Farm parity payments bill gains House committee approval
A House Appropriations Committee action approved 600,000 for farm benefit parts as part of a deficiency appropriation offset by similar next year. The measure signals a broader Congressional trend with potential Republican support.
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Dillich
Finland
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Opinas
Welles Talks With Mussolini In Rome on European issues
Undersecretary Sumner Welles spent an hour with Mussolini to discuss European problems as part of a fact finding mission for President Roosevelt. He also met with Count Ciano for about an hour and a quarter before heading to Berlin, with possible plans to meet Pope Pius XII.
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Sumner Welles
Mussolini
Welles
Roosevelt
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Berlin
Paris
London
E.S.T
Palazzo Venezia
Ciano
Sl Duce
Wartorn
Europe
Italy
Fuehrer
Hitler
Pope Pius XII
State Department
William Phillips
United States
Count Ciano
Marchese Blasco D'Ateta
Britain and Pan American plan Bermuda stop change
The British foreign office said it has no great concern over Pan American Airways ending Bermuda as an eastbound stop, effective March 15, noting it affects only the airline and not the United States government. The result may shift uncensored mail delivery to air routes further from Bermuda.
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Irways
Rways Company
United Tes
Foreign Office
United States
New York
Pan-Americ Airways
Bermuda
Portugal
United States Mail
German Attacks Prompt Arming of British Merchant Ships
London reports 1,128 German air attacks on unarmed British merchant ships and fishing vessels since the war began through February 22. All British vessels in the North Sea are being armed. Butler notes Norway’s three mile limit and discusses neutrality claims.
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London
Richard Austen Butler
Foreign Affairs
House of Commons
Hitler
Roosevelt
Norway
Butler
Rumania
Britain
Long’s bid for secretary of state shocks Louisiana politics
In Baton Rouge on February 26, Governor Earl K. Long failed to win reappointment after voters ousted him last Tuesday. He sought the post of secretary of state with the backing of the Democratic State Central Committee, while Governor-Designate Sam H. Jones resisted the plan and threatened legal action.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Long
Sam H. Jones
Jones
Huey P. Long
Democratic State Central Committee
Engraving Plant on North Wrenn Street Destroyed by Fire
A fire starting inside Service Craft Engravers on North Wrenn Street this afternoon around 2:30 damaged the contents of the engraving shop. The business operated by J. R. Steele had just begun operations. Herbert McClure, returning from lunch, found the blaze but firefighters arrived too late to stop it.
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J. R. Steele
Herbert McClure
Ards
Viipuri
Oklahoma Governor Threatens Martial Law Over Dam Funding
Oklahoma Governor Leon C. Phillips said he would call out the National Guard if needed to stop Grand River Dam reservoir flooding until the state is reimbursed by federal agencies for highways and bridges. The state seeks 869000 while the PWA contends 300000. Construction of the 20 million dam began in 1935 and GRDA weighs the dispute as a board member notes a decision likely tomorrow.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Leon C. Phillips
Grand River Dam
Grand River
PWA
GRDA
Senate Draws Up Huge Rivers Harbors Bill
In Washington a Senate commerce sub committee drafted three omnibus measures authorizing 412.6 million dollars for navigation flood control and multi purpose waterway projects. The plan splits the big rivers and harbors bill into three separate bills for early consideration. Bailey cautioned Congress against approving total expenditures near 400 million.
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Washington
Senate Commerce
Bailey
Congress
House Flood Control Committee
Ghostly Viipuri under Soviet siege and ruins
Correspondent Thomas F Hawkins reports Viipuri evacuated and bombed, with streets deserted, ghostlike sentries, and buildings ruined. The Finnish defense line holds in parts as Soviet Red Army presses, while a damaged city struggles with fires and broken services.
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Viipuri
Thomas F. Hawkins
Finland
Red Army
Thomas backs third term for Roosevelt over bad first term
Norman Thomas Socialist leader said he would not back any Republican or Democratic candidate for president yet he would prefer a good president for a third term over a poor first term. He doubted any New Deal successor and criticized Republican contenders at a Town Hall symposium in New York.
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New York
Norman Thomas
Roosevelt
Possessing Islands Gives Reds Better Shot At Viipuri
Helsinki AP dispatch reports Finland surrendered the Koivisto Islands to the Soviet forces. The islands command coastal batteries guarding the western Mannerheim Line near Viipuri Bay, with Russian attacks continuing on the isthmus and Salmenkaita. Finnish air raids claim several Russian planes downed and a strong point taken at Kuhmo.
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Beal Advances to A Grade at Caledonia Prison Farm
Fred Erwin Beal, once a leading Communist figure, has been advanced from B to A grade at Caledonia Prison Farm after two years into a 17 to 20 year term for conspiracy to murder tied to the death of Gas tonia Police Chief O F Aderholt during a textile strike riot. He entered prison February 16, 1988, for a sentence from 1929, and previously faced solitary confinement in 1938 and a five day leave in 1947 to testify before the Dies Committee.
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Fred Erwin Beal
Caledonia
Beal
Charlotte
O. F. Aderholt
Gastonia
Massachusetts
Hoey
Dies
Congressional Committee
Manton Denied Supreme Court Review Amid Conspiracy Case
Justice Roberts led a Supreme Court denial of former Judge Martin T. Mantons bid for review of his conviction on a conspiracy to sell judicial favors. The court also agreed to hear a labor sit-down strike damages challenge under the Sherman Act and returned Florida citrus price case to a federal court for constitutional ruling.
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Martin T. Manton
New York
Supreme Court
Florida
Justice Roberts
Barge tears out 17 foot Wright Memorial span
A drifting barge in a storm tore from the Wright Memorial bridge about 17 feet of the span linking Roanoke Island to the mainland. W Vance Baise said three spans were damaged and reopening depended on wind subsiding and access to a pile driver and lumber. Barge owner Virginia Electric and Power Co was involved with repair work and engineering staff reported the break occurred around 4 am with winds still strong at 8:30 am.
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Wright Memorial
Roanoke Island
W. Vance Baise
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Baise
B. Taylor
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