Britain and France vow aid to Romania and Greece
In parallel moves London and Paris pledge armed support if Romania or Greece are attacked. Leaders say Mediterranean status quo must be preserved and warn fascist powers against aggression. Britain and France affirm readiness to aid Greece or Romania with military help when their independence is at risk.
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France
Great Britain
London
Rumania
Greece
Mediterranean
Paris
Corfu
Europe
Romania
Bucharest
Britain
Chamberlain
Albania
House Debates Ripper Tax Bill and State Budget Plan
The House considers the administrations tax ripper bill to establish a state taxation department and remove the tax commission amid GOP criticism. A biannual appropriation of about 320.8 million dollars is aimed at state expenses, with travel savings projected to offset increases. The measure also includes a plan to appoint a single tax commissioner and a three member board of appeals, and a separate initiative seeks a constitutional amendment for a state education director. A welfare subcommittee backs raising old age pensions from 30 to 40 dollars monthly, and up to 80 for couples, plus abolition of the transfer requirement with a protected claim on death.
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Columbus
House of Representatives
Tax Commission
Bricker
Board of Appeals
R. R. Bangham
R. Clinton
House Finance Committee
Bangham
Joint Relief Committee
O. A
Ohio University At Athens
Push Ickes To Succeed Lewis
A Democratic movement to name Harold Ickes to replace the late J Hamilton Lewis gathered momentum in Washington and Illinois. Sources close to Ickes say he would likely accept a Senate bid if offered. The piece notes Illinois’ 1940 swing potential for the presidency and GOP balance of power states for 1940.
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Washington
U.P
Illinois
Democratic Party
J. Hamilton Lewis
Murphy Probe Would Stop Marshals Graft
Attorney General Frank Murphy said the department is probing expense accounts of U S marshals including Kenneth Kerr of Cincinnati who resigned. He cited the practice of taking families on trips and charging costs to expense accounts.
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Washington
U.P
Frank Murphy
U. S
Kenneth Kerr
Cincinnati
Murphy
Ohio Crops Unhurt By Freezing Weather
Unseasonal sub freezing temperatures in recent days caused no damage to Ohio farm products according to experts at the State Department of Agriculture and the agricultural extension service here. They say a backward season prevented expected losses despite typical risk.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
State Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Extension Service
Gangster Jailed For Tax Evasion In New York Prison
Johnny Torrio, once Chicago underworld head, sentenced in New York to two and a half years in federal prison for failure to pay income taxes totaling 86 thousand dollars for 1933 to 1935.
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New York
U.P
Johnny Torrio
Chicago
Fede
Ohio sales tax receipts rise in week ending April 1
Columbus district reports total sales tax revenue of 929 906 for the week ending April 1 up from 833 359 in the same week of 1938. The gain reflects increased business activity and tax collections across the region.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio
LaGuardia Presses End to Appalachian Mine Contract Standoff
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia urged wage hour negotiators and federal officials to resolve the Appalachian soft coal dispute. He notes 340,000 miners idle since the 1937 39 contract expired and coal stocks remain, amid calls for a new multi state bargaining agreement in the bituminous region.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
Appalachian
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
Taft To Head Ohio Society Amid Eligibility Challenge
Senator Robert A. Taft was chosen president of the Ohio Society in a disputed election. A Democratic rump challenged his eligibility, arguing his society membership lacked certification. Taft warned of potential foreign policy issues affecting the next campaign and pledged GOP opposition to Roosevelt.
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Washington
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Ohio Society
Robert T. Secrest
Taft
Roosevelt
Laurel No Comedian as Husband Wife Charges
Hollywood report says Stan Laurel is accused by his wife Illeana of separation maintenance. The suit alleges she was threatened with burial in a grave dug in the backyard and claims Laurel entertained a former wife on their honeymoon and invited her to visit frequently.
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Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
U. S
Germany
Bertha
New York
Hamburg
Emma
Alfred
Minna
Erwin
Laurel
Hollywood
U.P
Stan Laurel
Illeana
Chillicothe Firemen Battle Long Fight to Save Blind Guide
A 14 hour effort by Chillicothe firemen failed to save Mrs. Hanna Bell Hitch 73 a guide for two blind people who died of pneumonia after oxygen was given intermittently in a log cabin on Dividing Ridge nine miles south of Chillicothe.
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Chillicothe
U.R
Dividing Ridge
Hanna Bell Hitch
Cigarette Smuggling Costing Illinois Millions Each Year
Chicago report says state tax officials estimate smugglers cheat the state out of about 4 million dollars yearly by mailing imitated merchandise across state lines, highlighting a major revenue loss and ongoing illegal activity.
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Chicago
Heavy crop damage reported during cold wave
Temperatures rose in the Middle West as a cold wave moved east with freezing on the coast and snow flurries in New York and Pittsburgh. The belt from Texas to the Canadian border and from the Rockies to the Mississippi Valley suffered significant damage, especially wheat and fruit crops. Indiana, Ohio, and Southern Illinois reported severe losses with peach and cherry crops hit hard.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Atlantic
Gulf States
Texas
Canadian
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Amendment to Meat Inspection Law Bans Stamp Counterfeiting
Government attorneys draft an amendment to the meat inspection law after exposure in Ohio shows counterfeit official stamps used to pass inferior meat as higher grades. The current law permits inspection but lacks provisions to prosecute stamp counterfeiters.
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Washington
U.P
Ohio
Bricker Signs Bill on Hospital Group Service Plans
Governor Bricker signed the Pollock Bill allowing hospital associations offering group service plans to operate statewide. The measure expands access for group plans across Ohio.
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Columbus
Bricker
Borah says Europe's democracies no different from dictatorships
In a letter to St Olaf College students Senator William E Borah argues that European democracies share blame for secret treaties and the Versailles spoils, urging American youth to investigate the issues behind any potential European war and warning it would be sordid and imperialistic.
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Borah
Europe
Washington
U.P
William FE. Borah
Ida
St. Olaf College of
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Canada
Closing of Meigs Mines Is Urged
In Pomeroy the union urges cessation of coal mining in the Meigs Bend field amid contract talks with operators in New York. Over 200 miners meet at Kerrs Run. virtually all Meigs County mines suspend operations. Pickets planned on routes to Gallia County and at the Pomeroy Bend bridge to curb West Virginia coal transport. Meigs County unionization seen as necessary for fair wages. doubts linger about building strong union presence among small, worker-operator mines. Big Lump Coal Company first mine to close in sympathy last week.
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Pomeroy Bend
New York
T. H. Rainey
UMWA
Kerrs Run
Meigs County
Gallia County
West Virginia
Rainey
Big Lump Coal Company
Union Ave
Welles Voices Peace Efforts At Virginia Founders Day
Sumner Welles warned that a handful of men threaten world peace and urged the U S to allow peace loving nations to buy needed materials here to defend against conquest. He spoke at the University of Virginia Founders Day marking Jefferson's birth anniversary.
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Charlottesville
T.p
Sumner Welles
United States
University of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Welles
Chicken Raiser Dies In Heater Explosion
Brookfield man James H. Shaw died when a kerosene stove heating his baby chick brooder exploded after being brought indoors. The blast trapped him, fire destroyed the house within half an hour.
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Brookfield
U.P
James H. Shaw
Woman Fined for Cruelty to Two Dogs in Columbus
Miss Gladys Emory, 25, was assessed a maximum $100 fine and costs by Judge Francis Howard for cruel treatment of animals. She tied two destructive dogs to the rear of her car with a 15 foot rope and drove 30 miles per hour. the dogs had to be killed.
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Columbus
Gladys Emory
Francis Howard
Connally Introduces War Profiteering Tax Bill
Sen. Tom Connally of Texas introduced in the Senate a measure to tax individuals and corporations during war to curb profiteering. He chairs the Senate finance subcommittee on war profits and prepared the plan with government tax experts.
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Washington
U.P
Tom Connally
Tex
Senate
Connally
Senate Finance
Music Box Murder Baffles Norwood Police
In Cincinnati at the Pilot Inn James J Donelon 24 was mortally wounded by Samuel Hockberg 52 who then killed himself Hockberg asked Donelon what piece he liked Donelon said Honolulu then as music played he was shot in the back by Hockberg who then shot himself leaving Hugh Sweeney 25 as a witness police puzzled by motive and assailant’s identity.
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Cincinnati
U.P
James J. Donelon
Norwood
Donelon
Pilot Inn
Samuel Hockberg
Hugh Sweeney
Hockberg
Buddy
Honolulu
Court Upholds Canton Garbage Hauling Law
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Canton may refuse garbage hauling over its streets. It dismissed appeal from Stark County cases and upheld the city ordinance prohibiting collection or transport of garbage on streets.
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Canton
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Stark County
Experts Favor Alaska As Haven for Refugees
Interior Department experts told Secretary Harold L. Ickes that using Alaska as a haven for European refugees would greatly aid the territory’s development.
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Alaska
Washington
U.P
Interior Department
Harold L. Ickes
Air raid drill held in Rome as nation prepares
A dramatic air raid drill, first in a series, was conducted in Rome today to ready the country for any potential emergency.
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Rome
U.P
War supremacy claim as five powers amass 33 million
Paris report notes Britain France Germany Italy and Russia total 33 million troops ready or in reserve. Allied democracies add eight million seasoned troops for a potential 41 million available. Experts predict theaters in the Mediterranean Africa and Northern Italy with strong Maginot and Siegfried lines shaping frontline strategies.
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France
Paris
Britain
Germany
Italy
Russia
Mediterranean
Africa
Alps
Brenner Pass
Nazi Press Attacks Roosevelt Over War Mongering Claims
Berlin based Der Angriff the Nazi propaganda ministry newspaper accuses President Roosevelt of seeking conflict and war as a political salvation. The attack questions Roosevelt's stance and warns against war rhetoric.
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Berlin
U.P
der Angriff
Roosevelt
Paris Premier Dalaier Reaffirms France Poland Defense Pact
In Paris Premier Edouard Dalaier declared a policy stance and reaffirmed France's military defense alliance with Poland. The remarks emphasize ongoing bilateral security commitments amid tense European dynamics.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
France
Poland
Britain Allies Extend Aid Promises to Romania and Greece
Britain and Poland pledged military commitments extended to Romania and Greece as they seek peace against aggression. Chamberlain warned Turkey may receive similar assurances while France and Daladier vowed fast support if Romania or Greece resist. Allegations of Polish terrorism and German Nazi activity heightened tensions across Europe.
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Democratic Front
Poland
Turkey
Soviet Russia
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Greece
Rumania
Great Britain
Romania
Britain
Chamberlain
Berlin
Danzig
Germany
Forty Reported Killed In Mexican Disaster
American Consul-General James G. Stewart in Mexico City reports about 40 people killed in a train crash near Querataro on the main Mexico City Laredo line. The accident occurred on the Mexico City to Laredo route, affecting travelers and crews.
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Washington
U.P
James G. Stewart
Mexico City
State Department
Querataro
Mexico
Mexico City-Laredo
Tex
Civil War Vet Speck Dies at 92 in Barberton
Cyrus J. Speck, aged 92, the last Civil War veteran from Barberton, died late Wednesday. He served in the Union Army and lived in Barberton for many years.
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Barberton
U.P
Cyrus J. Speck
Noble named dollar a year aide to Hopkins in commerce push
Edward J. Noble, a Republican and former Civil Aeronautics Authority chairman, to be a dollar a year executive assistant to Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins. If Congress clears a proposed under secretary of commerce post, Noble would be named. More business leaders were expected to join Hopkins Morgenthau in cabinet roles to press a business government outreach effort.
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Washington
U.P
Edward J. Noble
Secretary of Commerce
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
John W. Hanes
Wall Street
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morsgenthau, Jr
Six Czechs Arrested in Hitler Assassination Plot
The Daily Mirror reports German secret police uncovered a plot by six Czechs to shoot Adolf Hitler during Tirpitz launch ceremonies at Wilhelmshaven. All six allegedly confessed. Source cited is an unnamed Dutch journalist.
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London
U.P
Mire
Adolph Hitler
Wilhelmshaven
The
Mirror
Body of Miner Found In Abandoned Shaft
In Shamokin Pennsylvania the body of 20 year old Leo Borawski was found in an abandoned coal shaft. His stepfather had died a few hours earlier in the same area as bootleg mine fatalities rise in the anthracite region to 15 for the year.
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Shamokin
Pennsylvania
Leo Borawski
Dingledine Loses Rehearing Appeal in Ohio Supreme Court
Harry B. Dingledine, awaiting execution by electric chair next Wednesday, lost his appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court for a rehearing of the case. He was one of three men convicted in the killing of a Springfield policeman.
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Columbus
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