Roosevelt to Involve Presidency in Motor Strike Talks
President Roosevelt planned to personally engage in discussions with Governor Murray D. Van Wagoner of Michigan over the General Motors strike threat. The talks come as the government weighs actions on the prolonged soft coal mining shutdown and potential mediation, with UMW-CIO and northern operators at odds over reopening.
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River Rouge
United Automobile Workers
Thomas J. Donahue
State Labor Mediation Board
Personal crisis reports hint at cruelty at state prison
Whittier Call April 20 A dozen youths escaped from Whittier state school for boys and were reportedly taken into custody and returned Officers noted that 60 escapes had occurred earlier in the month Most escapes involved youths returning to custody Edward J Flanagan director of Nebraska's boys town faced calls for cooperation as a new administration sought to place these boys in society A legislative committee was in session while 29 boys escaped during the day The school under scrutiny by investigating committees follows reports of two inmates in the lost privilege cottage with ongoing concerns about treatment and conditions
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Whittier State School
Vather Edward J. Flanagan
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Belfast Declared Defense Area Amid Northern Ireland Raid
Nine districts including Belfast have been declared defense areas by the Northern Ireland minister of public security. Belfast, hit by a four hour German raid last Tuesday night, suffered deadly shelter strikes and fires. Dublin sent firefighting aid to Belfast after the raid.
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Serious Rioting In India City
In Bombay riots between Hindus and Muslims in Ahmedabad state police fired on a crowd for a second time. The death toll reached 66 with 318 wounded. Over 1,000 rioters were arrested. The trouble began Friday and spread from Ahmedabad to Bombay.
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Weather Result for Montana Merely Describes Partly Cloudy Days
The report notes partly cloudy conditions in Montana for Monday and Tuesday with a rise in temperatures on Monday. No precise highs or low figures are provided.
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Allies Continue Retreat in Balkans War News Tone
Tokyo reports a Japanese press line says a great war with Japan Germany Italy and Soviet Russia on one side and the United States Britain and China on the other is no longer a crazy dream. Miyako and other papers suggest a possible war with the United States may come before June. Japan and the Soviet Union appear to reaffirm their neutrality pact while visas on Soviet Russia’s trans Siberian railway may be banned April 7 to May 3.
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War Front Reports Tobruk Still Besieged by Germans
On the African campaign the German forces persist in efforts to seize the Libyan stronghold of Tobruk held by British defenders. Fighting continued near Salum, a small post near the Egyptian frontier, as the battle line remains active.
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Rumanian Leader Threatens Break With Axis Soon
Budapest reports from April 20 indicate Hungarian circles fear a new Romanian civil upheaval as Ion Antonescu urges unity and resistance. Rumanians near Transylvania halted traffic along borders with gunfire heard nightly as guards prevent departures. Antonescu vows Romanian army readiness to resist the Axis in an Easter message.
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Fires Ravage Six States Leaving Homes Destroyed
Fires across six states raged yesterday burning thousands of acres and homes in West Virginia New Jersey New York Massachusetts Maryland and Virginia One firefighter died in West Virginia and a man died of a heart attack defending his home near Lakewood New Jersey Fort Dix and Devens saw fires with soldiers injured and hundreds homeless across communities from Green Haven Maryland to Widen West Virginia with dozens of communities evacuated and hundreds of structures burned amid dry windy conditions.
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Some of Escaped Nazis Retaken
Port Arthur Ontario reports say 18 of 28 German prisoners who escaped from an internment camp have been recaptured with the search ongoing. In Windsor Ontario a snow storm is noted with miners striking at midnight in sympathy with others demanding a minimum wage for coal cutters. a group allegedly of fugitives looted a school house before authorities intervened.
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Roosevelt and MacKenzie King Discuss Canada United Defense Plan
President Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced a joint defense approach. They urged rapid production and coordinated programs to maximize North American industrial capacity for Britain and democracies, with Canada receiving U S defense articles and leasing parts under the lease- lend act. Canada aims to supply 200 to 800 million dollars worth of defense articles next year, including munitions, strategic materials, aluminum and ships, with payment terms to be arranged.
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Former Warden Of Montana Prison Is Dead
John W. Cole 65 died in Los Angeles after a career as Montana state highway official and Deer Lodge prison warden. A San Diego resident since 1925 he also served as an army engineer lieutenant in World War I. Burial is at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego.
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Dizzy Digest Recaps Odd Fishing Tales from Across Lands
A humorous digest highlights odd fishing misadventures and quirky incidents from various locales. A North Carolina fisherman hooks an otter on his first catch, a Salisbury angler uses liver as bait and hooks his dog, an Oregon City fisherman loses a catch to the shore, and a man dredging the Ohio River reels in a fish with a shovel. Pirates of humor mix with light homegrown misfortune.
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War phase grave mistrust voiced by Weygand in Algiers report
Fragmented dispatch from Algiers notes Gen Weygand stating unity of empire and France endures amid global unrest. The piece weaves in unrelated items about strikes in Vichy and Milwaukee, municipal councils dissolving, and odd civic anecdotes from Fairbanks and Rock Island, reflecting chaotic wartime reporting.
Wheeler Urges Write F D R To Keep Us Out Of War
Senator Burton K. Wheeler told a packed Wax theater in Butte that public sentiment favors staying out of foreign war. He urged listeners to write or telegraph the president to keep promises to avoid convoys and involvement. Wheeler attacked war mongers and royal refugees, saying leaders should not fight battles for their peoples. He spoke on a cross country tour and scheduled next for Milwaukee.
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Greeks Rally As Axis Push Forces Retreat In Greece
Athens broadcasts from King Georgios urged Greeks to defend their nation to the end as British and Greek troops pulled back under German blitz. Allied retreat described as orderly though serious, while Greek front lines and air alarms persisted across Athens, Piraeus, and surrounding regions. Reports of Bulgarian advances toward Skoplje and possible postwar border talks surfaced amid a widening Balkan crisis.
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Scottish Cities Struck as Nazi Raid Hits Britain
German daytime raid on Scottish towns kills a boy and injures ten while London rescue squads work from dawn to dusk lifting bodies and tending the wounded. Attacks also strike the southeast coast and channel shipping. Britain reports heavy damage and high casualties, with London hardest hit.
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Hitler Celebrates Natal Day On Balkan Front
Adolf Hitler marked his birthday aboard a railway dining car near a Balkan front station, surrounded by military leaders. He studied maps, received greetings from army navy and air force chiefs, and exchanged handshakes. The U S embassy displayed colors as Leland Morris signed the diplomatic book of birthday greetings.
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Hoover Speaks on Feeding Small Democracies
Former President Herbert Hoover urged rapid aid to small democracies and occupied nations, saying relief must come without compromising the British cause. In a broadcast prepared for the National Student Committee on Food for the Small Democracies, Hoover argued that American food relief should not be used as punishment or tied to political maneuvers.
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