Finland to discuss new borders with Soviet Union and defense build
Helsinki dispatch reports a Finnish commission will depart for Moscow to iron out border details from last year’s peace treaty while Finland eyes rehabilitation and new defenses. Dr Juho Paasikivi to lead. Molotov attends talks. alliance doubts linger as diplomatic exchanges continue.
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Max Harrelson
Helsinki
Moscow
Finland
Lasty
Juho K. Paasikivi
Minis
Paasikivi
Hasden
Delegan
Stockholm
Joseph Stalin
Missar
Vyachlestaff Molotott
Molotoff
Russia
Sweden
Woman Goes to View Platform and Falls to Death
Kansas City March 16. A middle aged governess Mrs Emma Monsour died after climbing a retaining wall on the 28 story Lephone Building and plunging to the street below. She viewed from the observation deck and chatted with a guide before the fatal fall.
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Kansas City
Emma Monsour
Rivers May Have To Carry Out Campaign Behind Bars
Governor E. D. Rivers faces possible jail time after a Macon contempt arrest tied to a state highway dispute. He promises to return Friday to show cause why he should not be punished, while decrying Federal court intrusion on Georgia sovereignty.
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Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
Macon
Bascom Deaver
W. L. Miller
Miller
Way Building
Rivers
Leo Farrell
Primaries in North Carolina Set With 70 Candidates
Forty seven Democrats and twenty three Republicans filed for May 25 nominations to 21 state and Congressional offices. W A Lucas of Wilson, chairman of the State Elections Board, called the filing period closed at 6 p m signaling the start of the primaries.
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Raleigh
Mar
W. A. Lucas
Wilson
State Elections Board
German Mines Claim Victims
London reports a new German minewave sinks the British trawlers Peridot and Maida with crew losses on Maida while the Melrose explodes in the North Sea. Britain conducts bomber raids over Poland and Helgoland Bight as wartime actions escalate.
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London
Britain
Seige
Poland
Helgoland Bight
Maida
North
Hawfield Installed As President At North Carolina Education Meeting
At the Raleigh convention closing Hawfield of Willard was elected president of the North Carolina Education Association succeeding Dr. J. Highsmith. The new president outlined objectives including retirement plans, higher salaries, legal protections for teachers, reduced class sizes, extended compulsory attendance, expanded adult education, a 12th grade, more local funding for education, and federal aid based on need. Dr. Poe urged schools to anchor community life and expand rural education beyond the basics.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Education Asiation
G. Hawfield
Willard
J. Mry Highsmith
Haweld
Penderleah
K. G. Phillips
Winston-Salems
Ted
Freshey
RK. W
Carver
Hickory
M. P. Young
Princeton
Hawfield
Clarence Ue
Poe
Sinking of German Freighter Wakama Sparks Allied Protest
Twenty one American nations protest to Great Britain over the February 12 sinking of the German freighter Wakama off the Brazilian coast. The declaration, transmitted through Panama to George VI, urges keeping the war from neutral waters and preserving Pacific intercontinental commerce.
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Washington
Great Britain
State Department
Augusto Boyd
Panama
George
Republic of
George VI
British Vessel Southgate Under Close Naval Watch
The 4,862 ton British steamer Southgate, flagged after a March 1 distress signal, remains near the American neutrality zone under constant surveillance by U S patrol ships. Authorities suggest she may be aiding British warships as she zigzags between Mona Passage and the Puerto Rico Dominican Republic area.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Southgate
United States New ’ Patrol
Mona Passage
Dominican Republic
United States Naval
Neutrality Patrol
Washington
United States
Untermyer Dies in Palm Springs at 82
Samuel Untermyer, 82, New York corporation lawyer and anti Nazi crusader, died at his Palm Springs winter home with his son and daughter in law at his side. A longtime activist for Jewish rights, he led the World Non Sectarian Anti Nazi Council and directed boycotts against Hitlerite Germany.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Samuel Untermyer
New York Corporation
Untermyer
Hitler
Anti-Nazi League
Hasterners
Alvin Untermyer
New York
United States
Germany
President Roosevelt and Queen Wilhelmina Broadcast Ideals for World Peace
President Roosevelt outlined essential elements of a peaceful world organization in a nationwide broadcast. Queen Wilhelmina joined the program at the Christian Foreign Service convocation in New York, stressing a moral basis for peace and warning against oppression, starvation, and armed dominance.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Wilhelmina of Holland
Christian Foreign Service
New York
Sharp Income Tax Increases Across States Reported
The Associated Press notes sharp rises in income tax collections in many cities as the March yield nears. Early tallies show increases vastly ahead of last year, with Michigan up about 80 percent and Oregon around 42 percent. California and New York also show strong gains, while Georgia and Illinois rise more modestly.
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Treasury
Michigan
Oregon
Washington-Alaska
California
Kentucky
Ohio
Ilinois
Missouri
Kansas City
Georgia
New York
Welles Heads to Pope Pius for Peace Talks
Welles finishes talks with Europe's leaders in Italy and prepares for a Monday audience with Pope Pius XII to discuss prospects for peace and continuing war. He met with King Victor Emmanuel III, Premier Mussolini, and Foreign Minister Ciano in Rome during his European tour.
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Sumner Welles
Europe
Italy
Foreign Office
Pius XII
Roosevelt
Vittorio Emanuele
Mussolini
Count Ciano
Berlin
Paris
London
Il Duce
Welles
Luigi Cardinal Maglione
County election boards announced in Raleigh
The State Board of Elections today announced separate county boards listing members for Davidson Lexington Forsyth Winston-Salem Randolph Asheboro and more. Names include J. M. Daniel J F Garner A DeLapp FE Irving Carlyle W F Pfohl H W Masten M H Birkhead and F M Wright.
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Raleigh
State Board of Elections Today
Davidson
J. M. Daniel
Lexington
J. F. Garner
Thomasville
A. DeLapp
Forsyth
Irving FE. Carlyle
Winston-Salem
William F. Pfohl
Henry W. Masten
Randolph
E. H. Crawford
Asheboro
M. H. Birkhead
F. M. Wright
Educational Leader J C Griffin Dies in New England
J C Griffin 66 former superintendent of schools in Salisbury and a long time state education leader died at a daughter's home in Manchester New Hampshire. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a m at First Presbyterian Church Salisbury with burial in Chestnut Hill Cemetery.
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Salisbury
I. C. Griffin
Manchester
N. H
First Presbyterian Church
Chestnut Hill
Entombed Miners Feared Dead After Willow Creek Blast
Forty four men entombed in the Willow Creek coal mine near St. Clairsville are feared dead after a noon explosion. Rescue crews saved 113 miners, many affected by the deadly black damp gas. Two rescuers were killed. hundreds were treated at a makeshift hospital as efforts continued to reach trapped workers.
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ST. Clairsville
Ohio
Willow Creek
Hanna Coal Co
Here
Frank Opathy
Mea Dows
R. L. Ireland
John Howoroski
Neffs
Harry Stanley
George Strain
Strain
John Richards
Howard Sanders
Ipple
Mike Polecy
Nazi Bombardment Claim Reported by CBS Berlin Broadcast
CBS reports from Berlin claimed German warplanes attacked the British fleet at Scapa Flow on March 16. The German communiqué said heavy battleships and cruisers were damaged and several airfields bombed despite British resistance, with German planes returning home without losses.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System Tonight
Berlin
CBS
DJB
Scapa Flow
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