Logan Advocates More Help to France Britain
Senate debate heats over US policy toward Britain and France as Logan argues the 4 point policy does not go far enough. Pittman pledges to defend Roosevelt stance while controversy grows over secret talks and the French observer aboard a private plane bound for possible US Army use.
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New WPA Saving To Be Proposed
Rep Woodrum and allies launch a bid to make WPA unemployment relief permanent and cheaper. They will submit a framework to the House as they had planned to wait for Roosevelt relief estimates before revamping the current WPA setup.
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Air Minister LaChambre credits Roosevelt for U S planes
French Air Minister Guy LaChambre expressed gratitude to President Roosevelt, saying the United States supplied France with its best airplanes, and admitted U S aid as key to French aviation recovery.
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Roosevelt
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U. S
Utilities settlement spurs optimism on TVA accord impact
New York Feb 5 leading executives forecast a stronger business rhythm after yesterday’s settlement of the six year dispute between utilities and the federal administration over the Tennessee Valley Authority. Economists and industry heads say heavy industry needs utility expansion programs to boost recovery, and administration leaders have privately signaled agreement with this view.
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30 More Arrested In Narcotic Raids
New York treasury narcotic agents arrested 30 people in raids spanning West 116th Street to the lower East Side and Times Square. Maj. Garland Williams said the operations seized some of the city’s top marijuana wholesalers and distributors, following a prior raid on San Juan Hill where 12 distributors and many suspects were rounded up.
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Lower East Side
Times Square
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Treasury Department
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San Juan Hill
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Flood Crest Recedes as Huntington Prepares Cleanup
Huntington begins mopping up after Ohio River crest at 56.9 feet. About 2,000 refugees are housed in centers and homes as 450 families were evacuated. Trains resume on schedule. bus service restored. highways mostly open. Cleanup starts as water falls to 48.2 feet and residents return to damaged streets.
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British Planning Palestine Base
London reports the British government weighing a major army reserve base in Palestine Viscount Gort leads Near East study as Jews and Arabs seek a settlement. The move would start a new Palestine plan if talks fail starting Tuesday with Rabbi Wise noting the proposal but declining to comment.
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New York
U. S
War Office
X Ray Solves Mystery of Liquid Craver's Ailment
Kansas City doctors traced Julian Gough's decade of extreme thirst to hyperparathyroidism caused by vitamin D deficiency. An X ray revealed a broken hip and spongey bones from calcium imbalance, corrected by dietary changes increasing vitamin D.
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Bricks and Snowballs Spark Chicago Apartment Fire
Bricks and snowballs marked a Chicago fire alarm as 70 residents clad in night clothes fled a 16 apartment building. An overheated boiler is blamed for the blaze that threatened neighboring structures once gutted ten months earlier, with attackers hurling bricks and snow against windows as smoke spread.
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Schools to Get 14 Million in State Aid Next Year
A conference committee plans to present recommendations on a school finance bill boosting state aid expenditures beyond 14 million dollars for 1939 40. The revised distribution formula increases total county revenue to 25 899 135 with Kanawha County rising to 2 629 652. Five counties lose total revenue, totaling about 33 000, while 50 000 is set aside for marginal counties including Boone Hardy Pocahontas Ritchie and Webster.
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Ritchie
Webster
Charleston
Lovers' elopement sparks mass village battle in Poland
A feud over a marriage led 500 peasants from Koslow and Duchawwicz to clash for 10 hours. Two men were killed and 14 injured, as knives and axes were used and more than 100 police in armored cars restored order. The engaged couple reportedly eloped to another village.
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Stanislaw Grabowski
Duchawwicz
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Britain mobilizes 75,000 in blitz against IRA bomb campaign
Police and soldiers flood Britain and northern Ireland after two time bombs found at a Royal Air Force school near Chatham. A 10 000 strong Scotland Yard anti bomb unit leads the manhunt for two suspects who escaped after assaulting a guard. Arson cases rise as four incidents reported in Coventry. Guards surround royal lodges and key sites as explosive factory checks spread nationwide.
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Insurance Firms Asked to Aid Rails
A Senate Interstate Commerce subcommittee urged life insurance companies to use their influence in railroad reorganizations to curb railroad failures. The inquiry, part of a broader probe into railroad finances begun in 1936, precedes hearings by the Monopoly Committee into insurance investments. Early witnesses include Donald Davenport and Ernest Howe with major insurers MetLife and New York Life expected to testify.
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Monopoly Committee
Donald H. Davenport
Ernest Howe
SEC
Who killed Robert Burick in the six day mystery
A reader inquiry points to a new illustrated six day mystery story on page 3 where Robert Burick, the principal character, is shot. The article teases that readers must discover the killer themselves as the story unfolds across the pages.
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Troops Flee to France as Loyalist Premier Refuses to Surrender
Premier Juan Negrin of Spain and four cabinet members crossed into France at 3:45 am with bodyguards, aiming to return to central Spain to continue the war. Their convoy faced gunfire and luggage atop cars as frontier guards secured pistols and submachine guns left behind.
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Rome Keeps Italian Forces in Spain Amid Franco Victory Claims
Virginio Gayda in La Voce Italia argues Italy may remain in Spain after insurgents secure control. The Fascist grand council pledges volunteers will not withdraw until Franco’s victory, political and military domination achieved. He warns of planned pressure and continued German Italian aid to Nationalists. Roosevelt denial quiets U S submarine reports.
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Hungary Patrol Fire Report Near Ungvar Border Clash
Hungarian border patrols reported being fired upon from the Czecho Slovak side near Ungvar and Radvanc with reports of a seven hour skirmish at Radanka near Ungvar. No casualties were announced and Hungary lodged a protest with the regional Czecho Slovak command.
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Spain civil war refugees flood into France as Madrid government collapses
Fleeing government forces cross into France after leaders demand surrender to Franco. Negrin insists on continuing resistance as Azana and Giral head to Paris, while Franco withdraws Italian troops and pushes toward the French frontier.
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Jose Giral
Luis Companys
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Julio Alvarez del Vayo
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Manton Faces Probers Today
New York reports that Circuit Judge Martin T. Manton prepared to appear before a federal grand jury amid investigations of his business affairs. President Roosevelt ordered his resignation effective tomorrow after charges from District Attorney Dewey that he accepted loans from litigants before his court.
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Martin T. Manton
Manton
Roosevelt
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Thomas E. Dewey
New Yugoslav Premier Selected
Belgrade reports Dragisha CvetoVich, 46, named premier after Milan Stoyadinovich resigned over Croat tensions. CvetoVich took the oath at 1 a.m. and offered a balanced cabinet to Regent Prince Paul. Stoyadinovich led since 1935 but was not retained.
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Dragisha Cvetkovich
Yugoslavia
Cvetkovich
Prince Paul
Milan Stoyadinovich
Stoyadinovich
Sabotage of U S War Power By Scrap Iron Sale Charged
Emory E. Smith former war industries board official in San Francisco accuses wholesale scrap iron exports of sabotaging U S war readiness. He warns the nation lacks sufficient scrap iron to sustain major conflict and calls for immediate congressional action to bar exports. He cites armistice fears and notes 12 million tons exported in five years, including 7.5 million to Japan.
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Emory E. Smith
War Industries Board
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Japan
Six of Crew Rescued From Sunken U-Boat I-63
The Japanese admiralty announced that six members of the I-63 crew were rescued after the submarine sank in Bungo Channel Thursday morning. Rescue operations continue as 81 sailors and officers are still unaccounted for.
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