Hull Threatens to Quit Cabinet Over Trade Pacts
Secretary of State Hull, addressing the National Farm Institute in Des Moines, denounced opponents of reciprocal trade agreements as spreading propaganda aimed at wrecking the policy. He warned farmers against aiding interests that would under embargo tariffs harm agriculture and the nation. Hull defended trade pacts as promoting trade, prosperity, and peace.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hull
Roosevelt
National Farm Institute
Peaace
Eden as Foreign Secretary Threatens Resignation Over Italy Deal
Anthony Eden reportedly ready to resign as foreign minister in a clash with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain over a potential deal with Italy. The dispute threatens to split the Conservative government as cabinet members convene in emergency sessions to weigh France, Rome, and Reichs agitation amid Hitler's Reichstag move.
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London
Anthony Eden
Italy
Neville Chamberlain
Hitler
Fuehrer
Eden
Chamberlain
Anthony Kden
Britain
League of Nations
Hitler Set to Address Reichstag Amid Expansion Doubts
Feb 19 AP report describes Adolf Hitler preparing a major Reichstag address to outline aims for expansion into the east and potentially new colonies or economic peace in the Danube region. Analysts weigh whether the Reich would seize control of German armament and the Krupp works, with details kept behind closed doors.
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Louis P. Lochner III
Adolf Hitler
Third Reich
Germany
Reichstag
Krolla
Osten
Gerg
Danubian
Ger
Europe
Nly
Fuehrer
Herrman Wilhelm Goer- 2
Joseph Paul Goebbels
Biy Joachim von Ribbennew
Reich
Poson
Czechoslovakia
Austria and Hungary
India Debates War Against British for Independence
In Haripura India the Congress party pins hopes on a battle for independence. Subhas Chandra Bose signals a campaign with Mohandas Gandhi to defy British rule while moderates resist open defiance amid Gandhi's frail health and failing compromise efforts.
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Haripura
India
Congress Party
Subhas Chandra Bose
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Bose
Gandhi
Austrian Jews Reassured They Need Not Fear Nazis
Kurt Schuschnigg told Jewish industrialists in Graz there would be no further changes in Austria's government and Jews could face the future with confidence. Hermann Goering and Adolf Hitler were tied to a cabinet shake up. reports warned of possible policy announcements at the Reichstag.
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
Danzig
Austria
A. D. Stefpferud
Chan- Kurt Schuschnigg
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Jhuschnigg
Hitler
Graz
Promiswastika
Linz
Inquart
Schuschnigg
Hermann Wilhelm Goerother
Aed
Ccan
Troy
Fatherland Front
Ausa
Reichstag
Prohibitionists Win First Round in Georgia Liquor Fight
Prohibitionists gained a temporary restraining order in Newton Georgia halting an upcoming Baker County election on the county option liquor law. The suit claims the law is unconstitutional and seeks to keep Georgia dry as a nationwide prohibition holdout. A March 12 hearing is scheduled in Sorlie, Ga.
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Georgia
Newton
Baker
Sorilie
Very Devilish Aerial Bombs Draw Naval Committee Fire
In Washington on February 19 the House Naval Committee discussed financing experiments with so called aerial mines. Vinson proposed using part of a 15 million dollar Navy fund for tests of a device by Laster P. Barlow who claims a bomber fleet three miles up could blanket a district like the District of Columbia in minutes. He asserts the mines would cripple battleships by taking out smaller auxiliary ships.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Vinson
D.-Ga
Navy
Roosevelt
Laster P. Barlow
Stamford
Barlow
Mexico
District of Columbia
Ex-Slave Peter McDow Burned To Death In Lancaster
Peter McDow an ex slave aged about 102 was burned to death in his cabin in the Liberty Hill section of Lancaster on February 19 current reports say his body was found after the blaze.
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Lancaster, 8. C
Peter McDow
Liberty Hill
Lawrence Leaves Charlotte for CIO Southern HQ
Roy R. Lawrence, administrator of the Textile Workers Organizing Committee TWOC, will depart for Atlanta to take temporary charge of the CIO Southern headquarters during Steve Nance's illness. In his absence, S. P. Brewer will run the Charlotte office as Carolinas administrator assistant.
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Charlotte
Roy R. Lawrence
Carolinas
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
Atlanta
Committee For Industrial Organization
Lawrence
Steve Nance
CIO
P. Brewer
TWOC
Would-Be Kidnapers Of Asheville Baby Sought
Two middle aged men attempted to kidnap a three month old girl in Asheville. The Fortunes, parents and paint and hardware manager Mr. Fortune, are not wealthy. A NC or SC car with black and yellow plates was involved. The maid Sarah Means described the doorbell visits and the escape after she moved the baby to safety. Police found a broken rear door, and investigators consider a possible narcotics link.
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Asheville
J. Fortune
Fortune
North Carolina
South Carolina
Sarah Means
Fortune Home
Floods and Winds Cause Dozens of Deaths Across South
Flood waters and strong winds kill at least a score and leave thousands homeless across Arkansas Alabama and Louisiana. The Red Cross shelters 3000 refugees along the Arkansas and White rivers as freezing weather worsens hardship. A tornado near Petrey Alabama kills a four year old girl and damages homes, while Rodessa Louisiana reports about a dozen dead and 100 homeless. Rehabilitation begins as search for victims continues.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Red Cross
White Rivers
Alabama
Montgomery
Lester Croken
Petrey
Fuller's Cross Roads
Louisiana
Rodessa
Japan-US trial balloon for antiwar pact draws 10000 in Tokyo
A Tokyo mass meeting endorses a Takeo Miki resolution urging closer Japan United States ties to promote world peace. The event termed a Japan-American friendship meeting draws 10000 supporters and spawns plans for similar gatherings in other cities to gauge public mood.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Takeo Miki
U S Plans Build High Power Super Dreadnaughts
The Navy outlines plans for new 36 000 ton super dreadnaughts with 16 inch guns and extended cruising ranges. Construction will use electric welding and the Kearsarge crane ship to speed assembly, with four to six years per ship and detailed phased design and testing through to initial trials.
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U. S
Navy Department
Japan
United States
Great Britain
France
North Carolina
Washington
Ital
Congress
Navy
Kearsarge
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Wash
Sirus
Panama Canal
New York
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Commerce Committee Calls For Reversal Of Centralization
A committee of the chamber of commerce of the United States urged reversing the current trend toward centralization of power in Washington. It warned that further centralization could lead to some form of totalitarian government and called for government simplification, merit-system extension, strict budgeting and accounting control, demobilization of emergency agencies, and dissolution of most government corporations.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Falk declines run against Winborne in Greensboro primary
Greensboro attorney Herbert B Falk says he will not seek the Democratic nomination against Utility Commissioner Stanley Winborne but will back any candidate who seeks to protect consumers. He cites stakes for his law practice and accuses Winborne of siding with power companies while criticizing prior rulings on merchant rate petitions.
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Greensporo
Stanley Winborne
Herbert &. Falk
Greensboro
Winborne
Falk
Winborn
North Carolina
One Billion for Housing Funds Authorized
Washington February 19 Stewart McDonald Federal Housing administrator signed a charter creating a national mortgage association with initial capital of 10 million dollars plus 1 million from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The R F C may add up to 40 million, aiming to marshal 50 million as base for 1 billion dollars of private funds for housing construction and financing. Mortgage associations may issue obligations up to twenty times paid-up capital to raise cash for loans and mortgages.
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Washington
Stewart McDonald
Federal Housing Administrator
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Housing Administration Sai
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