Labor board powers revealed in RFC loan restraints
J Warren Mad chairman disclosed an agreement between the RFC and labor board to withhold loan disbursements if employers face NAtional Labor Relations Act complaints. The arrangement involved a list of loans to business enterprises and railroads with action deferred until board rulings or court actions clarify unfair labor practices.
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House approves two year fleet expansion plan
The House Naval Committee unanimously approved a two year fleet expansion program totaling 1.000.000. The measure follows earlier cuts by another House committee. President Roosevelt backs the original 1.3 billion expansion to allow better planning and deterrence. Congressman Vinson says the plan enables building more facilities and ships.
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Navalittee
Roosevelt
Irman Vinson
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations
Japan
Man Pittman
D-New
The Biggest Sports of All Today
Twelve intimate profiles highlight the men who built and shaped the nation’s favorite sports. A sport feature with focused portraits, tracing careers, rivalries, and enduring legacies across disciplines.
Reich Ejects 700 More Jews
Berlin reports mass removal of around seven hundred Jews from Stettin on six and a half hours notice. All Jews except the sick and aged must leave by 2 a.m. Elites and SS units inventory homes and urge final hot meals, with only a few necessities allowed. Prior transport to an undetermined destination, likely Poland.
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Stettin
Poland
Baltic
Rough Weather Plagues Carolinas and Virginia Coast
The weather bureau warned gale force winds across parts of New England and the Virginia North Carolina seaboard. Storm warnings were issued from Delaware breakwater to Virginia capes and extended to Hatteras with northeast storm warnings north of Boston to Eastport. The storm centered over western Virginia at 4 30 a m moving east or northeast will bring strong winds today.
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Virginia-North Carolina
Delaware
Virginia Capes
Hatteras
Boston
Eastport
Virginia
Britain Grants Formal Permit for Citizens to Volunteer
Britain formally allows its citizens to enlist in the Finnish forces against the Soviet Union. Osbert Peake announced in the House of Commons that licenses will permit volunteering and a London recruitment group is authorized. Thousands are offering service and a 500 strong trained unit is being prepared.
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Russia
Ivan Maisky
Osbert Peake
House of Commons
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League of Nations
Lect Meettonea
London
D. N. Pitt
Home Secretary
Pitt
Law Officers of the Crown
Snowstorm Paralyzes Pittsburgh and Surrounding Regions
A historic blizzard blankets western Pennsylvania and nearby areas. Fifteen inches of snow cover downtown Pittsburgh by 10 a.m. as transit shuts down and flights are grounded. In West Virginia's Northern Panhandle, about 22 inches fall near the Pittsburgh area, with western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio also hit.
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Panhandle
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
American ships touching ally ports face German sub risk
Berlin declares any American vessel that calls at a British port like Gibraltar is legally a legitimate target for German submarines. The Burgerdijk, en route from New York to Rotterdam, was sunk off Bishop's Rock amid Dutch anger, with Germany defending the act as lawful since the ship planned to touch an English port before heading to Holland.
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Burgerdijk
England
Holland
Japanese Proclamation Calls on Chiang Kai-Shek to Surrender
Hongkong February 14 The Japanese South China command declares China’s new East Asia order and urges Chiang Kai-Shek to surrender. It says resistance is useless and notes supply routes to Chungking are cut as Wang Ching-Wei moves to form a rival central government with Tokyo.
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China
East Asia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
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Wang Ching-Wei
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Tokyo
Sinking of 10191 Ton Ship Revealed
London report confirms the British tanker Gretafield of 10191 tons sank off Scotland after bursting into flames. Twenty eight crew were rescued by trawlers while thirteen remained missing. Home port listed as Newcastle.
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Greeafield
Scotland
Gretafield
Newcastle
Brooklyn Scooter Woman Found Dead in Shabby Home
Josephine Claudius a 64 year old retired Brooklyn schoolteacher famed for riding a $15 scooter spoke to police about local youths. She was found dead Monday in a cluttered room of old newspapers and rags with a note naming relatives in Asheville North Carolina.
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Josephine Claudius
Supreme Court
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Margaret Claudius
Durch Avenue
Asheville
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Batte Re-elected President of Charlotte Advertising Club
P. H. Batte of the Charlotte Observer has been re elected president of the Charlotte Advertising Club at the Feb 14 meeting.
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Charlotte Advertising Club
Religious Emphasis Week Seen at Duke University
Durham February 14 religious emphasis week to be observed at Duke University from February 18 to 24 as part of campus religious activities.
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Duke University
British Mine Laying Scene Off English Shores
A dramatic North Sea photograph shows British mineslayers casting explosives and deploying a floating rampart off the English coast. In the foreground a German mine lies beached while another mine caused a Dutch coastal vessel to sink, its hulks visible in the background.
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Italy Fears Near East War Moves
Rome reports growing Italian concern over Allied Near East missions and reinforcement by Australian and New Zealand troops. The defense council meets for a seventh day as press commentary questions Weygand’s defensive claim and cites 570000 Allied troops in the region.
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Near East
Italy
Supreme Defense Council
Charlotte Nears Food Stamp Plan Expansion
Washington reports officials expect Charlotte North Carolina to become the next city to receive the Agriculture Department surplus food stamp plan. Discussions with public officials and business leaders have been positive and an official announcement could come within the week.
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Charlotte
N. C
Agriculture Department
Farrell and Wills Heard on Photogs Program
Raleigh February 14 The North Carolina Photographers Association elected officers today and heard talks by Charles Farrell of Greensboro and Harry B Wills of Rochester Members heard E P Coffey chief of the FBI laboratory describe yesterday the use of pictures in crime detection and fingerprint copying processes.
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North Carolina Photographers Association
Charles Farrell
Greensboro
Hary B. Wills
Rochester
E. P. Coffey
Doctors Hear Spies at Regional Conference
Dr. Tom Spies, professor of medicine and director of research nutrition at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, spoke at a regional graduate course conference of doctors in Charlotte last night.
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Charlotte
Tom Spies
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
German note says neutrality zone can work only with Allied shift
Berlin reports the German government claims the Pan American neutrality safety zone can succeed only if Britain and France fundamentally revise their stance. Britain France and Panama discuss the zone after the Graf Spee engagement near Uruguay. Germany calls the American note unfounded and reiterates current legal rules apply to the waters.
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Finland Says Mannerheim Line Falls In Isthmus Battle
Helsinki reports “a few foremost positions” of the Mannerheim Line have fallen to the Red Army on the Karelian Isthmus after a 14 day battle. Russian tanks and dozens of planes were countered. Finnish defense guns sunk several tanks on ice of the Gulf of Finland.
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Finland
Mannerheim Line
Karelian
Verdun
Hoever
Lake Ladoga
Reuters
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Red Army
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Kuhmo
Gulf of Finland
Kirby Considers Run for State Insurance Commissioner
Raleigh Feb 14 Pharmacist Kenneth A Kirby of the State Highway and Public Works Commission may enter the race for state insurance commissioner on the Democratic ticket He would oppose incumbent Dan Boney Kirby said insurance men in Charlotte recently urged him to offer and he plans further study.
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Kenneth A. Kirby
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Dan Boney
Charlotte
Kirby
Churchill Reveals Air Power Keeps British Blockade At Bay
In the House of Commons Winston Churchill says Germany's shore based aircraft prevent a close blockade off the German coast. He vows greater protection for British trawlers and fishing boats as German attacks rise.
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