Queen Elizabeth Arrives Safe in New York Harbor
The great British liner Queen Elizabeth sails a dramatic wartime voyage to New York, flying a red duster and Union jack at the mast as it enters the harbor near the Queen Mary. The 85 000 ton vessel, valued at 28 750 000 pounds, nears completion and will dock alongside the Queen Mary and Norman for the duration of the war.
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Union Dock
Great Britain
New York Harbor
Berlin
Engand
North Atlantic
British Air Force Executing 1000+ Sorties and Submarine Attacks
London March 7 Air Ministry head Kingsley Wood reported to the House of Commons that the British Air Force has flown over 1,000 sorties into Germany by day and night and is preparing for a large expansion of strength. RAF planes have sighted German submarines more than 100 times, carried out over 60 attacks, and escorted 700 convoys.
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Air Ministry
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Germany
Wood
Royal Air Force
Minor Earth Shocks Felt At Fairbanks
Minor tremors were felt in Fairbanks on Tuesday and Wednesday. Prof. E. H. Bramhall of the University of Alaska said seismographs show an epicenter about 60 miles southeast. Four tremors were distinct, none alarming, and no damage reported. he cited a long known fault line as the cause. Williams warms wood too well in stove at Seaview. Firemen extinguished a small wood fire with nil damage.
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Alaska
E. H. Bramhall
University of Alaska
Bramhall
Williams
Stove
Seaview
Noted educator and editor emeritus of New York Times dies
Dr. John H. Finley, educator and editor emeritus of the New York Times, died today in New York. A former Knox College president and New York State education commissioner, he shaped journalism and public education across multiple posts and lectures abroad. He was born October 19, 1863, in Grand Ridge Illinois, studied at Knox and Johns Hopkins, and later led the College of the City of New York before joining the Times staff and becoming editor in chief and later editor emeritus in 1938. He was active with the American Social Science Association and the National Child Welfare Association and served as a Boy Scouts official. He married Martha Ford Boyden in 1892 and had four children.
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John H. Finley
New York Times
Finley
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College of the City of New York
New York State Comissioner of Education
Grand Ridge
LaSalle County
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Lydia Margaret McCombs Finley
James Finley
Ireland
Ottawa, Ills
Knox
Galesburg
Milneis
John Brown
Johns Hopkins, University
Baltimore
Richard T. Ely
State Charities Aid Association
Charities Review
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
S. S. McClure Company
Harper's Weekly
Princeton
The
University of North Carolina
University of Virginia
University of Edinburgh
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Pacific School of Religion
American Social Science Association
National Child Welfare Association
National Council
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts of Scotland
Martha Ford Boyden
Shefield
Labor Board Attack Targets NLRB Reforms and Amendments
Washington May 7 The House Labor Committee seeks to replace three NLRB members and create a three man panel to act only as judges in bargaining disputes It also approves 17 Wagner Act amendments urging tighter evidence rules and changes to current policy statements The panel criticizes the act claiming it indicts employers and predicts House rejection of the proposals
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Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Norton
House Labor Committee
House
Lloyd Garrison
United States
Rescue parties plunge into Vera Cruz jungle for plane crash survivors
March 7 report from Mexico City says rescuers entered a Vera Cruz jungle to reach 12 aboard a transport plane. The missing craft with seven passengers and five crew members was sighted by search planes. Some survivors waved a white cloth and sent rockets as they escaped. The crash occurred about 25 miles northwest of Minatitlan in Vera Cruz State.
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Vera Cruz
Minatitlan
Woman changes plea on liquor selling charge
Norma Hires withdrew a former innocence plea and pled guilty to 13 counts of selling liquor without a license in district court. Thelma Gregor, also charged in the case, pleaded not guilty.
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Norma Hires
Thelma Gregor
Miss Juneau Given Honors At Fairbanks Ice Carnival
Miss Sybil Godfrey the Miss Juneau from the Capital City arrives for the Ice Carnival in Fairbanks greeted by Mrs. Ralph Rivers and committee. She attends a Legion Auxiliary luncheon and a dance where she is named Miss Fairbanks and will preside until Miss Alaska is chosen on Saturday with coronation Sunday.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Sybil Godfrey
Juneau
Ralph Rivers
Queens’ Committee
Godfrey
Warnings Given Royal Air Fliers
London dispatch says Britain’s fighting men of the skies face a stern warning to be alert for immediate action as spring weather improves. The advance air striking forces are told the lull may end and Germany could strike a sudden blow against the Allies, especially England.
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Great Britain
Germany
England
AFL Jurisdictional Dispute on Alaska Cannery Workers
Seattle March 7. The AFL CIO jurisdictional dispute over Alaska fish cannery workers led to a $50,000 damage suit and injunction in Superior Court. The CIO affiliated United Cannery Workers sues AFL Alaska Fish Cannery Workers Union of the Pacific, claiming exclusive bargaining rights and seeking to block contract breaches and misleading propaganda while CIO negotiators meet with the Canned Salmon industry for 1940 contracts.
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Alaska
Seattle
CIO
United Cannery Workers
Alaska Fish Cannery Workers Union of the Pacific
Alaska Cannery Workers
Covert Battle Over Forest Service Control Plays Out in Senate
A long clash between the Senate the White House and the Interior Department over moving the Forest Service from Agriculture to Interior stalled. Senator Pittman pressed an amendment to block the transfer, while Byrnes and Barkley opposed it. Assurances were promised but a written guarantee remained sought as the broader Reorganization Bill faced defeat.
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White House
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Forest Service
Interior Department
Congress
Chambers of Commerce
Agriculture Department
Interior
Pittman
Nevada
Ickes
Byrnes
South Carolina
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Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
Nea
Welles Heads to Paris for Europe Fact Finding
Sumner Welles, U S Under Secretary of State, left Lausanne with his party for Paris to continue his Europe fact finding tour. He denied plans to meet Scandinavian representatives in London and did not confirm talks with the German Reichsbank’s Schacht. Welles will meet Daladier and LeBrun in Paris, stay three days, then proceed to London for talks with British leaders amid France’s war stance.
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Switzerland
Sumer Welles
Paris
Europe
Welles
London
Roosevelt
Guenther
Sweden
Rome
Berlin
Reichsbank
Dr. Schacht
United States
Sumner Welles
Dalader
Daladier
LeBrun
France
Tear gas used to scatter crowds in Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires on March 7 police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of people gathered around the House of the Provincial Government as President Ortiz appointed a Federal Emergency Administrator to govern the province.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Ortiz
Russians Repulsed Again In Finnish War Theatre
Finnish High Command reports Soviet forces driven back for the fourth time in four days near Viipuri with heavy losses, more than 30 tanks destroyed. Viipuri remains in Finnish hands as counter attacks strike along the southern coast amid reports Sweden seeks an armistice.
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Red Army
Viipuri
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Sweden
Finland
Russia
Karelian
Lake Ladoga
Petsamo
Romania to Maintain Big Army and Boost Taxes
King Carol the Second opened Parliament announcing that all national resources will back the army as the supreme guarantee of independence and territorial integrity. Taxes will be materially increased to support 1,600,000 men under arms while neutrality is pledged. He named Italy and Bulgaria as nations with good relations.
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Carol
Italy
Bulgaria
German Subs Sunk by French Naval Vessels
Paris March 7 The French Naval Ministry reports twelve German submarines sunk by French ships during the war's first six months.
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French Naval Ministry
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