FDR Seeks End to Coal Tieup and Mediation
President Roosevelt plans to end the coal strike by sending the dispute to mediation. He will likely meet with Frances Perkins and John Steelman after returning from Hyde Park. Officials expect action within 48 hours to resume operations, with Southern operators insisting on mediation and wage terms they can sustain.
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INS
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Gaines
Frances Perkins
John R. ‘Steelman
Labor Department
United Mine Workers of America
Sec. Perkins
Natonal Defense Mediation Board
A. Ebersole ‘Gaines
Southern Coal Operators Wage Conference
Goines
National Defense Mediation Board
Army
West Virginia
Tennessee
Caster
Shots reported near Widen as forest fire rages
A forest fire near Widen prompted about 200 company employees to muster while gunfire was reported at the homes area. No injuries occurred as the blaze was brought under control by mine officials and their team.
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Widen
Davies
Willie Willis Bars Spelling Talk From Prying Ears
A speaker vows to keep his spelling private from his children, insisting that his current approach will shield them from hearing what he does not want them to hear. He asserts that his method will remain his secret and unseen by others.
Fires Rage Across Five States Forests
Fires swept thousands of acres in New Jersey Massachusetts Virginia West Virginia and Maryland as a two week dry spell turned forests into tinder. In Lakewood New Jersey authorities fought to save the business and residential sections threatening 8500 residents while 75 homes were destroyed and Paul Kimball Hospital 45 bed facility was saved. Fort Dix saw 25 soldiers injured when a truck overturned en route to a blaze. Fort Devens Massachusetts and Leominster faced major fires as hundreds of acres burned across multiple towns. A Maryland Wicomico County blaze on the Eastern shore left a death and several homes destroyed as state officials warned of continuing danger.
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Associated Press
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Seaboard
Jersey Pintlands
Lakewood
Paul Kimball
Fort Dix
Fort Devens
Mass
Fort ‘Devens
Leominster
U S and Canada Agree on Defense Aid Trade
Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister Meckenzie King announced a defense aid pact to speed hemisphere defense. The U S will supply England with component parts from Canadian munitions as Canada plans to ship $200 to $300 million of defense materials to the U S next year. Morgenthau and Hopkins joined in the decision, with a joint statement outlining prompt utilization of resources under lease lend.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
INS
Roosevelt
Meckenzie King
Canada
U.S
England
Great Britain
U. S
Spain Nears A Decision On Axis Cooperation
Madrid reports cabinet sessions yield a comprehensive report from pro Axis foreign minister Hamon Serrano Suner on the international situation. Diplomatic circles speculate Spain may cooperate with the Axis in moves against Gibraltar or invasion of Portugal and Azores amid ongoing government deliberations.
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Madrid
INS
Spain
Hamon Serrano Suner
Neutrs
Gibraltar
Portugal
Azores
Strike Cool-Off Law Opposed By U.S. Army
Washington April 20 Congress faces a clash over labor war policy as the War Department opposes a compulsory cooling off period before strikes in defense industries. Rep Vinson seeks 25 days mediation, backed by the House Naval Affairs Committee. Letters from Sec Stimson and the National Security board critique Ball's 10 day plan, urging fewer restraints on management and continued production. Page 10.
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Washington
Vinson
Gar
House
Hense Naval Affairs Committee
War Department
Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Sec. Stimson
Sen. Ball
R-Minn
Stimson
National Super Relatinns Board
Sins Come Back For Justice in Evangelist Sermon
Evangelist Gipsy Smith told a crowd of about 4500 last night that sins cannot be buried forever and will have a resurrection. He urged confession and restitution, citing the jailer’s stripes being washed as a moral example, during two weeks of revival.
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Gipsy Smith
Httle
Third Mystery Blast Hits Powder Plant
Concord Massachusetts April 20 a mysterious explosion the third in two months destroyed a storied building adjacent to the Maine plant of American Powder company. Federal ballistic experts were summoned as the blast occurred in a room unused for 10 years. The plant faced $10,000 in damage and prior blasts in February and March had claimed two workers and another small building respectively.
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Concord
Mass
INS
Maine
American Powder, Company
National Defense
Greeks and British Hold Modified Line Under Pressure
German tanks thunder toward Lamia and Thermopylae as British and Greek troops execute a wholesale retreat across a 60 mile highway. Luftwaffe planes harass the withdrawal, reporting numerous British and Anzac losses, with two British aircraft claimed shot down and no Luftwaffe losses reported.
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Berlin
INS
Persia
Thessaly
Larissa
Trikkala
Adolf Hitler
Lamia
Thermopylae Pass
Athens
Latisse
Nasi
Greece
Luftwaffe
Naold
Chicago Hoodlum Slain In South Side Shootout
Chicago police investigate a dawn shooting on the South Side that killed James Ryan 41 as he read a paper after a theater visit. Witnesses name Danny Stanton and Murray Humphreys as suspects. Ryan’s widow panics and aiding statements are delayed. A companion, John McLeod, was killed in the same carload ambush nearby.
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Chicago
South Side
James “C" Ryan
Ryan
Danny Stanton
Murray Humphhreys
Humphreys
Capone
John McLeod
Jap Press Sees War With U S
Tokyo reports reveal Japanese papers predicting a possible war among Germany Italy Japan against the United States Britain and China. Miyako supports the line and notes a potential Japan United States clash earlier than expected while Manchoukuo troop movements hint at China focus. Soviet Russia may move forces east as a cautionary sign amid a recent nonaggression pledge.
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Tokyo
Japan
Germany
Taly
Soviet Russia
U. S
Britain
China
Manchoukuo
Ins
Nichi Nichi
Trans-Siberian Railway
Allies Hope As Balkans Collapse Shocks Washington
Washington reacted to the rapid German victories in the Balkans with renewed belief that Britain remains intact. Officials expect quicker U S aid to Britain, with plans for faster delivery of ships planes tanks and food. The maritime commission says cargo ships will roll from yards at about one daily, and Congress may authorize around 200 foreign ships for U S ports.
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Washington
INS
Balkans
Germany
Balkan
Greece
Yugoslavia
Roosevelt
Britain
Maritime Commission
Congress
U. S
U S May Use Foreign Crews on Seized Boats
Washington April 20 plans to run idle foreign vessels in U S ports with foreign crews under the U S flag were revealed tonight Will consider legislation to permit this to meet a merchant seamen shortage Rep Bland chairing the house merchant marine committee disclosed. Legislation to authorize Roosevelt to requisition or buy about 200 foreign ships will be reviewed by the senate commerce committee next week The move aims to keep American seamen out of war zones and raises questions about fifth column activity aboard ships No German or Italian seamen would be involved as they are under deportation and federal custody
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Washington
U.S
Rep. Bland
D.-Va
House Merchant Marine Committee
Roosevelt
U. S
Senate Commerce Committee
Four Nazi Tanks Lost in Tobruk Assault
Cairo April 20. Germany vainly presses to take Tobruk and loses four of a dozen tanks that penetrated outer defenses. The German high command said planes bombed Tobruk port facilities and other targets with many direct hits and great fires. British officials in London noted withdrawal by sea possible but Tobruk remains a danger to Axis lines. Fighting continued near Salvia and British columns reportedly inflicted losses and prisoners. The German claim of capture of Sulum was met with British attacks described as vain. Extensive British air raids were reported in eastern Libya and Tripolitania.
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Cairo
Egypt
Germany
Tobruk
Libya
London
Lobruk
Salvia
Briish
Sulum
HAF Middle East Command
Tripolitania
Ciano and Ribbentrop to plan partition of Yugoslavia
Rome reports Ciano and Ribbentrop met in an Axis city, possibly Budapest, to discuss dismembering Yugoslavia and Greece from the Axis view. It remains unclear if talks have begun. sources say they would start soon. Dispatches note Rome hinted at a future division benefiting Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and the new Croatia.
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Rome
INS
Italan
Count Galeayza Ciano
Joachim Wern Ribbentrop
Budapest
Yugoslavia
Greece
Basle
Switzerland
Count Ciano
von Ribbentrop
Rumania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Croatia
Thyssen Reported Dead in German Concentration Camp
London report cites a Vichy source via Munich stating Fritz Thyssen, noted German industrialist and early Nazi backer, died suddenly in a German concentration camp. Thyssen, once a Rhineland steel magnate, supported Hitler but fell from favor as World War II began.
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London
INS
London Times
Vichy
Munich
Fritz Thyssen
Germany
Rhineland
Adolf Hiller
Briljin
Hitler Birthday Toast In Balkan Front Birthday Train
Berlin April 20 Adolf Hitler marked his 52nd birthday aboard a flower festooned dining car as troops push forward in the Balkans. He studied military maps and greeted army navy and air force chiefs with brief thanks and handshakes. US envoy Leland Morris visited the Reichskanzlei in Berlin and signed in greetings.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Balkan Trant
Thefuehrer
Army
Navy
Air Force
Hanks
U. S
V. S
Leland Morris
Reichs Chancellery
Frehrer
Hitler
Wilhelm Keitel
Armed Forces
London Bombing Aftermath Amid Civilian Losses
London endured a brief late night air alert as the city continued rescue efforts from a Luftwaffe raid that struck Saturday night and early Sunday. Fire stations were heavily damaged and fires shot high into the air as crews searched ruins for the dead and survivors. Berlin later claimed the raid as reprisal for a prior bombing, with Germany reporting thousands of explosives and over 100000 bombs dropped on London and East Anglia.
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London
James
Berlin
Ormans
East Anglia
Rumanians Report New Revolts Amid War Strife
April 20 report from PEST says Rumanians and Hungarians are contending along Bulgaria's borders with gunfire day and night. Ion Antonescu urges unity and vows to restore territory while promising the army will wipe out the 1940 shame, as cross-border tensions deepen during Orthodox Easter.
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SUDA
Gavina
Pest
Hunman-occu
Iles
Ly Wareen
Ion Antonescu
Piva Jeter
Hun
Gallatt
Anton
Greek and British Triumph Hold Front in Greek Campaign
Greek British Allied forces report a solid line held against German Italian offensives with strong air raids. King George II urges defense as Axis forces suffer heavy casualties and Greek, Australian, and New Zealand troops regroup after Mount Olympus evacuation. Piraeus, Megara, and other regions face intensified bombing during Easter.
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Albania
Athens
Pirseus
Macedonia
Thessaly
Mount Olympus
Greece
Piraeus
Fleusis
Megara
Public
Security Ministry
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Thyssen
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