France Defies Italy as War Crisis Deepens in Europe
Paris reports a secret emergency defense meeting held by France's premier and military chiefs. Officials assert the empire's defenses are invincible and vow to resist any Italian war move, while a weekend exodus of about 3,000 Italians from France to Italy strains Paris Rome relations.
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Paris
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France
Italy
Edouard Daladier
Council of Defense
Saeee
Terranean
North Africa
Mussolini
Rome
Europe
Africa
Daladier
Cesar Campinchi
Guy la Chambre
Georges Mandel
Marie Gustave Gamelin
Army
Jean Darlan
Navy
Victor Vuillemin
M. Bourret
War Ministry
Village reports no births or deaths in record year
PORTSMOUTH VILLAGE N C Feb 25 No births and no deaths this year from a village of 50 persons. report notes no changes to population and records a quiet period.
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Portsmouth Village
N. C
Apes Cleared in Jitterbug Charge by Psychologists
Detroit February 25 two Wayne University psychologists report jitterbugs are not descended from apes after an experiment with two monks from the Belle Isle zoo and Benny Goodman’s band The monkeys showed mixed reactions to Goodman's music one black and white ringtail howled while a brown rhesus cuddled under a professor's coat
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Detroit
Wayne University
Belle Isle Zoo
Benny Goodman
Goodman
Signs Indicate Ouce Is Ready For Showdown
Rome reports a coming clash over colonial redistribution as Italo German campaigns push to restore colonial rights. The death of Pope Pius XI delayed moves while Mussolini moves to prepare for a possible fight in line with Italian aims. Galeazzo Ciano's Warsaw trip signals a major diplomatic test with Poland seeking colonial status.
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Rome
INS
Pius XI
Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Warsaw
Poland
Ciano
200 Escape Death As Flyer Crashes
Sixteen passengers were hospitalized after a broken rail derailed seven Union Pacific Pony Express cars near Bosler Wyoming. The westbound train, carrying 200 passengers to California and Sun Valley Iowa, left the tracks in dense fog and subzero temps, tipping two Pullmans, two chair cars, two observation cars and a diner.
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Laramie
Wyo
Union Pacific
Pony Express
Bosler
California
Sun Valley
Arms Program Faces Most Crucial Test for National Defense
The Senate military committee urged rapid passage of the $358,000,000 army aviation expansion bill and other measures as part of Roosevelt’s $500,000,000 defense program. It warned modern warfare hinges on machines and noted current defenses are inadequate to meet threats, calling for a stronger American military and a united Western Hemisphere defense.
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Washington
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Roosevelt
Senate Military Committee
Congress
Senate
House Puts Holt Plan As Senate Sits For Hard Week Ahead
The House of Delegates yesterday advanced Gov. Holt’s program with a Saturday session of the 44th legislature. Lawmakers referred over 20 bills to the calendar, moved six more to passage, and concurred senate amendments on several measures. The judiciary panel reported a state use bill to buy goods from penitentiary shops, with a $50,000 initial appropriation and a three year self liquidating contract plan. Speaker James Kay Thomas to be honored March 1.
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Senate
House of Delegates
Holt
House
James Kay Thomas
Judiciary Committee
Board of Control
Recovery Drive Speech Puts Spotlight on Hopkins
Washington action outlines a broad business stimulation plan in Hopkins Des Moines keynote. The Cabinet member’s remarks touched on most domestic issues, resembling a state of the union report and drawing wide attention in Congress.
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Washington
Sec
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Des Moines
Congress
Union
Hines Found Guilty of Protecting Numbers Ring
New York February 25. Blue ribbon jury convicts James J. Hines a Tammany Hall power on 13 counts in Dist Atty Tom Dewey’s indictment. Twelve felonies carry two year terms each and a misdemeanor conspiracy adds up to a potential 27 years in prison. Foreman Leonard T. Hobert announces Guilty on all questions. Judge Charles C. Nott Jr. presides.
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New York
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James J. Hines
Tammany Hall
Schultz
Leonard T. Hobert
Hines
Atty
Tom Dewey
Hobert
Underworld
Dewey
Eleventh Assembly District
Coughs
Charles C. Nott, Jr
Dean
Mayor Says Case Proves Old Setup
New York City mayor F H LaGuardia says the James J Hines conviction shows a judicial adjudication of a condition that existed in New York City for many years before 1934. He notes Hines as Tam many Joe, elected on a reform Fusion ticket on January 1 1934.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
Tammany Joe
James J. Hines
New York City
Court Plans March 13 Sentence After Brief Hearings
A judge told the defendant he would be sentenced on March 13 after brief court sessions. The remarks hinted at lingering concerns as proceedings wrapped up for the day.
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Sessions
Mooney Rallies After Operation in San Francisco
Tom Mooney, a labor hero, was reported in satisfactory condition after a gall bladder operation that ended his statewide speaking tour. Dr. Leo Bloesser operated for two hours. Meanwhile lawyers sought a pardon for Warren K. Billings on a technicality, Gov. Olson having pardoned Mooney previously.
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San Francisco
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Tom Mooney
Leo Bloesser
Mooney
Culbert L. Olson
Warren K. Billings
State Supreme Court
Billings
George T. Davis
Dies Probing Anti Nazi Activities Widens Inquiry
The Dies committee extends its probe of the German American Bund to include Communist attacks on the Nazi group. A staff investigator followed the Madison Square Garden anti Jewish demonstration by 20 000 Nazis with police cooperation and the West Coast unit is tasked with band operations.
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New York
INS
Bund
House Committee
Martin Dies
Texas
Madison Square Garden
West Coast
Dance Student Anya Sosoyeva Dies After Attack at Los Angeles Campus
In Los Angeles a 32 year old Russian dancer Anya Sosoyeva, a featured Ziegfeld Follies performer, dies after a brutal club attack on the City College campus. Police search for clues found a blood-stained comb, card, glove, and crude club. Sosoyeva arrived three months ago from San Francisco aiming for movies or radio.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles City College
Anya Sosoyeva
San Francisco
Change Laws Greek Rope to Losers
In Ionia Michigan restaurant owner Michael Peter Terkos cites a Greek clipping saying in Locris a law proposer argued before 1000 peers with a rope about his neck. if the council voted against him he was strangled. Only one law changed in 200 years.
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Ionia
Mich
Michael Peter Terkos
Locris
Green Names Aides to Talk Labor Peace
William Green president of the AFL said he accepted President Roosevelt's invitation to form a committee with a CIO panel to seek peace in the labor movement. He warned a settlement would be harder now and that the AFL will not alter its craft union structure.
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Green
New York
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
CIO
John L. Lewis
AFL
Lewis
Afl-Cio
Five expelled Illinois students may testify in vice inquiry
Champaign county grand jury plans to summon five expelled students tied to the William Spurrier case in the university vice scandal probe. Witnesses include E O Sullivan, E E Witt, Warren Klug, Jack Pierce, and John Meers. Pierce admits hurling a beer bottle at a resort window triggering a fatal shooting of Spurrier. Margaret Strothers faces murder charges as the resort operator.
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Champaign
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Champaign County
University of Illinois
William Spurrier
Toledo, O
Margaret Strothers
Walker Butler
Spurrier
E. O. Sullivan
Iy E. E. Witt
Warren Klug
Jack Pierce
John Meers
Illinois
Pierce
Detroit
Mich
Strothers Woman’s Resort
Grand Jury
End of Spain's War Near as Armistice Readied
Paris reports that the Spanish government has agreed to an armistice with Franco's Nationalists. Guarantees against reprisals and German Italian domination are outlined as Britain and France discuss recognition and terms. Azana and Negrin leaders prepare to evacuate Madrid area as Nationalists advance.
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Paris
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Juan Negrin
Franco
Spain
Negrin
Britain
France
London
Pablo Azcarate Y Florez
Julio Alvarez del Vayo
Manuel Azana
Azana
Barcelona
Valencia
Alicante
Spanish Republic
Alvarez del Vayo
del Vayo
Sen
Leon Berard
German Jews Target of New Nazi Drive
Berlin reports a new police order to supply 100 names of Jews daily starting Monday. The list leads to two weeks notice to leave Germany, marking Berlin as the first district enforcing a daily emigration quota. Jewish leaders react with shock as Rublee’s refugee plan appears abandoned.
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Berlin
Germany
George Rublee
Intergovernmental Refugee Committee
Rublee
Norma Shearer Stricken With Throat Infection
Hollywood dispatch reports Norma Shearer seriously ill with a throat infection. Shearer's fever spiked to 105 degrees last night, with two degrees less today. Doctors Dr Joel Pressman and consultants Drs Verne Mason and M Nathanson joined the care, noting the streptococcic infection subsiding after Cedars of Lebanon hospitalization.
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Norma Shearer
Hollywood
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Miss Shearer
Joel Pressman
Claudette Colbert
Verne Mason
M. Nathanson
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Cattle Dealer Introduces Weekly Cow Rent System
In Shelby N Cattle dealer launches a rent now plan renting about 75 cows to occupants at 75 cents to 1 50 per week with renters providing feed and shelter and replacements made when cows go dry to keep milk flowing.
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Shelby
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