Turkish Navy Mines Dardanelles as Bulgaria Falls to Nazi Prowess
Istanbul reports the Turkish navy has mined all but the narrow Dardanelles channel and requires six hour advance wireless notices for transit. Berlin and Sofia describe German troop movements toward Greece and Turkey amid Bulgaria’s rapid Nazi encroachment, with Britain possibly ending relations.
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Istanbul
Mar
Dardanelles Straits
Dardanelles
Aegean Sea
Sea of
Marmara
Turkey
Clark Blocks Limiting Debate On British Aid
In Washington Senator Clark blocked a Senate move to limit debate on the British aid bill. The debate spanned days with supporters and opponents arguing over war implications and policy, while Bulgaria’s Axis ties and Balkan developments drew international attention as German forces move near Greece.
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Clark
Washington, Mar
D-Mo
Senate
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Tunnell
D-Del
Smathers
D-Nj
Walsh
D-Mass
Congress
America
Tunnel
Senate Passes $40 Per Month Old Age Bill
The Arizona Senate approved a $40 monthly old age assistance cap and a plan to earmark 10 percent of sales tax revenue for pensions. The measure, sponsored by Dan Angius, would divert funds and raise county taxes slightly, with an amendment on relative responsibility facing constitutional questions. The bill now goes to the House for concurrence.
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Senate
Phoenix
Mar
House
A. R. Edwards
Gila County
Marvin Smith
Maricopa
H. H. d’Autremont
Pima County
Social Security Board
Dan Angius
Cochise County
Tax Commission
Angius
State Board of Social Security and Welfare
Paul C. Keefe
Benjamin Blake
Graham
Ralph Cowan
Cochise
Norman Fain
Yavapai
William Kimball
Pima
Judge Hall Upheld In Tax Proceeding
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the state tax commission cannot block Superior Judge William G. Hall from hearing a state income tax case. The Tucson Title Insurance Co sought refunds for 1934 1935 and 1936, and the decision preserves the Pima County court’s original jurisdiction. The court also affirmed a Mohave County ruling in the estate case of Winifred Van Hagen v H Harry Newton.
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Phoenix
State Tax Commission
William G. Hall
Pima County
Arizona Supreme Court
Alfred C. Lockwood
High Tribunal
Pima
Tucson Title Insurance Company
Tax Commission
U S Purchases Few Civilian Gas Masks In Protection Move
The War Department disclosed a limited quantity of low cost non combatant gas masks for civilians in areas under military control. The masks meet defense needs while offering protection against all known war gases, though not built for long life or rugged military use.
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Washington
War Department
New Farm Bill Sent To House By Committee
A bill proposing $90 824 037 for the 1942 farm program and related activities was sent to the House by the appropriations committee. The measure lowers the current year total and shifts parity payments toward commitments rather to cash, with authority to borrow from the RFC and to make parity contracts totaling 162 million dollars.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
House
Appropriations Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Roosevelt
Department
Congress
Soil Conservation Service
Forest Service
Extension Service
Commissioner Claims Telephone Wires Tapped at Hearing
Phoenix March 3 Carl Holmes testified at his ouster hearing before Governor Osborn claiming telephone lines were tapped or spotted during efforts to contact his Buckeye road ranch. He questioned Prosecutor Beers agricultural knowledge while denying influence over Tracy Holmes Fruit company operations.
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Phoenix
Carl Holmes
Industrial Commission
Osborn
Tracy- Holmes Fruit Company
Frank W. Beer
Buckeye Road
Holmes
Tracy-Holmes Fruit Company
Beer
Nomination Of City Heads Is Set Tomorrow
Tucson voters are set to nominate candidates for mayor and three councilmen with about 6 000 expected to vote tomorrow. registration is around 22 000 with 5 917 votes cast last year. races in wards 2 and 4 show stirring competition though key figures face no opposition for mayor.
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H. C. Jaastad
Homer L. Shantz
J. O. Niemann
Tully Jones
Southern Pacific
Halbert M. Miller
Lewis J. (Jo) Hall
Yugoslavia Seen Joining Axis Pact Soon
Premier Dragisa Cvetkovic and Foreign Minister Alesander Cincar-Markovicc met with Regent Prince Paul amid talks on Yugoslav membership in the Axis three power pact. Sources say a signing could come after Bulgaria joined last Saturday, with discussions in Belgrade involving Viktor Von Heeren and Joachim von Ribbentrop.
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Yugoslavia
Dragisa Cvetkovic
Alesander Cincar-Markovicc
Prince Paul
Viktor von Heeren
Bulgaria
Slovakia
Hungary
Rumania
von Heeren
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German army massed on Greek border amid Bulgarian advance
Sofia reports twelve to fifteen German divisions totaling 180 000 to 225 000 men moved across Bulgaria by truck to secure at least six positions on the Greek frontier. Railhead Kulati and towns Dara Djere Patmakhi Nevrokop are named as possible posts, with denial of occupation at Svilengrad to avoid antagonizing neighbors.
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Slatograd
Melnik
Trigrad
Svilengrad
Greece
Italy
German march into Bulgaria proceeds as planned
Berlin reports a Nazi spokesman announcing the Bulgarian invasion followed a planned route with all objectives reached by 6 p m yesterday. He said targets were not on Greek or Turkish frontiers and that German troops would not approach Turkey. Hitler pledged an active campaign and sent a message to King Boris amid Bulgaria's proclaimed friendship with Germany Italy and Japan.
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Bulgaria
Berlin
Franz von Papen
Sukru Saracoglu
Anthony Eden
Germany
Mediterranean
Boris
Smathers
Tunell
Senate
Walsh
Balkan
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Rome
Negotin
Ploesti
Hitler
Greece
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Japan
Fuehrer
Russia
Beer Petition Rejected by Pima County Supervisors
Arthur G. Morey petition for a package beer and wine license for the Rock House on Sabine Canyon road was rejected by Pima county supervisors after considering protests and a opposing petition. Officials said granting the license would not benefit Sabine Canyon picnic and camping areas.
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Arthur G. Morey
Rock House
Sabine Canyon Road
Pima County
Sabine Canyon
German Move Aimed At Russia Signals Berlin Strategy
Berlin reports state Germany’s Bulgarian troop build up signals a plan to pressure Greece but more so to curb Soviet influence in southeast Europe. Hitler seeks to push Russians from the region as German forces extend toward the Black Sea, with aims tied to Moscow.
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Albania
Hitler
Greece
Bulgaria
Turkey
Moscow
Fuehrer
Rickenbacker Shows Slight Improvement After Crash
Airman Eddie Rickenbacker, injured in an Eastern Airlines sleeper plane crash near Atlanta, lies in an oxygen tent and is reported slightly improved. A physician notes he slept more and his general condition is better but still serious with a fever of 100 and pulse 110 while blood pressure remains 120.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
Here
Rickenbacker
EAL
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