Trade pact renewal advances in House
The Ways and Means Committee approved a bill renewing authority for negotiations of reciprocal trade agreements by a 14 to 10 vote. The plan would extend the authority three years from June 12, with strong opposition from labor and agricultural groups.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Comdit
Hall
NGE
National Grange
American Farm Bureaucration
Senate
Hullid
Ial
Finland
Baltic Republic
Nazis Claim Their Ships Have Sunk 1 493 431 Tons Of Shipping In War
Berlin reports German losses of 236 957 tons since war start and claims enemy and neutral ships sunk total 1 493 431 tons. Dispatch notes 42 German ships lost and 409 enemy ships sunk by end of January. Also 13 196 tons confiscated at outbreak, 82 236 seized, 141 525 scuttled to avoid seizure.
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
Berlin
Germany
High Command
Great Britain
Associated Press
DNB
DNE
Designers foresee speeds of 600 mph by 1945 in air racing drive
Buffalo experts Don Berlin and Robert Gods discuss achieving supersonic flight. They cite sound barrier at about 50 mph and note that air turbulence alters aerodynamics, requiring new wing shapes and materials for the Army Air Corps pursuit planes as speeds climb toward 400 to 600 mph.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Army Airros
Don Berlin
Artiss Wright
Artiss
Eair Corps
Robert Gods
Army
January business pace falls below December level
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins said January business fell below the high level of December but trades remains brisker than a year ago. The Federal Reserve Board reported industrial production index dropped from 128 in December to 120 in January, yet still the highest January figure on record.
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Washington
Hopkins
Federal Reserve Board
Chamberlain promises more aid to Finland and Balkan pact support
In the House of Commons, Prime Minister Chamberlain said Britain would send additional assistance to Finland, praising its value and the Finnish struggle. He also welcomed the Balkan Entente renewal in Belgrade, asserting regional governments’ resolve to act in southeastern Europe, and denounced Finland’s foe’s air campaign against civilians.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Finland
Belgrade
Europe
France Deploys 275000 Troops in Near East under Weygand
Paris reports authorized French sources say 275000 French troops are concentrated in the Near East under General Maxime Weygand. The figure contrasts with a German estimate of 150000 and a Russian estimate of 400000. Weygand, 72, is in Egypt reviewing British and Egyptian defenses.
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Paris
France
Near East
Maxime Weygand
Weygand
Marshal Foch
Egypt
Silver Shirts Leader Says They Will Fold If Dies Committee Probes Continue
William Dudley Pelley testified that the Silver Shirts would fold up if the Dies Committee kept its investigations of un American activities. He credited some improvement to the committee's work and said the aim of his group paralleled the committee. A clash between lawmakers followed the hearing as Voorhis and Casey prepared to renew questions.
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Washington
William Dudley Pelley
Dies Committee
Silver Shirts Legion
Thomas
N. J
Silver Legion
Starnes
Ala
Roosevelt
Pelley
Voorhis
Calif
Twenty-Six Miners Die in Belgian Colliery Blast
In Marchienne au Pont near Charleroi a short circuit ignited fumes at a colliery. Twenty six miners were believed dead with four injured. The disaster occurred today as an electric motor overheated and sparked fire.
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Brussels
Marchienne Au Pont
Charleroi
Swiss Order Red To Leave Soviet Russia Liaison Official
Bern and Geneva orders demand Vladimir Sokoline depart Switzerland within two weeks. Moscow failed to secure permission for him to stay as liaison to the International Red Cross after his expulsion from the League of Nations. Sokoline offered no comment, awaiting Moscow's instructions.
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Berne
Switzerland
Russia
League of Nations
Vladimir Sokoline
Geneva
Moscow
Sokoline
International Red Cross Committee
League
Finland
Soekoline
Lord Tweedsmuir in grave condition after brain concussion
The condition of Lord Tweedsmuir governor general of Canada aged 64 is described as grave anxiety by a government house bulletin. He sustained a brain concussion Tuesday morning after a fall in his dressing room in Ottawa.
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Tweedsmuir
Ottawa
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Government House
Britain Welcomes Canadian Army Contingent In Britain
Thousands gathered along British docks as the third contingent of Canadian active service forces, escorted by the navy, arrived in England under darkened cover. They proceeded to concentration camps with no size or unit details released.
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Britain
England
Empire
War Office
Eagle Collides With Plane. Engine Catches Fire
An eagle collided with a plane carrying 13 passengers near Dimboola Australia at 6 000 feet causing an engine fire and forced landing. No injuries except the bird. The collision damaged a motor and sparked the blaze.
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Melbourne
Australia
Dimboola
Fire Destroys Major Studio During Solomon Filming
Fire leveled stage three at Cinema City Italy during filming of The Birth of Solomon. Two workmen suffered minor burns while actors were on lunch break.
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Rome
Stage
Cinema City
Italy
Hollywood
Solomon
Germans Execute American Citizens Massacre report in Poland shocks Paris
Polish authorities in Paris accuse German forces of mass executions in Poland, naming two Americans, a man named Szczygiel and his 10 year old son, among victims at Wawer near Warsaw. They claim one tenth of Wawer inhabitants were shot, date unspecified. The Polish information service had no further details on the Americans.
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Paris
Poland
Szczygiel
Wawer
Warsaw
Waweg
Polish Information Service
Japan Fears Air Raids From China
A Japanese navy spokesman cited definite grounds for reports of possible Chinese air raids on Japan and said details could not be released for secrecy. Reports from Shanghai called it propaganda, arguing China lacks bombers, while key figures questioned U.S. reactions to rail bombing in Kwangsi. In Tokyo, Diet member Masazumi Ando urged Japan to station armed forces in eastern Asia.
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Japan
Shanghai
China
Kyushu
Formosa
United States
Kwangsi
France
Masazumi Ando
Seixukai Party
Asia
Army Officer Kills Wife Ends Own Life in Waikiki
Honolulu reports a naval board of inquiry probing the deaths of Lieut George F. Stanish Jr and his 23 year old wife found in their Waikiki apartment. Captain of Detectives Benjamin Van Keuren said three notes indicate the officer shot his wife in sleep and then killed himself with a service pistol. Neighbors recalled Mrs Stanish attended a bridge party Tuesday and appeared in good spirits.
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Honolulu
Naval Board of Inquiry
George F. Stanish, Jr
Waikiki
Benjamin van Keuren
Sheriff’s Car Stolen in Salisbury
Salisbury reports auto thieves strike again. Sheriff James H. Krider’s car was stolen from the sheriff’s garage last night amid a spate of vehicle thefts in the city.
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Sherife
Salisbury
James H. Krider
Soviet vows to crush Finns amid front loyalty celebration
Moscow reported Admiral Tributz pledged continued war against Finland until the Mannerheim Line is annihilated. Pravda charged Britain and France with aiding Finland and claimed Soviet forces will crush any foreign intervention as the USSR marks the 22nd army and navy anniversary.
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Soviet Union
Finland
Mannerheim Line
Tributz
Baltic Sea
Pravda
Britain
France
Red Army
Changkufeng
Mongolia
Ukraine
Army
Navy
Labor factions clash as AFL charges Lewis blocking peace
Bulletin from Miami reports the American Federation of Labor directly accuses CIO leader John L. Lewis of blocking peace between labor groups and asks President Roosevelt to disclose each side’s agreed actions so responsibility for stalled negotiations is clear.
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Miami, Fla
American Federation of Labor Today
John L. Lewis
CIO
Roosevelt
Finnish Communique Details Red Losses Near Karelia
Helsinki reports four Soviet warplanes downed and several Red divisions involved in actions along the Karelian Isthmus and Asian frontier. Finnish forces claim tank losses and repelled enemy air attacks while noting a Russian frontier cross attempt near Raate. The account describes Red detachments disguising as Finnish troops for behind the lines operations.
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Helsinki
Unifs
Finland
Thmus
Lake
Lado
Summa
Ka Ian
Red Army
Artille
Raate
Suomussalm
France rejects Soviet protest over Paris raid
Paris reports the French government refused to consider a Soviet protest lodged by the Soviet Ambassador Jakob Suri after a police raid on the Russian commercial office in Paris. Three Russian commercial representatives were arrested as about 100 plainclothes officers conducted the raid.
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Paris
Jakob Suri
Ornoon
Garner May Enter Illinois Primary This Spring
Washington reports Garner may enter Illinois April 9 preferential primary as Roosevelt already names delegates. Garner supporters call decision very up in the air while Dewey Taft Vandenberg activities shift to western campaigns and Lincoln Day appearances.
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Illinois
Washington
Roosevelt
Friends
Democratic Organization
Thomas E. Dewey
Taft
Ohio
Dewey
Senator Vandenberg
Greenoro
N. C
Bridges
Muncie
Ind
Spea
Oklahoma City
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