Russian Army Presses On To Within Four Miles Of Viiport
A city inquiry into Huron government operations continues as witnesses testify about the police department. The inquiry, led by Vice Mayor J S Tschetter, weighs police efficiency and denials by Chief Jake S Nelson and Patrolman Louis W Matson. Final findings expected in about a month after transcript preparation.
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Ball Commission
Ison
George É. Youel
Comitil
Commission
Water Department
Nder
Jake S. Nelson
Mancom
South Dakota
Nelson
Louis W. Mat
Jormson
Matson
Tschetter
Walt
Huron
HP. Rasmussen
C. & N. W. Railroad
Sioux City
Agenuy
Rasmussen
Mitchell
Furon
Robert Ostrander
Howes To Dedicate New East West Airline In Huron
W L Weir announces Friday ceremonies at W W Howes Municipal Airport to inaugurate a new east west air schedule. First Assistant Postmaster General W W Howes will attend from Minneapolis, with Bridgewater colony band. The event outlines a broader eight flight daily flow to speed mail and passenger service ahead of nighttime flights.
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Howes
W.L. Weir
Huron Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Huron
Minneapolis
Weir
Carl Voigt
Chamber of Commerce
Dawn Sears
Chicago
Bismarck
Aberdeen
Watertown
Watertown Lights Municipal Airport Contract Awarded
Watertown moves to light its municipal airport by awarding a Westinghouse materials contract for 5765.53 dollars. Delivery starts within two weeks and installation will depend largely on weather. WPA labor will be used where possible.
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Watertown
Ely
Huron
Westinghouse Electric Company
Cc. R. Hesanieck
Municipal Light Department
WPA
Norway Plans New Protest to Germany Over Sinkings
In Oslo on February 1, Foreign Minister Halvdan Koht told Parliament that Norway will file fresh representations with Berlin over the sinking of Norwegian steamers. He said the Nordic states will back the protests and that other neutral nations may join.
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Oslo
Halvan Koht
Norway
Berlu
Koht
Eighth Child Born To Clerk And Wife At Washington
Washington feverish with a milestone as treasury clerk William Andrew White and his wife welcome their 18th child, a tenth son born Tuesday. The couple, in their mid forties, kept the birth quiet to avoid fuss, continuing a large family headed by an eldest son William now 32 with a set of 16-year-old twins.
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Washington
William Andrew. White
White
Treasury
William
Barkley forecasts end of session by June 1
Washington February 29 Senator Barkley of Kentucky Democratic leader narrows congressional agenda to three major terms continuing reciprocal trade, broadening the Hatch anti politics law and approving remaining appropriations. He sticks to a June 1 end date, with Senate likely to amend the Hatch Act and administrations’ reciprocal trade program facing stiff opposition. A House vote on a large war department nonmilitary appropriations bill proceeds, while a proposal to fund bomb proof Panama Canal locks draws contention.
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Jpi
Barkley
Kentucky
House
War Department
Rep. Brand
Democrat
Virginia
Panama Canal
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Berkley
Chamber
Brown
Michigan
Senate Panel Poised to Add Farm Parity Funds
Senators backing the federal farm program say a Senate appropriations subcommittee will add more than 200 million dollars to the annual agriculture department appropriation. The House passed 713.9 million dollars. The plan includes about 72.7 million for surplus commodity disposal and 125 to 225 million for parity payments.
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Waomuw.un
Senate
Senate Appropriations
Agriculture Department
House
Dr C K Walker Slated To Head Chamber Of Commerce
Dr C K Walker is set to be announced as president of the Chamber of Commerce for the coming fiscal year at the 27th annual meeting on March 7 unless additional nominations are made from the floor. He has been active in chamber affairs for years and helped pick the nominees in the mail ballot. Carl Voigt is finishing his term as president.
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C.K. Walker
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Pot Commerce
C. K Walker
Dr. Walker
Walker
Carl Voigt
G. J. Kiel
George Red
Pat
Ore Ter
Hitler Refuses Peace Plan To Welles In Berlin
Berlin February details show Hitler unwilling to offer a peace plan to U S Undersecretary Summers Welles. Germany demands guarantees England France not interfere and insists on restoration of colonies. Goebbels cites existential stakes as Germany seeks lebensraum and rejects Versailles losses. Welles to pay his own bills while on business oriented visit. Berlin page two.
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Hitler
Welles
Berlin
United States
Summer Welles
Germany
England
France
Europe
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Britain
European
Sacramento River breaks levees in seven places
The Sacramento River burst through levees along a 12 mile stretch flooding Princeton Butte City and Condora. About 150 rescue workers used boats as towns and ranches faced isolation with evacuations in progress. No deaths or injuries reported though engineers were missing after surveying near Flenn and Princeton.
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Sacramento
Sacramento Valley
Princeton
Butte City
Condora
Willows
U. S
Colusa
Flenn
Co|lusa
Ccc
Dunsmuir
Gerber
Tehama
Teharra
Weather Bureau
Women Of Aurora Clean House And Take Over City
In Aurora on February 26, women staged a Leap Year uprising at city hall ousting the mayor and police chief and installing Audrey Kesei a dancing teacher as mayor. Leap Year chief Elaine Carpenter warned bachelors they face jail if they do not propose.
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Aurora
Snce
Audrey Kesei
Elaine Carpenter
France Tightens Up Belt For War
Paris reports a cabinet sweep of measures to mobilize for war against Germany. Food ration cards lower quality bread and reduced consumption are paired with boosted production. Decrees cover imports spending export facilitation tax relief for wartime rents and easier access to treasury aid via the Bank of France. Women will enter munitions and farming roles as 280000 already work on ordnance and aviation plants.
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Paris
Germany
Great Britain
Paul Reynaud
France
Bank of France
Weather Storms Hit Rocky Mountain States This Week
February storms sweep the region. Butte endures 75 mph gale as a scaffold falls uninjured, while Great Falls sees lightning and rain ending a cold spell. Cheyenne hits 63 degrees and Denver climbs to 74, a February high in 60 years.
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Mont
Rep
Rocky Mountain
Butte
Great Falls
Cheyenne
Wyo
Denver
Reds Report Six More Towns Fall To Isthmus Drive
MOSCOW reports the Red Army advancing toward Vaipuri with six Finnish towns and fortifications falling. Captured: Ritari, Mulinla, Hammarnijarvi, Seikurila, Kamara near Heinjoxi, and Ylasomme south of Viipuri. Taipale fortification holds despite bombardment as weather limits air activity. Civilians evacuated from shore areas. Viipuri evacuated earlier.
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Moscow
Red Army
Vaipuri
Hovse
Ute
Salimenkaita River
Rit 2Ari
Vuvli Lake
Mulinla
Hammarnijarvi
Seikurila
Lake Jurapan
Kamara
Heinjoxi
Commuunique
Red
Karelian
Taipale
Mannerheim
Vueksi
Ladoga
Taipsle
Vutoksi
Gulf of Finland
Viipuri
Koivisto
Kermit Roosevelt Heads to Finland as Volunteer Leader
Fifty year old Kermit Roosevelt plans to join Finland’s defense, awaiting only the British war office nod to resign his British Army major’s commission. He holds American citizenship and passport, having joined the forces before the US entry to World War I, and is related to President Roosevelt. An advance party moves to Finland to organize hundreds of volunteers.
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Fey
Kermit Roosevelt
Finland
British War Office
North
T. R
United States
Roosevelt
Allegiante
Kermit
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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