First Lord of Admiralty Sees Quick British Victory With U S Aid
A V Alexander said Britain's victory will be swift with American war supplies as Germany increases aerial attacks. RAF strikes hit Hamburg Bremen Edemden Rotterdam while Luftwaffe targets Clydebank Glasgow Liverpool London and Hull, with Berlin reporting casualties and destruction but dismissing British damage.
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Admiralty
Britain
United States
Germany
A. V. Alexander
Hamburg
Bremen
Emden
Rotterdam
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Luftwaffe
Clydebank
Glasgow
Scotland
Liverpool
London
Hull
Air Ministry
Edison plants avoid strike as union accepts contract
The Associated Press reports Edison Inc workers at seven New Jersey and Pennsylvania plants accepted a new contract with wage increases and a modified preferential shop. Meanwhile coal operators and CIO United Mine Workers in New York sought a new pact to replace one expiring March 31, with deadlock noted in other talks and mediation ideas emerging nationally.
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New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
CIO United Mine Workers
New York
Edison
Soft
John L. Lewis
Charles O'Neill
Lewis
O'Neill
Appalachian
Federal Mediation Board
Washington
Labor Department
Cio-United Automobile Workers
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Ford Rolling Mills
Open -Earth Department
Aluminum Company of America
Edgewater
General Instruments Corporation
Elizabeth
Cornell-Dubilier
South Plainfield
New York City
Manhattan
AFL Structural Steel
Birmingham
Ala
Ingalls Iron Works Company
Defense Shipbuilding
Ohio Examiner Editor Held on Libel Charge
Grover Fleming publisher of The Weekly Ohio Examiner was jailed on a criminal libel charge filed by Police Chief Gail Christman. Fleming was taken into custody at Belle Center by Christman and Newark officials. The case stems from Examiner articles about Christman. Fleming had been released from Ohio Penitentiary on July 10, 1940 after a five year sentence for displaying obscene literature to a minor.
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Newark
Grover Fleming
Ohio Examiner
Gail Christman
Fleming
Belle Center
Christman
Examiner
Ohio Penitentiary
Senate panel endorses age limit on driving licenses
Columbus report says proposed highway bill would bar anyone under 15 from receiving a license. Current law allows under 21 with parental consent. The plan by Senator Fred Seibert would permit 16 or 17 year olds to obtain a license with guardian approval.
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Columbus
Senate Highways and Automotive Committee
Fred Seibert
R.-Auglaize
Legion commander says U S aid will tilt British victory
American Legion national commander Milo J. Warner after a Britain visit said American munitions and food shipments would let the British win. He noted Britain lacks trained personnel to operate ships and urged US control of western Hemisphere possessions in future dealings. Also, Lima Locomotive Works announced an order for 10 oil burning locomotives for the Southern Pacific Railroad.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
England
Milo J. Warner
Toledo
Legion
Britain
Warner
Western Hemisphere
United States
Joseph S. Deutschle
Columbus
Franklin D’ol
LIMA
Lima Locomotive Works
Southern Pacific Railroad
Marietta College Students Protest Beer Ban
About 350 students protested a dean’s order banning them from local taverns. They marched to college president K. K. Eversall’s home, chanted Heil Schoonover, and demanded a hearing with Dean Schoonover. The ban threatens expulsion for tavern presence amid campus disturbances.
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Marietta
Marietta College
K. K. Eversall
Heil Schoonover
T. Schoonover
Eversull
Nutmeg Christened as Last Net Tender for Navy
The U. S. S. Nutmeg, last of six anti submarine net tenders, was christened yesterday at the American Ship Building Co. yards. Mrs. James S. Dickie, wife of the company vice president, performed the ceremony.
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Lorain
American Ship Building Co. Yards
James S. Dickie
War Today: Britain’s U-boat peril and Allied aid
In a March reminiscence, Mackenzie recalls Britain’s hunger from unrestricted U boats 24 years ago and links the current Nazi bombing of port cities to Britain’s need for stronger convoys as Allied aid grows. He notes Liverpool Glasgow Bristol and Cardiff as West Coast routes targeted to deny discharge ports.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Britain
Kaiser Wilhelm
Fuehrer
America
jHiftier
Blitzkrieg
Liverpool
Glasgow
London
Bristol
Cardiff
Herr Hitler
Mer
Expansion of Social Security Benefits Urged
President Roosevelt called for expanding social security coverage and raising benefits gradually. He indicated spring developments may occur and argued for incremental increases to avoid utopian changes and reduce state dependency while noting wide regional gaps in old age benefits between richer and poorer states.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hopkins Funeral to Be Held in Chauncey
Funeral services for Phoebe Ella Hopkins age 66 widow of George Hopkins will be at one o clock Sunday in Chauncey. She died yesterday at a son Charles Hopkins home in Green Township. Burial in Nye Cemetery. Survived by sons Charles Leonard George Frank Wykoff and four daughters Eliza Wood Mary Loper Ruth Manning and Viola. Body to be taken to the Loper home in Chauncey before the funeral.
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Green Township
Eliza Wood
Columbus
Mary Loper
Ruth Manning
Chauncey
Viola
Loper
Small Mine Operators' Appeal Is Considered
Washington House Ways and Means Committee heard a proposal to exempt small mines from the Bituminous Coal Act minimum price regulation. J H Wallin of Phillipsburg Pa testified as a witness for small producers at the hearing on extending the act two years.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
J. H. Wallin, Burgess
Phillipsburg
Mine Reopens Monday After Crown Mine Fire
Officials of the New York Coal Co. say Crown Mine No. 52 at Tropic will resume work Monday after a underground fire was extinguished. Miners expect to return to their shifts as repairs follow.
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New Lexington
The
New York Coal Co
Crown
Tropic
Roosevelt to address nation on defense aid and lend lease
President Roosevelt will speak at 9 30 p m Saturday night for 30 minutes in a White House dinner broadcast to discuss defense aid to nations fighting aggressors. He deflected questions on specific Britain ship transfers and noted no details will be prematurely disclosed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Stimson
Great Britain
Secretary of War
Britain
Greece
China
Hull
Knox
Woodrum
House Appropriations
House
Senate
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Army, Navy and Budget Officers
Fifteen Executed in Netherlands for Espionage Ties
Berlin authorities announced that fifteen men convicted of membership in a terror sabotage and espionage organization were executed by firing squad yesterday in the Netherlands.
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Netherlands
Berlin
Proof Is Up To Draftees
In Columbus state draft officials reaffirmed that selection and deferment rely on individual cases by local boards. Maj. M. Ray Allison said even vital defense industries may lose a few workers and that no blanket deferment exists for employers requests. Each registrant must prove personal vital need to his draft board.
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Columbus
Ohio
Maj
M. Ray Allison
National Talent Pool Sought by Government
The government urged a voluntary registration drive to build a national talent pool for defense industry jobs. It targets unemployed workers and those with urgently needed skills not in their current roles, listing aircraft, shipbuilding, and machine shop trades as especially sought after.
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Washington
Eviction Proceedings Begin for 108 Kentucky Mine Families
Deputy Sheriff says 108 families in Floyd County camps faced eviction by Elkhorn Coal Company with 18 already removed from company houses. About 3,000 workers in Wayland Garrett and Sizemore camps have been jobless for eight months, yet stayed in company housing to collect unemployment and relief.
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Prestonsburg
Tom James
Elkhorn Coal Company
Floyd County
Wayland
Garrett
Sizemore
James
Florida Cab Drivers Held in Woman's Death
The body of 33 year old Ruth Rawlins a winter visitor from Canada was found near Gainesville Florida. Police chief E D Vaughn said two St Petersburg taxi cab drivers confessed to killing her Wednesday night.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
E. D. Vaughn
Ruth Rawlins
Canada
Gainesville
Britain seeks rapid U.S. aid for merchant marine
Britain urged quick help from the United States to bolster its merchant marine. Prime Minister Churchill sent Sir Arthur Salter, parliamentary secretary to the ministry of shipping, to the United States immediately to work out shipping aid details.
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London
Britain
United States
No. 10
Downing Street
Churchill
Arthur Salter
Ministry of Shipping
Navy Plans Six New Battle Cruisers In Two Ocean Fleet
Washington reports the navy is building six new battle cruisers as part of the two ocean fleet plan. A public table in the Naval Supply Bill shows a potential total cost of 320.4 million dollars, about 53.4 million per ship, with uncertain armament costs.
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Washington
United States
House Appropriations Committee
Straitsville Native Succumbs in Detroit
Funeral services for Mrs. Harry Vernon Smith, 53, who died in Detroit this morning, will be held at Mrs. Jackson Williamson's home Monday at two o'clock. She formerly lived in Straitsville, moved to Detroit 25 years ago, and is survived by her mother Mrs. Jane Vernon of Straitsville, sisters Mary Daust of Detroit and Minnie Williamson of New Straitsville, and brothers Charles Vernon of New Straitsville and Walter Vernon of Akron.
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New Straitsville
Harry Vernon Smith
Detroit
Jackson Williamson
Super Dive Bomber Will Be Built in Columbus
Curtiss Wright announces a new dive bomber with a top speed of at least 350 mph and double the bomb load of existing models. It will be mass produced at a Columbus Ohio factory employing up to 12,000 workers, aimed at navy needs for greater range and firepower.
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Columbus
New York
Curtiss- Wright
Burdette S. Wright
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Navy
Norway
Low Countries
France
England
Italy
Germany
Italy and Greece clash as fronts surge across Mediterranean
Night air raid defenses held as Nazi bombers faltered under RAF night fighters. In the Bay of Valona harbor Italian steamers fended off torpedo planes. In East Africa British assaults near Cheren repelled, while Greek reports claim Italian divisions about seventy five thousand men were shattered in seven days of fighting.
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RAF
France
Rome War Bulletin
Bay of
Valona
Albania
East Africa
Cheren
Asmara
Eritrea
Stefani
Tepeleni
Attacks on WPA Nominee Hunter by Rep Jones
Rep Robert Jones of Lima denounces Howard O. Hunter's WPA nomination citing 1,416 days of travel from 1934 to 1940. Jones claims Hunter spent much time traveling for holidays and sporting events including New Orleans Derby and other venues, questioning his focus on the forgotten man.
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Washington
Robert Jones
Lima
Howard O. Hunter
Work Projects Administration
Hunter
New Orleans
Jones
Kentucky
United States
WPA
Apples set to reach markets in May and June
Ithaca New York officials announced a new process keeps last year’s apples fresh and firm as when picked. these apples will come on the market in May and June.
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Ithaca
N. Y
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U. S
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Messenger
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