Soviet Plan To Build Ships Here Okayed
Senate critics approve a Soviet proposal to build two battleships in U.S. yards and a Dutch plan to buy over 100 military aircraft. They demand cash payments, open negotiations, and full disclosure of non secret military details.
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Washington
Netherlands
Senate
Roosevelt
U. S
State Department
Sen. Bridges
New Hampshire
Nye
North Dakota
Austin
Vermont
Pittman denounces appeasement amid call for firm stand
Sen. Pittman declares Americans would die to preserve liberty and condemns appeasement as immoral. He urges a united defense of American rights against dictator states and isolationists in a radio forum prepared for the Washington Star.
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Washington
Pittman
D-Nev
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Washington Star
Washington Star’s Radio Forum
U. S
Willie Willis Says He Prefers Cooperative Bridge Partners
In this humorous quote from Robert Quillen, Willie Willis notes that others label him childish for not playing alone yet panic if no partner is available to help with bridge.
Johnson Cites Wartime Crash Rate of Planes
In a National Aviation forum briefing, Louis Johnson says US factories can meet army navy and civil aircraft needs at home without cutting orders. He warns a wartime crash rate could wipe out 30 percent of planes monthly, implying rapid fleet replacement would be needed. France has ordered 600 planes and Britain 400.
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Washington
INS
Louis Johnson
National Aviation Forum
Europe
Army
Navy Aeronautics
Roosevelt
Craig
Johnson
Woodring
Malin Craig
Senate Military Committee
Air Corps
Navy
France
Britain
Netherlands
President Roosvelt Visits Guantanamo Bay on Houston
President Roosvelt aboard the cruiser Houston visited Guantanamo Bay Cuba before heading east toward the Virgin Islands. A radio message said fleet problem 20 began at 6 this morning as scouting operations prepared contact positions along the canal defense. The Houston did not anchor during the visit.
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Miami
Fla
Panama Canal
Roosvelt
Houston
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Virgin Islands
White House
Daniel J. Callaghan
McCall Granted Stay of Execution in Florida Kidnapping Case
Franklin Pierce McCall, convicted kidnapper of five year old Skee gie Cash, was granted a reprieve and stay of execution until Friday morning to allow final appeals to the U S Supreme Court. The death chamber crowd watched as the date was postponed amid hopes for the high court review.
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Siehtieden
Florida Electric Chair
Franklin P. McCall
U. S. Supreme Court
Raiford
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
Skeegie
Princeton
Florida
McCall
Paul Fried Bunge
Kaiser
Hiller
Tampa
Bunge
West Virginia Senate Approves Criminal Reform Measures Unanimously
The Senate cleared four administration bills setting up a new state criminal system and garnishment limits after unanimous support. House action included a judiciary ballot preparation bill for 1940 and abolition of the justice of the peace system. Additional measures for liquor police powers and teacher pay boosts were recommended for passage.
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Senate
House
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Judiciary and
Education
Judiciary
Liquor Control Commission
Commission
Charleston
Integrated Bar For State Urged
A bill proposed in the West Virginia Senate would create an integrated state bar under Supreme Court governance requiring all lawyers to belong. Proponents argue compulsory membership would raise professional standards and improve public perception, replacing the voluntary current system.
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Supreme Court
Senate
Paull
D. Brooke
West Virginia
State Bar Association
Builder Wins Ruling Against Sales Tax
A Chicago contractor wins Illinois supreme court ruling that sales tax cannot be applied to building materials as contractors render a service. Writs of mandamus ordered tax refunds for the suit’s participants, with an estimated revenue loss of about 1 million dollars yearly and total refunds around 6 million.
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Springefield
Ill
INS
Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Treasury
High Court
William Blome
Chimpanzee Escapade Halts Fifth Avenue Traffic
A 150 pound chimpanzee escaped its basement cage on Fifth Avenue in view of 5,000 pedestrians. The animal toppled fish bowls, ripped wires, and scattered pets while 30 shots were fired. William Rose and ASPCA agent Harry Freiling were injured as traffic halted and the chimpanzee clashed with the crowd.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Henriette
Greenwich Village
Amy Burke
William
Billy) Rose
Harry Freiling
Belgian Congo
Freiling
Police Probe $200000 China City Blaze
A new tourism center in Chinatown Los Angeles known as China City was destroyed by fire causing an estimated loss of 200000. Firemen from 12 companies battled the blaze as investigators probe possible incendiary cause. The complex housed cafes shops art galleries and a theater.
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Los Angeles
China City
Union Railway
France Reasserts Claim in Somaliland Border Clash
The article notes France moving to re occupy 12 12 miles of coast and 308.8 square miles of inland Somaliland area ceded to Italy in 1935. A map illustrates the disputed region overlooking the Red Sea Gulf of Aden passage.
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France
Italy
Somaliland
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
British Plan Borrowing to Fund Peace-Time Rearmament
Sir John Simon outlines financing Britain's five-year armament program with borrowing up to 800 million pounds for defense, while tax rates may stay steady. The plan shifts 230 million pounds from revenue and borrows 350 million, part of an eight hundred million total, as Italy announces 30 thousand more troops for Libya amid rising tensions with Spain and France.
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London
Sir John Simon
House of Commons
Britain
House
Sir John
Libya
North Africa
R. A. Butler
Italy
Lord Perth
Rome
Butler
Spain
Robert Withdraws Slander Suit In Georgia
L W C Chip Robert Jr secretary of the national Democratic committee withdraws a 50000 dollar slander suit against State Rep Delacey Allen of Albany. Attorney John L Westmoreland paid court costs and no explanation was given. Robert says facts public in house economy committee show no irregularities.
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Albany
L. W
Chip) Robert, Jr
National Democratic Committee
Delacey Allen
Allen
Robert
Atlanta
John L. Westmoreland
Capitol
House
King and Queen Guarded on Northeastern Tour
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth travel with tight security on a three day northeastern tour amid Irish Republican Army terrorism claims. Train routes are disrupted with tracks lifted and relaid for overnight stops. At Newcastle the king will launch the battleship King George V, a 40 million dollar, 35,000 ton ship and memorial to George V.
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London
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Newcastle
George
George V
Britain
Democrats Lay Ticket Plans for 1939 Mayor Race
The Democratic city executive committee plans a kickoff dinner at the Kanawha hotel to map ward and city nominating conventions and mount a strong drive against the Republican machine. The slate forms near final with a mayoral candidate possibly deferred, while council seats require “strong men” for each position.
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Democratic City Executive Committee
Kanawha
Democratic Party
Page 14 Part 1 Column 5 Prompts Continued Reading
The fragment references Page 14 Part 1 Column 5 and directs the reader to turn to that page and column for further content. It provides no additional names places or events beyond the navigational instruction.
Britain Urges Italy to Soften Press Attacks on France
Rome reports Britain pressed Italy to curb anti French rhetoric as Europe moves toward appeasement. Britain cited a Milan government backed weekly threatening to reclaim Corsica and questioned Libyan troop reinforcements seen as a war footing amid Tunisian and Moroccan tensions.
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Earl of Perth
Galeazzo Ciano
Relazione Internazionale
Milan
Institute For Foreign Policy
France
Italy
Corsica
Perth
Libya
Violence Flares At Madison Square Garden Mass Meeting
Fistfights erupted at a pro Nazi German American band rally in Madison Square Garden as Isidore Greenbaum, 26, tried to reach Fritz Kuhn on stage. Storm troopers beat him to the floor, police pulled him away, and Kuhn resumed his address amid a packed crowd. Dorothy Thompson and Heywood Broun were aided to exit during the disturbance.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Isidore Greenbaum
Fritz Kuhn
Kuhn
Oma
Eel Mkchae
Baken
Rouce Omuon
Greenbaum
Dorothy Thompson
New York Herald Tribune
Broun
Heywood Broun
Miss Thompson
France Italy move troops as Franco ties loom in Med Region
Paris dispatches report France and Britain racing to win Franco’s recognition while Italy and Germany push for influence in North Africa. Tunis and Djibouti report arrests of Italians on spying charges as France shifts Algerian troops toward Libya. Rome and Berlin seek an early high level talk to counter Anglo French efforts.
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Ciano
Tunisia
Africa
Algeria
Morocco
R. A. Butler
Paris
INS
France
Italy
Tunis
Djibuti
Britain
Germany
Francisco Franco
Francisco Gomez Jordana
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Mussolini
Libya
Tunisi
Immigration Department
Pattini
Rome
Bab el Mandeb Strait
Somaliland
Spain
Mediterranean
Entente
Franco
Berard
Bonnet
Rome-Berlin
Freak Weather Across U S Hurls Heat Or Cold
A dramatic weather display hits the United States with heat waves and subzero cold. Pittsburgh district reports strong winds up to 110 mph gusts and debris injuries while other cities show swings from 65F to 31F below zero. Newark records 65 above zero as Detroit Lakes drops.
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Associated Press
Nature
U. S
Pittsburgh
New York City
Newark
Detroit Lakes
Minn
Newark Weather Bureau
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