Russia and Japan Neutrality and World War Strategy
The article discusses how Japan’s neutrality in a broader war could shift leverage between the Allies and Axis. It explores how a pact with the Soviet Union might affect Soviet policy, German expansion, and potential access to Ukraine’s grain. It notes Stalin’s stance, Turkey’s risk, and the uncertain balance as Nazi momentum pauses to consolidate.
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Japan
United States
Britain
Ussia
Germany
Ukraine
Churchill Teat Heke
Moscow
Waaf
Axis
Wapan
East Asia
Nipponi
America
Hitler
Stalin
Nézidorm
Turkey
Near East
Italy
duiBavy
Balkans
Pact reshapes eastern alignments in world war era
Russia and Japan sign a new accord shaping Far East strategy, with Berlin sources noting reduced Russia risk and increased Japanese posturing in Thailand and French Indo China. Shanghai reports warn of Pacific spillover, while U S convoy plans may trigger further Japanese moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Japan
Thailand
Indo-China
East Indies
Singapore
Shanghai
Pacific
U. S
Atlantic
China
Russia
Comic strip therapy aids diagnosis of problem children
Athens April 14. Northwestern University psychologists Ernest A. Haggard and Helen Sargent report that letting troubled children direct comic strip characters helps reveal family and peer maladjustments. The method often uncovers causes schools fail to elicit, with children revealing jealousies, desires for revenge, and frustrations through their chosen plots.
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Athens
Ernest A. Haggard
Helen Sargent
Northwestern University
Haggard
Midwestern Psychological Association
Ohio University
Easter War Reflections and White House Easter Egg Roll
The Pontiff laments slow peace prospects and calls for restraint in war while Italian Easter observances remain subdued by rationing. In Washington, 132 British refugee children join the White House Easter egg roll invited by Mrs Roosevelt, with amusements planned and six bands to perform, including the U S Merino band.
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Washington
White House
Maryland
Virginia
Franklin D Roosevelt
Weather Bureau
President Grant
Capitol Hill
Congress
Capitol
Hayes
Harry Wallace
Roosevelt
U. S
Public Driver Education Talk by Amos Neyhart at Local High School
Amos B Neyhart head of the Institute of Public Safety will speak in the High School Auditorium on Monday evening April 21. Sponsored by the Education Committee of the New Century Club chaired by Mrs Mylea Davis the meeting invites the public especially automobile drivers and prospective drivers. Neyhart, noted for driver training instruction in high schools, has worked with the AAA and Penn State College and promoted driver education across the country.
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Amos B. Neyhart
Institute of Public Safety
New Century Club
Mylea Davis
Neuhart
Pennsylvania State College
American Automobile Association
Washington
AAA
State College
Sing Sing inmates in gun battle after prison break
Riordan Waters and McGale, three inmates with prior police records, feigned illness to enter the infirmary then pulled smuggled guns and killed Hartyde and Patrolman Waters. They overpowered a guard, escaped through a service tunnel, and fled on foot before a patrol car pursuit ended in a fatal gunfight with Patrolman Fagan. The pair then hijacked a boat to flee toward the Palisades.
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Miller
Riordan
Waters
McGale
Hartyde
New York City
Bronx
Matteo de Simone
Sing Sing
Ossining
Fagan
Oushing Railroad
Retired Harvard nurse honored after 44 years of service
A Harvard hospital nurse, who served forty four years, was retired in September after reaching the compulsory retirement age. The long time employee, once praised for dedication, was celebrated as she ends a notable career in the medical field.
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Harvars
Yugoslav Greek and North Africa fronts shift in war updates
News dispatches describe the Yugoslav resistance and retreat toward the Adriatic foothills as German and Italian forces press in Albania and Greece. In Africa, Tobruk holds as Rommel’s columns push toward the Suez while British forces plan a possible Matruh fallback. Rome cites breakthroughs in Eastern Albania and Knin as Axis claims meet mixed Allied reports. President Roosevelt lifts Red Sea ban, prompting warnings from Italian editor Gayda about escorting ships. Britain eyes a renewed Nile defense amid Easter diplomacy with Soviet Union and Japan pact implications.
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Yugloslavv
Tirana
Albania
Dunkerque
Athens
Siti
Suez Canal
Egypt
Salum
Bardia
Libya
Mussolini
Tobruk
Cairo
Nile
Greece
Matruh
Salam
Fort Capuzzo
Ibsoet Capone
Tler
Rome
Corizza
Korizza
Yugoslavia
Knin
Berlin
Zagreb
Croatia
Roosevelt
Red Sea
Virginio Gayda
Axis
African
Britain
Washington
U. S
Senate
Russia
Japan
Fisherman recounts robbery attempt and gun threat near Reekland
An eyewitness fisher described two men accosting him on a boat ride north of Reekland, claiming to have killed a cop. He offered the boat's use but they forced him to row, threatened to bump him, and fled after about an hour, leaving him shaken.
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Reeklanda
Mysterious OCR Fragment Sheds Light on WPA Relief Tolls
A garbled OCR passage references a statewide maintenance program and public assistance, noting a list of 129 names with a monthly Pebrie report. It mentions combined state and federal WPA relief tolls hitting a new low, but details are unclear due to text corruption.
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Morwa
Id Beism
Acre
Graduation Privileges For Inducted Seniors Announced
General Martin announced that high school seniors inducted into Federal Service last February will graduate with their regular class in June. Furloughs will let them attend baccalaureate services and other graduation events while they wear uniforms at home. Special graduation arrangements were made with school authorities and several officers received commendations for extraordinary service during the past ten days.
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Martin
108Th Field Artillery Regiment
James 8. Gallagher
100Th Infantry
109Th Infantry
Scranton
Wilson H. Stephenson
Philadelphia
111Th Infantry
Louis B. Ely
Hanson Ely
108Th Field Artillery
Funeral Services for Willem Arthur Foster
Funeral services will be held here for Willem Arthur Foster, 87, with religious rites and burial planned at the local cemetery. The deceased, lifelong resident, was known for his community work and assistance to neighbors in Valier. Community members are invited to pay respects and honor his legacy.
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Willem Arthur Foster
Valen Setar
Valier
Tortoni’s remembered in Denver and Manila saloons
The reminiscence recalls Tortoni’s on Arapahoe in Denver as a famed restaurant famed for cuisine and celebrity patrons. It contrasts with the nearby Manhattan and recalls piano music at Curtiss Street, Frawley brothers, and early stardom of Paul Mead and the song Melancholy Baby. It also mentions a Manila Silver Dollar saloon with pesos, and Hammill the Irish proprietor, plus Larimer Street saloon memories and Custer imagery.
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Curtis
Tortoni
Tortoni’s
Rocky Mountain West
Denver
Lawrence
Manhattan
Paul
Bill
Zeigfeld
Hollywood
Ernie Burnett
Mr. Mead
Manila
Escalta
Mr Mead
Brown Brothers
Philippines
Alhambra
Escolta
Hammil
Turpey Hall
Custer
Lafayetter College Deferment Plan for Faculty and Students
Lafayette College announces a deferment program allowing professors and students to resume academic duties after military training. Dr William Mather Lewis says the plan supports those summoned for service with a collegiate committee led by Dean Odore A Distler to review individual cases and determine necessary deferments.
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Lafayette
Lafayette College
William Mather Lewis
Dore A. Distler
Indiana area obituary roundup of Lucas, Feit, Holdsworth kin
Obituary notices report James Irwin Lucas born July 11 1888 in Snowshoe Clearfield County and funeral at 1:00 pm Tuesday at his Snowshoe residence with Rev C P Salladay officiating. Also listed are Harold Nortum George Feit Janet Holdsworth and Belle George with service details and interments in local cemeteries.
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James Irwin
Clara (Gorsach) Lucas
Snowshoe
Clearfield County
Lorena (Jones
Lucas
Ducella Tressler
Bellefonte
Lyell Lucas
Blairsville
Willam G. Lucas
Orbischia
Marian
George J. Feit
South Sixth Street
Harry Burton Boyd
D. Bh
Vian Church
Oaklan Cemetery
Corp
Joseph Blakely
United Spanish War Veterans
Indiana Lodge No. 131
Indiana County Bar Association
Rotary Club
Belle Allison Neal
Pittsburgh
Belle (Harrison) George
T. H. George
Indiana R. D. 5
Armstrong Township
J. A. Henderson
Center Township
Jennie Miller
Indiana
John George
Roy George
Dale Getty
Armstrong
Plow Adjustment Demo Slated for April 17
County agricultural agent J. W. Warner announces a Plow Adjustment Demonstration for Thursday April 17 at Old McMilleng two miles northeast of Pluin ville. Penn State engineer W. B. Peterson will show how proper hitch adjustment reduces draft and improves work quality with a two-bottom tractor plow. Field tests reveal hitch setup greatly affects covering and efficiency.
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United States
J. W. Warner
Peterson
Death notices and obituaries from western Pennsylvania area
Obituary notices for Myrtle Emma Burnheimer Rose and Harry E Himes with details of births, deaths, residences, church affiliations, survivors, and funeral arrangements. Rose died at 4:40 PM Saturday in Conemaugh. services at 2:30 PM tomorrow at the Hose home with interment in Forest Lawn. Himes, longtime Kittanning Tribune editor, died at West Penn Hospital after a long illness. funeral at Rhodes Funeral Home with interment in Kittanning Cemetery. multiple survivors listed.
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Myrtle Emma (Burnheimer) Rose
Clayton
G. Rose
Piclock
R. D
Rose
Conemaugh
Methodist Church
Ladies Aid, Society
Hose Home
C. J.bland
Methodial ‘Church
Edgar Walters
Conemaugh Evangelical Church
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Harry
E. Himes
Kittanning
Kittanning Tribune
Pennsylvania
Harry E. Himes
North Avenue
West Penn
Pittsburgh
Joseph C
Margaret
Rutherford) Himes
New Bethlehem
Rhodes Funeral Home
Michael M. McDevitt
Himes
Huldah King
Kittenning
Helen W
Harry BE
Mr. Himes
Anna M. Barnett
Samuel Barnett
Elderton
Robert T. Himes
Anna M. Barnett Himes
Harry E. Himes, Jr
Harold Robert Rodgers
Slippery Rock
John R. Himes
W. Edgar Himes
E. Roy Himes
H. 8. Weckerly
First Presbyterian Chursh
John Orr
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Frans Tlso
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St. Peter's Loggia
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Charles Stuhr
Lancaster
103Rd Medical Regiment
Balt and Ohio
Beth Steel
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Budd
Ches and Ohio
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Elec
Gen Foods
Motors
Hard-Walker Greyhound Corp
Int
Nick Can
Tel and Tel
Kennecott Cop
Kresge
Loew's Inc
Montgam’ Ward
Nat Biscuit
Harold Nortum
Tucson
Ariz
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Johnsonburg
Johnsonburg Cemetery
Janet Holdsworth
N. M. Holdsworth
East Pike
George
Pearl ‘Holdsworth
Carmichaels
Mabel
June
Ruth
Grace
Carmichaels Methodist Church
Clyde Lewis
Gike
oSoel
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Ferman Kearney
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Blue Lodge
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Orient Royal Aroh
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Kittanning Council
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