Britain Claims Important Naval Victories
Britons await confirmation of reports that an Allied expeditionary force has landed on the Norwegian coast with speculation on Narvik. Berlin claims show German losses and RAF raids as the admiralty reports submarine successes against German ships in Scandinavian waters.
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LONDON
Narvik
admiraltr
Skagerrak
air ministry
Royal air force
Stavanger
Hafsfjord
Norway
Admiral Scheer
admiralty
Specifsh
British Broadcasting Company
Gothenburg
Sweden
Nervik
Ohio Weather: Showers Tonight and Cooler Tuesday
Weather summary notes showers in extreme east and south portions tonight. Cooler Tuesday with generally fair conditions elsewhere as pressure centers move across Kansas Utah Texas to Illinois. Last 24 hours show rising temperatures across central and eastern states with systems from Great Lakes to Nevada.
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OHIO
United States
Great akies
Nevada
Kansas
Utah
Texas
Illinois
Egypt
Indiana
Roosevelt Warns 21 Republics to Meet Force With Force
President Roosevelt tells the Pan American Union that the 21 American Republics must be ready to meet force with force if their peaceful relations are challenged. He stresses preparedness to defend the Western Hemisphere and notes treaties to maintain harmony among nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
WASHINGTON
Pan American Union
Americas
Norway
Denmark
Western Hemisphere
association of nations
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
sai
hemisphere
old world
new world
Buenos Aitres
Lima
Europe
Narvik Occupied by British Forces Reported
Swedish paper Dagens Nyheter quoted from Lulea that Narvik in northern Norway has been occupied by British forces after heavy bombardment by British ships drove German occupiers into the hills. The report notes a naval bombardment and landing preceding the occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narvik
STOCKHOLM
Dagens Nyheter
Lulea
Sweden
Ice Locked Fishing Tug Is Released
The U S Coast Guard cutter Tahoma with 53 crew returned to Cleveland after freeing the ice bound tug Ruth from ice 12 miles off Erie Pennsylvania. Seven men aboard the Shaw Fishing Company vessel had been ice bound since Thursday as winds pushed ice drifts onto the grounds near Presque Isle. Ice cakes stood five to six feet thick as the Tahoma navigated through the ice to Erie to bring supplies and relief.
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CLEVELAND. O
U. S. Coast Guard
Cleveland
Erie
Shaw Fishing Company
Presque Isle
arolue
AFL Leader Traces Secret Movement By CIO Chief
William Green, AFL president, accuses John L. Lewis of steering a hidden revolution to seize U S power. Green says AFL will not back a third party as CIO chief Lewis vows to organize. He praises Roosevelt before 4900 UAW members amid GM bargaining vote plans.
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FLINT
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United States
Green
Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Roosevelt
United Automobile Workers Union
AFL
General Motors
New Hours Announced For Bureau Office
The Elyria office of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation at 322 Broad Street will close at 4 30 p m daily except Saturday. Weekday hours are 8 a m to 4 30 p m and Saturday hours are 8 a m to 12 noon.
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Elyria
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Broad Street
Germans Encircled by Norwegians Near Narvik
Stockholm dispatches say German troops hold southeastern Norway near the Swedish line as British forces reportedly strike Narvik. Dagens Nyheter reports British shelling and seven destroyer losses with possible landing, while official Berlin denies Narvik landing. Norwegian troops reportedly encircle Germans, signaling possible surrender or annihilation. Some German troops reportedly crossed into Sweden and were detained.
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STOCKHOLM
Norway
Vorm
Oslo
Narvik
Dagens Nyheter
Berlin
Sweden
Minor injuries in multiple Lorain County traffic incidents
Police and sheriff reports detail several traffic accidents Saturday and Sunday in which two people received minor injuries. L J Hummerich 134 Charles court was struck at West avenue and Fourth street Saturday at 650 pm. Mrs Matilda Moody 48 was cut on her left leg in a Route 20 collision five miles west of Elyria.
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L. J. Hummerich
Charles court
West avenue
Fours street
Matilda Moody
Route 20
Elyra
Ralph Murphy
Cleveland
Catherine Phlips
Oberlin
John Maziasz
Detroit
Phillip Gifford
Lorain
Richard Daley
800 West avenue
East avenue
Fourth street
Louis Pirnigy
West River street
James Dallas
Anthony Alaschimski
Broad street
William Fallon
Fasten Heidi‘s Bive
Maschinski
Lewis Sump
Elyria Hotel
Leroy Brasley
Dayton
East Bridge
Broad streets
Seamen Strike Ties Up 275 Great Lakes Boats
In Toronto on April 15 1940 about 6300 Canadian Seamen's Union members walked out for pay raises shorter work day bigger crews union representation aboard ship and closed shop Nearly 275 lake boats were tied up with no cargoes loaded from Fort William Ontario to the Gaspe Peninsula The government claimed the strike violated federal law while union officials threatened to extend the action to 2500 dock and grain elevator workers.
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TORONTO
Canadian Seamen’s Union
Great Lakes
Fort William
Ont
Gaspe Peninsula
Willam Dickson
J. A. Sullivan
industrial disputes investigating act
Sullivan
Department of Labor
shin
Lorain Man Is Sentenced To Reformatory
Lorain man John Henry Pitts was sentenced by Judge Guy B. Findley to one to 15 years in Mansfield reformatory after pleading guilty. Assistant Prosecutor said Thomas Stone indicted for burglary at a Kroger in Lorain on March 17 would be returned as a parole violator and the indictment would be nolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Pitts
Lorain
rith Oliver Secoil
Herman Wolf
Mansfield reformatory
Guy B. Findley
Scotts
William Wickens
Thomas Stone
Kroger
British Steamer Craig Reports Submarine Proximity
The British steamer Craig 3 683 tons reported to Mackay Radio that a submarine was approaching it 730 miles east of New York. An initial SSS call at 4 55 a m EST was followed by an SOS at 6 10 a m EST indicating an attack. The Craig was outside the American neutrality zone.
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NEW YORK
Craig
Mackay
Camperdown
Nova Scotia
French And German Patrols Active On Western Front
French and German patrols and artillery were active on the western front. French forces inflicted numerous losses on attacking Germans in reports from Paris. In Alsace a French detachment penetrated German lines amid a lively close range skirmish.
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PARIS
Alsace
Geop
Moselle
Van Wert Man Killed in Paulding Collision
In a Sunday night crash near Paulding Charles P. Williams, 62, of Van Wert died. W H Resor, 62, of Van Wert and another passenger suffered a brain concussion and injuries. Robert Miller, 21, of near Paulding, driver of the other car, sustained a skull fracture.
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PAULDING, O
Paulding Memorial Hospital
here
Charles P. Williams
Van Wert
W.H. Resor
Williams
Robert Miller
Paulding
Berlin Claims Norwegians Frustrated by German Push
Berlin reports Norwegian resistance in the Oslofjord region has been broken. Nazi communiques claim Allied troop mobilization near Oslo was thwarted, with 300 prisoners, seven cannons, and rifles seized. Also noted: two more U boats sunk and a German shipyard victory at Bergen. Hoenefoss fallen, port operations consolidated.
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BERLIN
CPWH
Oslofjord
Oslo
Norway
Sweden
DNB
high command
Bergen
Narik
Hval
Hoenefoss
Massacre Claims in German Occupied Poland Alleges Priest Executions
A Polish embassy pamphlet reports widespread priest killings in German-occupied Poland. It cites executions without trial, burial alive, and torture by Gestapo, including Don Roman Pawlowski who was beaten, deported, sentenced to death, and shot near Chodecz and Poznan.
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ROME
Poland
Pomerania
Poznan
Chodecz
Kalisz
Don Roman Pawlowski
50 Injured In Colon Fire Confirms Large Sufferer Count
April 15 report states 50 injured, none serious, and 10000 homeless as fire swept Colon center. The blaze destroyed a third of the city, controlled by firefighters and Army Navy units by Sunday morning. Army and Red Cross set up tent cities in Cristobal and Colon areas with 4500 women and children moved by train to the Atlantic side for shelter at the National Stadium.
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COLON. O
Colon
c.is
Glider Disaster Claims Two fatalities at California test
In Bakersfield California during the third annual western championship glider tests a fatal crash claimed Paul A Sanderson 26 of Glendale and left George Palmer 24 of Ocean Springs in critical condition. The frail aircraft locked wings and plunged about 500 feet. Sanderson worked as a stress analyst at Lockheed and served as a naval reserve pilot. his parents reside near Youngstown Ohio.
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BAKERSFIELD
Calif
George Palmer
Ocean Springs
Paul A. Sanderson
Glendale
Sanderson
Lockh Aircraft Corportation
naval reserve
AE. Sanderson
Youngstown
Farm youth dies after 15 foot fall from barn home made tiapert
Robert Wills aged 15 of Darke county was killed Sunday when he fell 15 feet from a home made ladder at a barn. His neck was broken. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Guy Wills and had a brother.
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GREENVILLE
Robert Wills
Darke county
Guy Wills
Britain lands forces at several points in Norway
The British Admiralty and War Office reported successful naval and air counter actions in Norway after a week of strikes against Germany in Scandinavia. Allied forces including the British Expeditionary Force sailors and marines landed at multiple Norwegian points, with Trondheim and Narvik as likely centers.
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LONDON
Great Britain
Norway
Admiralty
war office
Germany
Scandinavia
Hoya
Trondheim
Narvik
Arctic Circle
Saeurder
Berger
Namsos
Andalsnes
Oslo
Admiral Scheer
Air Ministry
Stavanger
Norwegian
Baltic Sea
Kattegat
Lithuania
Woman, 97 Years Old Applies for 1940 Fishing License
In Columbus 97 year old Kate Ross of Wellston applied for a 1940 fishing license with State Conservation. Commissioner Don Wates issued the license and paid the 60 cent fee, marking her claim as Ohio's oldest angler.
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COLUMBUS
Ohio
Kate Ross
Wellston
State Conservation division
Don Wates
Conneaut Teen Fatally Crashes Car After Pole Collision
Conneaut, S. Apriimwart Pakka, 29, died Sunday when he lost control of his automobile and struck a pole three miles east of here.
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CONNEAUT
Apriimwart Pakka
here
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Allen
WNeb
Wayne State Teachers college
Miss Zimmerman
Nebraska
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