Negro Communist Throws House Lynching Hearing Into Turmoil
SHENANDOAH Pa March 5 A Pennsylvania coal town reels as new mine cave ins threaten 21 000 residents. Cracks widen and a 1 000 000 damage estimate looms while state inspectors and local officials probe causes. Governor James orders a formal inquiry amid gas leaks and disrupted services.
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Davis Attacks Southern Senators in Lynching Hearing
Benjamin Davis of New York City denounced southern senators as stooges and Vice-President Garner as an evil old party leader during a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on anti lynching bills. Chairman Van Nuys admonished Davis for insults while four members allowed the testimony under a 15 minute limit. Davis, editor of the Daily Worker, protested questions about freedom of speech and the press in Communist Russia.
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New York City
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van Nuys
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Congress
Daily Worker
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Russia
Communist Party
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Wiley
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Austin
R-Vt
Neely
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Connally
D-Tex
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Hendrik van Loon Copyright 1940 The Enterprise
A 1940 notice credits Hendrik van Loon as author under The Enterprise distributed by NEA Service Inc. The brief copyright entry confirms protection for the work in that era and service context.
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Enterprise
NEA Service, Inc
Democracy and the Army Readiness Debate
The author criticizes a U S army chief of staff for claiming only 25 percent readiness and blames historians for portraying constant victory. The piece argues funding and preparation are essential, noting past wars led to disasters and urging voters to support defense readiness.
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United States Army
Missing Child Found Sleeping In Woods
Nona Carpenger, four, wandered 4.5 miles from her Tahlequah home then slept beside two family dogs in a hill country while an all night search by a National Guards unit located her. She was exhausted and exposed and taken to her parents farm home for care.
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Okla
Nona Carpenger
National
Enforcing Ban On Nazi Coal Reaches Italian Imports
London reports two Italian steamers loaded with German coal for Italy have been detained by Allied blockade forces. Ronald H. Cross told the House of Commons that any German coal exported from Rotterdam to Italy is seized as a prize of war and that such exports have ceased.
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London
Italy
Ronald H. Cross
House of Commons
Cross
Rotterdam
Hitler and Stalin Own Brooklyn Six Family House
New York reports that Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin jointly own a six family house in Brooklyn. They are co-defendants in a mortgage foreclosure action brought by Dime Savings Bank. The transfer was made in January by Martin Auslander and Julius Freilocher to embarrass the bank, which says embassies denied knowledge of the property.
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Real Estate News Today
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Brooklyn
Harry E. Lewis
Dime Savings Bank
Hitler
Stalin
Fuehrer
Martin Auslander
Julius Freilocher
Germany
Russia
Navy Awards Contracts for Two Light Cruisers
The Navy awarded a $35,980,000 contract for construction of the 10,000 ton light cruisers Columbia and Cleveland to the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden New Jersey. Initial funds were voted by Congress last year. They will be armed with six inch guns.
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Cleveland
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
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British War Loan Announced by Sir John Simon
In London on March 5 the British government unveiled a new war loan totaling 300 million pounds as announced in the House of Commons by Sir John Simon the chancellor of the Exchequer. The issue valued at about 1.2 billion dollars aims to fund wartime needs and bolster national finances.
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Ginger Rogers Seeks Divorce From Lew Ayers
Movie star Ginger Rogers files for divorce from Lew Ayers. The report includes unrelated financial loan terms and government funding discussions quoted from Sir John about war bonds and investor terms. The text shifts between personal divorce and fiscal policy details.
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Ginger Rogers
Lew Ayers
Five Italian ships seized at Deal amid Italy Britain coal clash
London reports five Italian ships taken to the contraband control base off Deal in England as tensions rise over Italian imports of German coal. New York dispatch notes the government's $1,058,474,638 damage suit against 18 tire and rubber companies was dismissed by Federal Judge Edward A. Conger.
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Rumanian Oil Company
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Belgium
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Deal
England
Britain
Italy
New York
Edward A. Conger
Japanese shelling and land assault along Pearl River delta near Macao
Japanese warships shelled positions 20 miles north of Macao and landed a force near the Pearl River mouth, with planes targeting Chinese reinforcements. Villagers fled to Macao as Japan presses a broader campaign in the lower delta after withdrawing from Chungshan where Chinese forces had resisted since last fall.
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Macao
South China
Pearl River
Kongkong
Canton
Pearl River Delta
Chungshan
Philippines
Hawaii
United States
Kwangtung
Japan
NC State dedicates chemistry and textile buildings
Raleigh March 5. The new chemistry and textile buildings at North Carolina State College were dedicated today marking the third anniversary of the General Assembly ratifying the college charter.
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Raleigh
N. C. State College
General Assembly
Three Gun Hans to Return to Germany Minus Arms
15 year old Hans Wiggers was found with three pistols in Brooklyn. An interpreter learned he came from Germany ten months ago as a mess boy and took the weapons from a basement believing they would help return to Hitler's army. He was turned over to the children's society.
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Hans Wiggers
Germany
Brooklyn
Hans
Has
Hitler
Children’s Society
Finnish Defenders Hold In All Day Fight Near Viipuri
In Helsinki March 5 the Finnish defenders of Viipuri report ongoing all day combat as Soviet forces attack across the Bay of Viipuri with land and sea assaults. Finnish high command claims attackers retreating and civilians deserting, while earlier Russian claims speak of captured towns. The battle centers on the isthmus and the mouth of the bay with continued shelling and machine gun fire.
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Viipu
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Finland
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Veesi
Karelia
Severe Northeast Storm Leaves Six Dead Across Regions
Utility and property owners estimate millions in damage as a north east storm with 70 mph winds and sleet disrupts New York City area Westchester Island and New Jersey. Power outages close rural schools halt industry and trigger fires with 800 fire boxes out of service. Six deaths reported from storm related incidents and electrical hazards.
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