Roosevelt to broadcast defense address at White House dinner
President Roosevelt plans a 9 30 p m radio address on defense and aid to nations fighting aggressors at a White House Correspondents Association dinner. He asked to insert it into the dinner program, and was allowed. The speech will be 30 minutes. Details on war supplies for Britain remain undecided and withheld for now. Secretary Stimson says no premature disclosures and more information will come out in time.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Eastern Standard ‘Syme
White House
Britain
Jer ‘Oul
Stimson
Great Britain
Arias
Secretary of War
Mr. Stimson
Nazi Bombers Hit Glasgow and Liverpool Raid Blasts Clyde
German bomber forces attacked Glasgow shipyards on the Clyde and the port of Liverpool in a large scale raid, part of a broader night assault that also struck London and Hamburg. British defense claimed several enemy planes shot down while two nights of Liverpool bombing continued.
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London
Mar
Glasgow
Liverpool
Britain
RAF
Hamburg
Clyde
Hammer
Ride, Kelley, Ride at Strand or Texas Rangers Ride Again
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs C C Harper of 217 Love Avenue to tonight's screenings at the Strand theater featuring Ride, Kelley, Ride, and at the Dixie theater showing Texas Rangers Ride Again with John Howard. Identification may be required.
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Strand
Dixie
The
Grafton Sentinel
C. C. Harper
Love Avenue
Kelley
Strand Theatre
Texas Rangers
John Howard
Dixie Theatre
R. E. Hughes
West Main Street
Margie
Mischa Auer
Nan Grey
Tom Powers
Opera House
Nazis Use Hot Air to Save Gas Two Cab Drivers Confess
In St Petersburg Florida authorities say two taxi drivers confessed to murdering Ruth Rawlins 35, Canadian wife of a retired metallurgist. They admitted dragging her body 115 miles by taxi and burying it in a roadside grave near Gainesville. Sheriff signed first degree murder warrants as the case widened.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Ruth Rawlins
Gainesville
E. D. Vaughn
Toronto
Todd Tucker
James Rawlins
The
Evening Independent
COISS
Smokeless powder plant at Radford opens ahead of schedule
The Radford ordnance works in southwestern Virginia, a $44 million facility, will begin full production next week with a daily output of 100000 pounds. Under Secretary Patterson and other military leaders attend the opening as 21000 workers completed the 400 acre project seven months early to address ammunition shortages.
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Washington
Patterson
Price
Virginia
Charles M. Wesson
Edmund B. Gregory
Radford
War Department
United States
Democracy
Seville Powder Plant Blast Kills at Least Fourteen
Seville Spain March 14 At least 14 feared dead and as many as 300 injured after the Santa Barbara powder depot on Seville's outskirts exploded. Only a few escaped as the blast wrecked nearby workers houses. Five guarding soldiers are among the dead, with a civilian watchman his wife and seven children among other fatalities in an adjoining building.
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Seville
Spain
Santa Barbara
Youngster Learns About How To Shoot the Chute
Ten year old William Sutmar crawled into a laundry chute in ST PAUL and was rescued by firefighters after his mother heard his shouts. He explained he wanted to know what shooting the chute was like and said he does not want any more of it.
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St, Paul
Mar
William Sutmar
Parkersburg Barred From Flood Wall Ordinances
Parkersburg is barred by court injunction as Circuit Judge E B Pennybacker restrains the city from further action on ordinances governing a 3 5 million flood wall. The order is contingent on a 1 000 bond by plaintiff Frank Smith and requires compliance pending further proceedings.
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Parkersburg
Mar
E. B. Pennybacker
Sileria
Frank Smith
Legion Chief Reports Britain Likely to Win War
American Legion national commander Milo J. Warmer, returning from England, said Britain is practically certain to win if American munitions and food are convoyed to them. He stressed delivery of necessary supplies keeps Britain fighting and optimistic as the war balance hinges on aid.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
England
Milo J. Warmer
Toledo
Legion
Britain
Post-Gazette Suspends Publication for a Second Time
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette suspended publication again, citing failure of the mailers' union to adhere to the contract and joint agreement with newspaper unions. Earlier, three unions refused to cross a picket line by 40 strikers from the AFL Pittsburgh Newspaper Alliance over a non-union distributor for a charity edition.
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Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette Today
Newspaper Unions Council
AFL
Pittsburgh Newspaper Alliance
Post-Gazette
British Victory Held Certain With U S Aid
London dispatch reports First Lord of the Admiralty A V Alexander says a British victory will be certain and rapid if American aid arrives in time. He urges 100 percent national cooperation as the Navy faces a crucial wartime phase. Shipping Minister Ronald H Cross warns of a hard sea struggle this year.
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London
the Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Alexander
Uncheon
Ronald H. Cross
The
Engineers Institute
Struggsle
Coal Ops Afraid To Oppose Guffey Act
Washington March 14 Representative Disney told the house ways and means committee that rumors claim coal operators oppose the extension of the Bituminous coal division but fear testifying due to reprisals. Abe Fortas denied the claims, saying operators have received fair treatment. J W Wallin urged amendments to give small producers representation on district coal boards.
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Washington
Disney
D.-Okla
House
Ways and Means
Boland
D.-Pa
Guffey
Abe Fortas
J. W. Wallin
Clearfield
Pennsylvania
ESS Chosen Parole Head for State Department
H Clare Hess, Mannington lawyer and former Home Owners Loan Corp attorney, named acting director of the probation and parole department replacing Stanley E Dadisman who quit. William S Wysong Webster County attorney and former state legislator becomes registrar of motor vehicles for the State Road Commission succeeding J G Powell. Appointment announced by Road Commissioner Ernest L Bailey. Dadisman had been parole and probation director since July 5 1939 for a term to 1943 but resigned March 10.
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Charleston
Neely
Statehouse
Homer A. Holt
H. Clare Hess
Mannington
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Probation and Parole Department
Stanley E. Dadisman
Barbour County
Dadisman
William S. Wysong
Webster County
State Road Commission
J. G. Powell
Ernest L. Bailey
Widow of Slain Miner Is Released On Bond
Mrs. Hazel Johnson 36 of Shinnston posted 500 bond as a material witness in the death of her husband Clarence Johnson 42. He was killed Tuesday night when dynamite in a hot automobile exploded. Raymond Echard 24 of Shinnston was held without bond on murder charges. police say Echard confessed to setting the dynamite and did not implicate Mrs Johnson.
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Clarksburg
Mar
Hazel Johnson
Shinnston
Clarence Johnson
Charles D. Smith
Johnson
Coal Reserves In State Are Small
Charleston March 14 A mine shutdown threatens West Virginia coal reserves as operators and the United Mine Workers CIO fail to reach a wage agreement in New York. The survey shows increasing demand and minimal on hand stock with many plants and railroads holding only a 30 day supply.
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Charleston
Mar
West Virginia
United Mine Workers (Cio
New York
Nous Coal
Mine Safety Record In State Greatly Improved
The State Mines department announced a greatly improved mine safety record with a production figure of 336,000 tons per fatality for 1940, while Department Engineer H. G. Houtz estimated production in the past two months at 21,600,000 tons.
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Charleston
State Mines Department
H. G. Houtz
Parties geared up for March political rallies
Washington reports both parties preparing major activity before month’s end. Democrats plan Jackson Day rallies in every state on March 29. President Roosevelt, vacationing in southern waters, is expected to return to speak at the Washington $100-a-plate banquet, barring delays.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Long Sentence Imposed On Conscription Evader
Russell B. Frazier pled guilty to stealing a cash register from a filling station to avoid draft. Judge L Livingston W. Taylor, noting his pride in his own son's Army service, sentenced Frazier to 10 to 15 years in the penitentiary, with no parole recommendation.
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Clayton
N. M
Russell_B. Frazier
L Livingston WN. Taylor
Frazier
United States Army
Mine Parley Work Opens In Wage Fight For Miners
Two subcommittees began formal talks on a two year contract for nearly 450000 United Mine Workers of America in eight state Appalachia. Miners seek a blanket $1 day raise and better conditions while operators push to extend the current terms of $6 daily in the north and $5.60 in the south. The Appalachian pact guides national wage and standard rules for the bituminous industry.
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New York
Mar
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Appalachian
Fresh Italian Troops Fail To Defeat Greeks at Tepeleni
Athens reports renewed Italian assaults under Mussolini’s orders failed to break Greek lines around Tepeleni after seven days of battle. The Greek high command says Italian attacks were aided by strong artillery and air power, but Greek forces repulsed the assaults and inflicted heavy losses while downing two enemy planes.
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Athens
Mussolini
Albania
Tepeleni
Germany says two Hamburg hospitals hit by British raids
German authorities report more than 60 dead in Hamburg as British air attacks strike for a second night. Berlin claims German counter-blows devastated British munitions facilities at Glasgow. Luftwaffe reports havoc in raids on Glasgow Liverpool Hull and other British cities. Eighteen British planes shot down including six Spitfires.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Glasgow
Germany
High Command
Liverpool
Hull
Clyde
Scotland
Nationwide drive seeks skilled workers for defense jobs
Washington, March 14. The government appeals for voluntary registration to build a national pool of talent for defense industries. It targets unemployed workers or those with urgently needed skills not used in their present jobs and calls for cooperation of American labor.
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Washington
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