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Cumberland News (Newspaper) - March 31, 1940, Cumberland, Maryland The Cumberland news the weather Cloudy my colder today to Day increasing Cloud mens. Vol. 2�?no 147 12 pages Cumberland Maryland monday april i 1940 Aumi hmm cwt frat a Ric Price three cents floods near Crest in Penna. And new York i manufacturers announce Minen Awain countrywide Campaign a a Jas for american principles h. W. Prentis jr., head of Heads drive to protect Lewis Day of Mon association announces private Enterprise Ong Amyel a. Plans to combat gov senator Neely will Ern ment interference i also be a speaker Thyssen a geman refugee he will address them on to Lancaster a match 31 it it it a the National a amp Oci Ahod of manufacturer raised on american in Rialto us tonight to a Quot mobilize Quot in it count wide Campal n for the principle of private Enterprise. H w. or. Association president sounded the keynote by asserting that Quot hemp Forth j rid us try will decline to a turn the other a Beek it will meet unjustified attack with undeniable farts always courteously but nonetheless might Antly and Der Unel v in a radio add led announcement it the a enunciate economic planning under auth plat Avo to would hate just what you see controlled countries. Explains Campaign explaining the Campaign in a statement supplementing his broaden prep to said 8,000 members of Prenti f the of n the d soup drive it ional said favors third term for Roosevelt but will eschew politics $200,000 jewel theft reported in los Angeles robbers break through partition to enter store woman believed to have helped 4 men lowlands people leave Homes but the worst is Over officials declare found girls body Binghamton Williamsport Pittsburgh Wilkes Barre Wheeling Johnstown have flood scares said to have hidden in washroom next to jewelry store la xxx. Prenti or. Tile association to of her manufacture impress on the Arn o a a he to >1 inc principle to spars by a maths a Industry be assorted in stood a 4 trying Ira tor a i or desc it a a tiler v by rues a. A Quot through to tit Nom fraud pre a they Are p is a1 c i cd pie of to it Al soul tire am Brent econ Gnu Liber i Linda me a i. Tim it linked in Moo acid Rougk a and i s. Win to in a it lean min Lal am e in Terr Ith our i and Trad ii bf4 of 40,000 to Pri tests of strength of candidates to come this week Roosevelt Garner Dewey and Vandenberg soon to know sentiment by i by it i won i i v Mav Tig iou Washington Mare h 31 Tei the rest direct Lesof Trei tit h bet Ween three in porters of press Der it Roo seven and vice president Garth to on the it ast d pm of in tic Side a red bet Rren ii one i i Oma f do w eve a and Senato r a pm to Lur a Odenberg. Re a Puhi , la dial Iti be this we Ltd a a a k a a or a in pre it four cd invention Joe Kerms it a i the major Vern i my presided it Tai n no a Lions i Reid on v i use on is in v a Oters w ill select Del a cafe to Cair i party by Walter Mason tort try pm. Sloff will for Monongah w. Amar. 31 to pfc tile Northern West Virginia soft Coal Fields where John l. Iteus pledged unqualified support to Franklin d Roosevelt five years Fritz Thyssen reel magnate who Back ago. Talked mostly of politics to Rise to Power is shown with his family Ai night while awaiting return of the Portelly on his Way to a safer Refuge in Par United mine workers president Are Thyssen his Alfa and Aon a Law con who now is opposing a third term daughter countess Zichy. And her son for the president it a at a labor Dav Observance in 1935 that the to Itma head declared miners were a behind the president to a Man Quot. At the mine Union convention in Columbus recently he asserted Ignominy is defeat would result if the president runs for a third term what he will say at Quot Lewis Day Quot Celebration to be held directly Over the mine passageways where 361 men lost their lives in the 1907 Monongah explosion a a Point of speculation. No politic in past politics have been banned at other West Virginia Observance of to Juge committee the Day honouring Lewis for i a v v part in obtaining a seven hour Dav for miners and of former president John Mitchell father of Rte High hour Lewis will occupy the same speaking platform tomorrow with u 8 seven French planes shot Down by germans on the Western front ends life leaves $100 All nazi planes escape to Angeles March 31 a in a theft of precious stones valued at More than $200 oho and approximately 5,000 in Cash from a downtown v a jewelry store a reported by police tonight. Hitler in Der fuehrer defectives said they believe the a to Switzerland re store entered sometime Over so an dog. Left to right me week end by at least four men a icon seated Are his and a woman augur they said evidently a woman a a secreted herself in the washroom of an adjoining shoe store and late admitted accomplice who broke two tile partitions to gain Entrance to the jewelry store Deputy chief Homer Cross mid he believes that later More accomplices were admitted by a sidewalk elevator using oxygen and a tanks tile robbers drilled through the Middle of the huge vault door and removed the loot it pro to Rose steadily yester o threaten lives Ani a fort hem Calif Amia no and upstate cow at guardsmen equipment into a it ought itched in recent were optimistic of this and drenched Lama to and Pennal Rivera to flood Harold i rightly Harold lightly janitor of tire schoolhouse at Lemont Pennsylvania found the body of 17-year-old Rachel in front of the school four Miles from the earn to try of her dormitory at Penns 1 the robber overlooked about 40 000 Worth of Diamond Cross Aid. Tile store burglar alarm sounded about noon today he said indicating the robbers escaped through the front door program Quot til if in nation Miric Prentis added the Ion for understanding is a nation Fram of Sod by manuf i for America. A we propose to Niobe do. Try for the creation it Ai Unity to achieve that he said a Industry is convinced a urged. Quot that much of the a tarnation in which the. A. Been walloping result Obi National convention in primaries i til i ii and at the Saline time will Mark their of prs Van a choices for pre i denial nominees a wide pro the Twenty four delegates to be be tuners but lofted by each party will not be bound to vote the preferences but .7.e a1 in def of campaigning As supporter a a nation of one or another of the four men because of the third term question and the absence of and previous test of Dewey is Vandenberg sentiment the Wisconsin primary Delegate contests the _ t j. A in five other states from an a Kuturie of Covert or open hostility to private Enterprise to. Or primary tuesday the part of Manv Pere on of High new York also will hold a primary Ami Low degree Quot tile result he said. Was a a spread Public misunderstand the alms and ideals of Amor Industry he Ron economic j overshadow it directly Budapest March 31 German minister of agriculture Wal ther r Darre is expected Here tuesday it was sported today to hold i to choose delegates to the conferences with yugoslav Hungar see National conventions from the Lan and italian minister of Agri of Siatos forty three congressional Dis culture and push the Reich Carolean a riffs on the same do a two Dele pain to assure a continued flow of a ate to the Republican National foodstuffs Oil and raw material such misunderstanding he assert convention will be selected at a from Southeastern Europe eds faints As a Barrier to National convention Iii the sixth Congress Jon although Darre is coming Nxten-1 a or do Riel of Kansas Sibly to visit Budapest agricultural us a uate wide convention on fair it was said his real purpose is avowed advocate of a third term a on pm twit Germany plans to stage drive for needed supplies will hold conferences with yugoslav Hungar Ger in Ian italian ministers Den it it called Effort to defeat Roosevelt i plei March is up a Tutor Joseph lesbian. 35. An Xuy. Union truck Driver who a found drowned saturday. Lew two note. One read i am tired of life and have decided to take a permanent the other accompanied by a Hoo Check and Addrea aed to a emr die of the die comity of the in american activity a a Aid in part Quot i wish you would accept this Check a a gift to void comity to help carry on Thi Fine work for the Benefit four Flag and nation country and our demos racy Quot Berlin statement on air Bailies says Paris is suspect cleared in brutal murder of College girl reticent Berlin april i a it monday in pjs of Fern French plane were shot of of in various encounter with the German air Force Vesterdal without the loss of a single Carman machine the government radio announced this morning. Amplifying Tim radio announcement. Dub official German new Agency reported a number of air encounter along the French front in which Twenty five Messerschmidt planes fought thins six French morale Filer near Puet Lungen dub sad eight Lector test lie Detector used by police frees youth in Taylor Case Vanir state College the girl had been returning from an easter vacation with her family Ai Wildwood. It. J. When she a Alan 27,000 transport workers delay in calling a strike no Adion within 12 hours n. Y. Cio officials say w it Paris reports burst Paris declares recent re a Aerial activity leases were faked by germans new York. March 31 f Urike of 27.000 to Pine of a a new York City three subway Yasi the College March 31 up t4j>ms a Jajch m0uld leave millions of healed of asap icon by a lie de yorker Wuhu. Was of get a suspect questioned for u /1 work averted for at Meserschmitt attacked eight to two Days in the sox blend slaying twelve hour tor. In id Ranes and shot Down two. South of Pennsylvania state College coed a of Baa Gemuend nine Messerschmidt Rachel Taylor urged police today to i rri>u�r1 Tyker. Aion plane fought Twenty Mora be War continue their quest Quot until you find a Cio announced the Lough i 0 plane and i aused two enemy ships the Slayer Jan a Quot to p in to Roasli while above Morr Hagen leaving Youthful private James no direct strike action w eight successfully Griffith of the nearby Rockview author aed for at lev. The battled eight French Pursuit planes Barrack in charge of the i Vestiga twelve hours and Des roved three Hon pennsylvanian state motor earlier twi official 4if police Lynn o preparations Hen been made Adams returned to Harrisburg of walkout Ter telling newsmen Quot there is Noth Ilton is in conflict wit my promising at thus time Quot thai Oticia s Over the employees Union Wheeling. A might Quot break Quot the baffling right when they tar come civil Sec residents airy the cruelly abused and nearly pm Joyes under the proc Ted a pent sunday municipal operation of the subways in a unification plan. Tile announcement with no for tems which r Section of new Vanta and re stage Ohio x Alley the the weather Bureau predicted condition in the Ohio Valley would not base Jou As swollen Waters rolled into the Golden Triangle Bitt iness Section of Pittsburgh 13 Lect Over flood stage. The Ohio River was expected to reach a a Rcpt of forty feet four feet Over flood stage at whee Luig Viva by today. A several Highway in upstate new York were inundated and cloned to a traffic Deputy sheriff dynamited the Genesee River is it free in a Ami. The Kali ctr Creek Road North of Buffalo was Doser. Manv a Milt left their Homes a Onondaga Creek Cord Nuevo to Istead it it a huh of , n y fireman and Volunteer manned reach boat and about Twenty City Bine Tux Wert rain leaded to traffic a meteorologist in Binghamton by said the Floral emergency la Southern new York waa Over. The Chenango River Mot than three Lect ahoy flood % agr and the Buel Rehanna Mora thar a foes 0-c flood level forced Many famines in the Lowland to leave Homes Pennsylvania Kiter High scores of pen nay Van la town no a he Bauk of the sae Quear rising a foot an hour were on guard against repetition of the de Trucmon of the 1936 Spring Flecki at xxx Quot like a expected to appt Owen to of Barre it he thirty foot flood at age. Pennsylvania to Tea took to Row r nearly Loo of Amiliea in from their Hon Tea Barre by the re Atria Boa who above Wiik Lackawanna River tile coast guard Cut twelve boat. And thirty six men to five Pennsyl by Vanta flood area or Rescue and next Relief work residents along Ohio prepare for flood la Guardia Field formally opened part Man a Tivin b t War today marked by which Harra re 31 r a burst of nude body of miss Taylor a Chub-1val air Force in the by athletic a Yent old freshman followed land actions from Wildwood. N. A was found German artillery firefly thursday in the driveway of ,. It used Fren Ltd positions a Public school three Miles from,?1&Quot 1 a jul Here the was arrested in p1u a March Jit the Ohio River front re a ring for a flood River expected the or forty feet by a a new Yolk March 3i r a crowd of 150.000 gathered a the 30 000-ooo la Guardia Field today for the opening of the International air terminal replacing port Washington at the new York end of regular Clipper to Europe tile seventy Lour passenger Yanke it Clipper nosed into a suf West a re. Wind and Over the strains of the National Anthem and Tim i Iier Idi Flag waving throng roared off to Lisbon Portugal. President Roosevelt said in a let thursday Kansas Republican will to push Germany Ca in the face alone a thin in lie fret elect four Dei Gates it Large and of an expected stiffening of the Pat March 31 it a a a Semi confirm fourteen delegates chosen it allies economic warfare on this f Rench statement today j tile evening a n in District conventions. Maine re pub flank of the Reich charged a be German with issuing Jet Urh High a i in leans will meet the same Dav in a seek valuable Export Cllrk a polls Bodi ment. Which i la tense activity by state convention to pick thirteen with the allies expected to Start itch War machinations to Quot in its morning Delegate of the National convention. Huge economic and diplomatic of j United states diplomats in an High command re democrats in Arizona will hold a Tensive in Southeastern Europe to 1q Advance themselves Quot file in the Imp state convention on a saturday to be make their blockade More effective trains fac Dent Roosevelt because Bitch Bur of i Lect their slate of six convention foreign observer said Darre prob he or Furd 10 in Quot a a Compline along the re. It u up r Alsace. Of a any connection with tile care Delegate ably would seek to Clinch hungarian 1,1 n he of Arr offensive. J Reiman Nomad a be rfcs a were he left town today with a Friend thus far a total of Twenty four and Jugoslav agricultural exports at the same time a polish gov held responsible in a he French for for a few Dav. Of rest after Tell democratic National convention tor the Reich a a first step in a Ern ment policeman said a Coni file on French i wait Lorn along a tag police that although they a silent of the Union Michael Quill alter an Allda v Cordel erne of in tor ii. 4 air \ in re ill Nui or fairly after a negro Porter who in Enescu Yves both air forces Bim say to was from state i College noticed stains on the mans communique 1 j clothing the 2s-year old heating loud contractor a pushed Liere and i nor West of questioned exhaustively before n. Hinr gun fire Adam announced he was innocent upper Otey have been chosen All pledged nazi Campaign of resistance. To the president they Are Maine Britain has called her diploma lie ten new Hampshire eight and representatives in the Balkan to Alaska six London for a conference and Oen the new York primary offers few re Maxime Weygand commander Ter read at the ceremonies this a Quot Nat ant contest in the 16th Dis. Of Fronch Orres in the magnificent terminal will As Ore turf a Are or forces Are backing Al near East it is 1,1 a a a for Confer no v York. Pre enu Nenci in Are Ford k Bmith re of a the Bena a a a Villi the government. Vice to Ute clippers of today the or re he j Man boo against rep que Fyk Nail to sew up clippers of the air on their peaceful Rota Tive James h Fay. A Strong no turn Europe exports a missions to Europe and tile Rote of Roosevelt supporter and John t by for Elk observers As spec wac Fagan both Fay and Eagan in unique w As being prepared for thirty Mil con him on a. Two in n f a Saar and a made a mistake in in Case. I Hope you won t Stop until you find the Slayer a stage wit to reach thirty a monday noon. Long before that Point however Toad in Eastern Ohio and tile weft Virginia Panhandle will be blocked tile state Road commission chewed route ? Gong Ute River a p in no strike tote Seth Cumberland Moundsville no time has been set for a strike Benwood and Mcmechen Are expert and Quill miffed that the pre Para de to Iven off from Wheeling at m tomorrow cover Rome a such action Nec Sarv Waif begins to flood Lite general membership of the in the Xvi eel tag business a Linnet at. Union and a majority of Hie joint a 36-foot mag merchants removed executive committee have voted Fri the store for the a Boa were contingent upon the bogy run b 4 Union s executive committee finding when the in tit a lie danger spot. Me working to. Piht. Tote somebody steals lamp Post cop lags Eoy i0im in a i wife s car store Teeth bite owner Quot kill a today averaged no an Boulb had passed the of in i Rietl on a i a Tun nor tally necessary in View of persistent j reports in authoritative diplomatic is i xxx in Hill lust got u Nev Yolk March 31 str some a Kinmundy. 700,000 to be dropped from spa Rolls within next three months quarters in the Balkans that Turkey to Xiv us f a it lamp p01 a cop Raip tide hot equipment in 13 e Twenty in City roue i Twenty two a St imy to Quot lit f has agreed to let the French and to cd How fes Rar a and a Man n h British fleets pass through the oar we Quot Bur by has own of a Lee Teutli inst rot around 4<j i Dandles to Clamp on a Black sea and tort no apri an hair blockade it ail happened in weeks in a i Ench Soldi British deny report re National cavalcade of cockeyed marching to the British foreign office denied Ocenior Rennes chronicled and cats Quot we it permission had Bern asked or Lwft herewith in your weekly. Washington March ii Tea to i a Van Popien office officials int goofy Gazette. Work projects admin Sirim a no Quot in stood at 2 3 1.500 on Park likewise said they could not the affair of the false Teeth Oce sri mat Fri j an March 20 officials said they ex-1 confirm the report. Curved this Way a Chicago in hid too persons would a desp a my in junem00� Rby us a Jim Quot cockade presumably would upped off a Bench his store molar no a re pct r0 pm Quot he Quot a it Quot a a u m it met of Quot we from n to san Quot Hli a Quot d Quot a 1"h a pc a f c Harrington spa re a a a. Quot Quot a Quot Quot to. 1 Kwh Toh loner said the cuts were Nece. J a u n. I k dry tic Tui ref Rop who he none to the door in and after Snow to the Kings red Bridge the Rosen att to keep work Relief wit i in. Quot a Quot Carr it in count Mth sly telent hungarian Fae i wife a off Cei Guy Barnes Rel. A by led his mail Zzz the expenditures authorized by con Hrush Iel list months almost i Eru it ulu Ai minister will be Host to 0f Rochester. Minn. A Timp former Nail to he a a recon worker a it car b a re Branko cabriole. Yugo the theft of the lamp pack it mite a barn Gable and put a a hot said the reduction would be a of lm�?T39 fiscal a or cultural minister and curbed in Kansas City and there ladder in Tot the mall Man to a me gradually the Cushion the knot k Hon i had an appropriation of $2,- a Psi a a i twin re italian agr Cul jul t in t any explanation some t hmb1 i Al Quot Lief organizations the a Anu City. N j. Thieve mole in Cli a i. It and Pili curtailment he and pro Bobov a Winch indy a a no Ltd Avul oth Are put in the. Thee la by Ted a re j the current broke he . Boy exceed 200,000 u, Tai which ends next june 30 x Perter of wheat and other Cereal am 30 000 insomniacs solve or of Wii Iii if in Page two j i meat and Dairy products. A snowbound Alpine Wyo fan a strike unless there is to settlement of a controversy with the Board of Transfer tation Over the rights of the Unton after the City Lias acquired through unification the Inderbo rough rapid transit company and the Brooklyn Man hat ten to Ansi corporation. While no specific Date for a Pikr Bellaire and Bridgeport and trave Somerset a March 31 fan Raj i a been mentioned Hie two to Steubenville wit be interrupted j obliging to Imp boy who wanted to ins Sot up strike Headquarters in at the Rush run underpass unas card show some of i neighbor in the various i Ai Rte of the City and the Hie weather forecaster reported Man paid for a Community of Ursina 22 mile police department has ordered 11 i of ? wont j year ago South of Here tint a Ingin t. Divisions and Borough offices to re icon Tanum in re it two d Park ii Man Bridge across the rating Laurel Hill marrying a worn Creek was Safe paid today with i. Fifty years ago i life for his stunt was discovered the lad Harry Franklin Mccuff front pushing his lev 9 a Shiv walked Aero the baby Carriage. Bridge which a no guard Roll Theis of the Boston i from the Highway to the Vard of inadvertently Taal Roy Romesburg starting Back he Luj it Ped tumbled headlong into be i. Cot of sore Telk seven fest deep foaming Creek the Telephone that. Ernest Rosenbeiger Hie father he receiver. A and two Brothers watched Rue oven tenth of a iigbtfa�?T1 the Wale 9-foot Mark on the Ohio pie Side rout y is expected to be covered Between hrs of rain fell in the teens four hour ending a # a in and it Ess i Rice Breaks record in defeating lash and Maki in three mile race new Yuk i he 31 a Gregory 13 aft 2 by the Rerp former notre Dame ate Bink a a cond of Mark of 13 sight the later efforts were made to drop a net Aero. The Mouth of the Creek j where it empties into tile a Ghent rivet at Confluence turn lid not Muj Loo lilt jail and it did t 1 Ever tonight be re her Qick to find Hie body. In boat upped metre thin til re us oar to Una Ccu it Ltd 9 a shushed in winning tile National aau Champion feb rust Over the Sam the world record for three mile in defeating Don la and Finland s up or to Blo Maki in the feature event of boards the finnish Tellef fund track and borne in too fan who previously Field meet at Madison of quatre Gar had seen a Blozis Georgetown Mph do ton Fht Omar / rack world with thrice a docked in 17 minutes 16 12 and eight Pound Shote and 52 3 seconds Allan Tolmich of Detroit lower tha Rice finishing 20 Yards in front indoor Standard for the 70 and 5 a of i Ash with Maki another five Back Yard hurdle.1, cheered a the Lotti in third place not Only be to of Mfd w Westerner left his rivals to tie Willie Vitolas listed world 1 econ of Hind with a urea cloning sprint

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