Navy Boost Sought in 25 Percent Expansion Plan
Senate hearings heard Senator Tydings press for a 25 percent Navy expansion, asking Admiral Stark if the $655 million plan should rise further. Pelley urged rail capital investments, while opponents urged tax relief for chain stores amid wage hour debates and agency reform bills in the House.
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Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Senate Naval Committee
Stark
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Federal Monopoly Committee
Pelley
House
Senate
Walter-Logan
Balance Urged For Southland Balance Urged For Southland
Southern Governors open a two day meeting in Charleston with a revised prosperity plan led by Dr. Clarence Poe. The program promotes balancing crops with food and fertility, livestock, factories, production quality, marketing, and conservation. It urges education and local investment while stressing coordinated use of resources.
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William B. King
Charleston
Poe
High Points Younger Builders feature debuts in Enterprise
The Enterprise announces a new weekly feature on High Point’s younger executives and professionals. Drawings by Herbert McClure accompany brief staff sketches highlighting the hobbies and future leaders of the city.
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Enterprise
High Point
Herbert McClure
McClure
Preparedness Is Needed To Retain Peace In Hemisphere
President Roosevelt says the 21 American Republics must be ready to meet force with force to keep peace in the Western Hemisphere. He spoke to the Pan American Union on its 50th anniversary, urging unity and warning against aggression while stressing an inter American order built on peace, not fear.
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May Be Drawn Into War Rome Asserts
In Rome today journalist Giovanni Ansaldo, an ally of Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano, said Italy and other nations would soon be drawn into the war. He warned neutrals that isolation is impossible and Italy awaits a timely moment, noting Norway’s failure to stay neutral and Denmark’s acceptance of German protection.
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Dies Witness Pleads Guilty Before Dies Committee
Fraser Gardner of Washington pled guilty in federal court to perjury before the Dies Committee on Un-American Activities. Court kept his $1,000 bond, referred case to a probation officer, and a two to ten year prison term could follow. Action on the second count was deferred. Gardner had been employed by William Dudley Pelley and denied connections with the Silver Shirts.
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Fraser Gardner
Federal District Court
Dies Committee
Gardner
William Dudley Pelley
Asheville
N. C
Pelley
Silver Shirts
Skyland Press
Millions in Damages Caused by Cold Snap
The frost across the Deep South and border states caused extensive losses to crops. Alabama suffered several million dollars in damages, with Georgia peach crops and Mississippi bean and tomato crops hit hard. Shreveport area cotton seedlings were killed, and Texas corn losses reached about ten percent. Tennessee strawberries and peaches were damaged up to twenty five percent, while Arkansas saw little impact.
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P. O. Davis
South Alabama
Georgia
Port
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Mississippi
E. J. Hurst
Texas
J. E. McDonald
Tennessee
Arkansas
Florida
Nations in War Update From Europe and Scandinavia
London reports Allied and German actions across Norway and the Baltic with Admiral Scheer torpedoed and mines laid. Berlin says more submarines sunk as Narvik blockade stiffens. Paris notes unchanged lines after 24 hours of fighting. Stockholm cites German advance toward Sweden as Haakon calls Norwegians to defend freedom. Rome expects broader war involvement while The Hague notes heightened frontier alerts.
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Berlin
Haakon
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Italy
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British Freighter Sends SOS Signal Reported Cleared
Mackay radio heard a Canadian station say the British freighter Craig's distress call, after sighting a submarine 800 miles northeast of New York, had been cleared up at 7 a m EST. Details of the submarine encounter were not released, and it was unclear if the relief meant escape or ongoing trouble.
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Mackay Radio
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New York
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Camperdown
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Britain
Money in Bank at Time of Slain Woman Herndon
Raleigh April 15. State testimony showed Mrs Mary Lee Herndon had 951 in two Durham banks when she was killed as it presses its case that Woodrow Cotten killed his mother in law so his wife could inherit. Jury recessed while Whitley described shotgun test shots. defense prepared Cotten to testify.
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Mary Lee Herndon
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Woodrow Cotten
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Stricken Canal Zone Faces Food Shortage After Fire
Colon Panama April 15 A $1,000,000 fire destroyed retail stores threatening a general food shortage. Labor and materials are diverted to Canal Zone defense work, delaying rebuilding. Isthmus mobilizes to aid more than 10 000 homeless.
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Inocence Galindo
German Forces Capture Prisoners Near Oslo
Berlin reports German forces in Norway have captured 300 prisoners along with seven cannons and quantities of small arms and ammunition southeast of Oslo.
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Norway
Oslo
Two Allied Submarines Sunk in Narvik Action
London reports British forces landed at Narvik and other Norwegian points as Allied submarines were sunk. Nazis acknowledged Narvik blockade and intensified operations in Scandinavia. British naval and air actions continued to press the German invaders.
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Germany Claims Norway Mobilization Crushed Near Oslo
Berlin says two Allied submarines were sunk in the Skagerrak and a Norwegian torpedo boat captured. Bergen saw a German merchant ship sunk by British air raiders, while Honfoss fell in the Oslo area and Norwegian mobilization reportedly crushed.
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Berlin denies landings by British forces in Norway
German officials stated that no British troops had landed at Narvik or other German-occupied Norwegian points. They conceded possible landings elsewhere along Norway’s 1,000 mile jagged coast but described such sites as strategically unimportant.
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Narvik
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British Forces on Norwegian Soil Mark Weekend of Naval Feats
A joint war office admiralty communique states British troops are on Norwegian soil as a busy weekend yields a Baltic mine barricade from Kiel Bay to Lithuania, the torpedoing of the Admiral Scheer by HMS Separfish, and the sinking of two German transports with submarines reported to have survived on Case Two.
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Labor Leader Surrenders to Begin Jail Term in Chicago
William Bioff, labor leader, turned himself in at the House of Correction on an old pandering conviction dating back 18 years. His lawyer, State Senator Abe Marovitz, says new steps will be taken to secure his release as Bioff begins serving the sentence.
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William Bioff
House of Correction
Abe Marovitz
Hollywood
Marovitz
French and German Front Moves End In Deadlock
Paris reports in the past 24 hours French and German thrusts into each other lines with both returning to their positions. In Alsace the French opened a brief hole and inflicted German casualties before withdrawal. West of the Vosges the German raid was repulsed by machine guns. Weather hindered air forces on both sides. The Moore-McCormack freighter Mormacsea sailed from Trondheim to home waters and was reported safe.
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Support Grows for Navy Second to None
In Washington on April 15 bi partisanship backed a navy expansion plan worth 655 million dollars to build 43 ships. Senate leaders expect swift approval while debate over a 964 million dollar annual navy appropriation continues, with lawmakers noting the need for a superior fleet.
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Senate
House
Naval Committee
Byrnes
D-S.c
Adams
D-Colo
Senator Bridges
R-N.h
Administration
British Land Landing at Narvik Report Sailors Backed by Naval Fire
Stockholm reports British forces landed at Narvik under naval shellfire driving German units from the Norwegian ore port. Norwegian radio and army communiques say German resistance waned and German warships were sunk while British ships tightened the blockade.
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Narvik
Bode
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Berlin
Nazi Embassy Burns Papers Reported
NBC correspondent William C. Kerker said officials at the German embassy in Amsterdam were burning political documents. The Hague reported low countries on alert with guarded security measures and calm public mood despite tensions.
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William C. Kerker
NBC
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