Berbera Retaken as British Force Advances in East Africa
British imperial troops seized Berbera in British Somaliland and Cheren in Eritrea, completing a Gulf of Aden reach in the campaign against Italian East Africa. Berlin reports claim renewed Italian counterattacks and a widening rift with Greece as Mussolini's Albanian offensives falter.
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British Somaliland
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Middle East Command
Cairo
Royal Navy
Air Force
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Gulf of Aden
Borden Reopens After Two Week Shutdown
More than 400 workers returned to the first shift at Borden Mill Inc amid a wage dispute that shut down for two weeks. About 120 employees were turned away for the 6 a.m. shift. 50 police and 50 pickets guarded the gate to prevent disturbances.
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Civic Auditorium
Wife of Hal Roach Producer Marguerite Roach Dies
Marguerite O. Roach wife of veteran movie producer Hal Roach died of pneumonia today after being stricken last Tuesday.
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Hollywood
Marguerite O. Roach
Hal Roach
Train Wreck Blamed On Saboteurs Near Baden Pa
Pennsylvania Railroad officials blamed saboteurs for a derailed Cleveland Pittsburgh passenger train in a snow storm near Baden Pennsylvania. Four people died and 114 were injured as one rail failed and cars plunged into the Ohio River. Engineer A R Weigle was killed. Fireman C H Millburn helped stop a pursuing freight train. Others listed include Donald McDonald nine months old, Harry Kennedy, and Mrs Rose Jagielski.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Ohio River
E. W. Smith
A. R. Weigle
Cleveland
C. H. Millburn
Alliance, O
Donald McDonald
Elizabeth McDonald
Altoona
Rochester
Harry Kennedy
Rose Jagielski
Pittsburgh
Coal Men Discuss $1 Wage Increase
A joint sub committee of United Mine Workers of America and coal operators discussed a proposed blanket $1-a-day wage rise for bituminous miners. No decisions were reached as they review labor efficiency production and costs. Thomas Kennedy said two to three days are needed to gather facts and assess any snags.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Thomas Kennedy
Appalachian
UMWA
Office of Production Management
L’anse
Mich
Twenty three workers entombed overnight in Nantahala tunnel freed
NANTAHALA NC twenty three construction workers were entombed for nine hours when a cave in 40 feet from the tunnel entrance trapped them. Rescue squads hauled them to the surface as foreman Ray Dickson of Utah Construction described the peril and relief. Musiced by the rescue effort, the men suffered only shock and slight exposure. The tunnel diverts Tah Mt river waters to power the aluminum plants boosting defense production.
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Mantahala
Aluminum Company of America
National Defense
Italy Yugoslavia Sign Trade Treaty
Rome announced a new commercial agreement with Yugoslavia that will greatly increase trade and ease payment facilities, though no specific figures were disclosed. The accord signals closer economic ties between the two nations.
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Italy
Yugoslavia
Rome
Duce's Daughter On Bombed Ship
British air raids reportedly sank an Italian hospital ship off Valona in Albania where Countess Edda Ciano, Mussolini’s eldest daughter, served as a Red Cross nurse. Stefani said the ship Po went down Friday night with the countess among the last to leave.
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Edda Ciano
Mussolini
Red Cross
Valona
Stefani
FDR Aides Rally Behind 7 Billion Aid Fund for War
Roosevelt pressed a national lease lead program to supply arms for democracies. House debate begins with support for full 7 billion, while Senator Nye calls for halving the request. Shipments to Britain have begun and a two day meeting with industry and labor aims to secure defense labor.
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Roosevelt
Nye
R-Nd
Senate Appropriations Committee
Glass
D-Va
Britain
Illness Fatal For Mrs. Taylor
Mrs. George W. Taylor, 52, longtime Kingsport resident, died Sunday night at Holston Valley Community Hospital after a years long illness. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2:30 PM at the Watauga Street home with Dr. Robert E. Greer and Dr. J. A. Bays officiating. She was active in Broad Street Methodist Church and Women’s Missionary Society and Eastern Star. Survived by husband and two daughters, four brothers, two sisters. Burial in City Cemetery.
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Kingsport
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Robert E. Greer
Broad Street Methodist Church
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Broad Street
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Woman's Missionary Society
Eastern Star
Dobyns-Taylor Hardware Company
Tear Catchers Aid Peggy Dunn in Army Farewell
Peggy Dunn of New Orleans uses tear catchers to save makeup as she bids farewell to her boyfriend entering the army.
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Peggy Dunn
New Orleans
Goodby
Willkie Plans nationwide campaign for British aid stance
Willkie ready to stump the nation to counter Wheeler and allies who oppose the administration on foreign policy. He wants to travel to rebut them and promote a lasting, non isolationist U S stance with Britain aid as a core policy after the war. He argues Washington must be the world capital long term and notes public support for aid is stronger than Congress shows.
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Wheeler
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Great Britain
Berlin
Snowstorm Worst In Years For Area
A deadly late winter storm swept the north and midwest with winds up to 85 mph. Dozens died or froze as fishermen drifted on Lake Superior ice floes and coast guards hunted for the unaccounted. Rescue teams faced blizzard conditions and long treks to reach survivors.
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Nazi divisions massed near Bulgaria Greece frontier
A Balkans tour expert estimated up to 16 Nazi divisions about 240,000 men are massed on or near Bulgaria’s frontier with Greece. In Berlin, authorities described the Bremen fire as big and still continuing, with limited details released at a late press conference.
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Bremen
Britain warns Rome of RAF attack if Axis bomb Athens
A reliable source states Britain warned Italy and Germany that RAF bombers would strike Rome should Axis forces bomb Athens, signaling heightened wartime threats amid the Aegean crisis.
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Britain
Italy
Germany
Athens
Morgan's Review Denied by Court
President Roosevelt dismissed Morgan as Tennessee Valley Authority chairman after disputes over alleged mismanagement. Morgan sought Supreme Court review but was denied, with argument that TVA directors are appointed by the President and removable without statutory restriction.
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Arthur E. Morgan
Roosevelt
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Cincinnati
Executive Department
FDR Speech Declares U S In World War Says Axis and Britain
Axis editors denounce Roosevelt's Saturday night remarks as an entry into global conflict while British outlets hail the pledge to aid nations resisting aggressors. Berlin and Rome call the move dangerous and aimed at a world directorate, with Tokyo and Ankara predicting a total war and a turning point for Germany and Japan.
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