Penn College Girl Murdered in State College
A Penn State freshman, Rachel Hutchinson Taylor of Wildwood New Jersey, was found slain in the Lemont area near State College after arriving by bus from Easter vacation. Police say she was brutally attacked, beaten, and had many wounds. death from a fractured skull is suspected.
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Wildwood High School
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U. S. Still Gets Quota, Military Leaders Assert
The Senate Military Affairs Committee with a 5 to 4 vote rejected a formal probe into military plane sales to France and Britain. War Department officials denied any interference with U. S. production, while Woodring stressed that such sales boost productive capacity and lower prices. American plants have delivered about 1,600 warplanes to Allied forces in 14 months and rush 2,700 more, with larger forerunners eyed for an 8,000 ship program costing about $1 billion.
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RND
Woodring
House Military Affairs Committee
Missing Mail Plane Found With Three Dead
The bodies of Tom Higgins and two others were found in the wreckage of the Pelee Island mail plane four miles off Leamington, Ontario. The passengers are Mabel Tessier, 20, of North Ridge, Ontario, and Sam Kovinsky, a Leamington fur buyer. The plane disappeared yesterday on the 15 mile hop from Pelee Island.
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Seven French Sailors Die After Explosive Blast
Paris dispatch reports seven crewmen killed aboard the French destroyer La Dailleuse after an unexplained explosion as she left Casablanca Morocco. The ship divided in two. about 100 sailors were believed dead injured or missing.
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Morocco
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Dies Cites George Powers for Contempt in Congress Hearing
Washington March 28 The Dies Committee voted to cite George Powers Pittsburgh Communist leader for contempt over failure to answer questions and produce Communist Party records Powers refused to name party members saying the committee aimed to blacklist workers in industry
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Mar
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Communist Party
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House
Bankhead
James H. Dolsen
Husky
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dolsen
London Recalls Balkan Envoys Amid Diplomatic Offense Hints
London recalls the British ambassador to Turkey and ministers to Bulgaria Greece Romania Hungary and Yugoslavia for consultations with Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax. The aim is to discuss German and Russian economic and diplomatic offensives in the Balkans as a potential British offensive unfolds. Also covered is the congressional probe into un American activities with Powers refusing to name Communist party members and details of Dolsen and Dies on the questioning panel.
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Turkey
Bulgaria
Greece
Romania
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Foreign Office News Department
England
Percy Loraine
Rome
Lord Halifax
Allies Consult on Plans to Speed Up War with Russia
London reports Britain and France plan immediate talks on intensifying the war against Germany and on Russia’s role. The recall of the Soviet ambassador, detention of two Russian ships, and Finland’s March 12 accord shape discussions as Allied pressure aims to curb German reach and shift Russian alignment.
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Germany
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Selenga F
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Rome
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California
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RED
Jakob Surits
England
Joseph Stalin
Finland
Doctor Leonard Wilbur dies of typhus in Taiku China
Dr Leonard Piske Wilbur 338 son of former U S Secretary of the Navy Curt is Dwight Wilbur died of typhus at the American Board Mission Hospital in Taiku Shansi province on March 24 reports from Peiping say.
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China
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American Board Mission
Taiku
Shansi Province
Hogan Still Leads Aycock Shoots 67
Ben Hogan shot a four under par 66 to lead the Greensboro Open after the third round at Sedgefield. Craig Wood fired 68 to move into second place, while Dugan Aycock posted 67 for a 211 total and joined a group at the top of the leaderboard amid a tense final round race.
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Ben Hogan
Carolina
Craig Wood
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Hogan
Sedgefield Country Club
Dugan Aycock
Lexington
Sedgefield
Wood
Ralph Guldahl
Guldahl
Johnny Bulla
Paul Runyan
Johnny Revolta
Byron Nelson
Craigie Sees Improving UK Japan Ties in conciliatory Talk
British Ambassador Sir Robert Leslie Craigie told a Tokyo luncheon that Britain and Japan strive for a lasting peace and shared objectives. He noted differences but blamed misunderstandings for past frictions and announced a mid April departure with Lady Craigie for a private U.S. visit.
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Robert Leslie Craigie
Great Britain
Japan
Craigie
United States
Prince Chichibu
Chichibu
Hachiro Arita
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Sir Robert
Welles Returns From Europe Silent On Details
Sumner Welles arrives in New York after a fact finding tour in Italy Germany France and Britain. He refuses to discuss personalities or specifics, saying no comment on meetings with Hitler Mussolini Daladier Chamberlain and others. He plans to return to Washington and will not discuss weather or reports from The Hague.
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German Submarine Stranded Off Odden Interned At Mandal
A German submarine stranded two miles off Odden in Norwegian waters was interned with its crew at Mandal port after a Norwegian warship towed it in. The German minister in Oslo sought release claiming refuge due to weather and engine trouble, but the Norwegian Admiralty ruled the stranding caused by navigation error and engine trouble from the incident.
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Norwegian
Odden
Mandal
Norway
Air Raids and Counter Moves Across European Skies
The report details British fliers claiming a German warplane down off Scotland while noting the loss of two British crew. Dutch authorities say a British bomber was shot down over the Netherlands with one crewman leaping to his death and the others escaping. German accounts claim several British planes were shot down at Heligoland Bight and elsewhere during night missions.
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Helgoland Bight
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Helgoland
DNB
Widow of John Jacob Astor Dies in Florida Heart Ailment
Palm Beach, March 28. Socially prominent Mrs Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte died at her winter home of a heart ailment aged 47. She previously married Col John Jacob Astor who died in the Titanic sinking. Her life included a later marriage to Enzo Fiermonte and a 1938 divorce.
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Fla
Madeline Force Astor
Dick Fiermonte
John Jacob Astor
Enzo Fiermonte
New York
Florida
John Henry Dick
Fiermonte
Madeline Force
Astor
Newport
R. I
Ava Willing Astor
America
Europe
William K. Gick
Britain and France Agree on Peace Talks Restrictions
The British and French governments agreed at the sixth Supreme War Council meeting that no armistice or peace would be concluded without mutual consent. Attending were Paul Reynaud and Gustave Gamelin for France and Chamberlain Halifax , Winston Churchill , Oliver Stanley and others for Britain. The communique outlined cooperation and future actions amid ongoing war.
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Lied Supreme War Council
France
Paul Reynaud
Lyon
Gustave Gamelin
Wells slams government for war conduct at Leeds
H G Wells denounces Chamberlain and Eden as “grossly incompetent” and accuses Britain of merely playing with war. He criticizes the British Case publication as damaging to Allied credibility and calls for a unified economic control to avert catastrophe. He contrasts British and German approaches during the crisis.
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H. G. Wells
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Chamberlain
Lord Hall
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