Japan faces currency clash in North China power test
In a pivotal battle for control of North China Japan confronts Chinese dollar circulation as the north China federation bank notes face prohibition. Analysts say the outcome could shape Japan's future economic dominance and ability to press profitable trade amid war. Severe fighting rages in Kiangsu and Hupeh as Japanese air raids target key Chinese bases.
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Shanghai
Japan
China
Federal Reserve Bank
North China
United States
Britain
North China Federal Reserve Bank
Kiangsu
Nanking- Shanghai
Peiping
Hupeh Province
Hankow
Mrs Roosevelt Visits Baton Rouge and Southern University
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt travels from Natchez to Baton Rouge and visits Southern University Scottslandville to mark its twenty fifth anniversary. She speaks briefly to faculty and students and receives a bouquet from President F G Clark. She plans to speak from the train rear platform at Opelousas on the way to Beaumont.
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Baton Rouge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Natchez
Miss
Louisiana Executive Mansion
Beaumont
Tex
Louisiana
Mississippi
Executive Mansion
David M. Ellison
Richard W. Leche
Covington
Roosevelt
Opelousas
Southern University
State Negro Institution of Higher Learning
Scotlandville
Policeman Granted Request For Dog Airing In Somerville
Patrolman August Cicado answered a police call and found a woman ill asking that her dog be aired. The officer complied, bringing the dog outside for a airing at the requested time and place.
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Somerville
Mass
August Cicado
Cicado
Mothers and Boys Lobby In Utah Fireworks Bill
In Salt Lake City on March 8 the Utah senate faced a protest by mothers and boys over a bill to ban fireworks. Letters from Brigham City and 40 boys urged keeping caps and cap pistols. the measure passed with firecrackers explosives kept in and other items removed.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Senate
Senate
Ira Huggins
Donald Powers
Brigham City
George Washington
Donald
Britain Prepares for Continent War Plan Revealed
War Minister Leslie Hore-Belisha outlined a comprehensive program to expand and equip the British army for European warfare, including manpower reserves in the Middle East and India, an anti-aircraft command, and mobilization improvements. He noted increases in coast defenses and overseas port garrisons, while preserving a 19 division field force and citing the 1939-40 defense budget exceeding £1 billion.
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British Empire
Leslie Hore-Belisha
House of Commons
Middle East
India
Great Britain
Yorkshire
Belisha
Britain
Chamberlain
Hore-Belisha
Burma
Merrill and Wing Confirm Mexico Wedding in Public
Dick Merrill and Toby Wing publicly acknowledged their marriage, saying they wed in Mexico last June after Merrill arrived at Newark on an Eastern Airlines flight. He declined further details, noting his wife’s mother would supply more information later.
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Newark
N. J
Dick Merrill
Toby Wing
Merrill
Miami
Eastern Airlines
Miss Wing
Mexico
Hopkins rejects claim of business appeasement in plan talks
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins told reporters he will back up cooperation rhetoric with action and is pushing recovery measures across government fronts. He said tax revision is among issues discussed with Treasury undersecretary John Hanes and warned against labeling the administration as pursuing business appeasement.
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Washington
Hopkins
Des Moines
Morgenthau
Hopking
John W. Hanes
Treasury
Martin elected president of new United Auto Workers faction
Detroit March 8 Homer Martin secured the post of president as his independent United Auto Workers faction, split from the C I O, held its first convention amid a tumultuous demonstration. Martin pledged to pursue its own policies, claiming 107 000 members previously identified with the C I O.
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Detroit
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers Union
Martin
Auto Workers
John L. Lewis
Dirksen Quips on Law and Facts in House Debate
Congressman Dirksen of Illinois cited a country lawyer to mock a reorganization bill debate. He quoted a saying about arguing the law when facts fail and raising hell when both fail, remarking that hell was raised in the House yesterday.
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Washington
March
House
Representative Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Noe Applies for Mandamus in Orleans Poll Books Case
State Senator James A. Noe filed for a mandamus in civil district court to force Sheriff Louis Knop Jr. to allow photostatic copies of Orleans parish voters registration books. Noe argued many registrations are fictitious and that copying is the only way to detect duplicates before the gubernatorial election.
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New Orleans
James A. Noe
Civil District
Louis Knop, Jr
Orleans Parish
Noes
Noe
Recess Taken After A. F. L. Rejects Proposal
The A F L and C I O peace committees recessed their first joint conference on a labor war settlement and scheduled another meeting in New York City on Friday March 10. Harry C. Bates said the conference briefly canvassed problems and met with the secretary of labor. John L. Lewis led the C I O delegation.
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Washington
A. F. of L
New York City
Harry C. Bates
American Federation of Labor Negotiating Committee
Secretary of Labor
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Jurors Defer Aid for Monroe West Monroe Rat Drive
Ouachita parish police jury deferred a $500 request for a $1 500 rat extermination program covering Monroe West Monroe. The plan would fund a regional effort including bayou and river banks and fields with costs shared by Monroe West Monroe and the police jury. The next meeting will decide on the $500 request after city actions are reviewed.
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West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
City of
R. B. Dean
United States Biological Survey
George D. Holland
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Holland
J. M. Breard
A. E. Montgomery
Ward 10
State Conservation Department
Phillips Bayou
Bayou DeSiard
Tiger Of Sky Designer Consolidated Ideas For Airacuda
Robert J. Woods, 34, Bell Aircraft chief engineer, created the Airacuda a twin engined high speed monoplane for the U S Army hailed as the worlds most striking development by a military expert Woods consolidated ideas from 300 army experts and 45 civilians over eight months culminating in more than 50 000 parts built for testing The plane carries two anti aircraft cannons four machine guns bombs with time fuses and long cruising range Woods started with a 20 word directive seeking a sustained attack plane capable of fast pursuit and long airborne time The project began after interviews with 50 plus army men and designers on what the craft should achieve.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Robert J. Woods
University of Michigan
Bell Aircraft Corporation
United States Army
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
House Appropriations Committee
Washington
Airacuda
Jolly Woods
Military Department
Directir
Woods
Republicans All Against Reform Bill
House Republicans voted to oppose the administration reorganization plan and push a Byrd sponsored measure. Democratic leaders predicted quick passage of their proposal by party vote, arguing the Byrd plan would require swift Senate and House approval to block executive reforms.
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Washington
House
Byrd
Virginia
Representative Keller
Illinois
Congress
Senate
Warren
North Carolina
Women Line Up for King and Queen Garden Party Invite
Washington women flood the British embassy with calling cards after Sir Ronald and Lady Lindsay reopen the embassy. More than 100 call in one afternoon as interest grows in a possible garden party for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
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Washington
March
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Ronald
Lindsay
Lady Lindsay
Oil Worker Killed Near Dubberly In Derricking Accident
Leo Holland 28 was killed instantly at the Walker No. 1 oil well near Dubberly when a rope tangled in a traveling block pulled him from a platform. He had worked for Union Producing since July 1936, formerly lived in Shreveport, now Cotton Valley, survived by his widow and a stepdaughter.
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Dubberly
Leo Holland
Holland
Walker No. 1
Sibley
Union Producing Company
Flashes In The News Briefs From Associated Press
In Kingston the Jump and Run school suffered a windstorm that toppled a tree onto the building. eighty Black students rushed out unharmed. In New York Mrs. Philomena Deal faced a fine for an unleashed dog, mocked by the judge as only one dollar for the canine’s injuries. In Des Moines Lucy laid an egg at the G O Peck chicken house weighing seven and a half ounces, drawing attention from onlookers.
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Kingston, N. C
Jump and Run Community School
New York
Philomena Deal
Anthony P. Savarese
Des Moines
Lucy
G. O. Peck
Gable silent on marriage to Carole Lombard amid divorce news
Clark Gable hints at a quick marriage to Carole Lombard as his second wife Maria fans divorce becomes final in Las Vegas. He returns to the Gone With the Wind set with Vivien Leigh and a new director, while Lombard prepares portraits and a new film.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
Carole Lombard
Bessie
Carole
Gable
Vivien Leigh
Rhett Butler
Miss Leigh
Scarlett O'Hara
Victor Fleming
George Cukor
Miss Lombard
Yuma
Ariz
Nevada
Gable No. 2
Beverly Hills
Iaa Claire
Clark
New York
Sam Woods
Hal Strotz
Jay Gould
Baltimore Lawyer Arrested as Maryland Embezzlement Suspect
H Arlington Blood a Baltimore attorney surrendered to federal authorities in New Orleans and admitted he is wanted in Baltimore on charges of embezzling 6000 dollars from veterans trustee accounts. Rene A. Viosca US attorney said Blood previously worked as a veterans administration clerk in Baltimore before resigning to practice law and handle trustees in veterans insurance and adjusted compensation cases.
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New Orleans
H. Arlington Blood
Baltimore
Maryland
Rene A. Viosca
United States
Blood
Veterans’ Administration
Rail chief Samuel T. Bledsoe dies at 70 in Chicago
Samuel T. Bledsoe, president of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway since 1933, died in his Chicago home early today. He was 70.
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Chicago
Samuel T. Bledsoe
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Miaja Defense Forces Told to Hold Posts
Madrid reports general Jose Miaja's national defense government ordered troops to hold positions and not fire unless fired upon. The surrender of Republican chiefs linked to a Communist uprising preceded a swift end to fighting as Miaja forces attacked key rebel-held points with tanks and grenades.
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Miaja
Madrid
Jose Miaja
National Defense
Radio Today
Spain
Madrid government says Communist revolt suppressed in Madrid ranks
Madrid’s military government announced it had crushed a Communist revolt within its ranks and was seeking peace with Generalissimo Franco to end the Spanish civil war. The Madrid radio said rebels who rose Monday night surrendered 40 minutes before a threatened aerial bombardment. Planes tanks and machine guns were deployed to quell the uprising.
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Associated Press
Madrid
President hints changes to neutrality act amid war threats
President Roosevelt signals possible congressional overhaul of the neutrality act arguing it has not fostered peace and may have contributed to war threats. Senate approves 358 million army expansion, joint committee to adjust discrepancies, and talks on revising the act to allow discrimination against aggressors before May 1.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
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