Finnish Army says 18th Red Division annihilated near Ladoga
Helsinki reports the 18th Red Division swollen to 14 000 men was surrounded and annihilated near Syaskybaryl about 15 miles from the Russian frontier northeast of Lake Ladoga. Finnish communique claims most of the division killed or captured while noting Soviet gains at other fronts.
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Helsinki
Finland
Ree Awny
Syaskybaryl
Lake Ladoga
Russia
Mannerhorn
Karelian
Ghting
Red Army
Fistlutus
Relief Checks Are Tow in the South
Senator Bailey cites a government analysis showing relief and work relief spending from 1935 to 1939 averaged 58 dollars per capita in the 13 Southern states, 94 in 12 Central states, and 100 in seven Eastern states. The tally totals 11,776,501.56 distributed by 80 agencies, with 1999 fiscal year data noting per capita relief at 10 dollars in the South versus 24 dollars in the Midwest and North, and 21 dollars on the East Coast. no Western state comparison was provided.
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Washington
Baileyley
Dem
N.C
Bailey
Wou Glmore
Carolina Political Union
University of North Carolina
Maryland
Virginia
North
Caroline
South Carolin
Georgia
Florida
Alibana
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Cotton New York Market Note Cleared at 1077
A fragmented market note reports cotton prices with May call and closing at M75 and 1077 Middling Mot Ips indicating price movement for New York futures.
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New York
Callon
Cranium Crackers Definite-Time Book Titles Quiz
A playful prompt lists misread book titles and authors from different eras, asking to fill in missing publication years and match phrases like Nights in a Barroom and Around the World with Jules Verne. It mixes references to Arthur, Verne, Reed and Lawes in a garbled puzzle.
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LT. S. Arthur
Jules Verne
Washington Crossing the Delaware painted by a German artist
A historical quirk piece notes that Emanuel Leutze born in Germany painted Washington Crossing the Delaware. It argues he relied on models and later misdated flag adoption and scene elements. Despite factual inaccuracies, the painting became a beloved Met centerpiece after its 1897 installation.
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Emanule Leutze
Wurttemberg
Germany
America
Delaware
Duesseldorf
Leutze
Washington
Rhine
Congress
Jersey
Nim
Pennsylvania Bank
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Maine
California
NEA
Tom
Wolf
Emanuel Leutze
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Mrs Sue Wilson Dies in Hope Texas Woman Succumbs
Mrs. Sue S Wilson formerly of Little Rock and Hil Paso Texas died February 17 at her sister Mrs Ross Gillespie’s home in Hope. She is survived by her son John Clake of El Paso. Funeral services were held Monday at the Gillespie home.
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Sue S. Wilson
Little Rock
Hil Paso
Texas
Oiel
Ross R. Gillespie
Hope
Donahey Rejects Backing as Ohio Favorite Son Candidate
Senator Donahey refused to be Ohio’s favorite son candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, calling acceptance a subterfuge. He had been endorsed by the state central and executive committees, which urged renomination of President Roosevelt if he desires it.
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Washington
Donahey
Ohio
State Central and Executive Committees
Roosevelt
Guard Called Out in Louisiana Vote
Baton Rouge reports Governor Earl Long ordered Louisiana's National Guard mobilized for election day Tuesday. He warned troops would likely move into New Orleans, patrolling with trucks and armed with machine guns and gas equipment.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
Finnish Relief Fund Here Stands as $102
A meeting of the Hope High School Band Auxiliary is announced for Tuesday afternoon at 3 30. The gathering will be in the high school building and all members are urged to attend.
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Hope High School
Abandonment of a Private Bank to Corporate Form
The Morgan firm will convert from a private partnership to an incorporated bank after April. It will sponsor Morgan Stanley and Co for securities, preserving London and Paris ties, while Drexel in Philadelphia parts ways. J P Morgan may retire from active participation and spend time in England if he leaves.
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Morgan
Morgan House
bankiEgm
Sopot
Morgan, Stanley and Cota
Coolidge
Morgan, Stanley and Co
J. P. Morgan
Wall Street
England
Morgan Grenfell and Co
Morgan and Co
London
Paris
Drexel
Philadelphia
Spring Hill Wins Junior Cage Title in County Final
Spring Hill junior boys edged Columbus 20 to 18 in a hard fought county final at Columbus. Flowers led Spring Hill with high point total, supported by Stout of Columbus. Preliminaries saw Columbus senior girls beat Blevins 31 to 28 and Columbus senior boys topple Blevins 35 to 26. all county junior team listed.
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Spring Hill
Columbus
Flowers of
Stout
Hope Columbus
Washington
Blevins
Flowers
Anderson
Spring Hill Kidd
Spring Hill Caldwell
McCaskill
Ping
Confiscation Decree Seizes Polish Assets in Reich
Berlin reports Field Marshal Goering ordered confiscation of all Polish factories farms and forest lands within territories incorporated into the Reich. The move follows Mussolini’s earlier note of bread hunger while in Switzerland.
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Berlin
Germany
Herman Goering
Reich
Benito
Mussolini
Switzerland
British Destroyer Daring Sunk With 157 Lost
London reports the destroyer Daring torpedoed and sunk with 157 men lost. One officer and four sailors were rescued. The 1 375-ton Defender class ship marks Britain’s heaviest naval loss since January. Berlin confirms German attacks on convoys with additional ships sunk.
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London
Eng
Admiralty
Britain
Exmouth
Poles Prove Hard to Subdue in Guerrilla War
Guerilla warfare persists across Poland as German occupation tightens. The Carpathian region, Kielce mountains, Augustow, and Gislowisza see ongoing sniping and illegal activity. German authorities suspect a center possibly in Warsaw, with recent events in the capital suggesting membership in an illegal organization.
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Warsaw
Poland
Carpathian
Kielce
Augustow
Gislowisza
Altmark Incident Tests Norway's Neutrality Across Skies
Oslo lawmakers convene to hear an official on the Altmark affair as Germany seeks the return of the prisoners. British demands on the armed German vessel raise questions of Norway's neutrality and the legality of the rescue amid a tense diplomatic standoff.
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Oslo
Norway
Giessingfjord
Shipmark
Great Britain
Altmark
Graf Spee
Spee
Montevideo
Germany
Britain
Baker Loses His Appeal on Libel
In Little Rock, Norman Baker, founder of hospitals at Eureka Springs Arkansas and Muscatine Iowa, had his criminal libel conviction and $2,509 fine upheld by the Arkansas Supreme Court. The court ruled that a 1000 word advertisement printed under Baker's name in a Eureka Springs paper last June as an "open letter" to Mr and Mrs Ray Freeman was not privileged communication.
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Little Rock
Norman Baker
Eureka Springs
Ark
Muscatine
Iawa
Arkansas Supreme Court
Baker
Ray Freeman
Machine Duplicates Touch of Your Hand
The iniometer, devised by Prof. Robert F. Reed at University of Cincinnati, replaces the finger tip ink test with rollers and a pendulum to measure ink tack and length during printing. It claims to assess ink behavior under pressure and speed, potentially surpassing human touch in accuracy.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Cincinnati
Iain
Robert F. Reed
Institute of Scientific Research
University of Cincinnati
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