Minor injuries common in holiday traffic sprees
Good weather and holiday traffic pushes produced usual by by traffic arrests and wrecks. More than a dozen people suffered minor injuries in Lorain county crashes as several youths escaped serious harm on Chestnut Ridge road and East River street.
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Sheriff Department
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Chestnut Ridge Road
East River
George Press
Camden Avenue
Nick Karasivic
Norfolk Avenue
John Karviak
Joe Rangus
Andrew Kobeczko
Murray Ridge Road
Route 59
Jesse Fimila
Irondale Avenue
Donald S. Miller
Grafton
Sheriffs Department
Figula
Elyria Memorial Hospital
George Kegges
West River Street
John Shuta
Woodford Avenue
Maurice Bardon
Nine Accidental Deaths Reported in Easter Weekend
Nine accidental deaths were reported across Ohio during Easter weekend. Notable cases include Prince Yogi Rami of Lakewood New York killed when his car was struck by a Big Four train near Sharon a Cincinnati suburb. others died in Cincinnati area accidents, a dam incident on the Great Miami River, and a truck unloading accident in Williamstown.
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Ohio
Prince Yogi Rami
Lakewood
N. Y
Sharon
Cincinnati
Robert Marsh
Muskegon
Mich
Rami
Greater Cincinnati
Catherine Veyn
Norwood
Michael Stall
Covington
John W. Henderson
Charles Schwing
Hamilton
Great Miami River
Joseph Sterbicky
Edna Flood
Cleveland
Ralph J. Smith
Findlay
Williamstown
Joseph Santo
Columbus
Lancaster
Weather Ohio Shows Showers and Warmer East Cold Southwest
Weather bulletin reports showers and warmer conditions in the east while the extreme southwest remains colder tonight. Tuesday brings more showers and a dip in temperatures. Over the past 24 hours light to moderate precipitation spread from the Northern and Central Rocky Mountain states eastward through the Ohio Valley to the Atlantic as high barometer over the South Atlantic states, Canadian Prairies, and Northwest. The trend shows moderated temperatures east of the Rockies and colder air in Western Canada and northern mountains.
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Ohio
Tinois
Texas
South Atlantic
Canadian Prairies
Northwest
Rocky Mountain
Ohio Valley
Lower Lakes
Atlantic
Rockies
Canada
Mountain States
James Hamilton Lewis dies in Washington Senate pays tribute
James Hamilton Lewis a veteran soldier diplomat and colorful senator dies of a heart attack at Garfield Hospital. The Senate plans a 2:30 p.m. funeral in the Senate chamber with President Roosevelt and officials invited. Burial will be in Arlington. The body of the nation’s “Whin” is memorialized as New Deal tensions rise over unemployment relief funds and Lewis’s anticipated successor is a staunch New Dealer.
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Senate
James Hamilton Lewis
Jim Ham
Garfield
Congress
Roosevelt
Arlington
Lewis
Beau Brummell
Greek Premier Assures Nation Amid Italian Advance
Athens April 10 Premier Metaxas announced Greece’s independence and integrity are absolutely assured as Italian troops move toward the Albanian frontier. The statement aims to dispel public anxiety and notes Britain was expected to guarantee Greece’s independence, though officials would not discuss the situation.
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Athens
Greece
John Metaxas
Metaxas
Aggresson
Veles
Elvira Elks set Tuesday officers installation start
Newly elected and appointed officers of the Elvira Elks Lodge will be installed Tuesday evening at the first meeting of the new lodge year. Walter S. Kohn, newly elected exalted ruler, heads the group. Gerald C. Nau, retiring exalted ruler, presides during opening ceremonies with Walter Quallick as installing officer. A stage show by Jim Armitage closes the meeting, described as the big show of the year with a large crowd expected.
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Elvira Elks’ Lodge
Walter S. Kohn
Walter Quallick
Lakewood Lodge
Gerald C. Nau
Jim Armitage
Entertainment Committee
New Lights Shine At Franklin School
Franklin School students returned after spring vacation to brighter classrooms due to 74 new lighting fixtures and painted ceilings. Silver bowl fixtures were installed in classrooms, the principal's office, and restrooms following reports of poor lighting, with general cleaning in other buildings during the break.
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Franklin School
Planes Move Italian Troops To Albanian Frontiers
In Albania 200 transport aircraft carried Italian occupation troops to posts along the Albanian Greek frontier and near oil fields. Each plane ferried 24 soldiers into tough southern mountains, aiding rapid stationing. Mussolini anticipated a public address in Tirana reinforcing Italian policy and an empire vision as Ciano joined Rome talks. A German unit reportedly crossed into Italian territory near the Yugoslav border on a friendship mission.
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Grenadiers
Bersaglieri
Adriatic
Durazzo
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Great Britain
France
Galeazzo Ciano
Rome
Jugoslavia
Italy Calls More Reserves to the Colors
Italy mobilizes the 1912 and part of the 1902 reserve classes as Fascist troops push into Albania toward the Greek frontier. Mussolini had already called reserves while Goering visits Tripoli and Libyan defense is reviewed. British ships leave Italian ports as tensions rise.
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Italy
Albania
Benito Mussolini
Messagero
United States
Great Britain
France
Warspite
H. M. S. Aberdeen
San Remo
London
Britain
Europe
Tirana
Foreign Office
Hermann Goering
Tripoli
Libya
Italo Balbo
Goering
Torrio Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion in New York
Johnny Torrio, last of the prohibition racketeers, pleads guilty to evading more than 86,000 dollars in federal income taxes. His brother-in-law William Lockblower and James La Penna also plead guilty to conspiracy charges as the trial resumes before Federal Judge John W. Clancy. Sentencing is set for Wednesday at 10 a.m.
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New York
Johnny Torrio
William Lockblower
James la Penna
John W. Clancy
Clancy
Oil company blaze in Cleveland destroys storage shed
A 300 foot asphalt storage shed and two pitch stills burned in a $35,000 fire at Standard Oil Company No. 1 works Cleveland after an explosion in a pitch still. Fordyce Smith, 29, of Lakewood, suffered first degree burns on the hands. Molten asphalt warped railroad tracks. twenty gasoline tank cars were moved to safety.
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Cleveland
Standard Oil Company No
Fordyce Smith
Lakewood
Easter Egg Rolling at the White House Draws Thousands
Thousands of children and adults gathered on the White House lawns for an Easter egg rolling event. President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt greeted the crowd as bands, a Punch and Judy show, and a magic act entertained attendees.
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White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Diana Hopkins
Secretary of Commerce
Harrry L. Hopkins
Judy
Mr. Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
Grand Jury To Open Session April 19th
Lorain County grand jury will open its session on April 19 announced by Prosecutor Howard R. Butler. Main item is expected to be the charge against William Case of Columbia Township in the fatal shooting of William Rousseau on December 23. Rousseau’s wife was wounded and was expected to testify.
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Lorain County
Howard R. Butler
William Case
Columbia Township
William Rousseau
British Warships Leave Italian Ports Amid Greece Anxiety
British warships have departed Italian ports as Britain weighs arming Greece. Cabinet discussions considered sending a fleet to Greek waters and possibly landing troops on Corfu to deter Mussolini. Allied talks aim to bolster Med forces and defend Greece and Turkey.
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London
Admiralty
Greece
Corfu
Benito Mussolini
Great Britain
Germany
Poland
Paris
U. S. Leaders Alarmed By Trend Of Events
President Roosevelt plans return to Washington as anxieties grow at home and abroad. He will confer with congressional leaders on neutrality law revision, farm relief, and a work relief appropriation. Hull will brief on Europe and Italy's Albania actions, signaling possible formal denunciation and refusal to recognize Mussolini’s protectorate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Congress
Cordell Hull
Georgia
Albania
White House
Hull
Mussolini
Italy
United States
Akron to Begin Aircraft Production in Temporary Plant
Akron Aircraft, Inc. will start manufacturing the first of 20 planes this week in a temporary Akron plant. The city raised $60,000 to establish the facility for a high wing two passenger cabin monoplane designed to sell for under a certain price.
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Akron
Akron Aircraft, Inc
Balkan Diplomats Fear Italy Will Move on Salonika Fast
Sofia reports jittery Balkan circles fear Italy may follow its Albanian occupation with a rapid southern push through Macedonia to Salonika. Rumors in Belgrade allege Bulgaria may line up with the Axis, but Bulgarians call it propaganda. Officials note Albanian minorities fuel regional anxieties amid shifting alliances.
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Bulgaria
Balkan
Italy
Macedonia
Salonika
Grecian
Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Germany
Turkey
Greece
Athens
United States
Europe
Milan Stoyadinovitch
Balkans
Romania
Jugoslav
Pope Pius XII Urges Peace Through Dialogue and Liberty
In an Easter homily from Vatican City on April 10, Pope Pius XII urged peace among individuals and nations through conferences and mutual understanding. He warned that division within peoples and broken pacts undermine peace and called for respect for human dignity and fair wealth distribution.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Treasury Dept Agent Confers With Butler
Robert Bridges of the U S Treasury Department, who testified before the Grand Jury on illicit liquor operations and possible police ties, visited here and spoke with Prosecutor Howard R. Butler. Bridges declined comment and said many would like to know the purpose of the visit. Butler noted no plan to resume the investigation into past administrations.
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Robert Bridges
U. S. Treasury Department
Grand Jury
Howard R. Butler
Bridges
Butler
Former Ashland official sentenced to reformatory term
Olen R. Faber aged 27, former Ashland county deputy treasurer, was sentenced today to serve from one to ten years in the Ohio State Reformatory.
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Ashland, O
Olen R. Faber
Ashland County
Ohio State Reformatory
Fascists Warn U.S. To Mind Own Business
European tensions rise as Mussolini mobilizes troops and reserves while Britain calls naval forces from Easter leave. Britain and France bolster Mediterranean defenses as Germany hints at actions before Hitler’s birthday. Chamberlain weighs a public pledge to defend Greece and Turkey, seeking to unite Poland Bulgaria and Hungary with Soviet Russia as potential allies.
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Poland
Belgium
Holland
Adolf Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Balkans
Chamberlain
Greece
Turkey
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Soviet
Russia
King Zog and Queen Geraldine flee Albania to Larissa
King Zog and Queen Geraldine of Albania began exile in Larissa after citing independence under threat. The royal party of 100 sailed from Florina and plan to stay weeks before moving to Pretoria. Zog denounced Hitler and Mussolini as madmen and warned of Italian and German territorial aims in the region.
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Zog
Geraldine
Albania
Larissa
Salonika
Pretoria
Mt Piloen
Florina
Adolkt Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Neville Chamberlain
Edouard Daladier
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Germany
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Romania
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Fire damages Robbins building in Springfield
An early morning blaze in the three story brick Robbins building in downtown Springfield caused about 20000 in loss according to Fire Chief Grover L. Frock. The fire began in basement waste at Hoenig's dress and spread to a shoe and women's apparel store. Most losses occurred before firefighters arrived.
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Robbins
Grover L. Frock
Hoenig
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