Yugoslav Nazi Ties Examined as Crisis Persists
Belgrade April 2 Italian envoy said talks with Yugoslavia to mediate between Belgrade and Rome produced no result and no further negotiations were under way. Rumors of a three way neutrality pact with Soviet Russia and Turkey lingered as King Peter II rescinded the senate decree amid Axis pressure.
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Associated Press
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Legation
Toay
Italy
Dusan S Simovic
Adolf Hitler
Axis
Peter II
Milan Gavrilovic
Ankara
Moscow
Russia
Turkey
Gavrilovic
Anthony Eden
King George of
Greece
Athens
John G. Dill
German minister reports on Yugoslavia crisis
Berlin April 2 AP Viktor von Heeren German minister to Yugoslavia delivered an exhaustive report on the Yugoslav situation. Official Germany kept to time with no clear reaction yet while anti German trends rose in Serbia and pro German sentiment claimed in Croatia. The Yugoslav minister to Berlin Ivo Andric was expected back soon, delaying any official stance.
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Berlin
Niktor von Heeren
Yugoslavia
Commentarydienst Aus Deutschland
Ivo Andric
Andric
Germany
Croatia
Viktor von Heeren
Fhe Wilhelmstrasse
Avala
Anthony Eden
Belgrade
Hull Rejects Axis Demands For Ships
Secretary of State Hull rejected Axis demands for release of Axis merchant ships held by the U S government. He said no word of any release had reached government quarters and that the State Department would likely discuss the exchanges with German and Italian embassies when replying to the protest.
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Washington
Hull
United States
State Department
Britain and U S view Far East actions with dissatisfaction
London reports Britain and the United States growing unhappy with Japanese moves in China. Richard Austen Butler told the House of Commons that he has briefed Tokyo and cannot reconcile Japan’s open door stance with recent developments in China.
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London
Britain
United States
China
Richard Austen Butler
House of Commons
Tokyo
Butler
Massaua to Fall Cairo as British Advance Near
Massaua Eritrean port on the Red Sea, last major objective of British campaign in Eritrea, is expected to fall any minute according to military sources. In Lima, Peru, the national prosecutor ordered attachment of bank deposits of North German Lloyd and Kosmos Navigation, owners of two Nazi ships that escaped Callao yesterday and two others scuttled there, plus funds of local agents and Lufthansa after a military seizure of the air base.
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Cairo
Egypt
Red Sea
Eritres
Lima
Peru
Lloyd and Kosmos Navigation Companies
Callao
Lufthansa
Libya
North Africa
Mersa Brega
Massawa
Khartoum
Sudan
Eritrea
Asmara
German Africa Corps
Agedabia
Cheren
Naze School Closed in Mexico City Amid Nazi Tensions
The Colegio Alemán, Mexico City's largest German school with about 1,600 students, suspended classes today amid anti Nazi accusations. Officials cited foreign ministry officials for explanation, which was not immediately available.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Colegio Aleman
Foreign Ministry
Submarine sinks Italian naval targets in Med
London April 2 The admiralty reported one of its submarines operating in the Mediterranean has sunk an Italian U boat and an Italian tanker named Laura Corrato of 36435 tons.
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London
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Laura Corrato
Plan to use American army to aid Britain surfaces
A secret circle within the administration quietly proposes a new aid to Britain plan using the expanding American army. It would be sprung after Roosevelt returns to Washington and public attitudes have been conditioned. The plan envisions American police expeditions overseas on request, with convoying war supplies to England as the initial step. Federalization of the National Guard adds to White House hesitance on defense-job strikes.
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J. D
Africa
Asia
England
Washington
Roosevelt
Jackson
Hopkins
White House
Berlin Claims 11 More Ships Downed At Sea
Berlin reports 11 more merchant vessels totaling 77 300 tons sunk by Nazi planes and submarines. Six large tankers were sunk at the entrance to St George's Channel. Five others totaling 35 300 tons were sunk by a single submarine in the North Atlantic. Prisoners were taken after a clash in North Africa near Agedabia. German fighters claim daylight attacks on England with airports attacked and 24 planes destroyed on the ground.
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Berlin
Britain
St. George's Channel
England
Ireland
Daily War Bulletin
North Atlantic
North Africa
Agedabia
Ttalain
High Command
Newquay
Midlands
Royal Air Force
Reich
Airport Funds Included in 212 Million Budget
The House Appropriations Committee proposed a 212,087,200 dollar appropriation to fund the State, Justice and Commerce Departments and the federal judiciary for the next fiscal year. About 75 million is earmarked for defense, with remaining funds for civilian pilot training, antitrust work, salaries, and FBI activities including counter-espionage and anti sabotage efforts.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Federal Judiciary
Budget Bureau
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Goats To Aid Shaky Dallas Shelter Structure
Ten stray goats in Dallas are slated for use to chew wood and help stabilize an animal shelter shed that police report is near collapse. Officer P. O. Davis initiated the improvised plan after the animals rejected hay and targeted wooden poles for chewing.
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Dallas
Tex
P. O. Davis
Hoosier Solomons Split Cows by Coin Toss
In Noblesville Indiana Sheriff Joe Newby and L F Fausett appointed by the circuit court to divide property between two farmers apportioned nine cows by a coin toss after separating five best cows from four least valuable.
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Hoosier Solomons
Noblesville
Ind
Joe Newby
L. F. Fausett
Nazi Allies Charge Aluminum-Making Out By US
Washington April 2 Charges before Congress claimed a German led conspiracy and a self serving group kept aluminum production down in France England and America. Thurman Arnold assistant attorney general said the conspiracy helped Germany and allowed more planes by limiting U.S. output and price. He traced origins to 1931 with Aluminum Ltd forming a Canadian company to carve world markets. United States share 28 percentGermany 20 Britain 15 percent. He testified production was restrained to raise prices.
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Congress
United States
Thurman Arnold
Justice Department
House
Arnold
France
England
America
Rep. Kabaut
D-Mich
Germany
Aluminum, Ltd
Britain
Italians Trapped as Axis Presses in Libya and Eritrea
Cairo April 2 British forces report intensified axis pressure in Libya while pursuing Italians on two East African fronts. About 100000 Italians in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia are said cornered as Massawa and Cheren fall under strategic pressure.
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Cairo
Egypt
East Africa
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Diredawa
Addis Ababa
Duke of Aosta
Awash River
Addis Ababa-Jibati
Gulf of Aden
Cheren
Asmara
Massawa
Eritrea
Berlin brands U S action as gangsterism
Berlin denounces the seizure of German and Italian ships by the United States as gangsterism. The Wilhelmstrasse press service praises German and Italian crews for incapacitating vessels and claims the U S move failed to fully achieve its goals, calling it a flagrant wild west break of the law.
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Berlin
United States
Diplomatisch- Politisché Korrespondenz
Wilhelmstrasse
Diplomatisch
House Recess Set After Overwhelming Vote
The House approved a ten day recess starting tomorrow night and ending April 14 by a strong voice vote. Similar recess was anticipated by the Senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Corky the alligator evades cage causing family panic
In Berlin Connecticut Corky the Camerons pet alligator escaped after the cage was moved to the cellar. It hid behind a wood pile forcing the family to remove and replace the entire lot to recover the reptile.
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Berlin
Conn
Corky
Alec Camerons
G-Men Probe Axis Officials Over Ship Sabotage
Washington reports U S intelligence narrowed focus on German and Italian officials in the United States alleged to have directed the sabotage of Axis vessels seized in American ports. State Department ready to act on any proven complicity. FBI and Navy inquiries awaited as Latin America reports show 16 vessels taken, 11 fired or scuttled, and two ships fleeing. Peru sealed two Lufthansa planes, while Venezuela and Costa Rica move against Axis assets. Mexico seizes 11 ships. Meanwhile UAW strike at Ford Rouge plant in Dearborn triggers clashes, injuries, and a government call for order as violence spreads to Milwaukee coal fields and other sites.
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Washington
United States Intelligence Services
State’ Department
United States
Peru
Lufthansa
Lima Tambo
Transocean
Venezuela
Germany
Italy
Costa Rica
Puntt Arenas
Mexico
Guayauil
Ecquador
Ford
Miller Road
Rouge
British Church Is Sent $100000 By Americans
British Methodists in the United States raise funds for relief in England. Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes announces a cableed sum of 100000 dollars from the Methodist Emergency Commission. The letter urges an official committee to distribute aid and emphasize relief efforts.
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Thomasville
Edwin Holt Hughes
Washington, D. C
Methodist Emergency Commission
United States
Hughes
Main Street Methodist
Clare Purcell
Charlotte
Ciearly
Brothers
England
Chicago
Dearborn Strike Clashes Leave Injured as Police Sent
Associated Press reports in Dearborn Michigan strikers armed with wooden staves clashed with non strikers wielding iron pipes and wrenches near Ford Motor Rouge plant. Governor Murray D Van Wagoner ordered state police to restore peace as miles of pavement were littered with bricks and bolts and union leaders pinned barricades around the plant.
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Dearborn
Ford
Murray D. van Wagoner
Associated Press
E Cio
Bloody Harlan Marks Four More Killings
Four men were shot to death and five others wounded at Crummies Creek Coal Company mine in Harlan County Kentucky as United Mine Workers roamed designated rally points during a violent outburst of gun play. The fatal incident occurred in April in the Nar land coal fields with UMWA members active at closed mines.
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Crummies Creek
Narland
United Mine Workers of America
CIC
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