Lincoln Day Speeches Signal GOP Election Drive
Republicans marked Lincoln's birthday with nationwide speeches. Hoover will deliver a radio address from Omaha. Taft, Dewey, Hamilton, Bridges, and Lodge among speakers in key stops. Vandenberg and others plan major addresses as next year’s party lineup takes shape.
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Abraham Lincoln
Hoover
Omaha
NBC
Taft
Ohio
Greensboro
N. C
Dewey
New York
Portland
Ore
John Hamilton
Senator Bridges
New Hampshire
Oklahoma City
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Brooklyn
James
Pennsylvania
Stassen
Minnesota
Dickinson
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Vandenberg
St. Paul
Alf M. Landon
Rehabilitation in storm area gets started
Albany Georgia begins rebuilding after a devastating tornado. The death toll stands at 17 with 1 white and 16 Black victims. Red Cross estimates damage at 3 to 9 million dollars. Over 300 injured and about 1,000 homeless as National Guard patrols and state police secure damaged areas. Disaster loans opened to aid victims.
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Red Cross
James W. Cullens
Cullens
Disaster Loan Corporation
M. E. Everett
State
French Americans Tour New Orleans Visit
A 34 member delegation from New England French American groups toured New Orleans after visiting Evangeline country. Adolph Robert praised local French hospitality and culture while Henry Ledoux noted the language survival among Acadian descendants. Archbishop Rummel will lead a mass at St Louis Cathedral for the visitors tomorrow.
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New Orleans
New England
Adolph Robert
Manchester
N. H
Rioting in Belfast Follows Irish Republican Executions
In Belfast and surrounding counties violence erupts after British hangings of two IRA members. About 2,000 sympathizers battled police, 20 arrests made, meetings dispersed, and government proclamations torn down amid armory raid reports in Ballykinlar and Armagh.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Great Britain
Irish Republic
Falls Road
Armagh
Birmingham
Ireland
Ulster
Ballykinlar
County Down
Phoenix Park Arsenal
Dublin
Italy and Turkey plan trade pact in Balkan push
Rome reports a nearing Italy Turkey trade pact seen as a step in Italy's Balkan economic push. Officials expect signing soon and foresee shifting Turkey away from Germany while denying direct political aims. In Istanbul sources say the accord could boost Turkey's independence from Germany amid tense Balkans.
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Rome
Italy
Turkey
Balkans
Germany
Europe
Istanbul
Balkan
Wedding Sparks Between Nurse And Student In South Carolina Sermon
In Columbia a First Baptist pastor’s sermon on marriage led Evelyn Cunningham and Emil Laneway to seek marriage immediately after the service. The brief incident followed a sermon and a quick union attempt.
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Columbia
S. C
John W. Webb
First Baptist Church
Evelyn Cunningham
Emil Laneway
Wider ban on Japan sought in Senate action
Senator Norris Independent Nebraska urged extending the moral embargo against war planes to all goods and called on Americans to cease buying products from Russia and Japan. He signaled opposition to a $100 million Export Import Bank capital increase, warning it could commit the government and involve the nation abroad.
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Norris
Nebraska
Japan
Russia
Senate
Finland
China
Pittman
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations
Roosevelt Hotel Manager James O Shaughnessy Dies
James Pat O Shaughnessy 56 vice president and general manager of the Roosevelt dies after a hotel career begun at age 15 in New Orleans. Formerly manager of the St Charles hotel he led the Louisiana Hotel association in 1938. Survivors include his widow two daughters and three sons.
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New Orleans
James
Pat” O'Shaughnessy
Roosevelt
O'Shaughnessy
St. Charles
Louisiana Hotel Association
Campaign swings as teachers join Louisiana governor race
Governor Earl K Long and challenger Sam H Jones toured south Louisiana with rallies that featured school teachers, who weighed in on the Democratic runoff. Jones spoke in Napoleonville Thibodaux Morgan City while Long planned stops in Jennings and Lake Charles and James A Noe opened New Orleans head quarters for his Jackson brigade. The rival campaigns sparred over the weekend as ex servicemen organized to monitor polls ahead of the February runoff.
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Associated Press
Sam Jones
Napoleonville
Thibodaux
Morgan City
Golden Meadow
Lockport
Houma
Earl K. Long
Jennings
Lakes Charles
James A. Noe
Jackson Brigade
New Orleans
Gerald L. K. Smith
Kinder
DeQuincy
DeRidder
Leesville
Many
Pleasant Hill
Oak Grove
Coushatta
Sam H. Jones
South Louisiana
Jones
Long
Lake Charles
Russians Hit Karelia as Finns Claim Major Soviet Offensive
Finnish high command said several enemy divisions attacked Finnish positions in the Summa sector and near Vooksi and Taipale. Russians claimed to have captured 16 fortifications along the Mannerheim line while Finland reported no breakthrough and noted Finnish defenses remaining strong. Australian and New Zealand troops arrived at Suez to aid the Allies.
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Summa
Karelia
Vooksi
Taipale
Isthmus
Gulf of Finland
Lake Ladoga
Associated Press
Suez
Near East
Mannerheim
Berlin
Red Army
Karelian
Finna
Surmma
Publics Of Belligerent Countries Desire Peace
DeWitt MacKenzie argues that publics in belligerent nations crave a peaceful end to the war but warn a negotiated peace may spark further conflict. He weighs the Anglo French stance against Nazi aims and notes the difficulty of a broad European settlement without more fighting. He cites Woodrow Wilson’s fourteen points as a potential guiding formula.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Land
Czecho-Slovakia
Austria
Woodrow Wilson
Tweedsmuir of Canada Dies of Brain Ailment
Lord Tweedsmuir 64, governor general since 1935, novelist and lawyer, died in Montreal Neuro after a fall and arterial blockage. King suspended govt activity. Roosevelt sent condolences. Burial in Britain. seven day national mourning. Duff to act as governor general.
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Canada
Montreal
Lord Tweedsmuir
Montreal Neurological Institute
Lyman Duff
George VI
Lord Tweedamuir
Otlens
Duke of der
New York Budget Slash Protest Gathers 16000 Delegates
In Albany a mass demonstration presses for drastic budget cuts to avert tax ruin as 16 000 taxpayers from every county converge for a public hearing on a proposed 396 700 000 fiscal year budget. Demands include suspending salary increases and cutting state aid, unemployment relief, and department expenses.
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N. Y
Capitol
New York
SOO
Looney Probes Delegates Selection For Louisiana
Shreveport Feb 12 Frank J Looney newly elected member of the Democratic state central committee from Caddo parish asked gubernatorial candidates Sam H Jones and Earl K Long whether to hold a state wide convention to select Louisiana delegates to the national Democratic convention or for the state central committee to do the selection The issue has long been decided by the committee since 1928 with previous conventions in 1932 1936 and earlier dredged controversy over seating delegates
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Shreveport
Frank J. Looney
Democratic State Central Committee
Caddo Parish
Sam H. Jones
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
State Central Committee
Looney
Houston
Chicago
Ex University Official Pleads Guilty in Louisiana Kickback Scheme
Former Louisiana State University conservation chief Caldwell pleads guilty to seven indictments charging kickbacks and diversion of WPA funds totaling over 1000000. Judge Borah imposes two years in federal prison and a 1000 fine amid a broader probe into state university corruption and related mail fraud and tax charges.
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Caldwell
Lh S&s
James Monroe Smith
LBU
Louisiena
University
Caldwetl
Bienville
Senith
Saps Ocean
P. Tang
Pam Htentiary
Angola
Rankin
Cam
Richard W. Leche
Leche
Plane Crash at Key Field Probed by Army Board
Meridian Mississippi February 12 two crew members died when a light bomber crashed after takeoff from Key Field Shreveport air base officials planned an inquiry by an Army board from Maxwell Field Montgomery. Eyewitnesses Ed Gaddis and Ronald Bunyard described the descent and wreckage.
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Miss
Fiere
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Army
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Ale
J. W. Rhymes
JC. Caldronia
Key Field
Ed Geddin
Ronald Bunyard
Arundel
Maine
Gaddis
Bunyard
Fred Key
Masonic Grand Lodge Opens 12th Louisiana Session
The grand lodge of Louisiana Free and Accepted Masons opened its 12th annual session in New Orleans with Grand Master Robert H. Brooks of Ruston presiding. Royal Arch Masons meet today and reconvene tomorrow for officer installation. A dinner for grand officers is planned tonight. The Knights Templar will hold its annual meeting Thursday after the lodge sessions.
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Grand Lodge of
Louisiana
Masona
Robert H. Brooks
Ruston
Louisiana Arend Lodge
Royal Arch Masons
Grend
Knights Templar of
Louisiane
Grand Lodge
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