Balkans Unite Front to Bar German Advances in Balkans
Turkish diplomats push a united Balkan front with Bulgaria Greece Yugoslavia to deter German demand for access to Bulgaria. Ankara cites armies of 3 0 0 0 00 and strategic points as crucial while Bulgarian and German pressures mount. Churchill warns of German troop movements into Bulgaria as Nazi preparations accelerate.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Balkans
Uccemk Millters Obervers
Nesry
Romania
Danube
United Front
Istanbul
Curshuriyet
France
Poland
Germany
Churchill
Romania Steadfast Despite Earthquake War and Turmoil
Cable dispatch paints Romanians as resilient and adaptable amid earthquake, revolution, and looming conflict. It notes stable consumption of caviar and whiskey, continued trade in cigarettes, and a national spirit likened to a flexible birch tree that bends but does not break. Romanians, though taxed, persevere at daily life while history tests the nation.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Special News Service
Sanctimnet
Europe
Romania
Summerlin of Rayville Dies After Illness
John Walter Summerlin 79 of Rayville longtime leader in local flood protection died after a two week illness in Vicksburg hospital. Funeral at Rayville Presbyterian Church Friday at 2 30 pm with Rev. A R Cates officiating. Interment in Rayville Masonic Cemetery under Masonic rites. Mulhearn Funeral Home in charge.
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John Walter Summerlin
Rayville
Loutienes
Tenses Basin
Vicksburg Hospital
Presbyterian
Mulhearn
Reyville
W. L. Kabridge
W. E B. Wilson
R. L. Prichard
A. C. Monroe
H. A. Mangham
J. R Adams
George B. Franklin
DB. Fleming
J. J. Ineichen
J. R
Monroe registration rush leaves 7,000 voters unqualified for March 18
Miss Lillian Collins, parish registrar, said 7,000 Monroe voters cannot be registered in time for the March 18 city election. She advised outside voters to wait until after the week’s deadline, as the office is swamped. About 2,990 Monroe voters registered in Ouachita Parish in 1941, with roughly 75 percent of the Wednesday qualifiers being city voters. Four extra helpers are aiding the registration rush and certificates must be received by election officials.
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Lillian Collins
Monroe
Quachita Perish
Collins
Miss Collins
Oe Ta Tn
Navy seeks big spend on West Pacific bases and Alaska
Washington reports a multi million dollar Navy program to strengthen bases in Guam Samoa Midway Wake Palmyra and Alaska with an immediate 46 943 050 request and 27 454 500 for Alaska all part of a 805 992 932 package to boost efficiency afloat and ashore The move coincides with Philippines duty notices urging families to prepare for return to the United States and renewed Far East warning from the State Department.
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Washington
Navy
West Pacific
Guam
Samoa
Midway
Wake
Palmyra
Ishaneds
Congress
Alaska
Asia
Roosevelt
Atlante
Pacific
Manila
Philippines
United States
State Department
Far East
Shanghai
IMS Safety Record Shows Accidents and Injuries Rising
IMS reports 67 accidents to date versus 54 last year and nine personal injuries this year, with one death so far compared to one last year.
Greek Relief Drive Gains as Donations Top Two Thousand
The Greek War Relief fund adds 24 to reach 2061.09 dollars in contributions from Wednesday. Donors include Fletcher and Colien, with cash from Wisner noted, while the piece pays homage to Greek heritage and support for Western Europe against new despotism.
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SES
Sage Ocala Oentutens
Coast Guard Reserve Bill Awaits Roosevelt Signature
New Orleans reports the coast guard reserve bill awaiting President Roosevelt's signature to form a regional unit called the national guard of the sea. The New Orleans district would raise 144 small craft and 182 members, with 95 members and 85 craft from New Orleans. The force would aid in protecting the city, countering sabotage, smugglers, and potential invasions during national emergencies. The reserve is solo male, with women enlisting in the auxiliary. Enlistees would train at Algiers yard. 500 of an expected 2,000 guardsmen are already rationed at Algiers.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt
Congress
United States Coast Guard
James L. Ahern
Coast Guard
National Guard of the Sea
Ahern Aaid
Louisiana
Misssissippi
Alabama
Texas
Algiers Navy Yard
Algiers
Franco Holds Border Meet With Petain
Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain, returning from conferences with Premier Mussolini, met French Chief of State Marshal Philippe Petain at the French Italian border. Communiques spoke of an identity of views with Mussolini and noted Franco and Petain's travels toward Montpellier.
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Bern
Switzerland
Francisco Franco
Spain
Mussolini
Philippe Petain
Petain
Rome
Madrid
Franco
Bordighera
Petein
Aries
Montpellier
Petauin
France
Jean Darlan
Riviera
Interior
Marcel Peyrouton
Antibes
Villeneuve-Loubet
Italy
Mas
Citizens Urge Americans to Leave China and Asia
U S embassies issued circulars urging American women children and non essential men to withdraw from China Indo China and the Japanese empire for safety and national security. Stocks fell in Shanghai as the move accompanied the evacuation advisory with no special ships provided by the state department. UK women and children reportedly began evacuations near Shanghai while Britain weighs broader withdrawal, Japan's forces threaten Singapore.
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Shanghai
United States
China
Indo- China
Japanese Empire
United States State Department
State Department
Far East
Asia
Japan
Singapore
United
Youths 17 to 25 urged to join Ouachita defense program
An organizing meeting for the national defense program in Ouachita Parish will be held at Crosley School on Saturday February 15 at 10 am with an afternoon session at Ouachita Parish High School auditorium at 2:30 pm. Walter Crofton will explain the program and supervise class division. All interested youths. those with signed or pending applications are urged to attend.
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Ouachita
Crosley School
Ouachita Parish
Walter Crofton
Louisiana plans state run grocery production program
Louisi ana fathers launch a giant collective program to grow enough food for the state to supply colleges charitable and detention institutions and stop buying on the open market. Plows are furrowing state farmlands and institutions will share in the harvest. Estimated savings 15 to 20 percent on raw foods, about 500000 dollars, with better diets for inmates. Continued on third page.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Treasury
J. E. Snee
Sam Jones
Snee
Senate Panel Grants Aid to Britain Bill
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 15 to 8 to approve the administration’s aid to Britain bill in substantially its House form. Debate on the Senate floor begins Monday with a hoped two week limit. The committee rejected proposals to curb presidential war powers and to require return of ships transferred abroad.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Senate
Johnson
California
Ellender
Louisiana
McNary
Republican
Oregon
Wendell L. Willke
Britain
China
Greece
British Pilot Says Air Fleet Stronger This Spring
An R A F fighter squadron commander in England declares the RAF will be stronger this spring with more veteran pilots and better aircraft. He cites Spitfires and Hurricanes as unmatched by Germany, says the Luftwaffe cannot run wild while Britain fights from home. The leader has two medals, was captured and escaped, and his squadron has seen hard combat from Lille to the English coast.
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Associated Press
England
Royal Air Force
Luftwaffe
Britain
Lille
Belgium
Flanders
Strug
Shreveport Soldier Dies in Auto Wreck
Master Sergeant Louis T. Chambless 33 of Shreveport died in an automobile crash on a bridge between Victoria and Port Lavaca Texas. Two other Shreveport soldiers from the same unit were injured but expected to recover. names not immediately obtained. Chambless had 12 years in the local National Guard and left in January for active duty at Camp Hulen.
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Shreveport
Louis T. Chambless
4Th Coast Artillery
Camp Hulen
Tex
Victoria
Port Lavaca
Farish N. Helton
Deeil Malone
Chambless
National Guard
204Th
Willkie Challenges Republicans to Lead on Britain Aid
Wendell Willkie urged the Republican Party at the 55th Lincoln Day dinner to pursue immediate aid to Britain. He warned that failure could mirror the demise of historic parties and pressed for a positive, proactive doctrine to shape future American policy.
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New York
Wendell Willkie
Britain
National Republican Club
America
Willkie
Truckmen to Meet Alford in Northeast Louisiana
A series of law enforcement meetings led by General Steve Alford will gather peace officers from 10 northeast Louisiana parishes at the Ouachita parish courthouse, 10 a.m., followed by a 2 p.m. truck operators meeting at the same venue. Parishes include Ouachita Caldwell Union Morehouse East Carroll West Carroll Madison Tensas Richland and Franklin. Attendees will discuss national defense coordination and new truck laws with executives W. Patterson and B. H. Grayson accompanying the general.
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Louisiana
Steve Alford
Quachita Parish
Quachita
Caldwell
Union
Morehouse
East Carroll
West Carroll
Madison
Tensas
Richland
Franklin
General Alford
Baton Rouge
W. Patterson
Motor Vehicle Bureau of Louisiana
BH. Grayson
The
Louisiana Motor
Yugoslav Leader Heads to Talks With Hitler in Berlin
Yugoslavia's Premier Dragisa Cvetković travels from Belgrade to Germany at Hitler's invitation amid reports of possible German troop transit through Yugoslavia into Greece. A. W. Fadden warns Australia of grave Pacific threats as Japan expands southward, while Nazi claims mark a sea and air assault on British shipping and Suez traffic.
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Sydney
Australia
A. W. Fadden
Pacific
Japan
Associated Press
Yugoslavia
Dragisa Cvetkovic
Belgrade
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Balkan
Balkans
Hitler
Russia
Bulgaria
Greece
Romania
Europe
Turkey
Atlantic
High Command
Suez Canal
Britain
Far East
Four condemned men to get hearing in Louisiana
Four escaped Arkansas convicts, Mehargh Heard Landers and Bruce, face a special pardon board session at 9 am Wednesday to seek commutation of death sentences for the Caldwell parish murder of Frank Gartman. Executions are scheduled for March 7 after Governor Jones called the meeting early.
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Baton Rouge
Arkanesas
Louisiana
Pardon Board
William Me«harg
William Heard
William Landers
Floyd Bruce
Sam Jones
Frank Gartman
Citiz
Monroe Voters Urged to Register for March 18 Election
The Monroe City Council calls an election for March 18 to decide a large expansion for the municipal light plant. All taxpayers may vote by popular ballot, but registration must be completed by Saturday night to be eligible.
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Monroe
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Fort McClellan
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106Th Field Artillery
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