Red Leader Cited on Contempt by House
Washington March 29 The House directed James Dolsten Pittsburgh Communist leader cited for contempt of the House for refusal to answer Dies Committee questions. Dolsten refused to identify who issued a Communist party card bearing the name Franklin D Roosevelt and kept such card in his possession.
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Washington
House Today
James Dolstn
Pittsburgh
House
Dies Committee
Dolsen
Communist Party
Franklin Dy. Roosevelt
Dies orders subpoena on red official in Maryland
Washington March 29 Marlin Dies chairman of the committee investigating un American activities ordered a subpoena for Dr Albert Blumberg Baltimore secretary of the Communist Party Maryland. He did not appear to testify while his wife testified and he remained at home despite a committee request for attendance.
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Washington
Marlin
UnAmerican
Albert Blumberg
Baltimore
Communist Party i
Maryland
German U-boat runs aground off southern Norway
A coastal submarine U-21 with 23 crew members grounded near Ryvingo Lighthouse and was towed to Mandals Fjord. The Norwegian government disarmed the crew and interned them after an inquiry found navigation error. Germany sought release through its legation.
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Oslo
Norway
Mandals Fjord
Foreign Ministry
Ryvingo
Legation
Three Nation Sign Agreement in Balkan Case
Turkish military sources report that Britain France and Turkey have signed a tripartite agreement to cooperate if war erupts in the Balkans or Near East. The accord covers joint defense measures and mutual support among the three nations amid rising regional tensions.
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Balkan
Ankara
Turkey
Balkans
Near East
Fire Aboard U. S. Ship in Stormy Seas
The American freighter Antinous battles heavy seas about 1500 miles off the Japanese coast after a fire broke out and an SOS was sent. Several ships are rushing to aid the vessel as the danger is brought under control.
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San Francisco
Renewed clash feared as Soviet Japan tension rises in Asia
Tokyo reports three developments likely to spark border fighting with Japan and the Soviet Union as winter ends. Rail spur construction behind Lake Bor in Manchoukuo. Soviet Mongol forces advance five miles past prior lines. Japanese troops threaten Outer Mongolia and Ningxia, with airfields being set up. Soviet patrols resume activity amid improved weather. northern illegal entries flagged. Both sides hold deep outposts in Manchoukuo claimed territory. Japanese moves threaten the Soviet supply line to Chungking in Inner Mongolia.
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Tokyo
Lake Bor
Manchoukuo
Outer Mongolia
Tnder
Nomonhan
Khalka River
Khalka
Inner Mongolia
Chungking
Watchful French Embassy Guards Spies In Wartime
In Washington a wartime anecdote shows a publisher seeking large-scale French maps at the Library of Congress and then at the French Embassy. An official review reveals the maps dated 1875, not 1940, and with a note that reproduction is not permitted. The episode hints at wartime caution and archival limits.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
France
Library of Congress
Paris
Seven Canneries to Be Operated Says Shiels
President Archie Shiels announced Pacific American Fisheries will operate seven canneries in Alaska this season with potential for eight. Preliminary crews have gone to King Cove and Squaw Harbor, main crews to depart April. Additional plants include Port Moller Alitak Naktiek Chignik Petersburg Nushagak Bristol Bay. Noraek cannery to close this season.
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Bellingham
Wash
Archie Shiels
Pacific American Fisheries
Alaska
King Cove
Squaw Harbor
Port Moller
Alitak
Naktiek
Chighik
Petersburg
Nushagak
Bristol Bay
Noraek
Soviet Russia Parliament Opens Third Session Today
Moscow March 29 The Russian Parliament today opened the third session in seven months to hear the foreign affairs report and consider creating a Republic from Finland gained territory. It will ratify the Russo Finnish peace pact and announce next year's budget. Premier Molotov, Foreign Commissar, criticized France and Britain for hostility while expressing hope that rulers driving the Soviet Union into the war against Germany have failed.
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Moscow
Finland
Molotoff
Soviet Russia
France
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Germany
Seized Russian Vessels Turned Over to French
British move to ease war strains with Soviet Russia leads to the turning over of two seized Russian freighters to French authorities in the Far East. The Selenga and Vladimir Mayakovsky, suspected of contraband for Germany, were taken to Hongkong after seizure and are on routes to Vladivostok.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
Russia
Germany
Selenga
Vladimir Mayakovsky
United States
Vladivostok
Hongkong
Three German freighters ready to dash from Batavia
Batavia March 29 three German freighters loaded with freight for Germany have steam up and are ready for a dash to Vladivostok Siberia.
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Batavia
Dutch East Indies
Germany
Vladivostok
Siberia
Japanese Open New Offensive in South China
Hong Kong dispatches report that Japanese and Chinese sources indicate Japan has begun an offensive in China's southern Kwangsi Province. The move signals intensified hostilities in the region as both sides confirm actions underway.
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South
China
Hong Kong
Japan
Kwangsi
Convoy Under Aerial Attacks Reported In North Sea
The Associated Press notes conflicting British and German accounts of an aerial assault on a North Sea convoy. Germany claims a patrol boat sunk six merchant ships hit and the convoy dispersed, while Britain reports five bombs dropped with no damage and the convoy continuing. A CNB dispatch claims a French destroyer was attacked in the English Channel, which the Admiralty does not confirm.
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North Sea
CNB
English Channel
First Minister to Die in Chair Passed Praying
Rev Walter Dworecki age 43 Polish Baptist minister becomes the first clergy man executed in the United States by electric chair after being condemned for the strangling murder of his daughter Wanda 18 to collect a 5000 life insurance premium He died six minutes after the electric chair switch. Shewchuk the circus roustabout and former boarder in his home was to be tried next month.
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Trenton
N. J
Walter Dworecki
United States
Camden
Wanda
Nounced
Peter Schewchuk
Shewchuk
Sick Indian asks for Alaska sons in hospital
New York March 29 White Eagle a 70 year old Indian ill in Roosevelt Hospital seeks his two sons Leslie and Howard who he says live on Prince Patrick Island in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska. He was stricken with a heart attack on a midtown bus terminal, says he had just arrived from Boston and was bound for Chicago.
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New York
White Eagle
Roosevelt Hospital
Leslie
Howard
Prince Patrick Island
Arctic Ocean
Alaska
Boston
Chicago
Finnish Relief Passes Three Million Mark in Palo Alto
Herbert Hoover reports the Finnish Relief Fund has surpassed three million dollars, dedicated to rehabilitating Finns who lost homes in the war, with funds raised in Palo Alto on March 29.
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Palo Alto
Cal
Herbert Hoover
Hirst Sees Great Change In Sitka
Claude M. Hirst, general superintendent of the Office of Indian Affairs, returned on the North Sea from a Sitka business trip. He cites a great change in Sitka in just a few months. The Mailboat Estebeth, one day late on schedule, sailed for Sitka, after a prior delay due to a storm.
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Claude M. Hirst
Office of Indian Affairs
North Sea
Sitka
Estebeth
Estebrtl
Roosevelts Desire Alaska Visit One Day
Seattle report says Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt told interviewers that she and President Roosevelt would like to visit Alaska someday. She spoke during a Seattle visit and expressed their interest in exploring the territory.
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Alaska
Seattle
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sitka mayor race and city bond measure set for April
In Sitka Alaska the mayoral contest features incumbent Tom Tilson opposing Bill Hanlon with three council seats open among nine candidates. R W DeArmond seeks a school board post against Harry Hagen as a special April 30 election also authorizes bonds totaling 7000 dollars for street construction and a schoolhouse addition.
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Sitka
Alaska
R. W. DeArmond
United States
Tom Tilson
Bill Hanlon
Tom Daine
Walt Bacon
Neill Andersen
Charley Peterson
George H. Peterson
William Beach
Frank Oja
D. W. Such
Oscar Tilson
Dearmond
Harry Hagen
Mra. Nels Drugg
de Armond
Special Electi
Council
Tornado Kills 30 in Napoleonville Area
A tornado struck Pierre Park near Napoleonville Louisiana killing 30 people. The Light and Power Company reported the casualty tally and details from the impact site dated March 29.
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Napoleonville
Louisiana
Light and Power Company of
Pierre Park
Documents of Poland uncovered in wartime archives
Sixteen documents from the Polish Foreign Office in Warsaw were released by the Foreign Office and key envoys to London and Paris. They include supposed confidential reports to Washington London and Paris and a letter to Anthony Eden from the Polish General Staff. A German source says the collection sheds light on American policy before the war.
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Berlin
iBy
Louis P Lochner
Associated Press
Warsaw
Forel Office
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Bullitt
London
Paris
Washington
Stockholm
Anthony Eden
Allache
U. 3
Joseph P. Kennedy
Long Conference Between Welles and Roosevelt Report
Under Secretary Sumner Welles and President Roosevelt held a long conference today about Welles report on the Europeda situation. Welles maintains strict caution despite optimism for near peace abroad.
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Welles
Washington
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Allence
Flower Time Here for Second This Winter
Crocus time triggers a bloom in Juneau where flowers appeared on New Year’s Day and winter followed. Mrs. E. H. Kuser’s yard shows pale blue crocks and daffodils peeking through, while at Carter’s Mortuary a yellow crocus opened a week ago. The report hopes blooms do not presage more winter.
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Juneau
E. H. Kuser
Carter's Mortuary
Pan American to Begin Seattle Juneau Air Route in May
Pan American Airways announced Seattle to Juneau service starting mid May with twice weekly flights. A Matthews Beach base will be built for flying boat operations until stratoliner jets replace Alaska flying boats. Fares are estimated at 70 dollars to Ketchikan and 100 dollars to Juneau based on 10 cents per mile. McKenzie to build Seattle bases. first plane expected from East Coast by May 1.
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Seattle
Juneau
Pan-American Airways
King County
Matthews Beach
Lake Washington
Sand Point Naval Air Station
Robert Bullwinkel
PAA
Ubtil
Alaska
Fairbanks
Nome
Bullwinkel
Ketchikan
C. W. McKenzie
Wake
Midway Islands
McKenzie
East
Reich Uses Artillery Pictures to Show Western Front Readiness
Berlin march 29 Nazi newspapers publish imposing photos of Germany's heaviest artillery. Officials say the pictures are meant to assure the Reich of Germany's readiness on the Western Front amid wartime tensions.
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Berlin
Germany
Reich
Pilot Boat Is Rammed. Nine Die in Halifax Harbor
At Halifax Nova Scotia nine men drowned early today when the pilot boat Hebridean was rammed and sunk in the outer harbor by an incoming freighter it was to meet. The dead include six harbor pilots and three crew members trapped below decks.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
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Norma Shearer
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