Spy Work Not What It Used To Be In War
Charles S. Foltz Jr reports from New York on espionage in wartime Europe. He notes spies are ignored and undervalued by governments and the public, with many turning to crime or income from blackmail and burglary. The piece cites military estimates placing about 10000 spies in Europe and discusses patriotism versus profit in the espionage life.
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Charles S. Folts
New York
Apie
Switzerland
Europe
Uct
Wide area snowstorm and cold across the U S
A broad snowstorm covered the Rocky Mountain west to the Mexican border with light precipitation elsewhere. Extreme cold was recorded in Devil's Lake North Dakota and Moorhead Minnesota while Ocala Florida led the nation with 2.05 inches of rain. Temperatures ranged from single digits to the low thirties across major cities.
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Rocky Mountain
Canada
North Dakota
Minnesota
Devil's Lake
N. D
Moorehead
Minn
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Ocala-Melbourne
Fla
Ocala
California
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
St. Louis
Cleveland
Albany
Boston
New York
Washington
Cincinnati
Memphis M
Brother of Perry White Killed in Shreveport Ambush
The brother of Perry White, 51, killed near a liquor store in Shreveport, was contacted. B White of Snyder Arkansas plans to return the body to Hamburg Arkansas for funeral services. White was reportedly killed by Willie, a private night patrol operator, after a window was broken and whiskey seized.
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Shreveport
Perry
White
B. White
Snyder
Ark
Leslie Hammer
Hamburg
Hammer Aioey White
Willie
British blockade praised as effective by experts
London reports economic warfare dating to the spring invasion shows Germany’s supplies exhausted. Trade leaks through Japan aid Germany with high value goods, while US emenes Sams. Ga Eiyanne apan shipments flow to Port Arthur and Siberia via Manchenkue.
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Drew Middleton
London
Britain
Germany
Low Countries
Japan
South America
United States
Yellow Sea
Port Arthur
Devon
Manchenkue
Two Navy Bombing Planes Missing Off California Coast
Two small United States Navy bombing planes with four men aboard disappeared during a routine training flight between Carlsbad and Encinitas, with searches by destroyers and coast guard failing to locate wreckage. Eyewitnesses reported a flaming plane plunging into the Pacific as explosions and flares were seen near Camp Kearny.
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San Diego
Calif
United States Navy
Sheriff's Office
Navy
Pacific Ocean
Here
Coast Guard
Carlsbad
Encinitas
Navx
la Mesa
Camp Kearny Mess
King Gabriel VIII Visits Lafayette Carnival Parade
La fayette celebrates carnival with King Gabriel VIII arriving by special train. The parade features the queen Miss Anna Belie Bernard and her court as the city hall ceremony awards the keys to the king. Children’s parade and ball follow with royal floats and night procession ending at midnight.
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Lafayette
Gabriel VIII
Gabriel
Anna Belie Bernard
Tommy Cambee
Betty Brent Schoef
Deaths Follow Two Predictions at Bucklin and Gore
Bucklin Missouri February 25 William Swack a coal miner told colleagues this would be his last day in the mine a two ton rock crushed him fatally. Gore Colorado February 25 R T Willingham 48 an engineer for the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad sought to become an aviator his wife begged him not to take risks. His locomotive and two cars derailed after a rock rolled onto the tracks during heavy rain and plunged into the Colorado river.
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Bucklin
William Swack
Bucklin Coal Company
Swank
Gore, Colo
R. T. Willingham
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Colorado River
Mackey Said To Lead A Charmed Life In Crisis
Friends recall stunt pilot Captain Joseph C. Mackey surviving a Newfoundland crash that killed Sir Frederick Banting and two others. His mother in Columbus expresses relief and fear, while colleagues cite past near misses and his consistent racing finishes.
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Columbus
B. C. Mackey
Joseph C. Mackey
Newfoundland
Wilds
Mackey
Findlay
Cleveland
Turner
Two Men and Woman Die in Auto Crash West of Lake Charles
A head-on collision 24 miles west of Lake Charles Louisiana killed two men identified as E. F. O'Conner of Holiday Cove West Virginia and A. W. Conger of Houston Texas. Mrs O Conner was seriously injured and in an unconscious state. Calcasieu parish coroner Dr E L Clement said the crash was unavoidable.
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Lake Charles
Here
E. F. O'Conner
Holiday Cove
W. Va
A. W. Conger
Houston
Tex
O'Conner
E. L. Clement
Calcasieu Parish
Bethlehem Steel faces strike calls at multiple plants
Bethlehem Steel workers at Lackawanna New York and reports from Johnstown and Pottstown Pennsylvania show unions authorizing strike action amid demands for a 25 percent wage rise. Union leaders warn spread to other Bethlehem sites unless workers are recalled and a labor board election held. Meanwhile Republic Steel Youngstown sees a large walkout as crane operators strike.
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C LO
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Lackawanna, N.Y
John Riffe
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Buffalo
Bethlehem, Johnstown
Pottstown
Johnstown
James Gent
Ven A. Bittner
Bittner
Lackawanna
Bethlehem
Youngstown, QO
Republic Steel Corporation
C. I. O. Steel Workers Union
Lansing
Mich
A. F
United Automobile Workers
Motor Wheel Corporation
New Trial Sought for Mrs Henry in Calloway Slaying
In Lake Charles Louisiana lawyers filed four motions for a new trial for Mrs Annie Beatrice Henry who was convicted of killing Joseph P Calloway. The defense argues the verdict violated law and evidence and that inadmissible material and previously excluded confessions were shown to jurors. Nineteen bills of exception accompany the filing.
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Lake Charles
Annie Beatrice Henry
Joseph P. Calloway
Supreme Court
Henry
Ten Norwegians Sentenced to Death for Espionage
A German military court in Bergen sentenced 10 Norwegians to death and jailed seven others for espionage on behalf of Britain. The group’s leader used radio gear to transmit to England large data dumps including military reports.
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Bergen
Norway
Berlin
Britain
England
Nazi high command claims sinking vast shipping fleet
The World Today reports Hitler’s high command boasting of sinking over 250 000 tons of shipping in recent days. British scoff at the claim as RAF warplanes bomb U boat areas near Brest. A 10 000 ton German cruiser is said berthed there. British planes raid Addis Ababa and Tepeleni. Brava in Italian Somaliland port falls to British forces. Ethiopian irregulars drive Fascists from Morage in Kenya. Greeks deny quick peace under German pressure and vow to keep fighting Albania. Opponents seek to curb US troop dispatch by filibuster amendment.
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Associated Press
Nazi High Command
Claim
Brest
France
Addis Ababa
Tepeleni
Brava
Somaliland
Morage
Kenya
Italy
Greece
Albania
United States
Army Air Corps Strength Near Four Thousand Planes
Secretary of War Stimson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the regular army air corps has about 3,700 planes with the national guard totaling around 300. He noted that slightly under half are tactical aircraft while the rest are trainers as part of testimony on the British aid bill.
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War Stimson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Army Air Corps
Stimson
Senate
War Secretary
National Guard
Great Britain
Safety record and traffic rule notice
This report lists year to date accidents eight this year and sixteen last year with ten personal injuries this year and fourteen last year. Deaths to date show none this year and one last year. Traffic rule requires motorists hearing an emergency vehicle siren to pull to the curb and wait until the unit has passed and no other vehicle is approaching.
Filibuster Foe Warns on British Aid Bill in Senate
Senator Shipstead Minnesota warned that approving the administration’s lease-lend bill would drain American blood and money. He said the measure grants broad presidential power and could compromise independence. Other senators urged quick passage while filibuster talk circulated.
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Washington
Senator Shipstead
Minnesota
Senate
Congress
Shipstead
Murray
Montana
Barbour
N. J
Pair Lost in Estuary Sparks Coast Guard Search
Mobile Alabama February 25 The coast guard resumed search for Ben Smith former Alabama football star and Sidney Crowley Spring Hill student football manager missing since Sunday in an estuary of Mobile bay Their small boat was found snagged about 30 feet from the bank Smith an assistant coach at Spring Hill and Crowley left Mobile Saturday on a fishing trip They bought gasoline Sunday for their motorboat at a Blakely Alabama service station Smith formerly starred at Alabama and later joined the Washington Redskins before becoming Spring Hill assistant coach
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Mobile
Ala
Coast Guard
Ben Smith
Alabama
Sidney Crowley
Spring Hill
Mobile Bay
J. P. Jones
Smith
Crowley
Blakely
Washington Redskins
Karl Smith
Admiral Boyd Promoted After Med Carrier Attack
London February 25 Captain D W Boyd commander of the carrier Illustrious was promoted to rear admiral following damage from a German dive bombing raid in the Mediterranean last month. Planes from the Illustrious were credited with damaging three Italian battleships in the November 13 Taranto raid.
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London
D W. Boyd
Ilustrious
Mediterranean
Illustrious
Taranto
Nazi sea offensive reported by German high command
The German high command says its new sea offensive sank 253000 tons of ships on British supply lines. A London naval spokesman denied extra events in the German counter blockade. British claims suggest 25 to 50 vessels sunk. DNB reported sunk troopship 3009 to 4000 tons and 15000-ton transport set afire in the Mediterranean.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
High Command
London
DNB
Mediterranean
Sir Archibald Sinclair
Britain
Germany
Birmingham
Henry V
Sinclair
Africa
Greece
Churchill
Japan
Hitler
Minors tied to New Jersey siege after bungalow looting spree
State police report two Paterson boys aged about 12 were responsible for a five hour standoff ending near midnight after firing hundreds of shots at officers during a bungalow colony siege in West Milford. Officers seized a miniature arsenal including eight firearms but no charges were filed due to the youths’ minor status. juvenile authorities to be notified.
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Echo Lake
N. J
Paterson
John Moeller
West Milford Township
Moeller
Macopin Road
Perry Gillin
Fairlawn
Jack Ryan
Arthur Genader
Shreveport Postal Changes Announced
Arthur L. Layton named superintendent of mails at Shreveport succeeding A. B. Stephenson who becomes postmaster in Bossier City. Stephenson served fifteen years as superintendent of mails and thirty years in the postal service. S. S. Pittman newly named assistant superintendent of mails with effective February 24.
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Shreveport
Arthur L. Layton
United States Postal Service
Shreveport Post Office
A. B. Stephenson
Bossier City
Red River
R. H Nelson
Stephenson
5. S. Pittman
Nelson
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