Herlands revs city investigation in s to N Y Employing Printers Assn; lays graft to Tammany leader without naming him; Dewey office turns over data on State frauds to Crane and Botein; Walsey pleads not guilty to income tax charge

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PRIZE CREW OUSTED; Torpedo Boats Compel Destroyer to Return Altmark to Captain NAVAL BATTLE GLIMPSED Norwegians Sight Warships in Action Before Pursuit of German Prison Ship

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Norwegian warships order Brit prize crew off Altmark after Brit destroyer Intrepid seized it inside Norwegian territorial waters; Brit deny Altmark was attacked; Germany scores Brit for attack on Norway's neutrality

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1940Vicente Fernández, Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, and producer (died 2021)^[†]

Vicente Fernández Gómez was a Mexican mariachi singer, actor and film producer. Nicknamed "Chente", "El Charro de Huentitán", "El Ídolo de México", and "El Rey de la Música Ranchera", Fernández started his career as a busker, and went on to become a cultural icon, having recorded more than 100 albums and contributing to more than 150 films. His repertoire consisted of rancheras and other Mexican classics such as waltzes.

1940Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (died 2006)^[†]

Gene Francis Alan Pitney was an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician.

Headlines from February 17, 1940

The International Situation

500-Acre Rockefeller Estate in Jersey Is Offered as a Gift to Ocean County

FINLAND IS DOOMED, GERMANS BELIEVE; Nation's Predicament Is Laid to Dependence on Promises of Western Democracies

BIG PRINTING GRAFT LAID TO POLITICIAN; Herlands Charges Tammany Leader Used Stepmother as Screen for $30,000 Profit

PRIZE CREW OUSTED; Torpedo Boats Compel Destroyer to Return Altmark to Captain NAVAL BATTLE GLIMPSED Norwegians Sight Warships in Action Before Pursuit of German Prison Ship

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