Food ships to be convoyed by naval forces
London reports Britain will maintain the sea blockade against Germany with French opposition to the blockade. Darlan Petain and Achard push for U.S. wheat imports to feed the unoccupied zone, noting 5 million quintals needed and 42 million harvest in 1940.
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Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Ress
Rae
Darlan
Philippe Petain
Jean Achard
Petain
Germany
To . S
William D. Leahy
Achard
United States
Archard
Red Cross
Cold Harbor
Marseille
Indo-China
Final Aid Bill Action Nears White House Signature
Washington March 10 final congressional action on the British aid bill is expected within hours. The measure would authorize selling transferring or leasing guns planes ships tanks and food to Britain with decisive authority vested in Roosevelt. Navy mosquito boats and submarine chasers are among first deliveries planned to Britain amid a broader aid program likely costing over 10 billion dollars.
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Washington
Britain
Atlantic
House
Senate
White House
Rayburn
Bloom
N.N.Y
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesay
Roosevelt
Congress
Hull
Stimson
Knox
Morgenthau
Harry Hopkins
Commerce
Office of Production Management
Army
Navy
United States
Greece
China
Not To Yield Foot Of Soil In Any Event Is Assertion Of Premier
Refugee diplomats from Bulgaria reported German forces massing along the southern Bulgarian front near Thrace. An army of about 200000 Nazi troops reportedly moved toward the Greek and Turkish borders while German officers crowded Bulgarian villages. The observers noted Sofia streets swarmed with soldiers and that Bulgarian authorities forced several train passengers to disembark at the Turkish frontier. The Belgian Minister Andre Motte led the diplomatic party with Baron Tunker Driuw and Adam Tarnowski, joined by 45 staff members, as they continued toward safety and further details on the Turkish frontier.
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Istanbul
U.P
Bularia
Rmany
Bulgaria
Thrace
Plovdiv
Turkey
Sofia
Andre Motte
Tunker Driuw
Adam Tarnowski
Motte
Hull orders first hand reports on Franco African role in Mediterranean
Secretary Hull seeks direct data on France and its African colonies amid Mediterranean tensions. He recalled Robert Murphy from Vichy to report on Spain's possible Axis collaboration in Morocco Tangier and Gibraltar Adolf Hitler's demand for closer cooperation with Germany and Vichy influence in French Africa under Weygand.
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Washington
Hull
France
Mediterranean
Robert D. Murphy
Vichy
Spain
Morocco
Tangiera
Gibraltar
Marshal Jain
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Murphy
Maxime Weygand
Senate Votes No Transfers Of Territory
The Senate unanimously approved a resolution declaring the United States will not recognize the transfer of any western hemisphere territory between non-American powers. The measure endorses the Monroe Doctrine and mirrors a similar House action from last year. Senator Walter F. George led the approval on the foreign relations committee.
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Washington, Mare
Senate
United States
Western Hemisphere
House
Europe
Germany
New World
Havana
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
Bullitt Compares U S War Mindset To France In 1940
Former ambassador William C. Bullitt told the House Judiciary Committee that the United States shows a striking analogy to France before its 1940 collapse. He warned that delays in labor reforms and sabotage risk undermining wartime production despite overall effort. He cited French 1942 production plans and German advances to stress urgency.
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Washington
U.P
William C. Bullitt
France
House Judiciary Committee
United States
Bullitt
Osborn Strikes At State Roads Unit
Arizona Governor Osborn objects to the highway commission citing limited accountability to the legislature and critiques its decisions. He notes concerns while signing a bill allowing the Arizona Highways magazine and setting salaries for unemployment staff. The move also authorizes continued publication with a $100000 annual cap and fixes related funding.
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Phoenix
Arizona Highway Commission
Osborn
State Senate
Paul C. Keefe
Senate
The
Highway Commission
Arizona Highways
Road Bureau
Signs House
Arizona Unemployment Commission
Osborn Controlled Commission
Ann Frohmiller
Recess Taken in Ouster Hearings
The Arizona Industrial Commission ouster hearing was recessed today until March 17 to align with Governor Osborn. He wished to use the closing days of the legislative session to work on the case.
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Phoenix
Mar
Arizona Industrial Commission
Osborn
Osborns Farm Bill Defeated In Arizona Senate
The Arizona Senate votes 10 to 7 against Governor Osborns agricultural department bill moving to fiscal concerns. Senator Angius opposed citing higher costs and creation of new agencies while Senator Haldiman shifted to oppose for reconsideration. The roll call lists Coxon, Fain, Harrison, Henning, Smith Mohave, Smith Maricopa, Stanton in favor and Angius, Babbitt, Baker, Bix against.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
State Senate
Osborn
Department of Agriculture
House of Representatives
Joe C. Haldiman
Maricopa County
Dan Angius
Cochise County
Angius
Farm Bureau’ Federation
Coxon
Fain
Harrison
Henning
Smith
Mohave
Maricopa
Stanton
Babbitt
Baker
Bix
Senate Approves Large Defense Supplemental for New Bases
The Senate authorized a 1.533 billion defense supplemental, including 169.4 million for naval works in Guam Samoa and bases from Britain and on the continental United States. It follows approval of base sites in exchange for destroyers and signals congressional ratification of the destroyer exchange. The bill moves to the House with amendments and funds 157.1 million in contract authority and the remainder in cash.
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Washington
Senate
Guam
Samoa
Britain
United States
Naval Committee
House
British Airmen Open New Daylight Attack
Southeast Coast England report states a RAF formation raided Boulogne in bright sun with bombers crossing the Dover Strait and RAF fighters overhead. German night and dawn raids along the south coast caused casualties, incendiaries, and structural damage including a brewery, saloon, nursing home, and other buildings.
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England
Dover Strait
RAF
Boulogne
France Defiant of Hitler in Hopes of British Victory
France maintains defiant stance against Hitler driven by hopes of British victory. Vichy asserts the French colonial army in Africa will repel aggression and defend colonial Africa without Nazi interference. Graziani's troops in Tripoli are the strategic concern as Wavell pauses Libyan operations and a possible drive on Tripoli looms.
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France
Hitler
Europe
Vichy
General Weygand
Africa
French Africa
Marshal Petain
Rome
Marshal Graziani
Tripoli
Wavell
Balkans
Greek premier signals defiance against ceding Greek soil
In Athens premier Alexander Korizis rejects ceding any Greek land to aggressors and vows Greece will continue the war for honor independence and liberty after a Laborers association pledge of 500000 workers' support. The report notes wartime Albanian victories against Italy.
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Athens
Mar
U.P
Alexander Korizis
Greece
Korizis
National Laborers Association
George
Laborers Association
Albania
12 Firemen Die In Flames As Theatre Burns
Brockton Massachusetts reports twelve firemen killed and sixteen injured when the Strand Theatre roof collapsed during a blaze. Eleven bodies found by 9 a.m. with thirteen more missing. most trapped in the balcony area as flames surged through the wreckage.
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Brockton
Mass
John F. Carroll
William Murphy
Daniel O’brien
Henry Sullivan
Malcolm McNeil
Matthew Geary
Raymond A. Mitchell
Dennis Murphy
Roy H. Keraghan
George Collins
Fred Kelley
Martin Lipper
Lawrence Morrison
St. Patricks Church
Germans Make Heavy Air Attack on Malta
Germans mount heavy air assault on Malta as three enemy formations sweep over the island. Messerschmitt fighter-bombers machine-gun the seaplane base during the raid. The British Mediterranean sea base bears the impact of the day’s fiercest bombing.
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Malta
Valletta
Mar
Mediterranean Sea
Rm Messerschmitt
Mussolini Visited Besieged Tepeleni Amid Greek Push
Mar 10 report says Mussolini rode in an armored car to Tepeleni behind the front lines as Greek forces renewed pressure on the Albanian front. Greek claims of smashing two Italian divisions and taking 2,335 prisoners in three days are noted, with high Fascist officials reportedly killed or wounded.
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Mussolini
Tepeleni
Griry
Rome
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Leon Kay
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Daniel DE Luce
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Giuseppe Bottai
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