Cabinet Shake-Up in Great Britain Triggers Protests
London reports a cabinet shuffle that elevated Winston Churchill to de facto military authority, sparking widespread criticism. The Laborite London Party Herald led the revolt, deeming the reorganization insufficient and urging explanations from Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain amid opposition to abolishing the defense coordination post.
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Great Britain
London
Winston Chiurchill
England
Laborite
London Party Herald
Neville Chamberlain
The
Herald
Chamberlain
Lord Chatfield
Lawn rolling season in full force across the city
The city and vicinity see active lawn rolling praised by experts for better turf. Baseball schedules begin to appear as the season nears, while new car models feature rear directional signals for safer driving. A Sunday eclipse preview near New Castle darkened skies briefly amid wind and rain. Crocus beds bloom around homes as benches at Jackson Park undergo repairs for the approaching pleasant weather.
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Jackson Park
Washington Street
New Castle
Daily Weather Report for 24-hour period ending Wednesday
United States weather statistics show a maximum of 76 and a minimum of 38 for the period ending 5 p.m. Wednesday with 0.28 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 7.9 feet. For the same date last year, the maximum was 44, the minimum 20, and precipitation 0.61 inches.
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United States
Berlin Views on Naming Churchill as War Leader
Berlin authorities viewed Churchill as Britain’s virtual war dictator and a symbol of intensified warfare. German quarters endorsed the new authority while noting Britain and France would wage war with all means against nations not in the allied camp.
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Pierre J. Huss
International
Berlin
Winston Churchill
Britain
Churchill
Third Term Foes Say Primary Results Show Popularity On Wane
Roosevelt supporters celebrate strong delegate haul from New Hampshire Maine New York Wisconsin with 134 of 136 delegates named while opponents say primary results reveal waning popularity. The article notes 8 of 8 NH delegates 10 of 10 Maine 86 of New York with eight more promised and 22 of 24 in Wisconsin. Contenders predict easy renomination despite primary defeats.
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William K. Hutchinson
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Money Needed In Flood Areas In Susquehanna District
With flood waters subsiding the need shifts from food and clothing to money for rehabilitation. Miss Margaret Bodenstein of Lawrence county Red Cross says funds are accepted and will be sent to Wilkes-Barre. Red Cross relief teams are already in the area, delivering aid and coordinating ongoing recovery efforts.
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Susquehanna River District
Margaret F. Bodenstein
Lawrence County
American Red Cross
Margaret R. Elliott
Red Cross
Wilkes-Barre
Miss Elliott
Fearful Turkey Quake Strikes Flooded Villages
Horrific tremors hit northern Anatolia causing flooding in 30 villages and displacing thousands. Rescue efforts limited by damaged roads and debris while Almassia reports the heaviest shocks and hundreds feared dead or injured.
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Istanbul
Anatolia
Almassia
Rivers Rising At Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh on April 4 faced rising rivers with flood stage near 25 feet. A crest of about 27.14 feet was forecast for early tomorrow as the Allegheny rose one tenth of a foot per hour. At 10 a.m. the gauge read 21.63 feet, with forecaster Lynder warning flood danger mainly along the Allegheny up to Warren. Oil City reported basements filling as water surged through the north side, with Oil Creek running full and still rising.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
U. S
Franklin F. Lynder
Allegheny
Warren
Oil City
City Water Department
North Side
New Castle
Aged nurse guilty of mercy killing of sister
In Allentown Pennsylvania on April 4 77 year old Margaret L Cowan a retired nurse is found guilty of first degree murder for the mercy slaying of her mentally ill sister Louella Saeger 67 of Spinnerstown The jury of six men and six women recommends life imprisonment Judge Richard W Jobst sentences Cowan to the state women’s prison at Muncy The frail defendant testified that she acted on orders from Heavenly Father to shoot last August 15 and fired two bullets as her sister spoke in a hospital reception room
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International News Service
Allentown
Margaret L. Cowan
Louella Saeger
Spinnerstown
Richard W. Jobst
Quakertown
Muncy
Miss Cowan
Allentown State Hospital
Accusation Of Perjury Made In State Trial
Wendell Morgenthaler former Dauphin county Democratic committee treasurer faced perjury charges as prosecution alleged he lied to the Dauphin county grand jury two years earlier. Morgenthaler denied the accusation and disputed indictment charges as Assistant Prosecutor Compton pressed about warning notes and evidence cited by District Attorney Shelley during cross examination.
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Raymond Wilcove
International News Service
Harrisburg
Wendell Morgenthaler
Macing
Dauphin County
Grand Jury
Democratic Committee
Carl B. Shelley
Morgenthaler
Earl V. Compton
Shelley
New Castle
Chamberlain Says Hitler Missed the Bus in War Speech
London April 4 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the National Union of Conservative Unionist Associations that Hitler missed the bus by not unleashing Germany’s full force early in the war. He vowed Britain’s growing strength ensures allied victory and praised political parties for wartime effort. The speech defended the blockade as draining Germany’s lifeblood and said the Reich has no real friends.
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Russel F. Anderson
International News Service
London
Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
National Union of Conservative Unionist Associations
Germany
Britain
France
New Castle
New Soviet Demands Imposed on Finland Reported
Stockholm dispatch cites Moscow correspondent Tidningen reporting new Soviet demands on Finland. Demobilize the Russo Finnish frontier and army to peacetime strength, and prohibit construction of a new Finnish mannerheimine. The report notes the measures aim to reshape Finland's military posture and border setup amid ongoing tensions.
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International News Service
Stockholm
Finland
Moscow
Tidningen
New CA
Census Taking Progresses Smoothly in Lawrence County
The 1920 style census drive continues in New Castle and the Lawrence Beaver Butler district. Supervisor Jacob Wenger says it will take about three weeks to obtain definite returns. Enumerators report strong cooperation with only a few objections, while other cities note rare refusals to answer questions.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
Sam
Jacob Wenger
Lawrence- Beaver-Butler
Wenger
Ray
Map Photo Sparks War Aims Debate In Congress
A photograph showing Undersecretary Sumner Welles with France's Reynaud and diplomat Murphy studying a map triggered demands in the Senate for Welles to explain allied war aims. The image, published with blank markings by censorship, prompted Nov. 4 concerns over plans to carve up Germany if Allies win. The French foreign office called the map authentic but said markings were altered by a photographer.
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Edward B. Lockett
International News Service
Washington
Toflay
Sumner Welles
France
England
Germany
Welles
Reynaud
Robert D. Murphy
Paris
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nye
N. D
Reynolds
N. C
Congress
Rench
Berlin
L'Illustration
Europe
Foreign Office
New Castle
Ohio assesses storm damage after cyclonic blasts
Eastern Ohio surveys the wreckage after last night’s cyclone strikes. The Pleasant Valley Methodist church near Cadiz was destroyed, two of three century-old covered bridges toppled, and a trailer-truck at Valley cemetery overturned while 125 bodies were moved to a new hilltop site. Six barns burned, and livestock casualties included a horse and a cow.
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International News Service
Cadiz
Ohio
Pleasant Valley Methodist Church
Here
Valley Cemetery
Hill plan to improve State Street traffic curve
During a city council meeting at City Hall, Director William H. Dunlap announced plans to eliminate the curve on State Street about two thirds up the hill. The council is to condemn and straighten the hill to remove a noted traffic hazard after several wrecks this past winter.
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William H. Dunlap
State Street
Eleanor Powell to Wed Merrill Pye In Early 1941
Hollywood confirms Eleanor Powell will marry Merrill Pye art director known for many MGM musical pictures. Powell says they are in love and plan marriage soon with the date not yet set, likely early 1941.
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Eleanor Powell
International News Service
Hollywood
M-G-M
Merrill Pye
Eleanor
Merrill
Roosevelt and Dewey Extend Leads in Wisconsin Primary
Milwaukee April 4 Roosevelt and Dewey extended leads as late returns from Tuesday's Wisconsin primary were counted Dewey appeared set for four Republican at large delegates and most district delegates Roosevelt secured four Democratic at large delegates and most district delegates Garner could win two delegates if rural precincts tilt his way with about 500 precincts still outstanding The total Roosevelt vote neared 300000 on unofficial tallies
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International News Service
Milwaukee
Wis
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Wisconsin
Dewey
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
John Nance
Garner
Naval action by British arouses Japanese heads
London April 4 British circles disclosed informal talks between Japan and Britain over naval action near Japan. The Japanese were told Britain reserves all belligerent rights in far eastern waters in reply.
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International News Service
London
Japan
Britain
Lord Halifax
Brittan
Far
Deaths in Perry and nearby towns reported on April 4 1940
Death notices list William Johnson aged 69 of 60 Allen Street Watson W Smith aged 77 of Pleasant Hill Perry township Mrs Nettle Sutton aged 84 of 615 Maryland Avenue and Mrs Hattie Dutton aged 75 of 769 Addis Street in today’s death record column.
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William Johnson
Allen Street
Watson
W. Smith
Pleasant Hill
Perry Townshtip
Nettle
Sutton
Maryland Avenue
Hattie Dutton
Addis Street
Three Hacked With Hatchet In CHIGORA Pa
George Moore 24 attacked his mother Mrs Emma Moore a nurse Miss Ethel O Bryan and brother William Moore 20 with a hatchet in their CHIGORA home then fled by auto. State police said all three were in Butler hospital in serious condition. Willam was injured en route to the hospital.
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International News Service
Chigora
George Moore
Butler
Butler Hospital
Emma Moore
Ethel O' Bryan
William Moore
Mining Official Killed By Blast
CLAY W V A April 4 West Virginia state police examined Hinselwood’s wrecked car for clues to a mysterious blast that killed 49 year old coal company superintendent J Valen tine Hinselwood while he drove along a lonely road near here. Some experts speculate a bomb of seven to 12 sticks of dynamite caused the explosion, though officials withheld comment pending investigation. Hinselwood’s body was badly burned and mangled.
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Clay
W. Va
West Virginia
J. Valentine Hinselwood
Hinshelwood
Cabinet Shift Signals Tough War Policy Under Churchill
Winston Churchill named supreme war dictator of Britain as cabinet reshuffle gives him control of military aerial and naval resources. The move signals intensified blockade strategy, aiming to curb Nazi Germany by restricting supplies, with Churchill’s record as supply minister and admiralty chief guiding the plan.
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Churchill
England
Nazi Germany
Winston Churchill
Britain
Western Front
Hermann
Wilhelm
Goering
Admiralty
Supply
New Castle
Eclipse Of Sun To Occur Sunday
New Castle residents and northern hemisphere observers will witness a sun eclipse reaching 69 percent at maximum. The event begins at 3 43 p m and peaks at 5 02 p m before ending at 6 15 p m. Government astronomers warn to use smoked glasses to view safely. The eclipse will be nearly total in the southern United States. Local weather darkness from a recent storm offered a preview of the darkness expected during the eclipse.
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New Castle
Sol
United States
Arthur Mometer Embraces Warm Golfing Spring
The golfer greets sunny skies and green acres as he readies his clubs for the season. He sings while polishing gear, ready to spend days on the course where golf dominates his life and daily routine.
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