Mine Strife in Kentucky Coal Fields Sparks Fatal Clashes
In Harlan and Middlesboro Kentucky near the convergence of Virginia Tennessee and Kentucky, a deadly clash marks another week of Appalachian coal mine labor strife. Four men, including a mine president and a patrolman, die on a mountain road, part of a spate of nine killings during a regional stoppage as CIO United Mine Workers and mine operators negotiate over wages and reopening plans across eight states. Steel and auto wage issues surface as other unions secure raises and strikes end, while defense contracts keep industry moving amid political responses and international mentions of Greenland base deals.
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Cumberland Mountain
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Harlan
Middlesboro
Appalachian
New York
CIO United Mine Workers Union
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
CIO
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
U.S. Steel Corp
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corp
Little Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Michigan
Murray D. van Wagoner
Washington
OPM
William Knudsen
Hopkins Near Roosevelt As Lend Lease Overseer
Washington Hopkins, close adviser to President Roosevelt, known as the frail frank ex social worker, has held roles from relief director to secretary of commerce. Now slated to supervise the large lend-lease program as the President’s eyes and ears in Great Britain.
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Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
White House
Great Britain
Hopkins
America
Roosevelt Permits Armed Protection for Red Sea Trade
Senators and representatives returning to Washington after Easter vacation faced a new development. President Roosevelt removed the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden from the neutrality act waters list, allowing armed protection for American merchant ships carrying war supplies to Red Sea ports. Secretary Knox said naval construction could be delayed to assure quick repair of British vessels in U.S. yards.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
U.S
Knox
Chemists Explore Farm Waste and Persimmon Cure
Aged Dr. George W. Carver showcases a new liquid astrigent from persimmon to treat pyorrhea. Henry Gilman reports furans in farm wastes like corncobs, suggesting cheap drug development including novocaine and antiseptics. Northwestern educators use cartoon directing to reveal family and child-group issues in problem children. Acute leukemia remains fatal in about two months. Dr. Shields Warren proposes radioactive phosphorus to destroy faulty marrow cells to prolong life.
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George W. Carver
Tuskegee Institute
South
Henry Gilman
Iowa State College
Shields Warren
Boston
Why Russia Is Called An Enigma
An analysis of Soviet behavior across the 1935 to 1941 period shows alternating moves that often counteract Axis aims. The piece notes 1939 non aggression with Germany and oil support, 1940 actions in Romania, and 1941 neutrality stances and troop movements shaping Axis dynamics.
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Russia
France
Germany
Munich
Romania
Bessarabia
Bulgaria
Hungary
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Poland
Short Short Stories Shaken in Southern Mexico
Seven states in southern Mexico were struck by an earthquake that left thousands homeless and caused widespread devastation. The disaster prompted relief efforts as communities coped with loss and displacement.
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Mexico
Joseph M. Schenck
James Roosevelt
Romelle Schneider
Latin America Future Seen Amid Industrial Rise
The piece recalls Pan American Day history with Henry Wallace predicting Latin America’s fifty year path to major industrial growth akin to the U.S. 1860–1910, and Nelson Rockefeller warning of economic contraction and unrest without access to steel and machinery. It also notes a prison escape at Sing Sing, an Italian community editor’s murder linked to alleged fascist activity, Roosevelt’s ball throwing, and an opening day baseball crowd.
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Latin America
Americas
Henry Wallace
U.S
Nelson Rockefeller
U. S
Feaders Urge Russia Intervention to Check Germany
A Turkish newspaper Yeni Sabah urged Soviet Russia to intervene as Germany expands in Europe. The piece notes Stalin and Matsuoka’s neutrality pact, its potential to free Japan for southern expansion, and Berlin’s reaction to the pact. It discusses implications for the Balkans, the Ukraine, and global power balance with Italy and Germany.
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Oviet
Russia
Yeni Sabah
Germany
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Balkans
Hitler
Ukraine
Caucasus
Japan
Yosuke Matsuoka
Moscow
Berlin
Rome
Soviet
Fritz Todt
Poland
Henderson Steers Price Freeze to Curb Inflation
President Roosevelt amid wartime rearmament named Leon Henderson head of a new Price Administration office to curb rising costs. Henderson froze steel prices at first-quarter 1940 levels, citing wage hikes, while monitoring textiles, coal, drugs, chemicals, nonferrous metals, building materials, and leather. He stressed supply and capacity as key to control, and noted ability to adjust prices quickly if needed. Henderson rose from WPA economist to Monopoly Committee executive secretary, later SEC member, touting production-based profits and a return to prewar efficiency.
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Roosevelt
America
Defense Commission
New Deal
Chester Davis
Leon Henderson
NRA
Henderson
FDR
Office
Price Administration
Trol
WPA
SEC
Experts See Suez As Nazi Goal Invasion Across Balkans and Africa
An Associated Press dispatch in Washington warned that top observers saw the Allies’ immediate prospects as grim. Hitler’s aims included the Suez Canal and Middle East oil, with a German push through the Balkans and North Africa threatening Egypt and the wider eastern Mediterranean. The Yugoslav collapse, Greek resistance, and British retreats signaled a widening Axis advance, while British reinforcements, a hostile desert, and naval power could curb the push toward Suez. The Battle of Britain continued as Kiel Luftwaffe targets and Bristol endured heavy bombing.
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Balkan
Associated Press
Washington
Mediterranean
Egypt
Suez Canal
Middle East
Hitler
Near East
Suez
Nile
Britain
North African
Sicilian Strait
Tripoli
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Greenland
VU. S
Henrik de Kauffmann
de Kauffman
Denmark
Foreign Office
United States
de Kauffmann
Copenhagen
North Africa
Dardanelles
Northwestern University
Psychological Clinic
Red Cross
Princess Elizabeth
Wendell Willkie
Miller, Owen, Otis & Bailly
Willkie, Owen, Otis & Bailly
William McChesney Martin
New York Stock Exchange
Ossining
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing
Hudson River
John Arena
Chicago la Tribuna
Dies Committee
Arena
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Marius Russo
Washington Senators
Yankees
National Capital
Feaders
Iraq
Josef Stalin
Matsuoka
Italy
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
Pacific
Konoye
China
Chungking
Dr. Todt
Providener
Pratt
Sacramento Bee
Sarajevo
Sladko Kvaternik
Albania
Corizza
Korizza
Greece
Mount Olympus
Aegean
Chimara
Adriatic
Libya
Matruh
Ers
RAF
Kiel
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Brest
Bristol
London
Lord Stanp
Killic
Johnson
Kladideradatsch
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