British and French Fleets Massed Off Adriatic Entrance
British and French fleets massed at the Adriatic entrance to project pressure on fascist expansion. Britain eyes Greece and Turkey actions while Mussolini’s Italy looms. Chamberlain signals possible Balkan warning if diplomacy fails. Soviet navy moved through the Dardanelles as Turkey permits passage, signaling aid to the democratic camp.
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Entrance
Adriatic
Great Britain
France
Soviet
Russia
Mediterranean
Europe
Adriatic Sea
Italy
Albania
Gretan Corfu
Chamberlain Seeks Last Minute Pact With Mussolini
London April 11 British and French warships patrolled the Adriatic entrance as Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain pursued a last minute diplomatic deal with Benito Mussolini. He sought assurances over Albania, a promise to withdraw Italian troops from Spain, and guarantees to Greece and Turkey, with options for a broader mutual defense if talks failed.
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United Press London
Adriatic
Neville Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Chamberlain
Albania
Mussolini
Greece
Spain
Mee
House of Commons
Turkey
Medierranean
Corfu
Mediterranean
Weather Report from Ohio Warns of Cold Fronts and Snow Flurries
Weather in Ohio remains cloudy and colder with freezing temperatures. Snow flurries are expected in the northwest tonight, with Wednesday turning partly cloudy. A low pressure trough extends from New England through the Appalachians to the Gulf, bringing moderate to heavy rainfall from Arkansas and Mississippi northeastward through the Ohio Valley to New England. A Western high pressure area moves into the Plains, driving freezing temperatures southward into Kansas and overall colder conditions across the Central Valleys.
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Ohio
New England
Appalachians
Gulf
Arkansas
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
Plains States
Kansas
Justice's Wife Is Sentenced On Smuggling Charge
Mrs. Edgar N. Lauer wife of a New York State Supreme Court Justice was sentenced to three months in prison and fined 2500 for smuggling. She pleaded guilty with Albert N. Chaperau a noted master smuggler. judge spared longer jail due to illness and placed her on probation for one year.
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New York
Edgar N. Lauer
Lauer
Musician Ray Kammerer Dies in Cincinnati
Ray Kammerer a 28 year old tenor saxophonist with Red Nichols orchestra died in Cincinnati after a meal in his apartment. Death listed as natural causes. Kammerer from Mankota Minnesota had been with the band for over a year.
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Cincinnati
Ray Kammerer
Mankota
Minn
Red Nichols’ Orchestra
Kammerer
U S Sets Out To Barter For War Materials
Washington reports state department officials will barter surplus wheat and cotton with Britain Holland and Belgium for their surplus rubber tin and other strategic war materials. Talks to be held with diplomatic representatives to arrange deals.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Cordell Hull
James F. Byrnes
S. C
Holland
Belgium
Police and Firemen to Take Radio Examination
About 55 Elyria police and firemen will take the Class 3 radio examination on April 25 to qualify for broadcasting on the new police two way radio system. Safety Director I D Faxon says ethics of radio communication are the focus and licenses may be revoked for poor conduct. He has appointed Solicitor Harvey C Cheney to conduct the test as government agent.
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Elyria
Safety Service
I. D. Faxon
Faxon
Harvey C. Cheney
Central Broadcasting Unit
Italy Says Pledge To Aid Greece Alters Axis Calm
Rome reports Italy would view any British pledge to defend Greece as a move against the Berlin Rome axis. Italian sources say Rome worries Britain’s Greece stance as much as Albania. Ciano told British envoy Perth Albania’s occupation is temporary, while newspapers attack France with dispatches from Tunisia.
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Rome
Italy
Greece
Earl of Perth
Albania
Mediterranean
Lord Perth
Ciano
Britain
France
Tunisia
Roosevelt Warns WPA Cuts to Cost Jobs in Senate Vote
President Roosevelt warned that failure to approve a $150 million relief bill would force dismissal of about 400,000 WPA workers. He said $100 million would mean 300,000 to 400,000 fewer relief jobs and many on the waiting list would gain nothing. House Speaker Bankhead said Roosevelt would send his 1940 relief request once the current bill clears the Senate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Claude Pepper
D. Fla
William B. Bankhead
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Petain Reports to Bonnet on Spanish Policy News
Paris dispatch says Marshal Petain, French ambassador to Spain, arrived unannounced and was summoned to brief Foreign Minister Bonnet on Spanish Nationalist policy in the Mediterranean. Topics include Italian and German troops in Spain, Francisco Franco’s ties to Axis plans, and Spain’s possible neutrality in war.
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Paris
Philippe Petain
Spain
Georges Bonnet
Bonnet
Francisco Franco
Rome
Petain
Mediterranean
Russia
Balkans
Supreme War Council
West Virginia fears coal mine shutdown impact on economy
Charleston April 11 West Virginia businessmen rely on a 2 585 000 weekly mine payroll to stay profitable. A prolonged mine shutdown could trigger economic disaster as relief funds are insufficient for 100 000 idle miners. Retailers already pinched. negotiations continue in New York with two weeks of closed mines looming.
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Charleston
W. Va
URI
West Virginia
State Department of Public Assistance
Homer T. Holt
New York
Chief Justice Hughes Celebrates 77th Birthday
U S Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes marked his 77th birthday in Washington and said he hopes to resume full duties soon after a grippe illness. He planned to attend Justice conferences this weekend and preside at the court's return from recess.
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Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
Grippe
Hughes
Congress
No Bids Placed for State Route 10 Upgrade
Bids for structural work on State Route 10 in Ridgeville Township were scheduled to be opened today by the State Highway Department but none were received. Estimated project cost is $4,544.
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Ridgeville Township
State Highway Department
Columbus
Pan-American Yankee Clipper Reaches Ireland on Shake Down Flight
The Yankee Clipper arrived in FOYNES Ireland today on a transatlantic shake down flight from Southampton England.
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Foynes
Ireland
Pan-American Airways
Southampton
England
Grand Jury Draws 15 Names for Service
Lorain county clerk H E Agate announced 15 persons will be summoned for grand jury service starting April 19. Names include Pearl Reynolds, Carl J Lehman, Stella James, Elmer Bischoff, Lorain Elizabeth Zenius, Jane Horn, Kenneth McKee, Olive Kramer, Major Breckenridge, Saran Horton, Florence White, Anna Cries, Mary Plas, Robert Barr, and Ruth Harris from various towns.
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Clerk of Courts
H. E Agate
Pearl Reynolds
Oxford Avenue
Carl J. Lehman
Cleveland Street
Stella James
Third Street
Elmer Bischoff
Elyria
Lorain
Elizabeth Zenius
Jane Horn
Kenneth McKee
Olive Kramer
Major Breckenridge
Saran Horton
Florence White
Anna Cries
Bulgaria Awaits The Highest Bidder
Sofia April 11 Great Britain seeks to pull Bulgaria toward the Balkan bloc opposing the axis but reports say initial overtures have little success. Bulgaria may align with the axis if pressed, dependent on German trade and isolation from France and Britain. Bulgarian PM Kiossevanoff and British minister Rendle held several talks with no public outcome. A Bulgarian delegation will visit Berlin for Hitler’s birthday and rumors say Bulgarian envoy Draganoff carried a message to Germany.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Great Britain
Balkan
Germany
George Kiosselvanoff
George Rendle
France
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Parvan Draganoff
County approves two road material awards totaling 3652 dollars
County commissioners selected second lowest bids for Summer and Winter emulsions. Everlyter Corporation of Cleveland won 30 000 gallons at 0834 cents per gallon for Summer emulsion totaling 2502 dollars. Central Ohio Emulsion Corp of Columbus earned 10 000 gallons at 115 cents per gallon for Winter emulsion totaling 1150 dollars.
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Toledo
Everlyter Corporation of
Cleveland
Interstate Supply Co
Central Ohio Emulsion Corp of
Columbus
Interstate Supply Co. of
Toledo Dealer
Widow Dies In Fire After Lightning Strikes Cottage
Covington Kentucky April 11 Mrs Anna Weichand 70 widow of Elsmore Ky burned to death in her one room cottage shortly after it was struck by lightning in the early hours local fire department reported the fatal blaze.
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Covington
Anna Weichand
Elsmore
Grand Jury to Hear Over Twenty Criminal Cases
More than twenty criminal cases including two manslaughter charges will be presented to the grand jury when it convenes April 19. The cases involve William Case and Walter Cleveland, with testimonies pending from Mrs Rousseau and others. Additional indictments include burglary robbery carrying concealed weapons and non support from Elyria Lorain and Oberlin defendants.
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Grand Jury
Clerk of Courts’ Office
William Case
Columbia Township
William Rousseau
Walter Cleveland
Cleveland
Fritz Buhler
Lake Road
Avon Lake
Howard R. Butler
Preston L. Coon
Elyria Courts
Harold Mitchell
James Standberg
Wellington
William Bainbridge
la Grange
Bender Body Company
Grover C. Moore
Grant McKee
Archie Skeels
Stanley McAvena
Raymond Coghlan
Harvey Leimbach
Lorain
Joe Loughan
Chester Sigler
John Pavlich
Mike Jessel
Victor Piccione
James Dillon
Walloyd Sharkey
Lorain Creamery Company
John Razzanno
Charles Corrao
City Produce and Commission Company
James Wilkinson
Oberlin
Phillip Worcester
Carrie
House And Garage Destroyed By Fire Near Huntington
Fire of undetermined origin last night destroyed the farm house and garage one mile south and one-fourth mile east of Huntington in Wellington Ohio. Mr and Mrs Vernon J Burkett and their son Vernon Jr were home when they smelled smoke and found the back of the house in flames. The Wellington Fire Department responded but the blaze spread rapidly leaving only a chair table a lamp and their 1938 Ford sedan saved. Loss estimated at 2500 dollars, partially covered by insurance.
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Wellington
Huntington
Vernon J. Burkett
Slot Machines Sent For Bribery Appeal
Three slot machines used as exhibits in the bribery trial of four Lorain County operators were conveyed to Akron by Deputy Sheriffs for an appeal hearing set for next Monday. Defendants William Peer Dave Crawford Jr and Harry Ziegman of Lorain and Stanton S Hobbs of Oberlin secured bonds pending appeal with sentences of one to ten years stayed. They were convicted of bribing Sheriff William F Grall.
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Lorain County
Akron
Claude Adams
C. J. Cordy
William Peer
Dave Crawford, Jr
Harry Ziegman
Lorain
Stanton S. Hobbs
Oberlin
William F. Grall
President Roosevelt to Attend Lewis Funeral
The White House announced Roosevelt will attend the state funeral for late Senator James Hamilton Lewis on the day after his death. Lewis, a Democrat from Illinois, died Sunday.
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Lewis
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Sen
James Hamilton Lewis
D., II
Shotgun Accident Shocks Eaton High School Manual Training Room
Robert Smith an 18 year old freshman at Eaton High School remained in critical condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a .36 caliber shotgun discharged in the manual training room at 10 20 am. Sterling Tite of Eaton Center had brought the weapon to the school for an industrial arts entry and claimed it was cocked when handed to George Chapman the gun discharged striking Smith in the upper abdomen. about 20 boys were present and the class was dismissed after the incident. Smith is one of 14 children and his mother waited at the hospital during operative treatment.
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Robert Smith
Eaton High School
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Gan
Robert
Bird
Sterling Tite
Eaton Center
George Chapman
Sterling
William Snook
Cleon Crowell
Emil Smith
Eaton
Slain Ohio officer's killer dies in alley shootout
Hubert Pruett, 23, who killed Zanesville patrolman Erwin E. Tate, 41, in a warrant raid, was mortally wounded by fellow officers an hour later as he hid in an alley. Tate was one of the officers attempting to serve the warrant on Pruett for threatening his wife Ruth.
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Zanesville
Hubert Pruett
Erwin E. Tate
Perce Dilcher
Pruett
Ruth
Dilcher
Erwin
Coshocton
Landslide Buries Home Killing Children in Switzerland
In Coire Switzerland on April 11 rescuers recovered five children from a house buried by a landslide in the Glarner Alps near Flims. It is feared fifteen more people, many of them children, were killed when a children’s home was swept away.
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Coitre
Switzerland
Glarner Alps
Flims
Search for Martha Stewart tied to labor racket probe
District Attorney Baron Fitts ordered a search for Martha Stewart a former book keeper for a movie studio union after an anonymous death message. Stewart reportedly disappeared around March 15 during an investigation into an alleged labor racket in Hollywood industry.
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Hollywood
Martha Stewart
Baron Fitts
Barstow
Fitts
Stewart
Painter Dies After Scaffold Collapse in Dayton
William Walls aged 43 fell from a 60 foot smokestack while painting when a scaffold collapsed yesterday in Dayton Ohio. He died from injuries sustained in the fall and the incident is being investigated.
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Dayton
William Walls
Wagner backs change in act with safeguards for elections
Senator Robert F. Wagner defended the National Labor Relations Act as fair but said he would back changes allowing employers tied in competition to petition for collective bargaining elections. He urged rule making or legislation if hearings show need, stressing the act's objectives and economic justice.
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Washington
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
National Labor Relations Act
Wagner
National Labor Relations Board
Senate Education and Labor Committee
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFL
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
William Green
Hutchins Declines SEC Chair Post
CHICAGO April 11 Robert M Hutchins president of the University of Chicago said he would not become chairman of the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission He noted he intends to remain at the university and that any government post statement must come from Washington
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Chicago
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
William O. Douglas
U. S. Supreme Court
University
Washington
Ditch Improvement Petition Approved in Elyria Carlisle
County commissioners approved a petition to improve the Straw-Hague Ditch in Elyria and Carlisle townships after a hearing attended by many property owners. The CCC camp project will cut the estimated $11,000 cost by about half.
Demands for Reasonable Democracies From German Banker
Hjalmar Schacht, former Reichsbank president, arrived on vacation and urged democracies to be reasonable and return Germany to its former state. He warned that if they refuse, Germany will do its best when the time comes and they will face a strong fight.
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Bombay
India
Hialmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Germany
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