Yugoslavia mobilizes as frontiers close in tense crisis
Belgrade reports German and Italian borders sealed and zero hour arrived as Yugoslavia braces for war. Axis forces mass near Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria while Greece remains open. Military press bureau established. Simovic regime seeks U.S. military aid. Royal decree calls 1.5 million to arms amid mass mobilization.
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Yugoslavia
Germany
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Albania
Adolf Hitler
Greece
Adriatic
United States
Legation
Arthur Bliss Lane
Dusan Simovic
Lane
Simovic
Peter
Italians Evacuate Zara as Yugoslav Border Tensions Rise
NBC cited a Budapest radio report that about 5,000 of Zara's 13,000 residents were evacuated. A London report warned Yugoslav anti aircraft batteries fired on unidentified planes near the Yugoslav German border while CBS noted planes flying low over a railway near Maribor before speeding away under ground fire.
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New York
NBC
Budapest
Zara
Italy
London
CBS
Maribor
Gayda Says Axis Gives Yugoslavia More Time for Peace
Rome AP dispatch reports Virginio Gayda, Italian journalist, says the axis grants Yugoslavia a few more days to seek peace to avoid invasion. His Il Giornale d Italia editorial follows word that the Italian Yugoslav frontier is closed and Britain is viewed as trying to form a new anti axis front in Yugoslavia.
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Yugoslavia
Virginio Gayda
Pana
Italy
Gayda
Britain
Il Giornale d'Italia
Europe
Berlin says Yugoslav overtures too late for relief
Berlin officials indicate diplomatic ties with Yugoslavia are almost non existent and any Belgrade bid to avert a German attack would be too late. Only a radical regime change or formal open alliance with Germany by Yugoslavia could alter Berlin's stance, with Greece viewed similarly due to British troop concentration on the frontier.
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INS
Germany
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Dusan Simovic
Greece
Reckless Driving Case Against Horace Thompson Continued
A charge of reckless driving against Horace Thompson of Vinton was continued to April 19 after counsel could not reach several witnesses. Thompson, 45, allegedly struck striker Alex Stechcon at a Wilson and Company plant picket. Thompson pleaded not guilty, with another charge for not reporting an accident set for hearing and postponed to April 22.
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Cedar Rounds News
Horace Thompson
Vinton
Harry Johnson
Thompson
G. P. Linville
Wilson and Company
Alex Stechcon
Nineteenth Avenue
Jim Franken
Stechcon
H. R. Churchill
Italian Line North Of Tirana Set Up
Belgrade dispatch says Italian forces in Albania have established a defensive line north of Tirana as a precaution against possible war with Yugoslavia. The report notes this move comes amid rising tensions in the region and follows reports of mobilization activities nearby.
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Tirana
Belgrade
INS
Albania
Yugo Slavia
Agreement in tieup of soft coal mines reached
Negotiators from the Appalachian bituminous industry reached an agreement to open most idle soft coal mines next week with details to be hammered out in an executive session on Monday. The accord, likely affecting about 338,000 idle miners plus 80,000 in nearby districts, signals a possible split if southern operators hold out.
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Appalachian
Germans Sum Up Damage To Britain During March
Berlin reports in March German night raids dumped millions of pounds of explosives and over a million incendiaries on England and Scotland in 23 major attacks. Day raids sank 40 ships of 200,000 tons and damaged 50 ships of 300,000 tons. German losses were 24 planes, British 55. The British raids on Germany were described as infinitely small.
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England
Scotland
Britain
Germany
Hamburg
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Kiel
Italy no place for woman with slacks in Venice protest
In St Mark's Square in Venice a chorus girl in slacks faced a hostile crowd of students who taunted her with lines about wartime gender roles. Police intervened, escorted her to a station, provided a skirt, and released her.
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Venice
St. Mark’s Square
Italy
Italy Loses Three More Destroyers In Red Sea Trap
London dispatch reports Italy’s destroyer toll in the Red Sea death trap rising to eight as RAF bombers hit five ships leaving Massawa. One vessel sunk, two run aground and abandoned, then repeatedly bombed for direct hits.
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London
INL
Italy
Red Sea
Air Ministry
R.A F
Massawa
Agreement Ends Strike Threat At Chicago Stockyards
A revised agreement between the Packinghouse Workers Organizing committee and management ended the threat of a stockyard strike in Chicago. The PWOC remains the sole bargaining agent, Frank Monahan is reinstated, a wage increase isNegotiations to begin within 45 days and possible arbitration by a three member panel including Judge Michael L Igoe if talks stall. Reinstatement for any of the 661 stock handlers called to military service is provided.
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Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee
CSO
John L. Connor
PWOC
Frank Monahan
Michael L. Igoe
Cedar Rapids Strike Quiet as Weekend Arrives
Activities on the Wilson and company strike front at Cedar Rapids settled into a quiet weekend with federal conciliator John W. Cofer out of town. Officials from both the company and the Packinghouse Workers Union indicate a lull, report notes.
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Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
John W. Cofer
Temperature Improves Under Gray Cedar Rapids Skies
Cedar Rapids saw improving temperatures after a day of heavy rain that drenched the city more than anywhere else in Iowa. Readings rose from a 37- to 40-degree morning low to a 58-degree peak in the afternoon as showers ceased, with total precipitation recorded at 1.09 inches.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chambers
Convict U S Medic Group Found Guilty in Antitrust Case
A federal court jury found the American Medical Association and the Medical Society of the District of Columbia guilty of an antitrust violation while acquitting 18 individual defendants. The trial spanned eight weeks of testimony, accusing the two associations and several doctors of restraining trade against Group Health, a cooperative for federal employees in Washington.
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American Medical Association
The
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District of Columbia
Group Health Association
Mitchell County draft board retracts deferral pledge
The Mitchell County draft board in Georgia joked about deferring all registrants until government action ends defense strikes. State director Sion Hawkins said the move was a misstep and lacked authority. The board agreed to retract the declaration and meet to comply with regulations.
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State Selective Service
Mitchell County Draft Board
Sion B Hawkins
Mitchell Board
Hawkins
Mitchell County Board
W. B. Grant
T. S Jackson
Gayda Warns of U S Social War Over War Aid
Rome AP report says Virginia Gayda fascist editor warned that American aid to Britain could spark a social war at home. He cited a strike wave as proof, arguing wage demands disrupt war supply flows and threaten the U S economy and future trade.
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Rome
Virginia Gayda
Britain
United States
Gayda
Barada Voters Delay Municipal Election to Tuesday
In Barada Nebraska voters will cast ballots in a municipal election next Tuesday after the regular election day last Tuesday went unnoticed. City officials, unfazed, set the election for the upcoming Tuesday.
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Barada, Neb
INS
Barada
Troops stationed around Rome embassies amid expected protests
In Rome hundreds of soldiers kept watch for a third day around the United States embassy and the Yugoslav legation as demonstrations were anticipated.
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Rome
United States
Legation
British claim two battleships crippled in Brest raids
British reports say heavy RAF air raids on Brest Friday night damaged Germanys Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, with both ships straddled by bombs. Moonlight aided targeting as a large blaze developed near one ship. German raids hit southwest England and the Mersey area, while Bristol remained a raid focal point.
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Brest
Germany
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Emden
RAF
German U boats claim heavy March shipping losses
Berlin high command said German submarines sank 718000 tons of shipping in March and 48500 tons in a second convoy attack. They also reported 18 ships sunk from the convoy in two days. British raids on western Germany were repelled after limited incendiary and explosive drops with harbor works at Bristol sustained damage and eight fires observed from long range.
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High Command
Germany
Voltaire
Britannia
Atlantic
Bristol
Bendix Plant Inspector Wrecks $150,000 In Machines
A Bendix Aviation plant inspector damaged machinery and instrument models valued at least $150,000 in Paramus New Jersey. Donald Converse 36, Lafayette Indiana, was restrained after running through both divisions with a heavy metal housing. He was sent to a psychiatric ward. no charges filed. Production delays may last months, and the federal FBI office in Newark is investigating.
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Bendix Aviation Corporation
Federal Bureau of Investigations
Newark
Donald Converse
Lafayette
Ind
Bergen County Hospital
Paramus
Bendix
Pioneer
Passaic Herald-News
Employes
Herald-News
Eclipse Aviation
Italy Closes Newark and Detroit Consulates After Hull Request
The Italian embassy notified the U S state department it had orders to close the Newark New Jersey and Detroit Michigan consulates. The move follows Secretary Hull’s note that the United States would push to enforce the closures among a broader act limiting Italian officials in retaliation for Italy’s actions against American diplomatic agents.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Rome
Newark
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 to study the performance of American long range bombers in combat. The move marks the first such joint operation for U S observers in the current war and aims to gather firsthand data to guide future bomber designs.
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Washington
United States Army
United States
Mediterranean
London
United States High Command
Great Britain
R.A.F
British Hold German Italian Panzer Advance East Of Benghazi
British imperial forces halted the German Italian panzer push east of Benghazi in western Libya as air crew from Australia and RAF clashed with Axis planes. British land units pressed along the Addis Ababa Jibuti railway line toward Addis Ababa, reaching near Aduwa and Adigrat as South African troops pushed toward the Ethiopian capital.
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Fespt
Benghazi
Libya
Middle East
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Libyan
Eat Africa
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Mussolini
Aduwa
Adigrat
Addis Ababa- Jibati
Asmara
Adierat
Addis Ababa
Awash River
Awash
Diredawa
East Africa
Axis Troops Advance From Benghazi and Crete Raid
A high command communique said German and Italian troops after occupying Benghazi on Friday moved beyond the city. British planes damaged civilian dwellings in a Tripoli raid. Italian planes conducted a surprise attack on Crete and burned grounded planes at a support base. one Italian plane was lost.
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Rome
High Command
Benghazi
Tripoli
Crete
Iast
Woman juror collapses as Low suit ends in defense win
A Cedar Rapids jury, after 24 hours of deliberation and a collapse by juror Mrs. D L Morrissey, returned a verdict for the defense in LeRoy Low of Mount Vernon versus Ford Hopkins Drug Co. The $20,000 suit claimed negligence over Mary G Low’s December 1938 death after a store fall.
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Cedar Rapids
de Liberation
LeRoy Low
Mount Venon
Ford Hopkins Drug Company
H. C. Ring
J. E Heiserman
M. C. Kendall
Ring
D. L. Morrissey
Ink Avenue E
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