Berlin Blitz Wrecks State Opera and Palaces
Berlin suffered its heaviest raid since the war began as British airmen destroyed the State Opera House and damaged royal palaces and key buildings. The German high command reported 16 British planes shot down while claiming heavy losses for the attackers, and noted fires across the city including the Prussian State Library and the Crown Prince Palace.
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Adolf Hitler
High Command
DNB
Emden
Bremen
Germany
Bellevue Castle
Yosuke Matsuoka
Birmingham
Newcastle
Ipswich
Southampton
State Opera House
Crown Prince Palace
State Gallery of Modern Art
Prussian State Library
State Opera
University
Brandenburg Gate
State Library
Potsdam
New Palace
Wilhelm II
S. D. Winter Grains Greening Slowly in South Dakota
Federal meteorologist B R Laskowski reports week ending April 8 shows drizzly, unsettled weather across South Dakota with 0.5 to 2 inches of moisture in places. Daytime temps 45 to 55, nights below freezing, sunshine scarce, frost in some fields as winter grains begin to green slowly.
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South Dakota
B. R. Laskowski
State Weather Bureau
Butte County
Nebraska Line
United States to Establish Greenland Air Bases
Washington April 10. The United States will place Greenland within its hemisphere defense system by an agreement with Denmark allowing air bases on the island. President Roosevelt said the move shows friendship to Denmark and brings Greenland under American protective plans. The accord was signed with Danish minister Hendrik de Kauffman on the anniversary of Denmark’s invasion by Germany.
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United States
Greenland
Roosevelt
Big
Denmark
America
Hemisphere
Hendrik de Kauffman
Atlantic
Havana
Farmers Await Sunny Weather in South Dakota Fields
Eastern South Dakota farmers, hindered by ongoing rain, temper seedings as forecasts predict scattered showers and warmer air in the west. Subsoil moisture remains adequate for germination, with Brookings reporting .17 inches and Sioux Falls, Mitchell and other towns noting lighter totals.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Brookings
Mitchell
Astertown
Yankton
Aberdeen
Huron
Greeks Destroy Port of Salonika as German forces advance
Athens reports that Greek defenders set fire to the port of Salonika before the city fell. Emmanuel Spanakis describes blazing warehouses and oil tanks exploding, with cranes and military stores blown up as troops evacuated aboard ships and boats. Flames spread along the harbor while air raids kept residents sheltering.
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Athens
Estonika
Emmanuel Spanakis
Associated Press
Spanakis
Aeanakin
Salonika
Erg
Hitler's Balkans Ambitions Extend Proved Effective
War Today reports on German aims extending into the Balkans as Greco British lines push north from Salonika toward Chimara. The piece discusses potential German control of the Dardanelles and possible push through Turkey, with DeWitt MacKenzie weighing strategic outcomes.
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Bay of
Salonika
Chimara
Adriatic Sea
Turkey
Great Britain
Istanbul
Roms
Germany
Frans von Papen
Tetanbul
Bosporus
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Bulgaria
CIO Agrees To Compromise Plan In Ford Strike
Detroit news reports the CIO and Ford Rouge plant workers near settlement, with Gov. Van Wagoner presenting a compromise on early bargaining elections. Union president R. J. Thomas said the UAW CIO accepted the proposal and would back adoption, while Ford officials had yet to respond.
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Ford
United States
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Allis-Chalmers
Milwaukee
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Alabama
van Wagoner
Henry Ford
CIO Perioduscreephanic
John A. Sivelman
United States Conciliation Service
Steelman
Appalachian
Cio-Umw
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Couciliave
House
Eee
Knudsen
OPM
Perkins
Ommeditee Bel
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Germans Ready for Balkan Blitz as British Line Looms
Berlin reports German high command touts swift Balkan victories over Greece and Yugoslavia and says Luftwaffe aims to soften British defenses before ground offensives. Raids disable rail lines, destroy Allied aircraft, and push toward subjugating Yugoslav and Greek forces.
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Berlin
Balkan
Reichmarshas Hermeno
Wilhelm Gosling
Dlam
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Foreign Office
Pireous
Athens
Yugoslavia
Peter
Rki
Dusan Simovics
Balkans
DAES
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Bosnian
High Command Gard
Sava
Drava
Conjuaium
Skopije
Acem
Roosevelt to Seek Congressional Approval for Danish Ship Seizure
President Roosevelt to ask Congress for authority to acquire 39 Danish cargo ships to bolster British Atlantic convoys. If approved, the president may charter or purchase the vessels, then supply them to Britain or transfer similar American ships, amid broader efforts to relaunch over 100 idle vessels.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Britain
Hoosevelt
Germany
Denmark
Atlantic
England
Oer
108-Year-Old Civil War Veteran Dies in Brandon
SRANDON South Dakota April 10 102 year old Civil War veteran William Joe Jones died in Brandon. He arrived in 1874 and was a county commissioner and businessman operating a farm grain elevator and a store. He served in the Civil War with a Nebraska Cavalry unit.
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Brandon
Srandon
S.D
Minnelihs County
William Joe
Jones
Nebraska
Eening Denes
Greek and Turkish fronts shift as German push widens
German forces advance on the Turkish frontier and through Thrace while Greece reports heavy prisoner captures. London radio notes Gallic and British actions including air raids on Berlin and other targets as German control expands into Belgrade and Yugoslavia.
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Istanbul
Grecian
Thrace
London
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Athens
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Albania
Macedonia
Berlin
Hitler
Bellevue Castle
Newcastle
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Southampton
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