Largest Fastest Ship Afloat May Stay Through War
The Queen Elizabeth, largest and fastest liner, arrived off New York after a 3000 mile crossing from Britain amid war fears. With anti mine protection and a skeletal crew, she rests near quarantine then docks at 50th Street. Police guarded the pier as naval experts explained the mine shield and wartime secrecy.
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London
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Ile Deprenees
Liner's Dash To U S Belittled By Nazi Sources
Berlin dispatch reports German sources mock Britain's voyage to New York aboard the new liner Queen Elizabeth. They joke that stealth into a U S harbor betrays British confidence and deride the ship as unfinished. They cite docking charges and recall the Bremen incident to contrast with wartime pride.
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Washington
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Murmansk
Russia
Oust Trip On Labor Board
The House special committee urged Congress to replace all three National Labor Board members led by Chairman J Warren Madden. The move, backed by Chairman Smith and 16 amendments to the Wagner Act, aims to clarify the board’s role while preserving collective bargaining. Madden, Edwin S. Smith, and William M. Leiserson are targets of criticism since hearings began last September.
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Mar
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Virginia
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Indiana
Reutzcin
Ohio
Healy
Massachusetts
Murdock
Utah
J. Warren Madden
Edwin S. Smith
William M. Leiserson
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Smith Committee
North Dakota Won't Field Third Party In Spring Primary
North Dakota’s Nonpartisan League convention rejected a third party slate by 101 to 34 and shifted focus to a state ticket. petitions with about 16 008 signatures had urged a third party. Debate over former Gov William Langer's potential candidacy for governor and U S Senate continued without a decision.
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Nonpartisan League
RB. Scholl
William Langer
Langer
Lynn J. Frazier
French Vessel Seizes Mail From Bangkok Maru off Haiphong
Domei reports a French ship halted the Bangkok Maru near Haiphong in French Indochina and confiscated 110 letters. Japan’s foreign office said it had no official information but called the action contrary to international law and vowed to issue a report.
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Domei
Partial Farm Plan From Dewey In Lincoln Talk
In Lincoln on March 7 Thomas E. Dewey outlined a partial eight point agricultural program. The plan seeks fair parity between farm and industrial prices crop insurance soil conservation converting submarginal land marketing agreements market for American agriculture and expanded agricultural research. He urged farmer input before action and warned against using conservation as crop control while stressing credit to farmers and balanced prices within a national plan.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Regional tourneys set for Brookings Mitchell as leaders emerge
Brookings Bobcats lead Flandreau Indians by 29 10.15 in Aberdeen with a 16 5 first period edge and 25 12 at half. Water town and Aberdeen follow. Mitchell Kernets struggle as Pierre Governors stay within reach 14 10 through third. Huron and Winner close first round at Mitchell. Finals planned tonight with other regions at Sioux Falls and Rapid City tomorrow.
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Senate foes press bid to widen Hatch Act setback
In Washington on March 7, Senate opponents pressed a last stand to kill a bill broadening the Hatch Act banning federal employee political activity. The 44-41 vote failure split Democrats, with only one Republican supporting the Miller amendment. The measure aims to extend current limits to about 250,000 state workers paid with federal funds and faced a motion to return the bill to the elections committee for further study.
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Mar
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Congress
Von Ribbentrop Predicts War To End Within Year
Berlin reports Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop told Yugoslav journalists at a reception that he expected the war to end within a year but warned Germany was ready for a five year struggle. He said Germany has no territorial aims in southeast Europe and defended the effectiveness of the German counter blockade against Britain's blockade.
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Dienst Aus Deutschland Today
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Europe
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Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
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Sweden
RAF Shoots Down German Raider and Expands Air War
London reports the Royal Air Force shot down a German raider off Scotland and announced extensive raids on German bases. Sir Kingsley Wood cited a token appropriation amid a planned great expansion, noting 44 German aircraft down with no RAF losses, and a command strength equal to last year’s full army. The defense program seeks larger air power across coastal, fighter, and expeditionary forces.
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Royal Air Force
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House of Commons
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Kingsley
Frite
Chamberlain
Bes
Russians Suffer Heavy Losses on Viipuri Ice
Soviet troops trying to push across the Bay of Viipuri faced heavy Finnish fire as Finland's high command said over 80 Russian tanks were destroyed. The communique noted fierce attacks on the bay mouth and surrounding islands while noting limited gains on Lake Ladoga's northeastern shore. Finland called up military class of 1920 amid ongoing Karelia fighting and warned of a potential pocket if Soviet forces breakthrough.
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Mar
Viipuri
Viinurl
Karelian
Viipiri
Mouse Sparks Blast at GM Radiator Plant in Lockport
A mouse triggered a circuit fault at the Harrison Radiator division of General Motors in Lockport causing a gas explosion that sent about a thousand employees home for the day. No casualties were reported beyond the incident.
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Mar
Harrison
General Motors
Douglas B. Whitney
Works Maner
Reds Reported Pressing for Finnish Territorial Demands
Stockholm dispatches say Russia seeks terms to cede Viipuri and other areas in a broader peace plan. Unconfirmed reports claim surrender of Hanko and the Seiske Peninsula, with Sweden and Germany possibly mediating or pressing Finland for a settlement before Western arms aid.
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Viipuri
Lake Daedoga
Pelaamo
Stogichalny
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Seike
Oor
Joseph Stalin
Alexandra Kollontay
Elias Erkxo
Juho Puasikivi
Germany
Reich
Editor Emeritus of New York Times Dies
Dr. Thn H. Finley, educator and editor emeritus of the New York Times, died in his sleep early today in New York on March 1.
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