Ohio U. Bobcats To Play In National Invitation Tournament
Ohio University basketball earns a spot in the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden New York City. Coach W J Trautwein leads a 16 3 team joined by Westminster Duquesne Virginia with LIU Seton Hall Rhode Island State and CCNY or NYU the eighth slot. The Bobcats led by seniors Baumholtz Ott DeIN zer Sherry Snyder Blickensderfer and juniors Miller and Lalich posted 54 2 points per game and beat Toledo Washington and Jefferson to end the season.
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Ohio VII
New York
Ohio
Peden
University Board of Athletic Control
Westminster
New Wilmington
City College of New York
New York University
Seton Hall
Long Island
Rhode Island
Duquesne
Virginia
Bobcats
Bobcat
Frank Baumholtz
Carl Ott
Vern Deinzer
Harry McSherry
Jim Snyder
Charlie Blickensderfer
Bob Miller
Pete Lalich
University of Toledo
Washington and Jefferson
Kansas City Society Beauty Found Slain in Home Bed
Leila Adele Welsh a 24 year old Kansas City social figure and 1937 University of Kansas beauty contestant was found murdered in her bedroom. Police suspect entry through a window and left a hammer and knife at the scene. gloves found nearby. Her mother discovered the body in the Welsh home and questions about motive center on a possible robbery not supported by valuables.
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Kansas City
Leila Adele Welsh
Marie F. Welsh
Welsh
University of
Miss Welsh
Knoxville
West College
Oxrd
Ohio
Leila McKee Welsh
Twelve Firemen Die As Theater Roof Collapses in Brockton
In Brockton Massachusetts twelve firemen were killed and 16 injured when the snow laden roof of the Strand Theater collapsed during a blaze. Names of the dead include Capt John F Carroll and Lieut Raymond A Mitchell among 12 victims. about 25 were trapped and four bodies not recovered by daybreak as rescuers worked through debris. A priest from St Patrick's Church assisted in last rites inside the burning building.
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Brockton
Mass
Strand Theater
John F. Carroll
William Murphy
Daniel O’brien
Henry Sullivan
Malcolm McNeill
Matthew
Geary
Raymond A. Mitchell
Dennis Murphy
Roy H. Keraghan
George Collins
Fred Kelley
Martin Lipper
Lawrence Morrison
St. Patrick's Church
War Contracts To Be Divided
Washington officials say the Lease-Lend Bill will trigger a national drive to divide armament contracts between Irish and American forces, ensuring new orders are awarded without bottlenecks. They note about 90 percent of a large wartime defense total went to 600 large concerns, with most prime contractors sharing billions in orders.
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Washington
Deber
Fate of Grasshopper Line To Be Decided At Trial
The Grasshopper rail line running from Jeffersonville to Se shall be considered for abandonment by the Indiana Railroad. State Utilities Commission and Interstate Commerce Commission will act as judge and jury to decide its fate amid local lore and criticism.
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Grasshopper
Washington C. H
Otte County
State ‘Uitilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jeffersonville
Ivania
Crosley Reports Large Loss in 1940 Financials
Crosley Cor tion reported a net loss of 589,288 for 1940, versus 84,949 loss the prior year. Net sales rose slightly from 16,051,076 to 16,915,000, with partial figures indicating improved revenue.
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Cincinnati
Crosley Cortion
Howl
Detroit Strike Threat Grows More Serious
Federal conciliators sought to avert two strikes in Detroit while New York transit workers walk out against two bus firms serving 875000 riders daily. The UAW called today’s strike at Midland Steel Products, maker of frames for army trucks, as James F. Dewey met to push a truce. A second Detroit action threatened at Ford plants loomed amid resumed talks over a $5000000 army truck order and a stalled Chrysler tank arsenal project amid a jurisdictional dispute between AFL machinists and carpenters.
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Associated Press
Detroit
New York
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Midland Steel Products Company
James F. Dewey
Ford Motor Company
L. F. Rye
UAW
Federal Motor Truck Company
Chrysler Army Tank Arsenal
AFL
Boxers' Manager Given Five Year Pen Term
New York boxer manager Hymie Caplin was sentenced to five to ten years in Sing Sing on grand larceny charges. He allegedly backed a ring of card sharps, with Judge Brancato remarking the sentence reflects contempt for deceitful conduct in sport.
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New York
Hymie Caplin
Bowers
Sing Sing
Kings County
Peter J. Brancato
Coplin
Creed
Thailand Accepts Border Peace Plan Amid Talks
Formal initialling of a peace agreement is planned at Premier Konoye's residence. The border dispute between French Indo China and Thailand moves toward settlement as French Ambassador Arseny Henry met Foreign Minister Matsuoka for 90 minutes and Thailand informed Matsuoka of its acceptance of the latest form.
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Tokyo
Thailand
Fumimaro Konoye
Charles Arsene Henry
Yosuke Matsuoka
Matsuoka
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Suspended by Strike Action
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette suspended publication last night until further notice after 40 outdoor circulation department workers struck. Management cited the strikers blocking the building as the cause, with pressroom stereotyping and mailing staff not crossing the picket line.
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Pittsburgh
Morning Post-Gazette
Post-Gazette
British Reject Hoover Plan For Relief Kitchens
The British government rejects Herbert Hoover's plan to establish soup kitchens in Belgium as a test of relief for Nazi occupied countries. The British embassy says no relief can be devised that would aid the enemy, while Hoover warns that millions of children and the weak face malnutrition and death without relief.
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Washington
Germany
Herbert Hoover
Belgium
Hoover
Armeda Townsend Dies At Bolins Mill Sunday
Mrs. Armeda Townsend aged 63 died from a heart ailment at her home near Bolins Mill Sunday morning. Survived by husband Miles Townsend and three daughters Elza McAfee and Newt Knowlton of Albany and Virgil Shingler of Union. Funeral Tuesday at 2 PM at New Marshfield Methodist Church. Friends may call at Townsend home near Bolins Mill.
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Armeda Townsend
Bolins Mill
Miles Townsend
Elza McAfee
Newt Knowlton
Albany
Virgil Shingler
Union
William Grubb
Athens
Jerome
William
Eli Mace
New Marshfield
Alonzo
Hiram Mace
Zaleski
Admiralty Takes Control Of Shipbuilding Labor
London reports Labor Minister Ernest Bevin placed shipbuilding labor under Admiralty control to speed up building and repair work. The order enables rapid transfer of skilled labor to urgent sites.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Admiralty
94th Assembly Faces State Budget Debates in Columbus
The 94th Ohio General Assembly opens its 10th week with a $352,000,000 budget plan for state department operations for 1941-42. The House Finance Committee prepared the appropriation bill for introduction as hearings begin, with department heads and groups seeking more allocations. Senate actions include diverting $5,000,000 in auto license tag revenue to local needs, $12,000,000 yearly sales tax to local government, a suggested $17,000,000 increase, and reenacting the liquid fuel tax for two years. Also resuming hearings on liberalizing unemployment insurance benefits.
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Columbus
94Th
Ohio General Assembly
House Finance Committee
Senate
Webster Kenney Dies At Home of His Son
Webster Kenney age 80 farmer died Sunday evening about 5 o clock at the home of his son E C Kenney Albany Road Born in Alexander Township he lived near Bates after his wife died a year ago He leaves a daughter Mrs Mae Johnson four grandchildren Lowell Kenney Dayton Verle Chagrin Falls Cleveland Floyd Kenney Troy and Gordon Earl Johnson Athens three great-grandchildren Funeral at Pleasanton Church conducted by Rev C E Knight Friends may call at the Kenney home after three o'clock Monday afternoon
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Webster Kenney
E. C. Kenney
Albany Road
Mr. Kenney
Alexander Township
Bates
Mae Johnson
Lowell Kenney
Dayton
Verle
Chagrin Falls
Cleveland
Floyd Kenney
Troy
Gordon Earl Johnson
Athens
Pleasanton Church
C. E. Knight
Kenney
People’s Tractor Aims to Aid German Farmers
Berlin reports Dr. Robert Ley predicting postwar Germany will have a people’s tractor similar to the people’s car for its citizens. Ley said a tractor plant would be the world’s largest and produce machines so cheap that four to six million farmers could buy them.
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Berlin
Robert Ley
Workers’ Front
Vienna
Ley
Disbarred Judge Resigns From City Post in Ohio
Municipal Judge David Copland, disbarred last July for crafting a fictitious legal opinion and publishing it, resigns from his $9 000 a year job. His March 10 letter was received in Columbus today by Gov. Bricker to take effect April 1.
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Cleveland
David Copland
Columbus
John W. Bricker
FD Expected To Sign Bill Wednesday
Congress nears final action on the British aid bill with House approval anticipated Tuesday and the president poised to sign Wednesday. The program would swiftly move war materials to Britain, starting with small naval vessels and food supplies, under broad authority to dispose of armaments and shipments.
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Washington
Britain
Atlantic
House
Senate
White House
Rayburn
Broom
D-Ny
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Stephen Early
Harold Smith
Rotary Morgenthau
Early
Congress
Hall
Stimson
Knox
Morgenthau
Harry Hopkins
Commerce
Office of Production Management
Army
Navy
United States
Greece
China
Avon Lake crash claims Cleveland man Leonard Wakefield
Leonard Wakefield, 59, of Cleveland, was killed when the car he rode in crashed into a tree along Lake Road in Avon Lake Village. The crash occurred after the vehicle left the roadway and struck the tree. Police and emergency crews responded to the scene.
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Lorain
Leonard Wakefield
Cleveland
Avon Lake Village
Lake Road
Miners Wage Talks Open With Big Steel Leaders in New York
In New York CIO leaders and 66 SWOC units signaled plans to press for a new wage deal with U S Steel subsidiaries for bituminous miners. The 450 000 UMW workers under a four year contract now seek higher pay and shorter hours, while rejecting a 2 1/2 cent compromise.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
SWOC
Big Steel
Murray
UMW
New York
CIO Umw
West Virginia
U. S. Steel Corporation
CIO
Steel
Peacemaker in Tavern Dispute Shot Fatally
PORTSMOUTH A roadside restaurant west of here ended in deadly violence when Herman Shaw a 24 year old farm hand was shot after he attempted to mediate a quarrel between two patrons over a 50 cent check Proprieter J H Rose fired the shot Deputy Sheriff Charles Pfau said the beer bottle had whizzed past Rose s head
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Portsmouth
Herman Shaw
Here
Charles Pfau
J. H. Rose
Rose
Shaw
May Extend Service of National Guardsmen
Members of the House Military Committee believe National Guard units on active duty could be kept beyond the two month limit if the international situation remains tense. The discussion centers on extending service as a precaution in light of global events and military needs.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Westinghouse Workers Seek 10 Cent Wage Increase
Leaders of the CIO United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers Union said they will push for a single comprehensive contract and a 10 cents an hour raise for 40 000 Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company workers in 22 plants. Details were withheld pending submission to Westinghouse officials.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Westinghouse
Escaped Ohio Murderer Captured in New York
Batavia New York police arrested Claude Burdett Blood 39 who escaped August 21 1939 from a London Ohio prison farm where he served a life term for murder He was seized on a farm in Conewango Valley Cattaraugus County and admitted his identity and will be held for Ohio authorities He had worked on the farm since last December.
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Batavia
N. Y
Claude Burdett Blood
London
Ohio
Eugene Hoyt
Conewango Valley
Cattaraugus County
Strike settlement ends two day school holiday in Cincinnati
Heat and 50,000 public school children returned to classrooms in Cincinnati after a two day strike by firemen and engineers. The settlement came late yesterday after a board meeting with a union of 70 members from the International Union of Operating Engineers and Stationary Firemen and Oilers, AFL.
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Cincinnati
International Unions of
Oilers
AFL
Reprisals and Front Line Battles Dominate War News
Fas cist editor Virginio Gayda claims Britain’s aid bill risks open war and warns of reprisals by Japan as the Axis counters with a blockade. Reports cite Russian troop movements near Turkey, Greek and Turkish anti-German sentiment, and Italian Front losses as Allied forces push in Africa and the Indian Ocean. Nazi air raids on London mark a violent weekend as British naval actions claim an Italian sea raider.
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Britain
Norway
Loften Islands
London
Mussolini
England
United States
Pacific
Virginio Gayda
Japan
Far East
Tokyo
Gayda
Roosevelt
Jean Achard
France
Balkans
Belgrade
Russia
Caucasus
Turkey
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Greece
Yeni Sabah
Council of Ministers
Franz von Papen
Italy
Athens
Korizis
Africa
Ethiopia
Fer-Fer
Italian Somaliland
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Ogaden
Lake Tana
Burye
Eritrea
Cheren
Admiralty
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Indian Ocean
Dee
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Stalin
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Bricker
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