Judge Jones Wins New Orleans Gubernatorial Nomination
The New Orleans Democratic primary results show long time political figure James A. Long defeated by over twenty thousand votes. attorney Jake Charters Jones captures the governorship. Robert Maestri and Eugene Stanley supporters lose, with Jones sweeping local offices and appointing Ware Mouton as lieutenant governor and John Cox as education chief.
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New Orleans
Govard K Long
Cingfish
Huey Long
Lost
Am Houston
Jones
Jake Char
Long
Robert Maestri
Cur
Huey
Busiess
Eugene Stanley
Quey
Orleans Parish
Surlet Attornes
Gerral
Ware M Mouton
John B Coxet
Ouigsana
Iues
Jones Folowers
Intey
Swedes to Boost Aid to Finland Under War Strain
Swedish officials vow higher aid to Finland as public anger over a Pajala bombing grows. Stockholm orders defense measures and seeks full reparation, while volunteer camps in Finland prepare to train Swedes for military support. Four Swedish volunteers reportedly flew combat missions against Russian bombers.
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Stockholm
Sweden
UPI
Pajala
Russia
Finland
Petsamo
Bajala
New Lama Will Reign Over Tibet
Chungking China reports a new Dalai Lama named Ling Erh, a chubby precocious son of a Tibetan farmer, to be enthroned at Lha si in a ceremony marked by red silk robes and a golden crown. Two other boys were candidates, but Jing-Erh was chosen, believed by followers to host the soul of the 13th Lama.
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Chungking
China
Lhasi
Ling Erh
Tibet
Jing-Erh
Light Snow Tonight in Ohio Extends to North
Frigid Friday expected with light snow and flurries mainly in the extreme north portion. Accumulation minimal as colder air settles, bringing chill to CSI and surrounding areas.
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Ohio
CSI
Sweden seeks compensation from Russia over Pajala raid
Sweden demanded compensation from Russia after a Pajala air raid damaged property and a hospital room, with seven Russian planes dropping about 37 bombs. The incident heightened fears for neutrals as Parliament debated aid to Finland and the government’s policy, while public warnings and panic spread through Pajala.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Tl Pim
Pajyala
Stockholms Tidningin
Sid
Russia
Iull
Scandinavia
Pajaia
Finland
Russian Tanker Delivers Oil for Germany at Constanza
The Sakalin, the first Russian oil tanker to reach Constanza since the Soviet regime, arrived with 10 000 tons of lubricating oil for Germany. Reservoirs were cleaned under German supervision and more tankers were expected soon though the exact delay cause remains unknown.
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Constanza
Rumania
Germany
Will contest narrows Washington era timeline in local court
Common Pleas Court hears a will dispute over an 80 acre farm in Russia Township tied to Elias Peabody Sr who died in 1881. The case centers on the life use granted to his son Klas Jr and the ultimate inheritance to Vernon Peabody and his heirs, with nineteen descendants named as defendants.
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George Washington
Klas Jr
Russia Township
Vernon Peabody
Wo Vernon
Vernon
Klva Peabody
Aurcha Clyffe Kinsky
Windfall Road
Henrietta Township
Elias Peabody Sr
Grandfather Peabody
Dohn Whilgren
Peabody S
Steel Executive To Head Republican Finance Committee
John D. Hamilton appoints Ernest T Weir steel executive and Iron and Steel Institute leader as chairman of the Republican Finance Committee. Weir, board chairman of National Steel and president of the Institute, helped a late 1939 fundraising drive erase the party deficit.
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Steel
Republican Finance Committee
Washington
John D . Hamilton
Ernest T Weir
Weir
National Steel Corporation
Iron and Steel Institute
Million Men Massed For Attack On Mannerheim Line
Reports from Copenhagen and Helsinki say Red Army attacks persist on the Mannerheim line as a blizzard sweeps the Karhan Isthmus and Lake Ladoga front. Two Russian divisions fight at Tapale with heavy artillery on a five mile front. Koivisto fortress reportedly holds.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Red Arms
Mannerheim Line
Berlingske Afternavis
Helsinki
Karhan Isthmus
Tapale
Lake
Ladoga
Berlingske Tidende
Russia
Berlingsse Aftenavis
Mannerheim
Koivisto Fortress
Koivistos
Bierke
Koivisto
Ginns
Vupur
Finlands
Hed Army
Navy
Tatpale
Lake Ladoga
Vupurl
Heavy Battle In Air Off Norway Coast
A heavy air battle involving unidentified forces was reported off Norway's north coast. Simultaneously fishermen near Joesing Fjord said a squadron of submarines crashed near the Altmark site, with the British navy having run the prison ship aground and taken 326 prisoners. German repair teams were flown to Joesing to ready the Altmark for voyage toward Germany.
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Bergen
Norway
Stavanger
Joesing Fjord
Altmark
Brtish
Joesing Hjord
Germany
Joesing
Altmarkh
Arrest 24 Nazis At Amsterdam
In Amsterdam twenty four members of the Netherlands Nazi Party were seized during the night while training and a shed caretaker was detained. Police say the drill violated the 1938 ban on groups with military aims. They were released today with no bail. Groningen reports cite charges against five Dutchmen and one foreigner for espionage. further details were withheld.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Groningen
Worth Holland
Cambridge Educator For 30 Years Passes
Cambridge high school principal Harry L Pime died of a heart attack today after 30 years of service. A Newark native and Denison University graduate, he played football basketball and baseball. He is survived by his wife.
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Cambridge
Harry L Pime
Cambridge High School
Newark
Denison University
Two Killed In Blast At Fireworks Plant
Two men died and fourteen were injured in an explosion at Triumph Explosives Inc fireworks plant in Elkton Maryland. The dead were Edward Kneese of Glasgow Delaware and Charles Gatchell of Elkton with authorities investigating the cause and scope of the blast.
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Elkton
Triumph Explosives Inc
Edward Kneese
Glasgow
Del
Charles Gatchell
Washington Birthday Controversy Over His True Age
Washington did not tell his correct age Rep Sol Bloom declares Washington was born February 11 1731 historians place birth in 1732 calendar changes in 1752 removed 11 days making Washington seem nearly a year older than commonly recorded Bloom asserts records prove the 1731 date and explains the calendar shift and missing birthday.
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Washington
George Washington
Sol Bloom
Congress
Bloom
Jane
Indictments Taint Detroit Officials Over Lottery Conspiracy
Detroit February 22 County prosecutor Duncan C McCrea and chief investigator Harry Colburn were sought by police today along with four former police officials and twelve others in a 19 count indictment for conspiracy to permit lottery and gambling, accepting gratuities and neglect of duty. The case stems from a six month probe into official links with the underworld following the suicide of lottery operator Sis Janet McDonald and the involvement of her lover William McBride, a payoff man for gamblers. Circuit Judge Homer Ferguson presided as a one man grand jury. special prosecutor Chester P O Dara announced the indictments as a starting point in a widening case. McCrea, then missing, was ordered arrested by the police department.
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Detroit
Duncan C McCrea
Harry Colburn
Hadeen
McCrea
United States Senate
Police
Janet McDonald
William McBride
McBride
Florida
Homer Ferguson
Chester P O4ara
Recorders
Altmark Dash Threat Looms In Norwegian Waters
German steamer Altmark, under guard of three Norwegian torpedo boats, prepared for a dash south along the east coast toward Germany. Reports from Paris say Allies tightened watch on Scandinavian routes as Wiegand arrived to aid repairs. A crewman died aboard the Altmark during recent fighting with British sailors, and Norway barred crew ashore.
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Oslo
Norway
Fen
Cay
Germany
Great Britain
Paris
Scandinavian
Norwegian
Wiegand
Alt- Joessingen
Altmark
Skager Rak
Baltic
Altmarks
Eight Americans Freed From Franco Prison Camp
In Madrid on February 22, eight Americans including Dahi American aviator Dahl and seven others were released from civil war prisoner camps. Clarence Blair of Minnesota and Colin Haber of New York joined three more Americans en route to Seville, with an Exutia liner expected to sail tomorrow. Alf Andreasen and Conrad Stoyna were also believed en route to Seville. Franco thus released the last of the American war prisoners.
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Bulletin
Madrid
Dahl
Clarence Blair
Little Falls Minn
Colin Haber
New York City
Seville
Lawrence Doran
South Gate
Cal
Anthony Kehrhcker
Polk County
Rudolph Opain
Cleveland
Ohio
Injuries Fatal To Elberta Beach Resident
Pi Owen Clark 28 of Elberta Beach died at Mt Lina Hospital after a car crash injuries from a collision with a safety zone. Police report the vehicle was traveling between 50 and 60 miles an hour when the accident occurred early today.
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Cleveland O
Pi Owen Clark
Elberta Beach
Mt Lina Hospital
Clark
Girl Sneezing Four Days prompts medical advice
Marietta O February 22 Ruth Kaneff 11 has been sneezing intermittently for four days. Doctors at Marietta Hospital sought a cure while many offered home remedies. Physicians thought brain irritation caused the sneezing and feared surgery was too dangerous. Her general condition was unchanged.
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Marietta O
Margare
Ruth Kaneff
Marietta Hospital
Marjorie
Council Studies Sewer Program Overview and Routes
City council, meeting as a committee of the whole, debated proceeding with the $420000 PWA sewer program recently approved by WPA. Planned work includes trunk sewer from West River street to Lorain Boulevard and sewer improvements in Wurstcourt Broad street Lake avenue area near the Northern city limits with special assessments to fund benefited properties.
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WPA
Wurstcourt
Broad Street
Cheerty
Caldwell Morgan Bruce Parmery Warden
Shariff
Lake Avenue
West River Streets
Lorain Boulevard
Council
Finnish Men Of 45 And 46 Years Called For Colors
Helsinki reports Finnish men aged 45 and 46 are summoned to join the defense. Notices order men born in 1894 and 1895 to report for training, joining sons already in service. The move expands the reserve to age 60 as Russia’s offensive is tracked near the Mannerheim Line amid weather-quieted front dispatches.
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Helsinki
Finland
New Quakes In Turkey Kill Thirty Persons
Earthquakes near Devsly in Kayser Province kill thirty people injure twenty two and destroy the villages Soysalih and Simino gutch. Volcanic action accompanies shocks in the Ercias Mountains with eighteen distinct tremors since 3 PM Tuesday. Center lies west of the area hit hardest by December quakes that killed thirty five thousand.
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Istanbul
Turkey
New
Dev~ Sly
Kayser
Soysalih
Siminogutch
Ercias Mountains
Home Where Sherman Was Born Will Be Torn Down
Lancaster Feb 22 General William Tecumseh Sherman was born in Lancaster. The home at Main Hill near the downtown business district will be torn down to make way for a new apartment building. Owner Ed Schleicher announced the plan. An earlier bid to have the state buy the property for a Sherman memorial failed. Thrift House at 138 Bath Street opens for inspection Saturday and Sunday from 12 to 6 PM.
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Lancaster O
William Tecumseh Sherman
Lancaster
Ed Schleicher
Sherman
Main Hill
Schlercher
Germans Renew Attack On Shipping
German planes renewed coastal strikes on British shipping but faced a strong British counterattack that downed two raiders and forced others back. Coastal vessels armed by Churchill’s policy fought off aircraft as trawlers and ships repelled bombers, sustaining no British losses.
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London
Admiralty
Navi Air Fleet
Norfolk
Winston Churchill
the Admiralty
Emulator
Crystal
Cardew
Acuba
Heinkel
Kinnaird Head
St. Abbs
Firth of Forth
Coldingham
Berwick
British Isles
Narrow Escape In Truck And Train Collision
David L Calhoun of Pittsburgh narrowly escaped death after a Big Four eastbound passenger train struck his truck at the Rochester crossing yesterday afternoon. He walked away with only minor injuries after his vehicle was badly damaged and he was treated at Falls Climac in Wellington.
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David L Calhoun
Pittsburgh
Rochester
Calhoun
Manuhes
Wellington
Gates Recovering From Injuries After Ladder Fall
Edgar Gates of 424 Secondrest is recovering at home from injuries suffered Monday after a ladder fall during electrical work at a Broad Street store. Three ribs were broken but he is reported as getting along all right and not seriously hurt. Gates is a noted leader in local Boy Scout work.
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Edgar Gates
Broad Street
Gates
Cozy rooms and bath garage inq C William
Classified inquiry from 811 Middle Avenue seeking rental or lodging options with rooms and bath and attached garage. Contact C William for details.
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C . William
Middle Avenue
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