Chamberlain Plans Recognition of Franco Regime Soon
Prime Minister Chamberlain indicated Britain and France would soon recognize Franco’s insurgent government as Spain’s sole authority and defended aid to the insurgents in negotiations for Minorca’s surrender. He refused to promise Commons consultation before recognition, saying the government must assume responsibility.
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Spain
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Franco
Britain
France
Council of Ministers
Dienst Aus Deutschland
San Luis
Mallorca
Port Mahon
Minorca
Devonshire
Palma
Balearics
Franco Orders Spanish Purge
Burgos, Spain. Gen Francisco Franco issued a decree to punish hostile foes in conquered areas with exile and loss of citizenship. It targets Spaniards active from October 1, 1934, to the start of the civil war on July 18, 1936, and dissolves pro government parties with asset confiscation. Special tribunals were set up to determine civil status.
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Spain
Francisco Franco
Progovernment Popular Front
Asturias
Hitler to Launch Battleship Today
Adolf Hitler arrived with Nazi leaders in Hamburg for the launching of Germany’s largest warship, the 35 000 ton battleship F, with about 50 000 spectators expected to witness the ceremony and a wreath laid at Otto von Bismarck’s tomb at Friedrichsruh.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Hitler
Berlin
Friedrichruh
Otto von Bismarck
Army lieutenant sets record for cross country flight crash
Lieut. Ben Kelsey flew a secret twin motor army pursuit plane from March Field California to Mitchel Field New York in 7 hours 43 minutes and crashed into a tree on arrival. The feat establishes a new flying time record despite the accident.
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Ben Kelsey
U. S. Army
March Field
Calif
Mitchel Field
N. Y
Senate panel votes to keep warplane sale secret
A 11 to 5 vote by the Senate military affairs committee keeps details of the warplane sale to France under wraps. Nye proposed recalling witnesses to let newspaper reporters relay testimonies while withholding military secrets. The probe began after a crash revealed a French air ministry representative aboard the plane.
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Senate Military Affairs Committee
France
Sen. Nye
Nye
Malin Craig
Army
Sec
Treas
Morgenthau
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Louis Johnson
Air Ministry
White House
Roosevelt
America
Rhine
Sen
Clark
Arrests Squash Extortion Plot
ST. PAUL, Feb. 13. Police describe Charles A Ward, millionaire manufacturer and political figure, as the intended victim of a $15,000 extortion plot linked to the unsolved murder of Walter Liggett. Confessions from Mathew W. Stegbauer and Harold McAvoy reportedly underpin the case, with Paul Contreras identified as an innocent messenger.
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Charles A Ward
Walter Liggett
Minneapolis
Clinton Hackett
Pancho Villa
Leavenworth
Hackett
Mathew W. Stegbauer
Harold McAvoy
Paul Contreras
113 Deported foreigners arrive at Ellis Island in record number
In New York on February 13 the Ellis Island station processed 113 Europeans sent back home. The deportees, from many nations, mostly chose voluntary surrender after stating it is impossible to earn a living in the United States and that it is best to try again in their homeland.
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U. S
Ellis Island
Union
Refugees offered Mindanao haven amid German plan
President Quezon proposed Mindanao as a haven for several thousand refugees as the intergovernmental committee heard Adolf Hitler's plan to move Jews from Germany. George Rublee resigned as American director, to be replaced by Sir Herbert Emerson.
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Ruble
Intergovernmental
London
Manuel Quezon
Philippines
Mindanao
Intergovernmental Committee
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Rublee
Refugee Committee
George Rublee
Sir Herbert Emerson
League of Nations
New Deal Spending Way to Dictatorship Declared by Hoover
Former President Herbert Hoover keynoted a Lincoln Day dinner in New York at the Waldorf Astoria. He warned the New Deal could lead to dictatorship, urged GOP renewal, job and farm relief, and pledged reform and forward action with stronger leadership from new governors and Congress.
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Herbert Hoover
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
America
Congress
GOP Speakers Sound War Cry for 1940 Campaign in Charleston
National Committeeman Walter S. Hallanan introduced Judge Charles I. Dawson of Louisville who lashed out at federal spending as a cruel dream. The Lincoln Day dinner drew 500 guests with 13 regional events honoring the first Republican president across West Virginia and nearby towns including Grafton Charles Town Clarksburg Beckley and Morgantown.
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Charleston
Charles I. Dawson
Louisville
Ruffner Hotel
W. W. Wertz
Dawson
Grafton
Charles Town
Clarksburg
Beckley
Bluefield
Logan
Ripley
Ronceverte
Wellsburg
Weston
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Moundsville
A. C. Schiffler
Wheeling
Carl Curtis
Nebraska
Henry Dworshak
Idaho
Karl E. Mundt
South Dakota
Hallanan
GOP Rebirth Or Grave Seen
William Allen White told a Lincoln Club dinner in Los Angeles that the Republican party stands at a brink of rebirth or grave, urging a redefinition of liberty and a response to modern social and economic change. He warned Democrats must repent to save the nation and called for fair wages and freedom.
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Los Angeles
William Allen White
The
Emporia, Eas. Gazette
Lincoln Club
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Europe
Lincoln
More Rigid Rules For Beer Urged
Statewide groups oppose current beer laws and urge stricter rules. Anti Saloon League and Women's Christian Temperance Union back measures to allow local option elections on beer sales and cut alcohol in non intoxicating beer. Sponsored by Chairman Neal of the house temperance committee. Defines beer above one percent by weight as intoxicating.
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State Anti- Saloon League
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Neal
Nicholas
House Temperance Committee
Thousands Pay Final Homage To Pope Pius XI
Mourners number in the hundreds of thousands filled St. Peter's Square and the basilica as Pope Pius XI lay in state awaiting burial in the crypt. About 1.5 million paid homage by day’s end while cardinals prepared for the conclave to choose his successor. Prince Don Ludovico Chigi read a condolence message from the Knights of Malta as the election ritual began.
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Knights of Malta
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Chigi
Cardinal de Belmonte
College of Cardinals
Mgr. Borgia
Apostolic Chancellery
Pres
Congress Pays Tribute to Pope XI in Historic Session
Washington February 13 Congress adjourned to honor Pope Pius XI with a nationwide tribute. Both House and Senate adopted resolutions praising him as spiritual leader of 350 million Catholics and sent copies to the Vatican secretary of state. Prayers led the session by the chaplains.
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INS
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U. S
Pius XI
American Republic
Pope Pius
Vatican City
Congress
House
Senate
Brandeis, 82, Quits Supreme Court Bench
Justice Louis D. Brandeis retires from the U S Supreme Court after a noted liberal jurist career. The 82 year old steps down marking the end of an influential era in federal justice.
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Brandeis
Supreme Court
Louis D. Brandeis
U. S. Supreme Court
Fate of Plane Still Unknown
A missing Marine Air Wing plane with five to six aboard remains unlocated after snow squalls halted search efforts. Juneau crews, with Anchorage ties, pursued signals near Douglas Island while weather kept boats and aircraft grounded and Coast Guard Haida directed the inquiry.
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Alaska
Marine Airways
Douglas Island
Lon Cope
Grand Island
Here
N. G. Ricketts
Coast Guard
Haida
John Chappell
Earl Clifford
George Chamberlain
Anchorage
Jack Lennon
Craig
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Alex Holden
Stephens Passage
Hope
Cope
Congress to Decide Fate of Belbenoit
The labor department granted an indefinite extension of stay in the United States to Rene Belbenoit, French convict and author of Dry Guillotine, who escaped from Devil's Island. His status hinges on legislation proposed by Rep. Caroline O Day of New York to treat him as having entered legally.
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Washington
INS
Labor Department
Rene Belbensit
Devil’s Island
Belbenoit
U. S
Caroline O’day
New York
Pope's Personality Survived Office Says Walpole
Pope lies in state in Vatican City as bells toll and crowds mourn. The writer Hugh Walpole, a lifelong novelist, recalls a personal, intimate view of the late pontiff and notes the pope’s courage and simple bravery shown in Poland after the war.
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Vatican
Hugh Walpole
L.N.S
Vatican City
Poland
Brandeis Retires From Supreme Court after Ill Health
Associate Justice Louis D Brandeis retires from the Supreme Court after months of illness ending his active service. President Roosevelt accepts the resignation in a letter praising Brandeis as a permanent part of the court and expressing gratitude for his years of service. Chief Justice Hughes calls the retirement a serious loss to the court and notes Brandeis plans to pursue activity for the Jewish people.
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Louis D. Brandeis
White House
Justice Brandeis
Supreme Court
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Brandeis
Hughes
Film Licensing Pact Ruled Illegal Under Sherman Act
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 3 ruling, upheld a lower court decision finding a Texas chain Interstate Circuit and eight major distributors violated antitrust law. The agreements set film rental prices for second run theaters and restricted double features, aiming to curb competition in Texas.
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Supreme Court
Texas
High Tribunal
Federal District Court
Justice Department
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Columbia
Fox
Metro
Paramount
RKO
United Artists
Universal
Vitagraph
Interstate
Texas Consolidated Theaters, Inc
Joseph G. Strecker
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