London Experts Say Blockade Still Effective
London experts state Britain's blockade of Germany remains as effective as before the Nazi invasion of the Low Countries. They note Germany faces oil, copper, rubber, and nickel pinch, while a growing trade leaks through Japan via South America to Manchuria and the trans-Siberian route.
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London
Britain
Germany
Low Countries
Japan
South America
United States
Yellow Sea
Port Arthur
Dairen
Manchoukuo
transSiberian Railway
Chita
Philippines
Mitsui
Mitsubishi
Poland
France
Belgium
British Isles
Gerape
Triplets Named A B and C Temporarily in Kansas City
In Missouri City, the Tolers triplets born yesterday were named A, B and C as temporary identifiers until permanent names are chosen. A nurse said the Tolers did not expect multiples. Also noted is Missouri Pacific Railroad reporting January net railway operating income of 1,524,162, up 609,535 from the prior year. Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Norway maintain governments-in-exile in London.
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Kansas City, Mo
G. Phelps Toler
Missouri Pacific
St.louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Poland
The
Netherlands
Belgium
Norway
London
Over Fifty Thousand Hot Lunches Served in Jefferson City
Jefferson City schools served more than 50 000 hot lunches last year averaging 697 meals daily. The free lunch program allows unlimited servings. a case cited involved a hungry student from a poor family. The program, funded by the Community Chest, uses Works Progress Administration labor and aims to feed all needy children without discrimination.
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Jefferson City
Brady Ferris
M. M. Shiffman
Zola Hall
St. Peter’s School
Works Progress, Administration
Jefferson’ City
Community Chest
Browder Names His Successor in Communist Party
New York reports Earl Browder, soon to begin four years for a fraudulent passport, appoints Robert Minor as general secretary and acting head of the US Communist Party. Minor, ex-Daily Worker editor, helps lead the party’s direction from the United States position akin to a Soviet party leader.
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New York
Earl Browder
Robert Minor
Communist Party
United States
Browder
U. S. Supreme Court
Earl’ Browder
Minor
Daily Worker
San Antonio
Tex
America
Joseph Stalin
Russa
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Brentwood voters reject commission form proposal
In Brentwood, voters defeated a measure to substitute a commission form of government for the current system. The tally was 1,266 to 640. The city operates with a mayor, police chief, tax collector, city judge, and six aldermen under the present setup. An aviation note states aircraft must climb about six miles in mid latitudes to reach the stratosphere.
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ST. Louis
Brentwood
Perjury Charged To Kansas City Woman
Kansas City Massachusetts February 25 Mrs Geneva Skinner Otey 20 was charged with perjury for refusing in court to confirm a police statement claiming she saw the murder of Alfie Petania five years ago from a parked car. She said two men, Gus and James Gargotta, were the killers, but declined to testify at the Gargottas trial. She was held under $4000 bond with a preliminary hearing set for March 10.
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Kansas City
Geneva Skinner Otey
Alfie Petania
Petania
Gus
James Gargaotta
Gargottas
Pipe blast injures smoker in Warsaw corner store
Dr. H. G. Savage lit his tobacco from a pocketed pipe in a corner drug store in Warsaw Me. Moments later the .22 caliber bullet embedded in the tobacco exploded the pipe, shattering the smoker's nerves and blowing the bowl from his mouth. The bullet lodged in a showcase.
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Warsaw
H. “G. Savage
Survey Finds Prose Writers Peak at Ages 40 to 44
A survey indicates most prose writers reach creative peaks between ages 40 and 44, with a rapid decline before age 50. The finding highlights a midcareer surge and aging pattern among established authors.
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