Inside French Foreign Camps for Spaniards and Jews
American reporters tour Argeles sur Mer and Le Vernet concentration camps in France housing 7,000 Spaniards and 38,000 members of the International Brigade. Conditions are stark with makeshift huts and scarce food as inmates face possible transfer to North Africa or return to Franco era Spain.
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Paul Ghall
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Cony
Argeles - Surmer
le Vernet
Ariege Department
Argeles
France
Perpignan
International Brigade
Oii
North Africa
Francisco Franco
Spain
Caudillo
Mexico
Man Pleads Not Guilty in Bath Physician Wife Slaying
Joss, 31, Richmond, pleaded not guilty to murdering his 38 year old physician wife La verne Harris Joss during arraignment in Bath Maine. The case hinges on alleged motive and evidence, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty in the domestic homicide.
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Merrill EF. ‘Joss
Richmond
Jie
Laverne Harris Joss
Bath
Judge and Jury Listen To Evidence By Headphones
Odd court report from Los Angeles describes judges abandoning gavels and using headphones to hear recordings of evidence. Spectators stay alert as TV tips aid bailiff in keeping proceedings steady amid quiet courtroom.
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Los Angeles
Battle of Matapan reshapes naval power outlook
London papers dub Friday’s eastern Mediterranean clash the battle of Matapan. The battle off Cape Matapan highlights aircraft as decisive and may curb cruiser use, boosting Britain’s Mediterranean convoy routes to Alexandria and Greece and possibly signaling a Balkan campaign.
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William H. Stoneman
Chicago Daily News, Inc
London
Mediterranean
Matapan
London Times
Cape Matapan
Morea
Trafalgar
Jutland
Britain
Alexandria
Greece
Gibraltar
Balkans
Atlantic
the Times
Capetown
Nome
Jury Fix Inquiry Witness Murdered in His Own Car
Chicago April 1 Marvin E Olson age 40 a key witness in the January 1940 jury fixing inquiry was murdered last night in his car two or three men were seen with him as the vehicle lurched into an alley a prayer book was found in the dash compartment no clues to the slayers were reported Olson had testified about bribing jurors and about the jury fixing case in which four defendants were acquitted
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Chicago
Marvin E. Olson
Injury Fix
Rand
Olson
Assemblymen Return to Seats as Session Opens
For the first time since 1933 the full 150 assembly members were in their seats at the Albany session. Attends say illness and other causes empty seats in every prior session, and spectator turnout was high with many blocked from galleries.
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Albany
Senate
Assembly
Britain Faces Huge Deficit as Year Begins
London reports that the fiscal year closed with Britain showing a deficit of about 2.45 billion pounds against 1.41 billion in revenue, totaling 3.67 billion pounds in outlays. Gov funding came from war bonds, savings certificates, and invisibles, with experts fearing a larger gap next year despite possible inflation controls.
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Chicago Daily News, Inc
London
Great Britain
Anti-Semite Rules French Life of Jews
The article reports Xavier Vallat named head of France’s new Office for Jewish Affairs, with power to revise anti Jewish laws and plan liquidation of Jewish properties. It notes Vallat’s long antisemitic record, his and Petain’s influence, and fears of harsher enforcement in Vichy France.
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Paul Ghali
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Vichy
Vichy-ruled
France
Vallat
Sanditt
Charles Maurras
Chamber of Deputies
France’s Wartime Propaganda Apparatus Altered by Transfers
The text notes a shift in control of propaganda under Marshal Petain with a loyal guard overseeing the national revolution. Vallat, once too rightist, moves to a special office for Jews, a decision that pleases editor Marcel Dent but reads as little reward for Jewry in occupied France.
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Terans
Petain
Vallat
Marcel Dent
Woman enters race for Congress seat in 42d district
Buffalo April 1 Mrs Hat tie E Schwert Democrat and John C Butler Republican will run in a special election April 22 to fill the 42d district seat left by the late Representative Pius L Schwert Butler was nominated by Republicans to contest Schwerts widow the Democratic nominee who is also endorsed by the American Labor Party
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Buffalo
Hattie E. Schwert
John C. Butler
Pius L. Schwert
Butler
Schwert
American Labor Party
Buffalo Priest Killed by Car While Crossing Intersection
The Rev. Hector Sella aged 70 of St. Joseph's old cathedral was struck and killed by an automobile while crossing an intersection in Buffalo. The accident occurred on April 1 according to United Press reports.
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Buffalo
Hector Sella
St. Joseph’s Old Cathedral
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