Explosion at Dublin Castle Yard Alarm Rocks City
Police and civilian guards fanned out across Dublin after a powerful mine exploded in a lower yard near Dublin Castle. Authorities believed Irish Republican Army operatives carried out the attack, disrupting streets bridges and patrols as investigators searched cars and pedestrians.
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BLIN
Dublin castle
rish Republican army
and
Ulster
Ireland
spe
govern
Strike Shuts Great Lakes Ports At Start Of Season
A widespread strike by Tug men, Limemen and Oilers affecting 17 Great Lakes ports began after union and AFL leaders demanded wage hikes from 8.37 to 9.12 dollars and a 10 month work year. Captain Willett of the Great Lakes Towing Company said ships will be tied up and no work occurs until an agreement is reached.
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EVELAND
Great Lakes
nen
Limemen and Oilers
Un- AFL
nes Healey
the
reinion
Chester W. Willett
press
Cleveland
ugs
company arty
Willett
aley
national Union
Cleve
Buffalo
Chicago
Duluth
dets
Belgian cabinet Resigns under Hu Pierlot leadership
The Belgian cabinet of Premier Hu Pierlot resigned today. The coalition of Catholic, Socialist, Liberal and non party ministers fell after the Chamber of Deputies approved a public education budget that split the nation along Flemish and French lines amid long standing internal political rivalries.
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USSELS
Belgium
Hu- Pierlot
e Pierlot
Chamber of Deputies
Igian
German air raid on Scapa Flow repelled by ships
British air force said German airplanes attacked Scapa Flow and the Orkney Islands last night with bombs and machine guns but no antiaircraft guns or fighters engaged. Allied aircraft repelled the raid, with German planes driven off by air defense.
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INDON
Scapa Flow
ey Islands
Air stry
stry
Weather Summary Fragments Across Regions
Partly cloudy tonight with showers in the southwest by Friday. Temperature trends show little change. Barometric pressure readings vary over the lake region and central valleys while the western area moves into the central states. Warmer across the Great Plains and central valleys, cooler around the lake region and Mid Atlantic. Frost advisories reported from the Dakotas to Washington and Oregon.
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south west
temure
lake
cen
centraltates
great plains
Atlantates
Texas
Dakotas
Washington
Oregon
Terrific Battle Under Way In Meir Area
British and German forces clash fiercely in the Meiri region 50 miles north of Trondheim. British troops reach near Otta in Gudbrandsdal valley while German planes bomb rail lines. Norwegians blow bridges near Trysil and Jordei to slow the advance. Weather worsens as Narvik operations face heavy snow and cold. Britain cautions Sweden on any fresh aggression toward its neutrality.
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LONDON
Meiri
Meare
Trondheim
Steinkjer
Norway
Otta
Gudbrandsal
Dombaas
Narvi
Narvik
Gothenburg
Sweden
Trysil
Lillehammer
Jordei
Germany
Britain
Heart Attack Claims Carl Drake at Northwood Inn
Carl Drake 68 died after a heart attack at his Northwood Inn. He moved to Elyria 35 years ago to start Blue Front Clothing and later ran the Northwood Inn. He was a life member of Elyria Elks and affiliated with Eagles and Moose lodges. Survived by his wife Sprintz R. Drake. Services planned Saturday at Sudro Curtis Funeral Home with Elyria Elks in charge. Burial at Brookdale Cemetery.
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Northwood Inn
Carl Drake
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Mr. Drake
East Broad street
Muncie
Indiana
Elyria
Blue Front
Elyria Elks
Eagles and Moose lodges
Sprintz R. Drake
Sudro- Curtis Funeral
Elyria Elks lodge
Brookdale cemetery
German Troops Smash Through Allied Defenses
German motorized columns break Allied lines in the Decesterdalen and Osterdalen valleys threatening Aoeros. Advances reach Tynset 28 miles from Roeros, with tanks and heavy artillery, amid fears of isolating the Allied expeditionary force in Norway.
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STOCKHOLM
Sweden
Decesterdalen
Aoeros
Norway
Peter Rhodes
Tynset
Roeros
Oslofjord
mid- Norway
Elverum
Renz
Rena
Aldval
Felldaler
Britaush
Dombaas
Gudbrandsal
Ohio River Recedes After Crest Over Eight Feet
The Ohio River in Cincinnati began receding after cresting more than eight feet above flood stage. It stood at 60.04 feet at 10 p.m. Tuesday and fell from 7 a.m. today. About 1500 Cincinnati families evacuated as damages remained comparatively small barring more rain.
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CINCINNATI
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Fernbank
Bauer
Hamlin
East Carlisle
Indian Hollow Road
Ohio Bar Association backs unified lower courts plan
Ohio State Bar Association opens a three day Spring meeting with a subcommittee led by Henry G. Binns proposing abolition of justice of the peace courts and mayoral courts in favor of a unified system. The plan calls for an executive bench, limited jury trials, standardized judges salaries and old age retirement with maintenance. Common pleas courts would gain a small claims division.
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COLGSIBUS
justice of the peace
Ohio State Bar Association
Henry G. Binns
Columbus
Ohio
general assembly
Common pleas
Suit Heard Over Carlisle Township Water Main Assessment
A lawsuit challenges a 954 dollar assessment on Ford and Sophie Biggs farm for the LaPorte water main extension. Hearings before Probate Judge H H Nye featured real estate testimony on current value and potential gains from water service.
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Carlisle
LaPorte
H. H. Nye
Ford
Sophie Biggs
Route 10
Indian Hollow Road
O. J. Bannon
J. A. Hewitt
L. P. Kaiser
Fred W. Bauer
L. D. Hamlin
J. W. Smith
Bannon
Otterbein College Dean Resigns
Otterbein college dean Dr Dennis D Brane resigns announced today He has been resting from illness in Pasco Washington and plans to teach high school after recovery A new dean will be appointed at the spring meeting of Otterbein board of trustees Dr John Wenrick has been acting dean.
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WESTERVILLE
Dennis D Brane
Otterbein college
Pasco
Wash
Otterbein board of trustees
John Wenrick
London Admits Allied Troops Forced Back
British and Norwegian forces in central Norway retreated from Lillehammer as German pressure intensified near Trondheim. German columns moved north from Oslo toward Trondheim, with one reaching Roeros near the Swedish border and another near Ringebu.
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London
Norway
Lillehammer
war office
Trondheim
Steinkjer
Narvik
north Norway
Oslo
Roeros
Ringebu
Otta
Lorain County Adult Education Council elects officers
The Rev. Will J. Foster was chosen president of the Lorain County Adult Education Council at a dinner meeting at the Y W C A. Other officers include Mrs. J. S. Masson as vice president Miss Marian King as secretary and Merritt Powell as treasurer. Harry Ritchie spoke on Adult Education for the Community.
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Will J. Foster
Elyria
Edward Wells
Wellington
Frances Eckert
Gibbons
Harry Ritchie
Cleveland Board of Education
Harold Ewing
Two Army Cadets and Instructor Die in Midair Plane Crash
In Dallas on April 25 two training planes collided mid air killing Army cadet James S. Clinch 21 from Chisholm Minnesota civilian instructor T J Richards 32 of Dallas and cadet Solomon D Moon 21 of Gainesville Florida Moon was solo during the crash The flying school operates under contract with the Army to provide basic instruction under the National Air Expansion program.
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DALLAS
Texas
Army
killig
James S. Clinch
Chisholm
Minn
Solomon D. Moon
Gainesville
Fla
T. J. Richards
Moon
Probe Burglary At Clearview School
Sheriffs deputies investigated a burglary at Clearview School last night yielding ten dollars. Entry came by a raised window in the library. A cash register was moved from the cafeteria to the boiler room, four dollars taken, an office desk pried open with six dollars removed from a money bag. The safe was opened and disarranged but no items were missing. The secretary Miss Dora Reuter reported the incident. deputies suspect local boys.
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Clearview
C. J. Cordy
Claude Adams
Dora Reuter
German Motorized Unit Reaches Roeros in Dester Valley
Stockholm dispatches report a German motorized unit broke defense lines in the Deester dalen valley and occupied the town of Roeros, 75 miles southeast of Trondheim. A detachment of light armored cars entered Aoeros during the night, via Oestersund to Allehanda.
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STOCKHOLM
Deesterdalen
Roeros
Trondheim
Aoeros
Oestersund
Allehanda
Allied air war claims target undefended towns warned
Berlin reports the high command charging that Allied Forces have begun air war on undefended towns with no military importance. Nazi sources call it perhaps a final warning that Germany will retaliate, though officials say no immediate reprisals are planned.
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BERLIN
U.P
Fhe high command
high command
Germany
Ministers Favor County Unit Local Option Bill
Dr. B. F. Lamb of the Ohio Council of Churches addressed Lorain county ministers urging united action. A county ministerial association was shaped with Rev. Karl Meister as chair and a legislative committee named. The group endorsed a county unit local option bill and opposing liquor advertising.
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B. F. Lamb
Ohio Council of Churches
Lorain county
First Methodist church
Karl Meister
Dr. Lamb
Ohio
Ohio Council of Religious Education
Meister
state of
Allied purchase contracts total 200 million for planes and motors
The Allied purchasing commission announced contracts worth 200 million dollars for aircraft and engines in the past two weeks. Arthur B. Purvis and Rene Pleven disclosed after a meeting with Secretary Morgenthau that the Allies will finance plant expansions at three engine makers to speed production, with aircraft contracts placed with Curtiss, Douglas, and Bel names. Engine contracts include General Motors Allison division and Wright Aeronautical Corp.
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WASHINGTON
The
Allied purchasing commission
Arthur B. Purvis
Rene Pleven
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
United States
Curtiss
Douglas
Bel
Allison engine
General Motors Corporation
Wright*Aeronautical Corporation
PWA Overrules Lorain Sandstone use on Erie Avenue Bridge
The Public Works Administration overruled county officials seeking Lorain county sandstone for the East Erie avenue and Alabama avenue bridge contract in Lorain. New specs specify Ohio sandstone gray to buff, with reduced liability insurance and liquidated damages.
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Public Works Administration
Lorain county
Erie avenue
Lorain
R. L. Walker
Ralph Harding
PWA
Chicago
Alabama avenue
Ohio
German Baltic Activity Continues Amid War Movements
Paris reports continued intense German activity in the Baltic with large numbers of troops embarking. Informants say troops are bound for Norway but could be redirected to Sweden. Inner Baltic navigation is difficult due to late thaw, delaying ice clearance until mid May.
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PARIS
Baltic
Norway
Sweden
Germans Smash Northward In Two Columns
German forces drive two columns north through central Norway severing Allied rail links from the coast. Berlin reports advances to Ringebu and Elverum while bombing cuts rail lines from Andalsnes to Dombaas and other routes toward Trondheim.
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BERLIN
Norway
high command
Litlehammer
Ringebu
Lillehammer
Otta
Elverum
Tynset
Reeros
Trondheim
Andalsnes
Dombaas
County Commins withhold action on bridge contract extension
County commissioners were advised by district PWA director Earl Sternberg to withhold action on a request for more time on the Ohio Engineering Company's contract for the east approach to the Erie avenue bridge. The letter from County Engineer Harry L. Dunham said Chicago PWA officials must provide definite information before deciding on the extension request.
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Ohio Engineering Company
Erie avenue
Lorain
Earl Sternberg
PWA
Akron
Harry L. Dunham
Dunham
Sternberg
Chicago
Britain to Crack Down on Soap Box Orators
Sir John Anderson told the House of Commons the war must be fought with all strength and announced a crackdown on fifth column activities including Nazi and Communist soap box speeches in public parks. He outlined stricter measures against enemy aliens and unsympathetic Britons under the Defense of the Realm Act.
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LONDON
John Anderson
home defense
House of Commons
Anderson
Methodist Bishops Oppose Taylor Vatican Envoy Appointment
Atlantic City N J April 25 Bishops of the Methodist church voiced opposition to U S diplomatic ties with the Vatican. They praised President Roosevelts peace efforts but criticized Myron C Taylor as his personal representative to the Holy See. The Council of Bishops read the address at the First General Conference via Bishop Francs J McConnell of New York.
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ATLANTIC CITY
N. J
Methodist church
United States
Vatican
Roosevelt
Myron C. Taylor
Holy See
Francs J. McConnell
New York
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Acme
abinet
t Brussels
rman
DETROIT
Richard Reading
Meir
Wess MELEE
By PETER C. RHODES
Osterdalen
Alles
Elverum-Roeros
Qslofjord
Meihus
Oesterdalen
Melthus
Guldaien
Stoeren
Melhus
Trondheim- Storlem
Ohio River
J. P. Courts
Clearview School
Bulletin
Hjerkin
Alvdal
Aina
Alvdsi
Alma
Voss
Bergen
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