Three More Italian Destroyers Sunk in Red Sea
London reports the admiralty scuttled two Italian destroyers and one was sunk in the Red Sea, raising total Italian destroyers sunk in the area to five over recent days. In Raleigh, Dr. Felda Hightower resigns as medical director at Central Prison, a post he has held since December 1, 1937. Belgrade notes railroads restricted to army use as Yugoslavia tightens transport to support military needs.
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London
Admiralty
Red Sea
Hightower
Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Felda Hightower
Central Prison
First Enlistment by Local Service Station Manager
Carl F. Gibson age 29 an assistant manager of a service station here will be the first man to enlist in the High Point company of the North Carolina State Guard this afternoon. Gibson resides at 305 Sunset Drive and was placed in Class 3-A by his draft board and is not subject to the draft.
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Carl F. Gibson
High Point Company
North Carolina State Guard
Gibson
Sunset Drive
Convoy Loses 88 616 Tons In Atlantic Sinkings
Berlin reports German submarines sunk 88 616 tons of merchant shipping in the North Atlantic mainly against an England bound convoy and damaged 12 000 more. In North Africa German Italian forces reach Ghemines near Bengasi as Bengasi is abandoned by British. Luftwaffe strikes set 12 000 ton vessel afire off Crete and targets on English coast.
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Berlin
High Command
North Atlantic
North Africa
Ghemines
Bengasi
Bristol
English
Crete
RAF Rebounds In Libya Strike Amid Axis Retreat
Cairo April 4 The RAF hit German Italian forces along Libya's Mediterranean coast. Axis motor transport in the Mersa Brega area was attacked at night with bombs set fires and machine gun fire. A bombing raid on Tripoli was also successful.
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Cairo
Egypt
RAF
Mediterranean
Libya
North Africa
Middle East
Mersa Brega
Tripolitania
Tripoli
Bengasi
Huge North Carolina Road Plan Discussed
Governor Broughton outlined a vast road-building program linked to military training camps in North Carolina. He spoke after an executive session with the State Highway and Public Works Commission and said improvements would occur near Marine Corps camps in Onslow County and around New Bern. He urged the outgoing commission to study the defense road situation and said he had informed President Roosevelt the state would proceed with the plan.
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Raleigh
Broughton
State Highway and Public Works Commission
North Carolina
Marine Corps
Onslow County
New Bern
Clash over relocating defense plants faces key figures
Washington columnist Ray Tucker reports William S Knudsen and Chester C Davis clashing on moving defense factories between the Alleghenies and Rockies. Davis cites industry concentration and small-firm access, while Knudsen argues against hasty relocation due to time and strategic constraints amid war. Davis, backed by the White House and farm bloc, seeks fairer defense distribution.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
William S. Knudsen
Chester C. Davis
Alleghenies
Rocky Mountains
Mr. Davis
O'Mahoney Anti-Monopoly Committee
Davis
Towan
Federal Reserve Board
National Defense Advisory Commission
White House
Capitol Fill
Iknudsen
Hungary Holds Policy After Teleki Death
Budapest officials declare no change to Hungary’s foreign or domestic policy following Premier Count Teleki’s death, with Laszlo de Bardossy to lead the cabinet and retain the foreign portfolio. Teleki, aligned with the axis but resisting full Nazi domination, died by suicide. Csaky had died earlier from food poisoning in Yugoslavia during talks on a friendship pact.
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Budapest
Hungary
Pal Teleki
Laszlo de Bardossy
Count Teleki
Teleki
Count Telecki
Count Istvan Csaky
Csaky
Yugoslavia
Iraq Regime Overthrown In Baghdad Dispatch
A Messaggero dispatch from Beirut reports that military factions and nationalist extremists toppled Tahar Al Hashima's government in Iraq. A new government had not yet formed and Regent Emir Abdul Ilah may have sought refuge. The Basra chamber dissolved amid anti British demonstrations.
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Rome
Messaggero
Baghdad
Beirut
Ll Messaggero
Emir Abdul Ilah
Basara Chamber of Deputies
Sir Kinahan Cornwallis
Conciliation Chief Demands Mines Reopen
The conciliation chief urged soft coal mines to reopen by Monday as 400,000 workers and 83 percent of bituminous mines idle. The Senate extended the Bituminous Coal Act for two years, restoring an independent consumers' counsel division and reestablishing duties for mine price setting. Defense orders worth 45 million dollars are held up, with talks in Washington on possible government takeover of Allis-Chalmers plant and a forthcoming conference with union and company officials.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Consumers’ ‘Counsel
Coal Commission
Roosevelt
U. S. Conciliation Service
John R. Steelman
CIO
United Mine Workers
Appalachian District
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
West Allis
Wis
Defense
Stimson
National Defense Mediation Board
Roosevelt Allocates Half Billion for Ships and Aid
President Roosevelt announced a further 500 million dollars from the seven billion lend-lease act for 212 new merchant ships and 50 to 60 shipways. He also authorized another 500 million for existing military equipment for nations resisting aggression and floated the possibility of removing the Red Sea from combat-zone status if no fighting occurs, potentially within days.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Red Sea
United States
Hull Rejects Protests Of U S Seizures
President Roosevelt blamed the Italian naval attache for widespread sabotage and Secretary Hull rejected Axis protests against the seizure of 30 ships. The State Department notified Germany and Italy and refused to disclose ship and crew fate, totaling 875 people and 30 vessels.
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Hull
U.S
Roosevelt
Axis
United States
Washington
Roberto Lais
Lais
Hail
Germany
State Department
FDR To Act On Walkout At Allis Chalmers Plant
President Roosevelt called the Milwaukee Allis Chalmers strike a very bad situation and said action is needed. He asked for a little time before taking further steps, replying to queries about the Vinson bill to empower government takeover of strikes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Allis- Chalmers
Milwaukee
Fords Subpoenaed By CIO In Labor Conflict
Detroit April 4 Attorneys for striking CIO unionists who closed Ford Rouge plant obtained subpoenas for Henry and Edsel Ford to challenge a federal restraining order. The judge had barred CIO and UAW members from hindering Ford workers entering or leaving the plant. Bennett said Rouge would stay closed until the labor issue is resolved. Goodman secured subpoenas seeking connection between Ford and fascist governments.
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Detroit
CIO
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Henry
Edsel Ford
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Ford
Ernest Goodman
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Company
Big Defense In Vardar Valley
In Skopje Yugoslavia on April 4 Allied and local forces are fortifying trenches along the Vardar Valley as tens of thousands dig in around the town. A high official said Yugoslavs might strike first, arguing they are already at war and will not wait for German attack. The German consulate has closed and the Italian consul departs.
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Skoplje
Yugoslavia
Vardar
Greece
Associated Press
Liner crash leaves all 16 aboard alive after squall
A Douglas DC-211 crash in a Florida pond during a fierce storm spared all 16 occupants. Pilot Gerald O'Brien of Miami steadied the craft through heavy turbulence and a forced water landing, with O'Brien and AEL employee A. G. McIntyre among those ferried to hospital. Passengers and crew waited waist-deep in water until rescue crews reached the scene six miles from dry land. The pilot, though badly injured, remained with the ship to aid others until all were safe.
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Vero Beach
Fia
Eastern Airlines
Gerald O'Brien
Dawa
O'Brien
Miami
A. G. McIntyre
West Palm Beach
AEL
McIintyre
MelIntyre
McIntyre
Fort Pierce
Peace or War Looms in Yugoslavia Vardar Valley
Belgrade reports swift fortifications as Yugoslavia braces for potential conflict. Cabinet delay follows Croat party leader Macek taking oath as vice premier. Macek aims to preserve peace while government weighs German demands. Open cities decree and blackout drills underscore rising crisis. German legation staff depart Belgrade, Italian legation stays ready.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Vardar
Dusan Simomire
Vladimir Macek
Momtchilo Nincie
Macek
Zagreb
Ljubljana
Greece
Berlin
Germany
Britain
Legation
Vreme
RAF Bombs Brest and Targets Rotterdam and Ostend
British air units bombed Brest harbor where Scharnhorst and Gneisenau shelter, and attacked Rotterdam oil tanks and Ostend docks. The operation cost four British planes. visibility hindered assessment of Brest damage though fires and bomb hits were seen. German raids targeted a western English town, likely Bristol, with fires started but extinguished. One German bomber shot down. a British fighter downed an enemy aircraft over a French airfield.
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Brest
Scharnhorst
Gnedisenau
Rotterdam
Ostend
Air Ministry
England
Bristol
Home Counties
France
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Vardar Valley
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