GMC Faces Strike as CIO Threatens Walkout
The CIO United Auto Workers served notice to strike if a new wage deal isn’t reached with General Motors by April 20. About 130,000 GM workers could be affected. A Labor Department conciliator was assigned to avert a stoppage as Ford River Rouge labor talks and Michigan officials pursued settlement. Coal mine negotiations in New York also advanced with most operators ready to accept a new contract.
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Associated Press
Federal Labor Department
General Motors Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Labor Department
James F. Dewey
Detroit
Ford River Rouge
Pittsburgh
Dewey
Murray D. van Wagoner
Michigan
New York
Axis Planes Shot Down In North Africa Credited
Cairo report says over 30 Axis planes destroyed or forced down in the past week. An Australian fighter squadron alone claimed 18 German planes in two days, with two losses. Ground strafing and aerial fights were described as intense, with multiple Junkers, Messerschmitts, Heinkels, and escort fighters downed.
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North Africa
Cairo
Egypt
North
Africa
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Junkers
Derna
Greeks resist German advance as fighting spreads in Balkans
British expeditionary troops clash with Nazi forces in Northern Greece near Mount Olympus. German columns push toward Phlorina while Yugoslav resistance stiffens in southern Yugoslavia. Berlin reports massive Yugoslav and Serb losses with thousands of prisoners taken and Greek army surrender progressing on schedule.
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Balkans
Hne
Greece
Mount Olympus
Yanitza
Olympus Range
Bitolj
Monastir
Yugoslavia
Phlorina
Prilep
Phiorina
Strumica
Struma
Vardar
Berlin
Serbia
New York
CBS
Salonika
Drava
Baron von Weichs
Krivolac
Hungarys march to reclaim lands triggers regional upheaval
Budapest reports flag waving across the Danube and Tisa as Hungary says it has seized back territories from Yugoslavia. Regent Admiral Horthy proclaims a duty to protect Hungarians in the southern zones, insisting the action targets no Serbs and aims for peace.
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Budapest
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Trianon
Danube
Tisa
Aranya
Drava
Nicholas Horthy
Yugoslvia
Banat
Baranya
Medjumurje
Red Army organ says Yugoslavia Greece still can resist
Red Star, the Soviet army organ, reports Yugoslavia and Greece retain chances to resist despite German advances. It notes Satonika’s loss won’t decisively affect operations and Yugoslavia can maintain sea contacts with Britain and Greece. Greece is praised for its favorable mountainous border defenses.
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Moscow
Red Star
Yugoslavia
Greece
Satonika
Britain
Roosevelt says no more destroyer transfers planned
President Roosevelt was asked if more American destroyers would be transferred to Britain and he replied flatly that there was no such plan. Congressional speculation linked this to possible seizure or commandeering of foreign ships including the French liner Normandie tied up in American harbors.
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Washington
Rooosevelt
Britain
Normandie
Roosevelt reopens Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to U S ships
President Roosevelt announced the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden are open to American vessels. Ships may reach the Suez Canal as Egypt is neutral. War supplies to belligerents remain restricted, but cargoes to neutrals may pass, with no declared plan to extend transit to belligerents.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
Suez Canal
Egypt
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean
Ned Sea
Africa
Arabia
Gulf
Japan denies force in southward policy in press conference
Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoye said Japan's southward policy is economic and peaceful and that Tokyo would not use force to advance aims. He expressed optimism about US Japan relations, though he noted Rome Berlin Tokyo axis ties and the China conflict as obstacles. He said relations would not worsen.
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Toruq
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
Konoye
Tokyo
China
Washington
Stalin may shift on Axis ties, Tucker reports
Washington and London diplomatic circles note Ray Tucker’s dispatch that Soviet support for the anti Axis cause could alter the Balkans, but officials say Anglo American efforts to win Stalin have failed. Roosevelt’s optimism stems from signs of growing U. S. military strength seen on southern cantonments. Continued on Page Nine.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Cordell Hull
Moscow
London
Hitler
Balkans
Turkey
Indo-China
Africa
State Department
Papa Stalin
Roosevelt
England
Ga’kans
Kremlin
Nazi Victory Would Put U S In Tough Economic Position
CHICAGO April 11 Col William J Donovan warned that Nazi victory would place the United States in a dangerous economic position and that action must be taken with awareness of potential war. He spoke for the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations noting doubts about the lease lend bill amid fear of looming danger.
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Chicago
William J. Donovan
Germany
America
Hitler
Chicago Council On Foreign Relations
Europe
Greenland Put On U S Ledger
President Roosevelt signed a Havana conference policy protecting Western Hemisphere land from transfer by non-Americans and authorized immediate start of air base construction on Greenland without leases. The move stresses Greenland as part of the hemisphere and requires consultation among American states on sovereignty changes. The War Department would not release base details.
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Washington
Greenland
Roosevelt
Army
Denmark
Havana
Western Hemisphere
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Trinidad
British Guiana
United States
War Department
Axis Advance Continues in Cirenaica Claims Capture of Neame
Rome reports the Italian high command says the axis advance in Cirenaica continues and claims the capture of another British general named Neame, adding to six previously announced. The bulletin notes more prisoners and booty, while Tobruk port works and ships were bombed by German planes and Italian and German fliers hit troop concentrations. There is nothing important reported in East Africa.
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Rome
Cirenaica
Neame
P. Neame
V. C
Palestine
Viscount Gort
France
Daily War Bulletin
Tobruk
Libyan
East Africa
High Command
Huge Waste Of Gas Revealed In Louisiana Hearing
Washington April 11 The Federal Power Commission heard that about 175 million cubic feet of natural gas are wasted daily in Southern Louisiana fields as Tennessee Gas and Transmission seeks to extend a 1425 mile pipeline into Tennessee and North Carolina. J T Metzger Jr Louisiana state official said gas is burned or vented while Curtiss B Dall said contracts would deliver about 100 million cubic feet daily if approved. The testimony focused on conservation and new markets as the company argued for the $24 million project.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Louisiana
Tennessee Gas and Transmission Company
Tennessee
North Carolina
J.T. Metzger, Jr
New Orleans
Louisiana State Department of Minerals
Tennessee Company
Curtiss B. Dall
New York City
Metzger
Petain closes French border to young men
VICHY France April 11 Marshal Petain s cabinet announced that French frontiers were closed to all Frenchmen between 17 and 40 to stop their flight to join de Gaulle s Free French forces. The statement said volunteers for de Gaulle were mainly youths intellectuals professors journalists and politicians. It noted the move to counter foreign press interpretations of Petain s April 7 appeal and implied de Gaulle was the target without naming him.
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Vichy
France
Marshal Petain
Charles de Gaulle
Normandy
Brittany
Spain
de Gaulle
de Gaullist
Petain
West Construction Wins 23800 Sand Asphalt Surfacing Contract
Raleigh April 11 West Construction Company of North Carolina Kinston was awarded a 23800 contract for mixing sand asphalt surfacing on a seven mile segment of highway 306 in Pamlico County between Vanceboro and Arapahoe. This is part of a 19.7 mile project with hopes for WPA funding under a defense road program for the marine base being built in Pamlico County.
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Raleigh
West Construction Company of
North Carolina
Kinston
Pamlico County
Vanceboro
Arapahoe
State Highway and Public Works Commission
WPA
Panilico County
Ford-UAW strike at Rouge plant ends after 10 days
Detroit dispatch reports Gov Murray Van Wagoner announced officials of Ford Motor Company and the United Automobile Workers CIO reached an agreement settling the 10 day strike at the Rouge plant. Moscow helps Hitler with oil delivery deal of Russian mineral oil to Germany reportedly signed in Moscow. London sources say opening of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to US shipping demonstrates American assistance to free peoples.
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Detroit
Murray D. van .Wagoner
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Rouge
Moscow
Hitler
New York
Berlin
CBS
Germany
London
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
United States
Turkey Seen as Key to Middle East Future
London observers view Turkey as central to safeguarding the Middle East as World War II widens. Ankara’s restraint disappoints some, yet the Turkish army is seen as a barrier to German advance toward Iraq’s oil. Churchill warned of Nazi aims to seize Ukraine granaries and Caucasus oil, but cautioned speculation.
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Turkey
Middle East
London
Great Britain
Ankara
Germany
Iraq
Middle Eastern
Greece
Yugoslavia
Libya
Russia
Suez Canal
Prime Min
Winston Churchill
Park Bench
Churchill
House of Commons
Ukraine
Caucasus
Axis
Ali Fl Ghailani
Berlin
Baghdad
East
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Bomb raids hit Birmingham Coventry and London
London reports raids by German bombers last night causing considerable damage and probable heavy casualties. Birmingham, Coventry, and London were attacked as British night fighters claimed nine enemy planes shot down and officials said 29 German aircraft were destroyed in 48 hours.
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London
Coventry
Birmingham
Midlands
Britain
Ruhr
Germany
Brest
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Easter Weekend Carrier Collections Notice
Notice to subscribers about Easter weekend carrier collections this evening and Saturday morning. Carriers aim to finish early to gain holidays, asking subscribers to cooperate by meeting the carrier if possible. Signed Enterprise Carrier.
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U. S
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South America
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U. S. Ledger
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