Bombing of Sylt Island Halts German Base
British reconnaissance pilots report the RAF raid on Hornum Seaplane Base on Sylt Island caused extensive damage and fires. They say hangars and slipways were destroyed with little German fighter opposition under clear weather.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Sylt Island
Germany
North Sea
Hornum
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Kingsley Wood
Commons
Wellington
Sylt
Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt
Bomber Command
High Command
Night Raid Becomes Severe Air Attack Warned by Britain
United States abandons European peace moves as Britain vows a sterner stance toward neutrals. Churchill reports a night raid on Sylt as the first in a campaign of raids while Daladier resigns in Paris amid war pressure and new cabinet efforts.
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England
Great Britain
Germany
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
France
Daladier
House of Commons
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
Sylt
Oliver Stanley
Europe
Britain
Warey
Neville Chamberlain
Scandinavian
Edouard Daladier
Paris
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Fritz Todt
Pope Pius
Vatican
Hitler
Chamberlain
Chamber of Deputies
Albert Lebrun
House Labor Committee Advances Wagner Act Revisions
The House Labor Committee moved to quick action on Wagner Act amendments after delaying for a year. It backed adding two members to the National Labor Relations Board and debated an anti violence measure while signaling compromise on a five member board. Leiserson criticized current board members for interference with collective bargaining.
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House
Washington
House Labor Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
Mary T. Norton
Howard W. Smith
Roosevelt
Smith Committee
William M. Leiserson
Leiserson
Warren J. Madden
Erwin S. Smith
Deathbed Story of Policeman Frees Convict
Governor Bricker commuted the life sentence of Edward Dean, a Springfield Black man, after the State Pardon and Parole Commission questioned his guilt in the 1906 murder of Mark Davis in Columbus. The commission noted police officer Albert Yates claimed on his deathbed to withhold testimony that could have cleared Dean. A race riot followed Davis's killing.
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Columbus
Bricker
Edward Dean
Springfield
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Dean
Mark Davis
O. E. Davis
Athens
Davis
Columbia
Foster Streets
Albert Yates
Yates
Interdiction Lifted From Cleveland Holy Redeemer Church
The Roman Catholic Holy Redeemer Church and parish school in Cleveland were cleared after a month of closure. Parishioners, about 700 families mainly Italian, gathered thrice to oppose Rev. Vincent Caruso replacing the late Rev. Martin Compagno. Sacraments were restored except extreme unction.
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Cleveland
U.P
Holy Redeemer
Vincent Caruso
Martin Compagno
Edison to Seek Democratic Nomination for New Jersey Governor
Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison announced his plans to seek the Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey. The statement came from West Orange, New Jersey, as he outlined his candidacy and political aims.
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West Orange
N. J
U.P
Charles Edison
New Jersey
Storm predictions tie Ohio mine blast to magnetic storms
Vancouver based forecaster Edgar C. Thrupp says a March 16 Ohio coal mine explosion was caused by magnetic storms he predicted. He claims his forecasts have rarely missed, citing earthquakes and other disasters as proof.
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Ohio
Vancouver
B. C
U.P
Edgar C. Thrupp
Willow Grove
Thrupp
Removal Demands Follow Cromwell's Toronto Speech
Washington. Congressional demands for the removal of James H. R. Cromwell as American minister to Canada followed his Toronto speech denouncing Germany and isolationists. Senator Bennett C. Clark and Representative George H. Tinkham urged Cromwell be recalled, comparing him to the London era ambassador. Cromwell defended his remarks saying he would risk his head.
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Washington
James H. R. Cromwell
Canada
Germany
Bennett C. Clark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George H. Tinkham
Mass
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Cromwell
Toronto
Walter Hines
Page
London
Tinkham
Clark
Doris Duke
United States
Gore veteran Milo Logue dies in self-inflicted shooting
Milo Logue a 50 year old war veteran of near Gore died after a small caliber rifle shot him in the left temple late Tuesday afternoon. Despondent for months he had been at home in the basement after working for an oil company near Newark. He was taken to Cherrington Hospital. Mrs Logue ill with influenza learned of the tragedy after hearing the shot. Officials said the case is under investigation. Funeral arrangements not announced.
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Logan
Milo Logue
Gore
Logue
Newark
Cherrington
Reinstatement Denied for Ohio Liquor Employee
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to issue a writ ordering State Liquor Director Jacob B. Taylor to reinstate Thomas F. Lynch, a dismissed provisional employee at the New Lexington state liquor store. The ruling may affect other Bricker administration dismissals seeking reinstatement.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Jacob B. Taylor
Thomas F. Lynch
New Lexington
Bricker
Roosevelt Confined Again By White House Physician
President Roosevelt is ordered back to bed with a severe cold and fever up to 99.4 degrees. Dr. Ross T. McIntire, Roosevelt’s physician, found he had been running a higher temperature than the previous day.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Ross T. McIntire
White House
Ohio Northern fraternity houses robbed last night
Five ONU fraternity houses were ransacked by a burglar who possibly struck the same five houses in September. Money and jewelry were taken as police investigated the repeat break in.
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Ada—Wu P
Ohio Northern University
Findlay Congressman Endorses Dies Committee Probe
Dudley A. White of Norwalk publicly backed the Dies committee’s investigation into un American activities last night, signaling support from a congressional figure.
Bystander Shot During Pt Pleasant Fray in Gallia County
In Pt. Pleasant a shooting affray leaves Roy Coleman wounded at Holzer Hospital. Deputy Sheriff Ernest Hesson subdues steam boatman Benson after a struggle at Fruth's Restaurant where Marie Burgess and Inez West fall as bystanders. Benson fired twice, hitting Coleman once, then was jailed along with the two women.
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Gallipolis
Pt. Pleasant
Roy Coleman
Holzer Hospital
R. Benson
St. Louis
Marie Burgess
Inez Westfall
Emory Westfall
Bidwell
Gallia County
Benson
Coleman
Hesson
Mason County
Senate Stymies Census Debate
Washington dispatch reports Senate leaders blocking debate on the 1940 census personal income questions as Alben Barkley delays floor action until the agriculture department appropriation and three year reciprocal trade treaty extension pass. Enumerators set to begin house-to-house calls on April 2 with less than two weeks to go.
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Washington
Senate
Charles W. Tobey
N. H
Alben W. Barkley
Agriculture Department
Tax Collection Increase Announced by Treasury
The Treasury reported that income tax collections in the first 18 days of March totaled 410 million 148 thousand 562 dollars, up 92 million over the same period a year ago.
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Washington
U.P
The
Treasury
Logan jury awards Brown damages in auto collision suit
A Logan common pleas court verdict awards Joseph Creed Brown $6,000 in damages against Edith Miller of Athens for injuries from a last fall auto accident on Route 75 east of Logan. Brown's brother Thomas Brown, injured in the same crash, has filed suit for $1,250.
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LOGAN
Common Pleas
Joseph Creed Brown
Edith Miller
Athens
Brown
Route 75
Thomas Brown
Federal group inspects Ohio mine disaster
Hanna Coal Company cooperates as a congressional Mines and Mining Committee team investigates the Willow Grove Mine explosion that killed 71 miners. Twenty bodies had been recovered. one identified. Rep. Fred M Bradley vows to determine if federal safety inspectors could have prevented the accident. George A Strain notes devastating blast damage will delay work by days.
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Neffs
U.R
Hanna Coal Company
Willow Grove
Fred M. Bradley
Michigan
House Mines and Mining Committee
Washington
Neely
Senate
George A. Strain
Mother cremates son in stove and faces murder charge
Vivian Mathews, 38, of near Utica Michigan, said she tired of caring for many children then told sheriffs she arranged a bed inside a stove and cremated her youngest baby in oil. A first degree murder warrant was expected to be issued.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
U.P
Vivian Mathews
Utica
Macomb County
Wilbur
Wheat Prices Jump on Chicago Board Amid War Reports
Wheat futures rose sharply on the Chicago Board of Trade as air raid reports fed optimism about European conflict. Traders priced in potential supply disruption and demand changes linked to wartime headlines.
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Chicago
U.P
Chicago Board of Trade
Rescue Work At Willow Grove Mine Disaster Described
Corporal H D Henery of the Ohio State Highway Patrol detailed rescue efforts at Willow Grove Mine near St. Clairsville Belmont County. He said 15 victims had been removed by Tuesday and described the identification process using numbered tags on miners hats. Rescue squads dig 600 feet to reach entombed miners and brattice with timbers as they advance.
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Willow Grove
St. Clairsville
Belmont County
H. D. Henery
Richland Ave
K. L. Duling
Andrew Ginnan
Ohio
Jacksonville
Isaac Vaughn
Nelsonville
Dulinz J
Henery
Corporal Henery
West Virginia
Pennnsylvania
Neffs
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Daling
Willow Grove Mine
Predict Scanty Wheat Harvest in 40 Years
Washington reports to the Agriculture Department indicate this year's wheat crop may be among the smallest in 40 years, possibly not more than 600 million bushels. The crop reporting board estimates 46 million acres to be harvested, with average yields far below normal due to severe fall and winter drought.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Weather Bureau
Donahey To Back George White In Ohio Primary
Friends say Senator Vic Donahey will lend his influence to former Governor George White of Marietta in the Democratic Ohio gubernatorial race. A public endorsement is expected before the May 14 primary, as Donahey has not yet disclosed his choice among eight candidates.
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Washington
U.P
Vic Donahey
George White
Marietta
Ohio
Donahey
White
Inspector Convicted in Wilmington DWI Case
Ralph W. Weimer, 39, of Lorain and a state liquor inspector, was convicted by a jury in Wilmington City Court last night of driving an automobile while intoxicated.
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Wilmington
U.P
Ralph W. Weimer
Lorain
Heavy Snows Mark Arrival of Spring Across North
Snow greet spring as a white blanket covers from Montana to New York State with depths from an inch to ten inches in Wisconsin and Michigan. Clear skies prevail south of these regions while the Great Lakes area faces continued snowfall tonight.
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Chicago
U.S
Montana
New York State
Wisconsin
Michigan
North Central States
Ohio River Valley
Great Lakes
Upper
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