Tunis Border Clash Denied By Officials
French and Italian border tensions flare as an extraordinary Africa command conference in Algiers weighs possible reinforcements. Reports claim 86 Italians and four Frenchmen killed on the Tunisia Libya frontier, though officials deny any clash. Gen Nogues plans to report to Premier Daladier in Paris.
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Algiers
Algeria
France
Africa
Libya
August Nogues
Paris
Daladier
Tunisia
Erik Labonne
Tunis
Tunisian
Air Corps
Nogues
Amedee Blanc
Morocco
Chamber of Deputies Army Committee
Father Burns Girl For Buying Shoes
In El Paso Texas Rosario Peschard a welder is jailed on aggravated assault charges after a flame from a blow torch was turned on his 16 year old daughter Cristina while she was treated for burns at City hospital. Cristina testified she used part of her $6 laundry wage to buy shoes and feared her father.
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EL Paso
Tex
City Hospital
Rosario Peschard
Peschard
Cristina
David E. Mulcahy
Mulcahy
France vows to stand firm against threats and aid curbs
Premier Daladier declared France will not yield to threats or blackmail as it protects its empire and considers arms reduction talks, during a Washington birthday banquet in which U. S. Ambassador Bullitt emphasized avoiding war and cooperation on disarmament.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
France
Washington
U. S
William C. Bullitt
Distress in State Brought by Col
Near zero weather moved into West Virginia bringing more distress to a state already counting one death from severe cold. Temperatures ranged from four to eight degrees with six inches of snow in Tucker and Parsons and heavy snow in Elkins.
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West Virginia
Thomas and Davis
Tucker County
Preston
Beckley
Panhandle
Parsons
Elkins
Preston County
Passerby Narrowly Escapes Mounted Horse At Rally
Outside Madison Square Garden in New York City a German American band held a Washingtons Birthday rally. Police moved counter demonstrators to forestall bombing threats and other disturbances as a passerby escaped hooves of a mounted officer s horse.
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Madison Square Garden
New York City
Licensing Bill Passes House Amid Safety Rationale
The House of Delegates approved a drivers license measure 56 to 32, labeling it a safety bill with a $1 fee to cover card issuance. Administration allies claimed no broader impact, while other tax and marriage license bills faced reform moves in committee.
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State Road Commission Department of Public Safety
House of Delegates
House Taxation and Finance Committee
Tax Department
Tax Exemption Ban Approved by Finance Committee
The senate finance committee approved a bill 14 to 3 to abolish tax exemption on all salaries from public treasuries. It would apply federal income tax to state and local employees and permit state taxation of federal salaries, with President Roosevelt supporting action. Senator Brown noted concerns about constitutionality.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
FDR
House
Roosevelt
Sen
Brown
Mich
Sun Bathers Storm Ohio Nudism Bill Debate
Advocates of sun bathing clashed with backers of a bill to outlaw nudism in Ohio. The hearing drew arguments on morality, legality, art censorship, ultraviolet therapy, and public action, with Rep. Lawrence F. Kellar and Rev. Lesley Boone among speakers.
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Ohio
Columbus
House Judiciary Committee
Oratory
Lawrence F. Kellar
Delaware
Kellar
Lesley Boone
American Sunbathing Association
Jitterbugs Placed Under Quarantine in South Bend
SOUTH BEND IND FEB 22 The jitterbug like the Japanese beetle is under quarantine in South Bend. Arthur Johnson operator of the citys largest public ballroom placed a sign warning the species not to apply for tickets. The acrobats must go back to the circus and let folks dance who know how.
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South Bend
Ind
Arthur Johnson
Fleets Stage War Maneuvers in South Atlantic Test
A radio update from the USS Houston reports rival fleets clashing in simulated South Atlantic war games. Initial engagements involved scouting groups and detached units with minor changes expected in follow ons as light forces operated well east of the West Indies. The Houston notes the maneuvers proceed at a leisurely pace under Captain Daniel Callaghan.
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Miami
Fla
Europe
Roosevelt
Houston
White House
Atlantic Ocean
West Indies
Daniel '. Callaghan
Crippled American Airlines Plane Lands Safely in Newark
The BC-3 monoplane with 21 aboard circled for three hours near Newark after a red warning light signaled landing gear trouble. Pilot Herbert W. Sisott maneuvered through high dives, finally making a perfect landing as mechanics checked a faulty wheel at 20 degrees off angle.
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Newark
N. J
INS
American Airlines
Herbert W. Sisott
Sisott
Cincinnati
C. C. Mitchell
June Marwede
Washington
D. C
Siott
Expense Cut Urged in New York Budget Fight
In Albany on February 22, thousands of taxpayers from housewives to bank presidents demanded cuts in the $411 million state budget and rejection of $64 million in new state taxes urged by Gov. Lehman. The eight hour hearing drew 4,000 people and will resume Friday as speakers press for major reductions, with teachers and business groups backing budget limits and opposing education cuts.
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Albany
N. Y
INS
Roosevelt
Herbert Lehman
Merwin K. Hart
New York State Economic Council
C.so
George H. McCaffrey
Merchants’ Association of New York
State Chamber of Commerce
Britain Seeks Trade Ties While Defending Rights
Prime Minister Chamberlain addressed Conservative members in Blackburn praising Britain’s wartime armament output and offering to woo Germany with trade while warning Britain would defend its rights. He cited Shakespeare and noted France recognition and a swift end to the Spanish war as factors aiding any economic gains.
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Blackburn
England
Chamberlain
Germany
Britain
Lancashire
John
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
Berlin
France
Franco
Spain
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Torpedoed Vessel SOS Proves Elusive off Azores
Unnamed ship sent an SOS claiming torpedo damage and sinking 360 miles south of the Azores. The Empress of Australia later reported reaching the area and finding no wreckage while continuing to search at 7 p.m. The Pecc call letters provided the position about 2,000 miles east of New York. The Empress of Australia and Mount Pelion were en route to the scene.
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Chatham
Mass
Empress of Australia
Radio Marine Corporation
Robin Goodfellow
PECC
Miami
Canaries
Mount Pelion
Radio Marine
Racket Trial Testimony Ends in Hines Case
In New York on February 22 testimony closed in the second policy racket conspiracy trial of James J. Hines. The defense rested without calling Hines to testify, and the prosecution followed. Summations are planned for tomorrow with Judge Nott to charge the jury on Saturday.
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New York
Tammany
James J. Hines
Dutch Schultz
Hines
Charles C. Nott, Jr
Epidemic Toll Rises in Chicago as Flu Strikes Hard
Chicago reports 95 new influenza cases and six deaths in 24 hours while pneumonia adds 105 cases and 29 deaths. Totals since Feb 1 reach 1,035 influenza cases and 48 deaths. pneumonia this month 1,186 cases and 246 deaths. Schools closed for Washington’s Birthday. 94,058 pupils and 679 teachers absent. Dr Black notes mortality skewed to ages over 50.
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Chicago
INS
Washington
Robert A. Black
Board of Health
Senate Passes Appropriations as TVA Dams Fund Debate
Vice President Garner pushed a $1.898 billion appropriations bill through the Senate returning it to the House to settle items totaling 17.206 million for TVA dam construction. The TVA dispute ended with a 49 to 31 vote to fund Watts Dam and set up a joint committee to resolve house-senate differences. The measure also struck a provision allowing the FHA to use 2.5 million of its 1938 39 funds for payrolls this year.
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Washington
Garner
Senate
House
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Chamber
Watts Bus
Tennessee River
Glass
Byrnes
S. C
Russell
Adams
Colo
McCarran
Nev
Iona
Townsend
Del
Federal Housing Administration
Deadly Female Uses Gun More Than Opposite Sex
In a 1938 crime report, J Edgar Hoover notes women commit more murders than men when comparing 1000 arrested offenders. Women also show higher arrest ratios for larceny and drugs, while men predominate in burglary robbery and car theft. Overall female arrests are 6.8 percent of total, with violent crimes down and property crimes up.
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Washington
INS
America
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ting
German Bund Is Denounced Missourian Sees Waa Coming
Senate military committee approves a 358 million plan to boost army air power to 6,000 planes, expand air corps personnel, and defend the Panama Canal while the House weighs a 53.8 million project to build naval air bases in the mid Pacific and elsewhere. Debates touch Guam ties, possible war with Japan, and strategic outposts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Military Committee
House
Guam
Air Corps
Panama Canal
American Industr Ia
Woodring
Sec. of War
Army
Naval Air
Seven Poin
mid-Pacific
Alaskan
Caribbean
U. S
Ae Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Anthony Eden
Cabi Net
Shanno
U. 4
Japan
Philippines
Izae
D. Calif
Pacific
Wsr
Rep. Mott
Dy Ore
Hitler and Bund Attacked in House Debate
Washington reports Rep. John A. Martin, backed by protesters, denounced Adolf Hitler and the German American Bund as aliens of blood and fealty. He described a New York rally as a mass demonstration of aliens, urging action against Communist influence and calling for funds for Hoover to purge Communists.
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Washington
INSJ
Adolph Hitler
Bund
Desbate
George Washington
John A. Martin
Colo
Hitler
Charles Hawks
R. Wis
Congress
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
America
Martin
New York
América
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High Command
Willie Willis
Robert Quillen
Bullitt
Italy
North African
Georges Bonnet
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Duke of Windsor
Col
Medicine and Sanitation
Tion
Boone
Russell D. Abbott
Cleveland
Flagship
Empire
Debate Rocks
G-Men
Duam
Waa
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