Subjects of Conference Kept Secret
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a secret two hour and 12 minute talk at Brenner Pass. They discussed a peace offensive or closer cooperation if Germany widens the war. Also noted were plans to bottle up the Allies and keep neutrality in the Balkans.
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Bremero
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Mussolini
Hitler
Rome
Berlin
Brenner Ass
Galeazzo Ciano
Joachim von Ribbentrop
von Ribbentrop
Hope Fades As Belmont County Mine Trapped 69 Workers
Rescue crews bore into a Belmont County hillside three miles toward the Willow Grove No. 10 mine where 69 miners were entombed after a Saturday explosion. Officials expressed little hope of survivors as gas and debris hindered efforts.
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Neffs
Belmont County
Willow Grove
John Marks
Ross McFadden
Inmate Hangs Self at State Hospital
Dr. E F Clouse reported that Elizabeth Miller a 35 year old patient from Zanesville admitted six weeks ago at the state hospital for the insane hanged herself in a shower room using cloth bits torn from her clothing.
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State Hospital
Columbus
E F. Clouse
State Hospital For the
Elizabeth Miller
Zanesville
Farley Ties to Garner Anti Third Term Movement
Washington reports indicate Postmaster General Farley informally aids Vice President Garner in opposing a third term. The Ohio primary deadline passed with Roosevelt secure 52 delegates if desired. Open break between Farley and Roosevelt not confirmed, despite moves by New Deal planners to build a Roosevelt delegate bloc.
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Washington
James A. Farley
John N. Garner
Ana
Farley
Ohio
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Breathing Breathitt feud turns deadly in deputy’s son slay
Four men, Edward Haddix 18 Oilie Spencer 35 Little Tom Salyers 19 Woodrow Salyers 21, held in Fayette County jail for the slaying of Wilson Deaton son and deputy of Sheriff Walter Deaton of Breathitt County. Deaton was killed on a highway after attempting to stop a fight amid a political feud tied to 1938 campaign tensions involving Gov Chandler and Sen Barkley.
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Lexington
U.P
Fayette County
Wilson Deaton
Walter Deaton Offeuding
Breathitt County
Deaton
Edward Haddix
Oilie Spencer
Little Tom” Salyers
Woodrow
Wilson
Fred
Lewis Combs
Democratic
Jackson
Combs
A. B
Happy) Chandler
U. S
Alben W. Barkley
Eva Hubbard Dies at Athens Home Sunday
Eva Hubbard aged 64 died Sunday afternoon at four at her home 38 Brown Ave after a two months illness. She is survived by daughter Frieda Smith of New York City son William Goins of Oakland California and sister Mrs John West of The Plains. Friends may call at Jagers Funeral Home with arrangements to be announced after Mrs Smith arrives from New York.
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Eva. Hubbard
Brown Ave
Freed Spanish Aviator Faces Bad Check Charge
Harold E. Dahl once shot down for Spanish Loyalists returned to New York amid new trouble. The 30 year old aviator faces charges for seven bad checks alleged to have been passed before he left to fight in Spain in 1936. Authorities from Los Angeles pursue the former pilot.
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New York
Harold E. (Whitey) Dahl
Dahl
Arthur C. Hohmann
Los Angeles
America
Spain
India Abandons Participation in European War
The All-India Congress Committee meeting at Ramgarh Hills prepares for plenary sessions of the All-Indian Nationalist Congress and approves the Patna resolution calling for Indian independence and dissociation from the European war by a large majority.
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Ramgarh Hills
India
U.P
All-India Congress Committee
Congress
Patna
GM Bargaining Election to Cover 59 GM Plants
The NLRB regional office announced the General Motors bargaining selection, the largest industrial poll to date, will be held at 59 plants in 11 states on April 17. Workers in Michigan Ohio Wisconsin New York Indiana Missouri Georgia Maryland Connecticut California and New Jersey will participate.
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Detroit
National Labor Relations Board
General Motors
NLRB
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
New York
Indiana
Missouri
Georgia
Maryland
Connecticut
California
New Jersey
Rest Is Prescribed For President's Cold
Washington Admiral Ross T. McIntire, the White House physician, ordered President Roosevelt to take two or three more days of rest to overcome a severe head cold and slight fever.
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Washington
U.P
Ross T. McIntire
White House
Roosevelt
Scapa Flow Raid Tests Britons View Of Air War Tactics
British press questions aerial defenses after a first civilian air raid. Germans claim direct hits on Hood Renown and cruiser as 14 bombers return. minor damage to a battleship, cottages wrecked, 14 civilians and seamen hurt. Villages near Scapa Flow report over 100 bombs and fiery debris.
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London
Scapa Flow
Orkney Island
Daily Telegraph
Admiralty
Warshi
Berlin
Hood
Helgoland Bight
Scottish
Aberdeen
Heinkel
Firth of Forth
Bridge of Waith
Gallia Chick Hatchery Swept by Five Thousand Blaze
A fire at Walters Chick Hatchery in Gallipolis caused about 5000 dollars in damages early today. Several thousand baby chicks and equipment were lost. the blaze is blamed on faulty wiring. Insurance may cover about half the loss.
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Gallipolis
Walters
Balmy Weather Sparks Early Spring Hype in Ohio
Ohioans shed coats and hats as a balmy Sunday stoked picnic plans and a double header of Palm Sunday and St Patrick's Day crowds. Weather forecaster John C. Fisher called it a foretaste of spring while warning of more snow possible in March and April.
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John C. Fisher
U. S
Seek To Indict Murder Ring In New York Case
District Attorney William O Dwyer seeks an indictment against a alleged murder syndicate boss who he says orchestrated about 20 killings. The ring recruited young operatives and paid victims with a tiered scheme, with hired killers earning only small sums.
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New York
U.P
William O'Dwyer
Underworld
O'Dwyer
Inventor Seeks U S Back Tests of Most Deadly Explosive
Four congressional committees heard inventor Lester P. Barlow plead for 25000 to test his explosive on animals. He claims instant death from a rapid gas-expansion blast, with goats to be placed on a Texas prairie. Humane societies protested, while some senators supported the end justifying the means.
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U.S
Washington
U.P
Lester P. Barlow
Animal Humane Societies
Gerald P. Nye, R
N. D
Barlow
Glenn Martin Aircraft
Baltimore
Naval
Senate
House Military and Naval Affairs Committee
War Department
Congress
Texas
Veteran Foreman Leads 68 Miners to Air Shaft Rescue
Dominic Stanchina, a veteran foreman, guided 68 miners from Willow Grove No 10 mine to an air shaft after a gas explosion. By remaining in a gas-free entry and locating a brattice, he kept his crew safe while 23 men attempted the main entrance and were overcome. Tom Gettings and Carl Clipp recovered the unconscious workers along the tracks and saved lives. 19 remained in hospitals but were expected to survive.
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John Owens
United Mine Workers of Ohio
James Berry
State Mine Department
Hanna Coal Company
Neffs
Willow Grove No. 10
Dominic Stanchina
Stanchina
Tom Gettings
Carl Clipp
Fugitive Marines in Akron Police Office
Charley Myers 18 and Thelma Feller 18 were newlyweds facing a crime arrest five hours before their wedding. Myers was arrested on a grand larceny fugitive warrant. Police Chief Rae Williams offered his office as the ceremony was arranged to avoid spoiling the couple’s plans.
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AKRON
A.P
Charley Myers
Thelma Feller
Myers
Rae Williams
Welles Holds Talks With Pope Pius in Vatican City
United States Under-Secretary of State Sumner Welles spent about 50 minutes with Pope Pius XII and then 30 minutes with Luigi Cardinal Magli. He planned a possible late Tuesday meeting with Benito Mussolini in Rome before sailing home. Myron Taylor accompanied Welles to the Vatican.
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Vatican City
United States
Sumner Welles
Pius
Luigi Cardinal Maglione
Welles
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Genoa
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Vatican
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Taft Begins Kentucky Campaign Tour For GOP Nomination
Senator Robert A Taft launches his Republican presidential bid in Kentucky with stops in Louisville and Danville this Friday and Saturday He plans a side trip to Hagdenville to visit the Abraham Lincoln shrine established in 1911 by his father the late president and Chief Justice William Howard Taft
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Louisville
J.P
Robert A. Taft
Kentucky
Danville
Taft
Hagdenville
Abraham Lincoln
William Howard Taft
Finns Fearful Of Disease In Spring Thaws
Finland faces a major public health challenge as thousands of dead infantry and horses from battles across Karelia and near Lake Ladoga raise epidemic fears during the spring thaw. Authorities race to salvage property and avert outbreaks before the border shift to Russia completes.
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Helsinki
U.P
Finland
Ead
Russia
Karelia
Lake
Ladoga
Publicity Director for Harding Bricker Dies
COLUMBUS. Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Claude C Waltermire 54 newspaper man and political publicity writer who died in a hospital here Saturday. He had been ill for some time of an asthmatic ailment. Waltermire was director of publicity for the Warren G Harding presidential campaign in 1920 and was in charge of publicity for Governor Bricker in the 1938 Ohio gubernatorial campaign.
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Columbus
U.P
Claude C. Waltermire
Waltermire
Warren G. Harding
Bricker
Ohio
William Clendenin of Gallia County Dies at 77
J. William Clendenin, 77, resident of Gallia County, died Saturday night at home. He is survived by his wife and son Stuart. Funeral services scheduled for Tuesday at 2 p.m. under the direction of the Masonic Fraternity.
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Gallipolis
J. William Clendenin
Gallia County
Stuart
Masonic Fraternity
Ohio State Fair Sets April 1 Deadline for Early Races
State fair manager Win H. Kinnan announces April 1 as the closing date for entries in the early closing racing program at the 1940 Ohio State Fair. The fair runs August 26 to August 30.
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Columbus
Win H. Kinnan
Senate Votes on Hatch Clean Politics Bill
Washington reports the Senate debates a Hatch clean politics act extending to thousands of state employees. The bill has divided Democrats and stretched into its twelfth day with Assistant Democratic Leader Sherman Minton voicing exasperation and readiness to press the final vote.
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Senate
Washington
U.P
Sherman Minton
Drowns in Gravel Pit at Middletown
A nine year old girl named Bobby Leng drowned Sunday after stumbling into a water filled gravel pit near Middletown. Police said the accident occurred in a local gravel quarry and authorities were alerted shortly after.
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Middletown
U.R
Bobby Leng
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Whitey) Dahl
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