Roosevelt appeals to Hitler and Mussolini for a decade of peace
President Roosevelt urges Germany and Italy to guarantee at least ten years of non aggression and offers to act as an intermediary to convey peace offers to other nations. He specifies broad targets for restraint and signals U S participation in global disarmament talks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hitler
Mussolini
Germany
Italy
Ontic
Ecriaths
Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Spain
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Liechtenstein
Luxemburg
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Hungary
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Russia
Bulgaria
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Iraq
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Palestine
Egypt
Iran
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Belgium
Great Britain
France
Portugal
United States
Oval Office
Hull
Pittman
D-Ney
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Western Hemisphere
Senate Appropriations Panel Approves Interior Bill Increases
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a 173.5 million dollar supply bill for the interior department with a 13.97 million dollar rise from the house. It adds 600 thousand for the bituminous coal commission and 1.086 million more for the National Park Service including 1 million for the Blue Ridge and Natchez Trace parkways. The committee also adds 177 thousand for the bureau of mines with 100 thousand for ceramics research at Norris Tennessee.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
House
Senate
National Park Service
Blue Ridge and
Natchez Trace
Bureau of Mines
South
Norris, Tenn
Duke's Joe Taylor Reaches Southern Intercollegiate Golf Final
In Athens on April 15 Joe Taylor of Duke defeated teammate Bob Brownell one up on the 18th hole to reach the final round of the Southern Intercollegiate tournament. Taylor will face Henry Castillo of LSU in the last round while Elliott Waddell of Georgia challenged Castillo for the other semifinal victory.
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Athens
Joe Taylor
Duke Univrsity
Bob Brownell
Taylor
Henry Castillo
Louisiana State
Elliott Waddell
University of Georgia
Bank Branch Opening Planned for Clayton Mony
Bank Commissioner Gurney Hood said today that First Citizens Bank and 1st Company of Smithfield will open a branch in Clayton Monday April 15 pending approvals from state regulators.
City Manager Comments On Developments In Yadkin Jurisdiction
City Manager E M Knox says a court ruling denying federal control over the Yadkin River would have little impact on the High Point hydro electric project. He notes condemnation authority remains limited to federal courts and that state approval is not required beyond a health permit. Governor Hoey opposes federal control and may seek state action.
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Yadkin
Federal Power Commission
Yadkin River
High Point
E. M. Knox
Duke Power Company
City Hall
Hoey
Raleigh
State Board of Health
City of
North Carolina
Knox
Attorney General
Public Utilities
Washington Reaction to Roosevelt’s Peace Note
Washington leaders react to President Roosevelt’s appeal for peace in Europe with mixed views. Senators Pittman McCarran Borah Bankhead Johnson Logan Capper Barbour Connally and May weighed the proposal, urging caution, congressional oversight, and a commitment to avoid new foreign entanglements while hoping for a path to peace.
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Pittman
D-Ney
Senate Foreign Relations
Mmittee
Roosevelt
Europe
McCarran
Hitler
Mussolini
Borah
R-Idaho
Peaker Bankhead
D-Ala
Ther
Senator Johnson
Calif
Lajor Logan
D-Ky
Videtor Capper
R - Kas
Rome press warns of acute stage as axis tightens
Vir ginio Gayda warned of an acute explosive stage in world events as Mussolini and Goering meet. Italy asserts strength against encirclement and declares Albania part of the empire. Mussolini hosts Albanian delegates amid praise for Italy’s intervention and alliance.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
France
Gayda
Il Giornale d'Italia
Mussolini
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Italy
Germany
Il Duce
Skanderbeg
Albania
Goering
Vittorio Emanuele
Mrs. Goering
Elena
Balkan
Zog
Airlines Planes Keep On Flying in Newark Strike Standoff
Eastern Air Lines reports all planes on schedule with large passenger loads as a two day old maintenance crew strike continues. Union says 98 percent of first two Newark, Washington, Atlanta, and Miami shifts walked out. Mrs Roosevelt, unaware of the strike, speaks to reporters at Newark.
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Newark
N. J
Eastern Air Lines
Eddie Rickenbacker
A. P. Martin
Air Lines Mechanics’Association
Washington
Atlanta
Miami
Newark Airport
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Oklahoma Twister Fatal to Six in Capron and District
A violent tornado swept Capron Oklahoma and surrounding areas killing six people and injuring more than 30. Five died in farm homes, one was killed when a car was hurled aloft and crushed. Hospital reports list 12 critical injuries.
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Capron
Okla
Oklahoma
Fire destroys two barns and a horse at riding academy
A blaze yesterday at the Dillon Riding Academy in Greensboro destroyed two barns and a horse. Fire crews battled the flames, and no injuries were reported.
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Greensboro
Yesti Cay
Dillon Riding Academy
Great Britain Deploys Troops to Gibraltar and Allied Fortifications
The war office announced the first battalion of the Welsh Guards would be sent to Gibraltar around April 22 to bolster defenses at the strategic Mediterranean gateway. British and French officials monitor Italian troop concentrations in Spanish Morocco and on the Spanish mainland near Gibraltar as diplomatic efforts seek Soviet air support.
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War Office
Welsh Guards
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Spanish
Morocco
Britain
France
Russia
Admiralty Harbor
Spain
Italy
Germany
Nairobi
Kenya
Robert Brooke-Popham
Ethiopia
Charles Corbin
Foreign Office
Sian
Ukraine
Great Britain
Poland
Johan Laidoner
Warsaw
Smigly-Rydz
Rumania
French react to Roosevelt peace appeal as historic move
Paris reports describe Roosevelt's peace proposal to Hitler and Mussolini as a significant step by a world leader. French Foreign Minister Bonnet was briefed by Ambassador Bullitt and held official comment as the message circulated through ministries.
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William C. Bullitt
Georges Bonnet
War Ministry
Edouard Daladier
London Prime Minister Chamberlain authorizes statement
London April 15 Prime Minister Chamberlain authorized an official statement to be released. The dispatch notes a forthcoming communication on national matters and the government position.
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London
Chamberlain
Poland and Romania pledge mutual defense against Germany
Poland and Romania pledged armed mutual aid against a German push into eastern Europe and drafted defense plans. Marshall Smigly-Rydz would command both armies in war, with missions in Warsaw and Bucharest in close contact and commanders exchanging pledges.
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Robert BR. Parker
Warsaw
Poland
Rumania
Europe
Soviet Russia
Germany
Bucharest
Marshall Edward Smigly-Ryvdz
Joseph Beck
Richard Franasovici
Grigore Gafencn
Count Roger Raczynski
Soviet
Russia
Hitler rushes to Munich over Roosevelt peace appeal
Adolf Hitler reportedly left Berchtesgaden for Munich to study Roosevelt's peace offer. Joachim von Ribbentrop and other top aides accompanied him, with Italy’s Mussolini potentially in telephonic contact. A Wilhelmstrasse spokesman said Germany must confer with its axis partner before replying. Goering is noted to be in Rome.
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Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Munich
Roosevelt
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Otto Dietrich
Reich
Germany
Wilhelmstrasse
Italy
Mussolini
Field Marshal
Goering
Rome
Il Duce
United States
Romanian War Department recalls several troop classes
Bucharest Romania April 15. The war department ordered the recall of several troop classes from near the Hungarian border after a conference between Hungarian minister Laszlo Bardossy and Romanian Premier Armand Ciinulescu.
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Bucharest
Rumania
War Department
Laszlo Bardossy
Armand Cylinescu
South Atlantic Weather Outlook Early Week Warm Then Cool
Showers expected across the region the first part of the week with temperatures near normal. A cooldown moves into the north portion midweek, with overall readings near average elsewhere as the week ends.
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South Atlantic
U. S. Fleet is Ordered To Pacific
The navy orders the fleet back to the Pacific with a small force remaining in the Atlantic. The move follows President Roosevelt's appeal to Hitler and Mussolini for peace and may cancel a fleet review at the Virginia Capes and a planned visit to the New York World's Fair. Atlantic forces listed include the Atlantic Squadron, five cruisers, six submarines, one aircraft carrier, and one Langley air craft tender with two patrol-plane squadrons.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
Roosevelt
Hitler
Mussolini
Swanson
Atlantic
Virginia Capes
U. S. S. Langley
Nazi Newspapers Renew Stories of Incidents in Silesia
Berlin reports from DNB recount anti German acts in Polish Silesia amid rumors of a move to absorb Danzig as a Hitler birthday gesture. Foreign observers note rising tensions as alleged German victims are described and UK officials warn of dangerous consequences if Poland resists.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
DNB
Polish Silesia
Danzig
Hitler
Free State
East Prussia
London Foreign Office
Danzia
Poland
Britain
Chamberlain
Gleiwitz
Upper Silesia
Sudetenland
Czecho-Slookaia
Memel
Reich
Altdorf
DNS
Pless
Young Poland
Wilhelmstrasse
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