France Fails to Accept Japanese Terms in Indo China Thai Peace Talks
Japan mediates a peace settlement between French Indo-China and Thailand but Paris has not accepted the plan in full. French Ambassador Araene-Henry met Japan's Matsukuni as Tokyo presses for a final French answer by noon. Negotiations continue amid unclear Thailand armistice fate and possible territorial concessions to Thailand.
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Tokyo
Japan
Thailand
Charles Araene Henry
Foreign Office
Yosuke Matsucki
Hajime Matsumivya
Mateucka
Five Civilians Die as Car Hits Soldier Buses
A car crash near Fort Devers killed five civilians and damaged two Fort Devers bound buses. The auto occupants included three girls and two men, all uninjured soldiers aboard the buses. Police reported the collision occurred around 1 am and that some soldiers received medical aid, with the buses on a Lowell to cantonment run.
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Fort Dover
Anthony A. Ritwwek
Gerard Pelletier
Olga Prashnick
Ruth Stolack
Blanche
Boston
Patty
Fort Devers
Lowell
Severushy
Cold fronts spread across east and south with snow showers
Temperatures dipped in the east and south while rising over the Rocky Mountains and southwest. Light snow touched arcs in the Ohio valley and New England as freezing air reached extreme south Georgia and south Alabama. A storm center formed over New Mexico and Oklahoma while another dissipated over the north Atlantic. California faced continued showers and transport disruptions as a record rainy season winds down.
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Rocky Mountains
Ohio Valley
New England
South
Georgia
Alabama
Washington, D.C
Ohie Valley
Gulf
Atlantic Coast
North Atlantic Seaboard
New Mexico
Oklahoma
North Atlantic
California
Calioma
United States and Mexico Enter Mutual Defense Pact
The United States and Mexico announced a mutual defense understanding creating a common defense front from the Arctic to the isthmus of Panama. State Department officials said military and naval experts will draft plans for cooperative defense. details were not disclosed. This pact follows the U S Canada defense agreement and stems from an American nations accord at Havana in 1940.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Arctic Circle
Paramea
Canada
State Department
Mate Department
Mm Clom
Jones spends $1.2 billion on defense program
Washington reports that Jesse H. Jones, head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, said he had committed about 1.2 billion dollars to the defense program. He likened government spending to buying sweaters, recalling 1918 Red Cross efforts, and explained his operations to a congressional committee.
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Washington
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Red Cross
Congressional Committee
Four Men Charged in Louisiana Hunt Case
Jackson Mississippi March 5 four men arrested by Louisiana conservation agents were charged in Vicksburg by federal authorities with hunting wild game out of season. Federal agent W T Davis said the men were in Louisiana on Australia inland and Eagle lake near Shaw Milli can and John W Gilbert of the Louisiana conservation commission.
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Jackson
Miss
Louisiana
Vicksburg
W T. Davis
Mississippi
Ihe
Australia
Eagle Lake
Shaw Millican
John W. Gilbert
Louiiana Conservation Commission
Executions Set For Friday In Arkansas Case
Four Arkansas convicts face the death chamber Friday between noon and 3 pm in Caldwell parish for the Gartmen killing during a posse take. William Meharg William Landers William Heard and Floyd Boyce await the sentence as authorities report them firm and counseled by Baptist and Church of God ministers.
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Columbia
Arkansas
Rank Gartmen
T. E. Erskine
Sam H. Jones
Caldwell Parish
William Meharg
William Landers
William Heard
Floyd Boyce
Church of God
Lester Quits Denies Break With Governor
Former Louisiana state official George M. Laster resigns as personnel director of the state health department. He says the move is not a break with Governor Sam Jones administration and praises the administration while noting disagreements within his own ranks and with Dr. Musser’s personnel analysis. Laster vows continued support and independence in his views.
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New Orleans
George M. Laster
State Department of Health
Sam Jones
Jones
Louisiana
Lester
John 4. Musser
Mussers
West Felimann Perith
Sam
Myrna Loy Reunites With Husband After Separation
Hollywood reports Myrna Loy and producer Arthur Hornblow have reconciled after four months apart. No formal notice or filings followed their November separation. The couple, married in 1936 after meeting on a film set, were seen dining together and appeared at Hornblow’s preview, ending speculation about their split.
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Hollywood
Myrna Loy
Arthur Hornblow
Miss Loy
Hornblow
Mixs Loy
Ensenada
Mexico
William Powell
Bribery Case Against Pair Comes to End
Judge David J. Garrett sustained a quash motion and discharged W. D. Dark and L. J. Melton in a special district court session. The ruling cites defects in the grand jury that indicted the pair, noting T. O. Trawick's lack of proper juror notices and participation.
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W. D. Dark
L. J. Melton
David J. Garrett
District Court
Garrett
Dark
Melton
T. O. Trawick
Trawick
Mansfield
Ouachita
28 000 Mile Inter-American Air Tour Starts
Major-General Frank Bo McCoy and four companions departed Washington in a blue and white amphibian on a 28,000 mile inter-American air tour. The party includes Walter Bruce Howe, J. M. Farris, Alfredo de Los Rios, and Lai O. Medina. The aircraft was loaned by Laurence Rockefeller. They will fly to Miami then Havana, visiting civil aviation leaders in each of the twenty republics to discuss future Hemispheric aviation development.
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Washington
Frank Bo McCoy
General McCoy
Walter Bruce Howe
J. M. Farris
Eastern Airlines
Alfredo de Los Rios
Lai O. Medina
Bogota
Colombia
Laurence Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Miami
Fla
Havana
Senate Votes to Limit Term in Lease Bill
Washington March 5 14 The Senate approved an amendment to the British aid bill terminating the measure July 1 143 or earlier with a majority of both houses. If not called earlier the program would expire in two years. The president would have to carry out contracts by July 1 1946. New Hampshire charged the plan could drag the nation toward war and make Roosevelt a warlord of Europe as debate began on amendments and major proposals to the measure.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Op Senate
Tebey
New Hampshire
Roosevelt
Europe
Ellender
Louisiana
Britain Calls For More Ships And Men In Battle Of Atlantic
A V Alexander told the British House of Commons Britain must mobilize many more ships and large numbers of men to confront the German menace of submarines bombers and surface raiders in the battle of the Atlantic. He cited urgency in ships and manpower and noted American destroyers already aiding Britain.
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London
A. V Alexander
The
Admiralty
Commons
Britain
America
Alexander
World tensions rise as axis moves and battles rage
Britain shifts from Bul aw to check Yugoslav swing to axis while Rome notes Canadian troops land at Salonika. Yugoslavia mobilizes. German forces stay away from the Turkish frontier. Axis offensive expected in eastern Greece. Nazi raids ruin Cardiff and Norway island raid cited as propaganda. Japan calls Far East situation critical as France ignores Thailand Indo China deadline. US Mexico pact pledges mutual defense from Arctic to Panama.
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Britain
Bullew
Rome
Salonika
Yugoslavia
Greece
Cardiff
Norway
Japan
Far East
France
United States-Mexico
North American
Arctic
Panama Canal
Germans Near Vital Strait
London reports British parliament that Germany has a considerable new number of soldiers and technicians in French Morocco within 150 miles of the strategic Strait of Gibraltar. A German armistice commission representative has been at Casablanca for months and officers with arms have arrived in uniform. General de Gaulle accuses Germans of aiming to disintegrate France and its empire as neutral observers note heightened British countermeasures.
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London
Germany
French
Morocco
Strait of Gibraltar
R. A. Butler
Charles de Gaulle
Casablanca
France
Her
Mediterranean
Dual Office Law Declared Unconstitutional by Judge Rivardo
District Judge L Robert Rivardo in Gretna ruled the states anti dual office holding act unconstitutional saying the legislature overstepped its constitutional authority and attempted to broaden the existing language amid the March 5 New Orleans filing.
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New Orleans
L. Robert Rivardo
Gretna
Camps Livingston and Claiborne contracts end soon
Alexandria March reports say construction of Camps Livingston and Claiborne in the army training area will terminate March 15 with remaining work taken over by the constructing quartermaster. Peak employment reached about 37 000. Officials note the camps near finish and the war will run finishing touches with some contractor staff retained.
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Alexandria
Livingston and Claiborne
Army
Jackie Coogan Becomes Soldier at Fort MacArthur
Hollywood news notes Jackie Coogan 26 enters the army today aiming to be a flier. Induction moved up to today at Fort MacArthur San Pedro after a phone call to Acting State Adjutant General Donovan. Coogan faced court battles over earnings once reported at 4 million, with only about 150 thousand left after 1939 settlement. He divorced Betty Grable and pursued comebacks, while forming a flying service at Metropolitan airport and logging around 400 hours of flight time.
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Hollywood
Jackie Coogan
Fort MacArthur
San Pedro
Coogan
Arthur Bernstein
Betty Grable
Metropolitan
Joseph
Donovan
Sacramento
Britain cuts ties with Bulgaria as Yugoslav tilt alarm grows
Great Britain severed diplomatic relations with Bulgaria amid fears of a Yugoslav drift to the axis. London urged ships and men for the Atlantic battle as German troops and technicians were reported near Gibraltar. In Belgrade, Yugoslavia planned urgent talks with Germany as mobilization began, and Prince Paul reportedly prepared a meeting with Ribbentrop to discuss Rome-Berlin-Tokyo alignment.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Parliament
French
Morocco
Britain
Gibraltar
Rome
Virginio Gayda
Greece
Gayda
Salonika
Aegian Sea
George W. Rendel
Sofia
Germany
Rendel
Belgrade
Sir Ronald
Dragisa Cvétekovic
Balkan
Prince Paul
Tomearroen
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Rumania
Bele
Five WPA Projects Approved by F D R for Army Camps and New Orleans Sites
President approves five WPA national defense projects totaling millions. Included are 3.6168 million for general improvements in Alexandria area army camps and 439,160 for Barksdale field rehab, plus three New Orleans efforts: motor transport building at Jackson barracks, coast guard radio station site improvements at Little Woods, and Marine hospital interior work. Projects foresee about 12 months to complete at Beauregard Claiborne Livingston and Polk camps.
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New Orleans
Alexandria
James H. Crutcher
Barksdale Field
Shreve Port
Camp Beauregard
Claiborne
Livingston
Camp Polk
Leesville
Jackson Barracks
United States Coast Guard
Little Woods
Marine Hospital
WPA
Beauregard
Polk
Frederick Dies After Auto Crash in New Orleans
Sidney Fredrick, 30, former district attorney of St Tammany and Witon parishes, died from injuries after a car overturned on Gentilly highway. He had been returning home from New Orleans and was taken to Charity Hospital unconscious. Survived by widow Helen of Virginia and daughter Holley Louise. Body sent to Covington for funeral services.
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New Orleans
Sidney Frederck
Covn
Judicial District
Frederick
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Herbert Hoover
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