The International Situation
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March 2, 1940
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Vatican Post Goes to Jew As Italy's Ban Is Imposed
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Ban on Jews imposed, Italy; Pope appts Jew to Vatican post
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BRITISH PLAN CURB ON U.S. OIL TRADE; Tell Exporters Lubricants to 3 Neutrals Will Be Halted to Bar Nazis' Supply
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Brit trade arrangements with Norway and Sweden revealed in Brit Wash Embassy request to U S oil cos to halt shipments to Denmark pending navicert decision
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Civic Disobedience in India Is Threatened By Congress Group, Who Oppose Part in War; INDIANS THREATEN CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Indian Cong party opposes war participation; threatens civil disobedience in independence drive; move seen calculated to increase Moslem-Cong hostility; Jinnah and Brit Govt comment
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BERLIN BARS PEACE; WITH MR. WELLES YESTERDAY IN BERLIN
By Otto D. Tolischus Wireless To the New York Times
Min von Ribbentrop reptd to have told Under-Sec Welles Brit stranglehold must be broken
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Notable Births
1940Billy McNeill, Scottish footballer (died 2019)[†]
William McNeill was a Scottish football player and manager. He had a long association with Celtic, spanning more than sixty years as a player, manager and club ambassador. McNeill captained Celtic's 'Lisbon Lions' to their European Cup victory in 1967 and later spent two spells as the club's manager. As a player and manager, he won 31 major trophies with Celtic.