Hitler's Own Division is Hurled Back
Greek front lines repelled German Panzer columns as London reported the SS Adolf Hitler Division routed with heavy losses in Northern Greece Mud and snow slowed the Nazi push along the Allied line from Albanian passes to Salonika Durazzo captured by Yugoslavs, seen as major escape port for Italy troops in Albania Yugoslavs press on at Scutari while Germans rush reinforcements for a new push toward Greece London notes credible Yugoslav gains despite Nazi claims of destruction in Yugoslavia and a Greek Athens mission arrival. North Africa reports say Axis forces crossed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal
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London
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Durazzo
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Yugoslavia
Adriatic
London Ministry of Information
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Dunkerque
Athens
Suez Canal
Egypt
Salum
Reactions To Signing Vary Over World
Soviet Russia and Japan signed a five year neutrality pact pledging mutual neutrality if the other is attacked by third powers. The move drew varied global reactions from Washington Berlin and Shanghai, with observers weighing implications for European and Pacific balance of power and potential shifts in US policy. The accord followed Matsuoka’s European tour and Stalin’s unusual farewell gesture to a visiting minister.
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Japan
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New Rebuff To Germany Demands Danish Envoy Stay
Washington reports a fresh diplomatic rebuff to Germany as Henrik de Kauffmann plans to reject recall from Copenhagen after a Greenland air base agreement. The Danish minister, stating he must remain, reportedly meets Secretary Hull to convey the recall message deemed issued under duress by the Danish foreign office.
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Germany
Henrik de Rauffmann
Hull
Copenhagen
State Department
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de Kauffmann
United States
Greenland
Foreign Office
Denmark
Letter Champ Dies Of Hurts
Winston-Salem reports Sports Pride, a six-year-old black and white setter owned by L. M. Bobbitt, died from injuries after a January fall during training. The winner of the 1939 Grand Junction field trials and 1938 amateur title, Sports Pride disappeared for hours after a bluff fall but was recovering until complications caused death.
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Winston-Salem
Sports Peess Pride
Grand Junction
Tenn
L. M. Bobbitt
Sports Pride
Axis Free To Attack Ships in African Waters
Italian editor Virginio Gayda declares the Axis may attack any ships aiding Britain in African waters citing Roosevelt’s Red Sea policy. He warns America not to assume quiet passage for convoys to Egypt and the Balkans, noting Italy’s ongoing war in East Africa.
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Virginio Gayda
United States
Axis
Roosevelt
Red Sea
Gayda
Italy
East Africa
Egypt
Balkans
Ameri
Sing Sing Prison Break Costs Four Lives, 2 Retaken
Two long term convicts who shot their way out of Sing Sing were captured hours later in Palisades Park across the Hudson. Riordan and McGale, both jailed for robbery, were cornered near Mount Hood after a guard and a policeman were killed and a patient died. They were disarmed and taken to Nyack police before returning to Sing Sing. A slain accomplice, John Watters, died in the escape.
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N. Y
Sing Sing
Hudson River
Mount Hood
Palisades Interstate Park
William Mullen
Joseph Riordan
Charles McGale
Mullen
Nyack
Hudson
Riordan
McGale
John Watters
Mussolini’s regime unraveling under graft and nepotism
An analysis of Benito Mussolini’s Fascist state notes misused funds, lavish projects, and inefficient command, with corruption eroding Italy’s empire at home and abroad. It cites public suspicion rising after Albanian and African affairs exposed weaknesses, while warning that Mussolini’s fall remains uncertain amid international power plays.
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Benito Mussolin
Rome
Tammany
Benito
Durazzo Taken Claim by London Amid Balkan Front News
London reports a ministry statement claiming Durazzo, near Tirana, may be captured. It says Yugoslav forces counterattack north of Nis while Belgrade is described as occupied by German forces. The Greek front action cites heavy losses to the SS Adolf Hitler division repulsed by British infantry.
Italy Delivers New Note Over Seized Italian Ships
Italy sent a fresh note to the United States via Ambassador Colonna regarding the seizure of 28 Italian merchant ships on sabotage charges. The embassy said the note expands Italy's view, and it is the third note presented after ships from Italy Germany and Denmark were taken into protective custody. President Roosevelt sought congressional power to requisition idle foreign ships in American ports.
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Italy
United States
State Department
Prince Colonna
ItaHan
Roosevelt
Congress
Axis Forces Enter Egypt Taking Salum and Serbian Army Destroyed
Berlin reports Axis forces have entered Egypt from Libya capturing Salum and Fort Capuzzo as German and Italian units advance toward Suez. In Yugoslavia the bulk of Serbia’s army is described as destroyed with raids on Central Bosnia and Herzegovina airports. The communiqué notes heavy damage at a Sarajevo troop camp after an assassination linked to World War I.
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Berlin
North Africa
Britain
Suez Canal
Egypt
Libya
Salum
Balkan
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Fort Capuzzo
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Bardia
Daily War Bulletin
Adriatic
Greece
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
Belgrade
St. George’s Channel
England
Iceland
High Command
North Sea
Supreme Court narrows civil contempt reach in near court cases
The Supreme Court ruled that civil contempt can be imposed only for acts obstructing justice within the court’s physical vicinity. The decision reverses 1918 precedent tied to a Toledo newspaper case and overturns the Nye and Mayers contempt conviction over pressuring a plaintiff to drop a suit after a death. Justice Douglas penned the ruling with Chief Justice Hughes and Justices Stone and Roberts in dissent.
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Supreme Court
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Hughes
Stone
Roberts
R.H. Nye
L. C. Mayers
Lumberton
N. C
W. H. Elmore
Conway
S. C
B. C
Elmore
Local farmer dies from self-inflicted gunshot near Kenansville
Kenansville reporting a 21-year-old farmer named Jim Leary died at his home today from a bullet wound to the head. Sheriff D S Wilveer stated the wound is believed self-inflicted. The death is under investigation by local authorities.
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Kenansville
Jim Leary
Here
D. S. Wilveer
Bethlehem Steel raises wages for 90,000 workers
Sydney B. Evans, Bethlehem Steel management representative, announced a ten cents per hour wage increase for all hourly, piecework, and tonnage employees affecting about 90,000 workers across Bethlehem plants. The action followed meetings with Steel Workers Organizing Committee and employes representation committees summoned to Evans' office.
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Johnstown
Sydney B. Evans
Bethlehem Steel Company
Denmark recalls minister. Washington does not recognize
The United States refused to recognize Denmark’s recall of its minister in Washington and notified the envoy that he remains the duly accredited Danish minister. The move follows German occupation of Denmark and reflects ongoing diplomatic tensions in Washington.
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United States
Denmark
London Press Raps Leaders Over North Africa Policy
London outlets denounce official talk as vague and misleading about North Africa. The Evening News calls it a glittering prize plot to overrun Egypt and seize Alexandria, while the Daily Herald blasts assurances as fairy tales and warns the public has been misled like Canute.
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Evening News
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Suez
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Balkans
Laborite Daily Herald
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Herald
Pelley Ordered Back To N C For Extradition
The U S Court of Appeals ruled that William Dudley Pelley must return to North Carolina to face further proceedings and a possible prison term. His appeal from an extradition order was denied, and he may face probation revocation tied to securities law violations from six years ago. Pelley's counsel was in Lowell on Easter vacation, with a potential Supreme Court appeal noted. He recently moved publishing activities to Noblesville Indiana.
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Washington
United States Court of Appeals
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
North Carolina
Pelley
T. Edward O'Connell
Lowell
Mass
United States Supreme Court
Noblesville
Ind
White youth held after fatal shooting in Gastonia
April 14 report says one white youth is in custody and two other suspects are being sought after the killing of 31 year old Robert Melker, a Negro man, at his home near Gastonia. Graham Bellinger, 20, of Cherryville, is held in Cherryville jail. Heywood Bellinger and Robert Sellars of Cleveland County are sought.
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Gastonia
Robert Melker
Clyde Robinson
Gaston County
Graham Bellinger
Cherryville
Heywood Bellinger
Robert Sellars
Cleveland County
Death of Mrs. Annie Culbreth Sutton at 76
Mrs Annie Culbreth Sutton 76 of Apex and Roseboro died at her son Gladstone Suttons home in Clinton. Widow of Joe R Sutton she leaves five sons three daughters and 29 grandchildren.
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Annie Culbreth Sutton
Apex
Roseboro
Gladstone Sutton
Joe R. Sutton
Convoy Fight Develops Sighted In Senate This Week
Washington April 14 Critics of administration foreign policy forecast the Senate will open a heated debate this week over a ban on U S naval escorts for war materials. The issue centers on a Tobey resolution before the Foreign Relations Committee. Little action was expected due to the baseball season.
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Critis
Administration
U. S
Senate
Roosevelt
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Suez Canal
Orient
Europe
Russia
Japan
Balkans
State Department
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tobey
N. FE
Textile Wage Boost Studied in Washington
A 21 man industrial committee was summoned to Washington to study raising the present 32 1/2 cent hourly minimum wage for 450 000 cotton textile workers and about 175 000 silk rayon and linen workers. Government economists rush a wage survey as data from North and South shifts come in. Speculation centers on 36 cents with labor pushing for at least 4 cents more given industry gains.
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Washington
Philip B. Fieming
Labor Department
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South
Worthern
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
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