Britain Intensifies Economic Warfare Against Germany
London reports that a foreign office conference led by Lord Halifax aims to cut off Germany from Balkan raw materials. Attendees include diplomats from eight nations Berlin accuses Britain of disrupting shipping on the Danube. A new British trading corporation could curb German access to neutral goods. Parliament plans a secret session on escalating economic strangulation.
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London
Germany
Europe
Foreign Office
Lord Halifax
Russia
Italy
Turkey
Rumania
Bulgaria
Jugoslavia
Hungary
Greece
Great Britain
Balkan
Hali
Balkans
House of Commons
German U Boat Sunk By Warship Off Norwegian Coast
Oslo reports a British warship sank a German U boat in the Skagerrak near Lillesand, 12 miles northeast of Christianssand. Four bodies washed ashore at Lilesand with unknown nationality. Explosions were heard offshore and planes circled the area before departing. Coast guard launched lifeboats but found no trace of battle or wreckage.
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Oslo
Skagerrak
Lillesand
Christiansand
North Sea
Baltic Sea
Lilesand
Justoya Fjord
Lillesamma
Norwegian Coast Guard
Plane Crashes Near Sidney Two Killed
An investigation by Frank Estill of the Civil Aeronautics Authority opened into a Sunday plane collision near Sidney Ohio that killed two young pilots from Dayton and Tippecanoe City. Robert Shrader 28 and Jack Whitmer 19 died as their planes collided at low altitude in rainy weather after taking off from Vandalia and stopping at Greenville and Lima. Both had solo certificates and about 35 hours flight time. Estill reported the planes were flying too close together for safety.
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Sidney
Frank Estill
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Robert E. Shrader
Dayton
Jack Whitmer
Tippecanoe City
Shrader
Whitmer
Fred Boyer
Anna
Herbert Blue
Estill
Dayto Municipal
Vandalia
Greenville
Lima
Cincinnati
Oil Tanker Sails From Lorain
Lorain Ohio April 8 The oil tanker Martha E. Allen opened Lake Erie navigation out of Lorain Sunday for Toledo to load gasoline.
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Lorain, O
Martha E. Allen
Lake Erie
Lorain
Toledo
Weather summary for Ohio and surrounding regions
Cloudy and cooler with occasional light rain tonight and Tuesday. The disturbance over the lake region dominates this morning, with generally high barometers from the Great Plains to the Pacific. Temperatures have moderated from the Mississippi valley to the Atlantic, with cooler air spreading over the plains. Rain has been general over the central valleys and into the Atlantic states and Northwest.
Britain and France Mine Norwegian Coast Areas
British and French warships mined three zones along Norway’s coast within the three mile limit. If Norway or Germany acts against the mines the allied response is stated. The operation, completed at dawn after hours of darkness, saw radios announce the fields and a 48 hour protection for neutral shipping. Oslo officials were notified. all coastal shipping halted.
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Britain
France
London
Great Britain
Norway
Germany
Oslo
Scandinavia
Narvik
Chi Tiansund
Statlandet
Fiord
Europe
Stadtlandet
Bud
Christiansund
Runllet
Wavarra
Human Analyst To Give Seven Talks In Elyria Series
Edward Lee Hawk, a renowned Elyria vocational adviser, returns to lead seven free talks on How to Understand and Influence People, starting next Wednesday at 8 pm in Elks Hall. The program, backed by former students, aims to help attendees improve dealing with different people in business, social, and domestic life.
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Edward Lee Hawk
Elyria
Elks Hall
Hawk
Rotarians Hear Assistant Editor Of Magazine
Elyria Rotary Club will host M. W. Jones of Baltimore as lunch speaker. His talk titled Our Rail roads will address rail transportation. Dr Copeland Smith of the National Association of Manufacturers is slated to speak April 23 with a Cincinnati convention trip on April 24, arranged by A S Ormsby.
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M. W. Jones
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Elyria Rotary Club
Copeland Smith
National Association of Manufacturers
Cincinnati
Rotary Club
A. S. Ormsby
U S Freighter Fears Blockade Turns Back
Tacoma dispatch says the American freighter Wildwood reversed course in mid ocean with a $4500,000 cargo for Vladivostok after warnings of a British blockade reaching Russian Pacific ports. Amtorg goods included 7000 tons of copper brass and machinery. F R Clark of American Foreign Steamship Co reported the decision and noted wartime trade disruptions in the Pacific.
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Tacoma
Wash
Wildwood
mid-Pacific
Vladivostok
F. R. Clark
American Foreign Steamship Co
Clark
Amtorg
Washington
Russian Pacific
Ocean
Walter Arniz
The
Pacific
Mauna Loa Erupts as Hawaii Reports Uprising
Honolulu dispatch from April 8 describes Mauna Loa’s eruption after months of seismic shocks and rockfalls. John Lee reports lava glow 40 to 50 miles from Hilo while the fire pit at Halemaumau tilts, foreshadowing potential further eruption within 48 hours.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Hawaii
John Lee
United Press
Hilo
Kilauea
Lee
Thomas Jaggar
C. C. van Ham
Walter Ecklund
Halemaumau
Fleet Of German Ships On Way To North Sea
Oslo reports unreliable informants say a fleet of German warships is moving through the Kattegat from the Baltic toward the Skagerrak and the North Sea. Dagbladet claimed a large fleet, about 15 ships, with six passing between Zealand and Sweden via the Sound. Reports say the ships are in the Kattegat awaiting confirmation.
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North Sea
Oslo
Norway
Kattegatt
Baltic
Skager Rak
Dagbladet
Kattegat
Fuenen
Zealand
Sweden
Two Suffocated By Oil Well Fumes
Los Angeles dated April 8 reports Kenneth Jensen aged 22 died from fumes at an oil well drip pit. His brother Raymond, 25, was also suffocated along with fireman Ben H. Morris who died trying to rescue him. Raymond is in custody on suspicion of homicide.
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Los Angeles
Raymond Jensen
Kenneth
Ben H. Morris
Supreme Court Rejects Republic Steel Appeal in Labor Case
The Supreme Court refused to hear Republic Steel's bid to overturn a National Labor Relations Board order reinstating about 5,000 CIO strikers with back pay estimated by the union at over 5 million dollars. The court denied review of lower court actions, noting no opinion on other accepted cases.
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Washington
Republic Steel Corporation
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
High Tribunal
Republic
Third Circuit
Court of Appeals
NLRB
Little Steel
Harry Bridges
West Coast Cio
Los Angeles County
Madison
Wis
Owen J. Roberts
Republic Steel Labor
Central Council of Steel Plants
Labor Board
Republic Steel
Inland Steel Co
Youngstown Sheet Tube Co
Beth- Tehem Steel Corp
Respondent
Grass as food proposed to enrich diets for the poor
Kansas City chemists reported at the American Chemical Society meeting that grass can transmit its vitamin richness directly to human nutrition. They claim processed grass leaves can replace large portions of fruits and vegetables, offering a low cost, vitamin heavy diet for low income families.
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Cincinnati
Kansas City
American Chemical Society
W. R B. Graham
G. O. Kohler
C. F. Schnabel
U. S
Largest Class To Get Diplomas At Ridgeville H S
Ridgeville High will award diplomas to the largest graduating class in its history at commencement exercises on Thursday evening April 18. The class has 45 members, six more than last year. Dr. R N Garrison state high school supervisor will speak at the auditorium program at 8 p.m. He spoke at the dedication of the Columbia Township school last Fall.
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Ridgeville High School
Elizabeth Wilcox
R.N. Garrison
State Department of Education
P.m
Garrison
New Columbia Township
Ridgeville
Eight Year Old Boy Accidental Shooting Victim
An eight year old boy Patsy Tony Zito, a ward of the Lorain County Children’s Home at Oberlin, died from an accidental self inflicted gunshot wound on Saturday at the Grabenstetter farm Belden. The rifle was found in a barn and the death was ruled accidental. Funeral services will be held at Assumption church in Grafton at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
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Assumption Church
Grafton
Patsy
Tony" Zito
Lorain County
Oberlin
Joseph Grabenstetter
Belden
William Schneider
Jones
Medina County
Orlando Shilts
August Nabakowski
Fred Zito
Lorain
Rosella Cannone
Cleveland
Tommy
Mary Ann
Frances
Fullen
Grattan
Grabenstetter Farm
Elmwood Cemetery
April Term Of Court Opens With New Presiding Judge
The April term of common pleas court opened with Judge D B A Cook as presiding magistrate succeeding Judge Guy B Findley. Court Clerk H E Agate noted 352 civil and 14 criminal cases pending, compared with 353 civil and nine criminal at January term and 340 civil and 17 criminal a year ago. The pending count is kept low by dispatch in trying cases and reflects a minimum under filing rules.
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Common Pleas Court
DB. A. Cook
Guy B. Findley
H. E. Agate
Unidentified tanker torpedoed off Sandefjords Fjord
An unidentified tanker was torpedoed this afternoon off Rauer near Sandefjords Fjord. The torpedoed vessel was observed by customs guards along the coast, confirming the attack.
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Oslo
Rauer
Sandefjords Fjord
Car Skids On Paving In North Olmsted
Mrs. Jack Tarry 35 and her daughter Alice 16 were in a North Olmsted collision returning from Cleveland Airport at about 5 p.m. Sunday. Mrs. Tarry suffered a double fracture of the pelvis and possible internal injuries and was hospitalized at Elyria Memorial. Alice received bruises and shock but was not confined. both were ejected from the car when another vehicle struck.
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Jack Tarry
Sioth Street
Alice
Cleveland
Tarry
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lorain Street
North Olmsted
13 Die In Ohio Accidents This Weekend
United Press reports a week end of deaths from airplanes autos fire a bicycle and a rifle accident across Ohio. Victims include pilots Shrader and Whitmer killed in a midair collision near Sidney and 11 others ranging from a Canton bicycle rider to a Lorain infant suffocated in a crib.
Former Matinee Idol Passes
New York April B William Faversham aged 72 once a leading actor and producer died yesterday in a Long Island rooming house. He gained fame for his role as Jin Carston in The Squaw Man Broadway run from 1900 to 1907.
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New York
William Faversham
America
Long Island
Faversham
Jin Carston
Hebrew educator Cyrus Adin mourned in Philadelphia
The Jewish world mourns Dr. Cyrus Adin, noted Hebrew educator and humanist, as tributes pour in from Philadelphia. President Roosevelt urged representation for American Jewry at forthcoming events in Washington, underscoring Adin’s role in art faith circles and interfaith outreach.
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Philadelphia
Cyrus Adin
Roosevelt
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