Wisconsin Primary Gives Dewey Edge In Delegates
Wisconsin Republicans back Dewey for delegate at large by a wide margin 152 808 to 84 586 in 2079 precincts while Democrats back a 3 to 1 showing for a third term for President Roosevelt. Roosevelt Garner led the Democratic preferential vote.
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Milwaukee
Thomas E. Dewey
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
New York
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Dewey
Vandenberg
John Nance Garner
Chicago
Garner
Mr. Roosevelt
Allied convoy hit by Nazi raid in North Sea
Berlin report says Nazi warplanes attacked a British convoy in the northern North Sea with possible damage to several ships. Britain claimed Scapa Flow ships remained unharmed and that one German raider was downed. A German plane was shot down off Britain's northeast coast by a Royal Air Force fighter.
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Berlin
DNB
Today
North Sea
High Command
Scapa Flow
SPS
Britain
Shetland Islands
London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
St Louis Journalists Hit By Court Contempt Ruling
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch faces a $2,000 fine with two executives jailed for contempt after the court condemned their editorial criticism of the dismissal of an extortion case. Ralph Coghlan is fined 200 dollars and jailed 20 days while Daniel R. Fitzpatrick receives 100 dollars and 10 days.
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ST. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Thomas J. Rowe
Ralph Coghlan
Daniel R. Fitzpatrick
Ben H. Reese
Joseph Pulitzer
Pulitzer Publishing Co
The
Coghlan
Fitzpatrick
Rowe
Pulitzer
Britain Maintains Chinese Policy Against Wang Ching Wei Regime
London reports that Britain will continue to recognize Chiang Kai-shek's Chongking government as China’s legitimate authority under the nine power framework. The Foreign Office stated no change in policy despite Japan backed moves at Nanking and a new central government.
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London
Chungking
Chiang Kai- Shek
China
House of Commons
R. A. Butler
Far East
Central Government of
Wang Ching-Wei
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Cordell Hull
United States
Craigle
Butler
Lord Halifax
Japan
Leslie Craigie
Tokyo
Robert
Britain
Luxembourg Residents Receive War Evacuation Plans
Luxembourg capital residents were briefed on government plans to abandon homes in case of emergency. The measure is precautionary and not tied to any immediate threat. Luxembourg's population is about 300,000 across its 999 square miles.
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Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of
Germany
France
Belgian
Grand Duchy
Young Communist Chief Balks Dies Committee Defies Question
Thomas O'Dea of Boston, president of the Massachusetts Young Communist League, refused to name the Harvard league secretary before the Dies Committee. He argued disclosure would invite economic retaliation and violate rights. The witness, accompanied by two other Boston Communists, said dues ranged from ten to twenty-five cents monthly.
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Washington
Dies
Thomas O'Dea
Boston
Young Communist League
Harvard University
Young Communist League of Massachusetts
House
O'Dea
J. B. Matthews
League
Harvard
Dies Committee
Anne Burlak
Communist Party
New England
Philip Frankfeld
St. Joseph's School
Amesbury
Mass
Wentworth Institute
Massachusetts Young Communist League
New York
Massachusetts
Thomas
R-Nj
Worcester
Scandinavians Split on Blockade Fears and Hopes
Scandinavian states weigh the British French blockade against Germany with mixed nerves and optimism. Danish papers warn of a war of nerves threatening neutrality, while Norwegian outlets express hope western powers will honor neutrality despite tighter controls.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Two Navy Fliers Killed In Bomber Crash Near Norfolk
Norfolk April 3 Two navy fliers were killed instantly when their two seater scout bomber from the naval air station plunged at high speed into Seawalls Point road near the Waterworks Road in Norfolk County. The dead are K N Willingham aviation chief metalsmith and naval aviation pilot and P Delsatti aviation machinist third class. The plane hit on the roadway and in a ditch with the engine buried in concrete. Eyewitnesses said the fighter dove from about 500 to 600 feet and the pilot tried to recover before impact.
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Norfolk
Naval Air Station
Seawalls Point Road
Waterworks Road
Norfolk County
K. N. Willingham
Aviation
Naval Aviation
P. Delsatti
H. N. Flora
Flooded Pennsylvania towns face disease and fire threats after floods
In Wilkes Barre and Sunbury eastern Pennsylvania endures flood aftermath as Susquehanna River recedes, 30 000 refugees return home, and officials fear epidemics. Kingston gasoline tanks toppled fueling a fire response, while three refugee children contracted scarlet fever.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River
New York State
Chesapeake Bay
Sunbury
Kingston
Soviet approves largest defense budget in history
In Moscow on April 3 the Russian Parliament unanimously adopted the government's 1940 budget. Defense expenditures total 57,000,000,000 rubles, far above last year's 40,085,000,000 rubles. The budget estimates income at 183,954,633,000 rubles and total expenditure at 179,913,376,000 rubles, with defense included.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U. S
Goering Claims Germany Firm Bloc Against Britain and France
Berlin dispatch reports Field Marshal Goering stating Germany has mobilized all resources for a decisive western blow on Britain and France. He asserts German armed forces stand in a single firm bloc with rear and flanks secure as Hitler decides when to end the war.
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Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Thefuehrer
Hitler
Britain
France
Scapa Flow
Orkney Islands
Finland forced to call off Olympic Games
Finland's Antti Kukkonen announced the country cannot host the Olympic Games this year due to the abnormal situation among great powers. Hoare rumored successor to air minister Wood in London cabinet shuffle with announcement expected soon. Paris reports a military tribunal sentenced 36 former Communist deputies to five years and civil rights loss for following orders of the Communist International.
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Finland
Helsinki
Antti Kukkonen
France
Chamber
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Communist International
Labor Changes Go To House
The House Labor Committee gave final approval to four Wagner Act amendments. The bill, approved 13 to 8, would expand the National Labor Relations Board to five members and extend protections for craft unions in elections. It also allows both employers and unions to request bargaining elections and would accept one year of exclusive bargaining contracts. Mrs. Norton aims to bring the bill to the House under tight rules after rejecting a motion to abolish the current board.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Norton
D-Nj
House
National Labor Relations Board
Representa
Old Post Office Property Sale To Cannon Confirmed
The old High Point post office building now used by the Public Library was approved for sale to J. A. Cannon Jr. of Greensboro for 60 000 by Federal Works Administrator John Carmody in Washington. Local interests reportedly sought to secure the building but details on any new use were not available.
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High Point
Public Library
J. A. Cannon, Jr
Greensboro
Federal Works
John Carmody
Washington
House Appropriations Committee Recommends Army Budget Cut
The committee proposed an army appropriation of 785,999,094 dollars, 67,357,660 below Roosevelt's proposal, plus a 42,840,500 cut from War Department contractual authority. It eliminated 12,734,060 for an Alaska cold weather air base and most of 496 new aircraft in a rotating reserve. The measure would fund 103,710,000 for new equipment, including 61,250,000 for critical needs and 49,700,000 for airplanes.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Roosevelt
War Department
Anchorage
Alaska
Army
George C. Marshall
Regular Army
National Guard
Air Corps
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Chamberlain
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Tidens Tegn
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Kiel Canal
Aftenposten
Baltic Porte
Sweden
Hamburg
Elbe River
Politiken
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Goering
Heinkels
ONB
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