Seath Comes To Former Ruler Alfonso Today
Alfonso the thirteenth of Spain died in his Grand Hotel suite in Rome after a two week decline from heart attacks. Queen Victoria joined his deathbed as Franco’s regime monitors his heirs Don Juan and Jaime who may claim the throne.
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Reynolds Packard
Rome
Alfonso
Grand
Giovannia Colazza
United States
Spain
Francisco Franco
Victoria
Don Juan
Franco
Jaime
Don Gonzalo
Bleedi Ag
Garinthia
Austria
Alphonse
Miami
Fla
Austrias
New Germ Killer Is Discovered
Chicago researchers from the University of Chicago report a propylene glycol mist that kills bacteria in coughs and sneezes. The mist shows no harm to humans, lasts over an hour, is odorless, and leaves no film.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
O. H. Robertson
Edward Bigg
Benjamin F. Miller
Zelma Baker
University Medical School
Science
Japan Sends An Ultimatum In Indo China Crisis
Saigon reports indicate Tokyo may demand peace terms to yield Thai territorial concessions with a midnight deadline. French authorities prepare for mobilization as tensions rise. conflicting leaks suggest the ultimatum could be a strategic trial balloon to gauge Western reaction.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Indo China
Tokyo
Thailand
Siam
Japan
London
Merit tests for welfare jobs set for oral exams
Des Moines Iowa February 28 Up Persons who passed written merit examinations for social welfare jobs will soon face oral tests. State merit system supervisor L W Mahone aims to finish oral exams by end of March. Those failing written tests are being notified while exams cover child welfare and welfare positions including country directors and statisticians. Scoring continues on written tests for clerical and stenographic posts taken by over 3000 applicants February 1.
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Des Moines
L. W. Mahone
Mahone
Alse
State Department of Health
State Department of Social Welfare
Bulgaria to join tripartite axis with Germany Italy and Japan
Reports from Vienna and the Balkans say Bulgaria will formally join the Germany Italy and Japan pact. The move would extend Axis influence to Thrace and the Dardanelles region, with Ribbentrop representing Germany and Hiroji Oshima Japan at a Belvedere Palace ceremony in Vienna.
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Harrison Salisbury
United Press
Bulgaria
Vienna
Balkans
Germany
Italy
Japan
Checker Board
Sa Jonika
Greece
Thrace
Turkey
Europe
Dardanelles
Eudapest
Rome
Berlin
Old Belvedere Palace
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hiroji Oshima
First Blitz Cars Left Ford Assembly Dearborn
The army’s first cars from Henry Ford’s River Range project arrived at Dearborn for immediate test drives. A $1,387,500 contract covers 1,500 tiny vehicles with four cylinder engines borrowed from Ford teams, top speed 60 mph, touring wheel drive, six speeds, and blackout lights.
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Ford Assembly
Dearborn
Mich Lel
Henry Pord
Strike at Bethlehem Lackawanna plant ends in settlement
More than 3000 CIO workers at Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna plant voted unanimously to accept a three point strike settlement and return to work ending a strike that began Wednesday night. Bethlehem Steel and SWOC reached a three point peace plan and agreed to discuss wage increases later.
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Lackawanna, N
CIO
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Lackawanna
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
John Riffe
van A. Bittner
SWOC
Bethlehem = organization
Riffe
Bittner
Bethlehem
Steel supply ample for defense and civilian use says Roosevelt
President Roosevelt released estimates showing steel production facilities for the upcoming fiscal year should satisfy both civilian and defense demands at home and for allies abroad. He said current capacity plus ongoing expansion will provide plenty of steel for America’s defense program civilian needs and materials for abroad, and called any claim of unavailability a deliberate lie.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Bible Continues The Best Seller in 1939 Sales Rise
The Bible remains a top seller as fiction output fell but periodical and installment publications increased. The census bureau reports 1939 figures show fiction output down from 1937 though Bible related and serialized works climbed to about 7.9 million in 1939.
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Washington
Census Bureau
News Photographers Narrow Escape on Railroad Viaduct
Davenport February 28 two Davenport newspaper photographers narrowly escaped death on a railroad viaduct while covering a motor convoy of the 185th Field Artillery National Guard en route to Camp Claiborne Louisiana Lamoenie Mak of the Davenport Democrat was seriously injured Weldon Whirler of the Davenport Times escaped with bruises after hugging the side rail as the freight passed The incident occurred under a westbound Rock Island freight in rain
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Davenport
185Th Field Artillery
Town National Guard
Camp Claibourne
Lamoenie Mak
Davenport Democrat
Weldon Whirler
Davenport Times
Cary
Beuna Rock Island
Disturbances in Occupied Areas Increase Under Nazi Rule
United Press war expert J W T Mason reports that resistance in German occupied nations is growing bolder as police action fails to enforce order. In Holland striking suppression tightens, Norway orders court martial trials, Belgium circulates military penalties, and Romania under Antonescu suffers from German troop pressure. The piece notes nationalist resentments and wartime economic strains driving discontent across Luxembourg and nearby regions.
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U. S
J. W.T. Mason
United Press
Hitler
Holland
Norway
Belgium
Romania
Antonescu
Luxemburg
Turane
Germany
European
Hillen
Feamnerdiong Emigenfayer Petl
Melia Found Guilty By Jury
Eyayvilio January date shows Mott M Melia a 40 year old Arie farmer found guilty by a jury of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of his wife. Judge Vee set sentencing for March. Melia admitted shooting Mrs Melia during a farm dispute over feeding, previous trials involving her death had hung juries.
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Eyayvilio
M. Melia
Arie
Farmer
Fre Wuiliy
Man
Jaaebtor Ben Marton Crueaty
Melia
Hier
Matt Melia
Securites
Flo
Molin
Labor Disputes Unchanged As Bethlehem Strike Near End
United Press reports SWOC and Bethlehem Steel agreed to settle a 9000 worker strike at Lackawanna New York. Plan calls for reinstating 1000 discharged workers and resuming talks on a permanent contract with the National Labor Relations Board to set a bargaining election. If ratified, the strike could end tonight.
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United Press
Clo-Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem
Lackawanna, N. Y
John Riffe
SWOC
Office of Production Management
National Labor Relations Board
Swooc
Cmpany
Gary
Ind
Carmegie-Olinois Steel Corp
Tndiana Harbor
Inkunl Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Consulates in Naples and Palermo Closed by Italian Request
The American consulates in Naples and Palermo were closed at the request of the Italian government. The action occurred February 28 as reported by UP, affecting the Sicilian region and spelling changes for U.S. diplomatic presence.
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Tome
Naples
Palermo
Sici
Governor Signs Seven Bills in Des Moines
Governor George A. Wilson signed seven bills including authorization to form a home guard to serve during Tow iiumel Guard mobilization. Other acts allow school districts to lease or sell land to the federal government and reinvest proceeds, and shift county school superintendent terms to August 1.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Fred Cromwell
Burlington
Britain Ready To Meet Hitler New Campaign
United Press reports Britain is prepared to confront Hitler's spring submarine campaign and aims to defeat it. Informants claim Britain holds an ace in the hole and expects a long, hard battle, citing past Uboat losses and RAF bombs against bases at Lorient, Brest, and Flushing.
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Sidney J. Williams
United Press
London
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Admiralty
Royal Air Force
Lorient
Brest
Flushing
Traffic death toll mounts in January across nation
The National Safety Council reports 2 760 traffic fatalities in January, nine percent higher than January 1940, with rural deaths rising 14 percent while city deaths grew two percent. The year 1940 shows a six percent rise over 1939, with only 19 states reporting declines. Nevada incomplete data noted.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
U. S. Navy
Nevadare
One of Herbie Kay's Orchestra Killed
Westboro Massachusetts February 28 The bass viol player Neil Shadoin aged 22 from Chicago died of a skull fracture after a station wagon crash into a truck on the Worcester Turnpike. Saxophonist Robert Ballinger 21 and George Hulme assistant manager both from Chicago were injured and transported to hospital with knee and head injuries. Kay and others traveled in another car. Hulme reportedly dozed at the wheel. Charles Morris Jr and Gilbert Mather from Terre Haute and the truck driver were uninjured.
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Westboro
Mass
Herbie Kay
Worcester Turnpike
Neil Shadoin
Chicago
Framingham
Robert Ballinger
George Hulme
Boston
Kay
Perchestrs
Hulme
Charles F. Morris, Jr
Gilbert Mather
Terre Hauts, and
Malvern Theatre Damaged by Basement Fire
Malvern Ta Feb 28 The Repress Theater suffered basement fire damage with smoke effects spreading to other areas. Loss estimated at seven thousand dollars and under investigation for cause. The incident disrupted the venue and prompted fire department response.
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Malvern
Ladur Teo
Fair and Warmer Weather Forecast Picks Up Weekend Warmth
Weather forecast predicts pair and warmer conditions over the weekend for most of the nation. Temperatures rise rapidly from the east toward the Dakota plains, with rain persisting on the west coast and a Pacific storm offshore. Rain also reported in Florida and the Carolinas, while light snow covers the north central region and the Appalachians.
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Mercury
Pacifics
California
Florida
Carolinas
North Central
Appalachians
Oklahoma
Amendment 10 British aid bill debated in Senate
Sen. Francis T. Maloney introduced an amendment to prohibit use of the American navy to convoy war supplies to combat areas defined by the president under the neutrality act. Lodge proposed a 2 billion loan to Britain to buy U.S. war materials while keeping enough weapons for Europe.
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William H. Lawrence
United Press
Washington
Francis T. Maloney
Conn
Maloney
Senate
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Henry Cabot Lodge
Mass
Britain
Lodge
U. S
Robert A. Taft
House
Dilling Arrested Again Over British Aid Bill Activism
Washington police detained Elizabeth Dilling of Chicago for a second time related to her campaign against the British aid measure. A second woman, listed as Clara Henrietta Nibbevich of St. Louis, was arrested with Dilling. Both were booked on disorderly conduct and posted $25 bond. The arrests followed a two hour vigil by a large feminist group and supporters of Sen Carter Glass, promoting American intervention.
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Washington
Capital Police
Elizabeth Dilling
Chicago
Dilling
Metropolitan Police
Clara Henrietta Nibbevich
Ale Theugh
St. Louis
Investigators Probe Eastern Air Lines Crash in Georgia
Seven federal aviation experts joined airline officials and Congressmen in examining the Eastern Air Lines crash near Atlanta that killed seven and left nine survivors. Capt Eddie V Rickenbacker remained in serious condition as investigators from CAB and NTSB teams reviewed wreckage and flight path to determine cause. Rickenbacker, EAL president and WWII ace, told a nurse he felt better after waking, though doctors cautioned he remains in danger.
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Brooks Smith
United Press
Atlanta, Ga
Eastern Air Lines
Eddie V. Rickenbacker
Washington
William D. Byron
R. F. Nicholson
Southern Distri
James Douglas
Civil Aeronautics Board
Atlanta
Douglas
Frank Caldwell
Robert Crisp
Hal King
James W. Peyton
Russell Reams
CAB Inspection Department
Floyd McRae
US Army Bomber Crashes Off Panama Canal
Balboa Panama February 28 UP Seven men aboard a US Army bomber missing after crashing into the sea near Bruja Point at the Canal Zone boundary. Crew included Lieuts Schock Stephenson Wayne plus Sergeants Solberg Lamb Valley Zeave and Waclawski and Pvt Cohen. Plane from Rio Hato on a routine night flight. Initial reports of parachute bailouts were discounted.
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Balboa
C. Z
Army
Fea
Bruja Point
Canal Zone
Jack L. Schock
New Ulm
Minn
MacBarnlet Stephenson
Lancaster
Reuben Wayne
Loma
Colo
Elmo Solberg
Rich Lamb
Panitiec
Trerash Beats
Watson of Holmes Fame Was Woman New York
A fragmentary notice discusses the idea that a woman, not a man, collaborated with Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle in works cited by Rex Stout. It references Rex Stout’s analysis of female influence on detective fiction and mentions names such as Dorothy Sayers and Sherlock Holmes related figures.
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Watson
Holmes
New York
Fes
Dr. Watan
Sheruck Tolmos
Tle
Rex Stent
Tery Wouter
Saturlay Review of Literature
Stout
Clement Ty
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Telmes
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Seath
Alfonso XII
Spanish Empire
Eller
Bethlehem Steel
Mrs. Dilling
Capitol
Federal
Georgia
Raibon
Ceanty Bensher
Mab
Yhsaervers
Bray Post
Shapt
Fo Tates
Lord Tete Wire
Myeadyrn
Dorothy Sayers
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