Official Silence By Roosevelt On Hitler's Demands
Hyde Park events mix with European tension as President Roosevelt keeps silent on Hitler's Poland demands while preparing to open the New York World's Fair. He and Mrs Roosevelt host Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha of Norway at informal picnics and visits with guests arranged for a quiet, cordial reception.
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George Durno
Hyde Park
N.Y
Roosevelt
Hitler
Poland
Hyde Park House
Reichstag
New York
Crown Prince Olav
Martha
Norway
Mrs. Roosevelt
Clav
City Clean-Up Week Ends Amid Busy Trucks
PA Newc Observes clean-up week as city trucks haul away hundreds of loads of tin cans and debris. Daylight time begins Sunday in metropolitan areas. New Castle does not observe leaving clocks unchanged. Detour bulletin notes no new detours. pavement on Neshawrock Avenue patched but worn and needing more work. Rural Pinchot roads also show potholes and soon repair work. Continued on Page Bo.
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New Castle
Oo OK Pa Nene
Neshawrock Avenue
Daily Weather Report and Old Figures
Daily weather report summarizes a 24 hour period ending 5 p m Friday with a high of 69 and a low of 40, trace precipitation, and river stage at 3.8 feet. It also notes a same date year 40 figure set showing a high of 43 and a low of 49 with 42 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Hitler's Speech Fails To Alarm Britain
London April 28 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government remained outwardly calm to day in the face of Hitler's repudiation of the Anglo German naval treaty. Britain intends to maintain naval superiority ship for ship and meet any German challenge with equal construction. British officials signaled possible inquiry to Hitler through Sir Neville Henderson about negotiating a new pact or general armament limits. Chamberlain left London for Chequers after reading the Fuehrer’s remarks.
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Charles A. Smith
London
Neville Chamberlain
Hitler
Reich
Britain
Berlin
Neville Henderson
Nevile
Chamberlain
Fuehrer
Unemployment Fund Declared Able to Meet Any Demand
Harrisburg April 29 The unemployment compensation fund in Pennsylvania is described as able to meet any financial demand from miners even in a total coal industry shutdown. About 25,000 bituminous miners are ineligible after exhausting benefits. 85,000 eligible bituminous miners could receive up to 11 million dollars, with anthracite funds smaller due to fewer workers. Negotiators in New York seek a settlement as anthracite talks extend one week.
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Raymond Wilcove
Tnternational
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Ernest Kelly
Division of Unemployment Compensation
New York
Kelly
Bessemer Plant Secured $200000 War Department Cement Contract
The Bessemer Limestone and Cement Company will fill a government contract with the War Department for cement costing about $200,000. Secretary of Labor Perkins announced the order is for army engineers use. No delivery date or final cost is fixed. Perkins estimates around $202,005.
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Arthur
Wimer
Washington
New Chistle Neva
Washington, D. C
Bessemer Limestone and Cement Company
War Department
Perkins
Bessemer
Fleet Heads to Pacific via Panama Canal Passage
Advanced US fleet units were to depart Panama today for Californian waters after passing through the Panama Canal from the Atlantic. The remaining fleet was set to leave the Canal Zone on May 2 en route to the Pacific.
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International News Service
Panama
United States
Californian
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Canal Zone
Nine Licenses Revoked by Liquor Board
Pennsylvania liquor control board revokes nine licenses and suspends 33 others with bond forfeitures totaling $2000. Announcement from Harrisburg notes the actions and sums involved for the period.
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Liquor Board
Cinternational News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Coal Deadlock Reaches Crisis in Wage Talks
New York April 29 The bituminous coal wage negotiations enter a crisis as John L. Lewis threatens a showdown by next week to end the current talks calling them a farce. He convenes the United Mine Workers policy committee in New York and summons 150 members for a meeting on Tuesday as agreements near expiration outside the Appalachian field.
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C International News Service
New York
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Appalachian
New Castle Wins Two Firsts at Forensic Music Meet
At Norristown on April 29 the twelfth annual forensic and music league contests sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh concluded. New Castle High School claimed two firsts in brass sextette and a three to five instrument ensemble, with Russell Minich placing ninth in declamation and Anthony Buonpane tied for seventh in clarinet.
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Anthony Buonpane
New Castle
Three extra men to help traffic in East Washington Street
Police Chief R A Griswell, on traffic commissioner T J Jones's suggestion, named Thomas Boyle, George Rigby, and Nick Cubellis to direct traffic. They were approved by council for temporary work on Mayor Charles E McGrath's recommendation.
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East Washington Street
R. A. Griswell
T. J. Jones
Thomas Boyle
George Rigby
Nick Cubellis
Council
Charles E. McGrath
Hitler Seeks To Bring Hungary Into Nazi Orbit
Berlin report says Adolf Hitler moves to pull Hungary into the Nazi Reich ring of friendship, after May Day address. Diplomats Teleki and Csaky to meet German authorities to cement ties and possibly discuss Hungarian Polish relations amid world reaction to Hitler’s recent speech.
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Hitler
Hungary
Pierre J. Wuss
Iuternaticnews Service
Statt
Berlin
Reichstag
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Roosevelt
Reich
Hun
Paul Teleki
Stephen Csaky
Teleki
Csaky
Italy Increases Fund For Armed Forces Of Nation
Rome April 28 The Italian cabinet under Premier Mussolini authorized additional expenditures for the armed forces to improve army efficiency and territorial defenses. Mussolini returned from Rocca Della Caminate to preside, and he will meet General Von Brauchitsch in Rome with talks touching Italo-German dispositions in event of war. The total new appropriations were not disclosed. Several Italian vessels’ fall World Cruise plans were cancelled as part of preparedness.
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Cinteenaional
Rome
Italy
Italian Council of Ministers
Mussolini
Tr Duce
Rocca Della Caminate
Walther von Brauchitsch
Start
Alberto Parlan
New York
Seek Relief From Coal Freight Rates
Western Pennsylvania bituminous coal operators warned of industry collapse without relief from prohibitive freight rates. They testified at a House hearing before the committee on mines and mining, considering a proposed $100,000 appropriation for the attorney general’s office to pursue a solution.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Committee On Mines and Mining of the
State
Rouse of Representatives
Attorney General's Office
Unrest in Gerona Triggers Frontier Closing
Paris reports violent incidents in Gerona Spain prompting Franco government to close the frontier. Porthus border officials refused explanations as officials tried to limit news of the Gerona unrest from spreading.
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International News Service
Paris
Gerona
Spain
Francisco Franco
Porthus
Plan To Exhume More Bodies In Poisoning Cases
Interpol news reports detectives in Philadelphia secured court permission to dig up three more bodies of victims linked to a mass murder for insurance ring. The burials will be disinterred Monday for chemical tests to confirm arsenic poisoning and life insurance payouts. Confessions by Rafaelo Polsetti and Herman Petrillo expanded the ring to 32 deaths, with authorities projecting involvement of numerous suspects in the case.
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Interpalional
Philadelphia
John Manchuk
Antonio Romualdo
John Woloshyn
America
Woloshyn
Rafaelo Polsetti
Washington
Herman Petrillo
Sutherland Declines State Dental Health Director Post
Dr. John B. Jock Sutherland declines to accept the post of dental health director, citing inability to devote required time. He informed Dr. John J. Shaw, secretary of health, by registered letter. He was formerly University of Pittsburgh football coach.
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Pittsburgh
John B
Jock” Sutherland
International News Service
University of Pitts Burgh
John J. Shaw
James
Fourteenteen Hero Medal Recipients Named Across States
Fourteen teen heroes from eleven states from New York to California were awarded the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission bronze medallion for outstanding acts of valor.
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Menonal News Service
Pittsburgh
New York
California
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Death records list several local residents by age and town
The list names Mrs. C. W. Fenton aged 67 of Shenango town, Joseph Braykovich 18 of West Pittsburgh, Meg Marriet Bishop 72 of 120 North Jefferson, Mrs. Rachel Smail 31 North Beaver, Joseph Canal 72 of Ellwood City, Harold S. Kemmerer of Hollidaysburg, and Raymond Hershman Ethodes Jr. of Enon Valley, reflecting regional death notices.
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C. W. Fenton
Shenango Townslyr
Joseph Braykovich
West Pittsburg
Meg
Marriet Bishop
North Jefferson Street
Rachel Smail
North Beaver Street
Joseph Canal
Ellwood City
Harold S. Kemmerer
Hollidaysburg
Raymond Hershman Ethodes, Jr
Enon Valley
Sons Of North Beaver To Be Honored Tonight
A testimonial dinner for Assemblyman WL Sharp Fullerton and Highway Superintendent Edwin Reed will be held at Westfield age hall. About 425 tickets have been sold. Program begins at eight with J Sudley Boak presiding and speakers Benzie Bagshaw Dimlt and McCurdy. Both honorees are longtime North Beaver residents.
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WL Sharp Fullerton
Edwin Oo. Reed
Wesfield Age
State Grange
J. Sudley Boak
Benzie Bagshaw
W. H. Dimlt
Snipery Rock Strate Teachers College
H. A. McCurdy
North Beaver
North
Beaver Township
Fullerton
General Assembly
James B. Kelso
Reed
Westfield Grange
New Gastley
Rescuers Reach Russian Flyers
New York date April 29 dispatch says a rescue plane reached the Russian Moskva, which landed in northeastern New Brunswick after the Moscow New York non stop flight ended. Several planes moved toward the scene to determine which arrived first. It was thought the Bourdon patrol plane may have arrived. Moncton reports a Lockheed with Russell Thaw prepared to transport the Moskva crew to New York. Vladimir Kokkinaki and Maj. Mikhail Gordienko were involved in the incident.
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Calrational News
Sergten
New York
Constantine Qumansky
Cest Xeday
Moskva
New Brunswick
Ralph S. Bourdon
W. T. Bottusey
Moncton
N. B
Russell Thaw
Thaw
Miscou Island
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Moscow
Cal
Vladimir Kokkinaki
Maj
Mikhail Gordienko
Weather Outlook For Coming Week Weather Outlook For Coming Week
Washington reports a weekly weather outlook with the North and Middle Atlantic regions seeing occasional showers and rising temperatures in the first part of the week, warming near midweek, then cooler toward week's end. Ohio Valley and Tennessee areas expect similar showers early to midweek with rising temperatures first part, following a generally cooler middle period.
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International News Service
Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
New York World's Fair Nearly Ready For Opening Day
New York World’s Fair 1939 nears completion after two years ten months of work. The vast Exposition at Flushing Meadow shows new materials designs acoustics and exhibits grouped to aid visitors and create a startling modern world.
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Walter Kiernan
Smith
Ankle Fractured In Auto Accident Near New Wilmington
A Friday collision on the New Castle New Wilmington highway near New Wilmington left Mrs Lulu Thompson 55 Chestnut street with a fractured ankle and hospitalized at Jameson Memorial. No injuries were reported in a separate early morning sideswipe on the Harlansburg road involving Paul Huffman and Hugh Speer, per State Police.
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Ruth Thompson
Chesnut Street
This City
al R. Maatthews
New Wilmington
New Castle-New Wilmington
Lulu Thompson
Chestnut Street
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Paul D. Huffman
County Line Street
Hugh
Speer. R. D
Harlansburg
South Side Board Meeting To Be Held Tuesday
South Side Board of Trade members with Raver in the office of Alderman Blowni East Long Avenue will meet on Tuesday at 3 o clock for their monthly session.
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South Side Board of Trace
Raver
B. J. Blowni
East Long Avemue
Plan Granted for House at Englewood Avenue
A city sanction was granted to erect a brick dwelling with a frame and brick structure at 207 Englewood Avenue. The project is estimated to cost $6,700 and is attributed to A.C. Divlerle.
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A.C. Divlerle
Englewood Avenue
Poland ready to resist any German coup in Danzig area
Poland declares it will resist any German coup in the Free City of Danzig and the Polish corridor by any means. A foreign office statement in Warsaw rejects Hitler’s demands and warns that Poland will not yield to Nazi extraterritorial prerogatives as tensions rise over the 11 year non aggression pact and new security alignments with Britain, France, and potentially Soviet Russia.
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Danzig
Lester Kirkiex
Star? Forrerpond
Warsaw
Poland
Hitler
Foreign Office
Danae
Reich
Germany
Great Britain
France
Soviet
Russia
Irish Object To Conscription Plan
April 2 A message warned the government against conscripting Irishmen in the British army Prime Minister Eamon De Valera warned that applying conscription to minority groups in Northern Ireland could provoke a revolt He also opposed possible conscription of Irish workers temporarily in England Scotland or Wales.
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International News Service
Minlie Chamberlin
Trishme
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Northern Ireland
de Valera
England
Scotland
Wales
Weathering Time and the Quiet Wren in Spring
A brisk spring day prompts reflections on past tricks and days gone by. The speaker notes dry skies, shifting clouds, and a desire to recapture older ways as hills loom distant and the sun blue above.
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