Earthquake Hits Northern Greece Inches of Damage Seen
Northern Greece was struck by a destructive quake at 555 am causing heavy damage in Larisa a 30000 inhabitant town. Buildings including a Larisa hotel collapsed and 15000 homeless were reported as tents were requested. Troops cleared debris while Premier Korizis dispatched Public Aid Minister Krimbas to help. Communication disruptions delayed details.
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Athens
Greece
Larisa
el Assona
Alexandros Korizis
Krimbas
Fierce Storm Devastates Far West Across California
A ferocious storm gridlocked California with tornado like gusts and heavy rains. Rivers rose flooding Sacramento area and Canoga Park while Red Cross evacuated 60 families using paddle boats and life boats. Los Angeles and Redding report season rain totals far above normal.
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San Francisco
Mar
California
Sacramento
Dunsmuir
San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles
American Red Cross
Canoga Park
Reseda
Chatsworth
Redding
Valle
Pacific
Theatre Ticket Invites Mrs Schroeder to Two Films
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs C F Schroeder of 122 West Washington to tonight's Strand Theatre showing of The Thief of Bagdad starring Conrad Veidt and June Duprez, or Romance of the Rio Grande featuring Cesar Romero as the Cisco Kid at the Dixie Theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
C. F. Schroeder
West Washington Street
Bagdad
Conrad Veidt
June Duprez
Strand Theatre
Cesar Romero
Cisco Kid
Dixie Theatre
Labor loses house fight sparks pre session caucus
Charleston March 1 The house Democratic majority called a pre session caucus to resolve disputes over the anti sit down strike clause in the administration labor relations plan. A threat of labor retaliation was voiced if major bills fail and leaders planned actions on administration measures and wage hour proposals.
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Charleston
Mar
House
Allsop
Use of Company Scrip Held Economically Bad
Fayetteville March 1 Public circulation of company script is argued to create an unsound economic condition in a Fayette county circuit court case. Twenty merchants seek an injunction against New River Coal Company. C E Mahan, attorney for the merchants, contends they have no ownership in the scrip and no contract with either the employer or employees. The action centers on discounting company script in public circulation.
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Fayetteville
New River Coal Company
Fayette County
C. E. Mahan
British Squadron Downs 30 Fascist Planes Over Albania
Athens reports a British fighter squadron closed the fourth month of the Greek Italian war by shooting down more than 30 fascist warplanes over the southern Albanian front without a loss. The British communique tallies 26 planes destroyed in a large formation of bombers escorted by fighters, with nine more so seriously damaged they may not return to base.
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Athens
Greece
Britain halves rations to aid national food effort
In London on March 1 the food ministry announced that Britain's three fighting services agreed to voluntarily reduce the rations of soldiers sailors and airmen as a contribution to the national food and shipping situation.
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London
Food Ministry
Britain
Coast storm devastates Atlantic coast with at least 15 deaths
Snow driven by gale winds struck the Atlantic seaboard early today with blizzard intensity, killing at least 15. A near record 14 inch snowfall blanketed New Jersey while land, sea, and air travel halted. The storm, sweeping from the Virginia capes, produced 50 mph gusts and drifts up to 12 feet on some highways. New York City escaped serious disruption as Pennsylvania roads faced hazardous conditions.
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New York
Atlantic Seaboard
New Jersey
Virginia Capes
New York City
Pennsylvania
Sven
Senator Sweeney Calls Optimist A New Definition
In Charleston on March 1 Senator George Jackson called Senator Thomas Sweeney an optimist after Sweeney urged returning a non-partisan ballot bill to the floor on amendment. The 22 to 9 move to recommit sparked Jackson to request that Sweeney’s remarks be recorded as a new definition for an optimist.
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Charleston
George Jackson
D.lewis
Senate
Thomas Sweeney
Ohio
Jackson
Sweeney
British King Greets Winant Near Bristol
The United States new ambassador John G. Winant was personally received by King George VI at a railway station on his route from Bristol to London, seen as reciprocation for Roosevelt's reception of Lord Halifax. Duke of Kent and James Bryant Coient of Harvard University welcomed Winant and his party as they arrived by plane at Bristol.
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United States
Britain
John G. Winant
George VI
Bristol
Roosevelt
Lord Halifax
Halifax
Washington
Annapolis
Kent
Winant
George
Duke of Kent
Benjamin Cohen
Pres
James Bryant
Coient
Harv University
Brendan Bracken
Young WPA Worker Sets 1500 Mile Hitchhike Search
John Sandor Jr., a WPA worker in Johnstown, plans a 1500 mile hitchhiking trek across the Midwest starting Monday to find his birth parents. He carries $4, vows not to quit, and only knows the foster-father who adopted him from a Pittsburgh orphanage.
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Johnstown
WPA
Middlewest
John Sandor, Jr
Castelrosso Island Recaptured by Italian Reinforcements
Rome reports Italian reinforcements landed by torpedo boats and retook Castelrosso island from the British, who held it after withdrawing from one of the Dodecanese. The high command said British forces were overwhelmed but Italian counterattack swiftly reclaimed the position and destroyed the British garrison.
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Rome
Mar
Castelrosso
London
Dodecanese
Mediterranean
High Command
Permission Granted To Bring Alfonso Home
ADRID March 1. Former King Alfonso XII expected to be buried in the Royal Pantheon at Escorial, the traditional royal burial site, under a decree by Generalissimo Francisco Franco. The mausoleum lies about 31 miles from Madrid.
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Adrid
Alfonso XII
Francisco Franco
Escorial
Madrid
Turkey Seeks Continued Ties With English Ally In Turbulent Balkans
Turkish officials plan to maintain a two year old alliance with Britain as Balkan events tighten, with Eden and Dill heading toward Athens for talks on Greco British aid. London remains calm as Belgrade confirms Bulgaria joins the Berlin Rome Tokyo bloc, seen as a Axis diplomatic gain.
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Turkey
jAs
Balkans
Cairo
Anthony Eden
John G. Dill
Imperial General Staff
Athens
Greece
London
Britain
Belgrade
Bulgaria
Tokyo
Germany
9000 Italians Taken Prisoner In Somaliland
Cairo dispatch reports that British forces in Italian Somaliland captured 9,000 prisoners. The communique also states Bardera, a key road junction on the Juba river, is now occupied. No notable updates were given for Libya, Eritrea, or Ethiopia.
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Somaliland
Cairo
Egypt
Bardera
Gelib
Juba
Libya
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Wilhelmshaven base attacked by RAF bombers
British air raids targeted northwest Germany and the Nazi held Netherlands with Wilhelmshaven described as the principal objective. Weather hampered observations but bombs fell on the submarine and naval base during the night's raid, marking the 44th attack on the target.
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London
Brittany
Germany
Netherlands
Air Ministry
Wilhelmshaven
Wisdom of Paying Insurance To Miners Debate
Charleston hearing by the senate judiciary committee examined a proposed revision backed by the United Mine Workers of America to pay unemployment benefits during mine shutdowns. John Stump Jr warned of immense costs, estimating weekly payouts at 1.5 to 1.7 million and total expenditures over 24 million dollars.
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Charleston
Mar
Senate
Judiciary Committee
United Mine Workers of America
John §. Stump, Jr
Clarksburg
Stump
Lucas argues U S should aid Britain with tools for peace
Washington march reports Senator Lucas of Illinois says withholding aid to Britain risks U S involvement in war with Germany and Japan. He argues supplying tools would ensure naval dominance after the war and deter war mongers, labeling supporters as peace minded. He warns of British failure inviting German and Japanese advances and global upheaval. He plans continued remarks on page 3.
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Lucas
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Japan
Senate
Britain
Orient
Hitler
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Africa
South America
Panama Canal
Magnetic Disturbances Disrupt Ocean Wireless Links
Magnetic and atmospheric disturbances halted wireless and cable communications with Europe for a period and caused erratic domestic links. New York to Europe wireless contact was shaky all morning while cables briefly failed then functioned with lapses. NBC reported major trouble on European channels, with engineers attributing it to atmospheric, not magnetic, causes. Ground currents added 15 to 20 volts to the usual 160-volt Western Union supply, contributing to the disturbances.
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Europe
NBC
Western Union
Former Governor Ruby Laffoon Dies at 72 in Kentucky
Former Kentucky governor Ruby Laffoon died at 2:30 a.m. CDT after a long illness following a paralytic stroke. The Democrat, who served 1931 to 1935, created thousands of Kentucky colonels and was succeeded by Lt. Gov. A. B. Chandler, now a U.S. senator. He returned to practice law in Madisonville.
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Madisonville
Ruby Laffoon
Kentucky
Laffoon
A. B
Happy) Chandler
United States
Laffoons
Chandler
Bulgaria's U. S. Assets Seized on Hull's Order
Secretary Hull warned that Bulgarian assets in the United States would be frozen if Germany occupied Bulgaria. The State Department would monitor the Balkans and act immediately should Bulgaria join the axis and German troops seize the country.
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Washington
Hull
United States
State Department
Balkans
Bulgaria
German ally of last war back in fold
Belgrade reports Bulgaria, a former German ally, would align with the Rome Berlin Tokyo bloc. British diplomat George W. Rendel prepared to depart as Danube front reports hinted Nazi columns from Romania crossed into the region.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Tokyo
Turkey
Greece
Britain
Sofia
George W. Rendel
Danube
Romania
Utilities Accused of Political Spending in Northwest
Washington from March 1. The Federal Power Commission said five Pacific Northwest utility firms spent upwards of 1,000,000 dollars for political purposes. It alleged about half of the funds were charged to consumer service costs and noted employe political committees doorbell campaigns voter lists payrolls and payments to prominent citizens for secret political services.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Pacific Northwest
Hitch In Peace Accord Reported From Tokyo
Tokyo dispatch reports a last minute hitch in talks on a peace accord between French Indo China and Thailand. Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka waited for French Ambassador Charles Arsene Henry for a meeting that never occurred, leaving negotiations unsettled.
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Tokyo
Thailand
Yosuke Matsuoka
Charles Arsene Henry
Premier signs to join axis with Germany
In Vienna on March 1 Bulgaria joined Germany Italy and Japan in a military alliance. Premier Bogdan Philoff signed in Belvedere palace as Adolf Hitler witnessed joining Rum ania Hungary and Slovakia for a new order. Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop Italian Count Ciano and Japanese ambassador Hiroshi Oshima attended.
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Vienna
Adolf Hitler
Bulgaria
Bogdan Philoff
Germany
Rumania
Hungary
Slovakia
Bellvedere Palace
Philoff
Germanfuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Ambassdor
Berlin
Hiroshi Oshima
von Ribbentrop Stumed
Gemany
Ciano
Italy
Hitler
Nazi Troops Reach Sofia in German Drive
German troops in grey armored cars entered Sofia late in the day with regulation battle dress and steel helmets. Three carloads moved through main streets near the German legation as fighter planes swarmed above, signaling Bulgaria's alignment with the Berlin Rome Tokyo axis.
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Bulgaria
Legation
Vienna
Tokyo
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