End of War Looms as Reds Flee Loyalist Lines
insurgent forces drive toward Catalonia and Lerida as government lines crumble. Massed units seize towns along a 135 mile front with hundreds of government troops captured. Aimed at the Mediterranean coast, the offensive pushes toward Castellon and Zorita while Catalonia braces on the Ebro front.
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France
Catalonia
Barcelona
Spain
Masalcorreig
Zaragoza-Lerida
Cinca River
Fraga
Lerida
Aragon
Candasnos
Lascellas
Barbastro
Castellon
Zorita
Mediterranean
Pyrenees
Juan Yague
Sarmena
Alcubierre
Turun
Zaragoza
Sariena
Madrid
Cinca
Boltana
Ebro
U S Stops Purchases of Mexican Silver as Reprisal
The United States cancels all Mexican silver purchases effective April 1 in a move tied to Mexico's expropriation of foreign oil. Secretary Morgenthau confirms the halt, signaling a shift in policy amid tensions with President Cardenas.
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Mexico City
Cardenas
Vincente Cortes Herrera
Inset
National Petroleum Council
U. S
Lazaro Cardenas
United States
Mexico
Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
iAddan Adnesntun
Maren
Una Capacu
New York
Real Estate Bargains Featured In Globe-News Want Ads
Amarillo's Globe-News promotes a wide selection of real estate bargains today including houses lots farm acreage and business property offered at prices lower than expected later This classified notice urges readers to act quickly and start making plans for Tomorrow may be too late.
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Globe-News
Body Found in Well Near Austin Farm
A four hour search for Mrs. Helen Maytum 51 ended with her body found in a 35 foot well on the farm of her son-in-law Henry Oerth Justice of the Peace Tomb Johnson returned a verdict of death by own action. Her son-in-law said she had been in ill and despondent for some time.
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Austin
Helen Maytum
Henry Oerth
Johnson
Convicts Blast Way to Liberty at Brushy Mountain Prison
PETROL Tenn March 27 Warden Scott Swafford reported 36 prisoners dynamited their way out of the Brushy Mountain prison coal mine with five recaptured. About 50 of 85 miners surfaced at daybreak after the escape began around 6 pm the previous night. The escape required blasting through roughly 30 feet of earth. A posse of 35 guards and 100 Petros townspeople hunted the fugitives with five nabbed miles from the prison. Desperate men were described by the warden as the search continued near the Cumberland Mountains.
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Scott Swafford
Brushy Mountain
Swafford
Cumberlain Mountains
Plan To Shelter Refugees Raises Many Problems
Washington observers note Secretary Hull and President Roosevelt frame relief for oppressed minorities as a defense of democracy against totalitarianism. The effort doubles as a home political appeal to voters while stressing religious and political liberty tied to economic freedom.
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Washington
Hull
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
International Commission For Relief
Europe
Germany
Italy
Russia
Gainsville
Demand for Steel Continues Upward
Demand for steel continued to improve slowly as usual seasonal demand and manufacturing orders rose. Auto and railroad industries remained unable to absorb significant tonnage while stove refrigerator air conditioning and agricultural equipment makers increased orders. National operating rate climbed three points to 35 percent across seven steelmaking centers, the highest since late November.
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Cleveland
Steel
Escaped Convict Returns to Jail
Warden W. W. Ward announced Aubrey Brown a Hillsboro convict serving ten years for murder with malice was en route back to the penitentiary. Brown and a second prisoner fled a prison truck in Houston last Wednesday night and surrendered to a Hillsboro friend who pledged to bring him back voluntarily.
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Huntsville
W. W. Ward
Aubrey Brown
Hillsboro
Houston
Brown
Hill County
Ward
Millionaire Couturier Robbed by Four Bandits at Long Island Home
Four robbers attacked Charles Milgrim, bound his household, and looted $100,000 in jewelry including an 18 carat Marquis diamond ring worth $50,000, two bracelets, a moon diamond brooch, a $500 watch, and $1,700 in cash after torturing Milgrim with cigarettes to reveal hiding places.
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Woodsburgh
N. J
Charles Milgrim
Manhattan Couturier
Long Island
Milgrim
John Waller
Sally Milgrim
Waller
Mrs. Milgrim
Milgrims
Franklin
Paul
Alwayne Argus
Canadians Fear Jap Control
Canadian readers learn that British Columbia holds the largest Japanese population in Canada and fears grow of long term Japanese influence over industry and politics. The piece cites 25 000 Japanese residents in the province, rapid growth, and a skewed gender ratio, with potential national implications. Continuous coverage notes calls to close immigration gates and warns of shifting demographics.
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Victoria
B. C
U.P
British Columbia
Canada
Dominion
Pacific Coast
W. A. Carrothers
British Columbia Economic Bureau
The
Economic Bureau
Republicans See 1940 Path Through State Primaries
In a nationwide focus on Roosevelt and the New Deal, Republicans hope to gain strength through 435 House seats, key Senate battles, and 33 governorships. Michigan emerges as pivotal with a tight 1936 vote history and rising CIO political activity shaping campaign strategy.
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DEMOS
New Deal
Washington
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Senate
Congression
House
Michigan
Committee For Industrial Organization
Detroit
Four Die Six Hurt In Lubbock Wreck
Four youths were killed and six injured in a head on collision six miles south of Tahoka Texas. The dead are Dalma Carver J F Reed Jr Ethelda Schaeffer Johnny Lane all teens. Mrs L J Barrett drove solo and survived with serious injuries along with Norman Carver.
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Lubbock
Clarence Overman
L. J. Barrett
Randall Pults
Turner Rogers
Barrett
O'Donnell
Tahoka
Here
J. H. Jackson
T. C. Laws
Lynn County
B. L. Parker
Panhandle receives slow drizzle boosting wheat prospects
Across the Panhandle Plains region of Texas Oklahoma and parts of New Mexico a slow drizzle brought a half inch average rainfall. Amarillo measured .50 inch total moisture this month with a two week lead on normal, lifting wheat and pasture conditions as forecasters expect more showers.
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Panhandle-Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Panhandle
Amarillo
Tony
Parker D. Hanna
Hanna
Hemphill
Lipscomb
Ochiltree
Hansford
Oldham
Deaf Smith
Mr. Hanna
Tex
Colorado
Finnell
Plains
Dallas
Big Spring
Pueblo
Trinidad
Arizona
Childress
Dalhart
Perryton
Ochiltree County
Childress County
Beaver
Guymon
Kansas
North Plains
Texline
Pampa
South Plains
Adrian
Tucumcari
Boise City
Okla
Oklahoma Line
Clayton
Clovis
Canadian
Ex-Premier Michalakopoulos Dies in Athens
Andrew Michalakopoulos former Greek premier in 1924 25 died in Athens at age noted in a March report His death marks the end of a key political figure in postwar Greek history.
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Greece
Athens
Andrew Michalakopoulos
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