Senate Tightens War Aid Powers and Fiscal Controls
The Senate amended the war aid bill to curb executive spending and preserve congressional oversight. It empowered Roosevelt to move up to 1.3 billion dollars in Army and Navy material with prior congressional approval and allowed leaders to end the president's powers by concurrent resolution.
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Washington
Mar
U.P
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Byrnes
James F. Byrnes
D-Sc
Chamber
Water F. George
D-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
Army
Navy
House
Charles W. Tobey
Europe
Tobey
Kelley-Nashes
Crumps
Pendergasts
Jersey City
N. J
Chicago
Memphis
Tenn
Kansas City
Wallace H. White
Bulgaria Accused Of Threat On Greece By British Envoy
A.P. dispatch from Sofia claims Bulgarian police arrested the head of the British secret service and aides. Britain severed diplomatic relations with Bulgaria accusing it of aiding Nazi Germany in plans against Greece. The move followed a statement by British Minister George W. Rendel.
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Tien
Bogdan Philoff
Bulgaria
Greece
Budapest
Pester Lloyd
Sofia
Secret Service
Great Britain
Balkan
George W. Rendel
Greek Command Vows to Defend Liberty Against All Fronts
Athens reports German forces massing on the Bulgarian frontier as the Greek high command issues a communique affirming the army and people will fight on with undying will for liberty and homeland. It notes Italy aims to overwhelm the Greek army in Albania while Greece keeps troops in eastern Macedonia and Thrace as a precaution.
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Athens
Greece
Official Information Service
Albania
Macedonia
Thrace
Japan Seeks Cabinet Action Over French Indo China Stand
Tokyo reports Premier Konoye has convened an urgent cabinet meeting as France misses Tokyo's deadline on Indo China terms. Japan, concentrating forces near Indo China, warned Paris of serious consequences if reply is delayed, and declined to extend the armistice. A second deadline for full settlement expires at 10 am Friday.
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Tokyo
U.P
Fumimaro Konoye
France
Japan
Thailand
Indo-China
Charles Arsene-Henry
Vichy
Britain seeks many more ships and men for Atlantic war
London March 5 The British admiralty asked Parliament for many more ships and great numbers of men to confront the Atlantic battle opening. A V Alexander said the token £100 appropriation would unlock secret larger sums while warning German bases and aircraft threaten convoys. American destroyers and aircraft join the fleet during 1941.
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Senate
Hemisphere
Hull
London
British Admiralty
Atlantic
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Commons
Alexander
Fleet Air Arm
America
NAVY
Auditor and Bank Named Defendants in Arizona Suit
Phoenix March 5 Valley Bank and State Auditor Ann Frohmiller are defendants in a suit filed by Dr. George C. Truman former state health chief to recover 1800 dollars believed misappropriated. Judge Howard Speakman added the bank after Truman claimed the bank canceled 935 warrants with unauthorized signatures. Truman testified Frohmiller told him in 1937 to go home and forget about the shortage.
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Phoenix
The
Valley Bank
Ann Frohmiller
George C. Truman
Mesa
Howard C. Speakman
Truman
Majority Bloc Of House Hit With Oratory
In Phoenix the Arizona House floor erupted in lengthy speeches as members attacked committee deadlocks delaying bills. Rep N L Vinson urged discharging the efficient government committee from HB38, a plumbing code, but the motion failed 20 to 31 amid charges that minorities smother majority will and favor mines utilities railroads and cattle growers.
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Phoenix
House of Representatives
House
Arizona
N. L. Vinson
Cochise County
Vinson
M. E. Curry
Maricopa County
Jaastad Once More Nominee For Democrats
Mayor H O Jaastad is the Democratic nominee for city head for the fifth time after yesterday's primary. Republican candidate M H Starkweather emerged via four write ins and may withdraw before April 1. Low turnout 1421 ballots. no major contests except wards 2 and 4.
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H. O. Jaastad
M. H. Starkweather
Old Pueblo
Starkweather
Halbert W. Miller
Board of Regents
The
University of Arizona
L. J
Jo) Hall
Miller
Hall
Exiled Romanian King Carol Escapes to Portugal
Former Romanian King Carol who was under guard in Seville has reportedly escaped across the frontier into Portugal with a Polish passport. Magda Lupescu, his companion, is said to have fled with him. Carol abdicated last September and had traveled via Yugoslavia and Italy to Switzerland before reaching Spain and was seeking travel to the United States.
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Bucharest
Carol of
Romania
Seville
Spain
Portugal
Mme
Magda Lupescu
Carol
Mihai
Yugoslavia
Italy
Switzerland
Lupescu
United States
South Wales Targeted as Nazi Bombers Strike again
German air raids last night hit Cardiff and the Bristol Channel area for the second night in a row, with incendiaries causing fires that burned into the early hours. Attacks also touched several points along the English south coast and a Thames estuary town, with London briefly alarmed at noon.
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London
South Wales
Bristol Channel
Cardiff
Thames Estuary
Canadian Division Landed At Salonika Is Italian Charge
Virginio Gayda the Fascist editor claimed in L Italy that a Canadian division is nearly complete at Salonika with detachments. He said England had sent arms to Greece and blamed London for Balkan events. Foreign observers linked the assertion to a possible Axis spring offensive on the eastern Greek front.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
Salonika
Greece
1 Giornale D'Italia
Gayda
England
Balkan
London
U S Mexico Plan New Defense Pact
Washington reports talks on a mutual assistance pact between the United States and Mexico. Experts study plans for cooperative defense and possible Mexican naval and air bases to protect Panama Canal approaches. Details remain undisclosed as talks continue.
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Washington
Mar
United States
Mexico
North American
Arctic Circle
Panama
Canada
State Department
U. S
Panama Canal
Magdalena Bay
Lower
California
Acapulco
Gulf of Mexico
Rumania Nazi Parley Signals Hitler Fears UK Bombs
Vienna talks between Goering and Antonescu reveal German air force influence as Britain’s bombs threaten Romanian oil and military targets. Antonescu seeks stronger defenses amid fears of unrest if Britain presses Balkan air campaigns.
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Hitler
J. W. T. Mason
United Press
Vienna
Marshal Goering
Antonescu
Rumania
Germany
Balkans
Goering
Fuehrer
Bucharest
Europe
Romania
Goering Talks With Romanian Head At Vienna
Belgrade reports Gen Ion Antonescu rushed to Vienna to confer with Reichsmarshal Goering amid Soviet demands Romania cede Black Sea bases. Berlin notes Goering and Antonescu met at Belvedere Palace on military questions.
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Goering
Vienna
Belgrade
Ion Antonescu
Rumania
Reichsmarshal Goering
Soviet
Russia
Romania
Black Sea
Berlin
U.R
Hermann Goering
Antonescu
Balkan
Palace
Belvedere Palace
Bulgaria
Franz Ferdinand
Austria
Europe
One Strike Settled Others Still On At Wright Field
A strike at Camp Davis North Carolina ending today involved 4 000 to 6 000 AFL workers with about 8 000 non union employees remaining at work The Army said Wright Field Ohio work on a 5 900 000 project was halted as AFL and CIO workers clashed over an electrical installation in the dynamometer building The 194 000 000 Army project remains delayed while caretaking actions follow prior January walkouts with Penner Construction company operations suspended by Army order.
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North Carolina
AFL
Wright Field
Ohio
Camp Davis
N. C
Frank Sheehan
North Carolina Labor Department
War Department
United States
CIO
Penner Construction Company
Army
Penner Company
Record Storm Deluges Phoenix Area Amid Reservoir Boost
A fast moving Arizona storm brought near record March rainfall to Phoenix with 1.16 inches in 24 hours and halted highways to California. Snow fell on Yarnell Hill and the White Mountains, while runoff boosted Salt River Valley reservoirs by 12,000 acre feet, lifting total storage to over 1.119 million acre feet.
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Phoenix
California
U. S. Weather Bureau
E. Pp. m
Yarnell Hill
Prescott
Los Angeles
Yuma
Mohawk
State Highway Patrol
Skullae
Jerome
Mingus Mountain
Flagstaff
Highway Patrol
McNary
White Mountains
Salt River
Salt River Valley
Bartlett
Verde
Gila Valley
Coolidge Dam
C. A. Firth
Gila
Grahams
Safford
Graham Mountains
Casa Grande
Produce Company
Ash Fork
Globe
Kingman
Tucson
Winslow
Nogales
Missing Pilot Sought in Mountain Search
The search for Joseph S. Martinel and his North American training plane resumed today, with pilots based in Kingman and Las Vegas after weather halted operations. Martinel disappeared last Saturday en route from Los Angeles to Canada, leaving Kingman.
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Los Angeles
Joseph S. Martinel
Kingman
Aziz
Salt Lake City
Utah
Martinek
Canada
Las Vegas
Nev
Warrants Called on School Funds In Arizona
State Treasurer Joe Hunt has issued a call for payment tomorrow of 313,343.10 dollars across 11 warrants tied to the January quarterly school apportionment in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Joe Hunt
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