Mannerheim Appeals to Finns as Red Army Presses
Field Marshal Mannerheim rallied Finland with a bold appeal to defend the new lines and endure further Red Army thrusts. He said aid is coming and urged mobilization of reserves and artillery to hold the defensive positions along the Karelian Isthmus. Bombs and air raids continued as Finnish forces prepared for further defense.
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Thomas F. Hawkins Elsinks
A Mannerheim
Mannheim Line
Red Army
Mannerheim
Finland
Karelian
Mannerheim Line
Key
Picketing Clashes With San Diego Patrolman Over Jaywalking
In San Diego on February 17 an irate woman picketed Patrolman Claude L. Pickering for two hours after being arrested for jaywalking. She posted $1 bail and returned to the scene, yelling warnings to shoppers. Crowds watched as she pressed the protest, while the officer stood firm.
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San Diego
Calif
Atrolman
Claude L. Pickering
Picker
Britons Welcome Rescued Sailors After Altmark Raid
A British destroyer Cossack brought 300 sailors from the Nazi prison ship Altmark to safety in a daring raid off Norway. Five Germans killed and five wounded. tanker Baldur scuttled by its crew. Norway protested Britain’s seizure, while Britain countered with protests over missed prisoner release prior to the action.
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Drake
Nelson
H. M. 8S
Cossack
Graf Spee
Foreign Office
Norway
Britain
Lexington Bar Veteran Walser Dies at 76
Zeb Vance Walser Sr. fifty six years a Republican leader and former state attorney general, speaker of the house, and supreme court reporter, died at his Lexington home after 18 months bedridden. He served as representative in 1888 and 1896, speaker in 1895, attorney general in 1896, and supreme court reporter 1900 to 1905.
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Lexingto
Zeb Vance Walser, Sr
House
Supreme Court
Walser
Jane
U. S. House
Seventh Congressional District
Roosevelt third term win sparks July 15 convention date
Ohio delegates pledge support if Roosevelt seeks renomination. Wheeler declines primaries with Roosevelt on ballot. Farley sets July 15 Democratic National Convention date in Chicago. Taft declines Wisconsin primary. Wheeler says he will not join Stop Roosevelt movement to avoid splitting liberal forces.
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Associated Press
Ames A. Farley
Chicago
Wheeler
Presii Roosevelt
Ohio
Democratic Organiza
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Washington
James A. Farley
Philadelphia
Miami
Fla
John Hamilton
White House
Democratic Central and Executive Committee
Nazis Waxing Indignant Over Swinish Act
Berlin reports say Nazi press condemns Britain over the Altmark affair with threats of retaliation. Adolf Hitler’s Volkischer Beobachter calls the attack a new wartime policy shock while Berin papers vow expiation and note Germany protests to Norway demanding reparations and the release of British seamen.
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Berlin
Altmark
Glessingfjord
Adolf Hitler
Volkischer Beobachter
England
Greater Germany
Britain Calls For 24 Year Old Men Registration
Britain orders the registration of men aged 24 and those who reached 20 since January 1 for March 9, three weeks earlier than expected. The day also saw 23-year olds being registered, signaling faster mobilization. Each registration adds about 250,000 men to the army rolls. All men up to 28 are liable under the royal proclamation.
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London
Roosevelt to Inspect Panama Canal Defenses
President Roosevelt announced an inspection of Atlantic side defenses at the Panama Canal upon arrival in the Canal Zone aboard the Tuscaloosa. Brig. Gen. Watson said he will confer with Gen. Van Voorhis and other authorities as plans for new locks and defense garrison were discussed. The fleet sailed from Pensacola toward Panama with smooth seas and clear skies. a tanker briefly disrupted formation.
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President
America
U. S. Navy
Lang
President Roosevelt
Pensacola
Fla., Navy Yard
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Canal Zone
Panama Canal
Edwin M. Watson
van Voorhis
Watson
Pacific
Tuscaloosa
Jouett
Caribbean
Nicaragua
Fla
Panama
Cape San Antonio
Cuba
Jouett and
Reds Narrow Lead Near Viipuri Four Miles Away
Moscow reports Soviet forces captured a station four miles southeast of Viipuri and occupied Omola amid pursing enemy along the Karelian Isthmus. The communique says enemy retreated toward Viipuri, villages burned, Soviet aviation targeted troops and targets.
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Reds
Viipuri
Moscow
Big City
Saimo
Omola
Lake Muola
Karhula
Summa
Narja
Maurila
Red Army
Karelian
Sainia
Samma
Bar on Ailsa Sunk in North Sea Mining Incident
The British steamer Baron Ailsa, 3,656 tons, mined and sunk in the North Sea. Thirty-two survivors were rescued by a naval craft, captain reporting to port. one crewman died from exposure.
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London
North Sea
Leafmen Back Three Year Tobacco Control Plan
A Raleigh meeting of bankers and tobacco men from six states unanimously endorsed a plan to extend tobacco control for three years. They urged Congress to amend the control act to permit a growers referendum in July on continuing control through 1943 and pressed for quotas linked to profitable prices, while seeking flexibility to reduce a farmer’s crop without harming his 1941 quota.
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Raleigh
Tobacco Warehouse Associations
Congress
AAA
North Carolina May Increase School Funding Says Official
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald of the University of North Carolina predicts NC will raise public school appropriations. Speaking at the North Central district EA meeting he cautioned against claims the state has reached its limit and suggested various potential sources of revenue. Also speaking were Prof. G B Phillips Dr Roy Morrison and others from UNC Duke and the state education department.
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Raleigh
Ralph W. McDonald
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
North Central
North Carolina Education Association
McDonald
G. B. Phillips
Roy Morrison
A. M. Proctor
Duke University
James E. Hillman
State Department of Public Instruction
Caveman Patrick Bradley Dies in New Mexico Fire
In New Mexico on February 17 73 year old Patrick Bradley who had lived in a rock cave for 15 years died in a house fire that destroyed his temporary home after he moved to town during cold weather.
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Caveman
Fire Boy
N. M
Patrick Bradley
British Take 275 Captured Seamen From Nazi Altmark
Oslo reports British destroyer Cossack freed 275 British seamen from the German prison ship Altmark in Gjessingfjord Norway. Norway protests breach of neutrality while Britain claims full authority to enter neutral waters. Premier Nygaard avald lodged formal protest seeking return of sailors and compensation.
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Berlin
Bersen Zeitung
Lokal Anzeiger
Essener National Zeitung
Hermann Goering
England
Germany
Altmark
Norway
Britain
Oslo
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Great Britain
Cossack
Gressingfjord
Gjessingfjord
Stavanger
London
Legation
Johan Nygaardavald
Scandinavia
Sean
Flash Blizzard Strands Texas Panhandle Travel and Aid
A severe blizzard traps travelers in the southern Texas panhandle near Tahoka and Lubbock. Army trucks deliver medicines blankets and food to at least 20 marooned people as 700 cars remain stuck. School children were rescued after three buses encountered 45 mph winds. Highways are barricaded with 180 pieces of equipment aiding cleanup while broadcasters urge motorists to stay off the roads.
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Lubbock
Tex
Texas Panhandle
Tahoka
Tohoka
Matador
Great Ranges
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Ralph Heman
Cincinnati
Ield Marshal Annerheim Akes Appeal
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J. C. Stark
Tee
Lexington Bar
Zeb V. Walser
Heeler
Arley
Senator Wheeler
Montana
Louis P. Lochner
Mr. Roosevelt
Ralph McDonald
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