Herriot Warns Debt Default Could End U S Aid
Ex Premier Edouard Herriot in Lyons warns France’s default on its Washington debt may jeopardize American aid. He recalls a 1933 Roosevelt talk urging a gesture as sanctions against Germany loom. Herriot notes his 1932 government fell over payment policy and cites Roosevelt’s alleged remark about possible aid.
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Lyons
France
Germany
Edouard Herriot
United States
Herriot
Washington
Riot
Roosevelt
America
Longworth on Ethiopia and the League of Nations
Alice Longworth argues that Ethiopia's wartime fate stemmed from its League of Nations membership. She asserts Britain pushed sanctions to aid Italy and predicts a looming showdown with Mussolini likely to win. The commentary reflects 1936 geopolitical tensions and imperial rivalries.
Paving Repairs Urged on Highland Avenue
Early morning noise reports near Young Pa Newe home include gunshots and shouts toward Hamilton and Waldo streets. Officials ponder the incident as Good Friday follows.
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Young Pa Newe
Hamilton and
Waldo Streets
Franklin Man Reported Dead by Possible Explosive Suicide
In Franklin Pennsylvania on April 10 a blast rocked the city and a middle aged man described as WPA worker White threatened the clerk saying he had nitro glycerin to blow himself to kingdom come. Police have few details beyond a cashed local bank check and lack of address.
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Franklin
Kingdom Come
WPA
Daily Weather Report Summary for 9 AM
U S weather statistics show a 24 hour period ending at 9 o clock with a maximum temperature of 47 and a minimum of 40 inches of precipitation noted as .15 and a river stage of 8.2 feet. A year ago the date recorded a maximum of 48 and a minimum of 33 with .04 inches of precipitation.
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U. S
Exiled Mexico Strongman Plutarco Calles Captured in Raid
Former President Plutarco Elias Calles and three aides were seized by government agents and deported to the United States after a raid linked to the bombing of a Mexico Railway Express train near Vera Cruz. Also exiled were Luis Leon, Luis Morones, and Melchor Ortega as soldiers sealed the scene.
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Mexico City
Plutarco Elias Calles
Mexico
United States
Paso del Macho
Vera Cruz
Gen. Calles
California
Luis Leon
el Nacional
Luis N. Morones
Mexican Labor Organization
Industry and Commerce
Melchor Ortega
Guanajaro
New Castle Band Takes First Place in Northwestern Meet
In Greenville on April 10 the New Castle public schools band directed by Prof. Joseph F. Replogle captured first in Class A band at the Northwestern Pennsylvania Inter Scholastic Music contest. The New Castle brass sextet and woodwind quintet also won first Thursday, with the full school tally 11 firsts across 16 events over two days, while suburban schools and others in Lawrence county earned similar honors.
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Greenville
New Castle
Joseph F. Replogle
Lawrence County
Grove City
Henry
Woman Dies as Bloomsburg Hotel Fire Claims Life
A fire at the Fisher Hotel in Bloomsburg Pennsylvania killed a 50 year old woman, Mrs William Lehman, and injured two others including hotel proprietor John Fisher and his wife. The blaze caused more than $20000 in damage as guests escaped by ladder. Mrs Lehman was taken to Bloomsburg Hospital for treatment.
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Bloomsburg
New Fisher Hotel
William Lehman
John Fisher
Bloomsburg Hospital
Easter Programs In Today's New Castle Churches
Programs to be presented in the churches of New Castle on Easter Sunday are listed in tonight's issue. Many beautiful services are scheduled for the event.
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Highland Avenue
Highway Department
Street Car Company
New Castle
Ethiopians Defeated Again in Eritrea Front Battle
Dispatches report heavy losses as Italian forces aided by Abyssinians rout a 5 000 strong Ethiopian force southwest of Quorum near Maraua. Ras Ghietacchiou’s corps fights on as Galla rebels attack flanks while Rome notes a vigorous double front drive.
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Asmara
Eritrea
Quorum
Emperor Haile Selassie
Dessye
Ras Ghietacchiou
Maraua
Haile Selassie
Puppet State Plan Of Italy For Ethiopia
In Geneva a French report claims Italy plans a puppet state in Ethiopia similar to Manchukuo. Baron Pompeo Aloisi proposed setting a rebel Ethiopian chieftain as ruler over conquered regions to advance Italian aims and dodge League of Nations objections.
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Geneva
Italy
Ethiopia
Japan
Manchukuo
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
Four-Year-Old Dies Under Flooded Pianos
Four year old Joseph Michaels was crushed when a piano collapsed in his flood wrecked Johnstown home. The piano is believed weakened by submersion during the recent flood.
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Johnstown
Joseph Michaels
Hunt Ex-Convict Identified as Kidnaping Mob Ringleader
New York April 10 A police dragnet extended through New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania for a cited ex-convict named by Paul H Wendel as the ringleader of a kidnaping mob he alleges tortured him into a so called confession regarding the Lindbergh baby case Hauptmann's electric chair death in New Jersey is discussed as the Mercer County grand jury weighs the Wendel confession in Trenton Geoghan Brooklyn DA hopes the man is captured today.
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New York
Paul H. Wendel
Baby Lindbergh
Wendel
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
William F. X. Geoghan
Brooklyn
Mercer County Grand Jury
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Cleveland Man Battles After TWA Crash Injuries
C G Challinor of Cleveland had his left leg amputated above the knee at Uniontown hospital to prevent his death after the TWA air crash. He suffered a severe infection and was in critical condition as his family rushed to the hospital while Meyer Ellenstein wife of Newark mayor showed slight improvement and Nellie Granger the stewardess was recovering.
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Uniontown
C. G. Challinor
Cleveland
TWA
Uniontown Hospital
William A. McHugh
Paul B. Steele
Pittsburgh
Challinor
John Challinor
Clarksburg
W. Va
Meyer Ellenstein
Newark
N. J
Nellie Granger
Fire destroys McBride garage and new car at 5 am
A fire of unknown origin leveled a new garage and a recently purchased automobile owned by J. Harold McBride at 216 West Sheridan Avenue. Loss set at 1300 dollars. Firemen found the garage fully engulfed with no salvageable contents. The car had only 250 miles on it.
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J. Harold McBride
West
Sheridan Avenue
McBride
Stock Exchange Closed on Good Friday in New York
The New York Stock Exchange and most financial and commodity markets were closed today in observance of Good Friday. The poultry, dairy, foreign exchange and potato markets stayed open.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Women Rule Greentop Missouri In Local Election
Greentop Missouri with 286 residents installed a female-led government after last Tuesday’s vote. Mayor Edith Pearce and the town board, including council member Floyd Beck, replace sixteen opposing male candidates. The new officials, all middle aged clubwomen, promise a year of social welfare work. The mayor rejects the term Petticoat government saying Petticoats are out of date.
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Greentop
Edith Pearce
Ira A. Robinson
C. H. van Osdel
Pearce
Floyd Beck
President Roosevelt Returns from Florida Tornado Tour
On April 10, President Roosevelt, en route to Washington, reviews firsthand accounts of Gainesville Georgia devastation and Tupelo Mississippi deaths from last week’s tornado. He pledges relief efforts are in hand as a Gainesville committee briefs him.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol
Gainesville
Florida
Warm Springs
Ernest Palmer
Rural Schools Set Early End Dates in Lawrence County
Lawrence County rural schools plan early closings as spring term ends. Fairview in Slippery Rock township led with April 14, followed by Rural Hill April 20, Shady Side April 22, Grant City April 24, and Sunny Side April 28. Remaining schools close in the last week of April under the seven month term rule requiring 160 sessions.
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Lawrence County
Fairview School
Slippery Rock Township
Ashley Stevenson
Rural Hill School
Ruth Henry
Shady Side
Rose Munnell
Sunny Side School
Margaret Fullerton
Grant City
Effie Boak
Gilfillan Wins Butler County School Contract
J Clyde Gilfillan of this city awarded the contract to build a nine room consolidated school in Buffalo township Butler county for 38900 dollars. Building to be stone and modern throughout with ground to be broken early next week. Plumbing work awarded to Frank P Andrews and Son with heating plant contract yet to be awarded.
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J. Clyde Gilfillan
Buffalo Township
Butler County
Safety campaign showing results across the nation
The Commerce Department reported a drop of 432 highway deaths in the first 14 weeks of the year compared with the same period in 1935, signaling effectiveness of nationwide highway safety efforts.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Death Notices and Ages for Local Residents
Death notices list Jacob M. Reichert 60 of 201 North Ashland avenue A. L. Axtell 70 of Wilmington Township Mercer county Mrs Louisa A Wasson 82 of East New Castle Charles E McAuley 59 of Cleveland Mary Moyer 70 of New Brighton William Conti 6 months of 3 Cliff street Mrs W G Woolway 118 East Long avenue Miss Mary A Butz 419 Moody avenue
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Jacob M. Reichert
Ashland Avenue
A. L. Axtell
Wilmington
Mercer County
Louisa A. Wasson
East New Castle
Charles E. McAuley
Cleveland
William Conti
Cliff Street
W. G. Woolway
East Long Avenue
Mary A. Butz
Moody Avenue
Bomb Injures Ex Leader Of Union Miners
Thomas Maloney former insurgent mine union leader and his two children were wounded when a time bomb exploded in their Wilkes Barre Township home. The blast damaged the kitchen and sent the family to Homeopathic hospital in serious condition.
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Wilkes-Barre
Parcel Post
Thomas Maloney
Maloney
Margaret
Thomas
Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
Mrs Rhinehart Recovering After Minor Operation
New York April 10 physicians at the Harkness pavilion of the medical centre said Mary Roberts Rhinehart condition is just fine after a minor operation yesterday. The famous author and playwright was reported resting and recovering.
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New York
Mary Roberts Rhinehart
Harkness Pavilion
Dirigible Von Hindenburg Creeps Toward Port in Germany
The Zeppelins Von Hindenburg and Graf Zeppelin faced technical trouble on their maiden South America to Germany round trip. The Von Hindenburg limped toward Friedrichshafen with two failing motors, forcing flight officials to consider a France route only in case of distress. France restricted overflight to emergencies, delaying a return despite initial hopes.
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Germany
Zeppelin von Hindenburg
Friedrichshafen
Hugo Eckener
France
Rhone
Hans von Schiller
Graf Zeppelin
South America
von Hindenburg
Capt
von Schiller
Eckener
Ernest Lehrann
Berlin
Brazil
French
Levees Watched In Mississippi River Valley
Persistent rain turned the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers into a surge toward the Mississippi between Memphis and Cairo. About 500 guards patrol government levees along the banks to detect any weakening. US engineers warn the situation grows dangerous as roughly 200000 acres lie flooded with no deaths reported.
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Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Cumberland
Mississippi River
Cairo
United States
Hot cross buns on a warm day with coffee
Arthur Mometer notes a fondness for hot cross buns made from dough and sugar and other ingredients. He plans to meet an old friend for coffee as warmer weather returns with a high around fifty four degrees.
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Arthur Mometer
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