Roosevelts Plan Surveys Europe and Arms Surplus Talks
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull outlined new moves toward peace and arms disposal. Sumner Welles will journey to Italy France Germany and Great Britain to survey conditions while awaiting neutral nations talks on an international economic system and worldwide arms reduction. He will not make US proposals. officials’ statements will be kept confidential.
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New York
Hull
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Myron C. Taylor
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Gov
Turks Dismiss Nazi Workers in 48 Hour Expulsion
Istanbul reports government orders 100 German technicians to leave Turkey within 48 hours and troops seize control of Krupp shipyards amid a suspected Nazi sabotage network in the Near East. The action targets submarines and state industries as tensions build over possible spring war involvement.
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Krupp
Near East
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Turkey
Berlin
Balkans
National Assembly
Gvyeldjuk
Sea of Marmora
Ankara
Germany
Franz von Papen
Golden Horn
The
Bosphorus
Rty
Ee Ee Ene
Istanbul University
Ankara Agricultural College
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Fireworks Plant Blows Up Near Redondo Beach
A Golden State Fireworks plant exploded at midnight sending shock waves up to 20 miles. 29 houses and the main brick building were destroyed or damaged, three workers injured, a watchman severely burned, and losses estimated at about 150000 dollars. Police ponder arson as nearby families shelter.
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Redondo Beach
Calif
Golden State Fireworks and Display Company
Golden State Fireworks Company
Beach City
Huntington Park
Pasadena
Los Angeles
Southgate
Iene
Harry Northern
Morgenthau Returns For Two Week Sasabe Visit
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau arrives early this morning for a two week stay at the La Osa ranch in Sasabe near the Mexican border south of Tucson. He previously visited the Sasabe guest ranch and plans to return later this year. He is accompanied by McKay and due at Sasabe late this evening.
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Henry Morgenthau
la Osa
Sasabe
Morgenthau
Tucson
McKay
Germans Claim Six Ships Hit In Raid On British Coasts
Berlin reports the German news agency DNB says German bombers in today’s raid on British coasts sank or badly damaged six ships, all British or convoyed. one German plane is missing. The attacks were in the North Sea. The British air ministry says one German bomber was shot down and two likely damaged on the east coast raid.
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DNB
North Sea
Court Upholds State Rail Car Limit Law
Phoenix Feb 9 Judge Ling of the U S district court dismissed a suit by Southern Pacific challenging Arizona's 1912 railway limit law. The act caps passenger trains at 14 coaches and freight trains at 70 cars making Arizona the first to adopt and the last to retain the regulation in force. The ruling was an oral order handed down after deliberation since December 12.
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Ariz
Dave W. Ling
U. S. District Court
Southern Pacific Company
Arizona
Ling
Soviet claim of 13 forts on Mannerheim line capture
Moscow reports Soviet troops hold 13 steel and concrete artillery forts on the Mannerheim line after clashes with Finnish defenders. The Leningrad command says eight forts near Hotinen in Summa district and five between Lake Ladoga and Suvasijarvi were captured by advancing infantry units amid Finnish losses.
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Red Army
Mannerheim
Leningrad
Karelian
Isthmus
Hotinen
Summa
Mannerheim Line
Lake Ladoga
Suvasijarvi
Daladier Opposes Secret Session as Agents Named
Premier Edouard Daladier argued the Chamber must not hold an immediate secret session, claiming German and Russian agents are active in France while five key questions loom. Eleven Communist deputies, allowed to sit after renouncing Moscow, refused to enter the secret session and kept to the corridors to avoid blame for leaks.
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Paris
U.P
Edouard Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
France
Chamber
Moscow
Finnish High Command Reports Continued Soviet Attacks on Mannerheim Line
Helsinki reports heavy fighting along the Mannerheim line with Russian losses after claims of taking forts. In Summa sector Finns say invaders were repulsed with heavy losses and 700 men and 12 tanks were destroyed elsewhere. Further east on the Taipale isthmus a powerful Russian attack continues. Northeast of Lake Ladoga heavy fighting persists with enemy repulsed at all points.
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Mannerheim
Karelian
Summa
Russia
Mannerheim Line
Punnunjoki
Panuri
Taipale
Lake Ladoga
Richberg Seeks New Deal for Oil Properties in Mexico
Phoenix dispatch reports Richberg, adviser to oil firms with Mexican expropriated properties, proposing two paths: voluntary return on long term terms or arbitration. He criticizes U S taxation as confiscatory and notes prior support for parts of the New Deal while urging systemic self governance.
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Phoenix
Trator
NRA
Richberg
Eere
Catholics Seek Moral Unity Through Guilds to Ease Class Conflict
Washington reports that 16 Catholic archbishops and bishops in the United States urged forming guilds or vocational groups to bind workers to their trades as a path to moral unity. They tied economic reform to spiritual renewal and called for state regulation of property to ensure fair burden sharing, while rejecting force in labor-capital tensions.
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Catholic Church
America
Catholic Herarchy
United States
Bishops
National Catholic “Welfare Conference
Catholic Action
Crusade Planned by Religious Education Council
The International Council of Religious Education launches a national education crusade to reach 15 to 20 million U S children without religious instruction. Leaders say laymen will lead efforts to spread updated church school methods for democracy and culture. Alf Landon and J L Kraft join a lunch event underscoring urgency of religious education in America.
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Chicago
International Council of Religious Education
America
Roy G. Ross
The
Council
Landon
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
J. L. Kraft
Governor challenges actor to harness race at state fair
Phoenix February 9 Governor Jones will race against film star John Mack Brown in a harness event at the state fair grounds Sunday. The governor teased the actor that second place is reserved for him.
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Jones
John Mack Brown
State Fair Grounds
Funeral scheduled for former Arizona pastor
Funeral services are set for Saturday for the Rev. Augustine Spencer Sarman, 80, a former pastor who came to the area nine years ago from Arizona. He served local congregations and was known for his community work.
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Arizona
Augustine Spencer Sarman
Leap Week at Indiana Central College Sparks Dating Fever
Indiana Central College observes leap week with coeds paying for every date. Rules allow any coed to invite a man and she covers all expenses from drinks to dinners. Last night 73 dates were noted as events continue through Valentine’s week.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Central College
Indiana
Central
United Brethren College
Dwight Smith
Miamisburg
Henrietta Rider
West
Smith
Miss Rider
World Today Highlights From Frontline War Updates
London reports renewed German raids on the coast with a fighter down near the Firth of Forth. Helsinki says Soviet forces hammer Finn defenses with heavy losses and limited gains. Moscow claims capture of 13 Finnish forts. Istanbul dismisses German technicians as Turkey moves against German influence. Paris notes secret session on war conduct. Dublin approves a drastic weapon against the outlawed IRA. Athens confirms an official travels to Egypt as allied commanders survey the Near East.
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Red Army
Moscow
Istanbul
Turkey
Dublin
Supreme Court
Athens
Egypt
Europe war move to near east possible foretold
Julius F. Smietanka, Chicago attorney, announced he would enter Vice President Garner’s name in Illinois presidential preferential primary at 4 p.m. today. A petition with over 3,000 signatures would accompany Garner’s certificate of candidacy enabling Illinois voters to consider him.
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Chicago
Julius F. Smietanka
Garner
Illinois
Petition to enter Congressman Hamilton Fish in Springfield
Springfield Mt Feb 9 petitions circulate to enter Congressman Hamilton Fish of New York in the race. The brief item notes local interest in the national political contest with Fish’s candidacy prompting attention.
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Springfield
Hamilton Fish
New York
Wisconsin Moves In Roosevelts Third Term Debate
Wisconsin emerges as a focal point as Roosevelt pushes the third term issue during a national press event. The story highlights early state reactions and political maneuvering shaping the Roosevelts stance amid the ongoing debate.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Roosevelt Sider
Near East front could shift in ongoing European war
Analysts say war fatigue and stalled Western front pressure may push fighting toward a new, exposed sector in the Near East. The piece begins a two part examination of strategic implications and potential outcomes.
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Near East
Near East Tensions Rise as Allied Forces Mass
Washington reports massing of Anglo French Turkish and Soviet troops along the Caucasus border and in Syria and Palestine with partial mobilizations in Iraq and Iran. American experts see potential action but deem immediate hostilities unlikely.
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Lloyd Leherbas
Washington
Caucasus
Syria
Palestine
Iraq
Iran
Persia
Near East
Mexico Bound Tourists Show Jump to West Coast
Rosendo G Herrera immigration chief reports a record 10 274 visitors crossed at Nogales from Jan 1 1939 to Jan 21 1940 bound for Mexican west coast. In 1939 alone 9 265 tourists crossed the border.
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Nogales
Sonora
Rosendo G. Herrera
Herrera
Seven Die As Patrols Meet On Western Front
German news agency DNB reports six French scouts and one German were killed in a clash of patrols on the western front. The encounter occurred as patrols met and fighting ended in fatalities.
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DNB
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