War Nations Pause To Observe Easter
War slowed as Easter services were held across Europe. Pilgrims gathered at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem while Pope Pius XII led Mass in St Peter’s Basilica. In Strasbourg, the cathedral choir resumed singing for Holy Week and prayers for peace were offered.
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Jerusalem
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Christ
Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
St. Peters
Rome
Vatican
Strasbourg
France
Notre Dame
Abbe
Hoch
Rhine
Four Year Letter Romance Ends in Oakland Marriage
Winfield S. Carr and Elizabeth Carpenter paused a four year romance conducted mostly by letters from around the world. They met in the First Christian Church in Oakland to marry last night after Carpenter traveled from Montpelier Vermont and Carr from the Hawaiian Islands, with Rev. Paul Reagor officiating.
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San Francisco
Winfield S. Carr
Elizabeth Carpenter
Oakland
Miss Carpenter
Montpelier
Carr
Hawaiian Islands
Paul Reagor
Easter Brings New Cold Wave
A large inflow of polar air has Easter parades facing cold conditions and galoshes. The Eastern two thirds of the nation could see mid January temperatures with winds, occasional light snow, and cloudy skies. The Rocky Mountain region may see above freezing but similar cold spells. The Far West and Deep South remain more favorable for Easter attire.
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Washington
Rocky Mountain States
North Carolina county boards begin statewide voter purge drive
County boards in all 100 counties launched a purge of dead, repetitious, and moved voters from primary registration books. Most boards ordered new registrations while others chose relisting. registrars and judges to be appointed by April 6. Halifax, Vance, Pitt, Wilson, Forsyth, Jones, Guilford, Durham, Craven and Alamance among those voting new registrations.
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Raleigh
Boards of Elections
North Carolina
General Assembly
Craven
Alamance
State Board of Elections
W. A. Lucas
Wilson
Halifax
Vance
Pitt
Forsyth
Jones
Guilford
Durham
Wayne
Greene
Mecklenburg
Wake
Anson
President Roosevelt Might Veto Trade Legislation
Word spread on Capitol Hill that President Roosevelt would veto legislation to continue the reciprocal trade program. Congress supported a proposal requiring Senate ratification of trade agreements, a move said to threaten the program’s usefulness and spark major contention in ongoing debates.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Hull
Navy Approves Foreign Sale of U.S. Warplanes
The Navy supports selling the latest type of U S warplanes to foreign nations stripped of military secrets as a cost saving measure for its own construction program. Rear Admiral John H Towers testified that no military secrets have been released to British French or Finnish buyers and that foreign orders have helped reduce prices while expanding plant capacity.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
John H. Towers
Bureau of Aeronautics
Senate Appropriations
Point Towers
Roosevelt
Towers
Sheppard Endorses Garner as Liberal New Deal Leader
Senator Sheppard of Texas praised Vice President Garner on NBC tonight as a standout liberal in the New Deal fight. He cited Garner's 37 years in federal service and loyalty to liberal objectives, calling him the ideal 1940 presidential successor amid calls for steady, cautious leadership.
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Washington
Garner
Sheppard
D-Tex
NBC
Congress
John Nance Garner
Texas
Welding Of Tri Power Axis Seen In Berlin
Berlin report says Moscow may visit to cement Berlin Moscow ties and Russia Italy cooperation during the war. Tass denies Molotov visit while insiders push dates for a Berlin arrival. A three power plan aims to keep the Balkans peaceful and to shape postwar Southeast Europe. The Rome Berlin axis could include Russia as a non belligerent partner supplying materials.
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Berlin
Molotoff
Italy
Galeazzo Ciano
Europe
Russia
Germany
Balkans
Balkan
Brenner Pass
Fuehrer
Hitler
Mussolini
Rome
Roosevelt Denies Reading Speech Echoes From Cromwell Row
Washington reports deny the President had foreknowledge of James H. R. Cromwell’s pro Allied speech. A White House statement says claims Roosevelt received a copy before Cromwell spoke are untrue. Cromwell calls such reports fabrications and says his views were his own.
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Washington
James H. R. Cromwell
Hull
Canada
White House
Cromwell
Associated Press
Roosevelt
New York
Easter Santa Brings Peace to New York in Chickens Stunt
A man in a Santa Claus outfit with an Indian headdress rode a wagon into Rockefeller Center and distributed about 600 live chickens in a bid for world peace. He claimed to be Santa from Santa Fe and later rode a horse before police escorted him to the West 7th Street station.
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New York
Santa Claus
Rockefeller Center
Santa Fe
Woody Hockaday
Santa
50Th Street
Sixth Avenue
West 7Th Street
International Relations Club picks Tallahassee for next conference
The Southeastern division votes to hold its next annual conference in Tallahassee Florida at Florida State Teachers College.
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IRC
Florida Chapel Hill
Southeastern Division of International Relations Club
Florida State Teachers College
Tallahassee
Fla
Leech Ensley Rites Held in Thomasville Church
Funeral services for Leech Ensley a prominent Thomasville Black resident will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist Church on Church Street.
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Leech Ensley
Thomasville
First Baptist Church
Church Street
Reynaud Plans to Intensify War Effort in France
Paris dispatch reports Paul Reynaud outlining a program to speed up the war against Germany after winning a slim majority in the Chamber. He conferred with army and navy leaders and inner cabinet members to bolster action while cabinet allies approve, seeking to strengthen support ahead of the April reconvene.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Paul Reynaud
Germany
France
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Jean Darlan
Camille Chautemps
Edouard Daladier
Cesar Campinchi
Laurent Egnac
Georges Monnet
Lucien Lamoureux
Georges Mandel
Raoul Dautry
Chamber
Reynaud
Daladier
Georgia Legislator Posts Five Thousand Dollar Bond
Georgia Representative B Frank Whelchel faces two federal indictments for selling postal appointments. He posted 5000 dollar bond before U S Commissioner R E Smith Jr in Gainesville and will appear at the April federal term. Bond set at 2500 dollars on each indictment.
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Gainesville
B. Frank Whelchel
United States
R. E. Smith, Jr
Smith
Whelchel
Atlanta
Jon Dean Steward
United States District Court
Start of undersea fare on scale undreamed of in World War
In London March 23 informed quarters declare a start of undersea fare on a scale undreamed of in the World War probable in two weeks. The report attributes the plan to British authorities and notes heightened attacks on strategic targets.
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London
Britain
Soviet Denies Molotoff Berlin Visit Rumor
Moscow rejects reports of Vyacheslav Molotov's planned Berlin visit as baseless while Berlin hints at possible talks after Easter. The Tass agency states rumors are groundless, amid war news of U boats and British naval testing as German ore shipments face new Allied pressure.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Germany
Russia
Vyachesieff Molotoff
Molotoff
Moscow
Marsh
Tass
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Council of Peoples Commissars
Ukraine
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Canada to vote in wartime election this week
Canada prepares for a wartime election as 6.6 million voters head to the polls next Tuesday. Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King seeks a Liberal majority amid Conservative criticism of the war effort. Campaign stops and mass meetings occur across the country with about 672 candidates vying for 245 Commons seats.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
W. L. MacKenzie King
Ontaro
Mac
Kenzie King
Canadian Active Service Force
England
Commons
Liberals
Conservatives
Liberal
Norman Rogers
Moravian Easter Sunrise Service Draws Thousands in Winston-Salem
Thousands gathered in historic Moravian Square in Winston-Salem for the Easter sunrise service marking the Moravian church dawn tradition. Bishop J Kenneth will lead at 6:30 am with antiphonal chorales and a procession to the graveyard, reflecting a 200 year-old custom begun in Herrnhut and brought to Sal em.
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Winston-Salem
Square
WN Carolina
Moravia
Salem
J. Kenneth
Acre
Herrnhut
Saxony
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