Economy Drive Deserted By Farm Bloc
Senate approves a 92 million Agriculture Department appropriation with 212 million in parity payments for farmers and at least 85 million for the surplus commodities program. Debate centers on budget balances as Taft and Connally clash over fiscal policy and the fate of the surplus funds.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Department
Robert M. la Follette
Wis
House
Roosevelt
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R. Mich
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Tom
Tex
Ohio
Connally
Heaven
Three Neutral Ships Sunk And Two Damaged
The admiralty reported three neutral ships sunk and two damaged in German operations against North Sea shipping. One ship was sunk and two damaged in an attack on a British convoy off the Scottish coast, possibly a reprisal for RAF strikes on Syria. Seven survivors from the Danish ships Bothal and Viking were landed at a northeast British port, with fears that 30 crew members perished. The Norwegian ship Svinta and the Swedish Utklippan and Norwegian Tora Elise were damaged, while no warships were harmed.
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London
Mrch
Germany
Admiralty
Bothal
Viking
Svinta
Wenk
Utklippan
Michigan Congressman injured in car crash near Salem
Congressman Paul W. Shafer of Battle Creek Mich, 46, sustained injuries when his car left a state road six miles south of Salem Oregon, plunged through a guard rail and dropped 15 feet into a ravine. He was alone in the vehicle and is hospitalized in Salem City.
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Salem, O
Paul W. Shafer
Battle Creek
Mich
Salem City Hospital
Shafer
Salem
Weather update and cold snap across the Midwest and Northeast
Light snow tonight and Friday followed by colder conditions through Friday and Saturday. A Great Lakes disturbance moved to New England with a trough extending to the southwest. Colder air overspread the Ohio valley and eastern lake region with subfreezing readings in northern Minnesota. Light precipitation reported from the northern plains to Michigan and the East Coast.
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Obio
Great Lakes
New England
Lake Region
New Mexico
Ohin
Minnesota
Plains
Michigen
Atlantic
Reynaud Builds New French Cabinet Against Nazism
Paris reports Paul Reynaud drafted a cabinet nucleus to present to President Lebrun and the Chamber of Deputies. He would serve as premier and foreign minister with Edouard Daladier likely to take war minister post. The lineup centers on Radical Socialist and Independent figures to fortify the government during the Nazi threat.
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
Albert Lebrun
Aven
Reynaud
Edouard Daladier
Lebrun
Finance Ministry
Chamber of Deputies
Camille Chautemps
Abel Gardey
Left Democratic
Lucien Lamoureux
Raoul Dautry
Louis Frossard
Georges Mandel
War Ministry
Foreign Ministry
Socialist
Cleveland Undertaker Missing From Liner
HONOLULU March 21 George Sharer 84 a Cleveland undertaker was missing from the liner Lurline when it arrived last night Sharer apparently fell or jumped from the ship Sunday A woman passenger saw a dark object fall from the ship about 20 pm Sunday but thought it a discarded crate Sharer was in poor health
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Honolulu
George Sharer
Cleveland
Lurline
Sharer
Germans Claim Nine British Ships Sunk
Berlin reports that German airplanes sank nine British ships totaling about 40 000 tons and damaged two merchantmen of about 11 000 tons in an attack 24 hours after the RAF raid on Sylt. One British plane and one German plane were losses in the air battle. The ships were part of a convoy near Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
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Berlin
Royal Air Force
Sylt
Scapa Flow
Orkney Islands
Scotland
Britain May Have A New War Cabinet
London reports say Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain may reorganize and strengthen his cabinet during Easter to address a total war effort. Speculation centers on a smaller war cabinet focusing on major issues, with Labour and Liberal leaders may be asked but likely refuse to preserve opposition scrutiny. Parliament opened for the Easter adjournment debate amid concerns over recent Allied and Axis moves with Finland, France, and Italy.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Finland
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Edouard
Daladier
France
Chamberlain
Germany
Italy
Balkans
Salt Island
Delacier
Maj
Clement Attlee
Archibald Sinclair
Elyria Set For Citywide Fire Inspection Day
Elyria will host its most extensive fire prevention effort in years on April 18 with 40 inspectors from the Ohio Fire Prevention Bureau and 40 accompanying Boy Scouts. The plan includes schoolwide distribution of inspection blanks, in-school talks by fire speakers, a noon luncheon at the Y M C A, and a poster contest to boost fire safety awareness. Fire officials will supply maps and assist with inspections of all business and public buildings. Mayor Petro may issue a proclamation declaring the day.
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Elyria
Fire Prevention Bureau of
Ohio
Ebyne Kiwanis Clubs
J. Burr Taylor
Western Actuarial Bureau
W. N. Bates
C. C. Osborne
Elyria Fire Department
Bates
Fire Prevention Association
Joseph
Petro
Two Injured In Traffic Accidents
Two persons suffered minor injuries in traffic accidents reported to police and sheriff departments here yesterday. Mrs C W Landfield of Luxe wool was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital for a forehead laceration and knee and forearm bruises after being thrown from a car driven by her husband in a four vehicle collision on East Bridge street near the railroad underpass. The accident occurred at 4 p m as slippery road conditions at the spot contributed to the crash. A car driven by Miss Bessie Schulze slowed to turn onto East River street and was struck by a following vehicle driven by H D Kendrick of Cleveland. Landfield then skidded into Kendrick's car and a truck in the procession rear ended Landfield's vehicle. Police did not note...
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C. W. Landfield
Luxewool
Elyria Memorial Hospital
East Bridge Street
Bessie Schulze
Cambridge Court
East River
H. D. Kendrick
Cleveland
Landfield
Kendricks
29 Bodies Taken From Ohio Coal Mine
A congressional subcommittee planned to investigate the Willow Grove mine disaster as the death toll grew. Officials said 29 bodies had been recovered, nine more in the last 24 hours, with rescue crews continuing to clear wrecked tunnels after the explosion that struck last Saturday.
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URI
Congressional
Willow Grove Code
Hanna Coal Company
Kescug
Two Big British Liners Leave New York
The 81,000 ton Queen Mary and her 35,000 ton sister Mauretania sailed from New York harbor under sealed orders as Allied troop movements to Australia and the Near East intensified. The Mauretania headed for the Atlantic amid a thunderstorm, while the Queen Mary, unarmed by American law, followed in wartime gray. Both ships had been in port since December and September respectively, with speculation they would proceed to Sydney or similar theaters.
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New York
Hudson River
New York Harbor
Narrows
Atlantic
Australia
Near East
Great Britain
France
Cunard
White Star
Ambr
Elrere
Sperulather
White Star Line
Sydney
Move Toward Hull Farley Ticket Emerges
Washington dispatch reports James A Farley announces his presidential candidacy and hints at a Hull Farley Democratic ticket for 1940. The Postmaster General may assume the vice presidency if Roosevelt does not seek another term, with Cordell Hull seen as the leading compromise option for top office.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Massachusetts
Hull-Farley
Farley
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Lawyers to Hear Law School Instructor at Elyria Luncheon
Prof. Roland Stanger of Western Reserve Law School will speak at the Elyria Lawyers' Club weekly luncheon this Saturday. President H C Cheney announced the event. He will discuss recent supreme court decisions and their effect on reorganization proceedings. Stanger joined Western Reserve faculty last year after leaving the University of Michigan.
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Roland Stanger
Western Reserve Law School
Elyria Lawyers’ Club
H.C. Cheney
Supreme Court
Stanger
Western Reserve
University of Michigan
Fatal Traffic Crashes Reported in Ohio
In Columbus Mrs Keng Grom 72 died from injuries in an automobile crash. In Bowling Green Ross Mansfield 49 of near Bowling Green died from a skull fracture after a car accident.
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Columbus
Keng Grom
Bowling Green, O
Ross Mansfield
Bowling Green
Board Abolishes One Precinct In 3rd Ward
Lorain County board of elections moved to abolish the former 3-A precinct in the Third Ward, reducing Elyria’s precincts to 33 and trimming about 150 dollars annually. Voters from 3-A will cast ballots in McKinley School alongside 3-C and 3-D, now numbering 330 voters each, while 3-G was renamed to 3-A to preserve order. The board also ruled on five precinct committee petitions, approving two and rejecting three from the Nellie Love-Clayton Standon faction, citing insufficient signatures. one withdrawal occurred. Incumbent in the affected area is William Heimat.
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Lorain
Nellie Love-Clayton Standon
Republican Party
Frank E. Bloedorn
J. F. Piaff
Victor Visci
Earl Woodings
Charles Heinmann
F. A. Ceresa
Annette Perhach
Love-Standen Group
C. M. McHenry
Rebecca Wiliams
William’ Heimat
Kenyon V. Painter Dies In Cleveland
Kenyon V. Painter, 73, Cleveland financier and former director at Cleveland Union Trust Co, died of a heart attack at his estate after a frail illness. He served four months of a 1 to 30 year sentence for misappropriating $2,000,000, was pardoned in 1937 by Gov. Martin L. Davey, and had lived in seclusion after release. He left a wife Maude Wyeth Painter and two sons Allison and Kenyon V. Painter Jr. A first wife, Mary Chisholm Painter, preceded him in death 25 years ago.
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Cleveland
Kenyon V. Painter
Cleveland Union Trust Co
Martin L. Davey
Painter
Ohio
Africa
Maude Wyeth Painter
Allison
British Coastal Shipping Raided Four Are Killed
LONDON March 21 German airplanes raided British coastal shipping today and were reported to have killed four persons in an attack on a British steamer.
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London
Storms And Cold Wave Hit Eastern United States
A cold wave and destructive storms sweep the eastern United States on the first night of spring. Temperatures plummet from Georgia to Ontario as heavy snowfall hits Buffalo and Albany with snow flurries expected to extend through the weekend.
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New England
United States
Georgia
Ontario
Missouri
Washington, D.C
Ohio
Tennessee
Alleghenies
Great Lakes Region
Great Plains
Gulf States
Eastern
Seaboard
Virginia
Buffalo
Albany
N.Y
Treasury Secretary warns deficits despite higher March taxes
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr reports March tax receipts for March 1 20 totaling 621 million dollars versus 473 million a year earlier and notes 31.2 percent ahead overall but says revenues will not cover the 460 million emergency defense costs. He adds receipts are running comfortably ahead of treasury estimates and dismisses any chance that the extra funds will finance the defense budget.
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Washngton
Secretary of
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Lorain County Faces $91,000 Paradox in Budget
Lorain County stands in a puzzling position as $91,000 more appears on its books after debt securities were paid off, yet officials say there is no extra money to spend. County officials discuss earmarking the funds for building improvements, but auditors explain the amount is a bookkeeping artifact, carried as cash all along. Attendance at St. John's Church noonday services rises, with 230 attendees daily and a Good Friday address planned by Rev. George Kuechle of Cleveland.
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Lorain County
Oscar G. Dunn
Kelser
Walter J. Wright
W. A. Morrison
Dunn
Wright
Morrison
St. John's Church
Tomonow
Christ
George Kuechle
St. Mark's Lutheran Church of Cleveland
India
Kuechte
Karl Enhlera
Lakewood
Wm, Neubiser
Wie
Schanithgen
House Group Criticizes Activities of NLRB and Wage-Hour
Washington March 21. The House Appropriations committee cut National Labor Relations Board funds by 337000 dollars to 2843000 for 1941 and trimmed Wage Hour funds by 1330167 to 5105000. It urged elimination of the NLRB economic research division led by David Saposs and prohibited use of funds to influence legislation. The panel also called wage-hour staffing increases imprudent until Wagner Act amendments are made.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
David J. Saposs
Saposgy
Dies Committee
House
Robert H. Jackson
Congress
Labor Board
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Roosevelt
National Youth Administration
Rose
Velt
Civilian Conservation Corps
House Labor Committee
Three Hours Good Friday Service at St Andrew's Church
St Andrew's hosts a Union Devotional Three Hours Service from noon to 3 pm marking Jesus crucifixion. Hymns, prayers, and seven last words meditations by city ministers led by Rev Irion Gilliland Kemp Foster Hicks Auld and the rector. All welcome with optional come and go during hymns. Public attendance urged.
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Jesus
St. Andrew's Church
Irion
Gilliland
Paradise
Kemp
Mr. Foster
Hicks
Auld
St. Andrew’'s
Elyria
Use Taxicab To Flee From Scene of Robbery
A man entered a Cincinnati tavern and demanded a taxicab to flee the scene after an attempted robbery. He paid $16 for the ride and left abruptly, with the proprietor reporting the incident. Authorities seek this suspect described as Tremna.
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Cincinnati
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