Chinese Bomb Japanese Air Raid Hits Formosa
Tokyo reports a Chinese air raid on Formosa and nearby cities using eight Chinese planes. At Taihoku and two nearby towns 17 killed and 20 wounded. Shosanme and Daikuto bombed twice with additional casualties. Attacking planes from Canton caused damage described as slight. American consul Gerald Warner noted poor visibility and surprise.
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James BR. Young
Ln.s
Tokio
Taihoku
Formose
Tzinoku
Taioku
Stinchu
Taiboku
Canton
Formosa
Shosanshe
Chizuto
Gerald Warner
Tatholar
Tiam
Jews Flee Austria as Nazi Drive Intensifies
In Vienna on February 23, Jews rushed to British and French consulates for passports and visas as Austrian Nazis intensified actions against Jews. Panic spread with the appearance of Volksrat, counterpact to Der, declaring We want a free Jewiess farkerland and denouncing Christian faith.
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Vienna
Gnsf-amer Cai
Volksrat
Ferman Sp
Separate Atlantic fleet urged to defend coasts
Rear Admiral William Dubose urged a distinct Atlantic fleet to make the U S Navy the largest in history. Costs for 158 combatants and 33 auxiliaries were projected at about 3.2 billion dollars, with a 10 year completion timeline. Roosevelt warned defense must cover both oceans and coasts, while officials weighed the Atlantic program against current Pacific needs.
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Washington
Atlantic
William
Roosevelt
Cederess
Dubose
Ad Lear
Ney
Wrurgia
Japan
Great Briain
Sclons Pass Bill Then Study It
The general assembly failed to know the purpose of a bill excluding a game item. Lutther passed the bill, which might be tied to power and arrow. Dictionaries later defined golwit as a shore bird with legs and a large upturned bill.
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Trentox
S. I. Fen
General Assembly
Lutther
Golwit
Envoy Due Tonight Sew Fore
Rene Donel de Saint-Quentin appointed French ambassador to the United States is due aboard the liner Champlain tonight. He succeeds Georges Bonnet who was recalled last June.
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Count- Rene Donel de Saint-Quentin
United States
Hare
Saniere
Champlain
Georges Bonnet
Pershing Endangered by Grave Heart Condition in Tucson
In EUSCON Arizona on February 23 General John J. Pershing was confined for what doctors called a grave heart condition. Attending physician Dr Ronald Davidson cautioned prognosis is uncertain while Lieut Col S A Marrietta and Fort Sem Houston Texas based colleagues expressed cautious optimism about recovery. Pershing’s son Warren was en route to Tucson.
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Euscon
Ariz
Fed
INS
John J. Pershing
Safistarium
Ronald Davidson
S. A. Marrietta
Army Heart Specialist
Fort Sem Houston
Texas
Davidson
Pershing
Warren
Tucson
Dickstein Reveals Huge Nazi Spy Ring in U S
Representative Dickstein of New York charged in the House that a large spy network of Nazis Fascists and similar groups is operating in the United States. He cites pictures of forts and bridges showing deep government knowledge. A New Yorker figure claims 500000 Nazi Fascist and White Russian adherents have formed a combined anti-Communist alliance.
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Washington
Shay
Dickstein
New York
United States
New Yorker
Thieves Fail to Find Hidden Safe at Local Theater
February 23 report from Us says several unidentified safekeepers sheltered in a theater. After dark they forced open a wall safe but found it empty, leaving no loot behind.
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Piltssurgh
Gale Strikes Atlantic Shipping Five Freighters Stranded
Five freighters fought heavy seas as a violent storm battered Atlantic shipping near Halifax and Bermuda. The Scottish Musician and Lycia lost engines, the Victo drifted with propeller torn, Everhope steered away, Azalea and Everhope towed by Foundation Franklin, crews of 31 aboard Azalea and Everhope.
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Halifax
N. S
Atlantic
Ated Ehe
Bermuda
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Fowls
England
Azores
Victo
Everhope
Cape Race
Franklin
Azalea
Senate Row Over Relief Bill Sees Local Share Proviso Tied
A Senate clash over a 250 million emergency relief bill produced a proposed local share rule requiring one for every four dollars from the federal government. The amendment failed 48 to 34, with advocates later aiming for a moral victory as House differences shift to conference. The debate also touched on Woodrum and Lanham provisions affecting relief timing and citizen funding preferences.
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Arthur Hachten
LLNS
Washington
INS
Senate
Uncle Sam
Whieh
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Bailey
North Carolina
Austin
Vermont
House
Schwetlenbach
Woodrman
Fear
Woodlum
Staggering Public Debt Attacked by Moffat in Albany
Assemblyman Abbot Low Moffat, Republican and ways and means chair, condemned the rapid rise of New York State debt in a speech before the Association of Towns. He warned that twelve to thirteen million residents now pay interest on a total debt near 312 billion and will face principal payments for generations.
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Moffat
Albany
Abbot Low Moffat
New York
Assembly Ways and Means
Association of Towns
New York State
Boycott of Japan Favored by Dodd
Brew Yore reports that William E Dead former ambassador in Germany favors an immediate boycott against Japan to end the Asiatic war in three months. He warns that if China falls to Japan the world could face half a billion under fascist rule and the United States may confront abandoning democracy.
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Japan
William E Dead
Germany
China
United States
France Is Deserted by Allies Demands to Increase Forces Refused
France faces a perilous crisis with only Red Russia and weak Czechoslovakia as allies. The Senate defense committee debates a new 190 million armament request, raising total spending for the year to about 34 billion francs, the largest peacetime figure. The government collapse appears tied to Anglo-Italian talks, with France urged toward a four power pact and potential withdrawal from the League of Nations.
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H. R. Knickerbocker
Ln.s
I.N.S
Paris
INS
France
Europe
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Anthony Eden
Senate
Committee of National Defense
Faris
Finance
Army
Air
Marine
National Defense Committee
Armed Services
Britain
Xvon Delbos
Hirst
Belgium
Leopold
Vis
Foland
Joseph Beck
Rom
Rumania
Carol
Yugoslavia
Mian Stojadinovich
Chamber of Deputies
League of Nations
Rome
London
Italy
Moscow
Voroshilov
Warsaw
Goering
Beck
New Deal Appeal To Discontent Cited
New Deal appeal to discontent cited by Gen. Hush S. Johnson former XRA administrator in New York claims the administration is building a new majority party from discontented groups including malcontents unemployed farmers bribed by benefits and workers incited by class hatred.
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New York
Hush S. Johnson
XRA
New War on Fascism Launched in Mexico
Vicente Lomardo Toledano urged 3,960 Confederation of Mexican Workers delegates to keep fascism out of Mexico as a new campaign against fascism began nationwide.
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Mexico
Vicente Lomardo Toledano
Mazican
Levees Pounded and Navy Urged for Russia
Floods threaten Fulton Arkansas as swollen rivers overflow. Rescue teams save residents from waterlogged homes while engineers assess potential disaster. In Moscow, Voroshilov calls for a mighty invincible navy and warns of gas warfare, revealing executions of former naval commanders.
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Russia
Bear Cross
James E.brown
ILNLS
Moscow
ENS
Defense
Klementi E. Voroshilov
Tes.b
Austra
Naval Commissariat
Voroshhilev
Ras
Voroshitov
I Uss c
Voroshiloy
Orley
A. K Srekow
Rebels claim Tu rel recaptured Jeruel and losses
British and French reports detail heavy fighting as insurgents regain Teruel. Rebels claim 66,060 government casualties, 160 royalist prisoners, and over 3,000 government dead. Loyalist mines explode near Cuesta de Las Periices, rebels forced back after grenade attack.
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Jeruel
London
SSS Secrarnment
Teruel
Salamance
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U. S
Dodd
Kingsbury Smith
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
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I. Geoffres Mander
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Ruile
Camille Chautemps
Yvon Deleos
Little Rock
Ark
Levers Alerg
Fulton
Winte
Little Rea
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Sdeavate
Sia- Grid
Cuesta de Las Periices
Barcelona
Bandrenades
Dale Carnes
Damon Runyor
Edwin C Fill
Ky Mitton
Northrup
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Radia Nohlen
Walter Winchell
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