Attack Eliminates Main Obstacle To Railroad Control
A heavy bomb attack silenced the fortress batteries at Hegra near Trondheim, clearing the way for German control of the Trondheim to Sweden railroad. German forces moved to secure southern Norway while Norwegian troops contested positions near Hakndal and Kongavinger. The front lines centered on mid Norways rail and coastal strongholds as Berlin played down Narvik gains.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Stockholm
Hegra
Trondheim
Sweden
Germany
Paris
Norway
Balkans Sharpen Crackdown on German Spies
Southeastern Europe moves to root out Nazi sympathizers as police launch nation-wide probes in Yugoslavia Romania Bulgaria Greece and Turkey. Hungary under Teleki and Horthy plans stronger action to curb fifth column activity amid Nazi influence. Turkish reports cite a Norwegian fifth column linked to German landings prompting regional security measures.
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Robert B. Parker
Budapest
Europe
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Hungary
Pal Teleki
Nicholas Horthy
Bela Imredy
Germany
Danube
Black Sea
Romania Offers Germany 30 Year Timber Lease
The Romanian Senate approved a government bill granting Germany a 30 year lease on nearly 100000 acres of timber. Army officers warned the move would endanger defense though Ionescu Sisesti argued the accord benefits Romania. Germany agreed to replant land and train Romanians in forest culture amid broader tensions over wheat and oil.
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Bucharest
Germany
Ionescu Sisesti
Romania
Sisesti
Rumania
Republican wins Louisiana vote first time since Reconstruction
In Lutch er La Guy Caire Republican defeated Democrat Dr C C McLan con for St James Parish police jury by 170 to 78 in yesterday's general election. This marks a rare GOP local victory in Louisiana dating back to Reconstruction days.
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Lutcher
Louisiana
Guy Caire
St. James Parish
C. C. McLancon
Senate approves Panama Canal locks appropriation
The Senate approved a 15 million dollar initial appropriation for a third Panama Canal locks set. The action came without a record vote as part of a committee amendment to the War Departments non military expenditures bill. The measure, if enacted, would raise waterways funding by about 55 million dollars over Roosevelt budget estimates. Meanwhile the House pursued the Logan Walter bill to standardize agency rulemaking and curb delays in court reviews.
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Washington
Senate
War Department
Appropriations
House
Roosevelt
Logan-Walter
Rogers
I- Mass
Lage Walters
Congress
State Department
Greenland
Denmark
Germany
Sea successes reported off Norse coast
Berlin reports a British battleship hit by air bomb a destroyer sunk and a transport ship struck in aerial attack off the Norwegian southwest coast German sources say details remain to be learned The communique lists four actions including sinking a Tribal class destroyer northeast of the Shetland Islands and forcing Narvik control while denying a British bombardment of the port
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
Berlin
Germany
DNB
Norwegian
High Command
Shetland Islands
London Admiralty
Narvik
Norse Soldiers Taken as POWs as Nazi Pressure Rises
Oslo reports say several thousand Norwegian officers and men have been captured in recent days and will be held as prisoners of war. German broadcasts praise farmer restraint and kindness while Norwegian civil defense remains active under German supervision.
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Oslo
Norway
Germany
State Republicans Approve Platform
CHARLOTTE April 17 Republicans opened their state convention and rapidly adopted a platform urging government economy and an end to the "ruthless system of taxation." Clifford Frazier of Greensboro presented the platform to 1,500 delegates amid applause as W H Barkley proposed a Democrats’ return to first principles, which was tabled. The document backs election reform for equal rights and honest counts, a nonpartisan judiciary, universal free schooling, and opposes liquor legalization without statewide referendum. It also favors just relief funds and collective bargaining and cites cotton market losses due to economy of scarcity and international trade, calling for leadership out of the valley of despair.
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Charlotte
Gtsto
Clifford Frazier
Greensboro
Armory
W. H. Barkley
Morganton
Ferkley
Republican Party
Taft Proposes State and Municipal Relief Control
Senator Taft in Washington argued relief should be run by states and local governments with the federal government funding about two thirds of the total cost He urged open bids on public works and said the WPA program falls short by leaving a burden on states and failing to employ all who could work.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
American Federation of Labor Organization of Operating Engineers
AEFE
England
Britain Loses Sub Thistle in North Sea Action
London reported the loss of the 1,575 ton Triton class submarine Thistle, overdue from North Sea operations and declared officially lost. Observers tied a Trondheim drive to British efforts in Norway, while German claims about British losses were met with denials.
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London
Britain
Norway
Trondheim
Census reaches 100 million mark in count
The Census Bureau announced it had counted the 100 millionth American with about 30 million people still to be counted. Officials expect door to door work to finish in a week as enumerators face pay delays until districts are completed. A footsore enumerator near Zanesville Ohio reported 11 failed visits to one home.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Zanesville
Ohio
Bombing Attacks Hit Trondheim Airport and Seaplane Base
London reports British airstrikes targeted Trondheim's airport on Norway's west coast and a nearby seaplane base. Heavy bombers caused a large fire at the seaplane facility, part of strategic assaults announced by the Air Ministry.
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London
Air Ministry
Trondheim
Norway
Royal Air Force
Chamberlain rejects non political war advisory committee in Commons
Prime Minister Chamberlain refused in the House of Commons to create a non political war advisory committee. He stated there is no need for another committee beyond those already set up for surveying economic and commercial problems arising from the war. He also dismissed a question about lack of departmental forethought slowing war preparations and commercial effort.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Germans Claim Another Cruiser Sunk Off Norwegian Coast
The official German news agency reports an air attack off the Norwegian western coast in which one British cruiser was sunk by a direct bomb hit and two others were seriously damaged by German bombs. The sinking cruiser went down immediately after a bomb of the heaviest caliber struck.
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Berlin
DNB
Norwegian
Pope Pius XII urges May prayers for world peace
Pope Pius XII calls Catholics worldwide to pray to the Virgin Mary during May for the return of peace. In a letter to Secretary of State Cardinal Maglione the pontiff recalls requesting a similar prayer crusade last year amid talk of armed strife.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
Lugi Cardinal Maglione
History-Making NLRB Vote Over GMC Union Representation
In Detroit on April 17 nearly 137 000 GM workers voted in NLRB elections to decide between CIO UAW and AFL UAW factions with some ballots listing AFL Pattern Makers and Die Linkers. The vote, largest NLRB effort, followed a year of organizing across 59 plants with officials stationed statewide.
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NLRB
Detroit
CIO
AFL Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corporation
National Labor Relations Board
United
G. M
Uaw-Cio
Independent Mechanics Educational Society of America
AFL Pattern Makers
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Cincinnati
N.J
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Boston
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Norse Coast
By Bjorn Bunkholdt
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