Willow Grove Mine Disaster Reach Fifteen Dead
Seven more bodies were recovered from the Willow Grove Mine bringing dead to 15 on the surface with 58 still buried. Experts expect all removals by tomorrow as the diggers labor in four hour shifts three and a half miles from the entry. After damp gas likely caused most deaths. the State Industrial Commission set an office to identify victims and survivors for compensation claims. Max claim is 6500 dollars. UMWA estimates total claims around 450000 dollars.
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NEFFS
Willow Grove
State Industrial Commission
Belmont County
St. Clairsville
Murder Ring Trigger Men Admit Killings
New York report says fifteen murders are confessed by members of the Murder Syndicate. The gang, spread from Brooklyn to Hollywood, included actor Irving Cohen known as Jack Cohen a Big Gang, held without bail as a murder fugitive.
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New York
U.P
Wiliam O’dwyer
O’dwyer
Kings County
Brooklyn
Gaing
Brownsville
Hollywood
Irving Cohen
Jack Cohen
Sullivan County
N. Y
Cough Medicine Fatal To Cleveland Child
A three year old boy Edward Bowles died after swallowing two ounces of cough medicine last night. He pulled a bottle from a shelf, told his grandmother Mary Salter what he had done, but died before reaching a hospital.
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Cleveland
Edward Bowles
Mary Salter
Pershing Ends Vacation and Heads to Checkup
General John J. Pershing concluded his Arizona winter vacation today and departed for a medical checkup at the government hospital in Hot Springs Arkansas before returning to Washington.
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Pershing
Tucson
Ariz
John J. Pershing
Arizona
Government Hospital
Hot Springs
Ark
Washington
Actress and Producer Plan Second Wedding
Gracie Fields and Monte Banks announced plans for a second wedding and a honeymoon in England before week’s end. They wed yesterday at Fields family home so her ill mother could attend, with a second ceremony set for May 1 in a country church at Talcombe, England.
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Hollywood
A.P
Gracie Field
Monte Banks
Hushband
England
Miss Fields
Talcombe
Seek Authorization for Ohio River Flood Work
Maj. Gen. Julian L. Schley told the house flood control committee that no additional flood control work can start in 12 river valleys, including the Ohio River Valley, until Congress passes further authorization legislation.
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Washington
Julian L. Schley
Army Engineers
House Flood Control Committee
Congress
Schley
Ohio River
Atlas Curtiss-Wright Merger Set To Close In Three Weeks
New York United Press reports a proposed merger involving Atlas Corp with $170 million value, a $63 million investment trust, and Curtiss-Wright Corp with securities totaling over $106 million, aimed for completion within three weeks.
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New York
U.P
Atlas Corp
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Pittsburgh Student Convicted in Cleveland Murder Case
John Lewis McCormick of the University of Pittsburgh was convicted of murder in Cleveland for the slaying of private patrolman Theodore Nichols during a holdup. Pleading insanity, he was spared the death penalty by a jury’s mercy recommendation and faces life imprisonment.
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John Lewis McCormick
University of Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Ohio
Theodore Nichols
McCormick
India Congress Chief Rejects Aid to Britain in War
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, president of the All India Congress, denounces British imperialism in a nine thousand word plenary speech and refuses to aid Britain in the war. He condemns Fascism and Nazism and pledges India’s sympathy to those resisting the wave.
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Ramgarh
India
U.P
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
All India Congress
Congress
Britain
Azad
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Allies Planned 100000-Strong Help to Finland
In a Commons speech Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain blamed Germany for Finland's downfall and said the Allies would have sent an expeditionary force of 100,000 troops to Finland by end of April if the war there had continued.
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London
W.P
Finland
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Germany
Mines Sink Two Vessels Off London
The French steamer Capitaine Augustin of 3137 tons and the Italian collier Tina Primo of 4853 tons were sunk after striking mines in British waters, according to a British report released today.
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Capitaine Augustin
Tina Primo
Peace on His Terms Would Ruin England
Berlin leaked reports say Hitler and Mussolini outlined peace terms favoring German control of Europe with limited Polish and Czech states and restored colonial gains. Vatican mediation and Soviet participation were discussed, but Allies would reject terms. Hitler aims to encircle Britain and threaten Britain with air power to break morale.
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England
Europe
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Balkans
Reich
Great Britain
Vatican
Sumner Welles
U. S
Britain
Italy
Mussolini
Turkey
Siegfried Line
London
Paris
Former Governor Davey Blames Bricker Era for Highway Dept Shortfall
Former Governor Martin L. Davey criticized the Bricker administration saying experienced workers were dismissed, harming the State Highway Department and contributing to current difficulties in Ohio infrastructure.
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Kent
Martin L. Davey
State Highway Department
Bricker
Beckler Trial Moves to Marietta for April 29 Start
The trial of Athens County engineer B. F. Beckler Jr. will begin Monday April 29 in Washington County Common Pleas Court at Marietta. Judge Belt granted a change of venue after arguments, with motions pending for a new trial for County Commissioners Whitmore and Maccombs.
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B. F. Beckler, Jr
Athens County
Washington County
Beckler
Ira Whitmore
Walter Maccombs
Judge Belt
Athens
Maccombs
Whitmore
Labor Board Split Widens Over Accusations in 1940s Case
Dr William M Leiserson former NLRB member accuses two colleagues of intruding on bargaining in a dissent on the McQuay Norris Manufacturing Company ruling. The dispute deepens as Wagner Act amendments loom and labor law changes near the 1940 elections. The majority found McQuay Norris violated law by denying a CIO United Auto Workers exclusive bargaining rights clause.
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Washington
U.R
William M. Leiserson
Roosevelt
National Labor Relations Board
Leiserson
McQuay Norris Manufacturing Company
Indianapolis
Ind
House Labor Committee
McQuay Norris
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Chamber of Deputies Debates Foreign Policy
In Paris the Chamber of Deputies opened a secret debate on France's foreign policy after 16 deputies urged Premier Edouard Daladier to set a war initiative against Germany and Russia. They pressed for tougher action to prevent a repeat of Finland’s collapse in Europe.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Edouard Daladier
Germany
Russia
Daladier
France
Finland
Europe
Rutland Bowman Brothers Jailed in Holdup Attempt
Dean and Donald Bowman of Rutland Meigs County Ohio twin brothers of Neal Bowman were jailed in Columbus for an attempted liquor store holdup on W Fifth Ave. They were captured by newspaper circulation employees Dennis Gallagher and Frank Wilkins who spotted the act. The brothers claimed hardship from their family’s reputation.
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Columbus
U.P
Dean
Donald Bowman
Rutland
Meigs County
Neal Bowman
Ohio
Keller
Kentucky
Howard
Bowman
Donald
Ohio State University
Farm Bill To Increase Debt Ceiling Worries Lawmakers
Senate action on a $922.9 million Agriculture Department appropriation bill risks driving federal debt near the $45 billion limit. Senator Arthur Vandenberg cautioned that if Roosevelt budget levels pass, the national mortgage could come within $61 million of the cap. The bill adds $212 million beyond Roosevelt estimates, erasing prior savings and eroding House economies.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Agriculture Department
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Roosevelt
Vandenberg
House
County Supervisors Of NYA Meet Here
A meeting of NYA county supervisors was held in the Athens City Council Chambers led by area supervisor Robert D. Royer. State office visitors included Alice Vaughan Frank Blazina Robert Eichhorn and Joseph Penfold. The group planned a visit to the sheet metal shop in the city water works building.
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NYA County
Athens City
Robert D. Royer
Alice Vaughan
Frank Blazina
Robert Eichhorn
Joseph Penfold
City Water Works
Remove Tack From Millfield Boy's Lung
A tack was removed from the lung of one year old Steven Edward Edry of Millfield Athens County by a Columbus specialist. The child swallowed the tack Sunday night and was sent from Logan hospital to Columbus for bronchoscopy. His condition was reported excellent.
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Columbus
Steven Edward Edry
Joseph Erdy
Millfield
Athens County
Logan Hospital
Hatch Pushes Federal Funds For Campaigns
Senator Carl A. Hatch of New Mexico backs extending the clean politics act to state employees paid with federal funds and proposes funding major campaigns from federal appropriations. The bill, advancing after Senate passage 58 to 28, moves to a House Judiciary Committee where leaders fear its prospects.
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Washington
Carl A. Hatch
N. M
Senate
Uncle Sam
Hatch
House
Judiciary Committee
William B. Bankhead
Vernal Equinox Marks First Day of Spring in Ohio
Ohio observes the vernal equinox at 1 24 pm on Wednesday. forecasters predict mild weather with possible light rains. The event signals spring when the sun crosses the celestial equator and enters Aries, ending the harsh winter for many residents.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
United States Weather Bureau
Aries
Medical Officials Seek Amendments to Wagner Hospital Bill
Officials of the American Medical Association urged amending the Wagner Hospitalization Bill to preserve local control of hospitals built under the act. The proposal, requested by President Roosevelt, would authorize federal construction of 10 million dollars in hospitals in small communities lacking them.
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Washington
The
American Medical Association Today
Roosevelt
Chamberlain vows resolve against Nazism and fascism
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declared Britain ready to meet any challenge from Hitler or Mussolini and said allied aims would not be diverted. He cited German threats thwarting plans to save Finland and warned neutral nations must defend themselves with allied aid.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Germany
House of Commons
Finland
Soviet
Russia
Europe
Sweden
Norway
Hitler
Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Chamberlain
Scapa Flow
Queen Mary to Serve as Anzac Troop Ship
The Queen Mary and Mauretania will be moved from safe harbor to transport British troops between Australia and Allied points, likely to the Near East. Antonia arrived with 770 men to form crews for the two liners, and Queen Mary is being repainted in dark battleship gray.
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New York
Mauretania
Australia
Near East
Cunard
Antonia
Diehl Hardware President Found Dead in Mad River
Warren W. Diehl age 53 head of Diehl Hardware Company was found dead by his body in Mad River Springfield. Coroner Austin Richards ruled death by self inflicted causes in a surprising personal crisis report.
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Springfield
Warren W. Diehl
Diehl
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Colonial Finance Cline’s Pharmacy
Evan’s
Motorola Radio
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