Senator Clarke Opposition Attacks British Aid Bill
In a Senate debate on the British aid bill Senator Clark of Missouri argued the measure would bring the nation to the brink of war and strip defense while granting autocratic powers to the president. Senator Johnson of California warned the bill could make Roosevelt a dictator or worse.
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Washington
Clark
Missouri
Johnson
California
Roosevelt
Senate
Johnom
Foreign Relations Committee
Britain
United States
Willkie Backed to Preserve GOP Chair At 1942 Start
Washington reports a party strife threat faded as Willkie predicted Massachusetts Rep Joseph W Martin Jr would keep the GOP chair. Martin plans to resign at a March 24 national committee meeting but hinted he may accept a committee decision to reject his resignation.
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Washington
Wendell L. Walkie
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Willkie
Martin
Wilkie
McNary
Oregon
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg
Michigan
Nye
North Dakota
Martin Willkie
Joe Isone
National Committee
60 000 Houses in France Destroyed
Paris reports sixty thousand buildings destroyed and 186 009 damaged in the war with Germany. Transport Minister Berthelot said subsidies up to 80 percent of repair costs will be enacted as reconstruction funding.
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Berlin
France
Germany
Paris
Berthelot
DNB
Japan warns U S action heightens unease in Pacific
Tokyo reports a Japanese spokesman says warlike moves by Britain and the United States in the Pacific provoke anxiety in Japan. Koh Ishii, director of the cabinet information bureau, calls for restraint and says Japan seeks peaceful aims while offering no mediation. The four power encirclement claim cites the United States, Britain, Australia, and others.
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Spakterman
Pacific
Japan
United States
Western Hemisphere
Koh Ishii
Cabinet Information Bureau
Repen
Ake
Greater East Asia
Ishii
Beter
Great Britain
Australia
Shreveport Man Dies After Crash Near Jackson
Andrew Eugene Miller of Shreveport died after an auto truck collision on a highway west of Jackson. Melvin Hall was killed instantly. William Owen and Robert Ancola were injured. Miller’s funeral set for morning. survivors include wife Christine Miller and several relatives.
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Jackson
Miss
Andrew Eugene
Jack” Muller
Shreveport
Jackson Sy Limits
Melvin H. Hall
William Owen
Robert G. Ancola
Owen
Ancola
Miller
Jacks m
Ariola
C. V. Miller
Baptist
Christine Miller
McNeil
H. L. Miller
McComb
5. D James
Baton Rouge
Mae Miller
American Eagle Squadron in Action Over Germany
London reports two flights of the American Eagle squadron of the Royal Air Force have seen combat with German forces. Pilot Officer Vernon Charles Keogh of Brooklyn is reported missing from operational duties. Two squadron members, Philip Howard Leckrone of Salem and Edwin Exzell Orbinem of Sacramento, were killed in a training accident. the unit remains in advanced operational training.
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London
Germany
Vernon Charles Keogh
Brooklyn
Philip Howard Leckrone
Salem
Edwin Exzell Orbinem
Sacramento
Cail
Keogh
United States
R.A. F
Nationwide Freeze Grips U S With Record Subzero
A brutal cold wave drives temperatures to 31 below zero at Devil's Lake North Dakota and spreads from plains states to the Atlantic. Snowfalls of 18 inches in upper Michigan and 8 inches in western New York paralyze roads and close schools in Minnesota and New York. Winds create drifting and dangerous driving as far south as Tennessee and North Carolina with continued cold through the stricken region.
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Associated Press
Devil's Lake
N. D
Plains States
Atlantic
Upper Michigan
New York
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes Region
Indiana
Great Lakes
New England
Atlantic States
Maine
Florida
Tennessee
North Carolina
Chicago
North Dakota
South Dakota
Test suit questions tax on natural gas sales in Louisiana
Revenue department officials say about 250000 dollars annually are involved in a test suit in the East Baton Rouge district court. The $820 principal suit raises whether natural gas produced in Montana and transported out of state can be taxed under the 1936 one percent levy.
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Baton Rouge
Revenue Department
Fhe
United States District Court
Department of Revenue
Monroe City Council Pushes Power Plant Bond Question
The Monroe city council approved a bond measure to fund 875000 for improving and expanding the light plant and distribution system. Officials say growth requires facility expansion and engineers recommended the plan. Voters were to decide March 14, with 4 823 residents already registered by deadline.
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HH. Benoit
KMLB
Lillian Collins
Monroe
Commission Council
Roof Collapse Kills Many in London Shelter Raid
London reports indicate a heavy bomb pierced a shelter roof during a raid last night killing and injuring many. Four raiders were shot down, with British pilots credited for disrupting night bombing as ground crews and medics treated survivors amid extensive debris and casualties.
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London
Air Ministry
Home Security Ministry
Britain
Home
East Anglia
England
Scotland
Bath
Britain’s Air Tactics In North Africa Effective
Edward Kennedy reports on Britain's air campaign in Libya Egypt and Tunisia noting nearly 500 Italian planes destroyed on the ground and the success of the RAF in bombing airfields destroying aircraft and crippling Italian defenses while Colishaw directs desert air warfare with a ground‑strike strategy that shifted air superiority in the campaign.
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Britain
North Africa
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Egypt
Libya
Great Britain
Matruh
France
Raymond Collishaw
Vancouver
British Columbia
Collishaw
Arthur Longmore
Cairo
Collie
Auto Workers Do Not Ratify Strike Trace at Milwaukee
Officials at the Allis-Chalmers plant in Milwaukee say the factory will not reopen today despite a trace agreement with CIO United Auto Workers. Nine thousand workers remain idle in the fourth week over 45 million dollars in national defense orders. Union members interpret the Washington truce differently and indefinitely withhold ratification.
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Associated Press
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
Washington
Cio-United Automobile Workers
National Defense
William §. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
Charlestown
Ind
Ohio River
Louisville
Vanadium Corporation
Amerea
Niagara Falls
N. Fi
Vanadium Company
Bridgeville
Germany Reaffirms Nonresponsibility for Occupied Lands
Berlin officials rejected Sumner Welles assertion that Germany must feed inhabitants in occupied territories under international law. They accused him of misunderstanding The Hague provisions and shift responsibility onto Germany, claiming food problems stem from British blockade and not German duty.
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Berlin
Germany
Sumner Welles
United States
Washington
Welles
Hull
Herbert Hoover
World War II Update: German Pressure on Greece and London Bombing
The World Today reports Hitler pressuring Greece to accept Mussolini terms as the Nazi threat looms. German bombers hit London with heavy casualties feared in shelters. European tolls rise with 1,502 killed and 2,012 wounded on the British Isles while Italy and Greece trade blows in the Aegean and Dodecanese. Japan accuses Britain and the United States of warlike preparations in the Pacific.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Greece
Italy
Mussolini
London
British Isles
Southampton
Great Yarmouth
Sheerness
Shetland Islands
Moray Firth
Scotland
Klisura
Ialy
Dodecanese
Japan
Pacific
Greece Faces Crucial Days in War Relief Appeal
The News-Star-World urges continued and expanded aid for Greece as it faces a dangerous moment amid Bulgarian Turkish statements and fear of German pressure. Readers are asked to send checks for the Greek war relief fund without delay.
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Greece
Italy
Finland
News- Star—World
Greek War Relief Fund
Santander Fire Ravages City as Windy Storm Displaces Thousands
Soldiers and civilian firemen bombarded the Santander blaze to check wind driven flames that have driven about 30,000 residents from their homes. The old commercial district was wrecked and 12 storm deaths raised Spain's toll to 167 across the region.
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Madrid
Santander
Spain
Portugal
Tagus
Lisbon-Oporte
Faro
Algarve
Demand for Swift Peace From Balkan Crisis Intensifies
Balkan dispatches report Hitler pressing Greece to accept Musso lini terms with invasion threatened from Romania through Bulgaria into Eastern Thrace. Sofia cites 600000 Nazi troops poised to advance if Greece resists. Simultaneously, Soviet Russia engages Germany over the Bulgarian Turkish pact to curb Southeast European war. Nazi raids strike London and East Anglia as rescue crews search for casualties in collapsed shelters.
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Associated Press
Balkan
Adolf Hitler
Greece
Italy
Mussolini
Aegean
Sofia
Bulgaria
Athens
Hitler
Rumania
Thrace
Zora
Russia
Germany
Europe
Istanbul
Turckey
Turkey
British Isles
London
East Anglia
Southampton
Great Ya
Boltz Called In Fraud Case in Philadelphia
Federal and state charges shadow a second Boltz case in Philadelphia as Robert J. Boltz faces a plea on embezzlement and fraud tied to a collapsed investment firm. More than 100 creditors subpoenaed as witnesses, while warrants issued target a second attorney accused of misappropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars from clients.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Robert J. Boltz
United States
Boltz
Franklin E. Barr
Eugene V. Allessansdroni
Francis W. Sullivan
Sullivan
Australia Seeks Raid Protection Plan Across Nation
Acting Prime Minister A. W. Fadden announced Australia would implement nationwide air raid protection. The plan covers state and commonwealth cooperation, shelter construction, emergency transport, civilian removal, blackout methods, and civilian first aid and fire safety training.
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Melbourne
Australia
A. W. Fadden
Accidents to Date This Year and Last Year Report
A historical brief notes accidents to date this year and last year with counts of incidents and a single reference line indicating personal injuries to date this year. The fragment suggests municipal or regional safety statistics.
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