Europe fears as frontline mobilizations rise across central Europe
Geneva reports Swiss troops on the German border with roads and bridges mined. Budapest notes Hungarian air attacks as Slovak warplanes strike. Warsaw cites Polish reserve mobilizations amid drastic government reorganization. Paris says Germany offers to drop Danzig claims if Poland joins the Stop Hitler bloc. Madrid reports Franco planes under anti air fire as talks surface. London notes secret Mediterranean Locarno talks amid Italo-French tension.
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Madrid Occupation Rumors Stir Frontier Reports
International dispatches from Hendaye indicate rumors that Franco's forces may occupy Madrid within days despite official denials. A clash of signals at Burgos shows denials of surrender talks with Jose Miaja's Junta, while diplomatic activity fuels speculation of a rapid wartime climax.
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France
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Burgos
Franco
Jose Miaja
Fwo
Spring Arrives as Garden and Farm Activity Increases
Sunshine and warm days over the past ten have greened buds on lilac bushes and leafed trees. Farmers in the Warlansburg area began plowing while others pruned orchards and burning brush countywide. Honey bees and insects appeared as maple sap was tapped and lime kilns fired. Early risers fished, birds migrated north, crowds filled New Castle shops, and pre Easter shoppers boosted downtown business activity.
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Warlansburg
Hasing
New Castle
Daily Weather Report United States Summary
The 24 hour period ending at 5 reported a maximum temperature of 77 and minimum of 36. Precipitation was noted with lower values and a trace amount in some areas. Highs reached 50 in one region while another area recorded 76.
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United States
Pay Roll Tax Thcrease May Not Be Made
The Ways and Means Committee favor abandoning the old age social security reserve and saving business about 300 million dollars yearly by avoiding a planned one half per cent payroll tax increase in 1940. It will also review unemployment reserves to see if the current 30 percent federal payroll tax can be cut. Secretary Morgenthau urged shifting to a larger reserve, changing the size of the old age fund proposed for 1980.
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William
Neal International News Service
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Roeaf
Weather Outlook For Coming Week
Washington report outlines weekly weather in the North and Middle Atlantic States with rain Monday and midweek, temperatures swinging above and below normal. Ohio Valley and Tennessee expect rain ending by Sunday or Monday morning, with a pattern of colder days early, warmer midweek, then colder again toward week end.
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Omoveley
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Five Drowned as Auto Plunges Into Canal From Bridge
Augusta Ga March 25 five men all textile workers were drowned today when the car they rode in plunged from a bridge into a canal in Bath Island mill village near Augusta. Victims listed as Erskine Rhodes 23 Revile Jobson 25 Walson Boyce 23 Ernest Barker 22 Jane Lewis Widener 21 all Bath residents.
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Fice
Bath
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Draco
Erskine Rhodes
Reville Jobson
Walsom Boyce
Ernest Barker
Jane Lewis Widener
Hungarian Towns Bombed Amid Slovakia Conflict
Slovak warplanes bombed three Hungarian towns Ungvar Rasanys and Nagy as fighting raged along the frontier. Budapest officials warned Slovakia that Hungary would use its greater strength if no settlement is reached.
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Germany Seeks Danzig Deal Amid Baltic Tensions
Paris dispatch reports a German proposal to abstain from claiming the free city of Danzig in exchange for Poland not joining a British French and Russian halt Hitler alliance. Poland allegedly received secret assurances that Hitler would renounce Baltic claims if it refused the anti Nazi front. The proposal, sources say, contributed to Paris Leningrad Moscow tensions and to international declarations opposing further German expansion.
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Warsaw
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Lenden
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Lockard Awaits Death In Chair
Roy Lockard, condemned for the slaying of three year old Sonny Karmendi, awaited execution after Gov. James refused reprieve. He was moved from Hallidaysburg jail to Rockview penitentiary death house for a Friday night firing.
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Beliefonte Pa
Roy Lockard
Sonny Karmendi
Blair County
Younster
Lockard
Arthur James
Agen
Hallidaysburg
Masonic Groups Plan Easter Services Citywide
Two Easter season services are planned by local Masonic groups. The Sol emn Ceremonial Feast of the Paschal Lamb by New Castle Chapter Rose Croix occurs Friday March 31 at 7 45 pm in The Cathedral on Lincoln avenue with Walter Paul Brown as orator. Ellwood Chorus To Sing Shelby Male Chorus of Ellwood City Moris Turnish leads. Chesley A. Paul notes the Maundy Thursday service was moved to March 31 to avoid Holy Week conflicts. Open to public. This service memorializes members lost this year with candle extinguished for each. Knights Templar Service by Sir Knights of Lawrence continues on page two.
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Rose Croix
Lincoln Avenue
Walter Paul Brown
Pennsylvania
Pittsburels
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Shelby
Ellwood Cuy
Chesley A. Paul
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Lawrence
New Building Boom Seen Lifts U S Prosperity Says Perkins
Washington dispatch says Secretary Frances Perkins reports a spectacular housing boom in 1939 with over 400000 dwellings to be built using private capital. February residential construction rose 21 percent, boosting related industries and thousands of workers across the economy.
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Leon W. Shloss
International News Service
Washington
Labor Department
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Perkins
Death Record list from Mercer county area
Obituaries list brief notices for Mrs. Michael Zuxon age 6K, Joseph Warren 75 of Hillaville, Thomas A. Burk 53 from No 2 Mine, Mrs. Elizabeth Fogal 71 of Bethel Township, Mercer county.
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Moravia Wreat
Joesph Warren
Hillaville
Thomas A. Burk
Elizabeth Fogal
Bethel
Ulekory Township
Mercer County
Germany backs Mussolini as Goering promises aid
Rome March 28 Plebd Marshal Hermann Goering in an interview with Popolo D Italia pledged that Germany would stand beside Italy at all times and at all costs He also called Mussolini a significant figure of contemporary history while he was visiting Italy in a diplomatic capacity.
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Rome
Popolo D’italia
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
Ttaly
Goering
Mussolini
Masonic Lodge Anniversary Observed Next Week
Members of Lodge of The Craft No 433 F and A M in this district look forward to the 70th anniversary of its constitution on Wednesday evening March 20 with banquet at 6 15 in the Scottish Rite Cathedral banquet room followed by a speaking program in the West Lodge room. The event features visiting Grand Lodge officers and many distinguished Masons from other jurisdictions. The lodge was formed in 1849 in New Castle with prominent local citizens. the anniversary promises a large attendance and invitations to Masonry from Ohio New York West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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Coudersport
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Lawrence County
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New York
West Virginia
Bergdoll to Surrender to U S Officials
Bergdoll the No 1 American World War draft dodger agreed to surrender to American authorities. He fled to Germany after being court-martialed and sentenced to five years in prison and now seeks unconditional surrender and return to face new court martial proceedings. His brewing fortune has been tied up in the United States since his 1920 arrest and he has requested necessary American papers to enter the United States.
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LUM
Berlin
Grover Gleveland Bergdoll
Bergdoll
Germany
Stuttwart
United States
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Poland and Germany call up more troops
Berlin reported that three more classes of Polish military reservists were summoned for service. The London Daily Mail, citing Berlin, said Hitler ordered two classes of 1096-27 conscripts totaling 100000 men for training through May. The German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia created gaps in the Reichs home garrisons.
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London
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Buried body found after husband’s confession
Oklahoma City report Details emerge after Roger Cunningham 33 confesses to strangling wife Eudora 30. Body found early dawn under red mud near a sewer ditch in West between Eleventh and Par Place. The couple’s motive remains undisclosed.
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San Francisco
Eudora
Gham
Tarzan of Northern Wyoming Falls to Schoolboy’s Shot
A truancy 17-year-old from Powell, Tipton Cox, shoots Earl Durand with a 30-30 rifle. Durand, who had robbed the First Nation Bank in town, dies after Durand’s hostage president of the bank fires back. The incident ends Durand’s crime spree and cements his notoriety in the region.
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Barney Cohan
Nis
California Girl Is Being Hunted
Roberta Jean Hodson, 14, a Bakersville schoolgirl, has been missing since Sunday after leaving home to go to church. Her parents, shaken by the disappearance, fear she has been abducted. The case is being investigated by local police as a nationwide search unfolds. Roberta, described as "looks younger than her age," harbors dreams of singing with a dance orchestra or motion pictures, and her father Robert Hodson, secretary of the Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce, urges any information.
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International Laws Service
Bakersfield
Cal
Roberta Jean Hodson
Bakersville
Boame Siardu
Roberta
Robert Hodson
Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce
Army Reserve Is Organized Here
In a Friday gathering in the organized reserve rooms, Arthur W. Harper was chosen as committee head. Speaker Mayor Charles E. McGrath endorsed forming the Reserve Organization, noting few similar groups in the county. Lester McCrennie of the American Legion praised the effort on behalf of veterans.
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Regular Army Reserve
Arthur W. Harper
Charles E. McGrath
Reen Army Reserve Organization
Lester McCrennie
Behant
American Legion
Move To Defend Swiss Border
Geneva March 26 The Swiss government ordered timed mining of all lands and bridges along the Swiss German frontier and mobilization of troops. The measures echo those in the Caroche Slovakian crisis last September as fears rise over German expansion threatening the border. Government spokesmen have warned in recent weeks that Switzerland would resist any territorial encroachments.
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Switzerland
Secret Efforts To Allay French Italian Tension
London reports negotiations underway to reduce war danger between France and Italy. A proposed accord would involve Britain and France and seeks territorial compromise to avert renewed conflict. Information aboard hints at broad European alignment toward peace on territorial claims.
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Striet
Teink
Faropesa
Woman flier claims new altitude record at Palm Springs
Palm Springs Cal March 25 Jacqueline Paun Springs set a new altitude record for women, rising over 33 000 feet above sea level. The record surpasses Ruth Nichols earlier flights, with claims of further aviation milestones and comparable achievements noted by observers.
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Tinternational News
Palm Springs
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Jacqueline Paun Springs
Boechera
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Tevel
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Tts
Associa
Untitled Recreation Event With Canoe Gear
A fragmented notice describes a small outdoor gathering featuring a canoe, portable grand, and food items. Names appear garbled, but the scene mentions paddling along and a meet with outdoor gear and local participants. The text hints at a casual community outing with limited equipment.
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