Britain Rushes More Troops For Battle Of The Balkans
The House approves a $7 billion British aid bill with a 338 to 55 vote and sends it to the Senate unchanged. Senate hearings begin as administrators expect quick passage, with leaders forecasting approval by Monday or Tuesday.
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Britain
Balkans
Washington
Mar
Senate
United States
House
Senate Appropriations
Barkley
Kentucky
Tye
Georgia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tait
Ohio
Great Britain
Taft
Clark
Missouri
Congress
Chief Of Police On Witness Stand
Vermillion March 20 Chief of Police Harry Fowler testified that O A Kirby charged with the shotgun murder of Astor Peter Olson last October 25 asked to go to the back of his store to finish the job Fowler found Kirby with Jason Payne Oltons former law partner and Philip Crew in front of the bank for possession of he took Kirby to Kirbys Clothing Store and called for assistance Kirby said he shot Olson because he did not receive justice Payne and Crow repeated substantially the same account as Olson stenographer Ann Field recalled Olson slumped bleeding after being shot
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Vermillion
Harry Fowler
O. A. Kirby
Astor
Peter Olson
Fowler
Kirby
Jason E. Payne
Olton
Philip Crew
Frm
Olson
Payne and
Crow
Ann Field
Jorencon
Dozes On Railroad Track. Man Found Sleeping By Rail
A patrol car located a man asleep on a railroad track with his foot against the rail. The engine had sliced the shoe from his toe, leaving him still asleep. He was charged with drunkenness.
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Charlotte
Guardsmen And Draftees Demobilized After Year Of Training
Washington reported a top army official said, barring a grave emergency, the War Department will demobilize National Guard units after a year in federal service. The policy also applies to Selective Service Act inductees and three year regular army enrollments. The goal is to maintain 1,418,000 total troops with about 500,000 regulars, 300,000 to 375,000 guardsmen, and 606,000 or more Selective Service trainees. Guards begin release after their year’s review next September, with demobilization spread over six months unless new orders arise.
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Washington
Mar
War Department
Army
Java
Nations Guard
Congress
Fetta
Explosion Rocks Hercules Plant In New Jersey
An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenil New Jersey occurred at noon on the burning grounds. No injuries were reported though the area faced panic and traffic jams as people feared a repeat of last fall disaster that killed 52. The blast caused negligible damage and a patrolman said it stemmed from exploding powder refuse. The plant had been rebuilt and operations had resumed.
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Kenil
N. J
Hercules Powder Company
Morristown
Edward Higgins
London
Mar
Nigt
Gevent
Spring Debuts On Warm South Dakota Evening
South Dakota saw warm readings with Huron at 60 to 62 degrees and Pierre at 62. The forecast predicts light rain tonight and Friday with possible colder spell west and central, while Watertown reports a 22 above low and overall cloudy skies statewide.
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Huron
Sigux Falls
Mar
South Dakota
Pierre
Rapid City
Watertown
Russians On Wrecked Train Report On Sabotage Theory
At an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing the conductor testified there were 44 Russian diplomats or engineers aboard the Manhattan Limited which ran over Cleveland to Pittsburgh tracks shortly before a wreck that killed five and injured 114. Railroad officials said definite sabotage evidence was found and veterans suspected a loosened rail caused the disaster.
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Pittsburgh
Mar
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Manhattan Limited
Cleveland-to
Battle of Britain Still Core to War Strategy
Despite other fronts, the Battle of Britain remains central to the overall war effort as spring opens. The article notes German U boats and aerial actions near London and the Atlantic front, framing the battle of Britain as the key factor shaping the global conflict.
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Britain
London
Atlantis
Britain, Germany And Italy Claim Naval Triumphs
London reports three British submarines attacked Italia convoys sinking two supply vessels and damaging another, with one transport possibly destroyed. The Triumph and Utmost plus Unique are credited with torpedo hits and explosions. Berlin claims 66,900 tons sunk and Luftwaffe strikes on London docks.
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London
Italia
Admiralty
Utmost
Janes Fighting Ships
World Authority On War Vessels
Britain
Pet
Berlin
Mar
High Command
Luftwaffe
Daily War Bulletin
Sam Robertson
South
England
North
Africa
FDR Delivers Admiration for Air Station Progress
President Roosevelt tours the Jacksonville Southeastern Air Station aboard the Roosevelt train and praises rapid development since ground was broken sixteen months earlier. He notes the base will employ about 200 pilots and 60 mechanics monthly and expresses surprise at the swift progress.
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Roosevelt
Port Everglades
Fla
Navy
Southeastern Air Station
Jacksonville
Awloractile
Dedertee
Sutomobield
Huge Numbers Of Soldiers Land At Salonika Port
London reports a Nazi raid on the southeast coast caused widespread destruction as a refugee stream moved from London. Beside this, dispatches claim British troops have landed at Salonika, Greece, while Berlin cites military diplomacy and Turkish Yugoslav settlements as tensions rise across the Balkans.
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Port of
Salonika
Associated Press
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Mar
Greek
Aegean
Adolf Hitler
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Sewell
Gerge
Berlin
Balkan
Istanbul
Franz von Papen
Eden
Tepeleni
Gevgelia
Larisa
Peemanbel
Ee Asiem
Yuposlevia ‘Hould
Tokyo
Yprus
Anthony Eden
Sukru Saraycoglu
Labor board to mediate defense industry disputes
The United States conciliation service moves to cooperate with the national defense mediation board created by President Roosevelt. John H. Steelman says 110 conciliators will meet next weekend to align peacemaking with the new board and keep work and materials flowing for national defense. The board, chaired by Dr. Clarence A. Dykstra, lacks power to force agreements but can investigate and propose settlements. Additional defense labor news includes CIO leader Philip Murray meeting with executives in Pittsburgh over SWOC contracts and wage changes.
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Associated Presa
United States Conciliation Service
National Defense Mediation Board
Roosevelt
John H. Steelman
Labor Department
Steelman
Clarence A. Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
Selective Service System
Defense
Philip Murray
CIO
Breal
Pittsburgh
J. Lester Perry
Eat
Eke Gine Corporation
SWOC
United States
Stesi Cor
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