Berlin Fears Soviet Stand Say Butler Warns of Nazi Dilemma
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of the Carnegie Endowment, says if Soviet pressure remains and Eastern Europe shifts, Germany may delay invasion of Britain and reassess military and economic plans. He notes Russia vetoes Balkan actions, complicating Nazi Italy and Greece policy and Asia Minor ventures.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
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Europe
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EU- Hila Fallayue
Bueserope
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England
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Gibraltar
Turkey
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Palestine
Egypt
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War today review signals Axis strain in Africa and Britain’s widening gains
The analysis notes Mussolini under pressure as Tobruk is seized and Derna threatened. Graziani’s forces are cut off, with large prisoners and lost supplies. Britain presses Eritrea and Somaliland while aiding Haile Selassie’s Ethiopians. Hitler’s next move looms, with possible strikes on Britain or through the Balkans.
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I Duce
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Derna
Graziani
Eritrea
Somaliland
Ethiopia
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Lions of
Judah
Axis
Feuhrer
Britain
Germany
Royal Air Force
London
Hitler
England
Turkey
Istanbul
Balkans
Gibraltar
Spain
Portugal
New Cabinet Shuffle by Petain Seen
French observers expect a cabinet reshuffle by Premier Marshal Petain soon. If Pierre Laval returns to government it signals a move toward Franco German collaboration and a new European order. Fernand de Brinon travels to Vichy with Hitler's reply. Otto Abetz returns to Berlin for talks. Henri Mouchet becomes director general of the French information office.
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France
Henri Philippe Petain
Pierre Laval
Petain
Germany
Europe
Fernand de Brinon
Paris
Hitler
Fuehrer
de Brinon
Berlin
Otto Abetz
Reich
Henri Mouchet
Bermuda to Host Major Navy Base Complex
Washington reports the main U S Navy base to be built in Bermuda will occupy Great Sound rather than St. David's Island. The project may join Tuckers and Morgans Islands via dredging, with plans for landplanes on Long Bird Island and storage warehouses on Small Islands. A $75 million Roosevelt fund backs Castle Harbor improvements and a relocated highway rail link between St. George's Island and Coney Island.
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Coney Island
Puppet Governor Slain in Kiangsu Province
Reports from Shanghai say Kao Kuanwo the Japanese sponsored governor of Kiangsu Province was shot and killed at Soochow last week. The city is under martial law following the assassination. The act is noted as the most significant puppet official killing since Fu Saio En's death last year in Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Kiangsu
Kao Kuanwo
Soochow
Fu Saio-En
United States Protest Over British Mail Search
A 1916 note records the U S protest against British search of mail. The action reflects diplomatic tension as the United States seeks to protect postal communications and assert neutral rights amid wartime policing.
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United States
Rome Denies North Italy Riot Report
Rome denies foreign reports of rioting in Northern Italian cities and German troops policing Italy. Italian officials insist only German Air Corps personnel are present while CBS and London sources claim fighting, arrests, and German involvement. British circles warn against treating unrest stories as fact.
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German Air Corps
Columbia Broadcasting System
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Turin
Milan
CBS
Winston Burdett
Belgrade
Fascist Party
Gestapo
London
Berlin Denies Uprising in Italy and Troop Movements
Berlin rejected rumors of uprisings in Turin and Milan and said no German troops were in Turin. Reports claimed units moving to southern Italy and ties to air force operations from Italian bases. The status of ground forces in Italy remained unconfirmed while Luftwaffe activity continued over the Mediterranean.
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Turin
Milan
Wilhelmstrasse
Italy
Balkan
Germany
Mediterranean
Dorothy Lamour's Secretary Becomes Actress at Columbia
Patti McCarty, 20, Dorothy Lamour's longtime secretary, moved from Paramount to Columbia after a screen test and a party sighting with Glenn Ford. Born in Bakersfield and raised near Healdsburg, she quit her job to pursue acting.
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Hollywood
Patti McCarty
Paramount
Glenn Ford
Columbia Studio
Patti
Browneyed Burnette
Bakersfield
Calif
Healdsburg
San Francisco
Army seeks 16500 volunteers for three year air corps service
The Army announced a national call for 16,500 volunteers to serve three years in the air corps and related branches. Commanders in nine corps areas were ordered to recruit by March 1, and those already registered for selective service are eligible to volunteer.
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Army
Air Corps
Coal Rationed in Ireland Limits Set for Homes
The Eire Ministry of Supplies ordered coal rationing to a half ton per month for domestic use. This measure taken in Dublin aims to curb shortages and ensure household fuel.
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Eire Dublin
Eire Ministry of Supplies
RAF Strikes Hannover in New Night Raids
London reports a small number of RAF bombs over Hannover in North Central Germany hitting industrial districts. German air activity over Britain was minimal with one northeast coast town machine gunned but no casualties or damage. London noted seven straight nights without an after dark air alarm and a brief warning of slight enemy activity last night.
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Hannover
Germany
Britain
East Midlands
England
Scotland
Germans Acknowledge Four Killed in Raids
Berlin reports from the German High Command acknowledge four killed and six injured in Allied raids on Western and Central Germany during the night. The bulletin notes three German planes lost and mentions hits on British shipping off the Southeast British Coast with two direct hits on a merchantman.
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High Command
Germany
Norwa
DNB
Inquiry Opened Into $275000 Fire At Norfolk Naval Base
The Navy investigates the Norfolk naval operating base fire of January 27 that caused about $275,000 damage to communications and administration offices and destroyed official documents. Capt. H. G. McClure reviewed the loss. the base housed 100,000 servicemen and lost telephone and radio service for five hours. The blaze began in the radio room and spread to the auditorium and paymaster’s office. three base fire units and 200 service members fought it, with the central building section destroyed.
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Norfolk Naval Operating Base
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Joseph K. Taussig
Fifth Naval District
Raiders Outwit Gamblers by Pipe Smoke Keyhole Ruse
Boston police raid a dice room where a patrolman smoked through a keyhole to trigger a rush of players into arrest. The tactic follows a prior catlike entrance by an officer in a separate raid. In New York a youth got a suspended sentence after admitting draft induction.
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New York
Bill Daly
Pilots on American airliner face stewardess change
Betty McLaughlin of Hollywood resigned as stewardess replacing by Betty McLaughlin of Bloomfield Ind. in a Liberty Missouri transfer. A January decision at William Jewell College sorority set a clumming party motif as dancers honored guests were startled by a sign reading Lets Go Slumming.
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Calif
Dan
Dallas
Betty McLaughlin
Hollywood
Bloomfield
Ind
Liberty
William Jewell College
Man Dies After Plier Tooth Extraction Infection
Chicago report states John Dedic aged 64 died at County Hospital nine days after he pulled an abscessed tooth with pliers. He told his wife he felt like a two year old as infection developed following the extraction.
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Chicago
John Dedic
More Labor Pacts Noted
In New York on January 27 Mrs. Elinore M. Herrick regional director of the National Labor Relations Board reports a steady rise in peaceful labor dispute settlements. Only 9.8 percent of last year’s cases required formal action, down from 20.6 percent in 1936. She cites national defense as a defense of accepted civil industrial relations principles while noting CIO and AFL friction. Arthur S. Meyer reports New York State employer employee relations as almost perfectly peaceful.
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New York
Elinore M. Herrick
National Labor Relations Board
New Jersey
Connecticut
A. F. of
Arthur S. Meyer
Board of Mediation
New York State
Peterson's Ointment Piles Relief Offer
Millions have found relief from itching and burning with Peterson's Ointment a cooling soothing and astringent formula. One user says the itching stopped and sleep returned. 35c a box 60c with applicator money back if not delighted.
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Peterson
U. S. Starts Lamp Bulb Trust Action
The Government filed anti trust suits in Federal Court at Trenton New Jersey against about a dozen firms charging restraint of competition in the electric light bulb industry. It alleges General Electric and Corning Glass Works monopolized glass bulbs and that GE and Westinghouse controlled 90 percent of incandescent bulbs through licensing agreements.
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Jackson
Trenton
N. J
Justice Department
Anti-Trust Division
Anti-Trust
General Electric Company
Corning Glass Works
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
United States
Howard A. Couse
Westinghouse
United States Supreme Court
Six Die in Dalton Train Crash Involving Ledford Family
Authorities probe a rail accident near Dalton Georgia in which six people were killed yesterday. The victims include Alvin Ledford 27 and his wife 24, their three young children, and Annie Ledford sister of Alvin.
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