Balkan Warwatch as Turkish Reinforcements Face German Threat
Balkan observers report 150000 Turkish troops with hundreds of tanks massed on the Greek Bulgarian frontier may cross into Greek Macedonia and Thrace within 48 hours. Britain rushes aid to Turkey while Greece plans defense along the Struma valley and Thrace frontier as Nazi pressure grows.
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Greek Macedonia
Thrace
Turkey
Germany
Belkan
Greece
Struma
Macedonia
Salonika
Sofia
Bulgaria
Alexander Papagos
Bulja
Aegean Sea
American imports reach high level in 1940 trade data
Washington reports January imports at 229 thousand dollars while total imports for 1940 rise to 2.625 billion, up 13 percent from 1939. Purchases in Asia Africa and Latin America of raw materials for planes and weapons drive the gain despite European supply blockades.
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Washington
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Commerce Department
Europe
United States
James Gets Big Contract For Army Housing
James L. James Company of Ruston Louisiana secured a 1 458 828 contract from the army to build temporary housing at the Oklahoma City air base Oklahoma City Oklahoma March 7 the project covers construction and related facilities for military use.
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James
Washington
TL. James Company, Inc
Ruston
Oklahoma City
Okla
Magicians In Germany Restricted By Wartime Rules
New York March 7 War time restrictions hit German sleight of hand. Food rationing bans use of food or likeness in tricks. may cause dissension. Editor John Mulholland of The Sphinx states Nazis control magical societies and cites France as restricted for magicians.
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New York
John Mulholland
The
Sphinx
Mulholland
Reich
France
Medical Body Denied Ruling of Acquittal
Justice James M. Proctor refused to direct acquittal for the American Medical Association in a Sherman Act case. He ordered acquittal for Dr. Leon A. Martel and Dr. J. Rogers Young and exonerated the Washington Academy of Surgery and Harris County Texas Medical Society. The judge denied acquittal for the remaining defendants, including the AMA, the District of Columbia Medical Society, and 18 physicians, leaving them to mount a defense. The case centers on a conspiracy to restrain trade linked to the Group Health association as a prepaid medical cooperative.
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Washington
James M. Proctor
Federal District Court
American Medical Association
Leon A. Martel
J. Rogers Young
Washington Academy of Surgery
Horria County
Texas
Justice Proctor
District of Columbia Medical Society
Justice Department
Group Health Association
Director Sought for Civil Service Baton Rouge
The state civil service commission seeks a personnel director at seven dollars and fifty cents annually. Applicants need five years of public administration or personnel management experience including three in merit systems. Examinations cover education, experience, a written test, and interview. The top three will be certified for final selection.
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Baton Rouge
State Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission
Charles S. Hyneman
Louisiana State University
School of Government
Samuel H. Ordway, Jr
New York
National Civil Service Reform League
Louis J. Kroeger
California State Personnel Board
State Hospital To Open Here On July 1 In Monroe
The E A Conway Memorial Hospital in Monroe will formally open July 1 with a fully equipped unit funded by a 432 459 appropriation. Dr DeWitt Milam is named superintendent and a resident staff will be announced soon. The plan relies on equipment deliveries. delays will not postpone opening or forfeit funds.
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E. A. Conway
Monroe
J. E. Snes
D. Ross Banister
Charity Hospital
DeWitt Milam
Snee
Montee Uinit
Banister
Monroe Charity Hospital
Sam Jones
Prominent Monroe Attorney Bernstein Improves After Crash
Missing Bernstein, Monroe attorney, injured in a Dixie Overland highway crash near Rayville Thursday, shows satisfactory condition. Dr. Guy H. Caldwell of New Orleans consulted, an operation on a crushed left arm performed, amputation avoided, Bernstein resting well Friday noon as bad weather delays return flight to New Orleans.
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Bernstein
Monroe
Rayville
St. Francis Sanitarium
Guy H. Caldwell
New Orleans
Caldwell
IMI Safety Record: Accidents and Injuries This Year and Last
IMI safety figures show 96 accidents to date this year and 3 deaths last year. Personal injuries total 13 this year and 19 last year. Traffic rule of the day prohibits driving so slowly as to block or delay traffic, unless speed exceeds 25 mph.
Turkish opposition defies Germany as eye on two million bayonets
The World Today reports Turkish press resisting Nazi assurances while Greeks expect Turkish aid against invasion. Britain speeds equipment to Turkey. Belgrade says Yugoslavia stays neutral. Greece may quit Thrace. German tanks near Turkish frontier. Luftwaffe raids Britain. U boats attack. Italian high command logs Mediterranean strikes. Allied advances push toward Solamaland as German air raids hit supply lines.
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Turkey
Germany
Balkans
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Grecian
Thrace
Aegean
Ismet Inonu
Fuehrer
Associated Press
Hitler
Britain
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Greece
Struma
Macedonia
London
Norwegian
Italian High Command
Mediterranean
Italian Somaliland
North
Africa
Think Hodges to Be Named L A U Head
The New Orleans States reports Major General Campbell B. Hodges likely to accept as Louisiana State University president. Acting President Paul M. Hebert would return as dean of the law school after James Monroe Smith’s resignation and prison term. Announcement may come next week.
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New Orleans
Campbell B. Hodges
Fifth Army Corps
Louisiana
Mississippi
Louisiana State University
Paul M. Hebert
James Monroe Smith
Night session ordered on British aid bill in Senate
The Senate rejected an amendment to the British aid bill to forbid conveying war materials by U S armed forces from the Western Hemisphere. The vote was 62 to 28. President Roosevelt warned delays would affect deliveries to the democracies, while administration leaders pressed night sessions to push passage and curb opposition amendments.
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Washington
Senate
Western Hemisphere
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Sivendmert
Ellender
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Congress
Barkley
United States
Orient
State Hull
Clark
Missouri
Tips Given Red Caps Held To Be Station's Property
New Orleans March 7 The fifth United States circuit court of appeals ruled that tips given to Red Cap porters are the property of the station employing the porters amending wage hour cases from Texas and Florida The decisions reverse and remand in one case and affirm in another involving Union Terminal Company and Jacksonville Terminal Company The rulings hold porters tips are not wages or gifts but the station's property for wage calculation purposes
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New Orleans
Fifth United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Union Terminal Company
A. J. Pickett
Northern
Texas District Court
Florida
Jacksonville
C. L. Williams
Texas
Pickett
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Dallas
William H. Atwell
Williams
Curtis L. Waller
Samuel H. Sibley
Rufus E. Foster
Edwin R. Holmes
Red Caps
Four Convicts’ Final Broadcasts Cancelled By Sheriff
The planned broadcast of last statements from four escaped Arkansas convicts hanged in Columbia was canceled after the district attorney advised private executions are required by Louisiana law. William McHarg spoke via radio station KMLB expressing happiness in faith, plea for his mother’s prayers, and acceptance of death.
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Columbia
Arkansas
Frank Gartman
Columbia Posseman
G. E. Erskine
Caldwell Parish
C. C. Minard
Eugene Stanley
Louisiana
KMLB
William McHarg
Guy Corley
National Guard may stay in service six to twelve months
Washington officials said the army may seek Congress authority to extend National Guard service for six months to a year. The decision hinges on international tension and manpower needs as mobilization nears 240,000 guardsmen, with debates over training, demobilization, and expanding the regular army to 500,000.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Congress
National Guard
Regular Army
George C. Marshall
Congressional
General Staff
Harass Nazis raid on Lofoten rehearses bigger plan
British and Norwegian naval units raided the German held Lofoten islands off Norway as a rehearsal for future operations. Reports say swift sea raiders with landing parties aim to sabotage Nazi military and industrial sites along the European coast.
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London
Lofoten Islands
Norway
Ferriday Man Fatally Stricken While Walking Home
J C Wagley a 49 year old Ferriday Louisiana man died after a heart attack while walking from his car toward his aunt Mrs Sale Bowens home to fetch his brother Roy Wagley for car repairs. He collapsed on a sidewalk and was taken to a hospital by T A Walton and his son A H Walton where he died minutes later.
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Shreveport
J. C. Wagley
Ferriday
Sale Bowen
Roy Wagley
T. A. Walton
A. H. Walton
Wagley
Motorist Reports Road Fire From Burning Grass
A New Orleans motorist recalled hearing of burning roadways and said he saw his first burning road this week on a trip through Columbia Mississippi. The newly laid asphalt caught fire when workers ignited grass along the right of way.
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New Orleans
Columbia
Miss
Town Hall Off to Good Start in Monroe Campaign
The Monroe Town Hall club launched its membership drive with a kickoff dinner at Hotel Frances. Dean C. C. Calvert of Northeast Junior College urged a 30 member goal, saying more members boost buying power and talent access. Secretary Mrs. A. D. Tisdale reviewed a successful year and forecast further gains. Elmer E. Schlotz, national Town Hall field representative, spoke to attendees.
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Monroe Town Hall Club
Hotel Frances
Dean C. C. Calvert
Northeast Junior College
Town Hall
A. D. Tisdale
Elmer E. Schlotz
Eskimo to be in National Guard in Nome unit
An Eskimo will join Alaska’s National Guard company organized in Nome tonight. A radiogram lists 206 applicants for service in the far western territorial outpost with more Eskimos among those from isolated wilderness posts.
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Juneau
Alaska
Nome
Four Condemned Men Hanged in Columbia After Radio Bid Denied
McHarg first of four Arkansas convict farm escapees to be hanged in Columbia. Officers barred radio broadcasts of prepared statements from KMLB Monroe and photographers. the four men, William McHarg 25 William Heard 43 Floyd Boyce 28 and William Landers 39, faced the gallows for the slaying of posseman Frank Gartman during their prison break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
William McHarg
KMLB
Monroe
McHarg
Arkansas
Floyd Boyce
William Heard
Willam Landers
Chicago Times
Crane
Caldwell Parish
Willam Heard
William Landers
Eugene Staneley
Baton Rouge
G. E. Erskine
G. C. Minard
Frank Gartman
Columbia Posseman
Boyce
Roosevelt weighs labor agency to mediate disputes
President Roosevelt said he was considering forming a labor agency to handle labor dispute problems and act as a mediator. He supported doing away with strikes caused by jurisdiction fights while noting no new legislation would be required to establish the board. Mediation efforts were also mentioned as ongoing.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
House
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State Hospital
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IMI
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W. H Hodges
United States Military Academy
West Point
Sargent
Lofoten
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