Nazi Drive Advances Through Norway Aims at Oslo
German expeditionary troops landed in southeast Norway and pushed north toward Oslo as Norwegians fight to hold a defensive ring around the capital. Civilians flee to Sweden amid the clash, with reports of a destroyed bridge and German buses crossing streams as the invasion tightens its grip.
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Narvik
Stockholm
Germany
Norway
Oslo
Sweden
Tuesay
Rehere
Ho Jen
Moss
Holen
Mysen
Romerike
Tyri Fjord
Vikesund
Skieberg
Kagerrak
Smashing Victory Claimed In Fight At Northern Ore Port
German advances in Norway and Denmark continued as Allied air attacks faltered. Berlin reported British submarines sunk and British losses of aircraft while German forces expanded control over coastal defenses, Oslo, and the Narvik rail line delivering Arctic ore.
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
Berlin
Germany
Norway
Denmark
Scandinavia
North Sea
TELL
YORK
DNE
High Command
Swagerrak
Oslo
Trondheim
Narvik
Arctic
Accuse Cotten Of Murder For Wife s Money
In Wake Superior Court Woodrow Cotten 27 and his 20 year old wife Margaret face first degree murder charges in the Mary Lee Herndon killing on February 19 at the Cotten farm. Testimony showed Cotten sought his mother in law s wealth to aid the inheritance while Herndon and Dr Paul Neal testified on the couple s actions and the accused wife s sanity.
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Raleigh
Woodrow Cotten
Wake County
Wake Superior Court
Cotten
Margaret
Cottens
Mary Lee Herndon
C. M. Herndon
Durham
Herndon
Rumania Maintains Export Embargo on Germany
Bucharest maintains its export embargo against Germany with the cabinet failing to agree on a full list of banned products. The five hour meeting adjourned without lifting the ban on loading oil, wheat, and other goods for the Reich amid rising tensions between Germany and Romania.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Germany
Reich
Moscow
Economic Council
Germans Repulsed After Savage Assault Near Luxembourg Front
German infantry stabbed savagely at vital French positions near the Luxembourg frontier under heavy artillery fire. The French high command said the attack was halted at the barbed wire barrier in no mans land and casualties were not yet disclosed. Western Front action also noted a bold German raid on a French position along the Rhine.
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Paris
Luxembourg
No-Man’s Land
Rhine
Saar
Vosges
Perl
Apach
France
Daladier
Albert Lebrun
Rhine River
Dewey Foes Put Up Fight
A New York Republican split over Thomas Dewey's candidacy pushes the party into a national mission campaign. The state committee voted to replace Kenneth Simpson, while Edwin Jaeckle was elevated to leadership, raising fears of a party rift impacting Dewey's nationwide prospects.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Thomas K. Dewey
Manhattan
GOP
Kenneth F. Simpson
Dewey
Edwin F. Jaeckle
Buffalo
State Committee
New York Party
Simpson
Missing Sedition Trial Figure Found Hanged
In New York a 36 year old German American Bundsman Claus Gunther Ernecke, a defendant in a sedition plot trial of 17 men, was found dead by hanging in the basement of a Brooklyn apartment building. He had fled earlier after missing court and a bench warrant was issued.
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New York
Claus Gunther Ernecke
United States
Brooklyn
Ernecke
Bundsman
New York National Guard
HUNT
Marcus B. Campbell
Dennis Healy
Leo Healy
George Jessel Weds Lois Andrew in Detroit Ceremony
Comedian George Jessel married 16 year old Lois Andrew in a Detroit hotel suite with James H. R. Cromwell United States minister to Canada as best man. Cromwell used the occasion to announce his Senate candidacy from New Jersey.
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Detroit
George Jessel
James H. R. Cromwell
United States
Canada
Lois Andrew
New York
Cromwell
Senate
New Jersey
Roosevelt condemns Germany invasion of Denmark and Norway
President Roosevelt issued a formal statement from the White House denouncing the Nazi blitz into Scandinavia. He argued that civilization depends on powerful nations respecting the independence and territorial integrity of smaller nations, and that forceful aggression must be rejected.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Denmark
Norway
Scandinavia
White House
United States
Internationally Known Artists To Perform Series
The Artists Committee for the Community Concert Series selected four internationally known acts. Grace Moore, opera star and radio figure, heads the lineup along with the Barrere Little Symphony Orchestra returning for a second appearance, Metropolitan Opera baritone Norman Cordon born in Washington NC, and Maria Gambarelli premier danseuse of the Metropolitan Opera Association with an accompanist and two male assistants.
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Artists Committee
C. F. Tomlinson
Columbia Concert Service
Grace Moore
Metropolitan Opera Company
Moving Picture and
Radio Star
Barrere Little Symphony Orchestra
Norman Cordon
Metropolitan Opera
Washington, N. C
Maria Gambarelli
Metropolitan Opera Association
Miss Gambarelli
Bombing Planes of Japan and China Swap Attacks
Chinese airmen claim to damaged a warship and munitions dump at Yochow in the Yangtze Valley as Japan and China exchange blows. Japanese reports say they destroyed many military sites along the Chinese supply road from Indo China. Chinese pilots report no losses after dropping bombs and propaganda leaflets on Hochow targets.
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Hong Kong
Yochow
Japan
Yangtze Valley
Indo- China
Hochow
British Navy Sinks Seven German Destroyers at Narvik
British forces again attacked Narvik with the battleship Warspite leading a flotilla and sinking seven German destroyers in a second sea assault. The action followed a prior dawn raid that destroyed one and lit three more, with British losses small though German casualties counted heavily.
Germans seize three Norwegian towns in quick advance
German troops overcame light Norwegian resistance and occupied Fredrikstad Sarpsborg and Halden on the southeastern tip of Norway as they pushed north toward Oslo. Reports from refugees in Sweden noted swift Norwegian capitulations and growing Allied assurances of aid.
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Stockholm
Norway
Oslo
Sweden
Fredrikstad
Sarpsborg
Halden
Frederikshald
Severe April Freeze Hits East and South Far Inland
The coldest April in 50 years swept the East and South causing sub freezings, gusty winds, and flood threats. Rivers rose toward flood stage in Lawrence and Hartford while crops and fruit faced heavy damage in Georgia Alabama Louisiana and the Carolinas. Snow fell in Virginia during the Daffodil Festival as temperatures dipped across the region.
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Associated Press
Pacific Coast
Eastport
Sandy Hook
N. J
New England
New
New Hampshire
A. D. Ross
Lawrence
Mass
Merrimack River
Connecticut River
Hartford
Alreday
North Atlantic
New York
Georgia
Alabama
Louisiana
North
South Carolina
Gloucester
Virginia
Large Panama City Fire Leaves Thousands Homeless
A wind driven blaze in Colon Panama destroyed hundreds of frame homes along 16 blocks leaving about 10000 people homeless. Firefighters controlled the blaze after hours with aid from U S Navy sailors marines and Canal Zone officials. No casualties reported and no sabotage suspected.
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Colon
Panama
Atlantic
Panama Canal
United States Army
United States Navy
Coco Solo
Canal Zone
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