Berlin Says Greece Faces Catastrophe Amid Mount Olympus Claim
Berlin reports Greece facing catastrophe as German high command says swastika now flies over Mount Olympus and Larisa. In Athens, Greek premier Norizis dies by suicide amid wartime strain. Allied lines hold. Italian and Albanian fronts see heavy fighting and prisoner captures.
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Metsovo
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Associated Press
Athens
Greek High Command
Larisa
Alexandros Norizis
Germany
Italy
Erseke Androliko
Bitolj
Monastir
Yugoslavia
Verdun
Berlin
High Command
Adolf Hitler
Pravda Says Soviet Pact Baffles War Plans
Pravda depicts the Soviet Japanese neutrality pact as a bold blow to US and British aims to draw Russia into war. It says the 10 year old plan was not aimed at Germany, notes Moscow rejected an axis partnership, and calls the pact an instrument of peace while accusing foreign circles of trying to widen war. It cites American press signals of rising Anglo American concern and claims Washington sought Moscow relations to deter Japan, with continuation promised on page 2.
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Associated Press
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Soviet Union
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United States
Russia
Japan
Germany
Kremlin
State Department
U. S. SR
London
Washington
Streit assails D A R over union now stance
Clarence K. Streit author of Union Now criticizes the Daughters of the American Revolution for opposing the union now movement in Washington. He accuses the DAR of ridiculing his program and says their stance ignores his literature and proposes a world government model based on the U S constitution with Canada Britain and allied nations under universal independence principles.
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New York
Clarence K. Streit
Union
Great Britain
Daughters of the
Washington
U. S
W. E. Baker Jr. shot during Labor Day melee
In Jacksonville on Labor Day 1924 W. E. Baker Jr was struck by four bullets while helping Policeman W. J. Kelly who died from his wounds in a shooting melee. A lung bullet had lodged in Baker. Doctors later said after an X ray his condition was excellent and he is walking around despite pneumonia recovery.
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Jacksonville
Fla
W. E. Baker, Jr
W. J. Kelly
Baker
Strike Right Defended By Paul McNutt
Paul V. McNutt federal security administrator defended labor rights against proposed anti strike legislation. He argued such moves threaten democracy, warn labor policy must maximize defense production, and question if free labor under law beats Nazi tactics. He spoke at a Jefferson birthday dinner and warned against yielding social gains for defense.
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McNutt
MccNutt
Rising tax plan eyed an 8 percent rate debate
Washington April 19 Congress weighs an 8 percent basic income tax rate with a sales levy as Ways and Means starts consideration of new revenue legislation. Treasury fixes 3.5 billion dollars to be raised and many fear higher burdens for all taxpayers. Proposals range from 8 percent with no extra 10 percent add on to 6 percent base with steeper surtaxes. Senators Clark and Reynolds urge higher rates and a sales tax. A possible removal of the earned income credit could tax more of a salaried earner’s income. The committee will hear treasury officials in closed session Monday and revive several wartime nuisance taxes such as soft drinks and railroad tickets.
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Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Clark
Idaho
Reynolds
D-Nc
Doughton
Coughton
Focus
Greek Orthodox Easter Masses Cancelled by War Blackout
Athens April 19 The blackout and war conditions tonight forced cancellation of traditional midnight Greek Orthodox Easter masses where thousands once gathered before outdoor altars with lighted candles. Greeks waited for daylight to throng to churches and pray for victory for their troops.
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Athens
U S Plane Equipment To Be Best In World
Robert A. Lovett, assistant secretary of war for air, predicted American air equipment will be unmatched in three to four months. He spoke at Curtiss-Wright propeller plant dedication, where 380000 square foot facility produces propellers for about 600 blades monthly, rising to 1000 by year end, with five plants planned and peak output expected mid 1912.
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Lovett
War Department
Robert L. Earle
Propeller
Earle
Britain Falling Apart Says Nye
New York April 19 Senator Gerald P Nye predicted at a press conference that the British empire faced disintegration but said this should not alarm the United States He argued Britain has been the United States strongest economic competitor and that American trade would be hurt less if Nazi forces prevail he noted the United States relies on only about three percent of its economy on foreign trade and could compensate in the Western Hemisphere
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New York
Gerald P. Nye
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Britain
United States
British Strike Back In Libya
Cairo April 19. The Nile army and Royal Air Force pressed the North Africa offensive against axis motorized forces near Salam. British mobile units aided by RAF damaged several vehicles including an armored car and retreated at full speed. Libyan front reports note continuous harassing air attacks on axis units in Tobruk and Cirenaica. In East Africa progress toward Dessye, Ethiopia, slowed by road damage, but other imperial forces advanced and many prisoners were taken. South Africa air force claimed destruction of seven Italian planes at Kombolcha airfield.
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Army of
North Africa
Tobruk
Cirenaica
RAF
East Africa
Dessye
Ethiopia
Kombolcha
South Africa
Perkins Overture Rebuffed By CIO Mine Union
Secretary Perkins asks for resumption of soft coal production from northern mines but is rebuffed by the CIO mine union. Roosevelt and Labor Secretary Haslett press for a coastwide master contract to speed shipyard production during the national emergency. A tentative agreement exists but Seattle minority group threatens ratification.
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CIO Mine Union
Roosevelt
Miss Perkins
Mr. Roosevelt
Flycde Park
N. Y
Pacific Coast
Office of Production Management
William D. Hassett
Seattle
Natonal Defense
Has
Need Doctors In England Need Doctors In England
President Roosevelt urged young American doctors to volunteer for service in military and civilian hospitals of Britain. The British Red Cross appealed through the American Red Cross for up to 1000 physicians to help meet a wartime shortage. He said volunteers would be enrolled by the British Red Cross and protected by the Geneva Red Cross treaty, respected by belligerents since 1861.
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Hyde Parix
N. J
Roosevelt
White House
British Red Cross
American Red Cross
Army
Navy
Public Health Service
Britain
Red Cross
Geneva
London Braces As Reich Blitz Fails In Hitler Birthday Raid
Berlin forces aimed a major raid on London for Adolf Hitler's birthday but anti-aircraft batteries shattered the attack. The Thames estuary shelling forced many raiders away, with only scattered bombs dropped on select districts and notable damage to a landmark church.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Thames
Homec
Luftwaffe
Hitler
Greek Chief Korizis Takes Own Life in Anguish
Athens reports Premier Alexandros Korizis, 56, killed himself amid Greece's unequal war with Germany and Italy. An official note says he suffered a nervous breakdown from strain and emotion of the war. King George II entrusted General Alexander Mazarakis to form a new cabinet with a military character.
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Athens
Alexandros Korizis
Greece
Germany
Italy
George II
Alexander Mazarakis
Netherlands East Indies Labels Bulgaria Romania Hungary Enemies
The government in Batavia announces that Bulgaria Romania and Hungary are now considered enemy territory. Diplomatic relations with the three axis-dominated nations had been severed earlier.
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Netherlands East Indies
Bulgaria
Rumania
Hungary
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