Coal Strike Shuts More Steel Mills
Northern soft coal operators and the United Mine Workers Union accepted President Roosevelt's plan to reopen mines immediately, with southern operators awaited. The shut mines have halted steel production, closing a Republic Steel fast furnace in Youngstown and threatening 25 percent pig iron output. a Senate committee asked leaders to testify by Friday to avoid further shutdowns.
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New Dunkerque But It’s Bad News
Withdrawal of King George of the Hellenes and his government from Athens to Crete signals resolve to continue the war but grim prospects for Greco British forces facing the Nazi advance through Thermopylae Pass.
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Farmers Tote Guns In Wrangle Over Oil Lease Rights
In Franklin County Illinois farmers patrol land to stop drilling as coal firms and owners dispute oil rights believed to be under old leases. Two suits seek injunctions to block development while farmers vow to defend oil interests on their farms amid a broader wartime backdrop.
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Germans Claim War Complete in Greece Amid Axis Push
Berlin reports declare confirmation of Greek capitulation after German forces crushed Allied rearguard at Thermopylae and seized Epirus and Macedonian fronts. Spokesmen say northern Greece now controlled, with only small Greek-British remnants likely to return home as weather and God may save any stragglers.
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Lindbergh warns America First foes on war and taxation
Col. Lindbergh told an America First rally that the United States cannot win the war for England regardless of aid and warned against intervention. Oklahoma City debates a tax hike on foreign insurance premiums to raise about $1 million for the general fund as Governor Phillips signals readiness to sign. Police and counterprotesters faced off outside the Manhattan center where rioting erupted as Lindbergh spoke.
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Student Defenders of America
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Greece Fleeing to Crete as Axis Conquers
Greek King George II and Premier Tsohatzopoulos announce government and capital move to Crete after Germany’s rapid conquest of Yugoslavia and most of Greece. Berlin claims the conquest is effectively complete as Allied troops fight rearguard actions near Athens.
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Opposition Emerges Against New Treasury Tax Plan
Reported opposition forms to a Treasury proposal that would raise 3.6 billion dollars in new federal revenue by higher surtaxes on all taxable income. The plan would apply the basic rate and surtax from the first dollar, making the bottom bracket rate rise to about 16.5 percent including the 10 percent defense levy.
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Two Killed in Auto Collision Near OKMULGEE
Two people died in a car crash near Okmulgee Oklahoma. Victims were W E Gibson 63 operator of a string of sandwich shops in Fouston Texas and Mrs W E Wright 48 of Barnsdall Oklahoma. Injured critically were Mrs Wrights husband and their nine year old daughter Marjorie. Less seriously hurt were Mr and Mrs W A Harper of Pelly Texas and their three year old son.
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James Miller Oklahoma hotel pioneer dies at 83
James Douglas Miller an 83 year old Oklahoma pioneer who ran hotels in Guthrie Henryetta Shawnee and Enid died today. The British admiralty announced that armed merchant cruiser H M S Rajputana was torpedoed and sunk.
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Unclear Odds For Marriage Amid Odd Newspaper Snippet
A fragmentary local notice uses era slang about marriage timing and jokes about German speed in war. No clear names places dates or events are readable enough to confirm specifics.
Aircraft Pouring Across Atlantic
Lord Beaverbrook, British minister of aircraft production, told the House of Lords that nearly 1,000 assembled American and Canadian aircraft have been handed over to the RAF. He noted a steady drain on sea shipments due to convoy losses but stated only one aircraft has been lost on the ferry service to Britain. The Admiralty recently received 95 aircraft by sea and 355 tons of airplane parts.
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Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News
A classified ad notes higher yields for invested funds in Ada. The brief item highlights improved returns and urges readers to compare rates and terms offered by local lenders and financial services in Ada.
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McLean Re elected President of the Associated Press
Robert McLean of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin began a fourth term as president of the Associated Press after a board meeting. The board re elected E. Lansing Ray and Stuart H. Prery as first and second vice presidents and re elected Kent Cooper secretary Lloyd Stratton assistant secretary and L F Curtis treasurer.
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Stuart H. Prery
Adrian
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Kent Cooper
Lloyd Stratton
L. F. Curtis
Ada Industrial and Automobile Show Opens at Armory
Ada’s second annual show sponsored by the Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce runs three days at the National Guard Armory starting Thursday. President Rigby Owen says the event features 40 booths and the latest model cars with prizes nightly, expecting 10 000 to 15 000 visitors.
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Main Problem to Help Country at APA convention
New York April 23 speakers urged editors to focus on aiding the nation in these tragic days. John S. McCarren of the Cleveland Plain Dealer addressed the American Publishers Association at its 55th annual convention. Tokyo April 23 AP Matsuoka to report to cabinet on trip to Moscow Berlin and Rome ahead of privy council review of the Soviet Japanese non aggression pact.
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American Publishers Association
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Tokyo
Yosuke Matsuoka
Moscow
Berlin
Rome
Privy Council
Finland's shift from Sweden to Russia and independence
Finland endured five centuries under Swedish rule before cession to the Russian Empire in the 18th century and later declared independence in 1918.
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Brazil larger than continental United States by area
The text states Brazil covers 3,285,319 square miles, larger than the continental United States at 3,026,789 square miles. It contrasts two national land areas without added context or dates.
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United States
California Assembly Debates Tax Cut Plan To Offset Federal Taxes
Speaker Gordon Garland presents a bipartisan package to cut six major state taxes to save California taxpayers an estimated 60 million to 75 million dollars over the next two years, amid opposition from lawmakers and Gov. Culbert Olson’s supporters.
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