United States Grants Franco Formal Diplomatic Recognition
Secretary Hull announced formal recognition of General Franco’s government in Spain and Roosevelt signed a proclamation lifting the arms embargo. The steps clear the way to resume normal relations and an ambassador may be named within hours.
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Robert G. Nixon
Threenantione
Sewer Ber
Washington
United States
Pormel
Pranco Frovenicene
Spe
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Burgos
Franco
Hull
Spain
Bull
White House
Warm Springs
Pa Newc Obser ves Parking Meters And Easter Attendance
City plans additional parking meters at Washington and Jefferson streets and makes space available for general parking on P and L E bus routes. Easter is expected to boost church attendance with many services scheduled. Two large buses with signs "Welcome to New York" head east to support crowd needs for the World’s Fair. A bright yellow car with a distinctive plate was seen, and a Youngstown flight team briefly tried a Buffalo run before a blizzard forced a return. Continued on page two.
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Washington and Jefferson Streets
New York
Daily Weather Report Overview
Weather data shows Friday temperatures at 52 high and 37 low with 53 precipitation and river stage at Fort Star for the 24-hour period. A similar period records a max of 67 and min of 42 with no precipitation.
County Schools Compete in Lawrence County Contest
Lawrence County's 13th annual music and forensic contests draw about 450 students from 11 county high schools in Westminster. Winners advance to the northwestern district event April 14-15 in New Wilmington. Gerald Nord of Bessemer chairs the day. Morning winners include Union for mixed double quartet first, New Castle second, Bessemer third. Boys' vocal quartet New Wilmington first, Princeton second. mixed quartet Jackson first, Ellwood City second. Ralph Fern wins solo in Ellwood City.
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New Wilmington
Lawrence County
Westminster
Pal Gerald Nord
Bessemer
Union Two
New Castle High
New Wilmingcon
Princeton
Nit
Jackson
Anne
Ralph Fern
Ellwood Ily
Willis McCurley
Warship Admiral Von Tirpitz Launch Watched By Hitler
Wilhelmshaven April 1 Hitler watched the launching of the Admiral Von Tirpitz, a 35 000 ton German battleship, as the world awaited his reply to Chamberlains pledge of aid to Poland. Fran Ulrich Von Hassell broke a champagne bottle on the bow.
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Hitler
Internation News Service
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Adolph Hitler
Admiral von Tirpitz
Nazi Germany
Neville Chamber
Lain
Poland
Fran Ulrich von Hassell
Italy
Maundy Thursday Service At New Castle Chapter
Maundy Thursday service held in the Cathedral auditorium by New Castle Chapter Rose Croix 18 degree A A S F. The Solemn Ceremonial Feast of the Paschal was observed with reading of the roll and extinguishing of a candle for departed members and active members of the Supreme Council 33 degree. The service, usually on Thursday before Easter, was moved to Friday to avoid conflicting with Easter church services.
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New Castle
Suneme Council
Libby Holman Weds Actor in Secret Washington Ceremony
Libby Holman Reynolds, torch singer widow of Smith Reynolds, married Ralph Holmes, son of actor Taylor Holmes, in a secret Washington ceremony. The couple reportedly honeymoon on an estate in Stamford, Georgia. The event was confirmed by Bennett Polikatt, the attorney who once defended Mrs Reynolds on a murder charge later dropped by the Reynolds family.
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International News
New York
Smith Reynolds
Rain Tobacco
Ralph Holmes
Taylor Holmes
Washington
Stamford
Genn
Libby Holman Reynolds
Alten Florida Night Club
Bennett Polikatt
Reynolds
Hitler Seeks To Force Naziism On Entire World
Dr Edouard Benes former president of Czechoslovakia told the Chicago Bar Association that Adolf Hitler intends to force Nazism on the world. He said fascism is a reaction against revolutions and aims to establish Germany’s political dominance and transform all peoples with Nazi rule. Benes spoke in Chicago, then left for Cleveland.
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Chicago
Adolf Hitler
Edouard Benes
Cravico-Slovakia
Chicago Bar Association
Benes
Italy
Germany
Cleveland
Grand Jury Seeks Legalization of Numbers Writing
Philadelphia April 1 Legal circles ponder a jury recommendation to legalize numbers writing: the final presentment argues it would aid revenue for the county and support future work. The note discusses steps for regulated play and potential public benefits.
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Conternational New
Sergtea
Philadelphia
Othe Marcher
Refuse To Sell Hollywood Home Seeks Court Action
Anita King once known as The Paramount Girl and her husband resist condemnation by the Los Angeles school board seeking their $200000 estate for school use. They say they have lived there 14 years and refuse to sell at any price.
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International Xe Service
Hollywood
Anita King
Paramount
T. M. McKenna
Los Angeles
Death notices from April 1 1939 list residents and ages
A dated death record lists Alvin Johnston aged 44 of Butler Edward Shremp 69 of Slippery Rock Peter Moran 40 of Ellwood City Thomas Mylatt 4 Younger lawn James Peterson 14 months New Castle Mrs Ben Manning 4 1306 Howard Way Timothy Haley 65 810 Franklin Avenue with multiple hometowns and ages.
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Alvin £. Johnston
Butler
Edward James Shremp
Slippery Rock
Peter Moran
Ellwood City
Thomas
Mylatt
Younger Lawn
James Peterson
New Castle
Mra
Ben Manning
Howard Way
Timothy ‘Thomas Haley
Franklin Avenue
Perry Highway Detours Start As Work Widens Route 19
Traffic will increase Monday in New Castle due to detours from widening of route 19 between Zelienople and Mercer. Route 18 traffic will be rerouted via Mercer New Wilmington New Castle Ellwood City and Zelienople. Route 422 detoured to Slippery Rock then Butler with turns at Croton avenue and East Washington.
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New Castle
Berry Highway
Portersville
Dixie Inn
Thomas Jones
City Police Department
Mercer
New Wilmington
Ellwood City
Zelienople
Slippery Rock
Butler
Croton Avenue
East Washington Street
State Highway Department
Weffic
Perry Klyhway
Zellenople
Portersvile
New Gaslie
Ellwood Road
Butler Road
New Castle School Board Adopts Budget With 18 Mills Millage
The New Castle school board set an 18 mill tax levy for the coming year and approved a budget of 1,119,948 dollars in expenditures and receipts. Of this, 706,065 goes to instructional services, 187,045 to debt service, and 112,940 to plant operation. Roy W. Hazen chaired the meeting in place of the president and vice president. A sinking fund warrant of 187,055 was authorized as needed. A request from the Biase Directors Association to send a representative to Harrisburg on April 5 to support a tenure act amendment was referred to the president and secretary.
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New Castle
Roy W. Hazen
Daniel W. Woolcock
Clyde mM. Whittaker
Biase Directors Association
Toar~risburg
Miners Celebrate John L. Lewis Day in Washington PA
About 4,000 miners affiliated with the United Mine Workers gathered in Washington Pennsylvania to celebrate John L. Lewis Day marking the fifth anniversary of the seven hour day. After a parade they heard addresses by Judges Ralph Smith and Michaela Musmanno of Pittsburgh at the county courthouse.
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Toterse Uum Ens Servces
Washington
Philp Murray
Swoc Chim
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Washington County
Ralph Smith
Michaela A. Musmanno
Pittsburgh
Nurses Home Under Construction Near New Castle Hospital
Excavation has begun on an $80,000 five story brick nursing home at 1000-1020 South Mercer Street next to New Castle Hospital. Louis A. Haug, contractor, will complete the fireproof building by mid August with modern living quarters and classrooms for student nurses under state guidelines.
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New Castle Hospital
Louis A. Haug
New Castle
City Bureau of Building
Souwth Mercer Street
Phillips Hill
Engineer Gives His Life In Vain
In Chicago April 1 Frank Barhillow of Garrett Indiana, 55, died under the wreck of his locomotive amid a head on collision between two freight trains at Summit. Firemen and the other engine crew escaped with minor injuries after urging him to jump. The crash halted traffic for hours as wreckage blocked the line.
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International News
Chicago
Frank Barhillow
Garrett
Ind
Summit
Barbillon
Intralia
Mussolini returns to Rome from Calabria amid European tensions
Italian Premier Mussolini makes a hasty return to Rome from Calabria to monitor the eastern European crisis. At Capua he declares that there is not enough space for Italy and asserts that their will and blood surpass printed ink. He reaches Palazzo Venezia at 2 p.m. and surprises observers as reports said he might travel to Sicily to meet Hitler and Franco.
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Rome
Mussolini Hasty
Calabria
Capua
Vi Duce
Palazzo Venezia
Sicihy
Adolf Hitler
Francisco Prangether
WPA Cuts Ordered In Pennsylvania State Program
Acting WPA administrator ELC Sarath ordered 14,000 men dropped from the Pennsylvania Works Progress Administration after a telegram from Col. F. C. Harrington directed immediate action. The move follows a national order to reduce WPA staff and budget, prompting rapid reductions statewide.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
WPA
Elc
Sarath
Pennsylvania
Col. F.C. Harrington
Nation
Era
Continue Effort To Agree On Mine Wages In New York
Intrnsional April 1 1928 failure of coal operators and United Mine Workers to reach an agreement for new wage contracts leaves thousands of Appalachian miners in limbo. Expired wage terms loom as negotiations continue with John L. Lewis and CIO leadership pushing for a new multi year deal while operators seek continuation of the existing two year arrangement. If no deal by weekend, miners threaten to strike as bituminous mines may shut in the region.
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New York
United Mine Works
Wew
Appalachian
John L. Lewis
Lime
CIO
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Mittuay
Weather outlook for coming week across regions
The weekly forecast notes rain in the North and Middle Atlantic regions Monday night into Tuesday, then again Friday. Temperatures rise Monday through Wednesday, with a warmer trend into the end of the week. The Ohio Valley and Tennessee area expect rain Monday afternoon or night, ending Tuesday, with rain again around Thursday night or day and a warming start followed by a cooler Tuesday.
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Nternoonal News Service
Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Stlas
Tescay
Tiauy
Ohio Valley
Tennerses
Masked Men Shoot Slayer in Panama City
In Panama City on April 11 a group of masked men killed Miles W. Brown, 24, who had just been convicted of the first degree murder of Roy Van Klerck, a merchant. The sentence, previously mercy-recommended, is now mandatory life.
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Iibernational News Service
Panama
City
Fin
Miles W. Brown
Tvo Mites
Sheetry
Gangster Shot To Death In Chicago Amid Hospital Vicinity Incident
A notorious south side gangster known as a Dizke was found dead after a car driven from a separate shooting brought the vehicle near St Bernard’s hospital. A wounded woman, Alice Jensen also known as Rose Middleton, was found injured. Police described a chaotic scene with multiple shots including a fatal neck and head wound to the victim.
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Chicago
Notoriou
Jan
St. Hospital
SER Pfisiy
Alice Jensen
Rose Middleton
St. Bernard's
Man Found Near Portersville Regains Voice
Conferdational Laws Service Butler Pa April 1 Cheesiey Dyleski 35 of Eric R DO 7 who had been unable to talk since he was found on the highway south of Pork le Wierdivest near Portersville recovered enough to verify his identity to authorities but remained unable to expand speech. Attendants said he called receiving a head fall a year ago. Dyles meter was enroute to Bus
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Butler
Cheesiey Dyleski
Eric
R. DO 7
Pork
Portersville Distri
Slayer Imprisoned for Life in Western Penitentiary Case
BEAVER Pa April Cargil E Reynolds 30 of New Brighton pleaded guilty as the finger man in the gang tied to the murder of Tony Spit Caday. Reynolds was sentenced to life in Western Penitentiary and will be transferred to a New York prison where he was serving 20 years to life for the killing of Tony Miassera of Mesa Lockport. Reynolds turned state's evidence and named Lowe The Owpenter Tolanti as the triggerman in the Springfield killing. Was nevertheless requested by a jury.
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Lee
Beaver
Cargil E. Reynolds
New Brighton
Tony Spit Caday
Fife
Western Penitentiary
Reynolds
New York
Tony Miassera
Mesa Lockport
Reynold
Lowe
Owpenter
Tolanti
Tir Man
Wat Anil
Speech Cut Off After Opening Address Delayed
Censored speech to come later as officials announce text will be delayed several hours. Wilhelm Haven Goer reports Germany may reconsider naval restraint while England faces new charges that Berlin is upsetting European peace. Broadcast cut mid address leaving world awaiting full message.
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Wilhelm Haven Goer
Germany
Broadcast Of Hitler Speech Ends Abruptly In New York
An incomplete news item reports a Hitler speech broadcast in New York ended suddenly. The brief notes national and international reaction, with mentions of wartime context and media coverage.
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Hitler
Arthur Mometer Todas Fight And Theatre Tale
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a fight involving Arthur Mometer Todas and a referenced event at a fete. Mentions attempts at singing, the night water and scent of men. References Deane, Chane, and a Sunday appearance with uncertain details.
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Todas
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