Turning Point in European Crisis Seen in Hitler Reply
Observers in Europe view Hitler's Friday speech as a potential turning point toward peace or war. They credit Britain and France with forging a united front while noting risks from massed forces and the shifting balance among Germany Italy and Balkan powers. The Czech crisis is seen as a test that reinforced preparation and resurgent power dynamics, with war odds narrowing from fifty fifty to about seven to one after Roosevelt’s peace message.
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Hitler
Roosevelt
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Foreign Office
United Press
Great Britain
France
Mussolini
Soviet Union
Turkey
Germany
Italy
Spain
Hungary
Jugoslavia
Bulgaria
Balkans
Czech
Munich
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Washington
Berlin
Danzig
Gdynia
Egypt
Romania
Norway
Netherlands
Switzerland
House of Commons
Franco
Alfonso
Don Juan
Mediator Steps In To Break Soft Coal Deadlock
Dr. John R. Steelman designated special government mediator joins United Mine Workers and Appalachian coal operators in formal mediation as 340000 Appalachian miners remain idle since April 1. Key dispute centers on removing $1 to $2 daily penalty fines for unauthorized strikes from a new contract. Coal shortages loom with only 68000 tons at Hampton Roads and mayor La Guardia warning city transit at risk.
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New York
John R. Steelman
Frances Perkins
Washington
Appalachian
United Mine Workers
Steelman
Labor Department
Miss Perkins
Charles O'Neill
Southern Railroad
Hampton Roads
F. H. LaGuardia
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Lewis
Progressive Miners of America
American Federation of Labor
Joseph Ozanic
Perkins
Bolivia Under Dictatorship Declared by Busch
President German Busch issued a decree establishing a totalitarian state and abolishing all law codes. The cabinet resigned but agreed to remain in office for now. Lt. Col Busch accepted responsibility for the change, citing internal conditions to avert a fratricidal plot.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
U.P
German Busch
Busch
Second Campaign Fund Shakedown Case Begins
William Alexander former supervisor of liquor stores in the state liquor department goes on trial in the common pleas court charged with soliciting five percent of a civil service worker salary for the Davey primary Campaign last year.
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Columbus
U.P
William Alexander
State Liquor Department
Common Pleas Court
Civil Service
Davey
Board Ready For Soaring Coal Prices
Washington up. The National Bituminous Coal Commission considers using its power to fix maximum coal prices amid a potential prolonged mine shutdown and fuel shortage. Chairman Percy Tetlow said action could come on short notice if deadlock with Appalachian producers and the United Mine Workers persists after May 1.
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Washington
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Percy Tetlow
United Mine Workers Union
Tetlow
Commission
Coal Commission
Murder Trial Begins Today in Norwalk Case
In Norwalk, the Huron County common pleas court hosts its fifth murder trial in 25 years. Harold Hastings, 37, of Sandusky, and Mrs. Coletta Schlett, 28, also of Sandusky, face charges for the killing of her husband Carl Schlett, 29, a riding master. Carl Schlett’s body was found on a snow covered highway two miles east of Bellevue on January 27. Initial reports suggested a hit and run, but police later suspected foul play. Mrs. Schlett will be tried separately.
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Norwalk
O.R
Huron County Common Pleas
Harold Hastings
Sandusky
Coletta Schlett
Carl
Bellevue
Three Drillers Killed In Oil Well Fire Near Lockport
A well fire ten miles south of Lockport Louisiana claimed three lives. Ralph J. Kamperman aged 26 from Cleveland Ohio, Willie Woods aged 34 from Orange Texas, and F. G. Bordin aged 36 from Oakland Louisiana died from burns. Two other workers Elmer Wallace aged 24 of Houston Texas and G. W. Smith were treated for burns.
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Lockport
U.P
Here
Ralph J. Kamperman
Cleveland
Willie Woods
Orange
Tex
F. G. Bordin
Oakland
Elmer Wallace
Houston
G. W. Smith
Fire destroys mill in Marietta over weekend
A blaze tore through the Marietta Fruit Package and Lumber Company cutting mill injuring no one and causing about $12,000 in damages. The origin of the fire remains under investigation as crews battled the flames at the mill located in Marietta.
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Marietta
Marietta Fruit Package and Lumber Company
Johnson Warns War May End Democracy in U S
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that a modern war could destroy American democracy. He testified on changes to the Neutrality Act and warned that fighting dictatorship requires a tougher government at home.
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Washington
U.P
Hugh S. Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Four Drown in Boat Capsizing Near Sandusky
Mrs Clar ence S Miller of Mansfield survived a Lake Erie fishing trip disaster when a homemade boat overturned by the lighthouse pier Sunday. The victims were Clarence Miller 31 Dale 7 and Arlene 6 children of the Millers and Walter C Miller 20, brother of Clarence. Mrs Miller was saved by Philip Klein of Huron and Kenneth Allen of Cleveland, who also rescued Arlene but could not revive her.
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Sandusky
U.P
Clarence S. Miller
Mansfield
Sandusky Hospital
Lake Erie
Clarence Miller
Dale
Arlene
Millers
Walter C. Miller
Clarence
Klein
Arlene Miller
Athens Countians Held On Liquor Charges
Clyde E. Mount 23 of Nelsonville and Fred Courtney 28 of Buchtel were to be arraigned late today before U S Commissioner Robert Newton on untaxed liquor charges. They were arrested at Buchtel Saturday by federal agents.
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Columbus
U.P
Clyde E. Mount
Nelsonville
Fred Courtney
Buchtel
U. S
Robert Newton
Negotiations Opened On Barter With Britain
London reports United States Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy opened negotiations with the British government on barter terms. The talks aim to exchange U S cotton and wheat for British rubber and tin.
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Britain
London
U.P
United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
Washington
Rev. Levi G. Batman Dies at 69 Former Pastor
Rev. Levi G. Batman 69, longtime former pastor of the First Christian Church in Youngstown, died after a brief illness.
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Youngstown
U.P
Levi G. Batman
First Christian Church
Buffalo Stop on Lindbergh Tour in Secret Arrival
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Buffalo airport at 11 10 a m aboard a P 36 pursuit plane after a weekend at Wright Field Ohio on a U S Army Air Corps mission. He was greeted by Lawrence Bell of Bell Aircraft and Bur dette Wright of Curtiss Wright. No officials were present.
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Buffalo
N. Y
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
U. S. Army
Col. Lindbergh
Experimental Laboratory
U. S. Army Air Corps
Wright Field
Dayton
Lawrence Bell
Bell Aircraft Company
Burdette Wright
Curtiss- Wright Aircraft Company
Ohio
Three Athens Countians Appointed Investigators
Seven new county investigators in the Division of Aid for the Aged were appointed today by Tom McCaw. Salaries are 1500 dollars a year each. The appointments included Wayne H. Sayre from Athens County Trimble Mrs Edith L Steirs from Nelsonville and James Lewis from Athens.
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Columbus
A.P
Tom McCaw
Athens County
Wayne H. Sayre
Trimble
Edith L. Steirs
Nelsonville
James Lewis
Athens
Cardinal Mariani Dies Reducing College to 59
Vatican City report from U P notes the death of Domenico Cardinal Mariani aged 76 who served as treasurer of papal ministries. His passing today diminishes the College of Cardinals to 59 members.
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Vatican City
U.P
Domenico Cardinal Mariani
Papal Ministries
College of Cardinals
British-French Ambassadors To Be Returned to Germany
Great Britain plans to return its ambassador to Berlin in a bid to ease tensions ahead of Hitler's Reichstag speech. France to follow with Ambassador Coulondre, while conscription discussions and Balkans diplomacy shape the looming war choices.
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Germany
France
Great Britain
Robert Coulondre
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Neville Chamberlain
Italy
Hitler
Nevile Henderson
Britain
London
Winston Churchill
Henderson
Europe
Balkans
Hungary
Jugoslavia
Belgrade
Rome
Juga
Bulgaria
Balkan
Spain
Rumania
Turkey
Soviet Russia
Grigore Gafencu
Warsaw
Esthenia
Poland
Russia
Moscow
Anti-Graft Bill Before Ohio Solons
In Columbus the House debates an anti-collusion bill with severe penalties for conspiracy to defraud the state. It targets fees paid to political middle men and could apply to state subdivisions. Supportors call it a fulfillment of Republican pledges to curb graft and irregularities.
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Columbus
House of Representatives
Rep
J. H. McGregor
Coshocton
House
Senate
Parole Board
Ripper
Tax Commission
Board of Appeals
Pardon and Parole Commission
House Finance Committee
Joint Relief Committee
Fire destroys Akron furniture store. $75,000 loss
Fire crews battled a blaze at the Kirk Company furniture store in downtown Akron starting Sunday noon. Fire Chief Clarence E. Harris investigated the cause as firefighters continued dousing the ruins with water and assessing about a $75,000 loss.
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Akron
U.P
Kirk Company
Clarence E. Harris
Proxy Treatment Fails as Woman Dies in Chattanooga
In Chattanooga Tennessee Louise Rich twenty four died after a failed sulfanilamide therapy tried by proxy. Her seventeen year old niece Wilma received the drug and transfused blood into Rich but the condition worsened with pneumonia in one lung leading to death. Wilma recovered after a day of illness.
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Louise Rich
Wilma
Miss Rich
Wilma Rich
GOP Leaders Propose Recovery Plan for Economic Revival
House Minority Leader Joseph W. Martin and Republican lawmakers unveiled a recovery program they say would stabilize business, curb wasteful spending, repeal the undistributed profits tax, reform federal taxes, end emergency monetary powers, and amend the Wagner Act to clarify duties of workers and employers toward the public.
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Washington
U.P
House
Joseph W. Martin
Mass
Congress
United States
Dumb Youth Goes to Chair
Bellefonte Pa U P reports Ernest M Hipple age 22 was electrocuted at Rockview Penitentiary for the murder of Mrs Jennie Porter age 70 near Wheelersville on Feb 7 1938 during a robbery. Two alienists deemed him dull witted but Lt Gov Samuel S Lewis questioned the verdict after disguising as a law breaker to hear Hipple boast of fooling experts.
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Bellefonte
U.P
Ernest M. Hipple
Rockview Penitentiary
Hipple
Jennie Porter
Wheelersville
Samuel S. Lewis
Sullivan County
Laporte
Boston Bishop Francis Spellman Named New York Archbishop
Vatican announces Bishop Francis Spellman of Boston has been named archbishop of New York. He is a Whitman Mass native and was the first American prelate consecrated at the Vatican Basilica. His 1932 consecration was attended by church dignitaries.
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Vatican City
U.P
Francis Spellman
Boston
New York
Whitman
Mass
Vatican Bailica
Night Club Fire Tragedy Alleges Fatality Near Mt Vernon
State fire marshals investigate a Lake Cornell Night Club fire that killed 38 year old Helen Colopy of Danville and injured 30 others. The club, a renovated barn with a golf course and pool, sits four miles south on Route 13. Damage is estimated at $10,000.
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MT. Vernon
U.P
Here
Helen A. Colopy
Oliver Walker
Danville
Lake Cornell
Charles M. Zelkowitz
Ambulance Chasing Trial Delayed for Stephen Young
Cleveland AP Stephen M. Young former congressman faces postponement as defense seeks time to review the bill of particulars alleging ambulance chasing. Trial before three out of town judges in common pleas court unfolds with possible disbarment if convicted.
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Cleveland
A.P
Stephen M. Young
Young
Common Pleas
Delay Seen in Naming Successor to Brown
Columbus Ohio delay in appointing a successor to the late Val E Brown Pomeroy as deputy state mine inspector pending possible re districting of the Southeastern Ohio inspection division veteran inspector Brown died last week his salary was 2200 dollars
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Columbus
U.P
George Strain
Val E. Brown
Pomeroy
Southeastern Ohio
Brown
John Omwake Dies at 85 Co-Founder of Playing Card Co
John Omwake aged 85 longtime co founder and president of United States Playing Card Co died last night in Cincinnati. His leadership helped expand the firm and maintained its place in playing card manufacturing.
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Cincinnati
U.P
John Omwake
The
United States Playing Card Co
DIES OF HICCUPPING IN MOUNDSVILLE PATIENT AGE 73
Moundsville West Virginia William Chambers aged 73 died at his home Sunday after a week of incessant hiccoughing.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Pi William Chambers
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