Laval Returns as Vichy Leader Sparks New War Crisis
The article analyzes Pierre Laval's reinstatement as head of the Vichy regime under Petain and his renewed pro German stance. It weighs Laval's influence, potential moves against France and Britain, and the risk of public reaction as Hitler tests French collaboration amid wartime strain.
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Pierre Laval
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Herr Hitler
Berlin
Jong
Laval
Germany
Rennes
France
Jacques Doriot
Hitler
Petain
Darlan
la Val
United States
Royal Air Force Raids Japanese Airfield in Burma
New Delhi India April 20 Royal Air Force planes in a Burma counteroffensive blasted an airfield at Bassein in the Irrawaddy delta and machinegunned motor launches and small barges in Gwa Bay The communique added a schooner at Sandoway and another at Andrew Bay were tracked with machineguns Casualties and damage were reported among barges in Gwa Bay about 50 miles west of Bassein Sandoway lies about 75 miles north of Gwa Bay.
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New Delhi
India
Royal Air Force
Burma
Bassein
Irrawaddy Delta
Gwa Bay
Sandoway
Nother
Andrew Bay
Defense official urges states to drop daylight saving plan
Washington April 20 The Office of Defense Transportation asked New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania to drop plans to set clocks ahead an extra hour saying such action would be wasteful and unnecessary for public transportation facilities Director Joseph B Eastman stated in telegrams to governors.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation Today
New York
New Jersey
Unnsylvania
Jeph B. Eastman
Nazis Increase Air Activity On Soviet Front
Nazism boosts air operations across multiple sectors as weather improves for large scale land attacks. reports cite Soviet long range artillery near Smolensk and fierce Russian assaults along the Volkhov River and against Finnish forces near the Svir. German air power backs counter attacks to hold positions west of the Volkhov before ice melts.
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Kuibyshevv
London
Smolensk
Moscow
Volkhov
Leningrad
Svir
Ladoga
Onega
MacArthur status in flux as war front shifts
General MacArthur's position remains unsettled amid Allied staff doubts he must move to a new front. With Japan eyeing England's Pacific outpost, he was sent to organize resistance. Now India and the Middle East draw attention, raising talk of a command there in coming months.
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Ashington
Ray Tucker
Douglas A. MacArthur
Allie General Staff
Wen
England
Pacific
Bataan
India
Middle East
Suez
Corregidor Pounded as Japanese Attack Intensifies
The War Department reported a new Japanese heavy bombardment of Corregidor from Cavite and Bataan with dive bombing raids added. Forts Hughes and Drum came under fire while Philippine defenses silenced multiple enemy batteries. A patrol near Mindanao ambushed Japanese troops, inflicting casualties as the siege continued.
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Associated Press
Washington
Philippine Island
Corregidor
War Department
Bataan
Manila Bay
Effec
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Philippine
Cavite
Hughes
Drum
Anti-Inflation Program Delayed By Wage Issue
Washington April 20 union leaders oppose wage controls delaying congressional action on anti inflation labor legislation. White House asks postponement until Roosevelt drafts a message on inflation and war labor policy. Connally may seek a one week delay on his seizure plan while advisers discuss general price and wage freezes.
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Jack Bell
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Laval Takes Front Seat in Vichy Government Crisis
Collab orationist Pierre Laval is named head of the Vichy government with Marshal Petain delegating internal and external policy. Petain urges French unity as Laval’s regime begins amid crisis. Admiral Darlan remains successor for defense.
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Associated Press
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Marshal Petain
Pétain
France
Marshal
Laval
Petain
Jean Darlan
Darlan
Jean Francois Jannekyn
Algeria
U Boats Sink 18 Vessels in Global Raids Report
Berlin broadcasts quoted Hitler headquarters declaring 16 enemy ships totaling 131000 tons sunk in the Caribbean and Atlantic off the American coast. The bulletin said a U boat shelved and set afire oil refineries at Curacao and another attacked an Arctic convoy, sinking two ships and damaging three, with hits on escort vessels. It also claimed a submarine torpedoed a merchant vessel at Beirch harbor and shelled electric works at Jaffa Palestine causing heavy damage.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Carribbean Sea
Atlantic
Curacao
Arctic Sea
Mediterranean
Beirch Harbor
Jaffa
Palestine
Coughlin Takes Responsibility for Social Justice Policy
Royal Oak priest Father Charles E. Coughlin publicly assumed responsibility for the magazine Social Justice its policies and contents in a press conference at the Shrine of the Little Flower rectory. The action follows a post office ban on the periodical for alleged seditious statements and a grand jury probe announced in Washington. The magazine, founded in 1934, is said to be owned by Coughlin’s parents, with Perrin Schwartz listed as editor.
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Royal Oak
Mich
sApril
Charles E. Coughlin
Social Justice
Biddle
Washington
District of Columbia Grand Jury
Father Coughlin
Attorney General
Postmaster-General
Thomas J
Amelia Coughlin
Perrin Schwartz
Roosevelt to reveal views on inflation law in message
Washington April 20. Congressional leaders said President Roosevelt will send a message to Congress in a week or ten days outlining his views on anti inflation measures. House Majority Leader MacCormack said a fireside radio address on the topic would likely follow shortly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
MacCormack
Oil Center Is Retaken By Chinese War Report
Chinese troops recaptured Yenangyaung in Burma, freeing a British force of several thousand from a Japanese surround. General Douglas MacArthur and Australia’s John Curtin discussed highly confidential offensive plans in Canberra as Allied air raids on Rabaul destroyed planes and damaged ships.
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Clyde A. Farnsworth
Associated Press
United Nations
Southwest
Pacific
Burma
Chungking
Yenangyaung
Douglas BlacArthur
Australia
John Curtin
Canberra
Southwest Pacific
Curtin
Rabaul
New Britain
Japan
Sakunai
Domei
United States
Suit Started Against Big Steel Firms
Attorney General Biddle announced the Justice Department filed suits in Federal District Court at Wilmington and Pittsburgh against Carnegie-Illinois Steel and Jones and Laughlin Steel to enjoin violations of War Production Board priorities. The actions seek injunctions to prevent handling or producing iron and steel outside WPB orders and require full compliance with WPB regulations to safeguard wartime production.
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Associated Press
Washington
Biddle
Justice Department
Federal District Court
Wilmington
Del
Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
War Production Board
Department
WPB
John Lord O'Brian
Carnegie-Minors
Jones and Laughlin
Taylor And Huitt Plead Guilty As State Revenue Trial Starts
In Raleigh April 20 two former North Carolina Department of Revenue deputy commissioners Lee C Taylor and Charles C Huitt pleaded guilty to embezzling tax funds. Four other former employees pleaded innocent. The trial opened with Huitt’s admission of a 2400 short in 1939 and a $2000 bond payment. a $400 check bounced. Other defendants include Clarence W Sneed and A A Kafer who died before trial. several others remain at large or awaiting sentencing.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Department of Revenue
Lee C. Taylor
Charles C. Huitt
Robert L. Ward, Jr
Division of
Fred Brown Drake
Harry S. Howard
Rodney Warner
Howard and Ward
F. Don Phillips
Wake Superior Court
Huntt
Huitt
C. H. England
England
Statesville
Revenue Department
GNE
Dread
Clarence W. Sneed
Sneed
A. A. Kafer
New Bern
D. L. Ward
Kafer
Ward
William Mack Robbins
Charlotte
South Carolina
Army Maneuvers In Panama Ended Repulsed Yellows
The largest field maneuvers in Panama since the war began ended with the theoretical repulse of an invading yellow army using tactics from the Japanese in the Far East. Thousands of U S Army Panama mobile force air corps and Marines participated across jungles and shores near the canal. The yellow force failed to penetrate the Canal Zone despite night marches machete clearing and amphibious landings. Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews planned the exercise to develop a method to defeat such infiltrating formations. Troops are back to routine as officers study the results for valuable lessons.
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Chandler Diehl
U.S. Army
Panama
Pacific
United States Army
Air Corps
Marine
Canal
Frank MM. Andrews
Far East
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