Roosevelt defends sale of US military planes to France
President Roosevelt said the sale was 100 percent legal and the entire government facilitated the purchase. He declined to comment on private testimony about General Malin Craig’s objections and noted the treasury division acted at the president’s request as he discussed foreign affairs en route to Key West aboard the Roosevelt train.
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Key West
Roosevelt
France
Malin Craig
Army
Sen
Austin
Vermont
Senate Military Committee
Washington
Craig
Sec. Morgenthau
Treasury Procurement Division
Eight Are Burned In Three Accidents
Three separate incidents left eight injured and several in critical condition. Five Carbide and Carbon Chemicals workers were sprayed with sulfuric acid at the mainland plant around 3 45 p m. The victims include H E Walker R F D 5 Newt West Clarence E Lewis S Charleston D C Loftus 206 Henson St South Charleston and O L Worley Dunbar. A home stove exploded injuring Mrs Nola Stallings and her son Herman at Ottawa. Garfield Mellons Valley Ridge suffered facial and shoulder burns using an acetylene torch at Midwest Steel Dryden Street plant.
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Charleston General Hospital
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Mainland
H. E. Walker
Newt West
South Charleston
Clarence E. Lewis
St. Albans
D. C. Loftus
Henson Street
O. L. Worley
Dunbar
Nola Stallings
Ottawa
Herman
Garfield Mellons
Valley Ridge
Dryden Street
Midwest Steel Corporation
Cold Storms Cause Six Deaths Across Regions
The nation endured frigid weather with three New England fatalities as Maine and Massachusetts dipped to zero and Vermont hit 16 below. A three day California wind storm killed three, injured scores, and damaged farms and cities with gusts up to 67 mph. Paducah flood fears eased as crest projections dropped. Red Cross aided 600 families.
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Associated Press
New England
Maine
Massachusetts
Vermont
California
Paducah
W. E. Barron
U. S
Cairo
Ill
Red Cross
Dewey Leads Hoover Fourth in 1940 GOP Poll
Manhattan DA Thomas Dewey tops the Republican presidential poll of 1940 a preliminary national survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion shows. Mayor La Guardia and Senator Borah tie for fourth with former President Hoover each at four percent.
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New York
INS
Manhattan
Thomas Dewey
American Institute of Public Opinion
Institute
F. H. LaGuardia
Borah
Idaho
Herbert Hoover
Dewey
Vandenberg
Michigan
Taft
Ohio
LaGuardia
Hoover
Roosevelt reassures business on taxes and power plans
aboard the Roosevelt train at Key West Rooseveltsays businesses have nothing to fear from taxes or federal spending outside budget limits He declares no new power development programs are planned and utilities can proceed with private construction under the utility act amid questions about a budget balance and possible tax moves
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Roosevelt
Key West
Fila
Congress
Hitler Sets Speed Limit at 50 MPH for German Highways
Berlin dated February 17 reports Adolf Hitler unveiled a 50 mile per hour top speed for Nazi drivers calling reckless driving a crime against the nation. He announced self sufficiency gains under the four year plan and named Col Adolf Von Schell to direct motor car industry reducing passenger types 55 to 23 and trucks 110 to 14 to curb variety. He pledged ruthless erasure of road gangs highway bandits car theft and murders. He spoke for 20 minutes at the 1939 automobile show before officials manufacturers and workers.
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Berlin
Reichsuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Adolf von Schell
von Schell
Fuehrer
Drive Aimed at Slashing Cost of Home Building
The Justice Department anti trust division is surveying to cut home building costs. Thurman W Arnold says plan targets price structures and illegal combinations rather than specific misconduct. He met with Prentiss L Coonley and notes the business advisory council aids on anti trust policy understanding. George Comer reports a general survey of materials and labor costs to spot bottlenecks and price rigging.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Anti-Trust Division
Thurman W. Arnold
Arnold
Prentiss L. Coonley
Business Advisory Council
Department of Commerce
George Comer
Justice Department
Brandeis Appears After Retirement From Supreme Court
Louis D. Brandeis and Mrs Brandeis leave their Washington apartment for a car ride seven days after his retirement as an associate justice. The 82 year old justice made his first public appearance since the retirement announcement.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Louis D. Brandeis
U S Urges Protest of Huinian Seizure
Paris reports the United States asks Great Britain and France to join a united naval front protesting Japan's seizure of Hainan island. France may dispatch an American destroyer. Britain shows cautious division over a direct military response amid fears of wider conflict.
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Paris
INS
U. S
Great Britain
France
United Naval
Japan
Hainan Island
London
China
Washington
Hainan
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Senate Appropriations OK TVA Funds for Gilbertsville and Watts Bar Dams
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to allocate 17.2 million for the Tennessee Valley Authority to continue Gilbertsville Kentucky dam work and start Watts Bar dam on the Tennessee River near Knoxville. The panel split 18 to 6 for Gilbertsville alone and 13 to 11 for the full appropriation amid opposition to Watts Bar. The funds are part of a 1.8985 billion independent offices bill covering agencies including NLRB, ICC, and Social Security programs.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
House
TVA
Gilbertsville
Watts Bar
Knoxville
Tennessee River
National Labor Relations Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Social
Townsend Sees Pension Rise From 200 to 300
Dr. F. E. Townsend testified before the House Ways and Means Committee that the $200 pension would quickly grow to $300, with the plan redirecting profits to those lacking wealth and lifting living standards as productive enterprise freedom increases. He faced sharp questions over his economic theories and proposed mechanism.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
F. E. Townsend
Mother Bequeaths Sunny Disposition in Will
Mrs. L. P. Oldham who died in Oklahoma City bequeathed her sunny disposition, sense of fairness, and her beautiful neck to her two daughters. She also left about $4,000 in real estate.
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Oklahoma City
L. P. Oldham
Home Workers Put Under Wage-Hour Act Regulations
Washington February 17 The wage hour administrator announced new rules extending coverage to hundreds of thousands of industrial home workers under the wage hour act. For a six month test starting March 15 employers must detail worker counts dates hours and pay. All workers must be paid at least 25 cents an hour with time and a half after 44 hours in a week. Regulations apply to home produced goods for an employer with materials supplied.
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Washington
INS
Elmer Andrews
Andrews
South
Puerto Rico
U S Cardinals To Arrive Today In Rome
United States cardinals Dennis Cardinal Doherty archbishop of Philadelphia and George Cardinal Mundelein archbishop of Chicago are set to arrive in Rome tomorrow night, the first American cardinals able to vote in a pope’s election. Officials complete reception plans as Italy observes mourning for Pope Pius XI.
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Rome
Dennis Cardinal Doherty
Philadelphia
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
U. S
Italy
Pius XI
Mussolini
Vittorio Emanuele
Elena
West Virginia House Approves Child Labor Reform Bill
Increased child labor restrictions move through the House with a departmental version of wages and hours. Permits required for under 16 work. minors under 18 barred from beer parlors and dangerous jobs. Governor’s office unaware of the measure. CIO bill differs with a 25 cent wage and 44 hour week.
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House of Delegates
State Department of Labor
James Kayamas
West Virginia
Labor Department
Noth
Ing
CIO
West Virginia Industrial Unions Council
Alltop
D-Harrison
Labor Commissioner
Azana urges peace with Franco as Spain nears 32nd civil war month
Paris reports Manuel Azana president of government Spain urged unconditional peace terms with Insurgent Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Azana and Foreign Minister Alvarez Del Vayo discussed yielding to Franco while Britain and France push negotiations in Franco's capital. Negrin’s three points shifted to remove plebiscite demand as talks hinge on clemency for government supporters.
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Paris
Manuel Azana
Spain
Francisco Franco
Azana
Julio Alvarez del Vayo
Britain
France
Oargos
Alvarez del Vayo
Juan Negrin
Negrin
Franco
Burgos
Second Subpoena Issued For Judge Thomas
Federal Judge Edwin S. Thomas of Connecticut faced a second subpoena after failing to attend a questioning session in a federal judiciary probe. Cahill in Hartford issued the subpoena after Thomas said he could not appear today following a prior unused summons.
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Edwin S. Thomas
Connecticut
New York
U. S
Martin T. Manton
Thomas
Hartford
John T. Cahill
Cahill
South America
Destitute widow offers to sell eye in bid for help
Mrs Mary Helena Enstrom 44 of Mecca Ohio, a long time potholder maker to support her three children and elderly mother, advertised that she would sell one blue eye to the highest bidder after a hip fracture left her unable to work. She said she refuses charity and has always worked for a living.
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Warren
Mary Helena Enstrom
Mecca
Italian detective wounded in Mussolini home shooting
A deranged man fired on a Mussolini bodyguard detective near the premier's Rome residence. The officer was wounded in the abdomen. the suspect, Francesco Simone, was seized as Mussolini appeared to witness the arrest and the victim's hospital treatment.
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Rome
INS
Mussolini
Il Duce
Palazzo Venezia
Duce
Francesco Simone
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