Naval Bill Passes House Amid Warn Of Axis Threats
The House approved a record 3.446 billion naval appropriation after warning that the United States must powerfully arm itself to deter axe threat. The bill funds the two ocean fleet program, pay and maintenance, and details new battle cruiser costs at 54.3 million each to be built by New York Shipbuilding at Camden.
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House
United States
Europe
Asia
Scrugham
D-Nev
Naval Appropriations Subcommittee
Senate
Appropriations
Navy
New York Shipbuilding and Drydock Co
Camden
N. J
House Naval Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Defense Opens In Rackets Trail In Washington County
The defense began presenting witnesses in the third Washington County rackets trial as the commonwealth rested. Former District Attorney James C. Bane and ex-detectives Michael J. Powell and William McBride, along with Albert D. Phillips, face conspiracy and misconduct charges tied to embezzlement from lottery raids. Bank records showed Bane deposited over 37 thousand dollars during 1936 to 1940, with witnesses identifying related banking documents.
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Washington, Pa
Washington County
Commonwealth
W. Russell Carr
Fayette County
Lucu
James C. Bane
Michael J. Powell
William McBride
Midnight zero hour for tax return
Washington March 14. Midnight tomorrow is the zero hour for the nations income taxpayers. The bureau of internal revenue expects all returns to be in its offices or in the mail. One hundred thousand corporations gained postponements on filing excess profits tax returns due at that time. New forms were issued after recent amendments and mailed out only a week ago.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bomb Victims Rise to Six in Istanbul Hotel Attack
The Pera Palace bombing in Istanbul raised fatalities to six with the death of the hotel's passport clerk. The blast, aimed at former British minister to Bulgaria George W. Rendel, injured him but he survived.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Pera Palace
George W Rendel
Bulgaria
Governor orders state police to guard steel plant in Bridgeville
Governor James ordered the state police to Bridgeville near Pittsburgh to protect removal of finished steel alloys from the Vesium Steel plant, arguing the materials are essential to national defense despite an outlaw strike. The move follows a Defense Commission request and a sheriff recommendation, with police limited to protecting workers entering the plant.
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Harrisburg
James
Bridgeville
Pittsburgh
Vanadium Steel Corporation
Allegheny County
John Heinz
National Defense
National Defense Commission
Mittes
CSO
Col
C. M. Wilhelm
State Police
Greensburg
Lynn G. Adams
Wilhelm
Fire destroys brooder house. hundreds of chicks perish
Early Friday a fire at A. C. Sporlein’s farm near Wills Church destroyed a 12 by 40 foot brooder. Firefighters arrived, but 200 to 300 four week old chicks were smothered before the flames were controlled. Damage estimated at about 100 dollars.
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A. C. Sporlein
Wills Church
Somerset
Sporleins
Sporlein
Richard Pile
Post-Gazette Stays Down After Strike
The Post-Gazette in Pittsburgh suspended publication until further notice due to a strike by outside circulation workers and mailers refusing to cross a picket line. The paper stayed closed Sunday and Monday night but resumed Tuesday night after 14 union members agreed to fill contracts regardless of the strike.
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Pittsburgh
Morning Post-Gazette
Newspaper Unions Council
Shaw to Answer Achterman in Sanatorium Dispute
Governor James said Dr. John J. Shaw state health director would answer in due time to Achterman’s claim that the administration plans no opening of the $2,000,000 Butler tuberculosis sanatorium.
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Achterman
Harrisburg
James
John J. Shaw
Butler
President Roosevelt to broadcast major radio address on 7 billion bill
Roosevelt outlined plans for a 9 30 p m broadcast to promote the 7 000 000 000 lease lead program and rally support against axis threats. Attendees at the White House dinner include Wendell Willkie Lord Halifax Hull and other officials as hearings on the fund proceed in Congress. Stimson confirmed material has begun moving abroad under the lease lead act but gave few details.
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Roosevelt
Hitler
Wendell L. Willkie
Lord Halifax
Hull
Congress
House
Harold D. Smith
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Rep. Woodrum
D-Va
War Stimson
Stimson
Jealousy Sparks Murder Trial In Lancaster
William G. Redcay, 23, confessed jealousy led to the hammer slaying of rival Robert KR. Hackman, 19, a Dunkard minister's son, during a murder trial in Lancaster. Eva Martin testified Redcay admitted killing Hackman after saying he would not let another man have his former sweetheart.
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Lancaster
William G. Redcay
Union Grove
Robert KR. Hackman
Dunkard
Eva Martin
Redcay
Hackman
Dunkards
Martin
John Bryer
John Hamaker
Frost Covers Somerset As Cold Snaps Returns
Somerset residents woke to frost and a six below zero morning as a cold snap returned Friday. Temperatures later climbed to three degrees above freezing, aiding travel and allowing some school buses to resume routes through rural drifts.
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Somerset
Seville Blast Kills Fifty Injures Hundreds Across City
A massive explosion at the Santa Barbara Power Warehouse in Seville devastates the suburb injuring hundreds and killing fifty. Soldiers and police aid rescue as homes collapse and windows shatter across the Porvenir district and beyond.
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Seville
Spain
Santa Barbara
Cerro del Aguila
Porvenir
Th Union Espanola de Explosivos
Slayer Leaves Trademarks in Leila Welsh Case
Kansas City police chief reveals a definite suspect and two acts of vanity found at the crime scene. A four inch initial marked in blood on the victim’s leg and a carefully arranged window curtain are described as the killer’s trade marks. Miss Welsh, 24, a former beauty contest finalist and teacher, was found murdered with a hammer blow and knife injuries.
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Kansas City
Leila Welsh
Lear B. Reed
FBI
Reed
Miss Welsh
Meyersdale Lad Injured by Pistol
Billy Austin a 14 year old Meyersdale schoolboy was wounded in the left hand by the accidental discharge of a .22 revolver found in his attic. He received treatment at Hazel McGilvery hospital Meyersdale. The family says he believed the weapon was unloaded when he pulled the trigger.
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Billy Austin
Meyersdale
Hazel McGilvery
Night Air Raids Hit London and Glasgow in Fresh Blitz
British defense reports 13 Nazi raiders shot down with London firebreaks and sirens as raids on Glasgow Hull and Liverpool caused fires and casualties. A suggested new night defense weapon is discussed with secrecy, while Sir Arthur Salter prepares to coordinate Allied shipping aid.
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Glasgow
RAF
Britain
Air Ministry
British Press Association
Devic
Clydeside
Liverpool
Hull
Sir Arthur Salter
United States
Sir Arthur
Northeastern British City Hit in First Heavy Air Raid
London dispatch reports a northeastern city suffered its first heavy air attack with incendiaries during raids over England and Scotland. A local newspaper office was damaged as fires started but were controlled quickly. town identity remains uncertain among possible targets such as Edinburgh or Newcastle.
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London
England
Scotland
Edinburgh
Newcastle
Coroner F E Sass in Serious Illness Teases Somerset
Coroner F E Sass of Somerset County is a patient at Johns town Memorial hospital with Friday condition listed as serious. He was moved to the Johnstown hospital Thursday afternoon and later reported somewhat improved though still grave. Specialists consulted as his condition worsened.
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F. E. Sass
Somerset County
Johnstown Memorial Hospital
Boswell
Sass
Johnstown Hospital
Not Ready for War Says American Legion Defense Committee
The American Legion defense committee warned the U S is not prepared to wage war effectively due to 20 years of neglect The panel urged that time is essential and that both army and air force will take years to reach readiness The committee noted rapid aircraft industry expansion and rising defense production but cited rising strikes and production interruptions.
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American Legion Defense Committee
Indianapolis
United States
American Legion
National Defense Committee
Defense Committee
Milo J. Warner
Toledo
Legion
England
Warren H. Atherton
Stockton
Calif
Congress
Army, Navy and Maritime Commission
Washington
Mussolini Defeated Says Greece After Italian Offensive
Greek reports claim five Italian divisions were destroyed in recent fighting, with Mussolini orders to return to Rome from Albania. The front remains volatile near Tepeleni and Valona as RAF efforts and Greek counterattacks inflict losses on Italian forces. Badoglio is reportedly in Tirana with possible roles in Rome.
Italians Report Heavy Action On Albanian Front Near Tepeleni
Italian dispatches from Tepeleni say waves of Italian planes struck for six days and nights as Greeks held Mount Trebescine 5600 feet high. Italian claims include Greek divisions being cut to pieces and prisoners taken while one Italian aircraft was damaged by anti aircraft fire. British reports say 14 Italian planes downed in Tepeleni area with torpedo planes striking Valona harbor.
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Badoglio
Viosa
Stefani
Deaths From Auto Crash In Scranton Area
Robert Swartwood 42, manager of the state unemployment compensation bureau at Stroudsburg, died from injuries after a car struck a parked truck near Daleville last night. Susan Summers of Stroudsburg state office was seriously injured and is hospitalized at Hahnemann Hospital.
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Scranton
Robert Swartwod
Stroudsburg
Daleville
Susan Summers
Hahnemann Hospital
Britain Builds Amphibious Force for Invasion Continent
RAF heavy bombing and air superiority pave way for an invasion problem as Britain trains an amphibious unit armed with armored barges and 50-man contingents. The air ministry confirmed strikes on Hamburg Bremen Emden Rotterdam and Dutch airfields while a 3 000-ton German supply ship was sunk by a British torpedo plane.
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Hamburg
Bremen
Hinden
Netherlands
Emden
Holland
Rotterdam
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Frisian
North Sea
Germany
Ministry
Italians Flee In Ethiopia as British Advance Near Addis Ababa
British forces reported 20 000 Italians and natives on the run northwest of Addis Ababa with advances on two sides of the capital. Italian garrisons were abandoning towns in western Ethiopia as Ethiopian patriots with British regulars pressed toward Doerba Markos. Asosa was reoccupied near the Sudan border, while advances continued along the Mendi road and toward Neghelli from Yavello. Daghabur lay 100 miles south of Jijiga as Somaliland forces aided from the east.
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Berot
Addis Abassa
Ethiopia
Gojjam
Doerba Markos
Addis Ababa
Burye
Somaliland
Daghabur
Jigtiga
Asosa
Blue Nive
Kurmuk
Sudan
Yugoslavia Delays Berlin Flight Amid Axis Pressure
Yugoslav leaders postponed a planned flight to Berlin indefinitely as Berlin pressed for a military clause. Germany warned of Greece peace moves and potential Turkish action while Belgrade officials held firm on not joining the axis until a clear military agreement.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Dragila Cvetkovic
Alesander Cincar-Markovic
Axis
Prince Paul
Greece
U S Help For Yugoslavia and Turkey Aimed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signaled possible lend lease aid to any nation resisting aggression under the act including ABCD states. He emphasized aid could extend beyond Britain Greece and China as Congress opposed narrow limits. The article notes Yugoslavia’s resistance and Turkey’s waiting stance in the broader defense effort.
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J. C. Stark Washingson
Yugoslavia
Turkey
R Rosevelt
Great Britain
Greece
China
Roosevelt
United States
Britain
Congress
Somerset Weather Report by David Grove
Daily weather data shows the 24 hour period ending 5 30 p m Friday with a maximum of 35 and a minimum of 6. Temperature comparison notes last year had a maximum of 33 and a minimum of 27.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Weather Observer
Maximem
Weekend Weather Forecast for Mid-Atlantic States
West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania expect fair and warmer weather Saturday with Sunday rain and mild temperatures. Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland forecast fair and warmer Saturday, with Sunday cloudy mild and rain Sunday afternoon and night.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
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