Britain to double limit of borrowing for arms program
Britain announces a raised borrowing cap from 200 million to 400 million pounds to fund defense spending. Sir John Simon said a bill would be introduced to legalize the increase as part of the arms program. Prime Minister Chamberlain noted recognition of the Spanish insurgents remains under consideration. Italy ships fresh troops to Libya, heightening Mediterranean concerns as Spain’s war continues.
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London
Britain
John Simon
House of Commons
Sir John
Chamberlain
Spain
Italy
Libya
Guidance Conference Panel Sets Feb 18 at Northeast Center
A student guidance conference at Northeast Center is planned for Saturday February 18 at 9 am with a panel of classroom teachers superintendents and principals. Lake Providence High School principal C E Holley will chair the event featuring talks on essential counseling elements responsibilities home roles and case histories by leading parish and high school educators across north Louisiana.
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Northeast Center
C. E Holley
Lake Providence High School
E. D. Shaw
Morehouse Parish
Elizabeth Cuthrell
Oquachita Parish High School
W. R. Middleton
Fort Necessity High School
Mary Hester
Neville High School
D. W. McBride
Oak Grove High School
T. A. Judd
Mangham High School
H. S. Bankston
Columbia High School
J. A. Garrett
Bonita High School
Louisiana
Namesake Honors Susan B. Anthony in Washington
A young great-niece and namesake of Susan B. Anthony urged vigilance over civil liberties and the bill of rights on the 117th anniversary of Anthony’s birth. She noted Aunt Susan pushed suffrage as a legal democratic step and would lay a wreath at the feminist leader’s monument in the Capitol crypt after arriving from Rochester to work for the National Youth Administration.
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Washington
Susan B. Anthony
Susan
National Youth Administration
University of Rochester
N. Y
Supreme Court Chairs Must Be Shifted Again
The New Deal era story notes repeated reshuffles of the Supreme Court benches after moves to the new Capitol building. Carpenters install lighting fixes, ceiling lights adjusted, and white screens plus soft drapes added to improve the justices’ glare and reflections as reforms continue.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Roosevelt
Brandeis
Capitol
A F L Urges U S to Break Barriers for Unemployed
The American Federation of Labor asks Secretary Hopkins and Secretary Perkins to remove barriers to business expansion to absorb the unemployed. It cites 19 years of joblessness and 10 380 000 unemployed in December. The study ends amid labor peace talks and White House pressure.
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Miami
Frs
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Federation
Executive Council
Hopkins
Perkins
White House
Argentina sets import cut to balance trade with US
Argentina orders a sharp reduction in United States imports to pre-war levels, signaling a shift that could favor Germany and Britain. Finance Minister Pedro Groppo announces a bilateral approach to trade, arguing import permits will be withheld to restore balance and avoid triggering a most-favored nation treaty.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Pedro Groppo
Hull
Groppo
Ellison Poised to Succeed Porterie as Attorney General
Baton Rouge February 15 David M Ellison secretary to Governor Leche was ready to succeed to the office of Attorney General of Louisiana Porterie set to be sworn in as federal judge at Lake Charles Ellison 36 a law graduate and former secretary to De Rouen the highway commission and the secretary of state was named first assistant attorney general yesterday by Porterie with James O Connor Sr to return as first assistant upon vacancy and no word yet on a governor's secretary replacement
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Baton Rouge
Gaston L Porterie
Lake Charles
Western District of Louisiana
David M. Ellison
Richard W. Leche
Ellison
State Bar of
Louisiana
Porterie
James P. O'Connor, Sr
New Orleans
Marksville
Rene de Rouen
Highway Commission
Secretary of
Virginian and Solana Damaged in Fog Collision Off San Francisco
In thick fog off Point Montagu twelve miles south of San Francisco, the intercoastal freighter Virginian and tanker Solana collided. Both proceeded to port under their own power, coast guard cutters escorted them, and the Virginian's number two hold flooded under twenty feet.
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San Francisco
Solana
Point Montagu
Coast Guard
Shoshone
Duane
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
Virginian
Ralph Oliver
San Pedro
Atlantic Seaboard
Ventura
Maryland
Associated Oil Company
New York
Noe Signs Bonds for 6 in Orleans
State Senator James A. Noe of Monroe posted bonds of 100 dollars each for six New Orleans men arrested while distributing handbills endorsing Noe for governor and calling for sales tax repeal. The six, booked on loitering charges, were released after affidavits were granted. names listed as Henry Bauer Gerard Wendell Louis Bandin Clifford Larrouquette Roland Withers and Alton Smith.
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New Orleans
James A. Noe
Monroe
Recorder’s Court
Noe
Gaston Rose
Seventh Precinct
Henry Bauer
Gerard Wendel
Louis Bandin
Clifford Larroquette
Roland Withers
Alton Smith
Hungarian Premier Resigns Over Ancestry Revelation
Premier Bela Imredi quit after facing strong opposition to his anti Jewish program and amid surprise when he disclosed that a great grand parent was born Jewish. He said the discovery urged him to retire while parliament prepared to vote on the anti Jewish measures.
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Budapest
Bela Imredi
Party of National Unity
Imredi
French Order 415 More U S Fighting Craft
France increases U S built war plane orders to 1 200 plus in eight months. Senate inquiry probes involvement of French air mission aboard a plane crash linked to army craft. Weiser defends secrecy while Johnson and Leahy summoned for testimony as 3 032 more planes push toward House approval.
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Washington
UPI
France
Great Britain
Senate Military Committee
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Louis Johnson
Clark
Missouri
California
Senate
Rene P. G. Weiser
Weiser
Army Air Corps
New Pope Faces Heavy International Burden Amid Fascist Tensions
An Italian church view notes the pope to follow Pius XI must bear global duties as Europe wrestles with postwar tensions. It cites clashes between Fascist policy and Catholic doctrine on race, marriage, and church actions amid rising anti semite laws in Italy.
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Italy
Herr Hitler
Vatican
Controversial Legislation 10 Delayed By House Leaders
Washington reports that Democratic leaders will postpone controversial bills to gauge reactions to solidarity appeals. The House will focus on army funding, routine appropriations, and secondary measures while Wagner Act revisions and other New Deal laws are deferred. Speaker Bankhead and Rayburn urged unity as debate shifts to the air force funding bill and party discipline.
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Washington
House
Bankhead
Rayburn
Six Hurt As Tornado Strikes Macon Mississippi
A tornado in Noxubee county near Macon injures six people, destroys several plantation homes in the Prairie and Bigbee valleys, and causes fire damage. Injured include Dan Britton and family Hazel 3 Mary Myrtle 4, and two Black residents Ben Loveless 35 Rosa Mae Duck 25. All taken to Macon hospital. The storm followed by strong winds and rain across the gulf region.
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Macon
Miss
Noxubee County
Gulf
Prairie
Bigbee Valley
Dan Britton
Hazel
Mary Myrtle
Ben Loveless
Rosa Mae Duck
W. F. McDonald
United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Flashes In The News Highlights Domestic Oddities
In Williamsport health officials posted signs about whooping cough measles and mumps at a home while a fourth sign posed a riddle about home. In Chanute L A Cottrell saved $25 75 from quarters dropped in his car tank over time before buying a new car. In Ogden a thief took a peanut vending machine and vanished the court seal, a curious incident.
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Williamsport
Chanute, Kas
L. A
Wilkinson Charged with Real Estate Tax Irregularities
Orleans Parish District Attorney Charles A. Byrne invites Hugh M. Wilkinson to present evidence on alleged irregularities in real estate assessments. Wilkinson, former State Bar president, claimed a tax fixing racket. Byrne said he will investigate if Wilkinson supplies proof. Wilkinson stands by his charge.
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New Orleans
Charles A. Byrne
Orleans Parish
Hugh M. Wilkinson
State Bar of Louisiana
Wilkinson
Louisiana State Tax Commission
Byrne
Mr. Wilkinson
Chadwick Calls Strong Defense Backed by Public Morale
National Commander Stephen F. Chadwick of the American Legion said during a visit to Indianapolis that Americans show high defense morale, driven by recent aggression lessons from Ethiopia, China, and Czechoslovakia, and a desire to shield liberties while avoiding entanglement. He urged a force capable of stopping aggression before invasion.
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Indianapolis
United States
Stephen F. Chadwick
American Legion
Chadwick
Midwest
East
National Defense
Lincoln
Washington
Ethiopia
China
Czechoslovakia
Seattle
Legion
Franco’s Big Guns Direct Fire at City
Insurgent Generalissimo Francisco Franco escalates the Madrid siege by daily heavy artillery shelling. Government dispatches say central Madrid bombarded for the third straight day with 28 dead and 19 wounded from Sunday and Monday rounds. Negrin backs cabinet unity while border actions in France reclaim horses and salvage abandoned vehicles.
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Perpignan
France
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Juan Negrin
Catalonia
Negrin
Franco
Gonzales Pena
U. G
Segundo Blanco Gonzales
Romans Visit Tomb of Pope Pius XI in Vatican City
The Roman public entered St. Peter's to visit the tomb of Pope Pius XI beneath the basilica. Groups of 20 descended to the marble tomb as a fourth funeral mass for the pontiff was held by Monsignor Rossi. Cardinals arrived for the conclave to elect the new pope amid speculation and Roman commentary on papal succession.
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Vatican
Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius X
Cardinal Merry del Val
Vatican City
Pius XI
Antonio Anastasio Rossi
Constantinople
Preslates
Rome
Rosmans
Arc
Schuster
Milan
Menti
Fisher Man’s License Check Tricky Car Plunges Into Lagoon
Feb 15 New Orleans report. Dale Smith of Audubon Park stopped to check a fisherman's license at a park lagoon. His car rolled past the stunned fisher and plunged into the lagoon. Smith later said the license was O K indicating no foul play.
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New Orleans
Dale Smith
Audubon Park
Jews Pay Second Installment of Nazi Fine in Germany
In Berlin, Jewish communities begin delivering the second quarter of the 400 million mark fine imposed after the Paris embassy shooting. Authorities scheduled two more payments on May 15 and August 15, as the 11 year old Polish Jew Herschel Grynszpan’s act triggered Nazi retaliation.
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Berlin
Germany
Paris
Ernst Vom Rath
Herschel Grynszpan
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