Trade Measure Nears Showdown In Senate Vote
The Senate votes on a Pittman led plan requiring two thirds ratification for future reciprocal trade agreements. Two undecided Democrats Donahey of Ohio and Schwartz of Wyoming loom large as polls show a narrow margin and a possible tie with 87 senators present. House debate notes Pitman tax plan on interstate chain stores estimated to raise 10 to 15 million dollars annually.
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Washington
Senate
Donahey
Ohio
Schwartz
Wyoming
Pittman
Nev
Garner
Adams
Colo
Congress
Colorado
House
Ways and Means
Pitman
Tex
Allies Hit France and Britain, Molotoff Says
Premier foreign commissar Vyacheslaff Molotoff told the supreme Soviet that Franco British hostility to the Soviet Union has been frequent in the past five months while British and French aims to use the USSR against Germany have failed. He cited Soviet Finnish campaign losses of 48 645 killed and 158 863 wounded as proof of resolve.
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Moscow
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Supreme Soviet
France
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Germany
Molotoff
Finland
North Carolina Women Injured In Virginia Crash
Two Mocks ville, NC women were injured in a highway collision at Zion Cross Roads, Fluvanna County. Mrs. Ole Cartner suffered a fractured pelvis and facial cuts, while Miss Pauline Campbell had scalp cuts and a fractured wrist. both were taken to University Hospital.
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N. C
Charlottesville
Mocksville
North Carolina
Zion Cross Roads
Fluvanna County
Ole Cartner
Pauline Campbell
University Hospital
League Pledge Help To Finns
Geneva reports the League of Nations will continue material and humanitarian aid to Finland to speed restoration after six days of talks in London and Paris. Avenol telegrammed Finnish Premier Ryti and delivered to Finnish minister Holsti the League’s willingness to transmit the note to all members. The Finnish appeal seeks continued aid and guarantees for future security, with some interpreting as a push to bolster defenses against Russia.
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Geneva
London
Paris
Joseph A. C. Avenol
League of Nations
League
Finland
Avenol
League Assembly
Mannerheim
Risto Ryti
Rudolf Holsti
Holst
Nazi Boats Plan To Run Blockade
At least twenty German merchant ships laid up in the Netherlands East Indies ports since the war began have begun loading cargo and preparing to sail. Reports say they may attempt to break the Allied blockade and land at Vladivostok for Soviet transport. Vessels Nordmark Rendsburg and Vogtland are named. ships are gray painted with obliterated names.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands East Indies
East Indies
Vladivostok
Russia
Reuters
Batavia
Dutch East Indies
Nordmark
Rendsburg
Vogtland
Sumatra
Java
Celebes
Japanese Shift Economic Operations to Americas
Japan to dispatch Satomatsu Kato, formerly minister-at-large in China, to lead Latin American trade expansion. Foreign Office spokesman Yukichiro Suma said the envoy will tour Central and South American countries to offset potential losses from the U.S. termination of the trade treaty.
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Tokyo
Japan
Latin America
United States
Yukichiro Suma
Foreign Office
Satomatsu Kato
China
FDR Wells and Hull Confer On Europe in Secrecy
President Roosevelt Secretary Hull and Sumner Welles met for 70 minutes in the White House with secrecy still in force. They then visited the State Department, declining to speak with reporters as a Cabinet meeting and possible press conference loomed.
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Welles
Washington
Europe
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Rome
Bath
Paris
London
Cordell Hull
White House
Hull
State Department
Harold Smith
Stephen
Tornado Hits Pierre Park Louisiana Town
In Napoleonville Louisiana officials report a tornado struck Pierre Park about 11 am demolishing a church and homes. About thirty people are believed dead with some injured. Doctors nurses and ambulances rushed to the 600 resident village from nearby towns.
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Napoleonville
Louisiana Light and Power Company
Pierre Park
A. J. Howard
Donaldsonville
Trawler Escapes German Attack Near London
The Aberdeen trawler twement reported that a German plane dropped bombs and an aerial torpedo near her, but caused no direct hit. Her first mate was wounded in the night incident. The 216 ton vessel had previously been attacked December 19 by Nazi planes but escaped unharmed.
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London
Aberdeen Trawler Twement
Planes and Defense Cuts Stir Congress on Air Armada
Lawmakers press for reductions in the $300 million air program as Allied purchases to France and Britain ease immediate needs. General Marshall signals possible cut to 3,500 planes by July 1 1941, with potential savings of 27 wanes. House panel members urge new Pacific air bases including Galapagos and Cocos to defend the canal approaches.
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Washington
Army
Navy
France
Britain
Clark
D-Mo
Air Corps
George C. Marshall
House Military Committee
Panama Canal
Galapagos
Cocos Island
Pacific
Canal
Rep
Magnuson
Dwash
Atlantic
Allies Overtake Germany in Plane Production Says Wright
T P Wright vice president of Curtiss Wright Corp says France and England surpassed Germany in monthly airplane deliveries around January 1. He notes Germany began with a head start and the Allies will not surpass total aircraft available until mid next year, though the Allies expect higher production rates thereafter.
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New York
T. P. Wright
Curtiss-Wright Corp
France
England
Germany
Aviation
Wright
Pope Receives Taylor on Farewell Vatican Visit
Pope Pius held a private audience with Myron C. Taylor Roosevelt's personal envoy to the Vatican. Taylor planned a farewell talk before departing this weekend for his villa in Florence.
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Vatican City
Pius
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Taylor
Florence
Nazis Release Polish Papers To Shape War Entry Narrative
Berlin authorities released a 48 page dossier of Polish foreign office communications claimed to show American opposition to concessions with the Axis. The trove includes letters from Anthony Eden and Polish military officials with photos of the alleged originals.
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United States
London
William C. Bullitt
Paris
Britain
France
Anthony Eden
Kennedy
Japanese Offensive Reported in Southern Kwangsi
Dispatches from Hong Kong and East Asia state Japan opened a full scale offensive in southern Kwangsi two days earlier aimed at dispersing Chinese forces along the west of the Anning Yamchow highway. Japanese claim capture of Sohu 30 miles southwest of Nanning while Chinese sources report strong resistance.
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Near East
Hong Kong
Kwangsi Province
anning-Yamchow Highway
Sohu
Nanning
Pittsburgh Red Is Held For Contempt
The House cited James H. Dolsen, Pittsburgh Communist leader, for contempt for refusing to answer Dies committee questions. A question centered on who issued a Communist Party card bearing Franklin D. Roosevelt’s name. Dolsen faced possible legal action.
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Washington
House
James H. Dolsen
Pittsburgh
Dies
Dolsen
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tex
Albert E. Blumberg
Baltimore
Communist Party
Mary
Spending Wave Gains Force With Congress
Washington report on March 29 outlines House passage of a labor department social bill totaling 1 021 639 700 dollars. Despite cuts to wage hour and labor board programs, increased funding for CCC NRA and social security drew farm and city support, while critics warn cuts may hamper Wagner Act enforcement.
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Joseph H. Short
Washington
House
Labor Department
National Labor Board
Rep Cox
D-Ga
Moscow
White House
CCC
National Youth Administration
Pepper
D-Fla
Labor Board
NWA
Florida
NRA
Economic Research Division
Murdock
Utah
Wood
D-Mo
Madden
Senate
Prison Plot to Kill Key Witness in Rudnick Slaying
District Attorney William O Dwyer revealed a prison directed plot to assassinate Angelo Catalano, a Brooklyn house painter and bookmakers’ agent, a material witness in the 1937 slaying of police informer George Rudnick. The plan, linked to Murder Inc., involved inmates at the Tombs and a Long Island execution meet. Catalano greeted detectives with relief upon being detained.
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New York
William O’dwyer
George Rudnick
Brooklyn
O'Dwyer
Angelo Catalano
Catalano
Tombs
Murder, Inc
Underworld
Rudnick
Rotary Conference Set for Pinehurst in April
Pinehurst hosts the third annual conference of the 188th district of Rotary International on April 4. Delegates and local members prepare for meetings and regional gatherings at the event.
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Rotary
Pinehurst
Mar
Rotary International
Britain and France seek firmer stance as war moves to diplomacy
London reports Britain transfers two Russian enemy freighters to French authority as part of a broader effort to tighten the blocade and pressure Germany. Officials say the ships from Hong Kong voyage to Hanoi or French Indo China port while Allied councils plan more frequent meetings to push diplomatic dominance in the Balkans and the Pacific theater.
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Drew
London
Great Britain
Far East
Divostok
United States
Zion
Vladimir Mayasky
Pacific
Hanoi
Indo-China
Russia
Germa
Vladivostok
Viladivotosk
Trans-Siberian
Kye
Roberthe Craigie
Orient
Germany
Allied Supreme Council
Bri
Soutern Europe
Balkan
Percy Loraine
Italy
Balkans
Particu
Rumania
Scandinavia
Gjmany
Britain
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American Dental Assation
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Marshall
Pope
Rachel Hutchinson Taylor
Pennsylvania State College
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