Yugoslavs Fortify Route to Greece Amid War Preparations
Yugoslavia rushed defenses along the Var River Valley as cabinet talks on war versus peace were postponed. Troops moved to key border points with open city precautions and air raid drills under a rising threat of conflict in Europe.
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Yugoslavia
Geéperal
Vardar
Greece
Balkan
Oregon
Germany
Belgrade
Zagreb
Ljubljana
Austria
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Berlin
Momtchilo Nincic
Poland
Questionnaires Sent to Private Liquor Clubs in Ohio
Ohio liquor enforcement chief William J. Cleary says private club liquor permit holders will soon must list officers, retirements, and other operational details on a questionnaire added to the regular form to check administrative setup.
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Columbus
William J. Cleary
Ohio Liquor Enforcement
Cleary
Infant Wojick Returns Home Without Parents
Infant Wojick born February 21 in a Cleveland hospital was declared strong enough to go home but his family’s residence had moved. Mr. and Mrs. Staley Wojick supposedly left town from an emu trailer hospital in Cleveland, with a filling station attendant noting they planned to go to Pittsburgh and return in two weeks.
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Cleveland
Wojick
Staley Wojick
Hospital Atches
Pittsburgh
Seek Action on Soft Coal Bill Seeks Senate Action
Administration leaders urge speedy renewal of the Bituminous Coal Act to reopen soft coal mines. Senator Barkley plans to seek unanimous consent to bring the measure before the Senate this afternoon. The Senate yesterday approved a record agricultural appropriation and defense deals with Mexico.
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Washington
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Majority
Barkley
D-Ky
Mexico
U. S
Rio Grande
Wage floor set for Ohio beauty shops under new code
Ohio beauty shops face a wage floor of 11 to 16 dollars for a 44 hour week affecting about 25 000 workers including minors as state director George A Strain signs a mandatory enforcement order. Noncompliance can bring fines from 50 to 200 dollars and potential 10 to 90 day jail terms with record keeping penalties of 25 to 100 dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio
George A. Strain
Strain
Mrs Louise Mowery Dies at Son's Home
Mrs Louise Mowery aged 74 widow of Abraham Mowery died this morning at her son Alex Mowery's home in Logan after several months illness. Surviving children include Fred Gould Ernest Oliver and Mrs William Ruff with brothers and a sister. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 PM at St Mathew Lutheran Church conducted by Rev A L Heyde. Burial in Oak Grove Mausoleum.
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Logan
Louise Mowery
Abraham Mowery
Alex
E. Hunter Sr
Fred
Gould
Ernest
Clarksville
Tenn
Oliver
Lancaster
William
Ruff
Marion Township
St. Mathew Lutheran Church
A. L. Heyde
Oak Grove
War Today Balkan Risks if Hitler Attacks Yugoslavia
The Balkans situation grows tense as Hitler may pursue a major invasion of Yugoslavia. Vladimír Maček’s Croat Autonomists move into government, risking further internal strife exploited by the Axis. A Turkish entry could unite Yugoslavs Greeks and British against a five and a quarter million force. German policy theories include Balkan containment or a push through the Dardanelles toward the Near East oil interests.
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Yugoslavia
Germany
Albania
Africa
Bengasi
Libya
Derna
Eritrea
Addis Ababa
RAF
Brest
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
England
Bristol
London
Dewitt MacKenzie
Balkans
Hitler
Greece
Balkan
Imir Macek
Axis
Fuehrer
Dardanelles
Near East
Ohio Draft Boards To Discuss Problems
Ohio nine selective service appeals boards will meet in Columbus on Tuesday to discuss common draft problems. Dependency, occupational deferment, medical appeals, conscientious objectors and appeal procedure will be considered. Boards cover areas corresponding to appellate court districts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Selective Service Appeals Boards
Chester W. Goble
Selective Service
Goble
Sea engagement in Ionian Sea hailed deadliest since Jutland
Italian casualties in the Ionian Sea battle were likely the heaviest in a single action since Jutland, British officials say. They suggest the 3,000 Italian losses once estimated may be too low.
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Jutland
Alexandria
Egypt
Ionian Sea
Willson Philanthropist Dies at 85 Inherit Estate
Columbus reports Alfred L. Willson, noted for funding child welfare, has died at 85. His estate exceeding $1 million passes to the Alfred L. Willson Charitable Foundation which funds physical and mental care for children.
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Columbus
Alfred L. Willson
Sailors Reach Lima After Fire-Affected German Steamers
Thirty crew members from the German steamers Hermanthis and Muenchen, set afire and abandoned off Calao two days earlier, have arrived in Lima Peru.
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Lima
Peru
Calao
Government Sets Minimum Prices to Secure Food Supplies
The Agriculture Department pegged minimum prices for pork butter eggs and chickens to spur production and ensure ample supplies for the United States and Axis opponents. Hogs 9 per 100 pounds butter 31 cents a pound chickens 15 cents a pound eggs 22 cents a dozen. The plan maintains corn loan support at 61 cents a bushel with no 1941 corn marketing quotas.
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Washington
Roosevelt Blames Italian Attache for Sabotage Spread
President Roosevelt publicly blamed Italian naval attache Admiral Roberto Lais for widespread sabotage of Italian merchant ships. Secretary Hull rejected Axis protests as the United States seized 30 ships, with 25 badly damaged requiring extensive repairs. Hull called the acts concerted and illegal and warned of legal consequences.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Roberto Lais
Lais
Germany
State Department
United States
Ohioan Gets Prison Term For Bombings
Tilford Floyd and accomplice were convicted of malicious destruction of property in three building bombings. Floyd received a two to 14 year sentence in Ohio Penitentiary after confessing to the acts amid a crowded courtroom and tying the crimes to CIO labor projects. Harry D Jones, linked to the Ohio Federation of Labor and AFL Operating Engineers, was sentenced to three to 21 years and plans an appeal.
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Akron
Ohio
Tilford Floyd
Robert
Floyd
Harry PD
Jones
Ohio Federation of Labor
CIO
AFL
Man Kills Woman Then Takes Own Life in Malta Quarrel
In Malta a long standing neighborhood dispute ended when 75 year old Charles W. Henry shot 32 year old Mrs. Merle Victor in the head and shoulder and then killed himself with a shotgun blast. Mrs Victor was hospitalized in serious condition at a Zanesville hospital. Sheriff Ray Doak reported no immediate details of the quarrel.
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Mcconnellville
Malta
Merle Victor
Charles W. Henry
Ray Doak
Forty Two Taxpayers Report Million Dollar Incomes
Forty two individuals paid income taxes on earnings of $1,000,000 or more last year. The count dropped eight from the prior year due to technical reporting factors on capital gains. Names were not released by the Treasury Department.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Move To Shift Crime Bureau to Columbus
Support of nearly all state law enforcement groups backs a plan to move the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation from London Prison Farm to Columbus. The proposal would create a 38 civilian staff with a biennial budget of 167000 dollars. In the past two years the bureau spent 24744 dollars with 62 prisoners and five civilians including O H Cromwell as chief.
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Columbus
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
London
O. H. Cromwell
Spy Contends Grudge Motivated Theft Case
J Dutar De Benque a 55 year old World War II veteran and Italian secret agent admitted stealing 1500 blueprints of military aircraft pumps. He said the motive was a grudge against the Pump Engineering Corporation rather than any foreign power.
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New York
J. Dutar de Benque
Pump Engineering Corporation
Orfordville approves liquor but bans beer sales
In Orfordville Wisconsin residents vote 121 to 113 against beer sales while approving hard liquor sales by 126 to 121. The results reflect a narrow referendum split on alcohol availability in the village.
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Orfordville
Wis
Ohio Farmers Alarmed Over Rain Shortage
Ohio farmers report 40 to 60 percent first quarter rainfall deficiency raising concerns for early crops and municipal water supplies. State geologist Wilbur Stout warns the water table will continue to fall as drought conditions loom if spring rainfall remains light.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wilbur Stout
Stout
Murray City Pioneer Dies
Murray City pioneer John Marsh Shelton aged 75 died at his home after three years of illness. He lived in Murray City 50 years and is survived by sons Edward and Virgil Shelton and daughter Mrs Sean Oakley of Detroit plus other children in Toledo San Francisco Lanzaster Glouster Pontiac Buchtel and Margie Kirkendall of Buchtel. Funeral services Sunday at ten A M at the Murray City home with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Murray City
John Marsh Shelton
Sarah Taylor Shelton
Edward and
Virgil Shelton
Sean Oakley
Detroit
Bessie McClain
Toledo
Jessie Shelton
San Francisco
Paul Shelton
Lancaster
Mary Juniper
Glouster
Mark Shelton
Pontiac
Mich
Margie Kirkendall
Buchtel
Greenlawn Cemetery
House Passes Bill to Extend Postage Rate to 1943
The House passed a bill continuing the three cent postage rate until July 1, 1943. The measure, current law would have allowed the rate to expire next July 1 and now goes to the Senate for action.
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House
Washington
Senate
Guerrilla Tactics Seen Key in Yugoslavia Defense
Belgrade experts say Yugoslavia would wage a mountain war if attacked with guerrilla tactics the primary defense. A peasant army of 1.2 million would fight from rugged highlands covering four-fifths of the 96 000 square mile nation. Regulars expect rapid, mobile attacks with small units led by lower officers, aided by Greece in any Balkan conflict.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Italy
Germany
Oregon
Albania
Greece
Adriatic
Communists Blamed in Steel Strike Standoff
John R. Steelman demanded reopening of soft coal mines by next Monday while President Roosevelt called the Allis-Chalmers Milwaukee strike a very bad situation. He acknowledged possible Communist activity in the strike that is delaying vital defense orders.
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John R. Steelman
U. S. Conciliation Service
Roosevelt
Allis - Chalmers
Milwaukee
Roosevelt unlocks lend lease funds and labor war policy
President Roosevelt announces allocation of 500 million dollars from the lend lease act for 212 new merchant ships and 50 or 60 shipways, plus another 500 million for existing military equipment. He cites Communist activity by some individuals, urges coal mines to reopen, and notes CIO strikes at Ford River Rouge and Allis-Chalmers as defense production pressures rise.
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Washington
CLPM
Roosevelt
CIO
United Mine Workers
Appalachian
Steelman
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Mich
United Automobile Workers
United Mine Workers of America
Pius XII Enables Easter Benediction Broadcast Worldwide
The Vatican News Service announced Pope Pius XII would broadcast a benediction to the world at 1 p.m. Rome Time on Easter Day, April 13. The service notes the address will reach global audiences at 6 a.m. EST.
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Pius XII
Vatican City
Vatican News Service
Rome
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