British withdraw east of Bengazi and gains in East Africa
Cairo reports British forces continue retreat east of Bengazi in north Africa while in East Africa they announce capture of Debra Matkas and other towns northwest of Addis Ababa after the fall of the Ethiopian capital. They say over ten taken in Eritrea since March 28 as they move toward Red Sea ports and Dessie and Gondar. The Libyan front shows continued Allied withdrawal to concentration areas as German and Italian pressure persists. Premier Mussolini’s eastern ambitions appear to falter amid the new African developments.
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Cairo
Egypt
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North Africa
A Africa
Debra Matkas
Addis Ababa
Existea
Drawi Eer
Red Sea
Whassaun
Dessie
Gondarim
Ethiopia
Ogaden
Diredawa
Addis Ababa-Jibati
Calyons Canaries
Adaws
British Parachutist Executed in Italy
KROME April 7 reports one of the British parachutists who landed in southern Italy was shot in the back by a firing squad at dawn yesterday as a traitor after he landed last February.
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Krome
Italy
Britain imposes 50 percent income tax for war funding
London reports a 50 per cent income tax with a record budget of £4.207 billion to finance the war. Exemption limits drop to bring 2 million low wage earners into the tax rolls. A compulsory savings scheme is introduced via lower personal exemptions and a postwar savings credit. Current rate rises from 4.23 to 4.34 percent.
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London
Britain
Kingsley
Post Office Savings Bank
Communists Banned From Ballots In Several States
In a sweeping sweep of state legislatures, bills to bar Communists from ballots are advancing in Wisconsin Colorado Pennsylvania Ohio Missouri and Oklahoma. The move, framed to curb Communist influence, drew from a AP survey of ongoing state actions.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Missouri
Oklahoma
Associated Press
State
Senate
Bernard Gettalman
Milwaukee
Gepublicen
CIO Union
Allis-Chalmers
Allis-Chalmers Strike Settled and Coal Tieup Break Near
A settlement averts immediate work stoppage at Allis-Chalmers mills while SWOC agrees to keep workers at post under current contract through April 18. U.S. Steel and SWOC wage talks continue. wage gains at National Steel prompt wider labor tension as Ford and other mills face action. Federal mediators urge calm as negotiations shift to Ford and broader steel issues.
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Associated Press
United States Steel Corporation
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
SWOC
Washington
Perkins
House Military Committee
Allis-Chalmers
Ford Motor Company
Ernest T. Weix
National Steal Corporation
National Steel
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
U. S. Steel Corporation
Defense Mediation Board
Main
CIO
Clo
Allis- Chalmers
Milwaukee
New York
CIO United Mine
Orkomm T
John R. Steelman
Federal Conciliation Service
U.S
Sinte
Ilia
Amas
Tor and
Murry
van Wagoner
Ichigan Govenor
Rainfall Clears South Dakota With General Showers
Weather office reports drizzling rain across South Dakota with widespread showers. Ardmore Led with .57 inch, Milbank .24 inch, Sioux Falls .60 inch. 24 hour totals reach .20 inch in some areas. Travel on side roads remains tricky as gravel highways soften and moisture accumulates.
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Huron Daity
Weather Bureau
South Dakota
To ‘Office
The
Mobridge
Yankton
Faith
Aberdeen
Rapid
Balkans Front War Dispatch From Berlin April 1
Berlin reports a heavy Luftwaffe blitz disrupting Yugoslav transport and communications while Axis forces push 30 to 40 kilometers into Yugoslavia. Communiques note bombings around Belgrade and rail targets. British and Allied ships attacked. Greek, British forces concentration in the Balkans noted amid ongoing southeast front actions.
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Berlin
Fugo
Slavia
Luftwaffe
DNB
Yugoslavia
Greece
Britain
Ey Amrhe
Germany
Belgrade
Sas
Ceeater
Lbya
Bengasi
Balkans
Macedonia
Albania
Ward
Selnika
Mmair Basa
Confidence And Anxiety Drive Into Balkans Says MacKenzie
The report notes Dewitt MacKenzie comments on Hitler's Balkan push reflecting both supreme confidence and anxiety about delaying action. He warns Allied aid is a major fear and greatest danger to Germany as American support and supplies increasingly threaten long stalemates.
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Balkans
MacKenzie
Dewitt MA i Witler
United States
Germany advances claimed as Greece Yugoslavia battles rage
Allied reports claim Hitler’s invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia failed to seize key points on a 750 mile front though Germany asserted progress into Yugoslavia. Greek infantry hold narrow passes while Rome’s allies bomb rail hubs and Belgrade endures heavy raids as U S rushes war materiel to aid Yugoslavia and Greece.
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Adolf Hitler
Greece
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Suzuma
Athens
Bern
Switzerland
Hitler
Pews & Ney
Britain
Hungary
Belgrade
Albania
Berlin
DNB
Sofia
Kustendil
Bulgaria
Italy
Split
Apstato
Cattaro
Turkey
Radin
Nis
Vardar
Cali
State Bank Call Peeirres April 7
The April 7 call lists the condition of all South Dakota chartered banks as of that date, detailing their financial status and compliance with state banking requirements, including capital adequacy and liquidity indicators.
Agriculture Group Draws Up Articles for Incorporation
The South Dakota Committee for Agriculture filed articles of incorporation after an executive board meeting in Huron on Saturday. A non partisan group promoting agriculture through education publicity and political action, it affiliates with the National Committee for Agriculture. Leonard J Parker of Hazel is chairman, with 27 counties already in the state organization as work continues. Other officers and members present included Enoch Norbeck Ray Satterlee Peder Andersen and Frank Friend.
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South Dakota
Enoch Nor‘beck
Platte
Ray Satterlee
Martin
Peder Andersen
Centerville
Frank Friend
McLaughlin
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Libya
Witler
U. S
America
the Associated Press
Hull
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Norman H. Davis
Hed Cross
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Arthur Buss Lane
Agriculture Group
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