World War Prospects Show Strong Allied Margins
United Press reports Briton and French staffs project a favorable edge if war with the Axis arrives, with major powers totaling tens of millions under arms. Theaters likely include the Mediterranean, Africa, and possibly northern Europe, while Maginot and Siegfried lines shape early battles and frontiers along the Alps and Pyrenees test defenses.
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Webb Miller
Ralph Heinzen Byright
United Press
ARIS
Britain
Nee
Germany
Italy
Russia
Ares
Imany
Mediterranean
Africa
Maginot
Alps
Bren- Pass
North Sea
Red Sea
France
Hanibul
Napoleon
Holland
Belgium
Pyrenees
Franco
Ohio crops escape damage from recent cold spell
Columbus April 13 The State Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Extension Service report that unseasonal sub freezing temperatures in the past days caused little or no damage to Ohio farm products. Experts said ordinary practice would have led to harm, but the late season spared crops.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Department of Agriculture and
Thegricultural Extension Service
Ete
Weather summary for Ohio and neighboring regions
Fair and milder across western and northern Ohio tonight with mostly cloudy skies Friday. Rain in the south Texas area and scattered showers in the Mountain States with snow in New England. Cold air shifts east to the Atlantic coast as temperatures rise in the Central Valleys Lake Region and Plains States.
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Ohio
Utah
Texas
Mountain States
New England
Atlantic Coast
Lake Region
Plains States
American Mother Of 1939 Shares Child Rearing Wisdom
Wooster, April 13 Mrs Otelia Compton aged 80 the American Mother of 1939 offers advice to mothers on child rearing. She credits her four children with global prominence Arthur Compton MIT president Karl Comp ton and others and says letters to mothers guide her writing. She stresses prayer discipline and near presence in children’s lives, plans a May 14 radio talk from New York City.
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Pittsburgh
John Strohsnider
Ruth
Leroy Walter Sarp
Acme
Wilson Martin Dale Compton
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Mary Compton
Christian College
Allahabad
India
Compton
Aide Named By Sec Hopkins to Top Commerce Post
Edward J. Noble, a Republican, was named a dollar-a-year executive assistant to Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins. The move signals continued business government cooperation, with Noble resigning as Civil Aeronautics Authority chair to work with Hopkins as Congress contemplates an undersecretary of commerce. Other business leaders are eyed for key posts, including Sears Roebuck’s Robert E. Wood as an adviser and Willard W. Thorp of Dun & Bradstreet as economic adviser.
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Washington
Edward J. Noble
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
John W. Hanes
Wall Street
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Noble
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Congress
Morgenthau Hopkins
Robert E. Wood
Sears-Roebuck & Co
Willard We Thorp
Dun & Bradstreet
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Commerce Department
Dramatic Air Raid Drill Held At Rome
A dramatic air raid drill in Rome tested citizens reaction as sirens blared and crowds sought shelter. Pedestrians fled to doorways and vehicles halted in the simulated approach of enemy planes as plans for a blackout tonight proceed.
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Rome
Ways Of Keeping Markets Open If War Comes
Washington April 13 High administration officials met to discuss means of keeping all American markets open in emergencies from the European crisis The objective was to maintain business normality and soften shocks that might arise from the crisis
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Washington
L.P
Mrs Marcella Conley Meets Pope In Rome Audience
Elyria reports another audience with Pope Pius XII in Rome. Mrs. Marcella Conley was admitted to the audience with M. and Mrs. J B Seward and their family, who joined the trip to Rome.
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Marcella Conley
Pope Pius
Rome
Pope Pius XII
Elyria
B. M. O'Donnell
Temperatures Rise Across Midwest As Cold Wave Spreads
Temperatures climbed in the middle west as a cold wave moved east toward the Atlantic. Freezing conditions hit the eastern coast with snow flurries in New York and Pittsburgh. Damage to fruit crops reported from Texas to the Canadian border, especially in Illinois Indiana and Ohio with 85 percent losses feared for peach apple and cherry crops. Federal meteorologist Charles R Reed noted frost and flood damage along the Mississippi river affecting winter wheat and pastures.
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Middle West
Atlantic
New York
Pittsburgh
Gulf States
Rocky Mountain
Mississippi Valley
North Pacific States
Texas
Canadian
Rockies
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Charles R. Reed
Des Moines
Maissou River
Two New U S Battleships To Be Speediest
Washington April 13 The Navy plans two 45 000 ton battleships to outrun current fast ships by sacrificing extra firepower for speed. They will be the first U S capital ships over 35 000 tons and will forego 18 inch guns to gain motive power. Congress has been asked for funding with White House approval after talks between President Roosevelt and Admiral Leahy. Existing ships now under construction may reach 30 knots, while Germany’s rival may approach 31 knots but be smaller than the planned American vessels.
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Washington
Navy
United Press
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Germany
Germans Flee Polish Terrorism Report
In Warsaw twenty one Germans described as Nazis were arrested in former western Poland for inciting against Poland or the army. Ten others fled Polish terror toward Prussia and were sheltered by the Nazi welfare group in Danzig area.
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Warsaw
Poland
Posen
Germany
Berlin
DNB
Danzig
East Prussia
Praust
Explosion at Friedrichshafen Zeppelin Lab
An explosion occurred today at the Friedrichshafen airport experimental laboratory, home of German Zeppelins. Details on the damage and casualties were not yet known.
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Berlin
Friedrichshafen
52 Nominated For Cabinet At Elyria High School
Elyria High School students study a list of 52 nominees for the first Student Cabinet to be elected April 25. Twenty six members will be chosen, including eight seniors eight juniors six sophomores and four freshmen with equal sex representation in each class.
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Elyria High School
Phyllis Christman
Jean Crisp
Roberta Howenstine
Mary Kaiser
Dorothy Nan Joan Norsworthy
Nan Shryock
Beverly Wright
Douglas Birch
John Boylan
Harold Dahnke
James Ferriman
Bernie Fobes
Lawrence Forbes
Richard Funk
Bill Lord
Eleanor Carr
Helene Cohen
Iane Getsel
Lois Lersch
Mary Jean McElfresh
Helen Simpson
Jean Tattersall
Jean Wright
William Dutch
Don F
Refugees Seen as Asset for Alaska Development
Interior Department experts advised Secretary Lockes that using Alaska as a haven for European refugees could aid territorial development. The report notes Alaska's growth is hampered by manpower and capital shortages and that planned settlement with funding might expand industries from idle resources.
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Washington
Interior Department
Harold Lockes
Alaska
See No Damage To Fruit Buds In Lorain County
Lorain County growers appear to have escaped almost all damage from the cold snap, according to I Hummel county agricultural extension agent. He notes insufficient warmth to show fruit bud development, and continued cool weather may have prevented bud killing this week.
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Lorain County
Ohio
I. Hummel
Elyria Economy Days Sparks Spring Shopping Rush
Elyria stores stock abundant spring merchandise for a cooperative sales event Friday and Saturday. Low prices attract residents and visitors alike as milder weather boosts demand for new outfits and home goods.
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Elyria
Daladier Affirms France Stance Against Aggression
Daladier states France will defend Greece and Romania and uphold the Mediterranean status quo in line with Britain. He notes guarantees to Romania and Greece and says France will aid nations opposing aggression while strengthening defenses and solidarity.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
France
Daladier
Britain
Mediterranean
Europe
Lberty
Refusal of Tax Penalty Refund By County Treasurer
County Treasurer Walter J. Wright refused a refund of penalties and interest on delinquent Home Owners Loan Corp payments made during the Wittemore law interim. He said no legal authority allows such refunds and noted the law expired September 10 and was reenacted March 22.
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Home Owners Loan Corp
Wittemore
Walter J. Wright
Wright
Welles Denounces Doctrines Of Persecution At Virginia
U N Virginia Founders Day address by Undersecretary Sumner Welles condemns totalitarian doctrines and urges US action to help peace-loving nations acquire needed materials to prevent conquest. He cites threat from a “handful of men” and warns aggression affects America despite geographic isolation.
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Charlottesville
Sumner Welles
United States
University of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Welles
Roosevelt
Ohio sales taxes rise with year to date totals
Ohio sales tax collections for the week ending April 1 totaled 929 906, up from 833 359 in the corresponding week of 1938. State Treasurer Don H Ebright announced the year to date receipts through April 1 reach 9 204 349, compared with 8 627 308 for the same period last year.
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Columbus. O
Ohio
Don H. Ebright
Britain and France vow to defend Romania and Greece
London and Paris announced they would oppose any attack on Romania or Greece and resist by arms any attempt to alter the Mediterranean status quo. Chamberlain and Daladier pledged support to Greece and Romania if independence is threatened, signaling a strengthened democratic front amid Italian escalation in Albania and Corfu tensions.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Grece
Romania
Mediterranean
Edouard Daladier
London
Balkan Peninsula
Greece
U.P
Rumania
Corfu
Europe
Democratic Front
Poland
Turkey
Soviet Russia
Minster
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Chamberlain
Bucharest
Geeece
Albania
Malong
Italy
Athens
Aegean Sea
Lord Halifax
Halifax
Balkan
Haly
Adriatic
Perth
Rome
Galeazzo Cano
Crolla
Benito Mussolin
Mussolini
Spain
Madrid
Bento Mussolini
Dodecanese Islands
Turkish
Libya
Egypt
Danzig
Pland
Poultry Meeting Focuses on Disease and Parasites
Poultry officers and experts gathered at Lorain County Savings to discuss control of poultry disease and parasites. The meeting featured a poultry specialist who emphasized practical steps for farmers to protect flocks.
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Heb Lorain County Savings Mapa
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