NAZI BOYCOTT HOLIDAY FEVER IN BERLIN AND TORNADO DEATHS SHOCK SOUTH
A chaotic week in wartime headlines includes a Nazi boycott hurting Jewish shops in Berlin triggering a near holiday mood, and deadly southern tornadoes claiming 84 lives. In Corry, a high school senior, Charles Gace, dies in a Friday auto crash on Woodbridge and Beard avenues after a fateful collision caused by a Buffalo resident driver. The crash left his mother, Trena, and other relatives in grief as police report gear and speed details.
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Berlin
Sitney Lamma
Uso
Bifalo
Woodbridge
Beard Avenues
Dlume
Cast
Central Park
Clini
Trena
Crestidad Avenue
Butta
Is Mint
Huck
Williamsville
Yehes
Lotisa Duell
OS Levan
Crosby Park Project Arouses County Wide Interest
Crosby proposes creating a national park in northwestern Pennsylvania centered near Allegheny National Forest. Congressman Crosby frames the recreation park within Roosevelt era forest conservation efforts and seeks presidential support. exact location in Erie Crawford district unclear, as officials await Congressional input.
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Crosby Park
Erie Crawford
National Park
Pennsylvania
Charles N. Srosny
Allegheny National Park
Plo
Washington
Crosby
Roosevelt
Nish
Erie- Crawford
People 'S Lins
Holy Year Inaugurated In Medieval Pageant By Pope Pius
United Press reports from Vamcan on April 1 describe Pope Pius opening the extraordinary Holy Year of 1988 with medieval pomp. A grand procession gathered Cardinals bishops and archbishops as the sealed Holy Door to St Peter's Basilica was opened with a ceremonial hammer and Latin prayers.
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Thomas B. Morgan
United Press
Vamcan
City
Pius 22
St Peter's Basilica
Christ
Carrie
Rome
Cities Draft Own Beer Rules for Local Sales
City Council of Gerry drafts rules to regulate beer sales in anticipation of state action. Mayor Charles B. Mayne maps prohibitions on bootleggers, disallowing sales between midnight Saturdays and Monday dawn, and restricting near churches and schools.
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Gerry
Comes- Hon Witt
Aula
Prinnsylvania
Monasy
Decrease Freight on Coal Shipments Approved
Washington April 1 The Interstate Commerce Commission permitted freight reductions from 11 cents to 105 dollars per ton for all sizes of anthracite coal shipped from northeastern Pennsylvania to the Midwest The cuts take effect after the commission did not suspend tariffs for shipments to destinations west of Buffalo east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio The rate to Chicago will be one dollar per ten.
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Unite
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Chicago
C H S Places In Single Event Of Music Contest
Bernard Bennett unopposed in flute division at Erie Academy High School finals. Post graduate disqualification ruins hopes for band and orchestra. sophomore Bennett places second in violin solo. Post graduates’ inability to participate costs local school firsts in band and orchestral events at Erie county eliminations.
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Bernard Bennett
Tigh School
Pennsylvania Forensic League
Erie Academy High School
Bernat Bennett
Erie
Magie Bennett
Tne Focal School
Mrie
Myenlf
Lisqualiicathry
Orchestr
Brie
Washington Farm Bill Advances As Senate Probes Bank Interests
Bulletin dispatches report Roosevelt influenced action as agriculture committees agree to report the administration farm bill after passage in the House. Senate inquiry asks J P Morzan and associates to prepare for Ferdinand Pecora inquiry. Berlin police seize 28000 marks from Prof Albert Winstein’s bank accounts. Senate Banking and Currency favors a bill to permit Rednstruc tion Finance Corporation loans. Mrs Dessie W Chapman of Los Angeles dies in an auto crash near Liberty, Arizona.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Seriaté Agriculture Commities
Willy
House
Berlin
Albert Winstein
Yal T
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Senate
Rednstruction Finance Corporation
Phoenix
Aria
Dessie W.chapman
Los Angeles
Liberty
Dalrymple Named Day Enforcement Director
Major A Dalrymple, a California lawyer with prohibition enforcement experience, was appointed by Attorney General Cummings to lead federal prohibition enforcement, replacing Col Amos W Woodcock. Dalrymple has held city enforcement roles in several states and Narcotic enforcement in the Philippine Islands, and has practiced law in California since 1935.
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United Press
Washington
A. ¥. Dalymple
California
Cummings
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Dalrymple
Wilson
Mingii
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Philippine Islands
Decis Pickett
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Strange deaths of two young women in Portsmouth apartment
Portsmouth April 1 authorities probed the strange deaths of two young women found in an apartment. Coroner Gault prepared autopsy. identified victims as Dorothy White Mcorialek 19 and Murial Howard 13. Two men, Walter George 21 and Hiram Schmeller 22, held for questioning after reporting the bodies. Police sought estranged Mrs McDaradloss Dysband. Texas youth convicted in another case: Bird Dodson 17 found guilty of murder in a train detonation.
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United Press
Portsmouth
Hoss ‘Moore
Gault
Dorrothy White McOrialek
Porta ‘Mouth
Murial Howard
Beloro Winnace
Walter ‘George
Hiram Schmeller
McDaradloss Dysband
Texas
Brownsville
Tex
Bird Dodson
Plan to Slash Vets Federal Aid in Half
Washington April 1 President Roosevelt issued an executive order to cut veterans compensation and pensions by about half to save at least 450 million dollars. The measure, effective July 1, also includes a 15 percent federal salary reduction, bringing total annual savings near 600 million dollars across the government.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Uni
Kidnapper Confesses In St Paul Case
Unites Press reports Roy Robinson, arrested in Borketom in March, confessed to involvement in the kidnapping of Haskell Bolin son of a wealthy St Paul manufacturer. County Attorney Michael Kinkead said Robinson implicated Vern Santee and others in the ambush scheme.
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Unites Press Winnipsg
Roy Robinson
Borketom
Mar
Michael Kinknad
St Paul
Haskell Bolin
Weathy
Robinson
Vern& Santee
Obarias Voeticher
Open Door policy in China threatened by Manchukuo tariffs
Tokyo April 1 The Open Door doctrine in China faces destruction under Manchukuo with tariffs aimed to discriminate against Western trade. Reports say foreign products will be barred while Japanese imports enter virtually tax free. Some say unfriendly nations may be denied admission to Manchukuo.
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Miles W. Vaughn
United Press
Tokio
China
United States
Manchourii T
Manchukuo
Occidental Firmna
Kwantung Army
South Manchuria
Hulutad
Standard
Dutch Shell
Sinclair
Aren
Chowkie
British engineers face public trial for sabotage
Moscow reports the Soviet government announced that British engineers imprisoned and facing a public trial are charged with capi onake sabotage bribery and conspiracy amid protests from the British government.
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United Press
Moscow
Evening in Old Virginia brings benefit to Corry hospital
A large audience packed the High School auditorium last night to support Corry Hospital, netting about one hundred dollars from the benefit entertainment An Evening in Old Virginia staged by a cast of local singers and entertainers The program, directed by Mrs Charles Pain and Rev F J Graves with accompanist Mrs Mabel Larson, featured songs dances and cadences from Rosewood Manor and a cotton plantation motif, with an orchestra including Dr Harry Rhodes Frank Brooks and more The event followed a similar success at Edward’s hall and Union City and was praised as among the most enjoyable city offerings in recent memory
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Corry Hospital
Virginia
Tie Tity
Viccinity
High School
Edward's Hall
Union City
Rosewood Manor
Tose
J. Haight
Stewart
H Rhodes
Stella Barty
A. H. Muhle
Ruth Downey
A. Roberts
E. Kinley
P. Stone
A. G. Postlethwait
Amelia Tryon
James Sullivan
Frank LeLury
Frank Rouse
Don Wiggers
Percy Clark
Joseph Hickey
Merril Hailcox
Elmer Christensen
Caton Full
Mary Frances Brooks
Rita Ressier
Jean Thor
Charlotte Ann Roberts
Charles, Pain
F. J. Graves
Mabel Larson
Harry Rhodes
Frank Brooks
Louis Storer
Wyn Alverson
Willem Reynolds
Merle Amy
Ross Mead
HugnMus
Majority of Jewish Stores Remain Shut in Berlin Boycott
Berlin April 1 A total boycott of Jewish industry and commerce was reported complete at noon. Nazi guards closed Jewish stores and warned Germans to avoid buying from Jews. Some large shops stayed open or were lightly attended, while many eastern district stores remained shuttered under pressure.
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Berlin
Unirists
Firritveranus
Hermann ‘Tiets
Authails Des Westens
Wertheim’s
United Press
Doctors Baffled by Strange Voodoo Spell
In Waterloo Iowa on April 1 doctors analyzed Minnie Powell 28 in a trance blamed on hysteria sparked by suggestion. Prophet Trott from Oregon claimed powers and caused disruptions as locals fled while authorities investigated alleged thefts and a caress of fear.
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United Press
Waterloo
Minnie Powell
L. B. Ferguson
Ferguson
Arthur EB
Trott
Leorande
Om Petenson
Winds Leave Trail of Death and Damage Across Southern States
Reports from Red Cross say at least 73 dead and 200 injured across Mississippi Texas Louisiana Arkansas Missouri and Alabama with property losses over 1 million. Mississippi bears the heaviest toll with numerous towns reporting fatalities and hospitals strained.
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United Press
Washington
Red Cross
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missouri
Alabama
Eyelonig
Acrose Louisiank
Mississippi
Andersville
Harminy
Ealeigh
Leland
Belew
Brookhaven
Davenport
Lucedale
Sig Dena Et Hall
Greensburg
Homer
Laurel
Metfillon
Hattisboro
Jackson
Miss
Shreveport
Bate Rouge
Lousiana
Isha
Navigation season opens on Lake Erie at Cleveland
April 1 The Coralia with 400 automobiles departs Detroit for Cleveland to inaugurate the 193% navigation season on Lake Erie. The Nicholson Universe Steamship Company ship will dock at 7:00 am to unload the first lake freight since last fall. Freight and passenger service scheduled to begin by April 22.
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Coralia
Detroit
Cleveland
Lake Erie
United Press
Erie
Nicholson Universe Steamship Company
Tomorow
Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company
Operaton
Cleveland & Buffalo Lines
Mayard
City of
Buffalo
Great Lakes Transit Corporation
Duluth
P.S.C May Act On Gas Case Tuesday
Public Service Commission expected to rule next week on the Curry, Eric and Warren complaint against Pennsylvania Gas Company. Three towns will rate the price proposals submitted by the city during the coming week and the commission will consider imposing terms of the cities complaint.
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Breverce Commission
Curry
Eric
Warren
Pennsylvania
Gaa
Herristarz
Brie
Wil Vity
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J. P. Morzan
Ther Jisztners
Senate Stock Market Investigating Committee
Ferdinand Pecora
Woodcock
U.S
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G. Eugene Heat
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Sin Corry
G. D. ‘Heath
East Frederick Street
Clifford L. Day
Cedar River
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