German troops mass near Swedish border report
German forces split Norway into four zones and push toward the Swedish frontier near Mongsvinger Trondheim and Riksgraensen indicating a widened campaign. An air armada massed at Trondheim could threaten Allied landings and British bases as Norwegian commands report counterattacks and parachute detachments captured or destroyed.
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Sten Hedman
Stockhol IM
Norway
Mongsvinger
Troneheim
Riksgraensen
Stockholm
Lake Mjocsa
Denmark
Trondheim
Germany
Britain
Oslo
Baecker
WW Castle
New Castle News In Brief On Rail Work And City Notices
A Pennsylvania Railroad crew cleared defrosted earth near the West Washington street bridge after a wall of rock tumbled onto the tracks. Advertising signs were found tacked to poles along the city streets in violation of ordinances. A large turnout at a Cathedral meeting shows momentum for New Castle development. Announcements point to growing industrial expansion and spring cleanup, varnishing, and painting at the local post office. Upstairs work at the Federal Building is complete, boosting its appearance.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
West Washington Street Bridge
Ee Pa Newe
New Castle
Mace
Chogt
Federal Building
Daily U S Weather Report for 24 Hours Ending 4 AM
United States weather statistics show a maximum temperature of 64 and a minimum of 44 with 0.25 inch of precipitation and a river stage of 82 inches. A year ago the high was 62 and the low 35 with 0.26 inch of precipitation.
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United States
Audience Sees New England Success Talk At Cathedral
An 80 minute Cathedral event drew over 2000 listeners as Billy B. Van, famed for stage humor, urged industrial revival. He cited Amoskeag plant sales, power rights sales, and New England diversification, urging faith, cooperation, and coastal optimism to spur local opportunity.
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Billy B. van
New England
New Castle
Elly B. van
Amoskeag Company
Allies Watch Italy For Possible War Move
London reports indicate Britain and France are closely watching Italy for signs of joining Germany in the war. The London Daily Herald says Italian plans for possible entry are under construction, including unified naval and air arrangements. Allied naval strength in the Mediterranean is deemed sufficient to counter Italy if needed.
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London
Italy
Germany
London Daily Herald
Laborite Organ
Reich
Mussolini
Herald
Mediterranean
Britain
France
Young Aliquippa Mother Dead Over Domestic Woes
Mrs Mary Miller a 23 year old mother of two was found dead in her bathroom with a butcher knife in her stomach at her West Aliquippa home. Police held her husband John 25 for routine questioning after he reported finding the body at about 6 am. A sister said Mrs Miller had been worrying over domestic finances. The couple have two children Patrician aged two and Dolores aged one.
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International News Service
Aliquippa
Mary Miller
West Aliquippa
John
Trevor Jenkins
Fire Department To Be Organized In Neshannock Township
Volunteer fire department of Neshannock township will meet Monday evening April 22 at 8 o'clock in Walmo school. A volunteer company will be organized and a discussion on forming a school district to support the department will follow. Residents of neighboring townships interested in the volunteer fire company are welcome to attend.
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Neshannock Township
Walmo School
Attahune
Autos Collide in Hollow Crash Upsets Fishermen
State motor police reported no noon accident at Matilda avenue and West Washington street extension. At 7 45 A M a car plunged into a 25 foot hollow, flipped twice and struck a pole and signs. One vehicle with three men heading to a fishing trip collided with another.
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Matilda Avenue
West Washington Street Extension
West Washington Street
Hay wagon tumble injures man on Ellwood City road
Andy Barch, 58, of R F D 1, fell from a hay wagon driven by Stephen Sasson, 53, on Ellwood City road Tuesday afternoon and was allegedly struck by a car driven by Robert Pascarella, 56, of 814 South Mill Street. He sustained leg injuries. condition not believed serious by New Castle hospital staff.
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Andy Barch
Stephen Sacsan
Ellwood City Road
Robert Pascarella
South Mill Street
New Castle Hospital
New Castle
Fire Discovered In Clothes Press In City Apartment
Firemen report a blaze found in a clothes press in the apartment of R. J. Herman at 1124 South Mill Street. The three story building houses business and residence. Damage slightly over 100 dollars. Cause undetermined after five companies responded to Box 63 alarm at 1:35 this morning.
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R. J. Herman
South Mill Street
British ships bombed off Norwegian coast by German air attack
Berlin reports three British cruisers attacked by German planes off the Norwegian west coast. One cruiser sank immediately, two were disabled and unlikely to reach home, according to the German high command.
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Berlin
Norwegian
New Castle
Monthly Meeting of Law rence County Constables
Members of the Minor Judiciary and Constables Association of Lawrence County met in the office of President L. C. Mantz in Croton Avenue Tuesday evening. Routine business was transacted and a discussion on civil and criminal procedure followed. It was announced former president H. E. Strodecker will attend the state convention in Norristown on May 16 17.
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Minor Judiciary and Constables Association
Lawrence County
L. C. Mantz
Croton Avenue
H. E. Strodecker
Enon Valley
Norristown
Report Mail On Boat Is Seized
International News Service reports British authorities seized 703 mail bags destined for the United States from the Holland America Line vessel Volendam after docking in New York from Rotterdam and Southampton. Captain Jan Weipster protested the action, noting it as unprecedented in four return trips. He also described US coastal patrols, mine hazards in the North Sea, and daytime sailing to avoid danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News ” Service
New York
United States
The
S. 8
Volendam
Holland-America Line
Rotterdam
Southampton
Jan Wepster
Germany
Holland
United Stats
Weipster
North Sea
Stassen Named Keynoter For Republican Convention
Harold J. Stassen governor of Minnesota aged 33 was chosen as the keynote speaker for the Republican presidential convention. The arrangements committee of the GOP recessed until May 16 after an all-day conference outlining plans for the June 24 opening in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Philadelphia
Harold J. Stassen
Minnesota
GOP
National
Stassen
United States
New Castle
Trench Caves In Kills Two Injures One in Water Line Work
Two men were killed and a third badly injured when a trench on Carlisle Street in New Castle collapsed during water line construction. Victims were Andrew Ragnelli 51 and Joseph Falba 47 buried under wet clay. Injured Andy Cimini 232 Cascade Street hospitalized with broken ribs and a dislocated hip. Rescue efforts failed to save Ragnelli.
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New Castle
Walter’ Company
Jamesson Memorial Hospital
Len
T. F. Nugent
Water Company
Northview Avenue
Edgewood Avenue
Joseph Parks
Fuldo
Ragnelli
Cimini
Denials Over Himmler Wounding Bolster Berlin Source
Berlin Gestapo headquarters denied British reports that Heinrich Himmler had been shot in Copenhagen. A spokesman declared Himmler safe and sound as London papers had claimed. In London dispatches the Daily Mail and Express cited Danish gunfire rumors from Stockholm and Copenhagen hotel lobby incidents. Also dated April 17 London announced Clyde River waters were mined by the admiralty as a response to German bases in Norway.
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International
Newa Service
Berlin
Heinrich’.Himmler
Gestapo
Copenhagen
London Daily Mail
Stockholm
Himmler
Jrst
London Daily Express
of. A
New Castle River
Clyde
International News Service
London
River
Britain
Admiralty
Norway
England
British hold many foreign vessels in contraband ports
International report from London dated April 17 states Britain has seized or detained thirty foreign vessels in contraband control ports. Among those held are fourteen Norwegians, seven Danes, and six Swedes, as the economic warfare measures adapt to the Scandinavian situation.
Britain Denies German Ship Sinkings Claim
British officials rejected Germany's radio claim that four British battleships and other vessels were sunk in Norwegian operations between April 9 and 15. They said the report is false, noting Germany's fabricated tally of 12 sunk capital ships out of 15, and warned the claims are untrustworthy.
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International: News Service
London
Germar
Britain
Horn Named Chairman of Mock Convention at Westminster College
Paul Horn of Charleroi editor of the Holcad was named permanent chairman of the Mock Republican convention held by Westminster College students after a committee contest. Horn defeated minority candidate Harry Shoup of Bessemer Tuesday night. The program focused on business with limited color. The platform was adopted, with planks outlined in the evening session.
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Paul Horn
Charleroi
Holcad
Westminster College
Horn
Harry Shoup
Bessemer
Norwegian Ski Troops Halt German Flank in Norway
Norwegian military bulletin reports successful counterattacks west of Kongsvinger and at Lake Mjoesa near Hakedal, with fresh German parachute troops annihilated or taken prisoner. Fighting continued in southeastern Norway and British forces in northern Norway contacted Norwegian units.
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International News Service
Stockholm
Norway
Kongsvinger
Lake Mjoesa
Hakedal
New Castle
New Castle Exchange Club Launches Citizenship Program
The New Castle Exchange Club announces its Citizenship Program to be held Thursday at 2:30 PM over WEST. Club president L. J. Lewis says H. Gill Brown, past president and radio committee chairman, will deliver the talk titled Americanism What Is It.
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New ‘Castle
Exchange’ Club
West
L. J. Lewis
H. Gill Brown
Radio Committee
New Castle
Death Notices May Include Five Residents
Death record dated Wednesday April 27 1940 lists Joseph G Fala 47 Morris Street Andrew Ragnelli 41 South Lee Avenue John M McConnell 76 Volant Ded Mrs Samuels Wincek 44 507 Waldo Street Mrs Josephine Cibouchi 40 Minnwood City all named with ages and addresses in a concise local notice.
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Morris St
Peace Prayers Asked By Pope
Pope Pius urged Catholics to pray for peace through May the month of Mary in a letter to Cardinal Maglione. He voiced sorrow over wars and urged unity of prayer to hasten the end of calamities and promote universal fraternity and concord among nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Winner
International News Service
Vatican City
Pope Pius
Papal
Luigi Cardinal Maglione
Italy May Issue Warning to Britain Over Blockade
London report says Italy may issue two demarches to Great Britain warning against an extension of the British blockade in the Eastern Mediterranean. Officials in Britain expressed no confirmation and doubted the report’s authenticity. Bay in New Castle
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International News Service
London
The
London Evening Standard
Italy
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Bay
New Castle
Germany massing troops near Yugoslavia report
Paris dispatches say Germany is massing troops along the Yugoslavian frontiers. Other reports mention incidents along the Russo Romanian border, indicating rising tensions and mobilization in the region.
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Germany
Yugoslavia
International News Service
Paris
Germans Admit Battle At Narvik Ends With Naval Losses
Berlin reports a fierce Narvik battle with Commodore Bonte killed and hundreds of German sailors dead. German high command says British landings occurred at Harstadt but not near Narvik, leaving forces about 50 miles apart amid fjords and mountains. Berlin notes focus on ore railway to Sweden while British push toward the frontier.
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Pierre J. Huss
International
Berlin
Narvik
Bonte
Harstadt
New Castle
Two Boys Drown In Sandy Lake
STONEBORO Pa April 17 Two boys drowned last night while fishing at Sandy Lake One fell from a diving board and the other jumped in to save him The victims were Duane Engstrom 11 and Gary Smith 12 Neighbors and Franklin fire department members recovered the two bodies after the boys disappeared Duane Harrison 9 witnessed the tragedy.
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Stoneboro
Sandy Lake
Duane Eng+strom
Gary Smith
Duane Harrison
Franklin Fire Department
New
Castle
Arthur Mometer and the spring track meet season begins
The trackmen and field men prepare to run the mile and throw the shot as April breezes rise. They sprint in light clothing despite colds and sniffles, tackling the mile and more while the season returns with warm winds and a sixty eight degree day.
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Panewc
Daily Weather Report
Cathedral
Newell Rogers International News Service
Vin New Castle
Northview
Carlisle Streets
Central ‘Station
James E. Thomas
George Harper
Perry McFarland
Mike Russo
Iuy
NEW Cartele
Ray
NEW Castle British
Ruth Eagelson
Carl Ellis
City of Flint
Bergen
Arthur Mometer
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