Bartlett Fire Destroys Eight Buildings in Town
A Bartlett blaze on U S Route 50 leveled eight buildings and damaged four more in a village of 200. Athens firemen aided by other departments fought the flames from 9 45 p m until containment. Losses were estimated between 25000 and 50000 dollars, including a general store a Clover Farm outlet post office and Grange Hall. Several residences were damaged as wind carried embers across the highway. The fire department relied on wells and cisterns to supply water.
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Athens
Marietta
Artlett Grange
Clover Farm
Belpre
Beverly
Grange Hall
John Bea
S. K. Steele
S. Ray Mulford
Oral Canton
Clyde Kelley
Lizzie Goddard
Charles “Axon
Woman Dies After Fall From Hospital Window
Mary Zalokar, 56, died after plunging from a third story window at St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland. Police said she had been admitted March 25 for observation and X rays.
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St. Vincent Charity Hospital
Heavier Income Tax Seen As Necessity for Defense
In Washington Senate discussions push for broader taxation to fund defense. Senators Johnson and Herring propose removing or lowering personal exemptions, while the treasury and post office appropriation bill faces action pending illness of Senator McKellar. Debate includes a proposed $800,000 subsidy for a Transatlantic airline by American Export Steamship Lines amid concerns of a monopoly risk.
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Senate
Johnson
D-Colo
Herring
Iowa
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Post Office
Barkley
McKellar
Tenn
American Export Steamship Lines
Europe
Hopkins Named Chief of Lend Lease Purchases
President Franklin D. Roosevelt designated Harry L. Hopkins as the official in charge of purchasing and acquisition of war materials for all nations benefiting from the lend lease act. Foreign policy issues remain with the State Department, and the liaison committee coordinating purchases is abolished.
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Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
State Department
Hopkins
Commerce
WPA
Morgenthau
Reduce Accidents Help Defense Leaders Urged
Columbus. Thomas P. Kearns, chief of the state division of safety and hygiene, told leaders of labor and industry that the worst is yet to come in occupational accidents and urged them to support the national defense program by eliminating hazards to workers. He warned that safety forces may face rough sledding ahead in the coming times.
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Columbus
Thomas P. Kearns
State Division of Safety and Hygiene
Kearns
Navy awards contract for 14 minesweepers
The navy awarded a $3,766,000 contract to Cooper Bessemer Corp for 14 minesweepers. The firm will build the units at Grove City, Pennsylvania, with propulsion apparatus from Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Each ship priced at $269,000.
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Navy
Cooper- Bessemer Corporation
Mt. Vernon
Grove City
RAF raids on Sofia ignite fires in munition stores
Cairo Egypt April 13 14 British planes raided Sofia capital of German-occupied Bulgaria during the night. The RAF announced fires were started in storage yards where munition trucks were blown up as part of the raid.
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Egypt
Sofia
Bulgaria
RAF
Raider Halts U. S. Vessel Near Lisbon Mystery
A mysterious ship, believed to be a German raider, stopped the American liner Excambion a day out of Lisbon. It approached in darkness, flashed its searchlight, and did not identify itself as the Excambion made port at Jersey City. The incident involved the sole American passenger line between Lisbon and the United States.
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N. J
Excambion
Lisbon
United States
Quiet Wisconsin Bride Marries James Roosevelt in Beverly Hills
Romelle Theresa Schneider, 25, a Wisconsin farm girl who nursed him back to health, married Capt. James Roosevelt, 33, U.S. Marine Corps reserves, in a simple civil ceremony in Beverly Hills. The romance ends with a wedding following his recovery.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Wisconsin
Romelle Theresa Schneider
James Roosevelt
U. S. Marine Corps
Trains Hits Sand Truck Killing Driver in Garfield Heights
A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train struck a sand truck in Garfield Heights, killing John NadjeeBe, 30, a driver for the Sam Emerson Construction Co. The fatal collision occurred today as the truck was on the tracks near the railroad yard.
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Garfield Heights
John NardjeeBe
Sam Emerson Corruction Co
Wage Increase Is Granted to Steel Workers
A wage hike in the steel industry spurred by United States Steel and other big producers reaches about 456000 workers, raising base pay to 5.80 dollars a day retroactive to April 1. In Kentucky soft coal fields gunfire killed four and wounded over 20 amid a broader wage dispute affecting the sector, with negotiators for the United Mine Workers CIO and management to meet again.
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Guy Harrell
Middlesboro
Ford Ridge Coal Company
Tennessee Line
United States Steel Corporation
Perkins
United States Steel
Bethlehem
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
Otis Steel
New York
United Mine Workers
CIO
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Cio-United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
GMC
Lancaster Man New District Rotary Head
Herman Balthaser of Lancaster was named governor of Rotary International's 159th district at the annual conference. He succeeds O. B. Littick of Zanesville as head of Rotary's Southern Ohio contingent, the sole nominee. Invitations to hold the district's 1941 assembly and 1942 conference at Lancaster and Springfield were accepted.
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Columbus
Herman Balthaser
Lancaster
Rotary International
Balthaser
O. B. Littick
Zanesville
Rotary
Ohio
Springfield
Fleeing Convicts Forced From Reformatory Basement
Two prisoners, Alfred Kurner of Detroit and Michael Devny of Glendale, California, hid in the basement of the U S Reformatory chair factory for about seven and a half hours last night. A tear gas bomb forced them out. both are serving terms for automobile theft.
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Chillicothe
U. S. Reformatory
Alfred Kurner
Detroit
Michael Deveny
Glendale
Calif
Italy protests ship seizure rejected by Washington
The Italian government’s protest over the seizure of 28 ships in American ports was promptly rejected. Rome argued the damage to machinery did not endanger safety and that U.S. law only covers such cases, with no expected change in policy. Italy has recalled its Washington naval attaché and asked for the U.S. assistant military attaché to leave Rome.
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Washington
Italy
Rome
Hull
Prince Colonna
Germany
United States
Alberto Lais
William D. Bentley
Four Children Killed as Autos Hit Ohio Streets
Four children and a young woman were added to Ohio's traffic fatality toll. Three year old Roger Lee Hill died after an auto struck him while crossing a Springfield street, followed by two older boys. Ten year old Richard Voight died after being struck on a Bellaire bicycle ride. Sixteen year old John L. McGinnis died from March 7 injuries in Mahoning County, raising the year toll to 28. Rose Marie Machin, three, died in Cleveland from car injuries suffered Saturday. Loretta Stanton, nineteen from St Marys College, was fatally injured near Cleveland, with companion John Francies critically hurt.
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Ohio
Roger Lee Hill
Springfield
Bellaire
Richard Voight
John L. McGinnis
Mahoning County
Youngstown
Rose Marie Machin
Cleveland
Loretta Stanton
St. Mary's College
South Bend
Ind
John Francies
Accused of Stealing State Patrolman's Car
GEORGETOWN Arch ie Hicks Brown County prosecutor said charges of armed robbery were prepared today against five Cincinnati men accused by a state highway patrolman of hand cuffing him and stealing his pistol and patrol car. Patrol Sergt. E P Webb said last night that the five identified Patrolman H W Wilson as the men who took his pistol and automobile and escaped after he halted their car to question them about gasoline thefts from a truck at the Roosevelt game preserve west of Portsmouth. All five were captured late yesterday within hours of Wilson's report triggering a large posse search.
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Archie Hicks
Brown County
Cincinnati
E. P. Webb
H. W. Wilson
Roosevelt Game Preserve
Portsmouth
Wilson
Deny Japan Planning Attack on Singapore
Tokyo denial clears rumors of an imminent Japanese aggression against the British naval base at Singapore. spokesman Ko Ishii said there is no truth to circulating talk and stressed no hostile move was planned.
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Japan
Singapore
Tokyo
Ko Ishii
Cabinet Board of Information
Dutch Jews Ordered To Surrender Radios
Amsterdam report states SS commander Rauter ordered Dutch Jews to surrender all radio receiving sets within two weeks. The decree warned against damaging the radios before surrender.
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Amsterdam
Rauter
Knox Favors Vinson Bill to Pause Defense Strikes
Secretary of the Navy Knox told the House Naval Committee he approved a cooling-off period in the Vinson Bill before any defense industry strike. He called the current phase decisive in World War II, urged caution against rushed restrictions, and said the bill aims to give statutory status to the national defense mediation board and allow sides time to listen to reason.
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Navy
Knox
House Naval Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
National Defense Mediation Board
Former Apple Creek Supervisor Reinstated
Columbus reports Gertrude Jones of the state Civil Service Commission announces the reinstatement of Mrs Helen Lockwood as supervisor of the Apple Creek Institution for Feeble Minded at her prior salary, effective March 13. The reinstate was made on the recommendation of Supt Arthur T Hopwood. Lockwood was discharged December 20 for alleged inefficiency while Dr Murray Fowler was superintendent.
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Gertrude Jones
State Civil Service Commission Today
Helen Lockwood
Apple Creek Institution
Miss Jones
Arthur T. Hopwood
Lockwood
Murray Fowler
Authorize Building of Aircraft Parts Plant
Washington says the Defense Plant Corporation has authorized construction and equipment of a $3,600,000 plant for manufacture of military aircraft parts in a lease with Goodyear Aircraft Corporation of Akron.
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Washington
Defense Plant Corporation
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
Akron
Stimson Warns of Long Crisis and Prolonged War Prep
Secretary of War Stimson warned a Senate defense committee of a dangerous emergency facing the United States that could be prolonged. He said civilian needs may be subordinated to military mobilization and outlined a training program expected to span five years, with many successive units and installments of men.
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Turkey and Soviet In Conference In Istanbul Talks Continue
Turkish officials reported political talks with Soviet Russia underway in Ankara, Turkey. Turkish reaction to Japan-Soviet neutrality pact seen as directly affecting Germany. A delegation from Iraq was expected to discuss its new government relations with Turkey as Balkan tensions loom.
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Russia
Ankara
Germany
Iraq
Deisel Workers Win Pay Hike to End Strike
Employee of the Deisel Wemmer Gilbert Corporation work today under a new wage agreement that ended a four day strike. Of 268 workers those paid 40 cents an hour were raised to 47 cents and those paid 44 cents were raised to 51 cents.
Italian Commander Is Captured in Africa
Nairobi Kenya Colony reports a British communique announcing the capture of General Santini who commanded troops in southern Juba. A brigadier was also taken prisoner according to the same dispatch.
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Kenya
Santini
Juba
Flank Attack Beaten Back Near Greek Fronts
Allied lines in Greece report a German thrust halted on the left flank with Phlorina captured and Ptolemais falling to Nazi forces. British armor losses, pursuit across the Aliakmon, and Greek center withdrawals shape a widening front as Axis forces press toward Kozane Siatista and Klisura.
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