City on War Footing as Fact Finding Nears
A three man fact finding committee reports the city government has been run incompetently. Data gathered for a forthcoming search of municipal functions will be presented to the city commission next Monday evening. The panel accuses waste and duplication and urges economy by eliminating overlapping duties.
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City Commission
Huron
J. 5. Tschetter
Tschetter
O. C. Olson
Edmaniteeman
George C. Green
Teschetter
Miittee
Don I. Sears
Charles R. Kent
Commission
Pelley Aligns With Nazi Views On Jews In Testimony
William Dudley Pelley leader of the Silver Shirt Legion told the Dies Committee he felt Jews in the United States faced treatment exactly as Jews in Germany by the Nazi party. He limited this by saying he would not countenance all methods Hitler might use. He had already admired the Dies Committee but warned he would respond if investigations continue.
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Washington
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirt Legion
United States
Nazi Party
Germany
Hitler
Ness
Dies Committee
Al- 50
nn-American
Leeon
Miners Believed Dead After Colliery Fire In Belgium
February 8 dispatch reports twenty six miners believed dead in fumes from a smouldering fire at a Marchienne au Pont colliery, near Charleroi. Four miners injured. Separate item notes former ambassador Dodd critically ill with pneumonia at Round Hill, Virginia.
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Brussels
Marchienne Au Pont
Charleroi
Dodd
Wasiington
Ham
Ducks Dive After Rain Drains Runway Water
A large flock of ducks circled Greenville municipal airport and swooped toward a shallow rainwater pool on the ramways. They tried to land but only thudded on water, then quickly lifted off as they realized the surface was wet asphalt rather than a pond.
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Greenville
Ducks Circle Municipal Airport
Third Canadian Unit In England
A third contingent of Canadian active service forces arrived in England under naval escort and darkness cover. Crowds gathered at docks to wave as the troops were brought ashore in secrecy, with the War Office confirming arrival but not revealing unit size or composition.
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Britain
England
Ned
Empire
War Office
France Rejects Soviet Protest Over Paris Police Raid
Paris February 4 The French government refused to consider a Soviet protest after a police raid on the Russian commercial office in Paris. Soviet Ambassador Surits demanded release of three agents and the return of seized documents, but officials said diplomatic immunity did not apply and the action was part of a campaign against Communist propaganda following the party ban.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Jakob Surits
Surits
France
Communist Party
Communist International
Chinese Report Sinking Transport Kills 300 Japs
Foreign military observers said there is basis to believe Chinese reports that a Japanese transport was sunk and about 300 men killed in the Yangtze river thirty miles above Kiukiang. They added Chinese operations along the Yangtze are growing stronger with a new army based in Southern Anhwei nearly unopposed along the river south shore between Wuhu and Kiukiang.
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Shanghai
Feo
Yangtze River
Kiukiang
Yangtze
Wuhu
Anhwei
House Committee Approves Trade Act Renewal
The House Ways and Means Committee approved renewing Secretary Hulls reciprocal trade program for three years amid partisan lines. Opposed by Republicans, the vote was 14 Democrats to 10 Republicans with Disney voting present. The measure extends authority to June 12 and follows weeks of hearings on trade policy and tariff effects.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hull
Boland
Pennsylvania
Rep
Disney
Oklahoma
State Department
Congress
Restoring CAA Funding Sparks Night Flying Plans
In Washington the Senate restored 1 million dollars to the Civil Aeronautics Commission as part of the independent offices bill, aiding night flying on the Omaha Huron Bismarck Minneapolis route. An official warned that without funds, night services could be curtailed and traffic volume would decide a border line South Dakota case. Final action on the bill remains pending.
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Huron
Washington
Senate
Civil Aeronautics Commission
Independent
CAA
Minneapolis
South Dakota
Carrie
Independent Offices
Witnesses differ at inquest into fatal automobile crash
An inquest into the death of Robert Price, a Pipestone, Minnesota contractor, held in a Sioux Falls hospital room, heard conflicting statements about which car was on the wrong side of the road at the Dell Rapids crash that killed Price and injured George Lucas. Witnesses Zetterland Harrs and Rickerel gave mixed accounts, with claims of liquor odor and driver position varying by witness.
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Siuua Falls
Rep
Robert Price
Pipestone
Della Rapids
George Lucas
Sioux Falls
Dell Rapids
Price
Lucas
Arthur Zetterland
Edward Harrs
Jerry Rickerel
Hawks
Rickerel
Shap
Turkish Marines Occupy German Owned Shipyards
Turkish marines seize Krupp shipyards on the Golden Horn in Istanbul and dismiss German naval engineers. German sources say they do not view the seizure as serious, suggesting normal redress later. Germany notes German residents depart Turkey amid tensions and potential wider war in the region. General Weygand arrives in Egypt on an inspection tour amid bleak prospects for near Eastern conflict shifts.
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Istanbul
Krupp
Golden Horn
Bosphorus
Asia Minor
Europe
Turkey
Germany
Reich
Near East
Egypt
Maxime Weygand
France
Near Eastern
Russia
Berlin
Turekey
Britain Promises More Aid To Finland
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that further British aid for Finland is on the way, praising the help already given. He lauded Finnish arms successes, expressed satisfaction with the Balkan entente outcome, noted a pause in major war events, and described the Paris supreme war council as more valuable and businesslike. He also stated that enemy pilots have been instructed to avoid British defenses.
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London
Chamberlain
Tespouse of Commons
Finland
Paul Mallon
Bel- Stade
Germany
Winetor
Supreme War Council
Paris
Britain
Blizzard Halts Motor Traffic on Transcontinental Route
Wyoming highway department bans most travel in a blizzard moving East of Rawlins, marooning 250 motorists Monday night. A fierce wind piled new snow drifts along a 2 sever mile stretch between Dana and Coyote Canon, 30 miles east. Eight snowplows kept the corridor open for daytime travel.
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Wyoming
Rawlins
Wyo
Wyoming Highway’ Department
Linscoln Highway
Sever
Dana
Coyote Canon
Barrymore Frets In Hospital As Show Halts For Week
New York February report says John Barrymore, exhausted and vitamin deficient, was admitted to Mount Sinai Hospital after returning to Broadway following a 17 year absence. His show My Dear Children is paused for the week as his manager, Captain Pierce Power-Waters, ensures rest. Elaine Barrie, his fourth wife, which rekindled his Broadway return, stayed nearby to quiet the actor.
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New York
John Barrymore
Brashway
Barrymore
Pierce Power-Waters
Children
Barrym
Mount Sinai Hospital
Elaine Barrie
Broadway
Hospite
Red Parachute Patrols Captured Reported by Finland
Helsinki reports capture of several Russian patrols who parachuted behind Finnish lines in Finnish uniforms. Commu nique says four Soviet warplanes were shot down in aerial combat, marking fresh Finnish successes in the invasion.
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Helsinki
Reds Determined to Smash Mannerheim Line
Soviet navy chief Admiral Tributz says the USSR will press the offensive on Finland until the Mannerheim Line falls. Finnish reports claim weakening Russian assaults on the Karelian Isthmus. two Finnish counterattacks claim several enemy tanks destroyed and thousands of losses admitted by the Russians. Russian raids across Karelia rescue Russian troops from a prison.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Finland
Mannerheim Line
Tributz
Baltic Sea
Ets
Karelian
Lake
Ladoga
Summa
Red Army
Raate
Suomussalmi
Kajaani
Mannerheim
Arctic
Salla
Borab Heda
Kajasni
Little Nations Move Toward Spring Conscriptions
Southeast European neutrals brace for a spring crisis with conscription and mobilization plans already in motion. Romania builds a 900 mile frontier defense while Yugoslavia, Hungary, Bulgaria, and others prepare training and reinforced armies ahead of potential conflict. France reports 275000 troops in the near east under Weygand with Wavell commanding Middle Eastern forces.
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Budapest
Europe
Romania
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Gresze
Rumania
Frortiers
Carol
Paris
France
Near East
Maxime Weygand
Weygand
Marshal Foch
Egypt
Archibald P. Wavell
Middle Eastern
Cold Wave Forecast Warns of Deep Subzero Temperatures
Federal meteorologist B R Laskowski warns Huronians of a sharp cold spell with temperatures possibly reaching five below zero. Late morning readings near zero to two below accompany a fresh overnight low around thirteen. Snow accumulations include Sioux Falls reporting four inches with light sprinkles of precipitation and drifting wind hoped away.
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B. R. Laskowski
State Weather Bureau
Sioux Falls
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