U S and Britain Agree on Eight Base Sites in Americas
United States and Great Britain reach agreement on eight American air and naval base sites to be built on British possessions in the Western Hemisphere. Formal 99-year leases will be signed after technical details are resolved by an American mission led by Charles Fahy Col Harry J Malony and Commander Harold Biesemeier.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Great Britain
Western Hemisphere
Charles Fahy
Harry J. Malony
U. S. Army
Harold Biesemeier
U. S. Navy
Canada Would Build Airports
Ottawa reports plans for a chain of Canadian air bases between the U S border and Alaska to provide a year round airway for American pursuit planes. Bases will be built by Canada and offer use to U S military aircraft with a radio guided route and accommodations for large bombers.
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Ottawa
United States
Alaska
Amperes
Canada
U. S
Selfridge Field
Michigan
Fairbanks
Alaskan
Ottawa airfield chain plan hinted but not U S pact
The report cites Ottawa plans for Canadian built airfields between the United States and Alaska. General George C. Marshall says the United States has increased forces in the territory to 3000 troops, noting the development is more significant than the numbers imply.
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Washington
United States
Alaska
Dominion
Army
Navy
Ottawa
George C. Marshall
War Department
Portsmouth Naval Station Damaged in German Blitz
Portsmouth across the channel bore heavy damage from a Nazi raid on Friday night. Government reports spoke of fatalities and considerable property destruction in the port city that houses a major naval station and dockyards.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
Eng
Britain
Dhe
London
Spithead
English Channel
Portsea
Landport
Southsea
Two-Alarm Fire Destroys Piedmont Veneer Mill
A two-alarm blaze yesterday leveled the Piedmont Veneer and Panel Mill near Manning and Wise Streets. The sprawling facility, in liquidation and near vacant, was a total loss despite city firefighters and a sprinkler system. Nearby buildings and residences were affected as winds pushed flames, and occupants evacuated while the mill’s remaining equipment suffered heavy damage.
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Piedmont
Mangum Avenue
Tremendous Nazi Raid On London Short But Intense
Nazi raid on London in a short but fierce attack tested the citadel of Britain. Observers noted intensified bombing with incendiaries and high explosives, while fire watchers fought fires and the dome of St Pauls Cathedral remained a visible beacon against the flames.
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London
Drew Middleton
Britain
Financial
Associated Press
St. Paul's Cathe
Hanes Knitters Get Pay Hikes
Hanes Knitting Company announced wage increases totaling about 150000 dollars annually for roughly 2800 hourly and piece workers. The hikes, ranging from one to three dollars per week based on past earnings, take effect Monday at the Winston-Salem plant and Hanes facilities, alongside a new low cost hospital insurance plan covering about 3000 employees.
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Winston-Salem
P. H. Hanes Knitting Company
P. H. Hanes
Hanes
GE chief urges full aid to Britain Greece and China
Phillip D. Reed chairman of General Electric told an audience at the Metropolitan Opera House during Il Trovatore intermission that maximum assistance to allied nations is part of defending independence and American life. He said hard jobs and taxes lie ahead but urged rapid action in the defense program.
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New York
Phillip D. Reed
General Electric Company
Britain
Greece
China
Metropolitan Opera House
Reed
NBC Blue
Greeks Mop Up More Italians In Albania Front
Athens reports ongoing operations with new prisoners and war materials seized. Front dispatches say Greek and British planes support advances from Klisura toward Berati, with 10 18 millimeter mortars, many machine guns and rifles captured. 400 Italian dead reported at Klisura and Tepelene position weakening as forces guard Valona highway.
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Athens
High Command
Klisura
Berati
Tepeleni
Valona
Thai Forces Cross Border in Cambodian Frontline Clash
Bangkok reports Thai high command says forces crossed into Cambodia province of French Indochina at several points and push forward. Me kong frontier gunfire erupts further north. Eleven Thai bombers strike Siemreap and claim three French planes down.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Asia
Cambodia
Mekong
Siemreap
High Command
Hanoi
President Coolidge Arrives Honolulu With 833 aboard
The liner President Coolidge arrived from the Orient with 833 passengers aboard including 237 children. Most were evacuees following State Department guidance.
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Honolulu
President Coolidge
Orient
The
State Department
Tobruk Faces Fall as British Press Siege in Libya
Cairo report notes Marshal Graziani makes no move to relieve Tobruk as British air aided bombardment intensifies. Royal Air Force patrols monitor Derna road while forces push toward the port, with Italy's losses at Bardia tallied and equipment captured listed in full.
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Cairo
Italy
Rodolfo Graziani
Tobruk
Libya
Derna
Braziani
Bardia
Salum
Sidi Barrani
Egypt
Middle East
Thus Spake Roosevelt In German Paper Editorial
Voelkischer Beobachter prints a front page piece titled Thus Spake Roosevelt praising Theodore Roosevelt. The editors urge Franklin Roosevelt to reread the 1903 Chicago speech urging great statesmen to speak politely of foreign powers.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
Voelkischer Beobachter
Adolf Hitler
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
United States
Chicago
FDR Confident Bill Will Pass
President Roosevelt, at Hyde Park, voiced confidence that Congress will approve an administration bill to lend or lease billions in war equipment to Britain and other democracies. White House aides said he relied on Democratic leaders’ assurances. He spoke by telephoto line, toured his library, and later drove through Dutchess County.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
The
Hudson
Apencenty
White House
Washington
John Boettiger
Seattle
Wash
Dutchess County
Capone Judgment Sought for 201367 Balance
United States Attorney J Albert Woll asked federal court to execute a 201367 judgment against Al Capone for tax debt. Judge John P Barnes had issued the balance in an uncontested civil suit last August. Capone, living in Florida, faces transfer to the U S marshal's office.
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Chicago
United States
J. Albert Woll
al Capone
John P. Barnes
Capone
U. S. Marshal's Office
Florida
University paper accuses politics in textbook choice
The Daily Tar Heel claims state education officials favored Raleigh author Jule B. Warren over a UNC professors book by A. R. Newsome and Hugh T. Lefler in selecting a fifth grade history text. The critique notes Warren’s manuscript reportedly praised current leaders and the Board of Education, implying political influence in the decision.
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Chapel Hill
Daily Tar Heel
University of North Carolina
State Board of Education
Charles Barrett
Raleigh
A. R. Newsome
Hugh T. Lefler
State Textbook Commission
Board of Education
Jule B. Warren
North Carolina Education Association
Textbook Commission
Warren
North Carolina
Barrett
Book of Newsome
Strong Fight Expected From Wheeler Bloc
A Senate Foreign Relations Committee poll shows eight members support granting President Roosevelt power to ship war materials to nations resisting aggressors. Two vacancies may tilt votes. leadership aims to seat pro administration appointees. House Speaker Rayburn backs passage despite a looming fight and possible amendments.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Democra
Barkley
Kentucky
Senato Byrnes
S. C
Lucas
Ill
Hughes
Del
Hull
Bloom
Jaries Morgenthau
Stimson
Knox
Clite
Milit Committee
Rayburn
Clea
House
Senate
Whee Er
Mont
George
Foreign Relations Committee
Fire Destroys Chapel Hill Airport and Ten Planes
A fire at Chapel Hill airport three miles north of the university village destroyed ten planes and the hangar valued around 15000 dollars. Mechanic assistant Bill Sharkey 18 was alone when the blaze started from a short circuit in an extension cord igniting a gas tank. Sharkey suffered first degree burns and was treated at the university infirmary.
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Chapel Hill
University Village
Bill Sharkey
Sharkey
University Caa
C. N. Pickel
WPA
University Infirmary
W. R. Mann
Whitakers
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