Germany reports destruction of British cruiser and flying battleship
Berlin reports the bombing and sinking of an unidentified British cruiser off the Norwegian coast and the destruction of a British Sunderland flying boat. Nazi aims shift to consolidating gains in Oslo Stavanger and Trondheim as Narvik loses public prominence.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Germany
Norway
Narvik
Oslo
Stavanger
Trond
High Command
London
Admiralty
Air Ministry
City Moves To Ban Slogan In Bluefield Ordinance Fight
The Bluefield city board on first reading advanced an ordinance banning the slogan Nature's Air-Conditioned City. A final hearing set for April 23 hinges on Monday weather ahead of a Wallace Brothers circus appearance. If rain proves the slogan a hoodoo, officials may pass the ordinance with fines or jail terms.
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Snyder
Joe Bowen
Chamber of Commerce
Eddie Steele
Board of Directors
Arthur Kingdon
Lions Club
Lions Committee
Bluefield
Pe Gl
Drum
W. M. Vidson
City Board of Directors
Lions
Chamber
R. T. Peters
William Greenspon
W. H. Thomas
Herbert May
Joe Wilds
Bud’ Counts
Roy Browder
Fred Christie
Joe Sanders
Lions Attorney
Bill Gottlieb
Ray Evans
NLRB to oversee GM plant worker ballots in CIO AFL split
Detroit April 16 The largest election by the National Labor Relations Board offers 137 000 General Motors employees a chance tomorrow to name bargaining agencies for 59 plants. The vote aims to resolve union split between CIO and AFL after UAW division and plant committees. Workers may leave production to vote during hours set at polling places.
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Detroit
National Labor Relations Board
General Motors
United Automobile Workers of America
CIO
AFL
G. M. Managements
Corporation
NLRB
Pennsylvanians Protest Prices In Coal Debate
Western Pennsylvania coal operators react to the government minimum prices for soft coal with mixed views. Some fear strong competition from southern fields and higher freight costs could drive slack coal pricing out of the market, risking mine shutdowns.
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Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania
Byron Cannon
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Great Lakes
Southern
Lake Erie
Stassen to Be Party Keynoter
Philadelphia April 16 The Republican arrangements committee chose 33 year old Governor Harold E Stassen of Minnesota to deliver the keynote speech and recommended Representative Joseph W Martin Jr of Massachusetts for permanent convention chairman The committee also set five principal officers and adjourned to May 16 The move signals a pro gressive tilt in party leadership and a 30 minute nominating speech limit being considered by the rules committee Stassen who turned 33 last Saturday was elected Minnesota governor in 1938 and seeks re election this fall Stassen's early life is likened to Abraham Lincoln Dakota county
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Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
John D. Hamilton
Stassen
Britain Mobilizes New Conscription While Bombing Norway Bases
London reports an unexpected mobilization of Britons aged 27 with May 5 conscription, expanding the empire’s armed figures toward 2,000,000 plus Canadian, Australian, and Indian troops. The air arm hit Stavanger for the seventh time in five days as Britain prepares strong anti aircraft batteries on Norwegian shores. Neville Chamberlain stayed silent on landings while denouncing Germany and a Faroe Islands expeditionary claim added to the war update.
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London
Norway
Britain
Stavanger
Air Ministry
North Sea
Skagerrak
Marstrand
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Germany
Witn
Free Church Council
Commons
Troops Confirmed in Norway by BBC Report
The BBC announced it is officially confirmed that Canadian French and British troops are in Norway. The War Office declined to confirm the report. The BBC notes its reports come from regular news agencies and newspapers and cautions about prior persistent rumors.
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London
British Broadcasting Company
Norway
War Office
B.bc
Britain
Dewey to Enter Maryland Primary in Favor of Taft Challenge
Thomas E. Dewey announced he would run in Maryland's Republican preferential primary and urged all GOP candidates to enter the May 6 contest. J. Russell Sprague, Dewey campaign manager, said Taft forces claimed influence over Maryland's delegates and that Dewey's entry would spur other contenders to join. Sprague noted North Carolina reports indicating the New York district attorney would back two North Carolina delegates, disputing Taft force claims.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Maryland
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dewey
J. Russell Sprague
Taft
North Carolina
Sprague
Indianapolis
Ind
Oklahoma City
Britain plans tighter Pacific blockade to starve Germany
Washington reports from Lord Lothian forecast a tighter British blockade in the Pacific to cut supplies reaching Germany via Russia. Treasury acts to fix British import tariff values to the pound, 4 025 dollars, amid wartime exchange shifts. Other developments include Greenland and Iceland not to be seized except in danger, Monroe Doctrine scope on Greenland, a $15 million relief appropriation urged, Aluminum Co of America expanding power from Columbia River plants, U S foreign trade up 30 percent in March, Sweden shipping gold to the U S, and warnings on shipments to Vladivostok.
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Washington
Pacific
Germany
Russia
Lord Lothian
Treasury
Lothian
Canada
Great Britain
Greenland
Iceland
Hull
Roosevelt
Greenlands
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Herbert Hoover
Aluminum Company of America
Columbia River
Vancouver
Wash
Commerce Department
Sweden
United States
State Department
London
Los Angeles
South American
Vladivostok
Admiral Stark Urges Navy Funding Increase
Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations, urged Congress to add 5 million dollars to the 965 million allocated for the Navy. He proposed an extra 45 million to start building 25 ships and expand shore facilities as the United States faces an emergency. Stark spoke at a Senate naval committee hearing supporting a 25 percent expansion to restore the 5 to 3 balance with Japan.
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Washington
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Congress
House
Senate Naval Committee
Stark
United States
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Iceland and United States to Establish Direct Relations
Secretary Hull announced that Iceland and the United States will establish direct diplomatic ties. Icelandic prime minister Hermann Jonasson said Reykjavik consular presence is desired. the move follows Denmark's occupation by Germany and Iceland's shift to independent foreign policy.
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Washington
Iceland
United States
Denmark
Germany
New York
Hull
Hermann Jonasson
Reykjavik
Reynaud Details Allied Wins and Baltic Fleet Losses
Premier Paul Reynaud told the French senate that the allies won the first great battle with Germany and damaged about one third of the Reich fleet off Norway. He cited Roosevelt's denunciation of European violence as evidence of Germany's moral defeat and noted fresh Allied forces moving to Norway to seal the northern front.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Paris
Paul Reynaud
Senate
Germany
Norway
Roosevelt
Reynaud
France
Sweden
Bachmann to Speak Thursday Night for Senate Campaign
Former Congressman Carl G. Bachmann will address the Republican campaign for U S senator at the courthouse in Moundsville Thursday night. Afterward he will visit Monongalia Preston Kanawha Mason and Lincoln counties.
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Moundsville
W. Ya
Carl G. Bachmann
United States
Bachmann
Monongalia
Preston
Kanawha
Mason
Lincoln
Nazis Cut Norway in Two With Rail Link Breakthrough
German forces seized a railway belt from Trondheim to the Swedish frontier, guarding stations and pushing toward Narvik. A troop train rolled past Norwegian guns as British and Norwegian troops held Narvik and Hegra fortress stayed briefly Norwegian.
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Stockholm
Norway
Trondheim
Dagens Nyheteh
Kongsvinger
Narvik
Trondheim - Storlien
Storlien Heights
Trondheilm- Storlien
Hegra
Utilities Chief Denounces SEC Methods Over Georgia Power Probe
P B S Arkwright, Georgia Power president, accuses the SEC of using OGPU tactics to smear Senator George as the Georgia utility faces a securities inquiry. Willkie of Commonwealth and Southern denies campaign contribution claims and criticizes the timing amid New Deal tensions.
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Washington
Securities Commission
Georgia Power Company
Arkwright
SEC
George
Atlanta
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern
Georgia Power
Willkie
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Stagoen
GOP
Rep. Martin
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