ES Holds Eight More Italian Ships In Fight At Viipuri
Finnish high command reports heavy Soviet losses as new Red Army thrusts toward Viipuri are torn back in the Karelian Isthmus battlefront. Dozens of Soviet tanks said destroyed. fighting centered southeast of Viipuri with renewed artillery and air activity along the Vuoksi sector.
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Viipuri
Max Harrelson
Helsinki
Red Army
Karelian
Isthus
Finnishigh Command
Vuoksi
Inns
Pollakkal
TTACK
Oree
Iipuri
Baynd
Igh Command
Britain backs wartime Palestine policy amid Arab tensions
In Parliament Malcolm MacDonald defended new Palestine land transfer limits as necessary to keep Arab leaders in line. He warned Arab unrest could trigger repercussions across Transjordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and India. Opponents called the policy a breach of wartime promises to Jews.
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London
Palestine
MacDonald
House of Commons
Transjordan
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Philip Noel-Baker
Ewl
Germans Report Capture of Sixteen British Prisoners
Berlin dispatch says German shock troops stormed a British dugout in the Mosele sector killing twenty British soldiers and taking sixteen as prisoners. The DNB account claims Germans fought in direct contact with British troops for the first time on the western front since the war began.
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Berlin
Western Front
Moselle
DNB
Tony
Duke of Cornwall
Commons Upholds Seizure of Mails
London March 6 AP government spokesman defended the seizure of American clipper mail at Bermuda saying the action was correct and justified by what was found. Undersecretary R A Butler said belligerents may examine mail under international law and Britain exercised this right since January 18 on east bound mail of the Pan American Atlantic service.
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London
House of Commons
Britain
Bermuda
Lab Flagrase
R. A. Butler
Foreign Affairs
Pan-American Atlantic Service
Butler
George Strauss
Arthur Henderson
England Takes No Steps To Stop Transport Of Ore
London March 6 Britain has taken no steps to halt Swedish iron ore shipments to Germany. Winston Churchill told the House of Commons the traffic is known and its importance to Germany and its arrest would involve many serious considerations.
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London
Britain
Germany
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
House of Commons
Churchill
Dutch U-Boat O-11 Sunk in Nieuw Diep Collision
The Netherlands submarine O-11 was sunk in a collision with the tug Amsterdam at Den Helder harbor. About 39 crew were aboard. two are missing, believed to be in the bow torpedo chamber. Ten sailors escaped to the seawall while rescuers pried open a hatch and saved the rest. Salvage operations began as officials confirm the loss of two crew members.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Denhelder
Russia apologizes to Sweden for Pajala bombing
Stockholm reports the Soviet government apologized for the February 21 Pajala bombing by Red Army planes. Sweden received a Russian note of apology in Moscow after previously denying responsibility.
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Stockholm
Pajala
Sweden
Moscow
Welles to meet Daladier and Herriot in Paris
Sumner Welles will be received by French Premier Daladier and Edouard Herriot, president of the Chamber of Deputies, soon after arriving in Paris from Switzerland on his European survey mission.
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Daladier
Herriot
Welles
Paris
Sumner Welles
Premier Daladier
Edouard Herriot
Chamber of Deputies
Switzerland
Police cordon around Rome embassy amid coal seizure tensions
Extra police were stationed near the British embassy in Rome as a precaution against possible Italian demonstrations over Britain's seizure of German coal cargoes aboard Italian ships. The planned protest failed to materialize, while rumors of student action led authorities to disperse gatherings near the British consulate in Florence.
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Richard G. Maslock
Rome
Mar
Britain
Florence
London
Italy
Germany
Mediterranean
Ethiopia
Massaggero
Il Messaggero
New Concessions Sought By Britain
BUCHAREST March 6 Britain has demanded full equality with Germany in sharing Romanian exports including all A high authority said the British demand prompted Rumanian Minister Viorel Tilea to return from London Diplomatic quarters see Romania facing a choice between Germany and the Allies experts say Romania cannot supply 1 600 000 tons of oil to Nazi Germany and Britain alike this year
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Bucharest
Britain
Germany
Viorel Tilea
London
Romania
Remington Arms Company Indicted Over Ammo Shipment
A federal grand jury indicted Remington Arms Company for alleged Neutrality Act violations over shipping 27,500 rounds of ammunition to Mexico. Two Mexican nationals, Francisco de Valle Arispe and Gregorio Prieto, jailed in Laredo, face related charges. Bond set at 10,000 for the company and 1,500 for each man.
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Houston
Tex
Remington Arms Company
Mexico
Laredo
Texas
Francisco de Valle Arispe
Gregorio Prieto
National Revolutionary Party of Mexico
Arispe
Rodrigo Quevedo
Mexican National Congress
National Revolutionary Party
George John
U.S
Remington Police Service
James V. Allred
Prieto
Allred
John
Opposes Civil Service Power Debate on Hatch Act Expansion
Washington date line reports Senator Lucas of Illinois opposing amendments to the Hatch Act that would define political activity for state employees paid partly from federal funds. He warns the measure is an unconstitutional delegation of power and fears Washington oversteps state rights as the amendments move through the Senate.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Lucas
D-Ill
Hatch
Senate
Guilford Democrats Hall Meeting Canceled or Delayed
Frank L. Paschal, new Guilford Democratic chair, plans to cancel the county committee meeting set for next Saturday unless ousted chair T. C. Hoyle Jr consents to calling it off. Hoyle disputes the legality of the meeting and may contest the vote with proxies.
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Frank L. Paschal
Guilford Democratic Executive Committee
T. C. Hoyle, Jr
Hoyle
Mr. Paschal
Walter E. Crissman
High Point
Guilford
Cherry
Britain Seizes Eight Italian Coal Ships as War Prizes
Britain set aside the cargoes of eight Italian ships declared coal from Germany held as prizes to halt German sea shipments to Italy. Nine ships were gathered at The Downs, with Loasso released after sailors found it sailed from Rotterdam March 1 before the order. The cohort includes Liana and Rapido as coal carriers and seven others, with The Downs station noting all hoisted Italian ensigns and believed to carry coal.
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London
Mar
Britain
Germany
Downs
Rotterdam
Italy
Downs Station
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Liana
Rapido
Orata
Felce
Caterina
Absentia
Ernesto
Numidia
Loasso
Foreign Office
Rome
Netherlands
Famed U S Stage Star Maxine Elliott Dies in France
Maxine Elliott, 67, renowned American actress, died at her Juan Les Pins chateau in Cannes area after heart ailment. She had lived on the French Riviera since retiring from the stage, last appearing in 1920 in New York. Her sister Lady Forbes Robertson will arrive from London.
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France
Maxine Elliott
Europe
United States
Juan Les Pins
Miss Elliott
French Riviera
Villa L' Horizon
New York
Lady Forbes-Robertson
Gertrude Elliott
London
Duke of Windsor
Edward VII
Nat Goodwin
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