War of words amid Europe’s widening conflict
The Associated Press reports a tense toying of threats as Germany vows a decisive blow in the West led by Field Marshal Goering while Allied raids and naval actions test the British blockade. Neutrals fear German reprisals and warn that lifelines to Europe’s war zones could widen the conflict for Scandinavia and Luxembourg.
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Associated Press
Europe
Germany
Marin Wilhelm Goering
Adolf Hitler
Royal ‘Air Force
Britain
Goering
Poland
France
Fuehrer
Scapa Flow
Western Front
Norway
Denmark
Chamberlain
Scandinavia
Sweden
Per Edvin Skold
Duchy of
Luxembourg
Borough Council Proceedings Highlight Parking and Permits
Council notes include permit for John Markle to build a service station on Grant Street between Seventh Street and Wayne Avenue. Borough may take over Fleming alley maintenance. Discussion on discontinuing the Indiana Branch passenger train. Solicitor Barbier to advise. Wayne Avenue parking signs questioned. referred to police committee. Anderson Studell grading Grandview Avenue to be reported to supervisors. Street committee to report on Joseph Zoffuto run closure. McCall Appliance seeks permission to install two gasoline pumps with drivaway at 1416 Philadelphia Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Markle
Grant Street
Seventh Street
Wayne Avenue
Fleming Alley
Diamond Alley
Carter Street
Indiana Branch
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thos
Barbier
George D. Leydic
Beecessary
Wayne
Venus
Police Committee
Anderson Studell
Grandview Avenue
Joseph Zoffuto
Philadelphia
McCall Appliance Company
Perminion
James Plans Complete Flood Control Program
Governor Arthur H. James announced a comprehensive flood control program to be submitted to the next General Assembly session after a Susquehanna valley tour. He defended state aid efforts, cited Army plans and TVA parallels, and noted needs for dikes at Wilkes-Barre Kingston and Sunbury along with highway improvements and post-flood rehabilitation as waters recede.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes- Barre
Weslnesses
South Wilkes-Barre
Kingston
Sunbury
General Assembly
James
DuBois
Clearfield
Residents Seek Paving and Signal Repairs in Local Committees
Residents ask for paving of Clymer avenue from Oak to Chestnut while the street committee investigates and reports. The street and police committees will also review traffic signals at Fifth and Water streets reported as not functioning properly.
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Clymer Avenue
Oak and
Chestnut Streets
Fifth and
Water Streets
Obituary notices from Armstrong Township and Alverda
Obituary continues with strong Armstrong Township resident and a Curry Run Presbyterian Church member. Funeral services tomorrow at 2 p m Streams Funeral Home with Rev Harry Burton Boyd. burial Oakland Cemetery. Also Mrs Axel Carlson aged late 30s died at home Alverda after a long illness. survivors include husband John Satmery and three children Esther Richard Mary Jean. services held at Sacred Heart Church with burial Bethel Cemetery Dixonville.
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Strong Township
Alice Fleming
Indiana
Armstrong Township
Curry Run
Axel Carlson
Alverda
Margaret (Saimary) Carlson
South Fork
John Satmery
Esther
Richard
Mary Jean
Andrew Penter
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Father Murphy
Bethel Cemetery
Dixonville
Charges on censors board and Margiotti probe impact
The board of censors and Margiotti’s grand jury plans influence his stance as cross-examinations reveal his private prosecutor role. Lawrence remained good-natured while Margiotti testified. Charles E B Ryder, Water and Power Resources Board chief engineer, disclosed borrowing 750 to fund a political contribution for a hoped salary raise that never came.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Censors
Margiotti
Eaton
Lawrence
Commonwealth
Charles EB. Ryder
Water and Power Resources Board
Dauphin County Democratic Committee
College thief defies order at college campus
A female student, identified only as Miss Taylor, arrived on campus at 3:40 am ignoring regulations by Women’s Student Government Association restricting coeds from returning after 1 pm without special parental approval. She was found walking alone near the dormitory area as the investigation continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's
Ram Yvavae Tion
Teylor
Sean
Floods test Wilkes-Barre dikes and broad relief plans
Floods toppled an 8000 gallon gasoline tank near Wilkes-Barre as fire crews guarded the spill. Kingston and Plymouth residents evacuated lowlands while state and federal agencies mapped dike extensions, pumping stations, and health measures. Roosevelt and Governor James urged long term flood control, with WPA funding and local bond votes under way. cleanups, water testing, and typhoid precautions followed as towns assessed damage and future protections.
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Wilkes-Barre
Kingston
Plymouth
Edwardsville
St. Patrick's Day
Roosevelt
Army Engineers
James
Oil City
General Assembly
Army
Wilkes- Barre
Williamsport
Sunbury
Pittston
Shickshinny
WPA
Red Cross
State Heath
Gerum Wes Peico
Boye
Legal Moves At Vintondale Delays Mine Reopening Efforts
Trustee Don A. Martin seeks court approval to borrow funds for preservation of the Collierina mine at Vintondale while negotiations to restart work continue. Miners, owed about 85 000 in wages, vow to challenge the move as hearings proceed in Pittsburgh court. Court action could stall bankruptcy while wage claims are prepared for 500 workers.
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Don A. Martin
Vinton’ Collierina Corporation
Vintondale
Martin
Cambria County
Pittsburgh
Samuel R. DeFrancesco
Wintondale
DiFrancesco
Census Mail Replies Declined by Adults in Philadelphia
Philadelphia reports show few residents used unsigned cards for earnings questions on the census survey. The article notes that the average man lacked the opportunity or inclination to reply by mail, indicating widespread nonparticipation in this aspect of the census process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Susquehanna Flood Impacts Wilkes-Barre Region
Flood chaos continues as eight Susquehanna bridges near Wilkes Barre are blocked except two upstream open spans. Plymouth Wilkes-Barre bridge tilted, wooden superstructure washed away. seven sections dropped into the river. Loss estimates run into millions with two dead and seven missing as Red Cross aids residents returning home. Weather shows showers in the floodheadquarters with receding river levels noted overnight.
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Susquehanna
Wilkes- Barre
Pittaton
Plymouth Wilkes-Barre
Driva
Lisa
Red Cross
Atute
Wyoming Valley
Guo
Famed Pianist Percy Grainger to Perform at College Auditorium
Famed pianist composer and conductor Percy Grainger will present a program April 12 before students faculty and townspeople in the college auditorium. He will appear as soloist and conductor with the college choir band and orchestras. The program includes his arrangement of Country Gardens a best seller for 76 years. The event accompanies a slide show by L C Davis and field geography notes by Indiana University staff.
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Pércy Grainger
Atudenta
College Auditorium
Mr. Grainger
Melbourne
Australia
Germany
Europe
South Africa
New Zealand
America
Gainger
L. C. Davis
United States
Davis
Indiana
Mexico
South America
Dust Bowl
Richard Houk
Grand Canyon
San Francisco
Ray Gongwer
Alice Moorehead
LeRoy King
Eastern States Association of Professional Schools For
New York
Alice Moorhead
Carrie Belle Parks Norton
Officer Asked For Insurance In Budget Conspiracy Case
Harrisburg April reports deputy attorney general testified he was asked for five percent of his salary as "job insurance" during the Democratic Earle administration. E Russell Shockley, state wealth attorney since 1931, told a jury in the conspiracy trial of Democratic State Chairman David L Lawrence and seven colleagues that he was in arrears on his assessment of more than 600 when visited by two defendants in 1937. The defendants Clyde H Smith and Ohin County urged him to pay promptly, but he said he would pay only the current year assessment on his $5,000 salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Earle
E. Russell Shockley
David L. Lawrence
Clyde H. Smith
Ohin County
Sheehy
Guards drill at state reform school in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg on April 3 twenty five young guards in training at the state reform school underwent a week of drilling at the YMCA gym under the supervision of Major H. C. Hill the warden. Lieut W C Morris led the program with aims to mold them into capable guards in 90 days. Names of the recruits include Robert B Soyer William H Bubb Edmund D Burke Ivan R Costrow Gerald Davis Samuel H Kipp Ronald D Lowry Comus R Manewal James R Ramer Willis J Read William L Sautter and Max I Wickman.
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Marrisburg
Roe
Reform Echool
West Point
H. C. Hill
White Hill
Hill
Atiquippa
Gerald ¥. Davis
Eric
Samuel H. Kipp
Altoona
Ronald D. Lowry
Brookville
Comus R. Manewal
Bessemer
James R. Ramer
Port Trevorton
Willis J. Read
Broad Top City
William L Sautter
Max I
Margiotti defends party stance amid payroll testimony
Former attorney general Charles J. Margiotti said he never became a Democrat at heart while noting he now earns $4,000 annually under Republican administration. He helped spark the 1938 compulsory contributions charges, and testified as prosecutors planned further calls. Witnesses Grissinger and Shockley described remarks by Frank R. Hean urging political contributions as job insurance and cited Capitol Hill staffers from prior GOP administrations on the payroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eral
Charles J. Margiotti
Margiotti
Shock
Heffore
Commonwealth
Charles W. Grissinger
Highway Department
Frank R. Hean
Grissinger
Hean
Capitol Hill
Shockley
Capitol
Aged Nurse Goes On Trial for Mercy Slaying
Allentown April 3 The Commonwealth pressed to complete a jury to try 77 year old Margaret L Cowan a nurse from Quakemown on murder and voluntary manslaughter charges in the mercy killing of her sister 67 year old Louetta Saeger of Spinnerstown at Allentown State Hospital Eight jurors three men and five women were picked on opening day Cowan sat calm at the defense table after sanity commission review The slaying occurred in the visitors room and a detective quoted Cowan saying I feel happier now than I have all my life I have put my sister out of her misery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
The
Commonwealth
Margaret L. Cowan
Louetta Saeger
Spinnerstown
Allentown State Hospital
Miss Cowan
Sanity Commission
Joseph E. Gehringer
James L. Christine
War Today: Chamberlain touts economic war push
In a Commons address, Chamberlain lauded intensified Anglo French and neutral pacts aimed at starving Germany of supplies. Goering vowed a decisive western blow as Germany mobilizes resources and Romania plans mass conscription to meet export demands. The piece frames the spring offensive as a critical, binding clash of economic blockade versus aggressive strategy, shaping the war's early phase.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Chamberlain
Germany
House of Commons
England
Bucharest
Hitler
Goering
Striee
Playboy Promoter Weds Singer in Secret Marriage
William P. Buckner Jr the cafe society playboy promoter awaiting prison for mail fraud secretly married Adelaide Moffett singer on February 8 in Danville Virginia reports say. The ceremony was followed by a brief honeymoon at Key West Florida. Buckner appeared in federal court this morning and confirmed the marriage.
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New York
William P. Buckner, Jr
Cafe Society
Playboy
Adelaide Moffett
Miss Moffett
David Brooks
Danville
Key West
Fla
Buckner
Federal Court House
Stock Market Ticker Sees Wide Range Of Industrial Names
A long list of stocks includes Air Reduction American Can Am and For Pow Am Radio Corp and Reading Co. Major players such as Chrysler Gen Motors GM and IBM appear alongside chemical and utility firms. The report catalogues prices and percent changes with many entries denoting gains and losses amid a volatile market.
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St & Bt
Atch T and &S F Qala
Balt
Ohio
Shay Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Canad Pacific
Cerro de aPs
Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Corp
South
Cons Edison
Consol
del Lack
West
Elec Bary
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Distillers
Central RR
North Ameria
Packard Motor Aq Penn RR
Phila
Phillips Pet
Pure Oil
Ay Radio Corp of Ai
Reading Co
Repab Steel
Sears Roebuck Bes
Sovony-Vacuum
Southern Pacific
Southern Ryan Sperry Corp
NJ Aig Studebake, Corp Wy Texas Corp
Timken
United Aucrat
Abi United Corp
U & Indie
Alevah U
Roosevelt and Dewey Lead in Tight Primary Clashes
The article reports Dewey leading in Wisconsin and contesting Nebraska while Roosevelt paces Garner in Wisconsin and Illinois. It notes New York delegates split, with Dewey favored for the Republican state, and Roosevelt likely to secure New York’s 94 votes if he runs. Other races include Milwaukee’s mayoral race and Kansas City machine defeat.
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New York
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Wisconsin
Dewey
Vandenberg
Washington
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Garner
Illinois
New York City
Democratic
Alfred E. Smith
John McNabee
Jas. H. Fay
New Dealer
John Eagan
Frank Gannett
Rochester
Daniel W. Hoan
Milwaukee
Carl F. Zeidler
Pendergast
Kansas City
John R. Gage
New Mexico
Raton
Ralph P. Kress
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
John Hamilton
California
Harmony
Ells E. Patterson
Markets and produce report from Pittsburgh and Chicago
Pittsburgh markets show hog prices rising across weight classes and calves and cattle firm with good to choice beef at 9.50 to 10.50. Sheep hold steady. Chicago grain notes selling by buyers on crop news with wheat dipping after morning gains. May around 1.06 1 4 and July near 1.08 1 4. Corn little changed to higher with May 58 cents and July 77 8. Produce details list various fruit and vegetable quotes in Pittsburgh and regional sacks and prices for apples, peaches, and cranberries with mixed offerings and steady punt orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Chicago
College Weather Forecast Says Warm, Showers Likely Today
A college forecast indicates temperatures rising with a warmer afternoon and showers expected tomorrow. Brief notes show variable conditions and no significant cooling. Local students are advised to plan for rain and light winds during the day.
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Ninth Street
Sixth Street
Philadelphia Street
Nixon Alley
Gompers Alley
Arthur H. James
Susquehanna Valley
F. Clair Ross
Pennsylvania
Joseph F. Guffey
War Department
Geid
Tennessee
TVA
Edward Martin
Joey Iannotti
New Haven
Conn
Curly Stangelo
Frank Gillmore
Cincinnati
Olliver White
Jersey City
Saverio Turiello
Willian
Henry Cheatum
Newark
Maxie Berger
Montreal
Johnny Rohrig
Susquehginna
Wilkes Barre
Percy Grainger
Cesatrelion
Tgvor
Sutbat
Lima
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Singer
Adelaide Moffitt
Weiki Saati
Ulace
Wales
Arad
Usevelt
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Banat’ Gariedy
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