Fearing Embargo Plans Hit Europe War Effort
Reports from Valencia Madrid and Portyear said final embargo plans on the war torn peninsula would be clamped at midnight. British inspectors were to verify no armaments reach the neighbor as volunteers rush toward the Franco Spanish border ahead of the deadline. Government forces reported gains near Madrid while insurgents were pressed from Aravaca heights and lines shifted toward Leganes and Granada amid bombardments and patrols.
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Suceriors
Valencia
Madrid
Europe
Portyear
Cerpignan
France
Miadrid
Aravaca Heights
Fratica
Maii
Jarama
Leganes
Poroblanca Riki Artorilla
Ardijar
Taen
Spain
Salamanca
Sasarcents
Granada
Malaga
Air Cadet Appointee Dies in Cycle Crash
DATLAS Feb 20. Motor cycle Policeman Ralph Warne Hayt 24, former theological student and appointed two days ago as an army aviation cadet, died from injuries after his machine struck a hole in a suburban road and hurled him to the pavement. Two days earlier he had received notice of appointment as a cadet in the United States Army aviation corps and would be sent soon to Randolph Field for training.
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Ralph Warne Hayt
Aviation Corps
United States Army
Randolph Field
Inquiry Opens Into Battleship Tragedy Near Bay Slem
A water board of inquiry began at SAN PEDRO Galil Pob 29 01 into the demilitarized battleships incident off Bay Slem ente island during maneuvers. Seven lives were lost and the board will determine facts withhold further details until its report.
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San Pedro
Galil
Pob
Water Board of Inquiry
Ann Hilst
Bay Slemente Island
Porsone
Ats Dind- UW
Dry law scrapped in North Carolina replaces with county options
North Carolina ends its 28 year old dry era and adopts a county-options system for package sales. Counties voting to go wet will allow county-operated stores starting in April under the new framework after the General Assembly rejected a state wide dry measure.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
General Assembly
Thirteen Women Jailed In Vagrancy Drive
Thirteen women vagrants were jailed Saturday amid a police sweep labeled a concerted vice drive. The move followed a citywide crackdown on suspected street activity and public nuisance.
Texas bracing for cold front this weekend
The United States Weather Bureau predicts much colder weather sweeping Texas this weekend with near freezing temperatures reaching Dallas and Athene tonight. The Panhandles expect a sharp chill today followed by hard freeze tonight. Rain fell across Dallas Corpus Christi Brownsville and other points. Port Arthur and Amarillo noted cold conditions as well.
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Peps
United States Weather Bureau
Grace Lutheran youth plan Easter program at Pedro Playhouse
The young people of Grace Lutheran church with its senior chair are preparing an Easter program to be staged at the St. Pedro Playhouse on the Wednesday after Easter, March 31. The program costs 5 dollars and will feature an Easter pageant and Easter music.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Saty’ Pedro Playhouse
Sint
Leper
Ester Musig
Man Struck by Car in Sahimar Causes Injuries
Rieh Togeam, 35, of 120 Utah Street Sahimar, was treated at Green Hospital for cuts and bruises after being struck dawn by a car at Rackcherry and Victoria streets. Police reported no serious injuries.
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Carrieh Togeam
Utah Street
Sahimar
Rob“ett
Green Hospital
Boit
Rackcherry
Victoria
Weather Summary for East and West Texas
Partly cloudy and colder conditions expected this weekend. Low Saturday night near freezing, higher Sunday. light to moderate winds shifting to northerly. East Texas remains cloudy and chilly, with near freezing highs in the northwest and north-central areas. West Texas stays fair but cold with a brisk breeze, near freezing temps in central and extreme west portions.
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Ban Antonia
East Texas
West Texas
West Portiens
Picnic Weather Forecast For Sunday Dropping Temperatures
A weather note from meteorologist J. H. Jarkos predicts a warm to moderate system will arrive in San Antonio Saturday, bringing northerly winds through Saturday night. Temperatures are expected to dip to around 50 by early Sunday, with Sunday mid to upper sixties and mainly partly cloudy skies. The system is forecast to arrive Sunday afternoon.
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San Antonio
J. H. Jarkos
Saburday
Jarhoe
Walking Reopens Pope's Leg Ulcer
Vatican reports Pope Piusa reopens leg ulcer while attempting to walk. Physicians note the varicose vein in the leg burst, reopening the wound that first appeared in December as the pope began another daily effort to take several steps with attendants describing the scene.
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Vatican
Italians seize film at Shanghai theater in riot
About 200 men identified as civilians and sailors from a warship at anchor stormed a Shanghai theater today. The mob used sunfire and ammonia bombs to disperse the audience and attacked the Russian projection operators showing a Russian made picture about the Dalian conics of Ethiopia. The attackers seized the film and fled.
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Bhanghat
An Jishaty
British Film Actor Puts Romance First In Hollywood
British film actors Brian Janwenis and Merle Oberon, longtime friends, are disclosed as reuniting for a forthcoming Hollywood production as romance remains a personal priority for Oberon and her associates in Holtswood Calif.
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Holtswood
Calif
Tumor
Brian Janwenis
Melle Oberon
Aherne
Jerd
Hollywood
Oder
Oberon
Two Fires Damage Home Near Fire Station
Mrs Helen Robertson of 1296 Mason Street reported fires overnight caused extensive damage to her residence. A blaze started Saturday night near mid evening, prompting relocation next door to the fire station. A second fire then broke out shortly after, fueling further damage and a cautious assessment of the scene.
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Helen Robertson
Masoh Street
Troops May Be Used At Steeltown Strike
Feb 19 report from Waukegan describes Sheriff L A Doolittle weighing federal guards as 82 sitdown strakers remain at the Fansteel Metallurgical plant. Special deputies patrol while negotiators seek a peaceful accord. A small riot near the plant heightens tension as officers pursue order.
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Waukegan
Promrads
Chinage Car Nonvnee
Drunken Driving Increase Denied in Accident Report
Washington report denies any rise in drunken driving and finds it not a key factor in auto accidents. A conference committee cited shedding and poor lighting as the two main causes of high accident rates.
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Washington
Roosevelt weighs flexible plan to regulate wages and trade
Unimpeachable authorities report President Roosevelt considers a broad program to outlaw unfair trade and boilerplate anti-trust revisions. A new board tied to the federal trade commission would set wage and hour standards by industry, with collective bargaining guiding higher rates, and penalties possible after hearings.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Board
Trade Commission
Wistte House
Commerce Department
Builder Appears in Slaying Probe
A wealthy New York subway builder Samuel Hoot offered to appear for questioning in the slaying of R Norman Wood. Local authorities in Manhattan signaled labor troubles as a labor union leader returned from Atlantic City and planned to appear in Hackensack for questioning by the County Joint Panel.
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Tranegr
M.S. Pto
New York
Samuel Hoot
R. Norman Wood
Manhattan
Wave of Crimes Leaves 13 Dead in Philippines
Manila reports a surge of violent incidents around Morolarid over two days, with 13 fatalities. Two Moro bandits were killed near Cota Bato, Bongo Island, including a Russian supervisor named Messenseff at a large Filipino estate.
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Philippines
Manila
Jola
Tinge
Cotabato
Bongo Island
Ctims
Messenseff
Georgia Halls March of Sherman Stamps Controversy
Atlanta on February 20 reports hostility over postage stamps honoring Gen. Wi Har Tecumseh Rheeman. Protests and boycott threats arose from remaining Confederate soldiers and Daughters of the Confederacy, though the stamp had just been issued in Washington yesterday and not yet offered locally.
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Atlanta
Wi- Har
Tecumseh Rheeman
Georgia
Itason
Vnion
Gom Daughters
Confederacy
Slamp
Nate
Washington
McAdoos Daughter Faces Divorce and Illness in LA
Ellen McAdoo de Onate, daughter of Senator William Gibbs McAdoo, lies dying at her father’s home in Los Angeles after filing for divorce from her film husband amid turbulent marriage in 1994. The custody fight for their 12 year old son Richard is noted as part of the divorce complaint. Rip Novarra, known as Tate de Onde, explains the couple’s breakup and financial considerations, while Mrs. de Onate emphasizes seeking what she believes is best for their child and notes no ill feelings toward Rafael.
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Los Angeles
Ellen McAdoo de Onate
United States
William Gibbs McAdoo
Debonair
Richard
Tate de Onde
Rip Novarra
Wilson
du Onate
Rafael
Jack
Cerebral Gymnasts Frown in Minsterna
New York February 20 1941 cerebral gymnasts joined the one hundred seventh semi annual convention of the National Puzzlers Jeanue, 200 strong, for a three day session of baffling eccentricity. The puzzlers scoff at cross word puzzles and nursery rhymes while tackling fifth dimension problems. Cipriano Ferraris presented an octahedroid puzzle box, 44 by 44 inches, claiming it would dazzle puzzlers and push minds toward new frontiers beyond Einstein.
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New York
Jeanue
Cipriano Pervaris
Bronx
Ferraris
Refugee Hides in Tomb Two Months to Escape Troops
In Lisbon February 2010 Alvaro Esteve a Spanish manufacturer with insurgent sympathies played dead in Malaga cemetery for two months to avoid government troops. He claimed to have hidden in an empty coffin in a family tomb and emerged when rebels retook the port. He described hearing executions at night and surviving on food his sisters concealed in wreaths on graves.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Taid
Alvaro
Esteve
Malaga
Esteva
Gs Hsir
Miss Burnham of Harris School Dies
Nan kie C. Burnham, a Harris High School teacher in Marathon, died recently. She had served the local school system since the opening of the junior high, contributing years of teaching at Harris and in the community.
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Miss Burnham
Harris School
Nankie C. Burnham
Marathon
Burnham
Harris Duntar High Gees
Umor
Pity
Lindberghs Arrive at Jodhpur India in Feb
The Lindberghs arrive in Jodhpur India after a flight from Karachi and indicate they will spend the night in Sodhusur. The telegram notes a 1:50 pm time and mentions Mrs. Lindbergh and Charles A. Lindbergh arriving in Bombay and then proceeding to Jodhpur.
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Jodhpur
India
Bombay
Charles A. Linabetel
Karachi
Sodhusur
Texas banker dies at 91 in Central Lexas home
Beaty Sr, a 91 year old banker and long time figure in Central Lexas, died at his home Friday. He had been a prominent banker in the area since 1378 and was known as a basis lorser in local financial circles. The obituary notes his long service and impact on the community.
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Texas Bankeru
Ayeor
Beaty Sr
Basis Lorser
Lexas
Rollet
Blaze in Nashville injures seven. three trapped
A fire on the edge of Nashville's business district destroyed the W. & Stephens Manufacturing building and damaged the Neely-Harwell company structure. Seven workers were injured and three were trapped beneath falling roof sections as the flames raged, with collapse of the Stephens turbine portion aiding the setback.
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Nashville
Tour Flury Buililng
W. & Stephens Manufacturing Company
Neely-Harwell Company
Stephens Tribine
Rayon Tested as Cord in Tires Aims to Boost Safety
Cincinnati Feb 20. Science experiments use rayon as a substitute for cotton in tire cord. Dr Charles M A Stie chemist and VP of DuPont predicts the new cord could extend tire life well beyond the 40,000 to 50,000 miles he said is possible with a good product.
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Gincinnati
Charles M. A. Stiie
Tou Pont de Nemours Company
Paraguay Ends Ties With League of Nations
GENEVA Feb 2 Paraguay completely and definitely severed its connection with the League of Nations today. The move comes after a two year effort during which Paraguay sought a settlement of the Chaco War with Bolivia and the league signal-guided mediation failed to reach an accord.
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Geneva
Paraguay
League of Nations
League
Bolivia
Conviction in Death of Edwards Leads to Death Penalty
Vaughn was found guilty of murder in the slaying of Motorcycles Policeman A. A. "Bill" Edwards on January 16. The jury returned a death verdict at 9:50 a.m. after circumstantial evidence and testimony. Edwards’ widow and family attended. Vaughn, denying the shooting, awaits formal sentencing as the first Anglo American to face the death penalty in Bexar County since 1827. case history includes prior jail escape and recapture.
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Sueh
Criminal District Court
Bill
Edwards
Vaughn
Terowded
Harbardier
Fife
Victay
Vaugan
Bexar County
Joan Ms
Pete") McKenzie
Sam Street
McKenzie
Huntsville Penitentiary
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