Finnish Forces Hold Viipuri As Russian Attacks Repelled
Finnish high command reported heavy Soviet assaults on Viipuri beaten back with the Russians suffering large losses. In the far north Finnish forces said to have driven back Red Army advances near Noutsi and Petsamo, while air and artillery exchanges continued around Lake Ladoga. The communiqué noted four Russian planes shot down and civilian casualties remained unconfirmed. In a separate Caspian rescue, 500 seal hunters and fishermen were saved by planes and ships including an ice-breaker after a thaw trapped them.
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Tiilsinike
Nigh Command
Foiasinnsa
Viipuri
Tose
Kelty
Winns
Arctic
He O
Petsnimo
Ladoga
Vilpurl
Communnique
Bay of Vilpuri
Vuoski
Agrapad
Vilpari
Ibu
Dhe Finns
Russigna
Noutsi
Red Army
Nautsi
Putsamo
Lappeenrinca
High Command
Koilas
Lake Ladoga
Saarela
Tuppuran
Vaiipuri
Finland
Moscow
Dbtarch
Oan
Caspian Sea
AMA Must Face Monopoly Charge in Court Ruling
The U S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia orders the American Medical Association and related defendants to stand trial on monopoly charges. It holds that restraining the lawful practice of medicine and any trade is unlawful under the Sherman Act. The decision reverses a district court ruling and notes the entities are small but significant. The path to Supreme Court review remains possible.
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Washington, Mareldo
Épi
U.S. Court of Appeals
American Medical Association
Tadey
Appollate Court For
District of Cohubla
AMA
Tic
Washington
250000 In State Ill Fed Says Date Knoxville
Approximately 250,000 Illinois children are housed and fed with state, church, and home responsibility. George J. Cite, former state welfare remedinginner and president of the Tennessee Conference of Social Work, discusses social issues at its 26th annual meeting in Knoxville. The article emphasizes training in the home and the church’s role in guiding youths and reducing burdens on state welfare programs.
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Knoxville
Mare
George J. Cite
State Welfare
Tennessee Conference of Social Work
Todas
Hirgh
Cate
Buna Boligze
Churchs
Pennsylvania City Sinking As Unused Mine Collapses
Shenandoah residents faced a major ground collapse after an unused mine beneath the town gave way. Officials estimated property damage near 1 million dollars as cracks widened and 500 homes were affected. Water and gas services were cut, with about 1,000 displaced and residents seeking shelter as authorities organized volunteers.
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Pennsylvania City
Truman Opposes Third Term Idea In 1940 Campaign
Senator Truman of Missouri rejects the idea of a Roosevelt third term while seeking renomination against Governor Stark. News from Rochester convention notes New Deal officials staying neutral. Political chatter links Donabey and Speaker Bankhead to the Missouri race. Third term debate foregrounds eight year tradition.
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Washington
Maroh
Truman
New Deal
Clark
May
Trumain
Missouri
Ali
Donabey
Ohio
Bankhead
Ala
Heavy calendar looms as Va solons meet in Richmond
In Richmond on March 4 1940 the Virginia General Assembly paid tribute to the University of Richmond in a joint session then faced a heavy final week. The Senate eyed the bridge authority bill as a key order while the amended appropriation bill showed a $1 200 000 deficit balance. The house boosted the teachers retirement fund by 1 276 796 to shore up the retirement plan. The bridge authority would let the state highway commission take over ferries and build tidewater bridges at no cost to the state funded by bonds tolls and surplus allocations. The House had earlier held spirited salary-cutting sessions on the budget.
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Richmond
General Assembly
University of Richmond
Senate
House
Frank Moore
Appropriations Committee
Bridge Authority
Chambers of Commerce
Merchants
State Highway Commission
Tidewater
Virginia
VA. Galons
FDR’s Seventh Anniversary Opens Era of Third Term Speculation
President Roosevelt marks seven years in office amid intense public guesswork on a possible third term. He declined to reveal his stance at the anniversary but hints point to a future stance before the Democratic convention. The day featured a private service and a Panama cruise that pushed his travel record to around 178000 miles.
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FDR
John Q
Olive Washington
Martel
Tousevelt
Speculitias
Traditins
Seth
Shtturday
Lis
Ieleke
Teraibr Hirt Fede Uwelig
Fuujaurs
Capitol
Hull
Jackwoan
Con
Welles
Europe
Loday
Roosevelt
St. John's Episcopal
Salette Square
Panama
HouseWell
Belgium Accepts German Apology Over Belgian Pilot Death
Brussels reports Germany offered a complete apology plan for the killing of a Belgian army aviator in a clash involving three Belgian planes and a German Dornier bomber. German ambassador conveyed regrets to Foreign Minister Spaak and Germany said it was willing to discuss indemnity. Belgians deny reports of a German plane over Belgium today amid local confusion.
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Brussels
Germany
Karl von Buelow-Schante
Paul Henri Spaak
France
Ten Die In State Wrecks Across Tennessee
A string of traffic disasters in Tennessee left ten dead and multiple injured. Notable incidents occurred in Davidson County with four youths killed, a train auto collision claiming one life, and a bus overturn near Elizabethton injuring thirteen passengers. Several individuals in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville and surrounding counties also lost or sustained injuries as motorists and pedestrians faced hazardous road conditions.
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Dees
Tennessee
Davidson County
Elizabethton
Robert Cawthren
Tulle- Wont
Calisiony
Wayne Williams
Franklin
Natilee Read Bagwell
Ile
Cookeville
Jack Bathing
Crockett County
Dyersburg
Stocks
Memphis
Garett Buwsnen
Roosevelt budget cut deepens as House trims interior aid
The House appropriations committee cut 2,986,277 from the interior department bill amid talk of diverting 1 billion in treasury working cash to emergencies. The Byrd Antarctic expedition faced a 250,000 halt. Senate praise for the Roosevelt administration echoed, while farm problems prompted a bipartisan bill from Jones Wheeler Bainhead and LaFollette.
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Washington
Maren
House
Mattee
Congress
Senate
Treasury
Congo
Byrd
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Semitor Baristoy
Dennepuire
New Deal
Headenael
Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Wheeler
D-Mont
Bainhead
D.-Ala
LaFollette
Salvation Army Spy Agency Regulation Debate
Diet session hears Hata announce Salvation Army to be supervised to prevent espionage. Military authorities already monitor activities amid questions of ties to Britain and religious beliefs. In Chicago a reunion notes twenty years since Julius Bohrens and Helen Miller wed and moved, with local police identifying a robber suspect including Behrens and Mrs Harold Crawford.
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RYQ
Shirai Hata
Salvation Army
Hata
Britain
Chicago
Marcel
Julius Bohrens
Helen Miller
Mount Pleasant
Tonya
Bell
Behrens
Harold H. Crawford
Misl Jer
Reds Bluff Fire Blame On Allies In Sweden Tower
Soviet press reports a blaze at Northern Sweden Communist headquarters in Lulea was sparked by an explosion orchestrated by British and French war mongers and their Swedish hires. The incident linked to imperialist aims and Sweden’s role as a base for conflict. Five people are believed dead, including known Communist figure Red Philip Forsberg during the fire at Lulea.
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Moscow
Gan Trod
Lulea
Sweden
Finland
Sholm
Lolen
Philip Forsberg
Red Philip
Red
Hitler's Demands Not Unexpected
Dewitt Mackenzie argues Hitler’s demands are as expected and unacceptable to the Anglo French alliance. He suggests Sumner Welles’s reading will reveal bargaining points while noting peace overtures are premature. The piece explores how Russo Finnish war dynamics could shift the larger conflict and potentially draw in Britain France and Russia.
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Ruers
Sumner Welles
Fuehrer
Witler
Welles
Roosevelt
Herrasnn Cloering
Hitler
Paris
London
Little
Republic
Germany
England
France
Russia
Norway
Sweden
Une Bolshevists
Viipuri
Viborg
Kare- Han
Mannerheim
Hitler Deslands
More Troops Join Nazis West Wall
Paris dispatch reports fresh German divisions entering the lines as reinforcements arrive behind the active front. Reischwehr units trained over winter move toward the western front while aerial feints increase. Other German detachments push into areas facing Switzerland as raids between the Rhine and Moselle yield prisoners near the Vosges.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Paris
Rechswehr
Switzerland
Rhine
Moselle
Germany
Vosge Mountains
Britain Faces Crisis Over Sea Blockade and Italian Tensions
Great Britain’s blockade of German sea shipments to Italy threatens to break the prewar Mediterranean status quo with Rome as Italy warns Britain over contraband controls and mail interception. In the English Channel the German air attack sinks ships including the Domala, raising questions about leadership and air power.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Europe
Viipuri
Britain
Rome
Rone
High Seas
London
Engiseh Channel
London Times
Tramer and Crew of Nine Lose Vessel in North Sea Explosion
Late news from London reports the Scottish trawler Ben Albin Wow with a crew of nine blown up off the northeast coast near the Firth of Firth. Three survivors are listed after hours adrift on a raft before rescue at a northeast coast port.
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Tramler
DFE LW
London
Maret
Scottink
Ben Albin Wow
Fadey
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