Battle Rages Near Sollum as Axis Drive Advances
Reports from Gatro April 28 say a fierce engagement unfolds near Sollum with British warships and mechanized troops countering an Italio German thrust. Axis forces push about 40 miles, aim for the Sidi Barrani line, while RAF strikes hit Libya and Benghazi oil tanks.
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Mhhernitinnal News Service
GATRO
Sollum
Meept
Sidi Barerani
Exyps
Asis
Cairo
Royal Air Force
Libya
Egypt
Bengaci
Pare Twa
Western Pennsylvania Sees Growth in Strip Coal Mining
The news note highlights expanding strip coal mining in Western Pennsylvania with operations in several localities. It also mentions Sunday air traffic by airplane operators, the adoption of Daylight Saving Time in parts of the country, and the enduring Eastern Standard Time in New Castle and Lawrence counties. Frosts reached 36 to 39 degrees with no major damage reported. Construction continues at Shenango Pottery near Grant Street, and new parking signs appear on Grant Street north side.
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Pennsylvania
New Caste
Lawrence County
Shenango Fottery
Grant Street
Daily Weather Report for United States Overview
Daily weather report shows a 24 hour period ending 9 A M with a maximum temperature of 66 degrees and a minimum of 30 with no precipitation and river stage at 7.4 feet. A second period ending 9 o clock Sunday morning records a maximum temperature of 25 and a minimum of 28.
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United States
Follouys
Portrait of Helen Froelich to wed Rush Holt
Helen Louise Froelich, a longtime instructor at National Park College Forest Glen Md, is to wed former U S Senator Rush Holt of West Virginia. Froelich is a native of Minos Colorado.
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Helen ‘Louise Froelich
National Park College
Forest Glen
U. S
Rush Holt
West Virginia
Minos, CO
British Report Dessye Is Taken
British command in Nairobi announced the capture of Dessye, a key Abyssinian highway junction about 175 miles northeast of Addis Ababa. The fall at 6 p.m. marked the last major Italian stronghold in Ethiopia as British and native Patriot forces battered the city after strong resistance.
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T International
Nairobi
Dessye
Addis Ababa
East Africa
Ethiopia
Condition Of Fritz Kreisler Still Critical
Fritz Kreisler the internationally famed violinist, aged 66, remained in critical condition at Roosevelt Hospital after a Midtown Manhattan street accident last Saturday. A medical bulletin said he showed some improvement since admission but remained semiconscious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conternational News Service
New York
Fritz Kreisler
Manhattan
Roosevelt Hospital
Washington Man Given Sentence In Insurance Fraud Plot
Washington Pa April 28 Louis Spiro a wholesale beer and soft drink distributor was ordered to pay a 500 fine or serve six months in county jail for hiring a state police officer to burn his home for insurance. The officer William J Hughes testified in a sensational trial about Spirro's planned crime. The jury convicted Spiro last fall and his motion for a new trial was withdrawn last week before Judge Howard W Hughes fixed the case charges.
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Internaational
Washington
Louis
Spiro
William J. Fluyes
Howeard W. Hughes
Spirro
Death notices from April city records
Several brief death notices list Mrs. Bettie Minner aged 78 of 211 East Lom e Avenue Martin Mike Solde 52 of Wilsonville Mrs G Q Waddington 71 of Edgewood Avenue Anthony Tesone 14 of 226 Cascade Trail and Mrs Anuinin Fiello 71 of South Jefferson Street with no additional biographical details provided.
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Bettie Minner
Eist Lome Avenue
Martin
Mike) Solde
Wilsvill
GQ. C. Waddington
Edgewond Avenue
Anthony Tesone
Cascade
Anuinin Fiello
South
Jefferson Street
Lindbergh resigns colonel post in Air Corps Reserve
Col Charles A. Lindbergh resigns his commission as colonel in the U S Army Air Corps Reserve citing President Roosevelt's remarks about his loyalty. He formalizes the decision in a letter to the president stating his distress at the White House press conference and intent to serve only in peace as an American citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Lindbergh
Air Corps
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
U. S. Army Air Corps Reserve
Roosevelt
Lindbergh
Air Corps Reserve
White House
United States Army Air Corps
United States
Army
Start Hearings On New Tax Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee opens public hearings on a new 3.5 billion tax program with four witnesses listed for day one. Hearings may last at least two weeks as taxpayers show growing interest over last year’s large bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William 5
Neal Igerter
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Doughton
N. C
James V. Lawrence
American Trucking Associations, Inc
M. L. Seidman
New York Board of Trade
Thomas M. Bullock
Richmond
William J. Schieffelin
Three Bitten By Dogs Over Week End
Three people treated for dog bites at Jameson Memorial hospital over the weekend. Miss Stella McVay a teacher of 708 Emerson Avenue suffered a right hand laceration after her dog bit her while she tried to remove a bone from his car. Bill Williams age 10 of 816 West North Street was treated for a right hand laceration after being bitten near his home Saturday afternoon. Little Judy Herman age 6 of 2102 Delaware Avenue was bitten on the lip by a dog Saturday afternoon at 3 o clock and treated at the hospital.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital
Stella McVay
Emerson Avenue
Bill Williams
West Norn Street
Judy Herman
Delaware Avenue
Smith Home Damaged by Fire in Sunday Incident
Firemen were called to the home of C Ed Smith Jr at 2503 Highland Ave Sunday at 4 05 pm sparks fed to the shingle roof causing about 50 damage to the roof and yard area while several yards of grass were destroyed by the blaze. Firemen also responded to grass fires at CHEI Street and Gaston Park on Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Ed, Smith, Jr
Highland Avenue
Chei Street
Gaston Park
Roosevelt freezes Greek assets in United States
President Roosevelt signed an executive order freezing Greek financial assets and credits held in the United States. The move follows policy to impound assets of nations under Axis domination, aligning with wartime economic controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Charerna Hart
Washington
Prudent Roosevelt
Portsmouth Is Again Bombed
London reports a heavy death toll feared after a brief naval raid on the Portsmouth seaport and base. Bombs destroyed a hospital, damaged another, plus a hotel, cinema, houses, and shops. German planes dropped flares and heavy bombs. rescue squads worked amid debris as fires were brought under control.
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Bulleton
London
Navy
Portsmouth
South Coast
Three In Family Killed In Crash Near Wheeling
A Detroit family of three perished in a collision near Wheeling when their car struck a truck. Chester Eb Orta 34 his wife Miry 624 and their daughter Diana Lee 10 months died instantly. The truck driver was hospitalized unconscious. The family had moved from Elm Grove to Detroit months earlier.
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CN Tarna Iat
Wheeling
W. Va
Detroit
Chester EB
Orta
Miry
Diana Lee
Dover
Auil
Otto
Elm Grove
Higrade Packing Company
Coal Mine Tieup Threatens Nation as White House Steps In
President Roosevelt planned to invoke emergency powers to force a resumption of soft coal mining after months of stalemate between northern and southern operators and John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers. A three man panel of the national defense mediation board declared deadlock and filed reports as the White House considered action to end the crisis, with Congress beginning an investigation into the dispute. The scenario follows a nationwide coal shortage and a stalled effort to reopen the field.
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International News Service
Washington
Roosevelt
William WW
Dayman
National Mediation Board
Gilure
United Mine Workers
White House
Senate Committee
Kitum- Inova
Roosevelt Etod
Sue
Selective Service Act
German plan to recoup lost colonies soon
Berlin reports indicate imminent German plans to regain the lost Atlantic and Pacific colonies. A Reich colonial ministry is being prepared. Linz preparations are under way. Col. Franz-River Von Epp leads the colonial department overseeing youth training for future administration.
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Internatonal News Service
Berlin
Linz
Franz River von
Epp
Army tests plan to preinduction exams in Pennsylvania
The War Department will experiment in May in Pennsylvania to determine if registrants can receive Army physicals before induction and while still civilian. If successful, the system will roll out nationwide to reduce uncertainty and avoid sending men to induction stations who fail physicals. A 15-member examining board will apply current standards, with exams near registrants homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy Arthur
Wimer
Spedel Washington
New Castle
Washington, D.C
War Department
Pennsylvania
Jlo
Washington Jing
War Secretary bars publishing plane production figures
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson ordered officials to withhold monthly airplane production reports, arguing they are confusing and do not reflect the full picture. He noted delivery totals to the Army Navy Britain and others reach 1 216 aircraft, with 1 074 going to allied forces. Thirty two youths from Lawrence county head to Pitts Church for induction exams ahead of joining U S forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damon Runyon, JR
Divernon Sewn
Fhe Etries
Washington
Henry L. Stinson
Military Secreti Ag
Stimson
OPM
Aelynt Outpal
Mil.lass Risers
Stimyen
Army
Great Britain
Ubat
Navy
Pattschurch
United States
Wood City
County Baxrad
Jack Thomas Yh
Richelieu Avi
Jack Joffree Brown
Nari Mal- Stumley
John Mack
Garfield Avenues
Joseph Angelo Belilio
Charles Peter DeMarco
Oak Street
Kenare Brimley
Tanah
Bury Street
Beard
Carmen Samuel
U S Recieves Assurance Australia Will Extend War Effort
Washington April 2 Australia informed the United States it intends to extend rather than curb its war effort due to British reverses in the Balkans. Secretary Hull received assurances from Richard G Casey after talks confirming Australia would not restrain its war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinderianiong
Washington
Ausstralia Today
United, States
Lhwt
Ure Balkins
Corde
Hull
Richard G. Casey
Casey
Australia
Aussralia
Great Britain
Australia to Increase War Aid, Cabinet Confirms
Australia’s cabinet met to discuss expanding support for the empire’s war effort. Acting Prime Minister Artimy William Fad den charted propagandist measures amid Britain Australia relations while ministers reviewed the Greek campaign and troop and equipment deliveries to Greece. Parliament meets in May as officials address public opinion on the Greek venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibermatinne News
Sioney
Australia
Ausseatyort
Torday
Carter
Artimy William Fadden
Poll
Greece
German Troops Press On After Entering Athens
Germans push deeper into Greece after Athens fall with mechanized units moving into the Peloponnese. British and Australian troops are described as heavily damaged or fleeing. reports claim Nazi air attacks on ships near Volos and Piraeus. Allied evacuations allegedly jeopardized as German control consolidates across the Greek mainland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Gonfualonaseae Sertice
Brerlen
Adope
Balkans
Untitled fragment hints at stray objects and tasks
Fragmentary text mentions taextes and reels, boots for a cat, tricky sport claties, and vague actions about attending and moulding. Overall appears as garbled OCR with no clear event, person, or place to anchor a coherent news item.
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Bidi Barrani
PA Newc
Kok
Daily Weather Report
Helen Louise Froelich
House Ways and Means
Smith
Robert R. Neyland
University, of Tennessee
Norfolk
Jack Vincent
Hallbual News Service
Siol Valet
Marjorie Johnston
North
May Queer
University of North Carolina
Harford Ci Ind
Chapel Wil. N.C
Pittsburgh
U.S
Serman
Winston Churchill
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