Finnish Army Reports Russian Losses At Kuhmo In Finland
Finnish army communique says Russians lost 1 500 dead in Kuhmo area and on Karelian Isthmus. Finns claim they dispersed a Russian ski battalion killing 300, destroyed or damaged 20 tanks, and repelled four infantry assaults aided by tanks. Also claims six Red planes and a barrage balloon shot down.
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Helsinki
Unique
Kuhmo
Finland
Lake Ladoga
Karelian
Hattalahti
Summa
French Spy Roos Executed by Firing Squad at Dawn
Dr Karl Roos a 60 year old Alsatian autonomy advocate was executed at dawn by a firing squad after conviction of espionage for Germany. President Lebrun had sought clemency but Roos was put to death, while a companion soldier Lobstein faced death and his sentence later commuted to life imprisonment.
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Nancy
France
Karl Roos
Gerny
Presi Albert Lebrun
Roos
Jon
Lobsteins
Brun
Indictment of Chris Front group on seditious conspiracy
New York Feb 7 AP Edgar Hoover head of the FBI says 17 members of the Chris Front were indicted by a federal grand jury for seditious conspiracy to overthrow the United States government. The indictment alleges acts from 1939 to 1940 to plot and aid a dictatorship. Additional pages continue the charge.
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York
Chris Front
Federal
United States
Edgar Hoover
Oral Bureau of Investigation
Orce
IRA Demonstrations After Executions in England and Ireland
Two IRA members, James Richards aged 29 and Peter Barnes aged 32, were hanged at a Birmingham prison. A Dublin procession with black flags protested the executions while authorities tightened patrols in London and major cities to prevent unrest and possible civil conflict in Ireland.
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Birmingham
England
Irish Republican Army
Winton Green
Great Britain
Dublin
James Richards
Peter Barnes
London
Ireland
Pelle y to be Quizzed by Dies Committee
Washington bulletin reports the Dies Committee set a public hearing for 2 30 p m EST to question William Dudley Pelley about his Silver Shirt Legion leadership. Acting Chairman Starnes and Rep Mason announced after a private two hour talk with Pelley.
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Pelley
Washington
Dies Committee
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirt Legion
Starnes
Dala
Mason
R-N
Britain Reinstates Wartime School Attendance for 400000 Children
London reports the government will make compulsory attendance for children in danger areas who are housed away from their normal schools. Lord de la Warr says full schooling is aim with a minimum of half-time classes by April. Reuse of buildings for war needs and possible shared use with civil defense are planned.
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London
Lord de la Warr
Board of Education
House of Lords
de la Warr
Schools
Civil Defense Organization
Taft Skips Illinois Primary in 1940 Presidential Race
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio announced he would not enter the Illinois preference primary on April 9, saying the vote is advisory and not binding on delegates. Dewey has entered the Republican race, with Vandenberg expected to compete in Wisconsin, while Roosevelt’s name is on the Democratic Illinois ballot.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Illinois
Taft
Senate
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Roosevelt
Wisconsin
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bomb kills spy in Lausanne police blast
A Swiss counter espionage agent was killed and a German and another detective seriously hurt when a package exploded at Lausanne police headquarters. The German, believed tied to a settling of accounts in an espionage ring, rushed in with the package claiming it was delivered at his hotel. Inspector Arnold Jacoud died as he attempted to transfer the package to a chemist. Police Brigadier Samuel Clot and a Cherroan were seriously injured. many officers suffered minor injuries as debris damaged the interior of the building.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Arnold Jacoud
Jacoud
Samuel Clot
Cherroan
House Group Clears Federal Bureaus Bill
The rules committee unanimously clears a bill to subject all federal bureaus to court review. The judiciary committee notes about 130 agencies exist and warns governors must govern regulators to preserve the government. House leadership will decide timing for action amid proponent forecasts of quick action.
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Washington
House
Rules
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Minton
D-Ind
Rules Committee
Rep
Walter
D-Penn
Chester T. Lane
The
Securities Commission
Congress
Judiciary
Smith
Rep. Smith
D-Va
Labor Relations Board
Agendes
Capitol
Senate Labor Committee
John L. Lewis
AFL
Hoey Shifts Date Of Demos Parley
Governor Hoey announced the North Carolina Democratic Convention likely to be held May 17 instead of May 16. Raleigh Memorial Auditorium is booked by the North Carolina Funeral Directors Association for May 14 to 16, forcing the shift. The party executive committee had previously set May 16 as the convention date.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Raleigh Memorial
North Carolina Funeral Directors Association
Allies Push War Aid To Finnish Front
Britain already sent planes to Finland and discussed bomber aid while Parliament debated urgency. In Paris Le Temps urged complete aid linking the Russian Finnish war to the European conflict. Berlin denied German aid to Russia in Finland.
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Paris
France
Finland
Russia
le Temps
Daladier
Germany
Berlin
Hitler
Lively Scouting Activity Reports On West Front
German press says between Mettlach and the Palatinate Forest on the western front a reconnaissance squad engaged in a brisk clash east of the Moselle River. Artillery was weak and one German soldier was killed as the high command reported no special events.
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Berlin
Mettlach
Palatinate Forest
DNB
Moselle
High Command
Subways Worker Jailed for Grand Larceny Theft
Edward J. Rigney, 57, former maintenance man for the Independent Subway System, was convicted of grand larceny for stealing $25,000 from turnstiles. He received a sentence of two and a half to five years in prison.
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New York
Edward J. Rigney
Subway
Sixteen-year-old Irish youth speaks in English trial
Brendan Beham of Dublin was sentenced to three years for possessing explosives in an English court. He declared it an honor to testify to the Irish people’s determination to regain national territory.
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Liverpool
England
Brendan Beham
Dublin
Munster Steamer Sinks After Explosion. 20 Injured
The British steamer Munster of 4,304 tons sank today after an explosion. Over 200 passengers and crew members reached land safely.
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London
Munster
Abrogation Of 1922 China Treaty Considered By Nippon Statesmen
Tokyo officials weigh the benefits of abrogating the 1922 nine power treaty on China with the United States and six other powers. Arita signals no move to strengthen the anti Comintern pact as Japan faces US trade tensions and wartime disruption. Commerce plans seek closer ties with Manchoukuo and China amid possible import difficulties.
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China
Nippon
Tokyo
Machiro Arita
Arita
Japan
United States
Berlin
Rome
Spain
Hungary
Manchukuo
Russia
Germany
Jiwara
Manchouquo
Britain
Kakichi Takeuchi
No Military Pact Exists Between Germany and Russia
German sources said Berlin has given no military or technical aid to Russia in the Finnish war and no agreement exists for such help. They stressed Reich policy is nonparticipation while maintaining a political partnership for the war's duration. Mediation efforts were described as useless.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Germany
Russia
Finland
Moscow
Reich
Lewisohn seeks custody after 16 years of marriage
Novelists Ludwig Lewisohn and Edna Manley plan to contest custody of his 6 year old son Jimmy in court. The boy’s mother Thelma Spear, a singer and poet, says she previously gave him custody but was later blocked when Lewisohn’s housekeeper was allegedly tricked. Spear denounces the wedding as a betrayal and says she inspired all his work.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Ludwig Lewisohn
Edna Manley
Lewisohn
Thelma Spear
Miss Spear
Jimmy
Baltimore
Har Sanai Temple
Ludwig
Sheriff Gives Up In Hunt For God
In Murphy on February 7 an official Cherokee County search failed to locate God. A woman's will left part of her estate to God and a court suit named God as a party. The sheriff responded on summons that after due and diligent search God cannot be found in Cherokee County.
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