Van Loon a force in history and life
Willem van Loon, a large energetic writer and performer, blends historian roles with artistry and public speaking. He has lived in America much of his life, covered major events, and produced influential works such as The Story of Mankind and The Fall of the Dutch Republic.
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Rnk
Willem van Loon
van Loon
Etary
Loon
Holland
CIA
Owledge
America
United States
Euro
Dutch Republic
Allies Seek To Smooth Difficulties With U.S.
London March 1 AP The appointment of special British and French economic experts to smooth blockade problems with the United States was announced. Frank Ashton-Watkin adviser to Britain's economic warfare ministry and Prof. Charles Rist former deputy head of the Bank of France were chosen for the task in Washington conferences.
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London
United States
Washington
Frank Ashton-Watkin
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Charles Rist
Bank of France
Gov Earl Long Calls Solons for Special Session
Baton Rouge dispatch says Gov Earl K Long ordered a 4 30 pm special session to fund social security the hot lunch program and a tuberculosis hospital project. He urged legislators to attend as elected representatives amid ongoing political maneuvers in the state administration. Ashton Gwatkin and Professor Rist identified as advisers in related foreign and economic discussions.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Sam H. Jones
EK. Conway
Long
State Central
Jones
Power Case Oral Argument Ends In High Point
In Raleigh on March 1 AP reports oral arguments before the North Carolina Supreme Court over Duke Power and the city of High Point. The Power Company claims the city is violating a federal license for a Yadkin River dam by pursuing state jurisdiction. Appeals on restraint orders for the $6.5 million project remain under advisement as residents sue and Duke Power intervenes.
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Raleigh
Mar
An of Power Company
High Point
Ne Society
Federal Power Commission
Yadkin River
O'B. Robinson
Charlotte
Supreme Court
PWA
Yadkin County
Duke Power Company
Robinson
W. H. Hoyt
New York
Hoyt
Heriot Clarkson
Funds Allocated for Loan to Finland and Others
Jesse Jones announced the Export-Import Bank allocated 20 million dollars for an additional loan to Finland, with 15 million to Sweden and 10 million to Norway, following earlier tentative announcements. Betsy Cushing Roosevelt testified in a divorce suit against James Roosevelt, alleging cruelty and desertion. the case recessed for further testimony from her brother, Howard Cushing, who is ill.
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Finns
Washington
Mar
Jesse Jones
Finland
Sweden
Norway
French Decree 3 Dry Days in Wartime France
Paris reports three prohibition days a week as wartime civilian regimentation begins. Decrees ban public drinking on Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays while pastry shops close Tue Wed Fri. A census for ration cards is due by April 1. bread cards expected first. Other measures curb luxury chocolate, fix prices, ration gasoline monthly.
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Paris
France
British and Nazi Forces Exchange Air and Sea Blows
Bombers and submarines, Germanys twin weapons, struck at British and neutral shipping. A British convoy was attacked at sea and the Pyrrhus, a 7 418-ton liner, sunk off the west coast. Berlin reconnaissance flights were reported as Britain published the nights biggest scouting mission.
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Edwin Stout
London
Germany
Britain
Thames
Yorkshire
England
Berlin
DNB
Brott
Four Believed Drowned In Levee Break Found In Tree
Four of five flood victims were found safe clinging to tree branches as water swirled around Meridian California after a levee burst. A car carrying six overturned. Mrs. Frank Fleharty missing and presumed drowned. rescuers reported only one survivor, Frank Flearty.
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Meridian
Calif
Frank Fleharty
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Washington
Sacramento
Flearty
Mary Flearty Carnegie
Actress Gloria Dickson Found After Railway Check
Hollywood reports Gloria Dickson, also known as Thais Dickerson, boarded a westbound Union Pacific train at Omaha using her ticket after a missing husband’s concerns. The actress had stopped in Lincoln to visit comedian Cliff Edwards before continuing. In Charlotte, a Georgia college girl urged Congress to pursue a national income measure supporting farmers without heavy paternalism, proposing soil programs, cooperatives, revised credit, and farm relief.
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Hollywood
Gloria Dickson
Pete Westmore
Miss Dickson
New York
Union Pacific Railway
Miss Dickerson
Omaha
Thais Dickerson
Lincoln
Neb
Cliff Edwards
Charlotte
Georgia College
Roxie Ruth dies at 87 in Thomasville with Zion ties
Roxie Ruth 87 widow of W G Ruth and former Zion Community resident died at her daughter-in-law Ellen Ruths home in High Point on Thursday. Survivors include five grandchildren of High Point. Funeral at Zion Methodist Church Saturday at 3 PM with interment in the church cemetery.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
Roxie Ruth
W. G. Ruth
Zion Communty
Randolph County
Ellen Ruth
High Point
Zion Methodist Church
Church
Welles Sees Ribbentrop in Berlin Talk
Louis P. Locher reports in Berlin that Germany will discuss peace only after Britain ends its economic stranglehold. Welles, negotiating with Joachim von Ribbentrop, is briefed and plans a second meeting with Hitler. He notes courtesy but offers no commitments.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Germany
Britain
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Summer Welles
Hull
von Ribbentrop
Welles
Foreign Office
United States
Alexander Kirk
Hitler
Baron Ernst von Weizsaecker
Soviets Close In On Finland’s Viipuri City
Soviet troops pressed toward Viipuri as heavy aerial bombardment supported a three front push. Russian and Finnish high commands reported near capture of the city. air battles left several planes downed and civilians hurt amid the Mannerheim Line advance toward Taipale.
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Wade Werner
Helsinki
Russia
Red Army
Viipuri
High Command
Mannerheim
Taipale
Visainia
Wilpuri Bay
President Nears Home From Cruise
President Roosevelt returns from a Panama Canal cruise aboard the Tuscaloosa as fog grounds Pensacola flights. He will transfer to a destroyer Lang off the naval air station and travel by road to Garden Street for the special train back to Washington with military and highway patrol guards on the 10 mile route.
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Pensacola
Fla
Tuscaloosa
Rovelt
Panama Canal
Gulf Coast
Naval Air Station
Mr. Roosevelt
Bay
Lang
Aubrey W. Fitch
Barrancas Road
City
Garden Street
Washington
Tired Of Corn Meal Mush Fatal Self Inflicted Death
In Kansas City Kansas, 11 year old Harry Larsen killed himself after crying he was tired of living on corn meal mush. Police and a deputy coroner opened an inquiry as the boy was found with a cloth choking him tied to door knobs. The Larsen family, living on meager rations, had several unemployed members and a daughter in law, with two brothers formerly bakery workers.
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Kansas City
Kas
Harry Larsen
Harry
Holly Palmer
Fisher
Agnes Larsen
Ing
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