Eldest Son of Former Crown Prince Killed in Action
Berlin May 27 Prince Wilhelm 34 eldest son of the former crown prince has been killed in action He was the first Hohenzollern prince to join the army of the Third Reich He had renounced his claim after a morganatic marriage Details of his death were not immediately available Also note reports that 13 states require pedestrians to walk on the left and that shaking hands is unknown in Japan.
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Berlin
Wilhelm
Wilhelm von Preussen
Third Reich
Wilthelm
Davey Again To Take Control Of Ohio Democrats
In Columbus on May 27 the Ohio Democratic organization was set to return to former Gov. Martin L. Davey as state central committee meets to setup campaign leadership. J Freer Bittinger of Ashland was expected to be elected chairman, directing summer and fall Democratic efforts. Limbach steps aside after serving as executive committee chair with plans to defeat Davey. Horstman of Dayton named probable successor to Hanefeld.
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Columbus
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Kent
Davey
J. Freer Bittinger
Ashland
Ohio House of Representatives
Billinger
Arthur L. Limbach
New
Philadelphia
Tee
Charles Sawyer
Limbach
Albert A. Horstman
Dayton
State Central Committee
Earl H. Hanefeld
Ottawa
Akron Population Declines From 1930 to 1940
Akron, Ohio reports a decade decline in residents. Preliminary census figures show 243,130 people in 1940, down from 253,040 in 1930, per district supervisor C. B. Webb.
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Akron
C. B. Webb
Nazis Claim Ships Bombed and Troop Landings at Narvik
Berlin reports German Alpine troops parachuted into Narvik to reinforce the garrison. It says Nazi aircraft bombed a large warship two cruisers and an 18000 ton transport ship. The communique also claims an 8000 ton Allied merchant ship was sunk by air bombardment.
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Berlin
High Command
Narvik
Five Die In Weekend Traffic And Violence
Ohio saw ten deaths last weekend from accidents shootings drownings and violence. Roy Knight died in a Dayton racing car crash. Herbert Wagner, 55, was hit by a truck in Columbus. Bud Crawford 73 died after a Cincinnati suburb auto strike. Alvin Bilsei 30 died in a Bellaire street car collision. Morris Weinstein 55 died in Cleveland after walking into a truck.
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United Press
Bud Crawford
Hartwell
Cincinnati
Bellaire
Alvin Bilsei
Wheeling Island
Cleveland
Morris Weinstein
Grade crossing crash near Akron scatters wreckage on Erie line
A truck and trailer broke down at a Tallmadge crossing near Akron, scattering debris for two miles along the Erie track. No injuries were reported. The driver, Charles Marshall, 29, Cleveland, said he tried to flag the train but failed.
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Akron
Erie
Charles Marshall
Cleveland
Kenneth Howdryshell
Oldtown Creek
Logan
I Health
Harold Peck
Parkman
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