Illinois Twister Destroys Farm, Kills and Wounds Families
A powerful tornado swept through central Illinois causing extensive damage. One man killed, at least 25 people injured, and a child burned when a stove toppled in a home. Homes were demolished and a 400 foot swath of farmland shredded as storms moved north toward Pontiac. Heavy rains followed as the Weather Bureau warned of widespread precipitation.
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United Press
Sinois
S. weather bureau
Minnesota
Texas
Canada
Pontiac
Katherine
Illinois
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Nebraska
Iowa
Aitlan
Massachusetts primaries bring scattered delegate positions
The piece outlines Massachusetts presidential primary dynamics with delegates split among pledged and unpledged slates. It notes low voter turnout and unclear issues, listing figures like Gov Leverett and Postmaster General Farley as key actors shaping the delegate allocations across the state’s 34 votes in convention.
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Wal Burke, Jr
Farley
Leverett
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Whitlamsters
national Pensions Inc
Thorleyey
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Lorain Avenue Bridge line Extend Co approves date delay
Lorain commissioners approved extending the completion date for the new Avenue Bridge line to November 30. The action follows a request to push back the schedule and allows an additional period to finish the project.
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Weather Summary Sketch for Mississippi Valley North Plains
Cloudy with showers in the south and northwest tonight. Cooler air moves south and east with a warming trend in the Mississippi Valley and plains. Disturbances over Oklahoma and Minnesota affect the central states bringing variable precipitation from Ohio and Michigan into the Great Plains.
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mid-western
Minnesota
Okla
Mississippi valley
plains
Muss valley
Ohio
Michigan
great plains
Mayor Defends Relief Levy Plan For May Vote
Mayor Joseph Q Petro outlined the city relief crisis to civic and business leaders urging support for the half mill relief levy to be placed before voters on May 14. He warned funds will end in June and borrowing against a delinquent tax credit of 69000 remains as a last resort.
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Joseph Q Petro
Frank Stevens
Chamber of Commerce
Theft of Tires and Wheels Cleared by Deputy Johnson
Deputy Paul Johnson obtained a confession from Edward Beitler, a former Friedman farm worker, after linking tire marks and vehicle history to his route near Grafton. Beitler, charged with petit larceny, paid a $35 fin e and costs and received one year probation. The investigation tied wooden wheel components to a prior fire incident, confirming the theft.
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Friedman farm
Eaton
Paul Johnson
Edward Bertler
Grafton
Friedman
Beitler
Johnson
Justice of the Peace
Herbert C. Cummings
Ralph Grose
Route 37
Beuiler
Fried- Man's
Grose
Erhart
County Voters Split Over Bridge Lighting Duty
Lorain commissioners backed a lighting necessity for the 21st street bridge but split on funding. The measure would cost about 850 dollars yearly, with DeChant and Davidson voting for county payment and Dunn cautioning the funding clause. Prosecutor Butler noted lighting could become the county’s duty if deemed necessary for public safety.
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21st street
Lorain
Edward DeChant
John —. Davidson
Oscar G. Dunn
Dunn
Lorain city
Howard R. Butler
Board Turns Down Crawford Parole
Ohio parole board rejects parole for Dave Crawford Jr of Lorain during April session. He began a one to ten year term for bribery tied to former Sheriff William F Grall and slot machine operations. Parole not expected before December.
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Ohio parole board
Dave Crawford, Jr
Lorain
William F. Grall
Crawford
Scouts Launch Drive for 3206 to Support Membership
Elyria records show the annual Boy Scout Sustaining Membership Appeal underway after an opening dinner at the Elks Restaurant. A. H. West led the session explaining the aims and methods while H. W. Ingersoll Jr. reported membership growth from 65 in 1935 to 485 this year and urged more enrollments.
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Elyria
Elks
A. H. West
Firelands Area
L D Huffman
Community Chest
Firelands
Thomas G Allen
Sandusky
Ingersoll
Ten Rural Groups Honor 4-H Advisors at Lorain Dinner
Ten Lorain County rural organizations honored eight 4-H club advisors for two years of service at the annual Lorain County Four-H Club Advisors Recognition Dinner at Oberlin Methodist Church. The event highlighted longer service records, with 12 other advisors recognized for more than five years, and 146 attendees.
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Lorain County
Oberlin Methodist Church
F H. Lewis
Markley
Ralph Bowman
Penfield
B. J. Sharp
Kipton
A. R. Dushenske
LaGrange
Don Bryant
Oberlin
Alvet Wilcox
Robert Peak
Avon
Donald Wasem
Henrietta
F. B. Johnson
Wellington
Frances Davidson
Pittsfield
H. L
John Curtiss
Alred Roll
Carl Bates
Robert Riggs
Howard Andrews
Robert Pckworth
Warns Slovakia To Cease Persecution
Budapest April 30 Count Stephen Csaky foreign minister warned Slovakia to discontinue persecution of 160000 Hungarians there or Hungary would act to defend its national honor. He told the Upper House Slovakia should not hide behind German protection and warned against playing the Reich against Hungary.
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BUDAPEST
Stephen Csaky
Slovakia
Hungary
Csaky
Ford Co. Ordered To Reinstate 94 Employes
The National Labor Relations Board ordered Ford Motor Company to reinstate 94 workers with back pay since 1937 at its St. Louis Missouri assembly plant. It also granted exclusive bargaining rights for about 46 employees to the CIO faction of the United Automobile Workers and refused recognition to the St. Louis Liberty Legion. The board cited an active campaign to crush the UAW after a pamphlet criticized unions reflecting Henry Ford's labor views.
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WASHINGTON
National Labor Relations board
Ford Motor company
St. Louis, Mo
CIO
United Automobile Workers of America
St. Louis
Liberty Legion of America, Inc
UAW
Henry
President's Mother Defends Health After Food Poisoning
Mrs Sara Delano Roosevelt 85, mother of the President, says she is feeling fine and has recovered from a food poisoning attack that sent her to rest two hours in a Corona drug store. Friends express concern, noting her tendency to minimize illness and recent cold spells.
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NEW YORK
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Long Island
Aitlante City
Roosevelt
Izie
Wakeman Man Appointed Camden School Superintendent
Willem H Jones principal of the Wakeman School for eight years was chosen by the Camden Township Board of Education as the new Camden School superintendent. He succeeds Harold W Baetz, who did not seek reappointment. Jones, a Rio Grande College graduate with a master’s from Ohio State, has 14 years on the Wakeman faculty, eight as principal.
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Willem H Jones
Wakemen School
Camden Township Board of Education
Camden School
Harold W. Baetz
Jones
Rio Grande College
Ohio State University
Wakeman school
Camden
Youth Dead, 2 Hurt After Auto Crash
Eldon Morrett, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Morrett of Christiansburg Ohio, died in a Troy hospital from a skull fracture after a car left the road and struck a utility pole. Passengers Byron Shepard and Warren Dickey suffered multiple injuries. Shepard, driver, has fractures and a concussion, Dickey a head injury.
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Eldon Morrett
arders
Daniel Morrett
Christiansburg
Troy
Morrett
West Malton
Byron Shepard
Warren Dickey
Shepard
Dickey
Germans claim victory in central Norway drive toward Trondheim
Berlin reports a German northward push from Oslo and a southward advance from Trondheim met southwest of Stoeren establishing land communications between Oslo and Trondheim. A swift drive from Oester valley aimed at Dombaas and Stoeren sought to cut rail lines and disrupt Allied troops south of Trondheim. The outcome hinges on the Dombaas confrontation.
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Germans Said To Have Taken Stoeren In Norway
A British military spokesman reported that Germany seized the key Norwegian town Stoeren, 23 miles south of Trondheim, with Allied forces in the Dombaas area facing difficult conditions. The information was later contradicted as unconfirmed rumor from Swedish sources.
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Stoeren
Norway
Trondheim
Domba was-Stoeren
Ministry of Information
Axtel Youth Bound To Grand Jury
Charles C. Moore 19 of Axtel was bound to the grand jury under a 3000 bond on grand larceny charges. He allegedly stole electricians tools from Bender Body Co where he once worked after patrolman Boggs found tools in his car near the Pitts gas station. Moore was arraigned before Mayor Petro.
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Charles C. Moore
Axtel
James Boggs
Joseph Q. Petro
Moore
Bender Body Co
Boggs
Pitts
Lake Avenue
Bond street
Reinforcements Rush to Turn Tide in Central Norway Battles
Allied and German troops were reported rushing reinforcements to the Gudbrands valley amid severe fighting near Dombaas and a German flanking move north of the key rail junction from Trondheim. Analysts say the outcome around Dombaas and the Dombaas Stoeren line could decide control of central Norway communications and the broader expeditionary thrust south of Trondheim.
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STOCKHOLM
Gudbrands
Norway
Dombaas
Trondheim
Stoeren
Norwegians Assert Allies Still in Control of Railroad
Norwegian frontier officers stated Allied forces still control the Dombaas Stoeren railroad. German claims of a cut were denied. Berlin reported German advances southeast of Stoeren with contact to forces from the Oslo area, but no confirmation on Stoeren’s fate.
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FIRELNESS
Dombras
Stoeren
Dombaas-Stoeren
Berlin
Trondheim
Oslo
Nazis Claim Capture of Dombaas Junction
German sources report the capture of the strategic Dombaas railroad junction in central Norway. Dombaas, seen as vital to Allied communications, lies in the Gudbrands valley and controls routes from Molde and Andalsnes to the central fronts, impacting Allied expeditionary moves south of Trondheim.
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BERLIN
Dombaas
Norway
Trondheim
Gudbrands
Molde
Andalsnes
Two British Subs Overdue Tarpon and Sterlet at Sea
The Admiralty said two British submarines, the Tarpon and Sterlet, are overdue and must be considered first. It also announced that travelers Bradman and Cape Siretoko were bombed and sunk with no reported loss of life. Tarpon has 33 crew, Sterlet 40.
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LONDON
Admiralty
Cape Siretoko
Big scale battle reported in Gudbrands valley Norway
Report says Allied and German troops fighting a large engagement in the Gudbrands valley. Private German-occupied Aeeros source notes reinforcements from the Oester Valley motorized columns rushed southward to bolster the Gudbrands Valley force.
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STOCKHOLM
Gudbrands valley
Norway
Aeeros
Oester Valley
Chamberlain Says German People Must Be Defeated
London April 30 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons that the German people as well as Nazi leaders share responsibility for prolonging Europe’s war. He repeated earlier stance that Allied victory requires holding the German nation accountable while rejecting vindictive aims toward civilians. Labor MPs cheered as they accused officials of painting all Germans as vile.
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LONDON
Europe
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
todar Chamberlain
Norway
Alfred Duff Cooper
admiraltr. s
Mansion House
Chamberlain
R Sorenson
Laborite
Norway War Question Sparks Walkout Voices
Several members interrupted, crying, as questions about the war in Norway were raised. Chamberlain and War Secretary Oliver Stanley refused to answer, saying their replies would not at present be in the public interest.
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Chamberlain
Oliver Stanley
Norway
Strike at Lima Superscoaches Affects 400 Workers
Four hundred employees walked out at the Supers Coach Corporation in Lima after talks with six AFL locals collapsed. The union seeks a closed shop while wages and hours were not on the table. The plant, making school bus and hearse bodies, runs a $10,000 weekly payroll and reported peaceful picketing.
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Supers? Coach Corporation
American Federation of Labor
AFL federal
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