British Bombing Wave Shocks England. Irish Ties Stir Ireland
A new wave of bombs attributed to the Irish Republican Army rocks England as Dublin seeks clemency for two condemned men due to be hanged in Birmingham for a Coventry bombing that killed five. Explosions hit Euston station, Birmingham post office, and Manchester post office. four hurt at Euston, two at Birmingham.
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London
Irish Republican Army
England
Ireland
Birmingham
Euston
Birmingham General Post Office
Manchester
John Dulanty
Chamberlain
Peter Barnes
James Richards
Coventry
Home
John Anderson
Scotland Yard
Bublin
Pelleys Visit Sparks Dies Committee Forgery Probe
William Dudley Pelley, leader of the Silver Shirt Legion, shuns silence to testify before the Dies Committee and dispute forgery allegations linking Rep. Dies to contrived letters. The panel weighs expunging the documents as investigators examine forged material used in anti Dies actions.
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Washington
William Dudley Pelley
The
Silver Shirt Legion
Dies
Rep
Iself
E Slender
Asheville
N. C
Robert Pling
Pelley
Martin Dies
Dies Committee
House
Hook
Dies the
Almly
Clark
Pelleould
Hook Mich
da Mayne
Stice
Resentative Voorhis
D-Calif
Banks for Finns record arms shipments to Finland
Paris dispatch reports through France of 50 carloads of Italian airplanes for Finland's army, disclosed by sources close to the government. Detroit FBI arrests 12 on charges of recruiting soldiers for the Spanish Civil War. Tokyo debate criticizes Japan's Yangtze plan as seeking U.S. favor. Hoover seeks 1000 more agents to expand the espionage drive as 350 already operate.
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Paris
France
Urces
German says no basis for mediation in Russian Finnish conflict
Berlin reports authoritative indication that the German government finds no basis for mediation in the Russian Finnish dispute after Reich envoys to Moscow and Helsinki returned to Berlin with per reports.
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Berlin
Moscow
Helsinki
Guilford Juror Dies In Highway Crash
Guilford County scene near Friendly Road where 51 year old Charles M. Cummings a Guilford Superior Court juror was killed when his car collided head on with a dairy truck. His son Harold Cummings 18 and truck driver Jesse Lindo Jr 15 suffered minor injuries. Fog blamed by both drivers as Patrolman Wells investigated. no charges filed yet.
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Greensboro
Charles M. Cummings
Guilford College
Criminal Division
Guilford Superior Court
Cummings
Harold Nelson Cummings
Jesse Owen Lindo, Jr
Lindo
State Highway Patrol
Otto Wells
Three Departments Cut By Appropriations Body
The House Appropriations Committee cut 2,285,010 from Roosevelt's 109,664,010 request for State, Commerce, Justice and the federal courts for the year starting July 1. The revised 107,879,000 bill funds counter espionage, anti trust investigations and the 1940 census, with total cuts of 3,442,859 from current year appropriations. One change blocks more than 175,000 for operating the reciprocal trade system pending authorization beyond June 12.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
Congress
House
Four Prisoners Escape After Overpowering Sheriff
Four long term prisoners en route to the Raleigh state prison overpowered Forsyth County Sheriff Ernie G. Shore and deputy near Durham on highway 54 about 10 am. The officers were struck with handcuffs and the prisoners fled in the car or dispersed into the woods as deputies, state patrol, and city police mobilized to surround the area.
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Durham
Raleigh
Forsyth County
Highway 54
Nelson
Ernie G. Shore
Walter Speas
FE. G. Belvin
Durham County
R. H. Harris
State Highway Patrol
Democratic Leaders See Roosevelts Third Term Interest After Chicago Nomination
Democratic leaders at the White House and in state chairs left with little clarity on President Roosevelt's plans for a third term. While third term sentiment appeared strong among committee members and Chicago was chosen as the convention site, Roosevelt offered no direct promise and said he would speak himself if he chose to comment.
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Chicago
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Democratic
Roosevelt
White House
Ing
Charles Sawyer
Ohio
Lucretia Grady
California
James A. Farley
Florida
Garner
San Francisco
Houston
Hyde Park
N. J
National Committee
Japan to seek return of nine German seamen from Asama Maru
Tokyo announced that Britain will hand over nine of the 21 German seamen seized from the Japanese liner Asama Maru and interned in Hong Kong. Foreign Minister Arita said Japan will continue negotiations to repatriate all 21 as the Diet was told Britain called the seizure legal.
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Tokyo
Great Britain
Hachiro Arita
Arita
Diet
Shanghai
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Japan
NYK
Yokohama
Honkong
Britain
Britain to Start Meat Rationing March 11
London reports meat rationing will begin in Britain on March 11. Butter, sugar, ham and bacon are already under rationing as most supplies are imported. Ham, bacon and butter mostly come from Denmark and must bypass the German blockade.
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London
Britain
Denmark
FDR Defends New Deal With Growth Statistics
President Roosevelt used government figures at Hyde Park to claim seven years of New Deal progress showing national income rising from 40 to 68 billion dollars between 1932 and 1939. He projected annual income near 80 billion and said higher revenue could ease relief expenditures and improve the budget. He spoke amid criticism from labor and Republicans while hinting at a future public statement on a third term.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Hyde Park
N. Y
New Deal
Organized Labor
Southern Textile Association to hold June convention
Textile meeting called in Blowing Rock with the Southern Textile Association planning its annual convention for the second or third week in June in this mountain town.
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Blowing Rock
The
Southern Textile Association
Burlingame to Speak at Durham Mental Hygiene Meeting
Dr. Co. Co. Burlingame of Hartford Connecticut will be principal speaker at the North Carolina Mental Hygiene Society annual meeting in Durham on February 15.
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Burlingame
Durham
Dr. Co. Co. Burlingame
Hartford, Conn
The
North Carolina Mental Hygiene Society
Rumor Nazis Will Present Peace Plan
The Oslo Tidens Tegn reports rumors of a German peace bid shaping up with a six point plan. It cites a committee led by Field Marshal Goering and approved by Hitler in January, including territorial and governance proposals for Germany’s neighbors and plebiscite oversight.
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Oslo
Stockholm
Tidens Tegn
Hague
Brussels
Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Adolf Hitler
Sudeten
Poland
Germany
Austria
Entente Policy Faces Opposition from Hungary and Bulgaria
Hungary and Bulgaria oppose the Balkan Entente policy of safeguarding national territory seeking explanations on whether current borders are to be upheld. After Belgrade talks among Entente states Romania Yugoslavia Greece and Turkey, Hungarian press notes unity but Pester Lloyd signals reservations about postwar plans.
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Budapest
Hungary
Bulgaria
Europe
Romania
Entente
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Belgrade
Pester Lloyd
Gandhi signals no peaceful settlement with Britain
Mohandas Gandhi declared there is no prospect of a peaceful settlement with Britain unless India wins self government. After meeting Lord Linlithgow, he said talks failed and called for self determination, while Jinnah pressed for a workable solution as trade groups protested new tax.
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New Delhi
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Britain
Lord Linlithgow
Wide Gulf
Gandhi
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Bombay Stock Exchange
Central Legislative Assem
Madeline Slade
Raj Jakari Amrit Kaur
Soviet Drive Attacked by Finnish Forces On Karelia Front
Helsinki reports heavy Finnish defense on the Isthmus of Karelia with more than 100 Russian tanks and artillery backed by air power repelled. Finns claim to have destroyed 22 tanks and repulsed repeated assaults near Lake Lado and Pitkaranta Archipelago as Russian forces suffer hundreds of casualties. Parachutists landing in north Finland are noted with known landing sites. A disputed claim of destruction of the 18th Red Army division is contradicted by Finnish officials.
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Helsinki
Red Army
Usi
Karelia
Hattalahdenjarvi
Summa
Lake Lado
Pitkaranta Archipelago
Markajarvi
Salla
Finland
Copenhagen
Berlingske Tidende
Kitela
Kasnaselka
Uuksajarvi
Uomas
Murray Voices against Wagner Act Amendments in Senate
Philip Murray chairman of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee told the Senate Labor Committee that proposed Wagner Act amendments aim to reduce workers to weakness. He urged strengthening penalties for employer violations if changes occur and criticized recent Labor Board procedure shifts seen as harming industrial unions. Lewis was invited but absent.
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Washington
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Senate Labor Committee
Murray
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Labor Board
Death penalty debated for leakage to the enemy
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that legislation for the death penalty on disclosure to the enemy is under consideration. He noted no lapses in guarding information as the government launches a gossip control drive with posters warning that careless words may cost lives.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Information Ministry
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Eff
Tes
IRA
Bulletins
Detroit
Deral Bureau of Investigaon
Yangtze
China
United States
Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investition
Guilford
Sore
Richard Jaeckel
New York
Jaeckel
Jim Farley
Farley
Midwest
FDR
By Douglas B. Cornell
Balkan
Charles H. Kline
CIO Steel
Labor Front
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