Belgrade coup tests German Yugoslav policy pact
Berlin officials warned that if Yugoslavia rejects the three power pact they must bear responsibility. They stressed Germany will not be provoked by anti German street action in Belgrade and cautioned Zagreb Croat factions as decisive to the new regime's stance toward the axis alignment.
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Berlin
Yugoslavia
Reich
Belgrade
Viktor von Heeren
Peter
Germany
Yosuke Matsuoka
Vladimir Matchek
Yugoslav Crisis Deepens as Croat Ties Sought
Belgrade reports show Yugoslavia’s new government gaining Croat support while German families and journalists depart for Germany. Vladimir Matchek appears ready to accept the regime and promises to honor Croat aspirations. German warnings condemn anti German demonstrations and insist on concrete actions backing axis policy.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Germany
Vladimir Matchek
Berlin
Matchek
Striking Workers Refuse to Return Without Government Promises
Striking CIO United Automobile Workers refused to resume work at Allis-Chalmers in Milwaukee until the government’s OPM formula and promised union security are honored. The 67 day walkout halts $45 million in military contracts as Knox Knudsen press for a comeback amid proclaimed patriotic appeals.
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Milwaukee
Wis
CIO United Automobile Workers
Roosevelt
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturiing Company
Allis-Chalmers
Navy
Frank Kwon
OPM
William S. Knudsen
Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
Knox
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Frank Knox
William S Knudsen
Office of Production Management
State Fair Grounds
Churchill Speech Deferred Several Days
The British Broadcasting company announced that Churchill’s scheduled 9 p.m. Sunday broadcast would be postponed for a few days. The speech had been announced only hours earlier.
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Churchill
London
British Broadcasting Company
Winston Churchill
Honest Turkeys and Quick Sales Highlight Gazette Ads
Italian poultry dealer Meo Pasquetti attempted to fatten turkeys with a pump leading to a blast that injured a helper. The tale ends with a tongue in cheek moral about honesty and safety. Gazette Want Ads boast results with a cow sale example and a call to place ads.
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Meo Pasquetti
Gazette
Chas
Temperature Fluctuations Hit Cedar Rapids Area
Cedar Rapids sees a sharp warm up after a 25 degree low. By 2 p.m. Saturday the temperature reached 51 degrees, up 15 degrees in three hours. Frost lingered earlier, with a 6:30 a.m. low of 25 and a 9:30 a.m. rise to 40 as frost dissipated.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Twenty five Oil Tank Cars Burn Near Raymond Neb
A Union Pacific freight train derailed near Raymond Nebraska on Saturday releasing twenty five oil tank cars. Fifteen exploded and burned an hour later with flames reaching about 200 feet as spectators watched. Farmers plowed nearby fields to halt spread while the engine and front cars continued to Raymond and the rear cars were moved to Lincoln yards. No injuries were reported.
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Raymond
Neb
Union Pacific
Lincoln
No Progress Reported In Wilson Co Strike
Cedar Rapids news reports the Wilson and company packinghouse workers strike in its fifth day as stalled for the weekend with no progress toward settlement. Federal conciliator John W. Cofer leaves for Chicago and aims to return Monday with new proposals. A Sunday all-member union meeting is set at 9:30 am in the Z C B J hall with delegates from Ottumwa Mason City and Albert Lea. Company and union officials reiterate conflicting views on progress.
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Cedar Rauids
Wilson and Company
John W. Cofer
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Department of Labor
Packinghouse Workers
Z. C
J T McMillan
Roosevelt On Air At 8 30 Tonight
Democratic party officials note Jackson day will lose about 130000 in revenue as the $100-a-plate banquet is canceled. President Roosevelt, fishing on a cruise, will deliver the annual Jackson day speech by radio from the yacht Potomac near Port Everglades Florida, to be carried by major networks from 8 30 to 9 p.m. CST.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Potomac
Port Everglades
Fla
Bombing of American Consulate in Plymouth Revealed
AP reports disclosure that the United States consulate in Plymouth was wrecked during a recent German night raid with no casualties.
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Plymouth
United States
Thief 14 Confesses to 80 Purse Snatches
Chicago police say 14 year old Johnny Josowski admitted stealing 165 dollars in 80 purse snatchings. He blamed a friend for taking the buried money from the hole where he hid it.
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Chicago
INS
Johnny Josowski
Plans Prepared For Ship Convoy
Washington report says senior government official states plans for a U S naval convoy of merchant ships to Britain are drafted and await President Roosevelt's approval. The official expects swift approval within two or three weeks and notes the fireside chat urging production to support democracy. Navy officials believe convoy duties can be carried out without weakening Pacific fleet.
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Washington
INS
International News Service
U. S
Britain
Roosevelt
Atlantic
U.S
Pacific
No Quick War Predicted Over Yugoslavia Says Mackennie
AP writer DeWitt Mackennie discusses potential German strategy if Germany attacks Yugoslavia. He notes Yugoslav mobilization of about 1.25 million and weapons partly from Germany and Czechoslovakia, with British and American aid likely needed for replacements and to open a Balkan front via the Danube corridor toward Belgrade.
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Hitler
Stallat
Balkan
Klitzkrieg
Balkans
Germany
Skoda
Czechoslovakia
Danube
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Outpouring Of Defense Spending Drives Easter Retail Boom
A surge in government spending since 1936 veterans' bonuses fueled a nationwide Easter shopping wave. Auto sales jumped about 25 percent from last year, department stores posted higher sales, and overall retail activity climbed as defense orders expanded and income tax revenues rose.
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New York
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Associated Press
England
U. S Labor Department
Berlin claims nine ships sunk and transport hit
The German high command announced five enemy merchant ships sunk and a large troop transport hit west of Cape Wrath, with lifeboats seen aboard after the strike. Two merchant ships totaling 5,000 tons were sunk at the entrance to St Georges Channel. Other attacks claimed near New Way and Harwich. Rome reported destruction of a British cruiser and damage to a carrier and another cruiser in the Aegean.
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Berlin
High Command
Cape Wrath
Scotland
Air Force
St George's Channel
New Way
Harwich
Halfar
British Mediterranean
Malta
Germany
Rome
INS
Aegean
Lecce
Brindisi
Mediterranean
Loot Seized From Huston Claimed and Plea Delayed
Huston 28, an ex convict, asked time to plead after arraignment on breaking into a garage and theft of a camera. Police recovered loot from several car prowls and began returning items to owners including a typewriter, pistols, clothing, tools, and hunting gear.
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Huston
Cedar Rounds
Bob Huston
W W Crissman
Howard Helscher
Avenue NE
William Barnett
Betty Stein Hayes
Canton
Cedar Rapids
Sheff Harri Utley
Manchester
Utley
William J. Nieman
Ray Nandell
Tipton
Cowie
J B Franklin
Vinton
L. E. Schwanke
Cedar Falls
Germany massed troops threaten Balkan front from Bulgaria
Diplomatic observers report 150000 German troops in Bulgaria's southwest ready to strike south to Greece or west to Yugoslavia's Vardar valley. Turkish papers say an immediate Yugoslav attack is unlikely as Yugoslavia and Greece would join to push Italians from Albania. British forces in the Near East ready to assist and form a broad Balkan front.
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Germany
Yugoslavia
Greece
Gonad
Vardar
Istanbul
Turkey
Bulgaria
Albania
Near East
Balkan
British strike sinks Italian battleship in eastern Med
British admiralty reports a major naval clash in the eastern Mediterranean. One Littorio class battleship damaged, four Italian cruisers and a destroyer sunk or damaged, with British forces and air power pursuing remnants toward fascist bases as the engagement continues. Greece and American correspondents note Mediterranean operations.
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London
Great Britain
Royal Navy
Italy
Mediterranean
Lonmian Sea
Royal Air Force
Admiralty
Africa
Greece
Taranto
Lustonio
Vittorio Veneto
Imeperm
Roma
Drunken Driving Charge Filed In Car Collision Case
William J. Nerad, 38, of 120 Thirtieth Street SE, held to the grand jury on a preliminary information charging operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was arrested after a collision with a car driven by Charles Holder of Lincoln Heights, SE, about four miles outside Cedar Rapids on Highway No. 30. Bond set at $3005 by Justice H. Churchill.
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Cedar Rapids
William J. Nerad
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Knox, Knudsen
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Super-Mediation Board
Arthur Reilly
CIO Steel
Cambria Works
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Johnstown
Farm Equipment Workers’ Organizing Committee
William H. Davis
International Harvester Company
Middle West
Davis
Vanadium Corporation of America Steel
Bridgeville
Condenser Corporation
Plainfield
N. J
Fapree
Dardanelles
Vienna
Rumania
Sofia
Paul
Vinkovci
Wilson Co
Dewitt Mackennie
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