Soviet Arctic Scientists Trapped On Tiny Ice Floe
Four Russian scientists report extreme peril as their 100 by 40 foot weather camp drifts in an ice jam off Greenland’s east coast. Commander van Papanin says ice is piling up and breaking apart while three Soviet rescue missions race 1,000 miles across the Arctic. The party lies at 73°11′N 18°W in a shifting, cold, misty environment.
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North Pole
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van Papanin
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Hudson River Ferry in Trouble for Time
Tarrytown New York February 6 P marooned four hours in the tee jammed Hudson river the ferryboat Manadnock broke loose from entanglement with a channel buoy chain and landed at its slip it carried about 100 passengers and 21 automobiles coast guard sent three boats to aid while a Yankers Alpe New Jersey ferry prepared to take off the passengers before the Manadnock freed itself Also Hollywood February 6 P Fay Wray actress says she and husband John Monk Saunders have separated.
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Germany Stand Worries Allies After Ribbentrop Move
London reports show gloom over Germany's policy as Joachim von Ribbentrop gains power in the foreign office. British officials fear this shift may hinder any Anglo German understanding. Observers label him extremist and anti British while experts weigh the impact on Mediterranean piracy and the Sino Japanese war. Foreign Secretary Eden to address piracy in Commons.
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London
Toachim von Ribbentrop
Akira Case
Anthoty Eden
Britain
Brooklyn Murders Deep Mystery in Two Bodies Found
In Brooklyn a boy found the garroted bodies of Christine Gliveri and Nino Columbo, both married parents, on a bay shore. Police say a fierce struggle occurred. Oliveri, the husband, reported his wife missing since January 28. Medical examiner notes the bodies were frozen and lifeless for several days.
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Brooklyn
Lewis J. Valentine
Christine Gliveri
Nino Columbo
Oliveri
Manuel G. Marten
James Jawkes
Imperial confusions on the record Dorothy Thompson
The piece analyzes how private and imperial interests clash within England as it faces challenges from Italy in the Mediterranean and Japan in Asia, with Germany involved. It outlines Britain’s need for prestige force and allies, naming France the United States and Russia as eastern and western allies, and notes the strength disparity with the Axis powers and the risk of collaboration among them.
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Asia
Japan
Germany
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Far East
United States of America
Russia
Europe
Scandinavia
France
Molland
United States
Pacific
South America
Insurgent Aragon Troops Break Front Near Teruel
Spanish Civil War report states Fidel Carile's lower Aragon army drove government forces back along a three mile front north of Teruel. Insurgents claim 230 square miles of new territory and more than 500 prisoners, while government lines acknowledged only an attack.
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Teruel-Calamncha
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Offens Hve
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Jasimo Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Teruel
Trial of Clerical Foe of Nazi Regime to Be Opened
Berlin reports that Rev. Martin Niemoller, 46, outspoken critic of Hitler’s church control, will face a secret tribunal tomorrow with public and press present. Imprisoned seven months, Niemoller commanded wartime fame as pastor of Jesus Christus Lutheran in Dahlem and remains a symbolic figure for German Protestants resisting state decrees. He is charged with malignant vilification of the Nazi state and incitement against state laws.
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Jesus Christus Lutheran
Dahlem
Wniemoeller
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Niemoeller
Wihling
Tenceforth
Rector is slain on St Simons Island Georgia
The 71 year old Dr Charles H Lee rector of Christchurch is shot dead in his rectory as he prepared a sermon. A bullet pierced the window and a second bullet killed him while his wife heard two shots within half an hour. No motive yet. Off coast St Simons is one of six Georgia islands connected by a causeway.
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Charles H. Lee
Historic
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Dr. Lee
St. Simons
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Howard Coffin
Flood Devastates Eastern Michigan With Inundated Towns
Winter and spring confusion delayed departures and entries as flood waters swelled eastern Michigan. Sebewaing on Saginaw bay reported 50 to 10 percent of the town under water, some areas three feet deep, while Mt Clemens area saw the Clinton river overflow roads. Residents in Sebewaing used boats to move between houses, as Mayor Florando Schweitzer warned of danger and locals rushed to protect property.
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Saginaw Bay
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Clinton
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Ino Ove
Wisconsin floods rescue effort tops early reports
Milwaukee reports scores saved as floods swamp southern and central Wisconsin. Rivers and streams exceed normal bounds after rain and snowmelt. Red Cross workers and coast guardsmen rescued 12 people, eight children, from a waterbound cottage.
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Wisconsin
Red Cross
Conference On Airline Suspension Coming Up
St Paul Feb 6 Northwest Airlines president Croil Hunter left for Washington to confer with Bureau of Air Commerce officials about the bureau order suspending passenger service on the company routes. General traffic manager Farrington and manager Sluntor would not comment on the suspension.
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St. Paul
Four Crown Hero Dies in Ice Rescue Attempt
In Woonsocket Rhode Island on February 6 a man drowned trying to save three children who had wandered onto a thawing pond. The children aged 6 and 7 reached near shore before ice broke. the rescuer Michael Cherwinsky, 25, also drowned after entering the pond and pulling one child to safety before both vanished.
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Michael Cherwinsky
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Japan keeps naval plans secret amid arms race notes
Tokyo officials reported a naval conference decided not to disclose naval construction plans to the United States or Great Britain. The notes warned Japan would face treaty challenges if it fails to meet the 35,000 ton limit or to adhere to the London treaty by 1943. France also issued a similar note.
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Hull says United States open to limits on armaments
Secretary Hull stated the US is willing to join others in limiting and reducing armaments, despite the need to maintain a capable military and navy. He criticized hermit nations and warned that economic warfare and disregard for treaties undermine international relations, urging restraint and cooperation.
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Acanomic Foley Committee
Stalled car blamed for Missouri Pacific wreck near Benton
An unoccupied car stalled at a rural grade crossing near Benton Arkansas was struck by the Missouri Pacific Texan passenger train. The eastbound train from Dallas to St Louis derailed. three trainmen and three passengers died. About six others were injured.Engineer John Thomas Brannan, 67, of Texarkana, Ark, was among the mourned.
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Textikana, Ark
Catholics in Germany Protest Nazi Outrage
Catholic bishops across Bavaria protested from pulpits against the secret police action dissolving Catholic youth groups in Bavaria and the Palatinate and seizing church property. They said the move violated the Vatican Berlin concordat affirming religious freedom and could not be recognized.
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Licensing Is Draws Hot Attack
Washington Feb 6 The National Association of Manufacturers denounces the Borah O Mahoney federal licensing bill as endangering home rule over business and expanding federal control beyond the NRA. The group says it would allow vast bureaucratic reach for minor violations and sap small firms. President Roosevelt has discussed the bill with Senator Borah but offered no clear stance.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Roosevelt
Association
Borsh
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Congress
Kal-Shek Forgets Secure Munitions
Shanghai reports that sufficient munitions have been ferried from British Hongkong to Hankow to sustain Chiang Kai-shek's armies for another year. The shipments moved despite intensified Japanese bombing aimed at the Canton-Hankow railway, the main link between Hongkong and Hankow.
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Chiang Mai-shek
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Hankow
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West London Residents Evacuate as Thames Flood Rises
Residents of West London evacuated en masse as the Thames River swelled by heavy rains. The river stood more than 12 feet above normal, four feet from the town's breakwater, and continued to rise, threatening homes and streets.
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Thames
President of big concern found dead in his office
Chicago February 6 P John L Kellogg Jr 27 president of New Foots Inc was found shot to death today in his factory office A shotgun lay beside him He was son of John L Kellogg former head of the firm and grandson of W K Kellogg of Battle Creek Police said no evidence of foul play and no motive found in incomplete notes and garbled text about his work at a plant and company
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New Foots, Inc
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Re Fred
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Battle Creek
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Kellogg
Thomas Lovell
James Dyer
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