Western Front invasion unlikely amid shipping limits
Speculation grows over a Western Allied front to aid Russia but ships and long Atlantic convoys restrict invasion plans. Britain and the United States face shipping shortages and risks in massed fleets, while operations in the Middle East offer a longer route to support Russia via the Caucasus and Persian Gulf.
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Atlantic
Europe
Triple Alliance
Britain
America
Pacific
Orient
England
Alles
English Channel
United States
Syria
Iraq
Iran
Middle Eastern
Caucasus
Hitler
Turkey
Persian Gulf
Cape of Good Hope
Middle East
Transport Plane Plunges Into Flushing Bay
A United Airlines transport plane overshot a La Guardia landing and plunged into Flushing Bay at 5 37 am. Nine occupants were rescued as the craft sank. Crew injured include Stewardess Josephine Dargis, 23, Co Pilot Butterfield, and Captain Douglas Wilson. W J Henderson to speak at Chapel Hill event April 11.
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New York
United Airlines
la Guardia
Flushing Bay
Pan American Airways
Flight 12
Oakland
Calif
Chicago
Josephine Dargis
Flushing Hospital
Butterfield
Douglas Wilson
India Rejects British Offer Cripps Says His Proposal Is Withdrawn
In New Delhi on April 11 dominant Hindu and Moslem parties rejected Britain's postwar dominion status offer. Sir Stafford Cripps announced that the proposal he brought to India has been withdrawn, signaling no immediate agreement on independence terms.
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New Delhi
India
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Sir Stafford
al-India Congress Party
Cripps
London
British Commonwealth of Nations
Cripps Says Opportunity For India Rally Missed
Sir Stafford Cripps, in a farewell radio broadcast from New Delhi on April 11, expressed sorrow that the opportunity to rally India for defense and freedom had been missed, signaling concern over postwar prospects.
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New Delhi
India
Stafford Cripps
People of India
Cripps Plan for India Withdrawn After Talks Collapse
President Cripps announced in London that the wartime autonomy offer to India is withdrawn and prewar status would be restored. He cited failure of negotiations with the Indian Congress and Muslim League as Britain reviews the future role of India while continuing war efforts and Commonwealth ties.
Hitler Must Be Crushed In Battle Litvinoff Avers
In Philadelphia on April 11 United Nations representative M. Litvinoff argued that Hitler can be defeated only on the battlefields of Russia not by blockades or bombing German towns. He told the American Academy of Political Science that victory lies in Russia where the Red Army has already beaten and driven back German divisions.
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Philadelphia
United Nations
M. Litvinoff
Hitler
Russia
American Academy of Political Science
Red Army
Business Leaders Discuss Role of South in War Effort
Western North Carolina business leaders plan a Thursday night conference in Asheville to examine the role of southern industry in the national war program. The event, organized by the Southern States Industrial Council, will be directed by Felix A Grissette of Chapel Hill. Speakers include Thomas J Wallner, president of the council and former Virginia Manufacturers Association president.
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Asheville
North Carolina
Southern States Industrial Council
South
Felix A. Grissette
Chapel Hill
Thomas J. Wallner
Virginia Manufacturers’ Assdociation
120th Ship Sunk By Submarines In American Waters
Navy reports indicate the 120th merchant vessel sunk or seriously harmed by submarines off the eastern U S coast and in the Atlantic Caribbean. Sixteen survivors reached Cape May after a lifeboat voyage of over 200 miles. missing total thirty seven with several deaths. Another torpedoed ship arrived at an east coast port under its own power with one crew member missing. A third vessel was shelled with two dead, seven missing and four survivors hospitalized.
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U. S
Atlantic
Canada
South America
Caribbean
Cape May
N. J
Norfolk
Germans Claim Sinking of Four More Vessels
Berlin says German U boats sunk 12 merchant ships since April 8, including four large tankers, totaling 94 000 tons off the east coast of America. High command reports 16 vessels totaling 104 000 tons sunk in continued attacks on U S and British shipping with 13 off the American coast and the rest off Africa.
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Berlin
America
High Command
Adolf Hitler
United States
American
Africa
School Problems Discussed At Meet Greensboro
April meeting of the North Carolina Commission for the Defense of Democracy Through Education in Raleigh focused on wartime school problems. Dr Ralph McDonald of UNC extension division chaired sessions held at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina in Greensboro.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Commission For the Defense of Democracy
Raleigh
Ralph McDonald
University of North Carolina
Woman's College
British Bombers Hit Invasion Points on Coast
Waves of RAF planes blasted the German occupied coast of France in heavy night raids, targeting Krupp works and Ruhr war plants while bomber losses and civilian damage were reported. Soviet gains near Bryansk and German counterattacks were noted as the war widened across Europe.
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France
Germany
Ruhr Valley
Krupp
London Air Ministry
LE Havre
Air Lines Taken Over for War Freight Air Lines Taken Over for War Freight
Representative Nichols predicts most US commercial airlines will serve war needs soon. He says passenger service to nonwar purposes will vanish as vast air freight operations rise nationwide and abroad. A significant diversion of planes to military use may occur in coming weeks, details undecided.
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Washington
Nichols
D-Okla
United States
Marshall Hopkins discuss aiding Soviet Army from Britain
London reports reliable sources say General Marshall and Harry Hopkins favor aiding the Red armies, likely including U S air force reinforcement of RAF bombing Germany. Convoys to Russia strain shipping, delaying continental invasion. rising U S and British air strength may strike Nazi Europe within weeks to divert the Nazi offensive.
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London
America
George C. Marshall
Harry Hopkins
Russia
U. S
Germany
U.S
Hopkins
Marshall
Britain
Soviet Union
The
Daily Sketch
Europe
New York Times
Marshall - Hopkins
Survivors Reach Shore After Two Vessels Are Sunk
BRUNSWICK GA April 11 Survivors reached this port after the torpedoing and shelling of two medium merchant ships in the Atlantic. Fifty four men saved themselves with calm bravery. twenty four crewmen were missing and feared dead. One died in a lifeboat en route. Capt Davenport of Port Arthur Texas and Capt Roche of New York reported crew members trapped or drowned, lifeboats launched, and no shellfire directed at lifeboats.
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Brunswick
Atlantic
James S. Roche
New York
Roche
Bataan Refugees Reach Corregidor Amid Fatigue and Fear
Nurses and soldiers from Bataan, exhausted by days of battle, arrive at Corregidor Fortress. Refugees swim or sail through danger to safety as Japanese bombs threaten the fort. Soldiers weep upon learning Bataan has fallen, while others seek sleep after harrowing hours.
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Bataan
Corregidor
Dean Schedler
Corregidor Fortress
Coregidor Fortress
Manila Bay
Mes
United States
Big Guns and Planes Blast at Corregidor
Japanese invaders push on Cebu and Corregidor as warships and bombers batter the Luzon fortress. U S Marines and Filipino troops hold Corregidor while a handful of nurses and dazed troops swim or row amid continued bombardment. Domei cites Maj. Gen. King and the surrender wording, as four months of fighting underlines heavy losses on both sides.
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Associated Press
Roger D. Greene
Cebu
Corregidor
Luzon
Manila Bay
Pacific
Central Philippines
War Department
Cebu Island
Corregidor Fortress
Fort Hughes
U.S
Bataan
Domei
Caballo
Comei
Jonathan Wainwright
Wainwrights Ceffenders
E. B. King
E. P. William
Japan
U S Submarine Perch Presumed Lost After Prolonged Overdue
The U S submarine Perch, overdue for over a month in the Western Pacific, is presumed lost. Commissioned six years ago under Lt Cmdr David Albert Hurt, the vessel operated near Java Sea with next of kin notified. It becomes the fourth submarine reported lost since the war began, as Navy communique No 10 tallies 26 naval losses overall.
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Washington
U. S
Perch
Western Pacific
Java Sea
David Albert Hurt
Mill
Navy Department
Panama
Cavite
Philippines
Tost
Southwest Pacific
Java
Flying Tigers Triumph Over Japanese Planes Again
In CHUNGRKING China on April 11 the Flying Tigers American volunteers group claimed its second air victory in two days. They shot down seven Japanese planes for certain and possibly four more from a 20-plane raid on a northern Burma airfield. A.G. planes returned without a scratch. The previous day the A.W.G. intercepted 20 raiders and downed 10.
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Chungrking
China
Ipi—Sih
Flying Tigers
American Volunteers Group
Japan
Av.g
India
Burma
A.G
A.W.G
Bombing raids hit Ruhr and Rhineland weeks into air war
London reports four nights of heavy Allied air strikes across the Ruhr Valley Rhineland and western Germany amounting to thousands of tons of bombs. In Minnesota five killed and about 35 injured when an Omaha passenger train collided with a halted train after striking a car at a grade crossing. Among the dead were four passengers and a brakeman. Three freight cars at the end of the stopped train telescoped by the impact.
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London
Ruhr Valley
Rhineland
Germany
Kay
Air Ministry
Savage
Minn
Omaha
Workers In Naval Ordnance Plant Stage Walkout
In Charleston West Virginia on April 11 1939 workers from the steel workers organizing committee CIO staged a walkout at the 90 million South Charleston Naval Ordnance plant halting operations. CIO President Philip Murray urged an immediate return to work and Gov. Matthew M Neely visited union headquarters to appeal. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp president J L Perry called the strike unauthorized. Neely and labor commissioner F Sattler met with SWOC sub regional director William Mackay as outsiders were barred from the meeting. A telegram from Murray indicated he urged Mackay to secure a return to work and a Labor Department consulate would come from Washington.
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Charleston
W. Va
Steel Workers Organizing ‘Committee
CIO
South Charleston Naval Ordnance Plant
Philip Murray
Matthew M. Neely
J. L. Perry
Carnegie-Iliness Steel Corporation
Navy
Pittsburgh
Neely
Charles J. F. Sattler
William Mackay
SWOC
Murray
Washington
Mackay
Labor Department
Wold
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Moscow
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Erminn Rommel
Egypt
Congressman
Nippon
Bulletins
Frains Crash
Naval Ordnance Plant
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