Mighty Battle Develops On New Front Near Bitoli
British and German armored columns clash on a flat Balkan plain between Bitoli and Phiorina. Dispatches from Sofia report fast moving armored forces supported by dive bombers in a fierce early battle. Greeks repulse a German attack on a 12 mile front, while British air operations target bridges roads and tunnels along the Greek front.
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Bern
Switzerland
Bitoli
Monastir
Phiorina
Sofia
Great Britain
Balkan
Bitolj
Zagreb
Nis
Tetovo
Athens
Greece
Germany
Greek High Command
Greek Ministry of Public Security
Piraeus
Viosa
Albania
Yugoslavia Defeated Says Berlin Battle Watched In Greece
German observers declared Yugoslavia a closed chapter, tracking Belgrade’s encirclement while watching the Greece battle unfold. Reports said Croatia’s independence dissolved Yugoslav unity, with Serb and Croatian armies dissolving, foreshadowing a final curtain and cut off from outside aid.
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Yugoslavia
Berlin
Greece
Associated Press
Belgrade
Balkan
Piraeus
Athens
Croatia
Ford Reopens River Rouge as 20000 Called Back
Ford Motor Company called 20 000 workers to report Monday to reopen the River Rouge plant after a two week shutdown due to a CIO UAW strike. No production workers were among those asked to return. Reopening may take 10 days to two weeks. NLRB plans a bargaining election at Rouge. Union seeks a 10 cent hourly raise and protected service guard roles. Output expected to return to about 5 000 vehicles daily.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Ray R. Rausch
Rouge
National Labor Relations Board
Ford
Uaw-Cio
Dog treed possum after all night vigil
In Busy Bamberg South Carolina on April 12 J C Moye woke to barking, found nothing, but the next morning his dog remained excited. daylight revealed the dog had treed a possum and kept vigil at the base of the tree all night.
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Bamberg
S. C
J. C. Moye
Moye
Steel Parley Is Postponed
PITTSBURGH April 12 Wage negotiations between U S Steel Corp and the CIOs Steel Workers Organizing Committee were recessed until Monday afternoon. Reports said a new contract had been reached but neither side commented. CIO President Philip Murray left the conference cheerful saying only that talks will resume at 2 30 p m Monday. The resumption comes less than 36 hours before a planned CIO walkout in the mills Tuesday midnight. The original contract expiration was April 1 and a first extension moved it to April 8.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corporation
CIO
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Philip Murray
Mills
Berlin observers report improving Turkish German relations
Berlin observers said that despite German troops nearing the Turkish border first via Bulgaria then Greece, relations between Turkey and Germany appear normal or cordial. A German spokesman called civilian evacuations from Istanbul and European Turkey a justified measure, with Germany not concerned or worried.
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Berlin
Bulgaria
Greece
Istanbul
Turkey
Germany
Wallace Charges Foreign Agents Sabotaging Labor
Vice President Wallace accused foreign agents of sabotaging labor organizations to harm workers. He urged national unity to boost production for defense, saying labor and management must cooperate to raise output quickly and possibly shorten European conflict. He spoke at the Federal Home Loan Bank stockholders meeting in Winston-Salem.
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Winston-Salem
Federal Home Loan Bank
Wallace
Federal Home Loan Bank of Winston
United States
Europe
Danish Minister Rejects Recall Over Greenland Pact
Washington April 12. Danish foreign office recalled Henrik de Kaufmann as minister to the United States but he will ignore the order. He signed the Greenland and air base sale agreements with the United States and says he acted in Denmark's best interests despite Nazi pressure. The United States is expected to continue recognizing him as envoy.
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Washington
Copenhagen
Henrik de Kaufmann
United States
Greenland
de Kaufmann
Hull
Legation
Berlin
de Kauffmann
Denmark
State Department
Ele
Foreign Office
Allies Giving Way in Greece Report From German Broadcast
German radio in an English broadcast, heard by CBS, said Britain’s wings in Greece were beginning to give way to the German advance. The CBS record quoted the broadcast as stating British troops in Northern Greece clashed with the Germans and were already yielding to the German onrush.
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New York
CBS
Greece
Coal Walkout Still Deadlock
New York April 12. Southern soft coal operators withdrew from the Appalachian joint wage conference and sought talks with the United Mine Workers Union to reopen mines by Monday. John L Lewis left Washington for Easter, with a UMW spokesman predicting little progress until both northern and southern producers accept a six dollar daily wage. Northern operators had agreed to the raise contingent on the south’s acceptance, while southern operators rejected parity and formed the Southern Coal Operators Wage Conference. Some non conference mines continue under individual UMW agreements, with no new agreements expected.
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New York
Southern
United Mine Workers Union
CIO
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Washington
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Operators Wage Conference
UMW
Berkeley Police Tackled by Flying Cow on Councilman's Lawn
In Berkeley California on April 12, police chased a free roaming cow that disrupted City Councilman Frank Berg's lawn. Officer William Beale, a former football player, tackled the animal and restrained it until four officers arrived to capture it.
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Berkeley
Calif
Frank Berg
William Beale
FDR policy assailed by Wheeler in Senate critique
Senator Wheeler decried President Roosevelt's Red Sea and Gulf of Aden action as asinine and likely to force U S into global war. He argued warmongers in Europe push the United States toward conflict while sentiment overruns judgment.
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Washington
Wheeler
Dmont
Roosevelt
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
United States
France
French Republic
England
British Empire
Hull
Arthur Salter
Suez
Great Britain
North Atlantic
Fish
N. Y
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sol Bloom
Bloom
Congress
Greenland
Clark
Berlin
Stefani
Egypt
Abernethy Put On Probation
GOLDSBORO April 12. Superior Court Judge Q. K. Ni mocks imposed a five year probationary sentence on Charles L. Abernethy Jr of New Bern for conspiracy to violate election laws and attempting to interfere with Craven County election officials. He received 30 day suspended terms on two convictions. The sentences run concurrently and the judge noted the defendant’s humiliation and need to sell property to transport witnesses. Abernethy, an unsuccessful congressional candidate last year, was convicted by a Wayne County jury last night.
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Goldsboro
Superior Court
Q. K. Nimocks
Charles L. Abernethy, Jr
New Bern
Craven County
Abernethy
Wayne County
Kiel Arsenal Damaged In Heaviest Nazi Raid Yet
The air ministry said there was unmistakable evidence that Kiel and surrounding areas suffered enormous damage in the RAF night attack on April 7. Direct hits were reported on ships under construction at the Deutschewerke yard, with boiler houses and workshops burned out. A police station and nearby houses were wrecked as nearly every building in a large block from Werfstrasse to Johannesstrasse was demolished or burned.
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London
Air Ministry
Germany
Kiel
Deutschewerke
Germania
Werfstrasse
Johannesstrasse
Soviet Union disapproves Hungary over Yugoslavia invasion
Moscow reports Tass says Soviet Russia cannot approve Hungary's troop action in Yugoslavia as Budapest seeks Moscow's backing. It notes Hungary might face internal minority tensions if it encounters trouble. German envoy von der Schulenburg summoned to Berlin. Stalin meets Japan's Matsuoka before his trip to Japan, with Molotov present. Kristóffy meets Vishinsky to explain Hungary's move and to urge Russia's recognition as just.
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Moscow
Russia
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Tass
Budapest
Friedrich Werner von der Schulenberg
Berlin
Joseph Stalin
Yosuke Matsuoka
Japan
Rome
Stalin
Kremlin
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Joseph Kristoffy
Andrei
Vishinsky
Easter in a world at war still fills the nation
Easter observances across the United States proceed in traditional fashion despite war, with sunrise services at Arlington Cemetery and Soldiers Field, church hymns and sermons, and fashion parades in Washington New York Atlantic City and Hollywood. Rome cancels papal Mass but plans a radio peace appeal. Tens of thousands attend dawn services in Chicago Winston-Salem Fort Benning and Hollywood area.
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Associated Press
America
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Hollywood
National
Connecticut Avenue
Fifth Avenue
New York
Atlantic City
Rome
Pius XII
Soldiers Field
Chicago
Winston- Salem
N.C
Fort Benning
California
Hollwood Bowl
Mt. Davidson
San
Italians March Down Valley in Northern Yugoslavia Advance
AP dispatches report Italian troops moved down the Sava River valley after seizing Ljubljana and Susak joining Yugoslavia under the Italian flag. Forces from the north aimed to unite with German troops in Croatia as Axis pressure grows. Italian papers attack Roosevelt and compare him to Wilson, warning of upheaval if his policies prevail.
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Associated Press
Rome
Sava River
Yugoslavia
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Fiume
Susak
Enec
Croatia
Zagreb
Lake
Ohrid
Italy
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Ti Popolo Ditalia
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Mario Appelius
Europe
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Keil Arsenal
Matsuoka
U.S
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