France and Poles Hold Fronts as Nazi Drive Continues
German forces fight on two fronts with a major push into Poland and a renewed Rhine front as French and British reinforcements move toward battle. Polish defenses near Warsaw and at the Saar are tested while German lines in the Limes fortifications brace for a potential large-scale clash.
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Germany
Rhine
Saar
Saarbruecken
Warsaw
Poland
London
Limes
West Wall
Rhineland
Advancin
Paris
France
Relief Promises After Record Heatwave Across Midwest
Cooling winds from the Northwest ease a Midwest heat wave that pushed temps to near 100 across Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Missouri and Kansas. Forecaster C A Donnel expects cooler weather from the northwest with rain improving drought conditions and lower highs possible this weekend.
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Chicago
Northwest
U. S
C. A. Donnel
Kansas
Missouri
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Great Plains
Ohio
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Columbus
Hay Fever Victim Dies While Seeking Relief
Clinton Suydam of Napoleon died in a car crash near Rock Island Illinois while traveling to Denver for hay fever relief. He suffered a broken neck in the ditch accident after a sneezing fit caused loss of control.
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Napoleon
U.P
Clinton Suydam
Denver
Colo
Rock Island
Ill
Bremen Believed To Be Safe In Iceland Port Amid War Losses
Report says the Bremen, a $20 million North German Lloyd liner, reached an Icelandic port after five days of war with nine ships sunk and 166 crewmen missing or believed lost. Other German ships were attacked or sunk while Britain and Germany trade submarine blows.
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London
U.P
Bremen
Great Britain
Germany
New York
Berlin
Greece
Baltic
Canada Remains Ungiven War Status in Europe
Ottawa report says Canada still has not declared war on Germany two days before Britain did quelling fears of a broader empire-wide war. Parliament convenes in emergency session to consider effective action and funding for war expenditures as Governor General Tweedsmuir notes the state of war now existing.
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Ottawa
Ont
U.P
Canada
Britain
Germany
British Empire
Lord Tweedsmuir
Roosevelt
State Department
Sumner Welles
Panama
Distribution of relief funds to Ohio counties
Ohio counties received 208 046 in poor relief funds today from State Auditor Joseph T Ferguson. Revenue from beer and malt tax beer wort and admission tax financed current expenditures and note retirement. Counties listed include Athens 807 Gallia 323 Hocking 432 Meigs 332 Vinton 218.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Joseph T. Ferguson
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Vinton
Grains Edge Lower in Active North American Trade
In Chicago, grains eased with profit-taking pulling wheat down to 112 cents a bushel and the September future at 87 cents amid a generally softer day in North American markets.
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Chicago
U S Citizens Sail for Home on Italian Liner Rex
Italian ocean service to the United States resumed as the Rex sailed from Genoa for New York via Naples with 2,000 passengers, most of them U S citizens.
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U. S
Rome
U.P
United States
Rex
Genoa
New York
Naples
Partial State Of Emergency Proclaimed By President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt proclaims a limited national emergency to bolster neutral defense while avoiding wartime strain. Executive orders will raise army and navy manpower, expand Marine Corps strength, and grant broader powers to investigative agencies to counter propaganda and sabotage.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Marine Corps
U. S
America
New Group Forms to Fight Bigelow Pension Plan
Columbus reports that the Ohio Emergency Committee of Industrial Civic and Professional Associations was organized to oppose the proposed Bigelow Pension Amendments to the Ohio Constitution. General chairman is B. B. Brumley of McComb, president of the National Livestock Producers' Association and of the Producers' Cooperative Commission Association of Ohio.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Emergency Committee
Ohio
B. B. Brumley
McComb
National Livestock Producers’ Association
Producers’ Cooperative Commission Association of Ohio
British Arrest 6 000 Spy Suspects in Big Roundup
London reports secret agents from Scotland Yard and naval and military intelligence have detained more than 6 000 men and women as suspected enemy agents in the largest spy roundup. The ministry of information notes RAF reconnaissance over wide areas and raids on German submarines, with several ships sunk or captured in the latest naval actions around Rotterdam and Gravesend.
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London
Scotland Yard
Naval
Ministry of Information
Royal Air Force
North Sea
Netherlands
Batavier
Rotterdam
Gravesend
Sir Nevile Henderson
Berlin
Bigelow pension amendments fail to reach required signatures
An unofficial report from the secretary of state's office shows petitions to put the Bigelow pension amendment proposals on the November ballot fall short by 70,464 valid signatures. County boards report 170,823 valid signatures out of 241,287 needed. Athens County counted 3,298 valid of 3,589 submitted.
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Columbus
U.P
Secretary of State
Athens County
Mrs. Keiser Dies Widowed Pomeroy Merchant’s Wife
Mrs Helen Horton Keiser 77 widow of George W Keiser died at her Pomeroy home after returning from Holzer Hospital Gallipolis where she treated for a fractured hip. She leaves son Thayre Horton of Cleveland sister Mrs Mary King of Columbus and two grandchildren. Funeral at 2 PM Sunday Episcopal Church with Rev Robert G Purrington officiating. Burial Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Helen Horton Keiser
George W. Keiser
Keiser
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Thayre Horton
Cleveland
Mary King
Columbus
Episcopal Church
Robert G. Purrington
Athens
Beech Grove Cemetery
Alleged Polish Atrocities Pointed Out by Germans
Frederick C. Ofchsner reports from Bromberg Poland with German army officials alleging Polish atrocities. He describes pockmarked buildings mutilated corpses and townspeople recounting violence while Gestapo guards and armored cars protect suspected snipers and informers amid the Polish corridor fight.
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Bromberg
Poland
Flying salesman seeks Roosevelts OK for trans Atlantic Good Will flight
Newman Johnson requests special permission to fly his small plane Screwball No. 1 to Europe as a Good Will mission. He argues the voyage could have a psychological effect on European nations despite the war and offer a different slant.
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Manchester
N .H
U.P
Roosevelt
Europe
Newman
Pat) Johnson
Joshua L. Jones
Wis
Goodyear Plans New Plant at St Marys Ohio Next Year
Paul W. Litchfield president of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co said a $1,000,000 plant for mechanical rubber goods would be built at St Marys Ohio and begin operations around January 1. The move seen as expansion, not a shift from Akron.
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AKRON
U.P
Paul W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
St. Marys
Sub Torpedoes British Steamer Sinks. Crew Saved
New York report says a submarine torpedoed and sank the British steamer Regent Tiger, with the Radio Marine Corporation noting the rescue of 44 crew members.
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NEW York
U.P
Radiomarine Corporation Today
Crw
Navy Bomber Explodes After Crash Near San Diego
Six Navy fliers died when a PB-Y bomber crashed ten miles east of the naval base and exploded in a fierce fire. The wreckage remained too hot for five hours, and officials said all six aboard likely perished instantly in the inferno from exploding fuel tanks.
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San Diego
Navy
Naval Base
Naval
Expect Italians To Plead Again
Rome reports indicate another Italian peace effort may be attempted soon. Messages suggest a four power conference involving Britain France Germany and Italy, with Warsaw's fall seen as a possible trigger. Premier Mussolini was rumored to plan a significant weekend speech.
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Rome
U.P
Warsaw
Benito Mussolini
Britain
France
Germany
Italy
One Dead Twenty Hurt as Bus Burns After Crash
A Greyhound Lines bus overturned on U S Highway 41 four miles north of Hopkinsville Kentucky after a truck collision. One person died and about twenty were injured as passengers escaped by breaking windows.
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Hopkinsville
U.P
Greyhound Lines
U. S. Highway 41
Here
Ministers vote on delegates to general conference
Delegates to represent the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church will be chosen today from 10 candidates. Balloting determines the 10 delegates who will attend the general conference in Atlantic City beginning April 24, 1940.
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Delaware
U.P
Ohio
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Atlantic City
Air Reserve Plans to Train 11 000 Student Pilots
President Roosevelt met with Civil Aeronautics Authority leaders to outline training 11,000 college students as a reserve of expert pilots. No funds will cover advanced training due to a Congressional cut from 7 300 000 to 4 000 000. each student gets 72 hours ground school and 35 to 50 hours flight instruction.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Robert H. Hinckley
Civil Aeronautics Authority
CAA
Edward J. Noble
Hinckley
Congress
Windsor to join Welsh Guards on return to England
The London Star reports the Duke of Windsor will immediately attach himself to a British regiment upon arrival in England from France. It notes he remains colonel in chief of the Welsh Guards and adds that plans for the couple’s return are not yet complete.
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London
U.P
London Star Today
Duke of Windsor
England
France
the Star
World Sugar Futures Extend Gains Fifth Session
World sugar futures rose for the fifth straight session in New York with gains ranging from 11 to 22 points as buying interest persisted.
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New York
U.P
World Sugar Futures
Government Says Food Reserves Are Plentiful
Washington reports ample reserve supplies of foodstuffs and no justification for price hikes. Secretary Wallace blames middlemen and asks the Justice Department to curb profiteering. Sugar stocks total 1,760,000 tons vs 1,409,000 last year. imports show near no export demand. Meat prices rising unjustified amid large pork supplies and a near record hog crop upcoming fall and winter.
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Washington-Au.p
Henry A. Wallace
Justice Department
United States
Agriculture Department
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By Job
Alex Morris
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Wilhelmshaven
Ture
Weather Bureau
van Wert
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Bigelow
NEA
Scotland
Scottish
By Webb Miller
United Press
Bosnia
Corinthia
By Frederick C. Ofchsner
Pilsudski Square
Gestapo
Goodyear
Air Reserve
Windsor
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