British Sphinx Mine Sweeper Sinks After Damaging Raid
A British mine-sweeper named Sphinx sank while being towed to port after heavy weather and German air raids damaged the ship. One officer and four men were dead, 45 missing. 44 sailors and two officers saved. The raid also hit the Norwegian steamer Tempo and damaged several other vessels. Trade unions urged faster armaments production and equal pay for women in war industries as Britain faces renewed aerial assaults.
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London
Phinx
Jown
Sphinx
Britain
Otland
Humber
Tempo
Est Brown
Fred Smith
Balkan Entente Extends Neutral Pact Amid Trade Talks
Romania Greece Turkey and Yugoslavia extend their Balkan Entente for seven years to preserve neutral status and avoid war. Delegates return from Belgrade after a three day conference seeking ways to curb regional conflict while pursuing trade with larger powers.
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Robert B. Parker, JR
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Greece
Turkey
Europe
Balkan Entente
Dodgers Sign Roy Cullenbine For 25 000 Bonus
The Brooklyn Dodgers announced today they signed outfielder Roy Cullenbine, among 91 Detroit players freed by Commissioner Landis, for a 25 000 bonus and a one year contract with no salary details. Cullenbine said eight clubs had made offers.
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New York
Brooklyn Dodgers
Roy Cullenbine
Detroit
Landis
Cullenbine
Dodger
Farley Builds Confidence at Democratic Leaders Meet
Chairman James A. Farley addressed the Democratic National Committee in Washington urging victory over about ten million independents. He predicted an active pre election campaign and named Vice President Garner, while noting no firm convention location and addressing the third term issue.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee Today
Wilde Hotel
Farley
Garner
John Nance Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Rev Dr Mark A Matthews Dies at 72
The Rev Dr Mark Allison Matthews, 72, noted Presbyterian pastor and vice crusader, died of pneumonia in Seattle. He led the nation’s largest Presbyterian congregation.
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Seattle
Mark Allison Matthews
Train Collision Kills Man in Pembroke
Lofton McMillan, 36, died and Lawrence Locklear, 25, was injured when their car collided with an eastbound Seaboard Air Line passenger train at Pates Crossing near Pembroke.
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Pembroke
Lofton McMillan
Lawrence Locklear
Seaboard Air Line
Pates Crossing
Here
Ward Not In 1940 Race McDonald Gets Answer
Raleigh reports indicate D. L. Ward of New Bern will not seek the governorship in 1940 saying he is not a candidate this time and may run in 1948. Dr. Ralph W. McDonald rebutted Grady’s bid and said he would back J. M. Broughton, while Grady and Broughton defended their platforms and pledged to pursue a broad Democratic coalition.
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McDonald
Raleigh
D. L. Ward
New Bern
Ward
House of Representatives
Carolinas Press Photographers’ Association
Ralph W. McDonald
Hoey
Paul D. Grady
Kenly
Grady
J. M. Broughton
Broughton
Democratic Party
North Carolina
Graham
Germans Repulsed by Grenade Attacks East of Blies River
French military sources report a German assault on French lines in the wooded hills east of the Blies River repulsed with hand grenades. Germans retreated, two prisoners captured, while fog and rain grounded aviation. An American Ambulance unit blessed at the American Church in Paris prepared to deploy with 22 ambulances and 30 drivers and stretcher-bearers under Dr. James V. Sparks.
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Paris
Blies River
Western Front
Pershing
American Volunteers Corps
America
Jean Gaston
James V. Sparks
American Ambulance Corps
Gandhi Confers With Viceroy Over Indian Demands
In New Delhi Gandhi and Viceroy Lord Linlithgow held a two and a half hour meeting to seek a formula uniting India's moral force with Britain's war effort. Jinnah was to meet later with Linlithgow to discuss minority and state questions.
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New Delhi
India
Great Britain
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Lord Linlithgow
Gandhi
Britain
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
all-India
Canada
Wisehaupt Series Opens Tonight At Junior High
Howard J Wisehaupt lectures begin this evening under The Enterprise for the public at the Junior High School He outlines how women shape romance business and home life and promises strategies to improve personality and success for both sexes.
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Howard J. Wisehaupt
Enterprise
Wisehaupt
Press Photographers Dinner Roasts Politicians in Raleigh
In Raleigh on February 5 the Carolina Press Photographers Association held its first gridiron dinner a fish fry parody satire. Governor Hoey received a folio of news pictures while Newsman Tom Best impersonated Senator J W Bailey and De Land Hoey sang a novelty song.
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Raleigh
Green Pastures
Carolina Press Photographers Association
de Land Hoey
J. M. Broughton
Bill Sharpe
State Advertising Division
Tom Best
J. W. Bailey
Hoey
Rail Bombing Sparks French Protest at Tokyo
Paris reports France's ambassador in Tokyo protested Japan's bombing of the Kunming Hanoi Railway last Thursday. The line links Indo China with Central China and several Europeans were killed. Japanese officials pledged solidarity with army actions while awaiting a formal written reply to the protest.
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Paris
France
Tokyo
Japan
Kunming Hanoi
Indo-China
China
Wage-Hour Division adopts weekly wage basis
The Wage-Hour division announced a shift to a weekly basis for enforcing the wage hour law. Employers must meet the minimum a week even with piece-work pay and bi weekly or longer intervals are allowed, with any shortfall addressed in the first week.
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Washington
Mississippi River Ice Jam Loosened Opening Laden Boats
The Mississippi River breaks its worst ice jam this century, freeing freight laden boats after 16 days. Steamer traffic resumes as vessels move cautiously past jagged floes and a ribbon of ice lines the shores from St Louis to Friar Point, with ice still drifting in the swift current.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Friar Point
Miss
Finnish hold repels three new Soviet drives near Ladoga
Helsinki reports Finnish forces north of Lake Ladoga repulsed three Soviet attacks. One enemy stronghold fell. nine enemy planes shot down with several destroyed. Finnish air operations bombed targets while striking raids on Tuondi Viipuri.
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Lak Ladoga
Helsinki
Nort
Lake Ladoga
Markajarvi
Arctic Circle
Manique
Finland
Mannerheim
Tuundi
Viipuri
Gulf of Finland
Murphy Takes Oath Of Court As Fifth Roosevelt Pick
President Franklin D Roosevelt swore in Frank Murphy of Michigan as the fifth Roosevelt appointee to the Supreme Court. The ceremony occurred in open court with Justice Black absent due to illness. Justice Reed authored the day’s sole decision upholding the government in a private mail user damages case.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Charles Elmore Cropley
Murphy
Black
Frankfurter
Reed
New York Socialite Falls Ten Stories
New York on February 5 54 year old Richard Jaeckel a socialite and former fur company executive fell 19 stories onto an apartment house entrance canopy. He suffered a skull injury doctors called not serious though the impact tore the canopy canvas and bent the iron support as the canopy bore his weight.
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New York
Richard Jaeckel
Fur Company
Jaeckel
73Rd Street
Fort Bragg Officer Dies After Suffering Gun Wound
Corporal James H. Modie 39 of the 36th Field Artillery died at Fort Barry Post Hospital from a bullet wound suffered Tuesday. No funeral details given. Native of Durham he is survived by a widow and two sisters Mrs N M Johnston of Baltimore and Mrs H W Knight of Durham.
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Payetteville
James H. Modie
36Th Field Artillery
Fort Barry Post Hospital
Modie
Durham
N. ©. M. Johnson
Baltimore
H. W. Knight
Robins Reappear in Hickory as Spring Harebrained Weather Debate
Robins have reappeared in Hickory defying predictions of bad weather. The groundhog’s shadow forecast last Friday did not deter the return of the harbingers of spring in this North Carolina locale.
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Hickory
1100 American Planes Delivered To Allies
Washington reports American aircraft plants have supplied over 1100 warplanes to British and French forces. Orders from Allies total about 4000 since 18 months ago with negotiations for up to 8000 more under Morgenthau's watch. Delivery pace suggests a monthly rate near 100 aircraft, with over 300 ships loaded or redirected since the war began.
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Washington
United States
Morgenthau
Bor
France
Air F
Britain
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