Nazi Bombers Slam London In Night Raid
Allied reports describe German bomber assault on London with hits on a popular nightclub and a shelter. Casualties mount as flames and flares illuminate the chaos and responders pull victims from the wreckage. Separate dispatches note Greek and Turkish wartime maneuvers as Axis tensions widen.
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London
Albania
Iian
Greece
Inulgaria
Belgrade
Turkey
Rolf Hitler
CIO to Seek New Wage Deal From Big Steel Groups
Pittsburgh party Philip Murray head of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee formally notifies U S Steel subsidiaries of intent to begin wage talks. The move would end the current agreement with the Congress of Industrial Organizations within 20 days if no accord is reached.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
U. S. Steel Corporation
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Nazi Debt Nears That of America
The Commerce Department estimated Germany's wartime costs at 72 percent of national income. H Arnold Quirin described in The Foreign Commerce Weekly that over half the war cost is financed by borrowing and that Germany's national debt at the start of 1941 stood at about 32 billion dollars.
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Washington
Germany
Commerce Department
H. Arnold Quirin
Foreign Commerce Weekly
Eight Die in Ohio Traffic Accidents Saturday
Ohio fatalities include three Youngstown boys Joseph Sikora Edmund Storey and Albert Toperzer ages 13 13 and 12 struck by a stolen car. Other victims include John Conley 58 East Palestine. Jason Traxler 29 near Upper Sandusky. Carl Hesselschaedt 22 near Defiance. Evelyn Smith 15 and Carl Biggs 17 in Kent auto crash.
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Columbus
Ohio
Youngstown
Joseph Sikora
Edmund Storey
Albert Toperzer
John Conley
East Palestine
Jason Traxler
Upper Sandusky
Carl Hesselschaedt
Defiance
Evelyn Smith
Kent
Carl Biggs
Columbus Boy Drowns Under Ice of Olentangy
A 14 year old boy was swept under the Olentangy River ice near the King Ave Bridge and drowned. A companion was rescued by a passerby aided by a motorist with a tow line. the youth's body was recovered downstream about 30 minutes later.
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Columbus
King Ave
Jimmy Loschiavo
Funds To Aid School Transfers Are Asked
Washington officials asked Congress for 115 million dollars to help local school boards manage mass school transfers caused by population movements from the defense program. More than a quarter of a million children will have to change schools due to the shifts.
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Washington
Congress
Blizzard Hits Coastal East as Snow Stages a March Return
The blizzard of 1888 barrels along the eastern seaboard from Virginia to Maine with 12 to 16 inches of snow and sleet in cities like New York and coastal states. At least six deaths reported. conditions disrupt transportation and communications across multiple states. Three boys missing near Annapolis. storm centers shifted from the deep south to the Northeast with widespread icy roads and coastal winds.
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Seaboard
Virginia
Maine
New York
Iceland
New York City
Manhattan
la Guardia
Department of Sanitation
East River
Connecticut
Maryland
New Jersey
Severn River
Annapolis
Georgia
Carolinas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Washington, D. C
Cumberland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New England
Wreckage Found of Missing Army Plane Near New Orleans
Army aviators located the burned wreckage of a missing twin engined bombing plane on the east bank of Leake Salvador about 20 miles south of New Orleans. Lt. D. W. Lang piloted the plane with another officer and an enlisted man aboard. they radioed they were running out of gas as they prepared to bail out.
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New Orleans
Leake Salvador
D. W. Lang
Persistent Recruit Wins Navy Acceptance in Sixth Try
George G. Andrews, 17, from Rochester New York, finally earned navy enlistment after five refusals. After an operation he was accepted on the sixth attempt, with persistence paying off for his military service.
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Rochester
N. Y
George G. Andrews
Andrews
Navy
Lights Out at Seattle First U S Blackout Test
Seattle conducted a 15 minute blackout testing citywide display with nearly all lights out from 10 40 to 10 55 p m. Citizens cooperated, crowds paraded downtown, and traffic halted at city limits with no accidents reported. Major Gen John F Curry praised volunteers and defense workers aiding the drill.
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Seattle
U.S
Blackness
John F. Curry
Army Air Corps
Mrs Carpenter Dies at 71 Funeral Monday
Carrie Allen Carpenter 71 died at 136 N Congress St Friday evening on her 52nd wedding anniversary after Christmas illness. Survived by husband S S Carpenter and son Carpenter Logan. another son Oris preceded in death. Four grandchildren and a great grandchild. Born in Glouster she belonged to Glouster and later First Methodist Athens. Funeral Monday 2 pm at First Methodist with Rev John W Danford. burial in W Union St Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 pm Sunday.
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Carrie Allen Carpenter
Congress St
Athens
First Methodist Church
Glouster
John W. Danford
W. Union St
Seek To Avoid Strike Spread In Cincinnati Wage Talks
The Cincinnati board of education negotiates with firemen and engineers over pay, aiming to prevent the strike from spreading to other board employees. AFL representative J G Gusweiler says unions expect wage increases overdue for years and seeks to join ongoing talks.
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Cincinnati
Board of Education
J. G. Gusweiler
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Slayer of New Jersey Girl Traced by Picture
Detective Captain Lucius LaFortune said a man living in South Bend under the alias James Martin admitted he was Joseph Domorad 25. He is charged in New Haven Conn with the murder of Estelle Feinberg a New Jersey high school girl. A reader saw Domorad's photo in a detective story and alerted authorities.
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South Bend
Ind
Lucius LaFortune
James Martin
Joseph Domorad
New Haven
Prominent Findlay Editor Dies At 73
I N Heminger, 73, president of the Findlay Publishing Co and longtime newspaperman, died Saturday from a heart ailment. The firm publishes The Findlay Republican Courier. He helped organize the Ohio select list of daily newspapers and served as its secretary.
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Findlay
I. N. Heminger
Findlay Publishing Co
Findlay Republican Courier
Ohio
Heminger
President Roosevelt salutes AAA farmers on democracy and defense
President Roosevelt spoke from the White House to thousands of farmers celebrating the AAA anniversary. He warned that democracy worldwide depends on farm programs and national defense, praising AAA achievements while highlighting the need to defend democracy against dictatorship. Vice President Wallace and Secretary Wickard joined in praise of agriculture and the programs’ role in national security.
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Washington
Roosevelt
AAA
White House
Henry A. Wallace
Claude A. Wickard
Agriculture Department
Wallace
Wickard
Bomber Assembly Plants Will Be Built in West
The War Department awarded contracts totaling $24,694,284 for three bomber assembly plants in the West. Heavy four motor bomber plants are to be built in Tulsa Oklahoma and Fort Worth Texas. A medium two motor bomber assembly is ordered for Kansas City Missouri.
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West
Washington
War Department
Tulsa
Okla
Fort Worth
Tex
Kansas City
Steel Workers Adopt Seven Day Fifty Six Hour Week
Federal Labor Union officials report about 4,000 Midvale Steel Company plant workers in Philadelphia approved a seven day work week totaling 56 hours by a two to one vote. The move aims to support the national defense emergency. Edward Kunz, AFL union secretary, confirmed the result.
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Philadelphia
Midvale Steel Company
Edward Kunz
AFL
Counties to Get $390000 in Excise Tax Relief
Approximately $390,000 from the .65 percent utilities excise tax will be distributed to 12 counties held at the state treasury for relief. The list includes Meigs County with $4,038 among the due amounts.
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Columbus
Roosevelt Proclaims Army Day April 7 Nationwide
President Roosevelt on Saturday proclaimed Monday April 7 as Army Day and invited the governors of all 48 states to issue similar proclamations extending the observance.
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F.D.R
Washington
President Roosevelt
Man Who Pleaded Guilty to L A Times Bombing Murder Dies
James B. McNamara, 59, who admitted guilt in the murder charge tied to the Los Angeles Times bombing that killed 21, died Saturday in San Quentin Prison.
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San Quentin
Calif
James B. McNaMara
Los Angeles Times
Army Leaders Study Plan To Hold Draftees
Military authorities discussed doubling the new armored force by fall and retaining selectives and National Guardsmen beyond one year. The War Department weighs extending Guard service six to twelve months and expanding land forces beyond 1,418,000. Congress would need authorization, with decisions tied to international developments. Some officials favor expansion by volunteers.
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Washington
Army
Congress
National Guard
War Department
Tow Trucks Free Man Trapped by Auto Crash
In Cleveland a 90 minute rescue used two tow trucks pulling in opposite directions to free Louis Reinhart, 31, from his wedged car after a pole collision. He suffered multiple leg fractures.
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Cleveland
Louis Reinhart
Reinhart
Suburbanites Face Boston Commuter Tax Under Proposal
A council proposal could require suburban residents with “good jobs” in Boston to help share the city’s expenses by paying a commuter tax. The plan targets workers commuting into the city and seeks fiscal relief for city services.
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Boston
Senate Passes Lease-Lend Bill For War Effort
After three weeks of debate the Senate approved the lease-lend bill by 60 to 31 sending it to the House with admin amendments. The measure authorizes Roosevelt to mobilize American industry for Britain and allies in the war against Germany amid tense but orderly proceedings. A protest banner was dropped into the chamber by a woman in the gallery, prompting removal by Capitol police.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
America
England
Germany
House
White House
Walsh
D-Mass
Naval Committee
Navy
Air Force
United States
Capitol
Union Station
War and Navy Departments
Coun
Fees of Measure Are Beaten Down in Last Day of Voting
The Senate rejected several amendments to a bill authorizing President Roosevelt to arrange defense material production and transfers to Britain Greece and China with later congressional oversight. It limits value of transfers to 1.3 billion and ends authority June 30 1943 with contracts through July 1 1946. The vote counted 55 to 38 against restricting use of ports and vessels and included diverse perspectives from Taft Burton and Willkie.
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United States
England
Greece
China
Senate
Congress
Army
Navy
Bridges
R-Nh
Britain
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lucas
D-Nii
Congressional
Gillette
Iowa
Ohio
Robert A Taft
Cincinnati
Harold H Burton
Cleveland
Ohio Nearing Draft Quota
Ohio officials estimated on Saturday that the state needed about 11 000 more men to reach its first draft quota. Washington military spokesmen said voluntary enlistments would lower the next four months quotas by about 25 percent, with Ohio’s cut estimated at 13 120 from an original 52 500. With 28 262 called, the state was 11 118 short of an updated 39 380 quota.
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Turkey
Yugoslavia
Alesander Cincar-Markovic
Berchtesgaden
Berlin
Rome
Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
United States State Department
Saurday
Ken Early
Poland
England
East Africa
Ethiopia
Cairo
Addis Ababa
Jibati
Gulf of Aden
Columbus
Ohio
Washington
Phillips Bill Aims to Reform Ohio Small-Loan Rates
Senator H. T. Phillips introduces twin bills in Ohio to cut small loan rates, set repayment limits, and cap lender capital. Ten companies with 60 offices back the plan, endorsed by the Russell Sage Foundation. Ohio hosts 552 lenders serving about 500000 borrowers with a total of roughly 60 million dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House
Imum
H. T. Phillips
Athens
Russell Sage Foundation
New York
Phillips
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Young Ford
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