Mexico rejects barter deal for German planes
United States Ambassador Josephus Daniels said Mexico declined a proposal to trade 17 German planes for Mexican oil. He indicated he had registered objections after learning of the planned barter. Since Mexico expropriated oil properties of 17 American and British companies last March, Germany has become a key market for Mexican petroleum exports.
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Mexico City
United States
Josephus Daniels
Daniels
Mexico
Germany
North Carolina Firm Banned From Underpaying Workers
The wage hour administration announced a consent decree signed by Federal Judge I M Meekins at Elizabeth City North Carolina. The Central Weaving and Spinning Company of Fayetteville is permanently enjoined from paying less than 25 cents an hour minimum wage under the fair labor standards act.
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Washington
North Carolina
I. M. Meekins
Elizabeth City
N. C
Central Weaving and Spinning Company of
Fayetteville
Navy hydrographer cites stray mine possibly sinking ship
Captain G. H. Bryan the Navy's chief hydrographer said today a floating mine may have sunk the unidentified vessel that yesterday reported it had been torpedoed in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Washington
G. 8. Bryan
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
House Rejects Guam Seaplane Outpost in Navy Bill
The House tentatively struck the 5 million Guam seaplane outpost item from the 53.8 million naval air base bill by a 193 to 164 teller vote after three days of debate. A possible reversal remained under procedural rules as leaders fought to block the bid.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Guam
Rep
Sutphin
D-Nj
Unnamed vessel search abandoned off Chatham
Organized search was halted today for the unnamed ship that sent a sudden SOS yesterday claiming a torpedo strike near the Azores. The cloudy incident appears to become another mystery of the sea.
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Chatham
Mass
Azores
PENSION PLANS CONDEMNED BY ECONOMISTS AT HEARING
The Brookings Institution president Dr Harold G Moulton and economist Willford I King denounced visionary pension schemes they called out of thin air They told the House Ways and Means Committee such plans would require vast yearly outlays and claimed they would be financed as if by magic claiming the public would shoulder costs not paid by taxes.
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Washington
Brookings Institution
House
Ways and Means
Harold G. Moulton
North Carolina Absentee Voting Bill Clears Committee
The house elections committee voted to report favorably to the floor a bill to abolish absentee voting in primaries and tighten rules for general elections. The measure, called a compromise, limits ballot requests to 30 days before an election and places ballot handling under county chairmen with strict deadlines.
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Raleigh
House Elections Committee
Pickens
Guilford
Kerr
Warren le
Kimzey
Transylvania
Turlington
Iredell
Taylor
Wayne
McBryde
Cumberland
Marshall
Stokes
Page
Bladen
Rogers
Polk
Vogler
Mecklenburg
Mulls
Representative Mull
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Defense Trio in U S Spy Trial
A Russian couple Mikhail Gorin and Natasha Gorin and Hafis Salihh defend themselves in a Los Angeles court against charges they stole U S naval secrets on Japan to aid Soviet military plans. Gorin allegedly employed Salich to obtain the secrets while stationed at San Diego.
Immunization Bill Passes 2nd Reading
The North Carolina Senate advanced a diphtheria immunization measure to second reading with a faith healing exemption added by Gold and Price. The House backed a stricter elections regulation compromise while budget and tax proposals, highway zoning, and penalties for seized illicit liquor were debated across committees and sessions.
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Raleigh
Senate
Gold of
Guilford
Price of
Rockingham
County Health Boards
Lepark
Gaston
House
Elections Committee
Highway Commission
Boards of County Commissioners
Joint Finance Committee
Advisory Budget Commission
Umstead
Orange
Cogburn
Corcoran Improves After Appendix Operation
Thomas G. Corcoran personal adviser to President Roosevelt is reported improving at Emergency hospital. He is recuperating from an appendix operation performed in Baltimore earlier this month, a hospital official said.
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Washington
Bankhead
Roosevelt
Congress
McNary
Oregon
Senate
Corcoran
Thomas G. Corcoran
Baltimore
Fate Of Torpedoed Ship Veiled In Silence Today
Chatham Massachusetts February 23 The mystery ship that torpedoed and sank while sending an SOS 360 miles south of the Azores remains unidentified amid mixed reports. Empress of Australia found no wreckage while Peden's status was uncertain and Anglo-Saxon Petroleum urged no concern. Shipping officials weigh clues including international call signs and a possible Pec ten link while Azores observations note two submarines nearby.
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Chatham
Mass
Azores
Continents
Radio Marine Corporation
PECC
Empress of Australia
Portishead
England
Associated Press
Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company
Trinidad
Southampton
Horta
Fayal Island
Seek Large Appropriation for Flood Control Work
Thirty six representatives from 22 states organized to secure a 195 million dollar flood control appropriation. They adopted a resolution urging full funding as recommended by army engineers, opposing the budget bureau's proposed 85 million dollar reduction.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Budget Bureau
Chamberlain May Mediate Controversy
Italian papers report hints that Britain’s Prime Minister Chamberlain may mediate Italy’s claims on French colonial concessions. Il Popolo Di Roma notes a plan to settle Italy’s unofficial territorial desires while Il Resto Del Carlino lists fascist obstacles to mediation and questions Chamberlain’s independence. Further talks between Lord Perth and Count Ciano are expected after Warsaw.
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Rome
Chamberlain
Il Popolo di Roma
London
Italy
Il Resto del Carlino
Bologna
Hitler
Germany
France
Paris
Lord Perth
Count Ciano
Warsaw
Naval clash in Atlantic with fleets under Roosevelt watch
South Atlantic sees brisk naval engagements as the Black and White fleets maneuver near the West Indies. President Roosevelt aboard the Houston and Admiral Bloch aboard the Pennsylvania observe operations as light forces clash and scout, with a Washington’s birthday salute fired at noon.
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D. Harold Oliver Miami
Fla
South Atlantic
Roosevelt
Houston
C. C. Bloch
U.S
Pennsylvania
West Indies
White House
U. S
Washington
Atlantic Ocean
Injunction Issued Against Central Weaving and Spinning Co
Federal Judge J M Meekins signed a permanent injunction restraining the Central Weaving and Spinning Company of Fayetteville from its current operations. The Wage and Hour Administration filed the suit, with consent of both sides, pending a Supreme Court decision in a related Faindatt case in the third circuit.
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Elizabeth City
J. M. Meekins
Federal District Court
Central Weaving and Spinning Company of
Fayetteville
Wage and Hour Administration
United States Supreme Court
Faindatt
Third United States Circuit
Roll Call Forced on Guam Naval Project Vote
Lawmakers pressed for a roll call to show strength for the admin proposal of a 5 million dollar naval development on Guam as debate over expanding the army air corps gains momentum. Senate committees backed larger air force spending and Panama Canal defenses while opposition grows in the House.
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Guam
Washington
House
Pacific Isle of
Vinson
Naval Committees
Wallace
Senate Agriculture Committee
Oce
House Labor Committee
Civilian Conservation Corps
James McEntee
CCC
Congress
Army Air Corps
Senate
Sheppard
D., Tex
Woodring
Army
War Department
May
House Military Committee
Air Corps
Panama Canal
Wallace outlines plans to tackle cotton surplus
Sec Wallace presents three options to reduce U S cotton stockpiles and boost exports during Senate Agriculture Committee hearings. He defends the farm program as sound but warns against ignoring shrinking exports and piling loans. He cites continuing loans, raising growers’ incomes, or fixing a high domestic price to move surplus abroad. He notes growers’ vote to keep the current loan program.
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Washington
Wallace
Senate Agriculture Committee
Administration
Magistrate Defends Son in Post Office Robbery Case
Beckley West Virginia February 23 A U S commissioner heard magistrate C H Workman defend his arrested son Charles H Workman Jr and Quinton Maynor son of the Clear Creek postmaster in a federal burglary case The elder Workman said Maynor was responsible and testified Maynor had previously robbed the post office of 76 dollars Both youths were held in federal bonds 500 for Workman and 1000 for Maynor awaiting grand jury action.
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Beckley
W. Va
C. H. Workman
U. S
Charles H. Workman, Jr
Quinton Maynor
Lee Maynor
Clear Creek
Workman
Young Maynor
Young Workman
Maynor
France Stands on Peace with Honor Against Blackmail
Premier Daladier urged peace with honor in a Paris American Club address, rejecting surrender and signaling solidarity with the United States. Ambassador Bullitt affirmed readiness to defend liberty and democracy as Europe faces German-Italian-Japanese threats.
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Paris
France
Italy
Daladier
American Club of
Pittman
Dem
Nevada
Duke of Windsor
Max Shoop
Britain
Chamberlain
Shakespeare
Blackburn
England
Germany
Hopes For No New Taxes Amid Tax Reform Talk
Secretary Morgenthau told businessmen there is little talk of new taxes beyond expiring levies and possible farm benefits funding. He urged Congress to review tax laws for deterrents to growth and warned about fears over armament costs and borrowing to finance expansion.
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Washington
Ury
Morgenthau
Busi
Busin
Roosevelt
Gress
Ness
Congress
Ovens Attacks North Carolina Sales Tax Speaker Says Tax Hurts Merchants
Raleigh report covers David Ovens of Charlotte urging opposition to the sales tax at a North Carolina Fair Tax meeting. He contends the tax drives business to tax-free states, harms consumers, and unfairly burdens merchants and the less able to pay. He calls for budget balance without higher levies and warns merchants may increasingly use their influence at the ballot box.
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Raleigh
David Ovens
Charlotte
Mere
North Carolina
Owens
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Pedro
Hafis Salich
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