Ryti reorganizes cabinet to form broad Finnish coalition
Prime Minister Risto Ryti reshuffles the Finnish government creating a coalition ministry to aid reconstruction. Vaino Tanner moves from foreign affairs to welfare, with Rolf Witting as new foreign minister and a lineup including Lehtonen, von Born, Walden, Pekkala, Kukkonen, Heikinen, Koivisto, Kotilainen, Fagerholm, Salo vaar, and Ekholm. The cabinet blends Social Democrats, Agrarians, Swedish People's Party, and non partisans.
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Helsinki
Risto Ryti
Moscow
Vaino Tanner
Rolf Johan Witting
Oskari Lehtonen
Ernst von Born
Rudolf Walden
Walden
Mauno Pekkala
Antti _Kukkonen
Peka Heikinen
Juho Koivisto
Vaino Kotilainen
Karl Augista Fagerholm
Vaino Salovaar
Karl Erik Ekholm
Tanner
Premign
Pekkala
Ned Garerholm
Lethtonen
von Born
Swedish People's Party
Pekkalo
Salovarr
Fagerholm
Social Democratic
Kukkonen
Heikkinen
Ke@visto
Agrarian Party
Woodring Defends New Army Plane Sale Policy
Secretary Woodring testified before the House Military Committee defending a foreign sales policy for late-model aircraft. He denied coercion and asserted he will not be pushed around, noting bids and design competition drive modern airplane procurement while delaying deliveries only when national defense requires.
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Woodring
Army
Washington
War Department
House Military Committee
Rep. Andrews
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
The
Treasury
White House
Wodring
United Sates Army
France
Britain
Air Corps
National Defense
House Votes to Cut Wage-Hour Administration Funds
The House rejected Rep Casey's bid to restore a 135000 wage-hour budget cut, keeping total Wage-Hour Administration salaries at 5,865,000 for the year starting July 1. The vote followed a proposal to trim 1,080,000 from the President's tax request, amid debates over enforcement and a possible repeal risk. The Hatch bill to extend anti polio law coverage for state employees also advanced.
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Epeal
Col
Phillip Fleming
Casey
Congress
Fleming
House
Senate
Judiciary
White House
Vest
Earthquake Shocks New York in March Bulletin
A Hew York bulletin reports a severe earthquake at 7 31 am HST affecting New York with shocks felt at 7 42 and 51 12. Rev Joseph J Lynch of Fordham University notes the quake origin and movement could not be determined. The event was recorded 4 600 miles from Newark and described as quite severe.
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New York
Joseph J. Lynch
Newark
Fordham University
British Shoot Down 2 Planes Near Metz on Western Front
The Air Ministry reported two German aircraft shot down in flames yesterday near Metz in the Western Front fight. One British fighter was shot down but survived by parachute. A formation of seven German reconnaissance planes escorted by fighters was intercepted by RAF, with several combats and the enemy formation broken up. One RAF patrol engaged nine enemy fighters, with two more enemy aircraft seen going down in flames.
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London
Air Ministry
Metz
France
Royal Air Force
Smuggling Ring Reported in Graf Spee Crew Smuggling Probe
Investigators probe possible smuggling of Graf Spee crew members and interned German merchants from South America into the United States. Federal sources say customs and immigration inspectors are examining the case.
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Boston
Graf Spee
South America
Customs and Immigration
Mauretania Sails Secret War Mission Toward Australia
Mauretania departed Balboa at 1 a.m. bound for an unannounced destination on a secret war mission. The 25739 ton liner, stripped of furnishings, crossed the Panama Canal after a 914 hour passage, with crew singing Its A Long Way To Tipperary. Agents expect it to serve as a troopship in Australia.
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Balboa
C. Z
Mauretania
Pacific Ocean
Panama Canal
Tipperary
Pacific
Australia
Atlantic
Canal
New York
Two Killed in Rheinland Collision Near Lorrach
Two people died and about a dozen were seriously injured in a head on crash between a military train and a passenger train in the Siegfried Line zone near Lorrach close to the Swiss frontier. The wreck blocked a major Rhine rail line serving river forts for hours.
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Riehen
Switzerland
Germany
Siegfried Line
Lorrach
Rhine River
Altmark Returns to Kiel After War Cruise
German naval auxiliary Altmark arrives in Kiel after a long voyage abroad. The 12,000 ton vessel had been at sea since before the war and was used as a prison ship during the Graf Spee raid. It slipped through the British blockade and entered German waters via the Norwegian, Danish routes.
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Berlin
Altmark
Kiel
Germany
Cossack
Josingfjord
Graf Spee
Norwegian Freighter Cometa Sunk Near Kirkwall
Reports from Amsterdam say the Norwegian freighter Cometa, 3794 tons from Bergen, was torpedoed in or near the contraband control base at Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands off Scotland. Initial reports did not confirm sinking.
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Amsterdam
Kirkwall
Orkney Islands
Scotland
Bergan
Lime Hearing Opens on Lime Price Collusion Charge
In Charlotte on March 27 Examiner E R Preston of the Federal Trade Commission opened a hearing on a complaint accusing several lime companies of collusive price setting in restraint of trade.
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Charlotte
E. R. Preston
Federal Trade Commission
Latins Would Welcome Marines in Central America
Nicaraguan minister to Panamania Dr Adolfo Altamirano Browne says Latin Americans would welcome U S Marines if they return to Nicaragua to defend the canal. He notes public opinion favors U S action and that small nations need a protector even as past Marine actions are viewed differently. Browne, en route to Havana, seeks to defend hemisphere unity.
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New Orleans
Adolfo Altamirano Browne
Panamania
Central America
U. S
Nicaragua
Canal
Latin America
United States
Hoover
Cesar A. Sandino
Browne
Havana
France and Russia drift toward diplomatic rupture
Paris reports a recall of the Russian ambassador after a hostile telegram to Stalin is halted by a censor. France and Britain accuse Russia of aiding war enemies while Reynaud’s cabinet weighs a stiffer stance with Germany. No formal war is declared and talks of the Balkans continue as espionage concerns rise. Sarits will depart for Moscow soon as Naggiar remains on sick leave.
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Paris
Russia
France
Great Britain
Jakob Sarits
Joseph Stalin
Finland
Kremlin
Moscow
Soviet Union
Germany
Balkans
Near East
Turkey
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Alles
Reynaud
Sarits
Paul Emile Naggiar
Paul Reynaud
Files New Suit Against Burns
Daniel W. Hoge a petroleum engineer says he will file a second suit naming film and radio comedian Bob Burns and Paramount in a divorce action against his estranged wife Mollie Hoge. Hoge previously sued Burns and the studio for 70000 dollars claiming false imprisonment. Mrs Hoge calls the suit ridiculous and says she and Dan separated in 1935.
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Los Angeles
Daniel W. Hoge
Bob Burns
Mollie Hoge
Hoge
Burns
Paramount
Mother Hangs Self After Son Dies in Iron Lung
Atlantic City March 27 Mrs Martha Yon 45 mother of Jules Yon 16 who died yesterday in an iron lung after a four month battle with infantile paralysis was found hanged today in a hotel room run by the couple County Physician Dr Isaac E Leonard ruled the death a suicide
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Atlantic City
N. J
Martha Yon
Jules
Isaac E. Leonard
Farley Praises Administration at Maine Democratic Meet
Postmaster General James A. Farley lauded the Roosevelt record and urged unity to win again. He avoided naming 1940 presidential contenders while praising leadership and the administration's sincerity and honesty as Republicans face potential policy shifts.
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Bangor
James A. Farley
Farley
Maine
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
NEW Life Party
Seaman Reported Missing After Destroyer Explosion
A blast at the U S Navy destroyer King while moored in Newport harbor left one sailor missing and six injured. Captain Farber attributed the blast to leaking gas in the deckhouse, with a naval board to determine the exact cause.
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Newport
R. I
King
Newport Harbor
William 8. Farber
Farber
Naval Board of Inquiry
Richard Car] Oehlert
Den
Monette
Ark
R. E. Crow
Elkhart
Ind
Cole
Camden
New England
Soviet Ambassador in Paris Recalled by France
Moscow reports France has recalled Jakob Surits the Soviet ambassador to Paris after a telegram praising the USSR peace with Finland drew French protest. Tass notes Paris deemed the message an interference and declared Surits persona non grata.
Jury Frees Man Who Murdered His Wife
Nagging wife case ends with grand jury refusing indictment. Frank Leschisi, 67, an elevator operator, walked free after confessing to shooting his wife Mary, 57, in their Minneapolis apartment and surrendering. supporters testified for him and prosecutors called it the strangest case seen.
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Minneapolis
Frank Leschisin
John
Mary
Leschisi
Peter S. Neilson
Atorney
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Bulletin
England
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VU. S
Nkhaat
Stalin
Tass
Jakob Surits
Surits
Paul Emile
Naggiar
Jean
Payart
Molotoff
Saints
Europe
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