Congress hears condemnation of German American Bund meeting
Rep Martin denounced the Madison Square Garden German American Bund gathering as a traitorous act. He called attendees aliens and minions of dictators, praising democracy and warning Nazi influence rivals to Washington. The scene occurred as the House paused on a naval air base bill.
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Washington
Naval Air Base
New York
United States
Rep
Martin
D-Cole
Madison Square Garden
George Washington
America
Hitler
Isadore Greenbaum
Bronx
Fritz Kuhn
NEA
Radio reports torpedoing of a ship PECC 200 miles south of CHATHAM
CHATHAM Mass February 22 AP The Radio Marine corporation reports receipt of a message from the 8S 8S salsa describing the torpedoing of a ship called PECC about 200 miles south of the ores the vessel was sinking Radio officials noted PECC were the distress call letters but the ship was not identified The message said SOS from PECC not listed has been torpedoed by an own submarine The position given was 32 10 north 37 45 west
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Mass
Radio Marine
PECC
Ores
Ssel
Tulsa Io
North
Obituary Notice: Osborn Found Dead in Park Avenue Apartment
New York on February 22 report that Osborn, 35, a Wall Street figure and bridge writer, was found dead from gas poisoning in his Park Avenue area apartment. Police indicated a note was left for his wife Florence, a bridge writer, who was out of town.
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New York
Osborn
Wall Street
Bridge Rt
Park Ave
Florence
Senate approves $1.898 billion for federal agencies
In Washington on February 22 the senate passed a 1.898 billion appropriation bill funding about 40 federal agencies, including TVA support, and sent it to the house for concurrence. The House had refused 17 million for Neece construction on TVA projects. Senate money was added after a sharp floor battle, administration leaders predicting House reversal to back the broader program.
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Ashington
Senate
TVA
House
Tennessee Valley
France to Recognize Spanish Government Next Saturday
ARIS reports the French government plans to recognize the Spanish nationalist regime as the lawful government of Spain on the coming Saturday. Senator Leon Berard, en route from St. Jean de Luz to Burgos, said the action would be officially possible and that contact between representatives of the two governments could take place.
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Aris
France
Spain
Nator Leon Berard
St. Jean-De-Luz Burgos
Citations
Chamberlain outlines appeasement policy in Britain
In Lackburn England on February 22 Prime Minister Chamberlain announced a new policy of "peace through strength" and trade while praising Germany. He cited Shakespeare's King John, saying that "nought shall make us rue if England to itself be true," stressing three pillars of his approach.
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Lackburn
Eng
Chambern
Germany
Kespeare
John
England
Change Would Call Dixie RR’s Freight Rates
Southern freight expert Joseph G. Kerr of the Southern Freight Association told the Interstate Commerce Commission that pending bills to fix freight rates between the North and South would strain Southern railroads. He said northbound rates are higher and that the proposed bills lack shipper support, calling the "southern governors" case a limited commodities matter before the ICC.
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Ashington
Uthern
E Witness
Joseph G. Kerrof Nta
Ithern Freight Association
Mason Dixon Line
Kerr
Congress
Interstate Commerce
WPA Jobs for Aliens Debate in Congress
Representative Taber of New York urged the House that if the government stopped giving jobs to aliens it would be forced to provide for more needy citizens. The exchange occurred during a session in Washington on February 22.
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Ashington
Indiana House Approves Town Old Age Pension Plan
In Indianapolis on February 22 the Indiana House of Representatives passed a resolution backing a town old age pension plan by an overwhelming voice vote.
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Ndianapolis
Indiana
Se of Representatives
New Bern Man Killed in Crash Underpass Tragedy
William B. Blades 43 of New Bern died when his car crashed head on into an underpass abutment near Durham. Passenger Miss Jane Montgomery 25 of Durham suffered multiple injuries while E F Williams 49 of New Bern and Miss Eula M Lincoln 25 of Raleigh escaped with minor injuries.
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Durham
William B. Blades
New Bern
Blades
Jane Montgomery
E. F. Williams
Eula M. Lincoln
Raleigh
Government and Business Cooperation Urged in Assembly
Governor Hoey in a joint General Assembly session urged harmony between government and business and cautioned against tax increases. He defended the eight year budget rise as fiscally prudent and warned against expanding public service without funds. He said tax policy should not undergo major changes now and predicted a balanced budget upon adjournment.
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Charlotte
Hoey
General Assembly
Nazis Would Sell Planes To Any One Even France
Senate Military Committee heard confidential testimony that German officials offered to sell the latest Nazi planes to any country including France. Major General H. H. Arnold warned the U S would be vulnerable only if Germany established South American airbases and supplies. Mason noted hypothetical orders for 500 planes could trigger rapid German production and a French air deficit in the early days of war.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
France
G. Grant Mason, Jr
Civil Aeronautics Authority
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Germany
United States
South America
Arnold
Mason
Bridges
R-Nh
Messersmith
Shanghai Opium Resorts Raided in Japanese–Occupied Territory
Eight hundred police and soldiers including 100 Japanese arrested nearly 200 suspects in raids on opium and gambling dens in the Japanese occupied Shanghai area. A policeman and a sergeant were killed during the raid as gunmen struck at settlements from the occupied region. The death of Marquis Li intensified Japanese protest over local terror activities.
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Shanghai
International Settlement
Marquis Li
Domei
Nanking
Wang Tze-Hui
Soviet Russia Marks 21st Birthday of Red Army and Navy
Moscow notes the 21st anniversary of the Red army and navy with emphasis on readiness and striking power. It cites Lenin and Stalin for transforming 1918 forces into a formidable modern armed might, declaring Russia the world’s strongest military.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Red Army
Lenin
Stalin
Russia
Eight Hundred Jewish Refugees Arrive in Shanghai
Eight hundred Jewish refugees arrived from Germany today raising Shanghai's total to over three thousand. Most lacked funds for self support but hoped to find jobs.
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Shanghai
Germany
Mussolini Reaffirms Italian Legionnaires For Final Victory
Mussolini told Francisco Franco that Italian troops remain at the Spanish leader's disposal until final victory. Franco praised the Italian legions marching in Barcelona after the Catalonia campaign climax.
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Rome
Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Franco
Catalonia
Barcelona
Italy
Spain
Virginio Gayda
Germans Rig Up Balloon Defense Around Reich Cities
Berlin reports that hundreds of balloons on cable defenses crown the Reichs cities and industrial centers. A new blockade division trains to inflate and deploy balloons within minutes when alarm sounds. Major Hildebrandt notes balloons at varying altitudes up to 32 000 feet to complicate enemy aircraft.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Berlin
Reich
Hildebrandt
Lokalanzeiger
Bad Saarow
Bern
Propaganda Threat To American Peace
Dr. Edmund E. Day president of Cornell University warned that propaganda and events from the European conflict threaten American democracy more than armed attacks. He cited dictatorships imperial expansion and propaganda as dual dangers that could draw the United States into a broader war. David Lawrence received the chancellor's medal for achievement at the University of Buffalo mid term commencement.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Edmund E. Day
Cornell University
Day
University of Buffalo
David Lawrence
Cornell
Pacific
United States
Washington Introduced Single Bill
LITITZ Pa February 22 Alfred C Alspach 26 a Pennsylvania legislator says George Washington as a Virginia legislator introduced only one bill to keep hogs from running loose in Winchester Virginia Alspach told a service club he was surprised to learn Washington spent much time at the theatre and playing cards He made no speeches and introduced no bills except one but he aroused the respect of his colleagues.
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Lititz
Alfred C. Alspach
Pennsylvania
George Washington
Virginia
Winchester
Alspach
Washington
Houston Awaits Attack On U S From Fleet Problem 20
The Cruiser Houston, Roosevelt’s review ship, is four days from Key West in the South Atlantic near the fleet problem zone. It nears battleships and air power as a potential attack on the United States looms. Capt Callaghan notes the exercise covers more than canal defense and spans from mid South Atlantic to northern South America with no exact position given. Weather remains excellent near the Houston as operations begin.
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Hitler
America
United States
Berlin
Washington
Miami
Fla
Houston
Roosevelt
Key West
South Atlantic
White House
Panama Canal
South Atlantic Seaboard
South America
U. S. S. Houston
Submarines Ground In Isle of Wight Gale
Two two million dollar submarines the Sunfish and Sterlet ran aground in Sandown bay Isle of Wight during a gale. One submarine refloated and moved to base under its own power while other war ships stood by to assist in refloating the second craft.
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London
Sunfish
Sterlet
Sandown Bay
Isle of Wight
Hanford Fails In Effort To Escape Jail
Hillsboro February 22 AP Sheriff Latta disclosed Ralph Hanford of Alamance attempted to break for freedom from Orange county jail last night. Hanford struck jailer W R Roberts with a bottle and three prisoners attacked him. two escaped, one recaptured. Other escapees were Ralph Lockemy awaiting breaking and entering charges and Leroy Warren of Wake Forest on assault charges.
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Hillsboro
T. Latta
Ralph Hanford
Alamance County
Orange County
Hanford
Burlington
W. R. Roberts
Latta
Roberts
Ralph Lockemy
Leroy Warren
Wake Forest
Lockemy
Warren
Balkan Entente Sees Eye to Eye in Open Communique
Yugoslavia Romania Turkey and Greece through their foreign ministers issued a communique at the Balkan Entente council declaring identical views on regional issues. They expressed solidarity except for Bulgaria’s territorial revision aims and said the entente is open to Bulgarian cooperation on equal terms and border inviolability.
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Bucharest
Yugoslavia
Romania
Turkey
Greece
Balkan
Bulgaria
Turkey Recognizes Franco Regime as Spain's Government
The nationalist foreign office announced Turkey recognizes Generalissimo Francisco Franco's regime as the legitimate government of Spain.
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Turkey
Franco Burgos
Spain
Foreign Office Today
Francisco Franco
Britain weighs recognizing Franco as war threat grows
Britain debated un conditional recognition of Franco's Spanish regime as two days of Commons defense talks signaled plans for rapid rearmament. Prime Minister Chamberlain sought guarantees on foreign troops and clemency for republicans while preparing a Blackburn speech on unemployment and refugees. The House approved doubled defense borrowing to 800 million pounds.
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London
Francisco Franco
Spain
Africa
Earl of Perth
Dino Grandi
Rome
Great Britain
France
Britain
House of Commons
Burgos
Chamberlain
Franco
Blackburn
W.S. Morrison
Troops Readied as Tension Mounts in North Africa
Paris reports say French troops across the Tunisia protectorate were ordered to stay in barracks amid unconfirmed accounts of a clash with Italian forces on the Tunisia Libya border. General Nogues convened a staff meeting to consider reinforcing Tunisia from Algeria and Morocco.
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Paris
Tunis
Tunisia Protectorate
Tunisia-Libya
Algiers
Tuisia
August Nogues
North
Africa
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Badoglio
Mrshale
Pietro Badoglio
Libya
France
Italy
Dodge denies oath on campaign funds in Hines case
In a packed New York courtroom former District Attorney William C. Dodge denied telling his treasurer he was elected with gangster funds. He acknowledged knowledge of substantial contributions from James J. Hines but claimed he did not know the money was gangster funds as Dewey presented grand jury testimony linking $306000 to the Dodge campaign. The state asserts Hines acted as a fixer for the Schultz gang to aid Dodge’s election.
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New York
William C. Dodge
James J. Hines
Tammany
Dodge
Hines
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Dutch Schultz
Senate Finance Committee OKs Tax on Federal Pay
The Senate Finance Committee approved 14 to 8 a bill to tax state and federal salaries. It advances President Roosevelt’s reciprocal taxation plan and would empower the federal government to tax incomes of state and local workers while allowing states to tax federal employees. It would waive back federal claims against state and local employees.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Roosevelt
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