overnight to clear loop streets and ensure clear routes into downtown.
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Cedar Rapids
Automobile Club
Minnesota Line
Highway Patrol
City Street Department
Marion Draft Board Seeks Seven Inductees February Fifteenth
Linn county draft board No. 3 at Marion received its fifth call in a single mail dispatch, ordering seven men to report by February 15. It marks the largest batch called from the Marion board to date, while east and west side boards had no new notices and remain at four inductees. The fifth call was anticipated in late mail Wednesday or Thursday.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Marion
British aid bill amendments pressed by House unit
The House Ways and Means Committee revealed a 3.5 billion supplemental defense appropriation for the lend lease program. The House Foreign Affairs Committee, meeting behind closed doors, reported three amendments to the administration’s British aid bill, including a mid 1943 time limit on presidential powers as War Secretary Stimson testified before the Senate.
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INS
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House Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Daniel Bell Dise
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Stimson
Senate Foreign
Stimson argues lend-lease key to Britains survival and US timing
Secretary of War Stimson told a Senate committee that British victory hinges on survival of the spring crisis. He said lend-lease buys time for rearmament and buys U.S. security, stressing Britain’s morale, sea and air control, and the need for congressional oversight and military chiefs’ input.
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United States
Great Britain
Stimson
Italy
Romania
Norway
R S Watts Injured When Car Is Struck By Train At Jesup
R S Watts, 56, of 1608 Wildwood Dr NE, was injured when his car was struck by an Illinois Central passenger train in Jesup Tuesday night. He was taken to St. Francis hospital in Waterloo in good condition with no broken bones reported. Watts, a salesman for Winton Lumber Co of Minneapolis, had stopped at a Jesup lumber yard and was within 100 feet of the yard when the crash occurred. Witnesses said the crossing signals were functioning as Watts entered the tracks through the downtown business district. His car was badly damaged. Mrs Watts departed for Waterloo that night.
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Wildwood Drive
Illinois Cenetral
Jesup
Watts
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
Winton Lumber Company
Minneapolis
Buchanan County
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