Finnish Defense Holds as Red Army Presses Mannerheim Line
Finnish defense lines near Helsinki endure sustained Red Army assaults, aided by limited Axis supply. Reports from Moscow praise Soviet “great results” while Western outlets flag heavy casualties and ongoing air war. Britain considers death penalties for leaks as Allied grip tightens. food rations in Britain set to 37 cents worth of meat weekly starting March 11 amid German fuel and supply pressures.
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France
Germany
London
Britain
Reach
Ger
Paris
Supreme War
High Court Tussles and Public Safety Highlights
The World This Week covers antitrust actions under the Sherman Law used to curb building costs, AFL labor union indictments, and fines in Pittsburgh for collusive bidding. It notes FDIC deposit guarantees since 1933 with 877,223 depositors repaid, and advances in blood transfusion using serum. It also mentions the Duwamish land claim by Chief Peter James and a Wisconsin auto license gag spell. Vivian Wildman sues for damages over an car crash eyebrow loss.
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AFL
Miami
Pittsburgh
Stalin
Hitler
CIO
Congress
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
Ole Lee
Cashton
Wis
Vivian Wildman
Los Angeles
Irreconcilable IRA and World Events Across Europe
The piece traces the Easter 1916 IRA rebellion and its long arc to southern Ireland’s 1922 autonomy, the 1931 outlawing, and 291 bombings blamed on the IRA in England with two hangings amid mercy pleas. It also notes a Birmingham execution and contemporaneous European events including Dr Karl Roos’s espionage death sentence and Gen I H Reynders’ military leadership and resignation in the Netherlands.
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Irish Republican Army
Ireland
London
IRA
England
Birmingham
France
Karl Roos
Germany
Hitler
Nehru Warns Britain to End Indias Slavery Talks
Jawaharlal Nehru, India's Congress president, urged Britain to state war aims clearly and abandon imperialism for world freedom. He and Gandhi push for immediate independence as Britain relies on India for manpower and materiel in World War II. The piece also notes Nehru's shift from British booster to nationalist leader and outlines wartime strain and political tensions in India.
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India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress
Nehru
Gandhi
Britain
Scott
Dickens
Jawaharlal
Harrow
Cambridge
England
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Papa Nehru
Lord Linlithgow
George VI
New Delhi
Iain
Washington Scenes Mix Politics and Press in Capitol Sketch
A Washington tableau shows Congressman Hook clashing with Dies Committee while letters alleging ties to William Dudley Pelley surface and fade. Separate action covers budget cuts, FBI staffing, and anti union proposals as Congress debates labor law and regulatory powers.
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Washington
Gardner Jackson
Labor
League
Michigan
Frank E. Hook
Dies Committee
House of Representatives
Congressman Hook
Dies
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirt Legion
David Mayne
Pelley
Hook
Jackson
AFL
CIO
NLRB
House
Senate Labor Committee
John Lewis
Notable Trials and Political Shuffle Across U S
A long column recounts Ellis H. Parker's death in Lewisburg federal prison after a storied career as a New Jersey detective who helped convict hundreds, plus a tangle of 1930s marriages, a major paint magnate giving large bonuses, and a wave of convention bids as Chicago vies for the 1940 Republican and Democratic national nominating events.
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New Jersey
Ellis H. Parker
Bruno Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Paul H. Wendel
Parker
Wendel
Lewisburg
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Prairie Metropolis
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Houston
Tex
Quotes on War Strength and Bread from Public Figures
Poultney Bigelow, an American friend of ex Kaiser Wilhelm, says Germany is twice as strong as in 1914 and is producing arms to the utmost. Jeanette Rankin, first woman congresswoman, argues the world needs bread not cannon for Americans amid the crisis.
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Poultney Bigelow
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Jeanette Rankin
National and local events calendar highlights for February
A listing of upcoming observances and meetings across the United States. From Venice Florida to New York and Lake Hopatcong New Jersey events include medical society gatherings, sailing and skating championships, bob sled races, Edison Day observances, youth congress sessions, Lincoln's Birthday GOP dinners, Georgia Day, National Defense Week, Can-Tin Tourists convention in Tampa, Westminster Dog Show, St. Valentine’s Day, Arizona Admission Day, Susan B Anthony Day, Constitution Day in Canal Zone, National Cherry Week, Republican National Committee meetings, and a Sportsmen’s show in New York with other regional activities noted.
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Japan
International College of Surgeons
Venice
Fla
Lake Hopatcong
N. J
Lake Placid
N. Y
Edison
Fort Myers
American Youth Congress
Washington
Georgia
Tampa
Westminster Kennel
New York
Arizona
Canal One
In Short Broken and Upheld and Other 1937-38 Briefs
A 16 day ice jam on the Mississippi is cited as the century’s worst. The Pennsylvania supreme court upholds Philadelphia’s 144 percent income tax. A divorce case involves actor Herbert Mare and Edna Be with agent Na Wolff. A Detroit health board physician and 11 others face federal charges over Spanish Loyalist army recruitment in 1937-38. George H. Earle is nominated minister to Bulgaria and David Gray minister to Ireland. Dorris Bowden marries Nunnally Johnson in Hollywood tied to The Grapes of Wrath adaptation. Obituaries note Fred W. Sargent Samuel M. Vauclain Cassius Dowell Mark Matthews Charles Deneen and W. H. Fawcett.
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Mississippi
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Herbert Mareshall
Edna Be
Na Wolff
Detroit
Charles S. Deneen
Illinois
W. H. Fawcett
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