Finnish Russian war end talks reach complete accord at Moscow
Reports from London and Stockholm say Finns and Russians reached a complete agreement to end the war in Moscow but not yet signed. Finnish Premier Ryti authorized full powers to conclude negotiations, with expected meeting with Stalin and Molotov to finalize terms, timing unclear.
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London
U-P
Moscow
British Broadcasting Company
Stockholm
Finland
Rusiu Ryti
Russia
Helsinki
Ryti
Josef Vstalin
Viacheslav Molotov
Salvation Army seeks 18000 for Elyria building campaign
Elyria Salvation Army launches a drive to raise 18000 toward a proposed two story brick building at 70d Broad Street near Chestnut Street. Total project cost is 31000, with 13000 already in hand from a bequest leaving 18000 to raise. Campaign opens April 2 and runs to April 12 with Bronson chairing and J D Severs as assistant chair. divisions and workers to be named.
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Salvation Army
Elyria
Elks
Broad Street
Chestnut Street
Bronson
C. F. Bronson
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
J. D. Severs
Elyria High School
Henry Hillier
United States
Quilines
W. C. Vernon
Cleveland
Route 611 upgrades kept on track despite opinions
County officials and village leaders met with regional state highway director M. D. Shaffer to discuss straightening Route 611 from Lorain to Avon by new right of way north of Avon Center. Avon residents and Avon Lake Commissioner DeChant warned the change could hurt Avon Center’s business district, while Avon council president Forthofer said Avon's people want paving regardless of location.
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Lorain
Avon
Sheffield
Avon Villages
M. D. Shaffer
Ashland
Avon Center
Avon School
Edward DeChant
Avon Lake
DeChant
Joseph Forthofer, Jr
Avon Council
Forthofer
Weather Summary for Ohio and Surrounding Regions
The forecast notes snow or sleet in northern areas tonight and in the south changing to rain. Wednesday brings more rain in the south with mixed sleet or snow in the north. Temperatures slowly rise tonight and Wednesday. High pressure over the Great Lakes persists while a western low sits over southern Texas. Cold in the northeast and mountain states, milder in Michigan and the Upper Mississippi Valley. Precipitation general to the south and west of the Ohio valley.
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Ohio
Great Lakes
Texas
Mountain States
Plains
Michigan
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
British Army in France Reaches 336000 Troops
London reports war secretary Oliv Stanley informing Parliament that British forces in France total about 336,000 and grow daily. He noted volunteers approaching 200,000 since the war began and said the force is doubling since October to ease the French burden.
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London
France
Oliv Stanley
House of Commons
Stanley
Leslie Hore Helisha
Britain
New Damper Firm Formed in Elyria with Maynard Lead
United Press dispatch from Columbus reports Controlair, Inc., a new Elyria firm, formed with 500 shares of no par stock to manufacture and sell air conditioning equipment. Officers: J Earle Maynard, president. Charles Whidden, VP production. Paul O Collins, secretary and treasurer. The Mayn Air Damper, a balanced damper by Maynard, aims to improve balancing of heated air in systems. Manufacturing will be in Elyria. no plant 2.
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Columbus
Elyria
Controlair, Ic
United Press
J. Earle Maynard
Charles
Whidden
Paul O. Collins
Collins
Maynard
American Radiator
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Corporation
Blockade May Be Extended in Far East
London reports that Britain is considering establishing a contraband control port in the Far East to block American exports to Germany via Vladivostok and Russia. In Parliament discussions include proposals to widen the Allied blockade, with a Canada west coast port proposed, though officials cite patrol difficulties.
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London
Far East
Germany
Vladivostok
Russia
Ronald Cross
House of Commons
Canada
First Anniversary of Coronation Of Pope Celebrated Today
Vatican Vatican City March 12 The first anniversary of the coronation of Pope Pius XII was celebrated with a pontifical mass in St Peter's. The Pope twenty cardinals and diplomatic corps attended including Myron C Taylor Roosevelt's personal representative. Mrs Taylor and numerous telegrams of congratulation were received including one from President Roosevelt.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
St. Peter's
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Holy See
Wire-Tapping Probe Proposed by Senate Committee
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee proposed a $25,000 investigation into wire tapping and warned of a revived spy system run by government police. It said noncriminal individuals with views seen as obnoxious to law enforcement may be investigated and catalogued. FBI chief Hoover testified that the agency began a card index file of persons and organizations potentially inimical to the United States in war times.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
House Appropriations
FBI
United States
Eulata Tanker Sinks After North Sea Explosion
The 6,236 ton motor tanker Eulata sank in the North Sea following an explosion last night. Its 42 crew members were rescued by a British warship, according to officials.
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the Hague
North Sea
Child Fatally Hurt In Springfield Incident
Everett Kane Jr. two and a half year old son of Mr and Mrs Everett Kane of Beatty Ohio was fatally injured when struck by a truck as he crossed the road in front of his home early today in Springfield QMarch 12.
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Springfield
House Debates Naval Expansion Bill in Congress
Washington March 12 the House opens debate on a second naval expansion bill in two years aiming to raise fighting tonnage by 167000 and authorize a total cost of 3540000000 with no appropriations. The plan envisions 21 warships including three aircraft carriers and 1011 airplanes for a total authorized air force of 4900 planes.
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Washington
House
Congress
Great Britain
House Desares
President Roosevelt Heads Cold Amid White House Work
President Roosevelt remained in his White House study with a slight head cold. He planned a full day of business including a conference with Senator Vic Danahey of Ohio.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Vic Danahey
Ohio
Your City Government Its Sources Of Income And Operations
Walter Godfrey of the Elyria Chronicle Telegram presents a factual study of the city’s workings. The article explains how departments are funded and operated to help citizens understand municipal government. It emphasizes noncritical, purely informative intent for readers to reference later.
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Elyria Chronicle-Telegram
Walter Godfrey
Godfrey
St Patrick Day Birthday List Grows With Names
Seventeen more Chronicle Telegram readers join the St Patrick's Day birthday list. Birthdays span ages from a nine year old Gates School pupil nicknamed Pat Sparks to an 11 year old Lee Wayne Falls, with celebrants living across Elyria and Cleveland.
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Chronicle - Telegrams
St. Patrick's Day
W. E. Gregory
Kenyon
Gregory
Eugenia Blackledge
Patricia Young
Robert E. Young
Furnace Street
Theodore Henry
Homer Street
Charles Allen Sparks
Charles Sparks
Dewey Avenue
Pat” Sparks
Gates School
St. Patrick's
C. B. Simkins
Twelfth Street
Charles Rawson
M. F. Elliott
Park Avenue
J. D. Severs
Eastern Heights Boulevard
Robert Roskoski
Courtland Street
Franklin Minnich
Elyria High School
Wred Minnich
John J. Ristas
Middle Avenue
A. B. Sauer
Ninth Street
Wade H. Grabill
Washington Avenue
Maynard Shreve
East Ninth Street
Josephine Triplett
Lee Wayne Falls
Elyrian
West 106Th Street
Cleveland
Davidson Defends Approval of Bill for Child Care Costs
County Commissioner John L. Davidson defended approving a $160 bill from Gertrude Spitzer for care of three defective children last month. He argued state institutions are full, making private-home care necessary at $2 daily per child, vs 50 cents in a state facility, with Oscar G. Dunn opposing the payment. The bill was approved yesterday by Davidson and DeChant.
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John £. Davidson
Gertrude Spitzer
Grafton
Oscar G. Dunn
Davidson
Dunn
Nye
DeChant
French Troops Ready To Go To Finland
Premier Edouard Daladier told the Chamber that 50,000 French troops were assembled trained and ready to proceed to Finland with the British Navy on standby to convoy if Finland asks for allied aid. Troops were at two ports one on the English Channel and one on the Atlantic Ocean and modern bombing planes had arrived from allied countries.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Finland
Daladier
English Channel
Atlantic ‘Ocean
Finnish Germans Appeal to Hitler Amid Moscow Peace Talks
About 100 Finns of German birth signed an appeal to Adolf Hitler and leaders including Goering and Raeder asking Germany to support Finland. The note urged action against Russia’s “bloody deeds” toward Finnish women and children as Moscow peace negotiations continued amid wartime tension.
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Helsinki
Finland
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Hermann Goering
Walter van Brauchitseh
Erich Raeder
Russia
Moscow
Kiwanis Club To Hear Students In Elyria
Two Elyria High School students will speak at the Kiwanis luncheon at the Elks Restaurant at noon Thursday on Socialized Medicine with one arguing for and the other against. Dr Jan Kozak, exile from Czechoslovakia and philosophy lecturer at Oberlin College, will speak next week. The Ki-Queens meet at 8 p m next Tuesday at the Ohio Public Service building.
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Elyria High School
Elyria Kiwanis Club
Elks
Mary Jean McElfresh
Paul Irian
Jan B. Kozak
Czechoslovakia
Oberlin College
Ki-Queens
Ohio Public Service Building
RAF Bomber Attacks U-Boat Near Scheling Roads Mouth
The Air Ministry reported that a Royal Air Force bomber attacked a German U-boat in Schilling Roads at the mouth of a German river. Official details were sparse, but the operation aimed to disrupt U-boat activity in the area.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Schilling Roads
Germany
Ive
Herve Sumkit
Explosion Blows Out Forty Windows at Cleveland Hospital
A bus blast at Booth Memorial Home and Hospital in Cleveland on March 12 injures eight lab and laundry workers. Only Dr. Albert Legow is described as seriously hurt. several women in the laundry are unnamed and withheld. Police say gas leakage in the laundry caused the explosion. Miss Jewell Schoff recounts the moment as doors blew into the kitchen and rescuers freed a trapped worker. No fire followed.
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Cleveland
Booth Memorial Home
Albert Legow
Clarabelle Marriott
Isbell McVean
Jewell Schoff
Helen
Vote Against Questions On Income in 1940 Census
The Senate Commerce Committee approved 9 to 7 a resolution to oppose including personal income questions in the 1940 census. Senator Charles Tobey led the measure against perceived census snooping. A Maloney substitute to urge reconsideration was rejected 9 to 0.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committer
Senate
Charles W. Tobey
N. H
Francis T. Maloney
Canon
Irion To Represent E H S In Leagues Speaking Contest
Elyria High School senior Paul Irion will again represent the school in the Lake Erie High School League ext imp ore speaking contest at Cleveland Heights High School Friday. Mary Jean McElfresh is the alternate, with coach Miss Alice Stofer guiding preparations. Irion will discuss Socialized Medicine with the specific phase drawn two hours before the event and will have two hours to prepare without notes. Speakers from League schools will attend a luncheon before final work, and McElfresh and Snon will discuss Socialized Medicine at the Elyria Kiwanis Club meeting Thursday.
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Paul Irion
Elyria
Lake Erie
Snon
Miss McElfresh
Elyria Kiwanis Club
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