Netherlands protests German torpedoing of Burgerdijk liner
Hague reports say Dutch authorities will protest to Germany over the torpedoing of the 6,853 ton Burgerdijk on a New York Rotterdam run. Holland America Line confirms the ship was sunk after surrendering to British control and carrying wheat and other cargo bound for the Netherlands. German officials claim the vessel was contraband and within legal rights as a neutral ship headed to a British port.
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Hague
Wspaper de Telegraaf
Netherlands
Cor
Ger
Burgerdijk
England
New York
Rotterdam
Essels
Hollandica Line
RLIN
Mmander
Eutral
Atrabandhorized
High Athout
ORD Prom
Burkman
Germany
Rusere
Australian Troops Arrive Near Jerusalem Barriers
Australian and New Zealand forces move toward strategic locations near Jerusalem after a rapid transfer from Suez. About 30 000 troops were dispatched to the region with rail movements and a five hour journey reported for the first contingent reaching Palestine.
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Jerusalem
Usalem
Stralian
Stmne
New Zealand
Suez
Es.e
Ausus
Palestine
British Patrol Vessel Rescues Stricken Crew
Rear Admiral Sir Henry Harwood said the Wakama crew of ten officers and 36 men were picked up by a British patrol vessel after the German freighter was set afire off the Brazilian coast. The Wakama sank. the Hawkins did not fire on it, and a scouting plane first spotted the ship. Continued on Page Two.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Sir Henry Harwood
Associated Press
Sir Henry
South Atlantic
Hawkins
Shropshire
Dorsetshire
Brazil
Admiral Graft Spee
Montevideo
Attackers Of Aged Man Wife Hunted On Eastern Shore
Worcester County authorities and state police joined civilian posses in a broad manhunt for two Black men suspected of killing an elderly Stockton farmer and shooting his wife. About 200 men scoured woods near Girdle Tree after a sighting. Mrs. Harvey Pilchard, 57, remained hospitalized with shock, exposure, and back wounds.
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Snow Hill
Worcester County
Stockton
Girdle Tree
Salisbury
Harvey Pilchard
Pilchard
Naval Chief Expresses Fear Of General War
Navy Chief of Operations Admiral Harold R. Stark told a House subcommittee that the international scene likens to 1914 15 with a potential for general European war and destabilizing Far East factors. He argued the United States must maintain current funding for ships aircraft and training to safeguard national security.
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Washington
Navy High Command
Far East
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
House Appropriations
United States
Germany
Russia
Italy
Stark
Ditter
R-Pa
Beatification Decree Approved for Mother Duchesne
The Congregation of Rites met with Pope Pius present and approved a decree for the beatification of Mother Philippine Rose Duchesne who introduced the Society of the Sacred Heart to the New World in 1818.
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Vatican City
Congregation of Rites
Pope Pius
Philippine Rose Duchesne
Society of the Sacred Heart
New World
Oral Argument In Power Case Not Reached Today
RALEIGH February 13 Oral argument in the High Point power cases was not reached in the Supreme Court though attorneys for the city and for the power company and allies were on hand The two consolidated causes sit at the foot of a brief calendar and will likely be reached tomorrow
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Raleigh
High Point Power
Supreme Court
Power Company
British Sign For Turk Leaf Trade Boost
ISTANBUL Feb 13 AP British representatives reportedly concluded a contract to buy 4 million dollars worth of Turkish tobacco annually with potential for a large rise. The British ministry of supply also contracted for 5750 tons of dried raisins and figs. Aimed at winning Germany's trade, Britain announced a Turkish British trade agreement would take effect February 19 to increase commerce between the two nations under a mutual assistance pact.
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Istanbul
Ministry of Supply
Germany
Turkey
Britain
Hull Opposes Invoking U S Neutrality Act on Sino Japanese War
Secretary Hull voiced disapproval of a Senate resolution to invoke the Neutrality Act in the undeclared Sino Japanese war. Senate committee leaders indicated Hull’s view reflects State Department policy on Far Eastern conflict and the Finland Russia war, delaying action as debate continues. Roosevelt nominated Philip Fleming wage and hour administrator amid labor board funding concerns.
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Washington
Hull
States Department
Pittman
D-Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Finland
Russia
United States
Gallette
D-Iown
George
D-Ga
Mittee
Senate Banking Committee
Treasury
Barkley
Roosevelt
Col
Philip B. Fleming
House
Labor Board
Congress
Appropriations Committee Cuts Navy Budget and Guam Project
The House Appropriations Committee trimmed President Roosevelt's naval budget by 111.7 million dollars to 966.7 million and urged ships and cruisers be made superior to foreign rivals. It also proposed a 1 million dollar start on a Guam naval lookout project, offset by reductions in contract authorizations totaling over 128 million.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Appropriations Committee
Guam
Pacific
Congress
Japan
Navy
United States
Tammany Chief Implicated In Lepke Witness Case
William Solomon Tammany District Leader is indicted on bribery and extortion charges related to a $1500 payoff in a bakery strike settlement. Charles Mullens assistant state comptroller also indicted in printing contracts probe. Dewey prosecutors disclose two Burland Printing officers tied to personal income tax.
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New York
Tammany
William Solomon
Louis
Lepke
Burland Printing Company
Solomon
Mullens
Upper East Side
Max Rubin
France places police guard around Soviet embassy
Paris reports a special police watch was installed at the Soviet embassy in Paris over its supposed relations with the outlawed French Communist party. Russia says surveillance mirrors French practice in Moscow. A Soviet protest was rejected. The move follows a cooling of Franco Soviet ties after the Nazi Soviet pact.
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Paris
Foreign Ministry
Communist Party
Russia
Moscow
France
Communist Organization
Chamber of Deputies
Britain Warms Up To Welles Visit
London, Feb 13 AP The British government will welcome Undersecretary Sumner Welles as Roosevelt's emissary and take him into confidence to aid in forming an estimate of the present situation. Welles will visit Rome Berlin Paris and London to gather information for the President.
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London
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Welles
Rome
Berlin
Paris
Lana Turner and Artie Shaw Tie The Knot In Las Vegas
Lana Turner and bandleader Artie Shaw married early today in Las Vegas Nevada in a private elopement. Justice of the Peace George Marshall officiated after waking him at 4 am with the license issued by a deputy clerk. Turner, listed as Julia Jean Turner, and witnesses Walter Quinton and Danny Akers attended.
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Hollwood
Artie Shaw
Lana Turner
Las Vegas
Nev
George Marshall
Miss Turner
Wallace
Idaho
Julia Jean Turner
Walter Quinton
Hollywood
Danny Akers
Fourteen Missing From Swede Ship
Survivors of the Swedish steamer Orania 1 854 tons said at a British port that the vessel was torpedoed without warning in the North Sea on Sunday and sank in three minutes. A British warship rescued ten survivors and a lifeboat containing the captain his wife and 12 seamen is missing as life boats search.
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London
North Sea
Survivors Report Tegimo Sunk by German Submarine
Survivors of the British trawler Tegimo, 290 tons, landed on the southeastern coast of Ireland reporting the vessel was shelled and sunk by a German submarine.
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London
Ireland
Britain to expand air and naval patrols in war against mines
London reports Britain to boost air and sea patrols to counter German mine and bomb blockade. The admiralty recruits 10 000 fishermen for navy duty while the air force expands heavy plane procurement from neutral powers likely Italy. Six ships sunk this week and eight German submarine officers captured.
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London
Britain
Germany
Admiralty
United States
Italy
Royal Air Force
Japan Blames Britain For Sinking Of Terukuni Maru
Tokyo lawmakers clash in budget committee over the sinking of the Terukuni Maru last November. Ryo Koyama accuses Britain, citing alleged mine cause and British admiralty route. War costs rise as army plans a seven year program totaling over 2.5 billion dollars.
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Tokyo
Ryo Koyama
Great Britain
Koyama
Shunroku Hata
Ryozo Makino
The
Seiyukai
Finnish High Command Reports Successes In Karelia Isthmus
Helsinki Feb 13 AP The Finnish high command says forces repulsed day long Russian attacks on the Karelian Isthmus and carried out several counter attacks. They claim to have destroyed most of an enemy column of 100 sledges near Pitkaranta Islands and repulsed fights northeast of Lake Ladoga and in the Kuhmo area as Russian forces push west toward Raate.
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Helsinki
Karelian
Pitkaranta Islands
Lake Ladoga
Kuhmo
Raate
Suomussalmi
Finland
Summa
Soviet Claims More Captures on Karelian Isthmus
Moscow reports the Soviet high command has captured 61 defensive fortifications on the Karelian Isthmus including 12 iron and concrete forts. Seizures include 230 machine guns and 82 guns with weather delaying heavy aviation activity. A German-Soviet trade pact is noted with expected yearly commerce surpassing any postwar period.
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Moscow
Russia
Karelian
Mannerheim
Germany
Tass
British reconnaissance planes fly over Reich
Paris Feb 13 report says British reconnaissance planes flew over northwest Germany and were attacked by German pursuit ships but all returned to bases in France. Limited reconnaissance over the Western front from both sides occurred as intense cold limited land actions and only a few patrols returned without incident.
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Paris
Germany
France
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Mildred Schroeder
Elkton
Lyman Duff
the Court
Can
Smith
Rman
Wasthin
Sulletin
Europe
U. S
Nevada
Makino
Minseito
China
Thomas F. Hawkins
Reich
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