British Hopes for Retaliation Rise Amid War Debates
London reports mounting fury over German raids on shipping. MPs urge striking German targets with their own weapons. Admirals call for navy controlled air power. A massive RAF credit was approved secretly. The Amelia Lauro was bombed and set ablaze off the southeast coast with 29 survivors.
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London
Josiah C. Wedgwood
Royal Air Force
Germany
Roger Keyes
Air Ministry
Air
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Commons
Amelia Lauro
Titania
Buenos Aires Calm Under Federal Intervention in Province
Buenos Aires province remains calm as federal emergency rule nears martial status. Governor Fresco, ousted by intervenor General Casinelli, plans to seek reinstatement through Congress. Tear gas dispersed crowds in La Plata as tensions cooled. extreme factions urged restraint.
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Buenos Aires
National Democratic Party
Manuel Fresco
Luis A. Casinelli
Roberto Ortiz
National Congress
la Plata
National Democrats
Erxiesto Boatti
Radical Party
Ortiz
Ring Falls on Her Head Brings Luck
Sacramento woman Anna W Briggs received a large windfall after a sig-net ring fell from an air plane and hit her on the head last April. She located the owner who returned the ring and earned a 725 reward. A German letter now claims an uncle left her 194000 in American money, with taxes deducted.
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Sacramento
Calif
Anna W. Briggs
Briggs
Germany
New York Republicans Celebrate Budget Victory In Albany
New York Republicans hailed their approval of a $391,795,543 budget with a leaned economy push, sending the measure to Governor Lehman who warned of possible veto. The GOP trimmed welfare and education funds and touted savings as campaign leverage for the fall elections.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
Senate
Assembly
Betsey Roosevelt Granted Divorce in Hollywood Case
Los Angeles March 8 Mrs Betsey Curhing Roosevelt gains an interlocutory decree after testifying that Film Producer James Roosevelt son of the president deserted her causing mental anguish. Her brother Henry K Cushing corroborated in deposition. The Roosevelts married June 4 1930 in Brookline Mass custody of two daughters and a property settlement provide support.
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Los Angeles
Betsey Curhing Roosevelt
Thomas C. Gould
James Roosevelt
Henry K. Cushing
Roosevelts
Brookline
Mass
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Hollywood
Girdle Around Mighty Liner Puzzles Naval Experts
New York March 8 The mystery of the anti mine cable girdle encircling the Queen Elizabeth may be Britain's answer to magnetic mines The $28 759 000 85 000 ton liner is said to carry the device called Electrical de Gausse named after the Swedish designer Captain J C Townley who brought the ship to a safe berth would not discuss the device beyond five days of knowledge Magnetic mines sown by German forces could be neutralized if the girdle creates a magnetic field to neutralize the mine mechanism
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New York
Great Britain
Cunard
White Star Line
Admiralty
J. C. Townley
Normandie
Two Indicted Men Make Statements
In Alexandria Louisiana former State Representative W T Bradford and City Commissioner Ben F Bradford indicted by a Shreveport federal grand jury for mail fraud issued brief statements. They are charged with using political influence to sell buses and other equipment to the city at excessive prices. Bradford denied knowledge of the charges and said he has no idea what they involve. Ben F Bradford said he has not been served the indictment and will comment once informed, asking friends to withhold opinion for now.
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Alexandria
W. T. Bradford
Ben F. Bradford
Shreveport Federal Grand Jury
Bradford
Odd items in the news and cattle tricks
In Philadelphia Frank Glassman boasted after a woman complimented his chest but claims she stole money from him. In Erwin North Carolina farmer J C Byrd uses corn shucks to trick cattle into eating more by placing a crack in the feed bin.
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Philadelphia
Frank Glassman
Glassman
Erwin
N. C
J. C. Byrd
City Auditor Beesley Denies Private Rendition Claim
Jerrold Beesley City Auditor rejects a private rendition claim in Salt Lake City while a messenger pressure is noted. The brief report centers on his swift denial and the officials involved.
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Salt Lake City
City
Jerrold Beesley
Senate Tests On Trade Program And Farm Funds
Washington March 8 key issues reach crucial Senate tests as the finance committee votes 12 to 8 to extend the reciprocal trade program three years and debate centers on farm aid with a proposed quarter billion dollars extra. Senator Pittman proposes future ratification of trade pacts. House cuts agriculture estimates but farm senators push for additions up to 300 million.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Hatch
Finance Committee
Roosevel
Pittman
Nevada
State Department
Congressional
Roosevelt
House
Agriculture Department
Farm State
Appropriations
Governor Long names Gueldner to basin canal post
Governor Earl K. Long appointed Charles G. Gueldner superintendent of the basin canal and shell read, replacing Edward Burke whose term ended. Burke faces assault and battery charges in Orleans criminal district court tied to an attack on two newspaper men. Other appointments include Thomas Carey and Mrs. Charles Stevens to the Soldiers Home board, Charles A. Fliecher to the barber examiners, and Richard D. Cox as justice of the peace for Ward six Morehouse parish.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Charles G. Gueldner
New Basin Canal
Shell Read
Edward Burke
Burke
Orleans Criminal District
Thomas Carey
Charles Stevens
New Orleans
The
Soldiers Home
James J. Richard
Girl jumps from 17th floor hotel window in Detroit
Police identify the jumper as Johanna Stoddard of New York. A lipstick note on the room wall read Exit smiling. A purse note addressed to William S. Paley, president of Columbia Broadcasting, reveals her love. The victim, 28, formerly Geraldine Mengon of Pontiac, had been married to Bourque. A troubling tale of passion ends in tragedy.
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Detroit
William 8. Paley
The
Columbia Broadcasting System
Detrot
Johanna Stoddard
New York
William S. Pasey
Madison Avenue
New York City
Farm Dinner Rallies Draw Thousands in AAA Anniversary Observance
Secretary Wallace says dinner rallies in about 22 states will seat over 300 000 farmers for 30 to 75 cent meals to mark the AAA anniversary. President Roosevelt to speak in a nationally broadcast event with General Farley and Wallace promoting the administration’s agricultural program. Local farm bureaus in the Midwest face abstention warnings amid political sensitivities.
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Washington
March
Wallace
AAA
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Supreme Court
American Farm Bureau Federation
Midwest
Des Moines
Allies send 405 planes to Finns
Britain and France dispatched 45 airplanes to Finland with 216 cannons and large armaments. Two-thirds of the shipments had arrived, including 175 pursuit planes from France and 62 bombers and related equipment from Britain, plus machine guns shells and mines totaling substantial quantities.
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Paris
Britain
France
Finland
Finland Weighs Peace Terms as War Rages
Finnish high command reported defense of Vilpuri against renewed Soviet attacks while Helsinki and Stockholm circulated discussions of mediation by Adolf Hitler and potential U S involvement. Sweden and Finland considered appealing to Hitler to broker terms, with reports of possible peace talks amid ongoing eastern front fighting.
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Berlin
Evined Svinhofwed
Finland
Joachin von Ribbentrop
Arvid Richert
Sweden
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Helsinki
Marek
Copenhagen
Ruatia
Stockholm
Scandinavia
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Vassily Blucher
Reuters
United States
Frederick A. Sterling
Welles Seeks Allied Victory in French Talks
Sumner Welles meets French leaders in Paris for confidential talks on victory-first aims and postwar peace. He plans discussions with Daladier, Reynaud, Herriot, and Bonnet, signaling strong political unity amid wartime finance and economy measures as Britain and Italy loom in his schedule.
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Paris
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Daladier
Welles’ Calender
Jules Jeanaie
Senate
Edouard Herriot
Chamber of Deputies
Camille Chanteroys
George Bonnet
Chautemps
Minster
Cally
Welles
Paul Reynaud
Angers
London
Washington
Italy
Ann
Mussolini
Powers
Four Union election supervisors charged in federal case
Four Union parish election officials in Shreveport were charged with defrauding the January 14 primary by miscounting ballots at Cherry Ridge. The complaint names C Mouton Futch Grady Tatum Warner Tucker and Horace Lee Daniela with warrants set and bonds posted. The case will be presented to the Monroe federal grand jury.
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Shheveport
Union Perish
L. O. Taylor
Shreveport
Cherry Ridge
Union Parish
United States
James von Hook
H. Fred Futeh
C. Mouton Futeh
Grady Tatum
Warner Tucker
Horace Lee Daniela
van Hook
C. Mouton Futch
al Malcolm Lafargue
United Tes
Monroe
John A. Patin
Richard Knights On Second Honeymoon In Chicago
Chicago report on Richard Allen Knights and his estranged wife Dorothy Ledyard Knight arriving amid reconciliation talk for a second honeymoon and divorce proceedings citing cruelty as grounds. Knight, a New York attorney, denies recent spectacles and cites southern charm as resolving tensions.
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Chicago
Richard Allen Knights
Ark
Knight
Dorothy Ledyard
Carson City
New
New York
New York Metropolitan Opera
Louisiana Supreme Court Orders Records to Tribunal in Long Nomination Case
The Louisiana Supreme Court granted writs to halt all proceedings in Governor Earl Long's secretary of state nomination fight. It ordered district judges to appear with Long to show cause why James A. Gremillion should not appear on the Democratic primary ballot for the April 16, 1940 general election. Eugene Stanley filed for Gremillion, asserting nomination by the new Democratic central committee. Long claimed nomination by a retiring state committee that later rescinded it.
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New Orleans
Marek S
Louisiana Supreme Court Today
Eugene Stanley
Earl K. Long
Baton Rouge
Supreme Court
James D. Womack
Charles A. Holcombe
East Baton Rouge Parish
Long
James A. Gremillioen
Crowley
Stanley
Gremillion
New Democratic Central Committee
State Committee
Secretare
A. Conway
Jem Jones
K. Long
Wrdter
Stenney
Whiese Long
Secre
Louisiana
J. Wemack
Relief funds eyed for $3 checks to welfare clients
Louisiana welfare officials and federal Social Security representatives discussed a possible $3 flat relief payment for recipients who received Christmas checks. Jane Hoey noted the federal board would likely match such grants within state need limits, with Louisiana rarely paying more than 75 percent of certified relief needs. James B. Marley from San Antonio accompanied Hoey to talks with State Welfare Director A. Joho.
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State Welfare Department
Dig
Mise Jane Hoey
Federal Social Security Board
Misa Hoey
State Welfare
A. Joho
Special Security Board
Louisiana
State Board of Liquie
Tms
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