Willow Grove mine blast leaves 69 feared buried in Ohio
Rescue teams work around the damaged Willow Grove mine near St Clairsville after an explosion trapped 69 men, with 44 in the 22 west chamber and 25 elsewhere. Four were dead and about 115 rescued or treated for gas exposure as hope of survivors dwindles.
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Clairsville
Willow Grove
W. H. McWilliam
Hanna Coal Company
Cleland
John Owens
CIO United Mine Workers of Ohio
R. W. Clay
Clay
John Richards
Howard Sanders
H. C. Kelly
John Marks
Ralph Sutton
Bellaire
Martins Ferry
Wheeling
Belmont
Frank Opatrny
Hanna Company
Cron
Hanna
Ohio Hills
Here
Ohio
West Virginia
United States Bureau of Mines
Red Cross
National Guard
Salvation Army
Meanor Roosevelt
Great Lakes
No Visitors At County Home
Somerset County Home and Hospital temporarily bans visiting after a surge of colds among patients. Dr. Charles I. Shaffer cites visiting-related transmission and notes a strong deathless stretch in recent winter months. the notice was issued through Thomas A. Lansberry, secretary of the institution district.
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Somerset County Home and Hospital
Charles I. Shaffer
Shaffer
Thomas A. Lansberry
Jail inmate Kozuch held on motor vehicle charges
John Kozuch a 21 year old Holsopple laborer was committed to jail Saturday on a charge of taking a motor vehicle and minor violations of the motor code.
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Kozuch
John Kozuch
Tobey Accuses Hopkins of Flouting Law in Census Fight
Senator Tobey charges Secretary Hopkins with flouting the Constitution by demanding income and earnings questions in the census. Hopkins retorts he has two honorary law degrees and cites Founding Fathers. Tobey seeks Senate disapproval of income questions ahead of the April census start.
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Washington
Tobey
R-Nh
Hopkins
Congress
Supreme Court
Senator Tobey
Hitler
United States
Senate
Commerce Committee
Fire alarms blaze quashed by Meyersdale volunteers
Saturday night Meyersdale volunteers battled a fire that threatened the Citizens National Bank siren atop the building. A flue fire in a nearby block triggered the alarm from the Citizens Band building, and a short circuit in the system caused the blaze. Fire crews quickly extinguished the flames, saving the siren from fire.
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Meyersdale
Citizens National Bank
Citizens Band
James Baird
Baird
Meyersdale Borough
Local man dies after drinking liniment in Greensburg
Coroner H A MacMurray reports James Matava aged 62 of Derry township died after consuming a bottle of liniment. The death was recorded today in Greensburg.
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Greensburg
H. A. MacMurray
James Matava
Fame Hand
Derry Township
Oil Heater Burns Foster at Laurel Hill Project
James Foster aged nineteen of Jenners sustained painful burns to hands and face when wind swept flames from an oil heater he lit at the Laurel Hill tunnel boring project on the turnpike Sunday afternoon about 2 30. He was taken to Somerset Community Hospital in fair condition. He worked as a tunnel laborer for Hankin Conkey Construction.
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James Foster
Jenners
Somerset Community Hospital
Laurel Hill
Hankin-Conkey Construction Company
Ross Searfoss
Friedens
State Highway Department
Earl H. Reese
Somerset
Harry Moore
Mock Couple Seek Damages Over Route 119 Relocation
Martin and Martha Mock petition Judge Norman T. Boose to appoint viewers to view and fix damages from the relocation of Route 119 near Ferrelton. They claim the state highway department entered the land in 1929 and the county commissioners refused compensation, noting an occupied dwelling and business as the couple’s sole revenue source.
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Highway Department
Stole Plane but Couldn’t Fly It in Maryland
Berlin Maryland March 17 A 16 year old George Campbell a Berlin high school student charged with larceny of a 1350 monoplane from Bishopville airport. Sheriff William Hall said Campbell never got the craft off the ground and damaged a wing as he pulled it from the hangar. He claimed he read flying instructions on a cereal box.
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Berlin
George Campbell
Bishopville
William Hall
Maneen Warrington
Hall
Campbell
United States champion grandmother dies at 100
Tev. Gonzales March 17 Mrs. Mary Skinner 100 known locally as the champion grandmother of the United States died today in her home she had occupied for 80 years A count on her one hundredth birthday disclosed she had 63 grand children 211 great grand children and 65 great great grandchildren
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Gonzales
Tev
Mary Skinner
United States
Murray Plan Pushes Billion for Relief Funding
Senator Murray seeks a higher WPA appropriation in the new budget, urging President Roosevelt to recommend more than the current roughly 1.0 billion for relief. The move follows WPA enrollment cuts and farm bill talks, with taxes or debt-limit increases likely to be debated to cover the needs.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Senator Murray
D-Mont
Roosevelt
Congress
WPA
Murray
Senate
Thomas
D-Okla
Appropriations
War Department
Russel
D-Ga
Appropriations Committee
Stormy Road for Hatch Measure in Congress
A stormy path awaits the Hatch clean politics bill in the House as Senate action nears. Opponents plan to bottle it up in judiciary committee while Speaker Bankhead and Leader Rayburn reportedly oppose the measure. The bill would extend federalstyle political restraints to state employees funded in part by federal money and ties to Garner supporters.
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Washington
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Bankhead
Rayburn
D-Tex
Garner
German raid hits Scapa Flow and British casualties rise
Fourteen German bombers attacked Scapa Flow causing civilian deaths and injuries near Bridge of Walth, with one battleship lightly damaged. British fighters intercepted German raids on the east coast as RAF and admiralty defenses repelled the assault and scattered bombs over Mainland and Queen Amman area. Civilian James Isbister, 27, among the dead.
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John W. Culmer
Sodom
Scapa Flow
Ttain
Navy
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Helgoland Bight
Borkum
Helgoland
Firth of Bridge
Rosyth
Scotland
Pomona
Bridge of Walth
Queen Amnoan
Stennes
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Royal Oak
North Sea Fleet
James Isbister
Stromness Civil Airdrome
German Flyers Say Raid On Schedule At Scapa Flow
Three young German pilots recount the first air attack on British soil with pride as they claim the raid on Scapa Flow went like a parade. They say 42,000 ton Hood class battleship and two other battle cruisers were anchored off Orkney when bombs fell, though ship names could not be read from the air.
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Edwin Shanke
Hope
Scapa Flow
Britain
Orkney Island
Hitler Leaves Berlin on Secret Trip to Mussolini
Adolf Hitler departed Berlin under tight secrecy for a frontier meeting with Benito Mussolini at Brenner Pass. The talks were expected to boost Italian cooperation with Germany, shaping war aims and Balkan policy amid Russia, Poland, and oil and food pressures.
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Balkan
Dienst Aus Deutschesland
Berlin
Germany
Italy
Russia
Poland
Finland
Baltic Countries
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Rumania
Reich
Balkans
Bessarabia
Mannerheim Named Potential Leader Of Finland
Helsinki reports Uusi Suomi proposes Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Mannerheim take active part in governing Finland, beyond command of defense forces. Editorial lauds his leadership, notes public admiration, and questions if he would accept a broader role. Government pushes reconstruction and grain seizure decree.
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Helsinki
Uusi Suomi
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Republic
Mannerheim
242 Killed In RAF Service
London reports updated Royal Air Force loss figures with 33 killed and eight dying on active service plus three dead of wounds. The tally now shows 242 killed in action or missing, 137 missing, 320 killed on active service, and 193 died in active service.
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London
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Planes Engage Unknown Aircraft Over Bergen Norway
Norwegian anti aircraft opened fire on several unidentified planes above Bergen. The aircraft disappeared south under a smoke screen with no confirmed hits.
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Bergen
Norway
Gandhi Sways All India Congress Ahead of Plenary Session
Mohandas K Gandhi holds full sway over the All India Nationalist Congress as it nears a plenary session in Ramgarh amid tension over Indias independence. Dispute with Britain centers on dominion status after the war versus immediate self rule. Jewelry Cases Stolen in Detroit. Two cases valued at 5000 dollars were found empty on a west side highway after being reported missing from New York salesmen Sherman and Fisher.
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Ramgarh
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
All-India
Congress
Britain
Detroit
George Fisher
Sidney Sherman
New York
West Side
No Sacrifice Is Too Great For Rumans
Premier Tatarescu, speaking in Bucharest, declared no sacrifice is too great to maintain war strength and meet a 30 billion lei budget. He urged farmers to work two men's tasks and industrial workers to double efforts to ensure national defense amid a purge of 800 exiles and the army listed at 1.6 million.
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Bucharest
Tatarescu
Rumania
Tomonrow
Mussolini to Meet Hitler in Italy Amid Peace Talks
Premier Mussolini and Foreign Minister Ciano traveled toward Brenner Pass for a planned meeting with Adolf Hitler raising speculation of a possible peace initiative. U.S. envoy Sumner Welles, in Rome, awaited results before sailing, as German envoy Von Mackensen and Pope Pius were also involved in related diplomacy.
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Berilin
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Benito Mussolini
Hitler
Italy
Reich
Europe
Mussolini
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Rome
Pius XII
Brenner Pass
Il Duce
The
Fuehrer
Munich
Czecho-Slovakia
George C. Jordan
Galeazzo Ciano
Sumner Welles
Rome-Berlin
Pope Pius
Welles
Ilduce
Count Ciano
Conte di Savoy
Hans Viktor von Mackensen
Foreign Office
United States
Count Galeazz Ciano
William Phillips
French Units Repel Nazis West of Vosges
French military sources report continued localized fighting west of the Vosges as German patrols attack French outposts. Reconnaissance planes were active with two Nazi planes sighted over northern and western France.
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Paris
Vosges Mountains
Vosges
France
French Guns Destroy Nazi Signs Across The Haine
French guns on the Maginot line along the Haine opened fire at dawn and by noon had destroyed all German propaganda signs visible from the opposite shore. There was no German reply.
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Bashs
Switzerland
Maginot Line
Haine
Wenen
Russians to Build Voroshiloff Line Fortifications Along Finnish Frontier
A Moscow dispatch reported by Uusi Suomi states Russia will immediately construct strong fortifications along the new Finland frontier. The fortifications will be called the Voroshiloff line in honor of War Commissar Llementi Voroshiloff. Rebuilding Viipuri is to start at once.
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Helsinki
Uusi Suomi
Aartial
Moscow
Finland
Voroshiloff
Llementi Voroshiloff
Viipuri
Abandon Wire Tapping Policy Says Justice Dept
Attorney General Jackson announced that wire tapping has been completely abandoned by the Department of Justice as a method of detecting criminals.
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Washington
Jackson
Departeent of
Justice
Student Flier Drowns in Newark Bay Crash
Floyd Shinn aged 25 of North Arlington died when the small airplane used for flying lessons overturned in Newark bay near Newark. The accident occurred today as the student pilot was completing a lesson.
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Newark
N. J
Floyd Shinn
North Arlington
Newark Bay
Weather outlook for West Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania
Weather forecast notes cloudiness and a cooldown in West Virginia with light rain on Monday, possible rain or snow on Tuesday. Maryland experiences mostly cloudy skies with a cooler Monday and rain Monday night into Tuesday. Eastern Pennsylvania sees mostly cloudy, cooler conditions Monday with rain in the southeast and rain or snow in the west and north on Monday and Tuesday. Western Pennsylvania remains cloudy and cooler with light rain or snow Monday, followed by snow in the north and mixed precipitation in the south on Tuesday.
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West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
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