Hitler Seeks World Domination as Welles Talks
Berlin dispatch reports Adolf Hitler urged a vast living space and untrammeled access to raw materials during a 1940 meeting with U.S. envoy Sumner Welles. The Fuehrer pledges battle to secure political domination east of Bohemia Slovakia and Hungary while vows restraint against Britain and France. Welles left with a factual impression for Roosevelt as Schacht joined later discussions.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Hitler
Ali
Germany
Welles
Insources
Reich
Merican
Evelt
Fuehrer
Qermany
Bohemia-Mora
Slovakia
Hungary
United States
Retter
Hjalmar Schacht
Finnish win surrounds 34th Soviet tank brigade near Ladoga
Finnish forces claim the 34th Moscow tank brigade was trapped and annihilated northeast of Lake Ladoga after a siege by weathered Finnish units. The victory followed heavy fighting against the 18th Soviet division with substantial captured materiel including tanks, armored cars, trucks, and ammunition.
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Wade Werner
Helsinki
Finland
Red Army
Lake
Ladoga
Vii
Karelian
Moscow
34Th Tank
Lake Ladoga
Germany reports sinking 1 904 913 tons in six months
Berlin reports the German high command stating the destruction of 632 Allied and neutral ships totaling 1 904 913 tons in six months of war. It says German losses are small by comparison and notes new border fortifications extending to the North Sea.
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Berlin
Germany
Netherlands
High Command
Admiral Graf Bpee
Royal Oak
Courageous
Rawalpindi
Nelson
Barham
Tion
Makis Sailed Distress Message Reported at Sea
MacKay Radio intercepted a distress message from the freighter Makis reporting a leak and the need for immediate assistance about 1,000 miles due east of New York. The ship was said to be in trouble near Thomason Maine area.
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Thomaston
Mar
MacKay Radio
New
Templin precision metal tester shown as giant rivet breaker
Pittsburgh March 2 report describes the Templin precision metal working machine built by Baldwin-Southwark for the Aluminum Company of America. It can exert 3,000,000 pounds in compression and 1,000,000 pounds in tension while still delicately balancing to record egg-cracking pressure.
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Pittsburgh
Templin
Aluminum Company of America
Baldwin-Southwark Corporation
Philadelphia
Francis C. Frary
Aluminum Company
New Kensington
R. L. Templin
Army
Navy
Belgium protests as planes clash with German bomber
Belgium reports three Belgian planes engaged a Dornier bomber over Saint Hubert in Luxembourg province. Sub-Lieut Herward died. another Belgian pilot was wounded and later a crash occurred near Hemroulle with ongoing incidents raising the day to the nation's worst aviation loss. The German ambassador faced a 45 minute delay before meeting Foreign Minister Spaak and a vigorous protest was filed.
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Brussels
Berlin
Vicco Karl von Buelow-Schwante
Paul Henri Spaak
Spaak
Saint Hubert
Belgium
Luxembourg
Herward
Hemroulle
Achene
President Returns To Tackle U S Troubles
President Roosevelt arrives in Washington after a Panama Canal defense visit and Cuba cruise. He signs an Export Import Bank expansion enabling a 20 million loan to Finland and other aid. He accuses the House Appropriations Committee of delaying canal lock project funding and blames Congress for the hold up.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Finland
Hull
Louis Johnson
Union Station
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
War Department
Appropriations Committee
House
Klan Distributes Circulars at AFL Meeting
In Atlanta on March 2, sixty two masked men circulated a Ku Klux Klan declaration to AFL delegates at the Municipal Auditorium. Imperial Wizard James A. Colescott said similar leaflets in California yielded results as the Klan expands nationally. The letter pledges to purge the nation of foreign dominated political or ecclesiastical groups, naming Communists.
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Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Simmons Enters Governor's Race
Arthur Simmons of Burlington filed the $105 fee to enter the North Carolina governor race as the fourth Democrat. The field could reach eight with candidates from Wilmington Kenly Rocky Mount Hamlet and others from the east. Simmons veteran of the Spanish American War earlier sought the U S Senate in 1932.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Arthur Simmons
Burlington
State Board of Elections
Simmons
J. M. Broughton
A. J. Maxwell
W. P. Horton
Pittsboro
Thomas B. Cooper
Wilmington
Paul Grady
Kenly
L. L. Gravely
Rocky Mount
Bryant Thompson
Hamlet
Woul
Thompson
United States Senate
Guilford County Democrats Amid Turmoil Oust Hoyle Chair
In Greensboro the Guilford County Democratic Executive Committee ousted chairman Thomas C. Hoyle Jr and installed Frank L. Paschal as chair amid a three hour clash between factions. Vice Chairman Walter Crissman presided as Hoyle threatened to challenge the action. R Gregg Cherry declined to comment on the meeting’s legality.
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Greensboro
Mar
Guilford County
Democratic Executive Committee
Thomas C. Hoyle, Jr
Frank L. Paschal
Hoyle
Walter E. Crissman
High Point
Cherry
R. Gregg Cherry
Gastonia
anti-Hoyse
Coastwise Lines Refuse Wage Increase for 8000 Longshoremen
Four steamship lines operating coastwise freight in the South Atlantic and east gulf refuse a proposed 10 cent an hour raise for 8000 striking longshoremen. They offer to extend current wages through Oct 31 1941, citing three years of prior increases and financial limits. The Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah Bull Steamship Line Merchants & Miners Transportation Company Clyde Mallory Lines issued the statement via G W Bartlet. Townsen had pressed for the raise but the committee rejected it.
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Tampa
Fla
Mar
South Atlantic
East Gulf
G. W. Bartlett
Clyde Mallory Lines
W. F E. Townsend
International Longshoremen Association
Honest Vic Donahey to Retire From Senate
Senator Vic Donahey of Ohio announced he will retire from the Senate at the end of his term. The 66 year old Democrat, a long time vote getter, said he seeks rest and health preservation while remaining in touch with progressive policy and Ohio rights.
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William B. Ardery
Washington
Honest Vic" Donahey
Ohio
Senate
Donahey
Roosevelt
Ohioan
Govern
McNeill Announces Run for Governor Nomination
Statesville dispatch reports Robert H. McNeill, a Republican, declaring his candidacy for the gubernatorial nomination today. He announces from Statesville on March 2, asserting his bid within the party.
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Statesville
Robert H. McNeill
AFL Leader Attacks Wage Differentials in South
AFL President William Green spoke at a 600,000-member Southern organizing drive on a two day NBC broadcast banquet in Atlanta. He called wage differentials a barrier to Southern progress and urged union management cooperation over class conflict to stimulate industry and improve workers’ lives.
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Atlanta
William Green
American Federation of Labor Tonight
Green
Nbc-Red
South
AFL
Federation
France Confident Of Victory In War After Six Months
Paris reports six months of war end with statements from Premier Daladier and military leaders vowing ultimate victory. Daladier cites violated frontiers and free seas while Admiral Darlan promises use of empire resources for final victory. Air Chief General Vuillemin says the air army is ready to respond to enemy blows.
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Paris
France
Premier Daladier
Germany
Daladier
Jean Darlan
Joseph Vuillemin
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Britain
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