Yugoslavia Mobilizes As Axis Forces Ring Border
Belgrade reports seal of frontiers with Germany Italy and neighboring axis states as Yugoslavia readies for war. German and Italian borders closed. calls to arms issued. US contact via Ambassador Lane frames aid as a military question. Royal decree summons 1.5 million to mobilize amid crisis.
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Yugoslavia
Germany
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Albania
Spe
Adolf Hitler
Greece
Adriatic
Lane
United States
Axis press hints at Yugoslavia stake in war outcome
Rome AP dispatch says editor Virginio Gayda of Ti Giornale d Italia wrote that the axis has given Yugoslavia a few more days to decide. Diplomatic circles report Britain seeks to form a new front against the axis in Yugoslavia, Gayda notes that the next days will show whether another European state is pulled into the war.
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Rome
Axis
Yugoslavia
Virginio Gayda
Italy
Gayda
Britain
Bri
Ti Giornale d'Italia
Europe
Agreement inteap of soft coal reached in eight state area
A nationwide move to open idle soft coal mines was agreed on by wage hours negotiators in the Appalachian bituminous region. The draft pact, to be finalized in an executive session Monday, aims to grant a $1 a day wage increase and paid vacations to a majority of operators in eight states. The accord may affect 338,000 idle miners, with scope unclear for southern operators.
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Appalachian
British claim they crippled 2 battleships
London reports heavy air raids on Brest Friday night. The British say the 26 000 ton battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were straddled by heavy bombs from RAF raiders. The raids continued through the week with moonlight aiding navigation and large fires observed near one ship. German raids hit southwest England, Bristol area, and reached Liverpool and Mersey towns. London avoided bombing during the fifteenth straight night.
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Brest
Germany
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Emden
R.af
England
Bristol
Liverpool
Mersey River
British Forces Hold Axis Tank Advance East of Benghazi
Cairo reports British imperial forces have halted the German Italian panzer push east of Benghazi as Australian airmen claim six German planes downed. In east Africa British columns advance from Eritrea toward Addis Ababa, reaching Aduwa and Adigrat near the rail line, with 63 Italian planes damaged at Diredawa and a cleanup drive to free troops for other fronts.
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Aduwa
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Cairo
Egypt
Benghazi
Libya
Middle East
R.A.F
Eritrea
Mussolini
Adigrat
Jibati
Asmara
Awash
Diredawa
North Africa
Balkans
Addis Ababa-Jibuti
Italians Evacuate Zara Town Near Yugoslav Border
New York AP report says about 5,000 of Zara's 13,000 people have been evacuated amid Dalmatian coast tensions. NBC noted Yugoslav anti aircraft fire on unidentified planes crossing the border, while a London radio said planes flew low over a railway near Maribor before speeding away as ground guns fired.
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New York
NBEC
Budapest
Zara
Italy
NBC
London
CBS
Maribor
Berlin Says Yugoslav Ties Are Virtually Nonexistent
Berlin authorities said diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia are virtually non existent and any Yugoslav overture to avert a German attack would be too late. An indicated radical shift in Belgrade and a declaration of open alliance with Germany would be required to change the situation, with Greece viewed similarly.
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INS
Germany
Yugoslavia
Reckless Driving Case Against Horace Thompson Continued
In Cedar Rapids Horace Thompson 45 of Vinton faces a continued reckless driving charge after his attorney could not reach several witnesses. The case linked to a Monday incident at the Wilson and company plant where a striker was injured by a car. Thompson pleads not guilty and the trial was rescheduled with a further continuance granted by Judge Harry Johnson.
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Vinton
Harry Johnson
Thompson
G. P. Linville
Wilson and Company
Alex Stechcon
Nineteenth Avenue
Jim Franken
Snegger
Techcon
Pass
H. R. Churchill
Italian Line north of Tirana set up defense
BELGRADE INS reports Italian forces in Albania have established a defense line north of Tirana as a precaution against possible war with Yugoslavia. The move signals heightened readiness amid regional tensions.
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Tirana
Belgrade
INS
Albania
Yugoslavia
Germans Sum Up March Damage To Britain In Review
Berlin reports a monthly summary stating German night raids in March dropped millions of pounds of explosives and over 1,000,000 incendiary bombs in 23 major attacks on England and Scotland. The agency cites sunk ships totaling 200,000 tons and 50 ships totaling 300,000 tons damaged, with German losses at 24 planes and British losses at 55 for the latter half of March.
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Berlin
England
Scotland
Britain
Germany
Italy No Place For Woman With Slacks
Venice police rescued a chorus girl from a hostile student demonstration in St Mark's Square. She wore slacks as taunts rang out with phrases that men wear the pants in Italy not women. The crowd dispersed after the intervention.
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Venice
St. Mark's Square
Italy
Italy Loses Three More Destroyers in Trap
London dispatch reports the Italian navy lost three more destroyers in the Red Sea as part of a trap, bringing total losses to eight according to a Ministry News Service statement. The official note cites continued combat with Royal Navy forces and ongoing operations near the Red Sea conflict zone.
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Italy
London
Red Sea
Mauenae
Air ” Ministry
Agreement Ends Strike Threat At Chicago Stockyards
Chicago workers avert walkout after PWOC and management revise the contract. John L. Connor said the pact preserves PWOC as bargaining agent, reinstates Frank Monahan, and begins wage talks with possible arbitration by Judge Michael L. Igoe if needed. The deal also safeguards job reinstatement for 661 workers called to military service.
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Chicago
Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee
CSO
John L. Connor
PWOC
Frank Monahan
Cemae
Michael L. Igoe
Cedar Rapids strike quiet weekend noted by officials
Activities on the Wilson and company strike front at Cedar Rapids settled for a quiet weekend with federal conciliator John W. Cofer out of town. Officials from the company and the Packinghouse Workers Union continued to coordinate but movement appeared limited.
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Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
John W. Cofer
Temperature Progress in Cedar Rapids Amid Rainfall
Temperatures climbed under gray skies in Cedar Rapids on Saturday as rainfall ceased. The day’s high reached 58 after showers ended, with 1.09 inches of total precipitation recorded and the forecast calling for partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures tomorrow.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chambers
AMA and DC Medical Society Convicted in Antitrust Case
A federal court jury found the American Medical Association and the Medical Society of the District of Columbia guilty of antitrust violation. Eighteen individual defendants including officers of the AMA were acquitted. The case charged that the groups and doctors restrained trade in operations of the Group association, a cooperative medical group of federal government employees in Washington.
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Washington
American Medical Association
The
Medical Society of the
District of Columbia
Group Association
Mitchell County draft board retracts deferment plan
Atlanta based report says the Mitchell County selective service board joked about deferring all registrants until federal action ends strikes. State Director Hawkins said the move was a mis take and the board promised to retract and comply, scheduling a meeting to formalize the reversal.
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Atlanta
State
Selective Service
Mitchell County Draft Board
Sion B. Hawkins
Mitchell Board
Hawkins
T. S. Jackson
Gayda Warns of U S Social War Over Aid to Britain
Rome AP reports Virginia Gayda fascist editorial spokesman warns that American aid to Britain may trigger a social war at home. He cites a surge of strikes disrupting war supply flow and, tied to wage demands, fears for the U S economy and postwar trade expansion.
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Rome
Virginia Gayda
Britain
United States
Gayda
Townspeople Miss Election Day In Barada Neb
Voters in Barada will go to the polls Tuesday in a municipal election held a week late. The regular election day passed unnoticed last Tuesday, but city officials have set a new election date for this coming Tuesday to proceed with the vote.
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Barada, Neb
INS
Barada
Soldiers Guard Embassies as Demonstrations Loom in Rome
In Rome hundreds of soldiers were posted for the third day in a row around the U S embassy and the Yugoslav legation on Saturday amid anticipated demonstrations.
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Rome
United States
Legation
Bendix Inspector Wrecks $150000 In Machines
Bendix Aviation plant in Nodels Bendix, N J, saw a civilian inspector wreck equipment and models valued at about $150000 to $250000, delaying defense items for months. Donald Converse, 36, from Lafayette Ind, was hospitalized for psychiatric evaluation after overpowering staff during a 11 10 p m lunch hour attack.
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Bendix
N. J
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Newark
Donald Converse
Lafayette
Ind
Bergen County
Paramus
Pioneer
Passaic Herald-News
Employes
Herald-News
Eclipse Aviation
Pioneer Instrument
Eclipse
German U boat campaign sinks 18 ships in two days
Allied wartime communique reports German submarines sinking 18 ships in two days from a single convoy, totaling more than 718000 tons. Voltaire, Britannia, and 48,500 tons in strong Atlantic were hit. British air raids on western Germany were repelled with no damage, while German planes bombed Bristol harbor works causing several fires.
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Germany
Voltaire
Britannia
High Command
Atlantic
Western Rmany
Bristol
Italy Shuts Newark and Detroit Consulates Over Hull Comment
The Italian embassy reported Rome ordered closure of Newark New Jersey and Detroit Michigan consulates in line with US demands. Secretary Hull warned of possible sharp diplomatic action if closures failed, as Washington widens moves against Italian officials in retaliation for Italy's actions against American diplomats.
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INS
State Department
Rome
Newark
N. J
Detroit
Mich
United States
Cordell Hull
Hull
Italy
U S Observers To Fly With British On Raids
United States army aviation observers will join British pilots on raids over enemy territory to study the performance of American long range bombers in actual combat. The move marks the first direct American test of bomber operations in action with British forces.
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Washington
United States Army
United States
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Italian Communique Details Crete Air Attack Losses
The communique reports an Italian air raid on Crete with planes attacking an airport and setting fire to grounded aircraft. One Italian plane was reported as lost in the engagement.
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Crete
Woman on Jury Collapses in Low Case Verdict for Defense
After more than 24 hours of deliberation a female juror fainted during the trial of LeRoy Low versus Ford Hopkins Drug. The jury, which began deliberations Friday, returned a verdict for the defendant with Judge H. C. Ring presiding and Judge J. E. Heiserman confirming the final ballot.
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Mount Vernon
Ford Hopkins Drug Company
H. C. Ring
J. E. Heiserman
M. C. Ke
Ring
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