Census Censure Delays 1940 Census Fight in Congress
Washington tensions rise over the 1940 census with calls to drop personal questions. Census Director William Austin warns of responsibility after a Kenosha man Rosselli resists answering questions. Senate debates including NLRB reforms and Hatch Act extensions amid farm policy actions.
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Relief and policy notes in midmonth briefing
Relief efforts plan a modest cotton clothing stamp program in five or six cities this month following the surplus foods model. U S winter wheat prospects in early March show some improvement due to moisture and snow. The War Department sells surplus ammunition to neutral nations including 90 six inch guns from Aberdeen proving ground to Brazil. Britain restricts Palestine land sales to Jews to curb Arab unrest, with the Chamberlain government winning wartime support in the house by a vote of 292 to 129.
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Peace Talks Rise Amid Northern War Frontlines
In early March Finland fights to defend Viipuri as Reds bomb a south Finland hospital. European powers push for peace terms including Karelia and Hango base, while Sweden mediates. Western front sees 20 Britons captured by Nazis in a day of fierce fighting.
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Italy Faces Coal Clash With Britain Over Ship Seizures
The article notes Italy shifting a large share of coal imports from Britain amid torpedoings and mine explosions affecting neutral Dutch ships. Rome warns of serious consequences if Britain does not back down while U S Undersecretary Sumner Welles tours Europe meeting Mussolini and Hitler before returning to Rome and London.
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Poland Atrocity News Across Three Sources This Month
Reports from Berlin Paris and Chicago Daily News recount Polish and Czech atrocities. Deportations to a southeast Poland state halted by local officials citing facilities. Polish exiles claim mass executions at Bydgoszcz and in Gdynia.
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Rumania Prayers Amid Balkan Security Tensions
The article notes Romania's neutrality as a keystone of Balkan security amid pressure from Russia Germany France and Britain. It recounts a three day sequence: Romania builds a border Maginot line, Molotov to visit Bucharest to sign a non aggression pact, and King Carol pledges a fixed 1.6 million man army.
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Roosevelt avoids third term questions amid looming party battles
Roosevelt dodged direct talk on a third term as the amid growing pressure from party factions. Reports from Washington claim a Roosevelt Garner clash could flare before Illinois April 9 primary with a push for a New Dealish slate to force Garner’s response.
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State department blocks student passports while allowing ambulance duty abroad
Washington reports that hundreds of American medical students are denied passports to study in England yet about fifty are granted passports to drive ambulances at the front in France. Officials defend the move as humanitarian work amid a broader debate on policy.
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General Johnson Defends Weir Against Political Attacks
The piece argues against singling out Weir for political differences and praises his labor stance, detailing his support for collective bargaining, court battles over NRA actions, and early cooperation with election supervision. It notes New Deal allies and wealth in politics, and cites army testimony on anti-aircraft armament and delivery forecasts for London.
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General George C. Marshall welcomed in Hawaii by 60 planes
General George C. Marshall, U S army chief, arrives in Hawaii as a flight of 60 army planes greets him. An in-flight collision of two ships prompts pilots to parachute safely. Frank Ashton-Gwatkin and Charles Rist lead an allied mission to calm U S anger over German blockade issues. They meet Secretary of State Hull in Washington. Most Rev Samuel A Stritch is named archbishop of Chicago.
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Hawaii
Frank Ashton-Gwatkin
Charles Rist
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Cordell Hull
Queen Elizabeth Maiden Voyage Ends in New York
Britain’s 28 million dollar Queen Elizabeth concludes its maiden voyage in New York as a parade of superlatives marks the grand arrival. AAM’s giant testing machine at Aluminum Company of America in New Kensington shows strength by smashing a solid oak log and delicacy by tapping an egg until a chick emerges.
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