Heavy Rains Sweep California Hit Dense California Floods
Californias heavy rains flood Santa Barbara Hollywood and Ventura causing road closures landslides and evacuations. Water filled homes with up to a foot depth while trains slowed under high water and power lines were cut a dozen cities reported rainfall up to two inches in four hours. February brought the wettest conditions in 57 years as storms move inland with more showers forecast through midweek.
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County Flood Control Bureau
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Cloudby
Vine
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Paramount Studio
Culver City
Ventura
Sheriff's Office
Live Oak
Weather Bureau
Woman's Watch Lost 36 Years Ago Recovered
Attica Indiana March 4 Thirty six years ago Mrs. Thornton Hont lost a gold watch Just the other day she got it back Workmen moving a motor in a Danville Til power plant had found it embedded in the concrete emplacement It kept perfect time
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Danville
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Thief Steals Shoes From Skater Ruth Roemer
In Waukegan Illinois on March 4 a thief stole Ruth Roemer's shoes while she skated, leaving an aid pair to avoid making her walk home barefoot. Local authorities note the incident as a noted act of larceny during a public skating event.
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Waukegan, II
Ruth Roemer
Officials Try To Head Off Ford Strike
In Michigan and nearby plants Ford Motor faces a looming dispute as Governor Van Wagoner forms a special commission while the State Mediation Board delays any effect of the strike for 30 days. Ford emphasizes defense orders and large employee numbers as unions push back against what they call aggressive tactics. Other strikes ripple through Wright Field and Chicago area plants as defense work faces slowdowns.
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New York
Burke Machine Tool Company
Conneaut
Ohio
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CSO. Steel Workers Organizing Committee
War warnings and Balkan moves shape early 1941 outlook
The column analyzes potential Allied and Axis moves in the Balkans as Germany seeks to control Greece and the Dardanelles. It notes Soviet influence on Turkey, possible Allied aid to Greece, and Britain’s preference for Turkey to join the fight, shaping a broader Mediterranean strategy.
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Budget meeting Friday at First Methodist Church
Fulton March 4 report states the church budget for the coming year will be adopted at the First Methodist Church official board meeting Friday at 7 30 P M in the church Rev Charlies Bollinger announced the session.
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January Traffic Toll 182 in N Y Albany
New York January traffic deaths totaled 182, two fewer than January 1940. Pedestrian fatalities reached 125, up about 24 percent from the previous year. Vehicle accidents totaled 6,282, compared with 5,623 in January 1940, per the State Motor Vehicle Bureau.
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Italian Guns Rake Albania Hill Towns
Italian guns with Greek Army on the Central Albanian Front bombard Tepeleni sector villages causing deaths and injuries. Four children wounded near field quarters as Yralians press to cut supply routes. One shell struck a hut. families evacuated maimed children. No removal of residents despite continued shelling.
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Bat‘tle
Drines Gorge
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Tepeteni Key
Langmuir unveils color based disease diagnosis device
Scdty March 4 General Electric scientist Langmuir announced a new instrument. A glass slide coated with a molecular layer changes color when exposed to a specific toxin or microbe. The device aims to identify poisons and pathogens too small for microscopic detection.
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General Electric Company
Scien
Langmuir
Highland shepherds fall to sizar bullets amid frontier watch
The report details Albanian settlers in the area, their emigration and return, and yesterday’s front action. Greek High Command cites minor infantry activity, heavy artillery, and two Italian planes downed by anti-aircraft fire. Five Italian bombers attacked Larisa again. all were shot down.
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United States
Greek High Command
Ministry of Home Security
Larisa
Gown
Nazis Clash With British Libyan Army
Rome dispatch reports German troops again clashed with British mechanized forces in Libya. The second engagement since February 24 allegedly ended in a German victory with British units fleeing and prisoners and war material captured. German dive bombers were said to have hit British truck concentrations near Agedabia, while British forces attacked Giacabub oasis and urged the Italian garrison to surrender.
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Libya
North Africa
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Libyan
Agedabia
Giacabub Oasis
Italian forces report heavy artillery and repulse British attacks west of Gondar
The High Command said Italians fired heavy artillery and repelled British assaults west of Gondar in Northern Ethiopia. Elsewhere in East Africa actions were limited to patrols and artillery. Italian warplanes shot down three enemy aircraft on attacks against Greek bases in Albania, with two Italian planes missing. No ground operations in Albania were noted.
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High Command
Gondar
Ethiopia
East ‘Africa
Albania
Poincare Visits French Army at Verdun
Twenty five years ago on March 4 1916 President Poincare visited the Verdun front as cabinet officials sent a message to General Petain praising the army for its heroic courage in staving off the German drive.
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France
Army
Verdun
General Petain
Browder's The Way Out Book Ready For Print
Earl Browder, prominent American Communist, begins a four year federal sentence for passport fraud this month. He rushed a new book through printers titled The Way Out.
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Earl Browder
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