Russia Recalls Envoy to Paris Over Telegram Affair
Moscow says Soviet Ambassador Sergei Saints is being recalled from Paris at France's request after a telegram to Joseph Stalin about a peace with Finland was censored. French officials declare Saints persona grata status ended. Tass notes U.S. relations threatened. Paris cites intervention in French internal affairs. Meanwhile Thomas E. Dewey announces two radio addresses on the "Moral Issue" and "A Calendar of Unpunished Crimes" from St Louis and Chicago.
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Russia
Paris
Tass
Jakob Surits
Joseph Stalin
Finland
Saints
Paul Emile Naggiar
France
Jean) Payart
People's Commisssar
Molotov
Stalin
Payart
Europe
Soviet Union
Surits
People’s Commissar
Lozoffsky
U. S.S.R
Saiits
Thomas E. Dewey
Republian
United States
St. Louis
Mutual Broadcasting System
Chicago
Columbia Broadcasting System
Madison Man Killed In Auto Mishap Near Abrams
In Oconto Wisconsin on Highway 41 a mile south of Abrams James O'Donnell 30 died instantly when the car of Chester Hunt 27 skidded after trying to pass a truck and struck a power pole Hunt sustained arm shoulder and head injuries and was hospitalized Eugene O'Brien 19 Madison a Marquette student escaped injury The group was en route for a political straw vote on icy pavement.
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Wis
Madison
Abrams
James O'Donnell
Chester Hunt
Hunt
Oconto Hospital
Eugene O'Brien
Marquette University
President signs 1941 appropriation bill for Treasury and Post Office
President Roosevelt signed into law today an appropriation bill totaling $1,032,901,995 for 1941 needs of the Treasury and Post Office departments. The total is $11,245,417 below his budget estimates.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Post Office Departments
Missing Sailor Reported After King Explosion at Newport
One sailor remains missing and six crew members are being treated after a blast damaged the U S Navy destroyer King while moored in Newport harbor. The explosion was blamed on leaking gas in the after deckhouse, with several gas containers involved.
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Newport Harbor
William S. Farber
Neutrality Patrol
Farber
Richard Carl Oehlert
Denver
Colo
Roar
Newport
McCoy
G. E. Hagg
Reserve
la. Lee Concannon
Davenport
C., F. Fletcher
Keeseton
Okla
J. H. Cole
Monette
Ark
R. E. Crow
Elkhart
Ind
Cole
Crow
Naval Hospital
Oehlert
Robber Lanahan Begins Long Wisconsin Prison Term
In Waupun Wisconsin George Lanahan 57 admitted a 11 to 28 year sentence for attempting to break into a Janesville warehouse with companion Ray Conney 34 alias George OBrien of Billings Montana. Lanahan claimed a 36 year crime career including burglaries robberies and bank holdups across about 40 Wisconsin cities. He said he was born in Los Angeles but would not reveal his family name.
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Wis
George Lanahan
Owen Rex
Rock County
Janesville
Ray Conney
George O’brien
Billings
Mont
Lanahan
Rex
Wisconsin
Los Angeles
Lenahan
Union
Hawaii
Peoples Brewery
Wadhams Oil
Oshkosh
Italy and Hungary Seek Peace to Contain War Spread
Rome and Budapest pledge to prevent the conflict from reaching the Danube and Balkans and to keep harmonious ties with Germany. Mussolini and Teleky, in a two hour talk at the Palace Venezia, express firm resolve to preserve 13 year friendship and alignments with Germany and Yugoslavia.
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Italy
Hungary
Danubian
Balkans
Germany
Mussolini
Pai Teleky
Palazzo Venezia
Europe
Budapest
Yugoslavia
Hatch Bill Approved By House Subcommittee
Washington report states a House Judiciary subcommittee approved the Hatch bill curbing political activity by state employees paid in whole or in part with federal funds. The panel struck out Senate exemptions for educational and charitable groups and rejected allowing nominations without resignation. Dempsey praised the move as necessary to limit federal influence on state workers.
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Senate
Hatch
House
Dempsey
New Mexico
Walter
Pennsylvania
Murdock
Utah
Gwynnie
Iowa
Vreeland
New Jersey
Gibbs
Georgia
Dunham of Neenah denounces un instructed delegation stance
Dio W Dunham of Neenah says his name was published on the Oshkosh Dewey reception committee without consent. He rejects support for Dewey or any candidate and advocates uninstructed Wisconsin delegates who may vote for any candidate, citing past conventions and a desire to avoid Wisconsin diehards.
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Dio W. Dunham
Neenah
Oshkosh
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Vandenberg
Wisconsin
Dunham
Sixth Congressional District
Charles Voight
Sheboygan
Louis Fellouz
Fond du Lac
Cleveland
Borsh
Tafter
Chinese Advance Reported as Chiang Kai-shek Forces Push Past Wuyuan
The Chinese Central News Agency said Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's forces in Inner Mongolia advanced beyond Wuyuan in Western Suiyuan province, retaken yesterday. Japanese losses were estimated at 3,400 men.
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Chiangu Shek
Manalia
Wuyuan
Suiyuan
Vandenberg Warns U S Trade Policy May Leak Jobs
Washington Senator Vandenberg Republican Michigan in a senate speech blasted the administration trade program as unconstitutional and designed to impose economic dictatorship. He argued trade treaties fail to help wages or living standards and urged a flexible reciprocal system with a focused foreign trade authority to counter external penalties.
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Senate
Washington
Vandenberg
Senate Today
United States
America
Former Brillion Man Sentenced as Forger
Marvin Bastian of Chicago and formerly of Brillion pleaded guilty to a forgery charge yesterday and was sentenced to one to four years in the state prison by Circuit Judge Henry P. Hughes.
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Wis
Marvin Bastian
Chicago
Brillion
Henry P. Hughes
Liberals Win Canada Vote in Nation's Election
Ottawa reports show Liberals winning 172 of 245 seats in the house while the Conservatives led by Dr. Robert J. Manion tally 37. Manion is defeated in Fort Williams as Liberal W. L. Mackenzie King returns to office, promising a five-year government and a long-range wartime view.
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Maritime Provinces
Pacific
House of Commons
W. L. Mackenzie King
Robert J. Manion
Manion
Don Medver
Fort Williams
Ont
Mackenzie King
Canada
Germany
Conservatives
Senate
Ontario
Mitchell Hepburn
Hepburn
Dr. Manion
US Firms Face Loss of Rich Campeche Chicle Lands
In Mexico three US owned firms are threatened with loss of about 1,650,000 acres of chicle properties in Campeche. The government has declared their titles defective. The Laguna Corporation Mexican Gulf Land and Lumber Company and the Pennsylvania Campeche Land and Lumber Company are named as the firms.
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Mexico City
Campeche
Laguna Corporation
Mexican Gulf, Land and Lumber Company
Pennsylvania-Campeche Land and Lumber Company
Relief Needs Studied by President
President Roosevelt opened a study to determine next year's relief needs and whether to seek more than the original 1.3 billion budget for WPA CCC NYA and FSA. He met with WPA and budget heads as senators and congressmen debated flood control funds and possible relief increases amid debt and tax concerns.
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Roosevelt
Works Projects Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Youth Administration
Farm Security Administration
John Carmody
Federal Works Administration
Col. F. C. Harrington
WPA
Harold Smith
Stephen Early
Congress
Early
Capitol Hill
Thomas
Oklahoma
House
Finnish cabinet reorganized into coalition ministry
Helsinki reports Prime Minister Risto Ryti reorganized his government into a coalition ministry uniting all parties for reconstruction. Foreign minister Vaino Tanner was moved to welfare. new foreign minister is 61 year old Rolf Johan Witting, noted for varied political and financial experience and prior cabinet service.
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Helsinki
Risto Ryti
Moscow
Vaino Tanner
Rolf Johan Witting
Russian steamer Vladimir Mayakovsky detained by British
Reuters reports the Soviet Vladimir Mayakovsky detained in Hongkong awaiting cargo inspection by British authorities. The ship allegedly loaded copper at Manzanillo and molybdenum at San Pedro, California, metals used in munitions.
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London
Reuters
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Saia
Pacific
Vladivostok
Hongkong
Manzanillo
San Pedro
Calif
Five German planes downed in western front air battles
British dispatches claim five German Messerschmitt fighters were shot down in three air battles. Seven British planes faced 31 German fighters, with reports of two additional German aircraft driven to earth. On Tuesday two German planes were shot down near Metz, France, with one British pilot parachuting to safety as aerial activity around Metz intensified.
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London
Western Front
Air Ministry
Hamel
Metz
France
House Approves CCC Camp Funds Vote
The House tentatively approved a $280 million appropriation to continue 1,509 CCC camps next year. A teller vote of 134 to 109 overruled Roosevelt’s request for $230 million, aiming to reduce 273 camps. Representative Boren urged $300 million but was shouted down.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
House Appropriations Committee
Boren
Oklahoma
CCC
Weather Notes From Northwestern Observatory
Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with rising temperatures. Buckstaff Observatory data show temperatures from 27 to 60 degrees over recent days with a northeast wind, a barometer near 29.60, and precipitation of .15 inches.
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Associated Press
Buckstaff Observatory
Lawmakers clash over wage hour budget and enforcement
In Washington the House backed its appropriations committee, cutting President Roosevelt’s wage hour administration funds. An attempt by Rep Casey of Massachusetts to restore a 1,035,000 cut failed 115 to 148. Casey pressed for higher salaries to 5,865,000, arguing the act requires strong enforcement. Others urged restraint, noting only 7 percent of industry warranted inspection and opposing the broader funding boost.
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House
Roosevelt
Casey
Massachusetts
Phillip Fleming
Fleming
Caséy
Houston
Kansas
Cochran
Missouri
Marcantonio
American Labor
New York
Appropriations Committee
All roads open after heavy Wisconsin snow storm
A second heavy snow blanketed southern Wisconsin with four to five inches in the south and up to eight inches north of Milwaukee. North saw one half to two inches while highs rose with warmer temperatures. Slippery streets caused numerous traffic mishaps and injuries, including two women treated at Emergency hospital. Precipitation and warmer weather forecast for the region.
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la Crosse
Green Bay
Wausau
Park Falls l
Chicago
Dakotas
Minnesota
Michigan
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Tremor Recorded By Fordham Seismograph
A Fordham University seismograph reported a quite severe earthquake today, with violent tremors wrecking buildings in two populated areas about 4 600 miles from New York, indicating a distant quake of notable strength.
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Fordham University
New
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