New Castle Tin Plant Sold to City for Industrial Use
Negotiations closed Thursday between New Castle and Carringiellinois Steel Corp. to acquire title to all ground formerly Greer site, now the New Castle Works. City gains 13 buildings including tin house warehouse and power shop, plus loading platform and track. Project aims to establish a plant employing about 500 in the future, with buildings remaining in use and not demolished.
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New Castle
Carringiellinois Steel Corporation
Aeemenls
Greer
Mild Easter Weather Forecast From Pittsburgh
Mild temperatures and cloudy skies are forecast for Easter Sunday in Pittsburgh. A light chance of rain is mentioned with a brief forecast of a temperature shift and possible showers tonight and tomorrow. Weather official W.8 Brotzman notes outfits may be risky for the parade.
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Certeengenial
Pittsburgh
Brotzman
Fisher Bros Storeroom Gutted By Rapid Fire Destruction
Fire devastated the Fisher Brothers storeroom in the Bleakley block at 5 30 pm on Thursday, threatening the building and causing smoke damage to nearby tenants including Burchart's market. Officials estimate losses around 15000 with insurance. Fire crews from five stations fought the blaze, a second alarm called two more, as flames raged through the double storeroom and began spreading to the cellar. Continued on page two.
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Fisher Brothers Company
Bleakley Block
East
Washington Street
Diamond
Fis! Company
Burchart
Emynett Dagnon
Atore
Fisher Company
Uames
Rotary club to renew waterfront dam plan for swimming
The Rotary club will renew plans for a portable dam across Neshannock creek to aid swimming for youngsters at its weekly luncheon. Cher H Andrews pledged to push the project again, first drafted last summer, as Easter season crowds and shipping volumes increase. Traffic rerouted after last night's fire on the public square caused downtown congestion, with thousands of shoppers and post office staff handling a surge of Easter mail.
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Neshannock Creek
Rotary Club
Cher H. Andrews
Willan R. Hanna
Weather summary for the 24 hour period
United States weather report shows a 24 hour period ending at 9 am with a high of 76 and a low of 34 with no precipitation and a river stage of 9.9. The same date year notations record a maximum 59 and minimum 37 with trace precipitation.
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United States
Price Control Agency Created To Curb Inflation
President Roosevelt issued an executive order creating a price control agency to avert inflation and named Leon Henderson, former SEC head, as director. Defense officials complained of rising prices in essential commodities for the preparedness program and consumer goods, including some foods, have climbed.
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Washington
Roosevelt Totay
Land
Leon Henderson
SEC
Defense
Death Record Notice for April 11 1941 grouping
Death notices list Mes Lynn Donnelly 214 East Leasure Avenue Anthony Micco 63 Huntington Pa Charles Hertling Huntingon Pa and Charles A Brown 81 Ellwood City. Causes and further details are not provided in the fragment.
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Mes
Lynn
Donnelly
East Leasure Avenue
Anthony Micco
Hilly 'le
Charles Hertclng
Huntington
Charives A. Brown
Ellwood Lguy
A.D
Berlin Expects Yugoslavia To Capitulate Soon
Berlin reports Yugoslavia is near collapse with the army smashed and tens of thousands surrendering. German claims say Nis fronts destroyed multiple divisions, 10,000 prisoners, 700 guns, and large quantities of materiel captured as swift German forces pursue the enemy. Greek front remains holding, though a wholesale retreat was announced amid continuing German actions in Greece.
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Berlin
Yugoslavia
Nis
Greece
Explosion at Woodward Iron Plant near Birmingham
An explosion occurred today at the Woodward Iron Company plant near Birmingham, reports reaching the Birmingham police departments say.
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C International News Service
Birmingham
Ala
Woodward Iron Company
United States Not Going Into War Says Advisers
Washington April 11 The Roosevelts advisers say the United States will stay out of active warfare in the near future while using other means to aid Britain against Hitler. They cite public and private statements by President Roosevelt and a desire to avoid wartime losses like in World War I, presenting a strong front for post peace hazards.
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William K. Hutchinson
Roosevelt
United States
Blast at New Powder Plant Kills Two in Belvidere
A Belvidere New Jersey plant blast at the Hercules Powder company caused two deaths and at least four injuries. The blast struck the cotton dehydration house. property damage was limited to that building, according to a company bulletin.
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CU Internacionnal News Bervinc
Belvidere
N. J
Hercules Powder Company
Greenland to be advance base for warplanes
United States officials disclose Greenland will serve as an advance base to aid Britain, using bases acquired in Greenland to shuttle vital war supplies and refuelBritish warships and patrol planes. The plan includes stopovers for planes from Greenland to Iceland and Scotland, with initial stops in Greenland for refueling and storage as American armed forces take over.
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Kingsbury Smith International News
Stall Carrespa
Washington
United States
Greenland
Great Britain
Minkter
North Atlantic
Britain
RSA
United Sates
Iceland
Newfoundland
Scotland
Newfoundand
New Stumbling Block Delaying Coal Agreement
International News Service reports a new obstacle in coal contract talks between mine owners and United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis. Owners demand government speed on coal pricing before agreeing to a $1 daily wage increase, even as Appalachian mines stay idle and production remains critical to national defense. Dr. John R. Brensman calls the stalemate dead center while both sides press for a full agreement.
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James L. Kilgallen
New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Appalachian
John R. Brensman
United States Conciliation Service
Steelman
Lewis
Esra van Horn
Reach Agreement For Bus Lines To Replace Street Car Lines Here
City of New Castle reaches agreement with electric railway officials to replace street cars with bus service set to start in September. The deal includes 25000 dollars cash to the city, sale of rail in streets, and a regulatory ordinance to govern buses after operation begins. W H Muldoor and T C Moore represented the street car company.
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City of New Castle Electric Railway
W. H. Muldoor
T. C. Moore
Loes
Tony
Costineea
Hungarian Troops Cross Frontier After Yugoslavia Collapse
Budapest April 11. Regent Admiral Horthy declares Yugoslavia no longer exists and Hungarian troops enter Yugoslav territory within hours. Budapest radio reports order from supreme commander to cross the Tri border as the nation dissolves amid wartime upheaval.
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George Bale
Drtemmariuml
Laws
Budapest
Nicholas Horthy
Yugoslavia
German Raiders Renew Attacks
London reports renewed Luftwaffe raids over southern England during the night targeting the Midlands city of Birmingham and Coventry. British authorities say Birmingham endured heavy bombing and Coventry faced a severe attack, with air forces claiming several enemy bombers shot down.
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International News Service
London
Prrmbation
Bern
England
Midlands
Air Ministry
Birmingham
Coventry
4Astating
Lane
Smnod
Remove Ban On U S Ships In Red Sea
President Roosevelt announced a series of moves to aid European democracies by authorizing American ships to carry war supplies through the Red Sea to the Mediterranean. The actions include removing the combat zone barrier at Italian Somaliland and the Arabian coast, pushing a senate resolution on territorial transfer policy, and declaring a state of war between Germany Italy and Yugoslavia after Axis attacks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Arabian Coast
Gulf of Aden
Indian Ocean
Sening
Senate
Lenance
Germany
Italy
Yugoslavian
Thar
Balkan
Bud McCracken joins Civilian Conservation Corps camp work
Eighteen year old Bud McCracken of New Castle, among CCC recruits at Brier Waen, gains a gift from Fred L Rentz and thanks civic leader Nathan J Love. He is praised for prompt work in the Office of the OSS, Pores Service, and shows progress after graduating senior high in January.
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James A
Bud" McCracken
New Castle
Civilian Conservation Corps Service
Brier
Waen
Bud
Fred L. Rentz
Nathan
J. Love
Love
CCC
Young McCracken
Turkey Stays Neutral Under Allied Treaties
International News Service reports from London that Turkey will remain non belligerent within the framework of treaties with Great Britain and Greece. A Vaskit newspaper dispatch cited by the Exchange Telegraph from Ankara states Turkey has decided to maintain its position as neutral.
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Internacional News Service
London
Great Britain
Greece
Turkey
Vakit
Ankara
Greeks Hold Out Against Nazi Advance In Greece
British and Greek forces brace for a Nazi onslaught as Greek battalions deny surrender reports. A battle near Menas tir and Danniva sees losses for Greek troops while Athens radios praise heroism. British reinforcements press to link with the main army on a defense line along the Greco Bulgarian frontier as Salonika evacuees reach safety with Mediterranean support.
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Salonika
Struma
Greece
Germany
Albania
Cental Press
Gal News
Athens
Danniiva
Salacross
Fiorina
Stam River
Britain
Negt
Yugoslavia
Adva
Conta
Yates Succeeds Bryan on Local Draft Board Two
Announcement from Harrisburg reports James M. Yates appointed to Local Draft Board No two in the city Selective Service system replacing attorney J. Elder Bryan who resigned recently. Yates will begin immediately and the board will be reorganized shortly, per other board members.
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Harrisburg
James M. Yates
Seventh Ward Railroad
J. Elder Bryan
Wates
British Bombers Hammer Targets In Ruhr District
British bombers attacked industrial targets in the Ruhr district of Germany and hit Brest on the French coast during the night. The strikes aim to damage German battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and follow a North Atlantic commerce raid. Berlin reports note minor incursions by RAF over western Germany with limited damage, while Zurich dispatches describe significant British raids on Bern.
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Ciinternatonal News Service
Londor
Ruhr
Germany
Brest
R.A.F
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
North Atlantic
Berlin
Zurich
Beran
Primrose Blooms Brightly Amid Winter Debris
Fragmented description notes a single primrose near a pardet spot, veiling through weeds and debris from winter. The bloom, with a springlike face and hopeful charm, stands as the neighbors’ sole visible flower, offering a small, cheerful sign of renewal. Weather is recorded as seventy three.
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Fisher Bros
PA Newc
Wing
Washington, D. C
Gor! Prides
Mame
Greek
Libya
Pierre J. Huss
Merl News Surview
Suez
Milady
Florida
India
Patricia Binnings
Wales
Aglaw
U.S
George Duano
Internate News Service
Bud’ McCracken
Forest Service
Brier, Waah
News Welcome
A. E. Angelopoulos
Laserngt
Yates
Bryan
James
Arthur Mometer
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