British Renew German Raids on Sylt Island
The Royal Air Force conducted a major daylight raid over the North Sea targeting Sylt island, aiming for photographs and bombardment. Reports say many hits were made on hangars, oil storage, jetty and railway lines, with most bombers returning safely. The operation followed Prime Minister Chamberlain’s vow to fight and echoed criticism of a so-called phony war.
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London
Royal Air Force
Sylt Island
Air Ministry
North Sea
Tonder
Denmark
Sylt
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Scapa Flow
Oliver Stanley
Wood
Hor
Farley Clears Up Mystery of Plans for 1940
Surlingfield Massachusetts Postmaster General James A. Farley publicly stated his name would be presented to the Democratic national convention in Chicago and added that that is final. He spoke while meeting Massachusetts Democrats and addressed speculation about Roosevelt's 1940 plans and his Massachusetts primary involvement.
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Surlingfield
Mass
James A. Farley
Chicago
Farley
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Burke
William Burke
Democratic Committee
Massachus
Rosevelt
Mr. Farley
Washington
Springfield
Jim
Murray
Montana
House committee delays probe into plane sales
Washington F The House military committee postponed its planned inquiry into sale of late model war planes to foreign nations. Chairman May Democrat Kentucky said Secretary Woodring could not provide all data today and would testify early next week in open session.
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Washington
House
May
Kentucky
Congress
Woodring
War Department
Harter
Ohio
Milwaukee newspaper veteran dies at 58
Benjamin Fuenleman a retired newspaperman and longtime Republican party activist died at his Milwaukee home after heart disease He was a Monroe native educated in Milwaukee and worked for Racine Appleton and Janesville papers before Joining Evening Wisconsin He also served as city editor of The Milwaukee Sentinel and on the Republican state central committee before retiring over ten years ago
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Milwaukee
Benjamin Fuenleman
Monroe
Wis
Racine
Appleton
Janesville
Old Evening
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Sentinel
Fuelleman
Republican State Central Committee
Germans Ambushed by French Patrol Near Saar River
A military informant said a German patrol was ambushed east of the Saar River with many wounded and some material left behind. French patrols repulsed in the Vosges foothills, prisoners taken, and western front patrols reported repulses as French reconnaissance flights occurred over eastern and northern France.
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Paris
Saar River
Vosges
Germany
France
Josees
Hitler names Todt minister of munitions
Berlin Adolf Hitler today appointed Dr Fritz Todt builder of the Siegfried line as minister of munitions with orders to increase production by all feasible means. Todt, an able engineer, has been Hitler's chief assistant on major building projects and is largely responsible for Germany's highway system.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Fritz Todt
Siegfried Line
Todt
Long
Hitler
Germany
Food stamp plan opposed as Congress debates farm funds
The Senate rejected 56 to 27 a move to raise parity payments to farmers from 212 million to 607 million, while civic groups push to expand the food stamp system. Debate centers on farm relief costs. proposals link parity funding to other farm aid and stamp distribution plans in about 50 cities, with applications from 700 more.
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Washington
Senate
Byrnes
South Carolina
Chambers of Commerce
Senate Appropriations Committee
la Follette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Senate Appropriations Committees
Chambber
Lee
Oklahoma
Bilbo
Mississippi
Rosenberry warns students of peril of voters' apathy
Madison Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry of the Wisconsin Supreme Court told about 600 University of Wisconsin students at a citizenship convocation that neglect of citizenship over 25 years shifted power from localities to state and federal governments. He warned that unsupervised local bossism elsewhere shows the danger if citizens fail to vote.
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Madison
Marvin B. Rosenberry
Wisconsin Supreme Court
University of Wisconsin
Kansas City
Jersey City
Clarence A. Dykstra
Frank O. Hell
Robert Goff
Sturgeon Bay
Marcelle Feybusch
New York
Wisconsin Weather Outlook With Snow Possible in South
Partly cloudy tonight in Wisconsin with Thursday bringing more clouds and a chance of snow in the south portion. Temperatures show little overall change. Northwestern observations note mild readings, with no precipitation, from early Monday to Tuesday evening.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Cglondy
Milwaskee
Miami
Sault Ste
Oshkosh Heralds Spring Amid Snow Cover
Snow still blankets most ground as Oshkosh marks spring’s official start at 12 24 p m with temps rising from 20 to 32 degrees by late morning. Milwaukee sees eight inches of snow while Madison La Crosse report four to five inches. northern Wisconsin escapes precipitation.
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Oshkosh
Winter
Buckstaff
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Madison
la Crosse
Fargo
N. D
Minneapolis
Stow
Green Bay
Park Falls
Wausau
Superior
Duluth
Detroit Attorney to Speak at Noonday Service
Detroit attorney John C. Winter will address the Noonday Lenten services at the Strand theater this Thursday on Can a Lawyer Believe in the Resurrection. The event is open to the public from 12 10 to 12 45. Organist Bertha Schaaf will perform. About 930 attended today’s address by Rev. Alfred Whitman on The Faithfulness of a John.
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Detroit
John C. Winter
Mich
Strand Theater
American Lutheran Church
Bertha Schaaf
Herman Cronrath
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Nekimi
C. J. Lange
Peace Lutheran Church
Speaster
Alfred Whitman
Beaver Dam
John
Wisconsin to Launch 1940 Highway Improvement Program
Madison reports a $3 740 000 Wisconsin highway improvement program to be launched in 1940 with Governor Heil's approval. The plan calls for 200 miles of surfacing several bridges and other highway work funded by federal 1 3 0 0 0 0. counties 600 000. state balance. Final contract checks await the governor's signoff and bids begin immediately.
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Heil
Madison
Wisconsin
William E. O’brien
Thomas J. Pattison
E. L. Roettiger
Charles McKeown
Commission
Highway Commission
Winona
Mississippi River
Edison Seeks New Jersey Governor Nomination
Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison announced he would seek the Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey from West Orange. He said Roosevelt is sympathetic and knew of his plans, adding no serious opposition was expected as incumbent A Harry Moore cannot seek reelection.
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West Orange
N. J
Charles Edison
New Jersey
Edison
Edisor
Harry Moore
Roosevelt
Navy
Russian Envoy at Berlin Flies to Moscow by Air
Russian ambassador Alexander Shkhartzeff departed Berlin by plane for Moscow. An authorized source disclosed. speculation grows he carried a message for Joseph Stalin. The trip's purpose was not officially stated amid Brenner Pass talks and German efforts to align German Russian Italian interests.
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Berlin
Alexander Shkhartzeff
Moscow
Rusing
Joseph Stalin
Brenner Pass
Adolf Hiller
Benito Mussolini
Britain replies to Italian protest on Allied blockade
London contends in formal reply that the contraband control is a reprisal for German barbarous methods of warfare, responding to Italian protests against the Allied blockade.
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London
Great Britain
Taly
De Pere Editor Kuyers Dies at 71
De Pere Wisconsin editor John A Kuypers 71 owner of The De Pere Journal Democrat and former Wisconsin Press Association president died at home after years of ill health He founded The De Pere Journal in 1890 merged it with The Democrat in 1919 and led state press group from 1918 to 1931 Surviving are his widow son Harold two grandchildren two sisters and a brother.
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de Pere
Wis
John A. Kuygers
Tobey urged to gaget track Tobey urged to gaget track
Washington officials report census director William L. Austin urged Senator Tobey to back away from his opposition to new census questions. Austin asked Tobey to withdraw claims about questions on divorce, occupation to men, and personal income, and to affirm the bureau’s long record of protecting confidentiality.
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Washington
William L. Austin
Tobey
New Hampshire
Senate Commerce Committee
Census Bureau
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Austin
Coast Guard Freezes Path To Reach Trapped Tug Victor H
Coast guards cut a half mile ice lane through 20 inch thick ice to reach the fishing tug Victor H loper trapped near Government Island off Bois Blanc Island Michigan. The tug has been in distress since Sunday.
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Bois Blanc Island
Mich
Coast Guards
Victor H
Government Island
International At Glance Reshuffle Signals New Cabinet
Parts Daladier resigns and may form a new cabinet as wartime shifts unfold. London reports seven hour raid night attack with bombers returning and base photographed. British claim grave damage with one plane lost. Berlin downplays impact of Sylvand while noting extent. Moscow rejects Scandinavian defense pact. Copenhagen hints at secret accord among Norway, Sweden, and Finland.
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Associated Press
Daladier
London
Berlin
Moscow
Russia
Copenhagen
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Soviet Opposes Nordic Defensive Alliance Against U S S R
Tass announced Moscow forbids any defensive alliance among Finland Sweden and Norway aimed at the USSR and conflicting with the Finnish Russian peace treaty. The Moscow treaty Article 3 bars any coalition against either party. Finnish representatives Paasikivi and Voionmaa arrived for ratification as the Soviet Presidium approved the accord while fears echoed Czechoslovak fate after Munich.
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Moscow
Russia
Finland
Tass
Sweden
Norway
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Juho Paasikivi
Vaino Voionmaa
Czechoslovakia
Munich
Germany
Czechoslovak Sudetenland
Bohemia and
Moravia
Committee Approves Move to End Foreign Silver Purchases
Washington 47 The senate banking and currency committee approved legislation to halt all purchases of forevan silver by the treasury. The measure, pushed by Senator Townsend Republican Delaware, received a 14 to 4 vote and goes to the senate with a favorable recommendation. Secretary Morgenthau had opposed the bill yesterday.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury
Townsend
Delaware
Barkley
Kentucky
Morgenthau
Blindfolded by Snow Drives Car into Train Crash
Mrs Alfred Sieg, 42, of Eau Claire Wisconsin was blinded by failing snow last night and drove her automobile into the eastbound Northwestern road's 400. Thrown clear, she fell onto the westbound track and was rescued as a freight neared. The farm wife suffered serious back injuries and was in critical condition at an Eau Claire hospital today.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Alfred Sieg
Sieg
Daladier Resigns as France Faces War Cabinet Change
Premier Edouard Daladier resigned amid criticism of France's war effort. President Lebrun asked Finance Minister Paul Reynaud to form a new government, with Reynaud saying he would reply tomorrow. Daladier and Herriot discussed the move as deputies showed disapproval in a vote of confidence.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
France
Germany
Albert Lebrun
Paul Reynaud
Reynaud
Lebrun
Daladier
Radical-Socialist
Spekunat
Chamber of Deputies
Elysee Palace
Republic
Left Republican Party
Pierre- Etienne Flandin
Radical-Socialist Party
Edouard Herriot
Chamber
Senate
War Ministry
London
Tipso Elysee Palace
Jules Julien
Milwaukee Judge Upholds Gut Rate Milk Injunction
Milwaukee Circuit Judge Otto H Breidenbach held the state department of agriculture entitled to an injunction preventing four stores from holding cutsale milk sales. The judge said the statute creating milk control areas and powers to set prices and regulate sanitation is constitutional. A judgment will be entered once the injunction order is signed.
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Milwaukee
Otto H. Breidenbach
State Department of Agriculture
Breidenbach
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