Jones Says Nation Debt Will Reach 90 Billion
Washington AP Jesse Jones forecast the national debt would rise to at least 90 billion dollars and warned sacrifices are coming. He said defense spending would grow in four years and one-fourth of working hours may shift to defense production, forcing higher costs or reduced common goods.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Texan
Five Cincinnati youths plead guilty to highway robbery
Guilty pleas brought 10 to 25 year sentences for five Cincinnati youths on armed robbery auto larceny and resisting an officer in connection with handcuffing a state patrolman and theft. The youths listed include Backherms Joseph Craw illiam Kloss Jack Trusty Raymond Meyers. KILLS MOUNTAIN LION J SANTA ROSA New Mexico Fe pe Sisneros 63 year old rancher led a mountain lion with his ads and killed it with pockets?
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Backherms
Joseph Crawilliam Kloss
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Fepe Sisneros
Stewart Sentenced to Long Term In Mansfield Reformatory
Stewart, who pleaded guilty to 16 counts of armed robbery, must spend the next 50 to ten years in the Mansfield Reformatory. He escaped from Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane last week during observation but returned days later and was brought to Columbus where Judge Cecil J. Randall imposed the sentence.
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Mansfield Reformatory
Lima State Hospital
Columbus
Cecil J. Randall
Yankees Safe In Yugoslavia
BUDAPEST Hungary United States minister to Yugoslavia Arthur Bliss Lane says war experiences were hell but Americans in Yugoslavia are believed safe Belgrade lacks water and sewage disposal raising disease risk with typhoid and typhus reported Red Cross aid provides prevention Lane believes AP reporter Robert St John and other correspondents are safe in a Dalmatian coast town in Herzegovina
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Arthur Bliss Lane
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Robert St. John
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Japanese Paper Says U S a Step From War
Kokumin, a Tokyo newspaper, said the United States extended Atlantic patrol marks the nation a step from entering the war. It argued the US navy protects the Atlantic route to England, a duty it says should be Britain’s, and warned of inevitable conflict with Germany.
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RAF Claims Hits on Two Nazi Battleships at Brest
The RAF raided the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau at Brest for the 12th time in a month. A well-informed source says the vessels remain in the port due to severe damage, contradicting official claims of only one recorded hit on one battleship.
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Canada
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Jan Christiaan Smuts
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Spain arrests 31 Britons on hostile acts charges
London Reuters reports a German radio service said 31 British nationals were arrested in Valencia Spain on charges of hostile acts against the Spanish state.
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Reuters
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Spain
Federal Sales Tax Criticized By House Members
Two Ways and Means Committee members condemned a retail sales tax as a way to raise part of 3.6 billion dollars in defense revenue. The NY State Chamber of Commerce suggested the idea, but reps Robertson and Disney urged lawmakers to favor higher income taxes per Treasury recommendations.
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Joint Congressional Committee On Taxation
Husband-Killer Found Sane in Local Murder Case
Portsmouth reports Goldie Marie Pauley found sane and legally responsible for killing her husband Lee on January 20. Prosecutor Marvin Kelly says she will be returned from Lima State Hospital for Criminal Insane after a sanity ruling by Dr H M Turk. Pauley faces first degree murder charges.
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Ohio CCC Men Assigned to Erosion Projects
The majority of Ohio's 5,600 civilian conservation corps enrollees have been assigned to erosion control projects for the final quarter of the fiscal year ending June 30. About 3,400 will work on erosion, 1,000 on state forest areas, 800 in metropolitan park developments, and 400 in the Wayne purchase unit of Hocking and Lawrence Counties.
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Ohio
Civilian Conservation Corps
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Wayne Purchase
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Lawrence
Venezuela elects Angarita president for five years
Gen Isaias Medina Angarita, a pro Pan American collaboration advocate, was elected president of Venezuela for a five year term, amid an election held in Caracas.
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Caracas
Isaias Medina Angarita
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Invasion Preview: British German Speedboat Clash and Channel Bombardment
Nazi long range guns on the French coast unleashed heavy bombardment while British speedboats clashed off the southeast coast of England. RAF bombers engaged across the Channel as explosions rocked Boulogne to Cap Gris Nez amid speculation this was a prelude to a larger invasion, though Britain warned of no massing of troop barges detected.
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Hitler lintels for Crete invasion in Balkans report
War dispatch says Nazi forces prepare to strike Crete 75 miles south of Greece as a possible prelude to invading England. Crete serves as British base with King George II in residence as pressure between Axis and Allies intensifies in North Africa and near the Suez.
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May Detours Ring Britain as War Shifts Focus
London papers warn of a possible German push from Aegean islands toward Syria and Suez while Greece battles in the Peloponnesus. Reports note Churchill and allies debating cabinet structure as Luftwaffe strikes Plymouth and RAF targets Brest amid ongoing Atlantic and Mediterranean operations.
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Five Hurt in Factory Blast at U. S. Gypsum Plant
An explosion at the U. S. Gypsum Co paint plant in Warren injured five workers, two seriously. The roof collapsed trapping several men and a wall blew out as a small fire started. Company officials and firemen ordered 400 to 500 employees from other divisions amid fears of further blasts.
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Wayne Thompson goes on trial for first degree murder
23 year old laundry worker Wayne Thompson faces trial on May 26 for the holdup slaying of Carl Hoover a grocery store manager. The case centers on the fatal shooting during a robbery and marks a major criminal court proceeding for the defendant.
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Columbus
Wayne Thompson
Carl Hoover
Palestine Danger Amid Nazi Moves Could Frighten Jews
DeWitt Mackenzie warns Nazi schemes threaten Palestine as a transit step to Egypt. Axis agents target Arab support, Grand Mufti promotes anti British aims, while current demographics show Arabs about 849,000, Jews 425,000, Christians 115,000 with ongoing violence and property destruction since the Jewish national home was established eighteen years ago.
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Jewish National Home
War Department Accepts Lindbergh's Resignation
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's resignation as a reserve air corps officer was accepted by the War Department. President Roosevelt had left him with “no honorable alternative” after a press conference remark. White House aide Stephen Early suggested the move questions Lindbergh’s ties to Hitler and noted prior letters to the President arrived late.
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War Department
Charles A. Lindbergh
Reserve Air Corps
Roosevelt
Bricker Rejects Grourd Plan for Ohio State Guard
Gov. Bricker countermanded acting Adj. Gen. Lee's announcement of a new Ohio State Guard. He called the officer assignments unauthorized and said the guard of about 2,000 men and 140 officers would be formed only after a state commander and a new adjutant general succeed the late Gilson Light. The two posts may be filled by different people.
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Ohioans urged to grow more tomatoes this season
Columbus report says wholesale tomato prices may rise by 2.75 to 3 dollars per ton due to growing demand at home and abroad Elmer K Kruse Ohio Agricultural Adjustment Administration director urges farmers to boost canning tomato crops by 50 percent to profit from the increase.
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Union Obtains Big Pay Raise at Westinghouse
Pittsburgh report says Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company and the CIO United Electric Radio and Machine Workers Union announced a wage increase for salaried employees. The accord adds about $18 a month for an undetermined number, pending union committee approval. W. G. Marshall and James J. Mattes led the announcement.
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Ohio Ports Set Record In Coal Ore Shipping
Army engineers report Ohio port tonnage hit new highs in 1940 led by Cleveland with 17,673,926 tons. Iron ore unloading reached 11,438,391 tons, driving the record alongside coal and ore movements across the state.
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Cleveland
Students reprimanded for peace meeting at OSU campus
The Ohio State University student court reprimanded six students after an unauthorized peace meeting held on campus last week. The six named are Bernard Krasik from Glassport Pennsylvania, Robert Northrup of Belmont Massachusetts, Miss Mary Manning of Chesterland Ohio, George D Currie of Newark, and David H Rosen and David E Friedlander of Cleveland. The court warned that further infractions would bring more severe punishment.
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Ohio State University
Bernard Krasik
Glassport
Robert Northrup
Belmont
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Mary Manning
Chesterland
George D. Currie
Newark
David H. Rosen
David E. Friedlander
Cleveland
RAF Plane Crashes In Canada Killing Two Pilots
Two English Royal Canadian Air Force trainees died when their training plane crashed and burned near Medicine Hat Alberta. Names were not released.
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Canada
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Royal Canadian Air Force
Tractor overturns injuring man in Batavia field
A tractor accident in Batavia left 56 year old Joseph Meranda injured while plowing the field. He sustained injuries described as non fatal in the report.
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Joseph Meranda
Month Long Deadlock on Scale Ended
The United Mine Workers Union announced soft coal production would resume Thursday in the bituminous fields shut since April 1 over a wage contract dispute. Southern producers accepted President Roosevelt's plan to reopen mines and negotiate retroactively, boosting southern pay by $1 to $6.60 a day while northern mines already top at $7. This move promises quicker fuel recovery for defense plants amid supply concerns.
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L. Ebersole Gaines
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Stephen Early
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Jesse Jones
Senate
FD To Ask Power To Fix All Prices
The White House disclosed the administration may seek legislation to grant price fixing power. President Roosevelt met with Leon Henderson on the issue. Presidential secretary Stephen Early said Henderson, head of the defense price stabilization unit, asked to discuss the matter but may not be ready yet.
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White House
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Leon Henderson
Stephen Early
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