300 Critical Days Ahead Warns FDR on War Output
President Roosevelt warned the nation that 300 critical days lie ahead in the war, citing rapid billions being released for defense while production still lags. He cited John D. Biggers’s testimony that the next 100 days will be pivotal, with more to come.
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FDR
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Biggers
John D. Biggers
Office of Production Management
Congressional
Federal Treasury
Treasury
Rift Holding Up Opening Of All Mines
Chief Federal Conciliator John R Steelman said two portions of the nations coal industry reached substantial agreement on a new union labor contract but efforts toward an industry wide accord delayed mine reopenings. Northern Appalachian operators favor a $1 daily wage rise for 330000 miners and eliminating a 40 cent North South differential, while southern operators balk. Negotiators to meet again at 1 am tomorrow with some mine operators willing to resume production if ordered by the government. Pennsylvania anthracite operators and union leaders opened new talks after rejecting the union demand for wage increases and enhanced holiday pay as risky to markets.
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New York
John R. Steelman
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Steeleman
Pennsylvania
Study of Coal Plan Proposed
Representatives of 13 southern bituminous coal mine operators urge reconsideration of a plan to resume work immediately, grant a 2 percent wage rise, and then negotiate a two year contract. They warn coal shortages threaten the defense program and note 12,000,900 tons already irreplaceably affected. The proposal, rejected by United Mine Workers on April 3, would raise monthly wages by 10 to 15 dollars for over 150,000 workers in the region.
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Cincinnati
United Mine Workers
Flee With 500 From Capitol Drug Store
Two hatless young men armed with pistols robbed Capitol Drug Store at 108 Capitol Street early last night. They ordered the pharmacist Frank Overstreet and fountain girl Mrs. June Cooksey into the back room while a dentist, Dr. William Jacrett, was in the shop. One man then forced Overstreet back to the counter as the safe was opened.
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Capitol Drug
Capitol Street
Frank Overstreet
June Cooksey
William, Jacrett
Overstreet
RAF Bombs Kiel in Heaviest Night Raid Yet
London reports the RAF dropped the heaviest load of bombs in a single night on Kiel, attacking for five hours with hundreds of tons of explosives and more than 30 000 incendiaries. The strike targeted submarine yards and warship facilities, part of Britain’s campaign to curb German shipping losses.
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London
Germany
Kiel
Air Ministry
Reds Assail Knudsen At Plant Dedication
In Dallas on April 1 a Communist instruction and a denouncement of OPM Director William Knudsen circulated around the North American Aviation plant during the dedication ceremony. About six copies of a publication titled The Vagabond were distributed near the factory.
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Reds
Assail
Knudsen
Dallas
Tex
INS
The
Daily Times Herald
Icnterstace
OPM
William 8. Knudsen
North American Aviation Corporation
Hed
British Are Sure to Win Ex-Charlestonian Predicts Victory
Ernest A. Agnew, former Charleston newspaperman, writes his mother that Britain will win World War II but it will be a drawn out conflict not ending this year. He praises British courage and confidence and notes his time in London with the Associated Press.
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Great Britain
Ernest A. Agnew
Charleston
Imogene
L. Agnew
Virginia Street
Quickly Agnew
London
Associated Press
Ford and CIO Meet to End Ford Strike in Detroit
Ford Motor officials and CIO Automobile Workers representatives met in Detroit to discuss employee grievances for the first time since the strike began last week at the River Rouge plant. Governor Van Wagoner said the talks were encouraging and asked Roosevelt to delay Defense Mediation. About 200000 workers are affected as unions seek a contractual relationship, disbandment of the service department, and wage increases amid defense contracts totaling about 15 million dollars nationwide.
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Associated Press
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Murray
Phill Murray
CIO
Detroit
Ford Company
Ford
River Route
Imilon
Service Department
Ten Men Lost With Bomber Near Virginia Coast
Navy reports list ten men dead after a PBY-1 bombing plane wreckage was found near Great Machipongo inlet about 20 miles northeast of Cape Charles Virginia. One body and parts of others recovered. Destroyer Lansdale continues to search for more wreckage and remains.
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Norfolk
INS
Navy
Great Machipongo Inlet
Cape Charles
Julian Boit
Navy Yard
Lansdale
Raids Kill 29,630 in Britain During War Crisis
London reports air raids from June 1940 through March 1941 killed 29,630 civilians and wounded 40,930. About a quarter of casualties occurred in London, with March alone showing 9,816 casualties including 4,259 deaths. Glasgow heavy assault caused 1,100 deaths and 1,000 injuries in the March figures.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Home Security
Glasgow
Axis Recaptures Key Libyan Port Berna Tocra Borce
Rome reports the Axis completed a 175 mile thrust in under a week capturing the Libyan port Berna and towns Tocra and Borce on the Cyrenaica edge. Clashes with British forces occurred in the Jebel-el Akdur mountains as British retreats were confirmed while Massawa still held in Eritrea. British forces split into two armies moving south.
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Rome
Tallin
Berna
Tocra
Borce
Cyrenaica
Jebel-el Akdur
Britain
Libya
Italian East Africa
Massawa
Eritrea
Roosevelt Pledges Aid to Yugoslavia in War Message
President Roosevelt praised Yugoslav resistance to Germany as unprovoked aggression and vowed swift material aid under existing statutes. He sent King Peter II a message of support, stating the United States would furnish assistance on terms set for Britain Greece and China as Balkans communications slow.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Young Sing Peter II
U. S
Yugoslavia
U.S
Great Britain
Greece
China
Belle duPont Workers to Receive Wage Increase
A payroll raise for hourly workers at the Belle plant of E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co will take effect Monday. Company officials said the adjustment is roughly five to seven percent. The Belle plant employs about 4,000 workers.
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Belle
E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company
Company
Belie
300 Acres on Alum Creek Offered to City Parks Board
A 300 acre tract along Alum Creek near Route 13, ten miles from Charleston, was offered to the city parks and playgrounds commission by Franklin Pauley with a condition that a recreational project be developed. The board named a negotiating committee and discussed using the land for a youth camp or a municipal golf course. Pauley would lease at 32 a year during preliminary work, then deed the land to the city. Abney Park issues with Union Mission remain unresolved.
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Charleston
City Parks and Playgrounds Commission
Franklin Pauley
I. W. A. Jones
Pauley
Abney Park
Union Mission
Abney Heirs
Great Thrust Aimed At Salonika Forces Hold At Struma
Athens April 9 AP German mechanized division drives south from the Yugoslav border toward Salonika threatening to deluge Greek forces at the Struma river passes. High command said communications between eastern Macedonia forces and others in the Vardar valley have been cut by the Nazis.
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Athens
Salonika
Struma
Macedonia
Vardar
Sipps
Doiran
Silonika
Jaloniks
Germans Admit Great Courage Of Greek Foes
Berlin reports two massive German thrusts aiming at splitting Balkan allies. Skoplje front advances into Yugoslavia and Struma Valley push toward the Aegean. Officials forecast Western Thrace seizure and Adriatic reach within days. German airstrikes and paratroops flank Greek and Yugoslav lines as armored divisions press deeper. Greek forces concede withdrawals amid outnumbered defense, while maintaining determined resistance.
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Balkan
Skoplje
Yugoslavia
Stru~ma
Greece
Aegean
Thrace
Adriatic Sea
Skopjje
Mat
London
Athens
Neely appoints judge in Kenawha County court
Gov Neely announces the appointment of Leslie E Given of Charleston as judge of the Kenawha county common pleas court effective immediately to succeed Ben Moore who becomes a federal district judge in southern West Virginia. Given has been acting as special judge and the action takes effect now through December 31 1942.
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Leslie E. Given
Charleston
Attormey
Idge
Kenawha County
Germans Break Through on Doiran Front Near Salonika
Greek communique says German forces outnumbered Greek troops have broken through at Doiran and push toward Salonika. Doiran town and Lake Doiran sector captured, Greek positions along Struma and Nevrekop report strong resistance, with 70 parachutists captured and Greek forts holding. Newspaper note cites Yugoslav withdrawal exposing flank and warns communications cut as Nazi forces advance.
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Doiran
Skoplje
Struma River
Nevrekop
Dartavil
Athens
INS
Salonika
State Wages Hit Record in West Virginia February
West Virginia workers were paid at high rates in February with payrolls exceeding January by 100,000 dollars daily and more than 3 million dollars for the month, the state workmen's compensation commission reported. Actuary Clyde Ferguson noted February payrolls were 41 percent above the 1935-39 normal and projected 1940 totals to top 47 million dollars.
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Workmen's Compensation Commission
Commission
Fergus
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