U S Officials Plan Talks In Berlin Ahead Of Wells Visit
Undersecretary Sumner Wells travels to Europe to study belligerents and capitals and may meet Hitler. Alexander Kirk sees von Weizsäcker as talks with Wells loom, with a potential meeting with Ribbentrop and a later session with Hitler discussed. Khoff, German ambassador to the United States, remains a key liaison.
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Erlin
Red States
Tate Sumner Wells
Europe
Hitler
Alexander Kirk
Nun von Weizsaecker
Welles
Italy
Berlin
Joachim Ribbentrop
Immediy
Ither
Ribbentrop
von Ker
Hans H. Khoff
United States
Germany
Hugh Wilson
Ington
Dieck
Khoff
Hss
Kirk
Rome
Belief in Finland aid urged by Belisha in speech
Feb 23 bulletin notes former foreign secretary Denis Belisha urged Britain and France to back Finland in sea air and land operations. He spoke prepared remarks to constituents at Derrm. m H. Jones, head of music at St. s College, who died in hospital.
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Ndon
Lesore-Belisha
Britain
France
Finland
Derr
M H. Jones
St. ’S College
Cian
Leigh
New York
Poggi
Milton B. Logan
Swank
American Art Association-Anderson Galleries
Logan
John T. Geery
Geery
Earthquakes Strikes Turkey Widespread Damage Toll Rising
Multiple tremors hit Central Anatolia in Asiatic Turkey with near 200 dead. Villages such as Kulpak and Sindernike reported destruction while households counted casualties amid cold debris strewn streets. The Sivas region’s past disasters tallied large losses, and new quakes added to the turmoil.
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Kara
Ana
Turkey
Kulpak
Sindernike
Lre
Fevthers
Ara
Sivas
Murder verdict in razor case shocks General Sessions
Jury convicts J. C. Hahn, 27, of Eas, in the death of his sweetheart Miss Bowling with a razor. Fatal verdict returns a death sentence by the General Sessions Court.
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Kens
Sessions Court
Ted J. C. Hahn
Miss Bowling
Oklahoma Democrat Seeks to Block Import Tax Changes in Trade Pact
Rep. Disney of Oklahoma opened the House bid to bar modification of import excise taxes in the trade agreements program. He argued oil coal copper and lumber taxes must not be altered by pacts. The move accompanies debates on whether Senate ratification should govern trade deals.
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Washington
Rep
Disney
Oklahoma
House
Congress
Senate
Digney
Venezuela
Long
D-La
Hayden
Ashurst
Arizona
State Department
Bermuda
Pittman
D-Ney
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Britain
Special Committee
Indications Favorable For 1940 Weed Season
Record domestic consumption of flue cured tobacco in the past seven months and signs foreign demand holds were cited as favorable for the 1940 season. J B Hutson noted five percent higher domestic use than last year and urged growers to plant 90 percent of intended crop.
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Raleigh
J. B. Hutson
AAA
Hutson
East Central
Monovideo Battle Heroes Welcome In London Parade
King George VI and Prime Minister Chamberlain reviewed 760 Battle of Montevideo veterans at Horseguards Parade. Queen Elizabeth watched from the Admiralty window as officers, sailors, and widows received decorations amid cheering crowds and streamers.
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London
George VI
Chamberlain
Montevideo
Exeter
Ajax
Graf Spee
Whitehall
Elizabeth
Admiralty
German Subs Are Working In North Sea
Paris reports a new wave of German submarines operating against Allied ships in the North Sea. French sources say the force may be newly built and quickly manned. The fleet likely operates in relays with one group in refit while another sails. The Western Front remained quiet aside from artillery and reconnaissance missions.
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Paris
France
North Sea
Saar
Chamber of Deputies
Finland
Camille Chautemps
Baltic
American Club
Chautemps
Maynard Barnes
United States
Roosevelt
Max Shoop
United States State Department
State Department
Nazis Acknowledge Loss Of Warplanes In Britain Raid
Berlin reports confirm German high command losses of warplanes in a raid on Great Britain and claim a British raider was shot down over Helgoland Bight. A German sub torpedoed a British tanker near Vigo in convoy as prisoners are cited from Western Front patrol actions. Reprisal talk grows in Berlin as the foreign office accuses Britain of provoking friction with neutrals.
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Berlin
Great Britain
Helgoland
Bight
DNB
Vigo
Spain
Germany
Diplomatisch-Politische Korresponder
Foreign Office
Farm Leaders Advocate Immediate Spending for Parity Payments
Senate farm leaders push a spend-now strategy to add 200 million dollars for parity payments within the agriculture appropriation bill. The plan shifts from delaying the 722 million dollar measure to holding hearings starting Monday with Secretary Wallace as first witness.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
Appropriations
Wallace
Bankhead
Ala
House Votes $50,000 For NLRB Inquiry
The House approved a $50,000 additional appropriation to extend a labor board inquiry ongoing since a special committee began with Rep. Smith of Virginia leading. The debate centered on who started exchanges of information between the NLRB and the RFC about firms seeking loans while unfair labor practice charges were pending.
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Washington
House
Labor Board
Representative Smith
Smith
REC
J. Warren Madden
RFC
Board
Madden
Emil Schram
NLRB
Schram
Settlements Sought to Speed Trade with Latin America
Washington officials called for more settlements of Latin American debt defaults including Colombia to accelerate expanding US trade with the region. In four months of the European war Latin America increased purchases here by 42 percent as Germany’s blockade and Allied mobilization limited supplies.
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Washington
Colombia
United States
Latin America
Germany
French British Blockade of Red's Coast Expands
A British French warship squadron began a blockade along the northern Russian coast to cut shipments to Germany and bar German ships from sheltering in Russia. Rumors of clashes with Soviet naval forces circulated, while Norway and other neutrals worry about futures trades and routes amid planned Nordic talks in Copenhagen.
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Copenhagen
Burlingske Tidende
Arctic
Germany
Russia
Murmansk
Kola Bay
Altmark
Norway
North Sea
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Finnish High Command Says Two Battalions Destroyed Near Karelia
Helsinki reports the Mannerheim Line defenders repelled attacks along the Karelia Isthmus. About 2,000 troops were killed at one point and 800 at another, as Russians pushed toward the center beyond Lake Muola.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Helsinki
Mannerheim Line
Karelian
Lake Muola
Lake Ayrapaan
Sikniemi
Taipale
Lake Ladoga
Kuhmo
Issami
Finland
Ayrapaanjarvi
Churchill salutes 760 veterans as Britain mourns seaborne losses
Winston Churchill spoke at Guildhall honoring 760 Battle of Montevideo veterans and lamented Britain losing nearly 3,000 sailors in the hard campaign at sea. He praised naval reach, noted rising auxiliary ships, and recalled the Graf Spee victory as a relief while stressing vigilance and duty.
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London
Winston Churchill
Montevideo
Britain
Graf Spee
Admiralty
Churchill
Nelson
England
Cossack
Altmark
Fleet
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