British Claim New Victories In Sea War
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announced the empire has upwards of 1,250,000 men under arms and that a German U boat was destroyed yesterday by British naval and air forces. He said German merchantmen must pass a 1,000 mile sea lane between Scotland and Greenland, patrolled by the navy with growing success. He called German aerial attacks on fishing boats and lighthouses cowardly and noted neutrals increasingly use convoys protected by the Royal Navy.
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Dorchester
England
U.S
Neville Chamberlain
Scotland
Greenland
Chamberlain
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Sports Palace
Two Killed as Train Cars Telescoped East of Woodstock
Two Pennsylvania Railroad wreck train cars telescoped in an early morning collision two miles east of Woodstock. Wreckmaster H F Layman aged 49 and laborer H L McMorrow aged 24, both of Columbus, died. Seven others injured.
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Urbana
U.P
Woodstock
H. F. Layman
H. L. McMorrow
Columbus
Relief tax levies defeated in Marion vote
Two special tax levy proposals in Marion to fund WPA relief and poor relief were defeated. The .9 mill WPA levy failed 2,052 to 1,942, and the 1.3 mill poor relief levy lost 2,036 to 2,028, failing to reach the required 55 percent majority.
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Marion
U.2
Large Family Approved By Leader of Miners
President John L. Lewis defended G. A. Patrick of Richlands Virginia who spoke with 11 children at the United Mine Workers convention. Lewis declared any delegate with 11 children may talk as long as he wants to, drawing applause amid debate over endorsing Roosevelt.
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Columbus
U.P
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
G. A. Patrick
Richlands
Lewis
Mr. Roosevelt
Jterm
UMW
Sherman Sparks
DeCota
W. Va
Moses
Children of Israel
Egypt
Sparks
Thomas Farmer
Morganstown
United States
Union Board
Cemetery Fraud Jurors Report Some Progress
The Arlington Cemetery mail fraud jury in Cincinnati entered its sixth day of deliberations in federal court. Jurors told Judge Mac Swinford they made “some progress” toward a verdict on the guilt or innocence of 10 defendants after a session lasting two and a half hours.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Arlington Cemetery
Federal District Court
Mac Swinford
Bitter Fight Over Farm Budget Cuts Ahead in Congress
Congressional farm bloc and allies prepare for a final showdown on the agricultural appropriation bill cut by 154 million dollars from Roosevelt 1941 budget. The 634 million dollar bill faces House action with reductions aimed at surplus commodities tenant loans soil conservation and waterway development.
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Washington
Congressional
Roosevelt
Bed Rock
House
Appropriations
Surplus Commodities Corporation
New Deal
Congress
Henry A. Wallace
Senate
Auto Breaks Through Ice Men Leap to Safety
Gallipolis report describes a publicity stunt that nearly cost James Shamblin and James Sheets their lives as their car broke through the Ohio River ice near the ferry landing opposite Gallipolis. Both men escaped to the West Virginia shore and were taken home. the car sank and may never be found as ice moves downstream.
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Gallipolis
James Shamblin
Cheshire
James Sheets
Ohio River
Kanauga
Pt. Pleasant
West Virginia
Shamblin
Ohio
Hitler Chamberlain Daladier warn of big drives
Leaders of Germany Britain and France warned of intensified warfare as spring attacks loom. Hitler promises to carry the war to Britain and France while opponents prepare for large mobilizations in Romania and around Europe.
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Hitler
Chamberlain
Daladier
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Edouard Daladier
Senate panel threatens delay on Japan embargo and Finland aid
Ranking Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee threaten to delay action on proposed Japanese embargo legislation and Finnish aid. They demand testimony from high administration officials as the committee meets for the first time since the Japan- ese-American trade treaty expired. Chairman Key Pittman will present embargo and nonmilitary Finland loan proposals from the Export-Import Bank. Sentiment in the Senate grows for a cautious approach to the Japan embargo.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Key Pittman
Nev
Japan
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Finland
Senate
Taxi Driver Sentenced for Immoral Transport of Teens
Portsmouth taxi driver Neil Bradley aged 22 received a six month jail term after a Probate Court found him transporting two 16 year old girls to Hamilton for immoral purposes. Florence Freese 42 of Hamilton and Martha Davis 50 of Portsmouth also received prison terms for similar charges.
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Portsmouth
Neil Bradley
Vernon Smith
Hamilton
Florence Freese
Martha Davis
Metcalf Seeks Fourth District Appeals Court Nomination
Verner E. Metcalf of Marietta and member of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review will seek the Republican nomination for judge of the Fourth District Appeals Court. Metcalf has served two terms as state senator from the combined 9th 14th District.
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Columbus
U.P
Verner E. Metcalf
Marietta
Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Fourth District
Metcalf
Refugee twins find quiet life in distant homeland
Arne and Salme Soderlund two 14 year old twins arrive with sparkling blue eyes to begin on their grandmother's dairy farm in Ashtabula. They do not speak English and say the United States feels too quiet after fleeing Finland during air raids. They recall air raid shelters and lost playmates. Their aunt Mrs. Anna Soderlund speaks for them.
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Ashtabula
U.P
Finland
Arne
Salme Soderlund
Anna Soderlund
Ohio GOP to Form Eight Delegates at Large for Convention
The Republican State Central Committee met to decide eight delegates-at-large to the national convention from Ohio. Subcommittee recommendations remain secret. A second choice to Taft’s favored presidential candidacy will be announced, with Judge Charles W. Montgomery likely named. Governor Bricker reportedly opposed allocating a delegate seat to Clarence Brown, while Taft holds final say and a working accord with Bricker. Rumors swirled over Walter F. Brown and Ed D. Schorr as potential delegates-at-large.
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Columbus
U.P
Republican State Central Committee
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Court of Appeals
Charlies W
Montgomery
Newark
Clarence Brown
Blanchester
Bricker
Taft
Washington
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
Ed D. Schorr
Fail To Agree On Boundary In Nine-Week Talks
Yukichiro Suma announced that negotiators from Japan Manchukuo Outer Mongolia and Russia failed to delimit the border after nine weeks. The Harbin talks ended with a statement admitting inability to agree and signaling cessation of negotiations. The dispute risks renewed clashes in spring as troops from both sides occupy contested territory.
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Tokyo
AUP
Manchukuo-Outer Mongolia
Yukichiro Suma
Foreign Office
Suma
Harbin
Manchukuo
Outer Mongolia
Japan
Russia
Drivers of Death Cars Exonerated by Police
Two elderly residents died in separate incidents at City Hospital after being struck by automobiles. Police concluded the drivers were not to blame. Mrs Augusta Smith, 73, of Lorain and Michael Dowd, 37, of Cleveland were the victims.
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Cleveland
Augusta Smith
Lorain
Michael Dowd
City Hospital
Bricker To Address Farmers Convention
Ohio farmers at the 28th annual Farmers Week heard plans for consumer role in solving economic ills. Gov. John W. Bricker and John T. Brown state director of agriculture were set to address attendees in Columbus.
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Bricker
Farmers Convention
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
John W. Bricker
John T. Brown
State ‘Director of
Labor Split Is Held Cause of NLRB Trouble
Chairman J Warren Madden told a House inquiry that opposition to the Wagner Act and the AFL CIO split in the labor movement caused most board difficulties. He described sustained legal attacks and interunion hostility as factors shaping the board's operations.
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NLRB
Washington
AU P
J. Warren Madden
House
National Labor Relations Board
Afl-Cio
Madden
House Committee
Supreme Court
CIO
AFL
Jenkins Plans New Fight for Pension Funds
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ohio announced a measure to restore 1338000 in old age pension funds to Ohio after a presidential veto blocked his prior bill. He aims to strengthen Ohio’s position for potential Social Security Act amendments and to force retroactive payment authority if needed.
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Washington
U.P
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Jenkins
Social Security Board
Roosevelt
Trouble Faces Seaway Pact Faces Congressional Hurdles
Washington reports ratification of the Canada United States St Lawrence Seaway treaty may stall in Congress. Senator Edwin C Johnson opposes ratification citing harm to American railroads. The 1934 treaty foes remain in Congress as Canada and the U S move toward approval. Findlay reports death of George C Cornwell at 62 from influenza.
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Washington
U.P
Canada
United States
St. Lawrence River
Congress
Senate
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
President Roosevelt Birthday Celebrations Raise Funds Nationwide
The nationwide Roosevelt birthday events aimed to raise about 1.5 million dollars for infantile paralysis research and care. In Washington many balls drew 15 000 attendees as Mrs Roosevelt and stars helped mark the president's 59th birthday with a large cake cut and radio appeals.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
White House
United Mine Workers shelve 47 Roosevelt term resolutions
The UMW resolutions committee shelves 47 resolutions calling for a third Roosevelt term and defers picking a presidential favorite. It urges political matters to go to the international executive board for action compatible with Labor’s Non-Partisan League and the Democratic Party.
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UMW
Columbus
United Mine Workers Union Resolutions Committee
Roosevelt
International Executive Board
Labor
Democratic Party
America
Russian Bombers Raid City for Fourth Time
Russian air planes raided Rovaniemi, Finnish military center in the north, for the fourth time since the Russo Finnish war began. Bombs struck a hospital air raid shelter. Casualty counts were not yet compiled but several dead and many wounded were suspected.
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Rovaniemi
U.P
10 O'clock Curfew for Children Is Established
PORTSMOUTH U P The council of the village of New Boston passed a curfew ordinance requiring all children under 14 to be off the streets by 10 p m unless accompanied by adults.
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Portsmouth
U.P
New Boston
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