German Forces Advance on All Fronts in Balkan War
Athens reports German legions launched fresh attacks in western Macedonia and along the upper Haliakmon river as Greek troops bear the brunt of renewed Nazi assaults. Military dispatches describe heavy fighting, with German mechanized units pressing toward the center of the Allied line amid intense anti Allied resistance in northern Greece.
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Eulertiend International Newa Servtory
Athens
Greece
Gravena
Ka- Tamb&s
Tropp
Macedonia
Haliakmion
Germany
Mother's Day and May Queen plans at Westminster College
The Pa Newc notes Mother's Day falls on May 11 and Westminster College aims to avoid rain for the May Queen coronation, moving the 4:30 program earlier to beat showers. Tulips are blooming early nationwide and two weeks ahead of schedule. A Washington street traffic issue arose when a heavy truck disabled lanes, delaying both directions. A local resident was seen scattering paper along downtown streets, hinting at ongoing litter problems.
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Westminster College
Washington Street
Mercer
Daily Weather Report Summary for 9 a.m. Today
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending at 9 am show a maximum of 80 degrees and a minimum of 56 with 0.02 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 4.5 feet. Yearly figures for the same date include a 64-degree high, 44-degree low, and 0.33 inches of rain.
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United States
Final State Contests Begin Friday For Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania final state contests for music and forensic events start Friday in New Castle with events at Cathedral, senior high, and several junior high schools. About 5000 students and teachers are expected to attend as decline in hotel rooms leads to private home housing arranged by the Greater New Castle Association. The event runs through Saturday, with state winners in various classes to be named afterward.
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Pennsylvania
New Castle
Cathedral
Washington and Franklin
North Street
Arthur McGill Grace
Pennsyvan
Greater New Castle Association
C. C. Green
Flying Evangelist Dies In Plane Crash
Rev Daniel McNally known as the Flying Evangelist perished when his plane crashed near Endicott New York on Monday Superintendent Archie Gibson of City Rescue Mission reported Wednesday The crash killed his wife Mrs McNally and their four year old daughter Kitty A friend Miss Mary Wicks was severely burned The accident was the first fatality at a tri cities airport at Endicott McNally had piloted the aircraft during a prior stay at New Castle Calvary Gospel tabernacle audiences had heard him on several occasions
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Daniel McNally
Endicott
N. Y
Archie Gibson
McNally
Kitty
Aho
Mary Wicks
Tri-Cities
Endicote
Gibson
Ren MacNally
New Castle
Calvary Gospel Tabernacle
Evangelist McNelly
Turkish Italian treaty extended for one year
Istanbul April 17 Turkish President Ismet Inonu approved a ministerial council recommendation that the Turkish Italian commercial and navigational treaty which expired January 1 be extended for one year.
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International News Service
Istanbul
Ismet Inonu
City Will Greet 100 Postmasters
The Western Pennsylvania Postmasters Association conference will draw about 200 postmasters from the region to The Castleton. Host Postmaster William R. Hanna says the day includes a 3 pm business session and a 6:30 pm banquet with speakers Stephen Bodkin and J W Johnston. Bodkin, Pittsburgh postmaster and state association president, will outline plans for the summer convention at Conneaut Lake Park. Johnston, inspector in charge for Pennsylvania and New Jersey, will discuss postal regulations and related topics.
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Western Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Bodkin
Conmenut Lake Park
Johnston
Lord Stamp And Lord Auckland Die In Nazi Bombings
Nazi bombs struck across London killing Lord Stamp and Lord Auckland, the first peerage members found in a German air raid on England during the war. Lord Stamp, 61, a famed economist son of a butter merchant, and Lord Auckland, 46, renowned naval architect, were among those slain in the docklands to West End bombardment.
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Triernicdional
London
Mnazi
West End
Lord
Stamp
Lord Auckland
Auckland
England
Lord Stamp
Ireland
Britain
Susan Harteidge
Jacksonville
Fla
Steel Industry plans legal challenge to price order
The nation’s steel industry is expected to seek exemptions from Federal Price Administrator Henderson’s blanket order freezing steel prices at the first quarter 1941 level. Henderson signaled possible adjustments for wage-related cost increases after thorough review, but warned of a tougher stance if the industry defies the order.
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Sery Supemomens
Washington
Sean Henderson
Henderson
Hirling Henderson
Roosevelt
Office of Price Administration
Tax plan seeks 30 million boost to federal levies
The administration proposes a $12,687,000,000 total tax burden for the next year, with two thirds to be funded by taxes and one third by borrowing. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, with President Roosevelt's approval, says leaders from Congress agree on the principle and amount. He notes the plan will be explained to the public soon.
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William 8. Neal
International News Service
Guad
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Congress
Sen. Vandensberg
Tread‘way
Gomu
Agreement For Northern Miners Reported Ready
A tentative wage agreement may restore about 250000 idle northern Appalachian miners to work. The deal, typically $1 a day, yields 87 cents daily for northern miners plus other concessions. Southern operators refused to join or grant more than 60 cents daily wage rise or end the 40 cent north-south differential. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins may certify the dispute to a mediation board.
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New York
Prys
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Northborn
Appalachian
Southern Era
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkiy
National Defensive Mediation Board
Blackout Test For Pittsburgh Tonight Tests Civil Defense
Pittsburgh to conduct a blackout test from 10 10 to 10 15 p m with high ranking army officers observing. The exercise assesses protection of the industrial center during a possible air raid and aims to gauge readiness and response effectiveness.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
British sinking of Italian convoy shocks Axis supply lines
London dispatch reports a British naval success in the Mediterranean where five Italian transports and three escorts were sunk while one Mohawk destroyer was lost. The attack also hit Axis land routes near Sollum Egypt, destroying multiple supply and ammunition ships and escorts.
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London
Britain
Egypt
Suez Canal
Sicily
Tripoli
Sollum
Iat
County Board 2 Names Selectees Induct into Army Service
Lawrence county board No 2 named 11 selectees to report April 29 at 8 o'clockto induction at station No 5 Pittsburgh. Names include Charley Donald Hays Marvin Lloyd Ruth Verdant Stanley Cashnir Wiech Robert James Doonan Elwan Bell Jeffress Jr Joan Howard Grimes Walter Zilingk Stephen James Dutko Earl Gosnell Jr Joan Oliver Bierman Walter Ujcich and replacements listed: William Grush Sunley Grebenz Gustav Jacobson Mike Soller Dominick Fidel William Cassidy McCune.
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Lawrence County Board
Lawrence Savings & Trust
Old Post Office
Smithfeld
Fourth Streets
Pittsburgh
Charley Donald Hays
Heston Wventle
Pulaski
Joan Oliver’ Bierman
Grandview Avenue
Walter Ujcich
Bessemer
William John Grush
Rear Spring Street
Sunley Grebenz
Gustav Adolph Jacobson
Mike Charles Soller
Lowellville
C. Dominick Dultux Fidel
Wampum
Willam Cassidy McCune
Death notices for Alvin Elder and Joseph Thompson
Two death notices list Alvin M. Elder, age 42, and Joseph Thompson, age 44, with last names and locations abbreviated. The brief item records these deaths in the local notice column dated April 17.
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Alvin M. Elder
Joseph Thompson
Tule
Buljer County
Romanian Troops Ordered Into Yugoslavia Report
Berlin reports Bucharest ordered Romanian forces to seize Banat in northeastern Yugoslavia after crossing the border. The move mirrors Hungarian actions as Balkan territorial jockeying intensifies amid disputed claims and official Berlin silence. Also notes visitors from Washington and the cherry blossom queen event.
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Titernational News Service
Berlin
Bucharest
Banat
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Geneva
Suisse
Thousands Of Germans Dead In Balkan War
Thousands of German corpses lay along no man’s land in northern Greece as British and Greek Allied forces repelled wave after wave of German attackers. The battle surged to unprecedented violence with heavy German casualties and crippled armored vehicles scattered across the front.
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A. FE. Angelopoulos
Athens
No Man's Land
Greece
Nowiitee
Niberto
Ndvices
Foiled Axis Agent Seeks US Military Secret
Washington reports the United States foiled an Axis agent on the Pacific coast attempting to obtain an analysis of a bullet containing a new revolutionary explosive for the American army. The package disappeared en route to Washington, triggering FBI and PLA probes that revealed the suspect's capture and the thwarted plan.
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Kingsbury
Star
Sorremindent
Washington
United States Army
G-men
London Suffers Greatest Bomb Attack Of War
London endures its worst wartime raid as eight four German dive bombers strike, hitting eight hospitals a church and a hall in northwest Germany. The attack marks first use of Stuka dive bombers on the British capital with heavy casualties and fires across the city.
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London
Stuka
Merrill Mueller
Germany
Air Ministry
Slayer Of Woman Faces Execution
William "Whiter" Ernest a 33 year old Philadelphia cook was sentenced to death by electric chair for the murder of Mrs. Ethel Atkins of Philadelphia. The two minute session heard the mandatory sentence after a jury did not recommend mercy. Atkins was beaten to death in a vacant Horsham farmhouse after a night of drinking and a North Philadelphia spree.
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Norristown
William “Whiter
Ernest
Philadelphia
Ethel Atkins
Earnest
William F. Dannehower
Large Trout Rumored As County Record Catch
The passage speaks of Arthur Mometer Afu and friends fishing with tackles and waders sharing tales of a trout that would set a county record. They describe dragging the fish in and the crowd’s anticipated reaction as weather warms to seventy four degrees today.
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