British Step Into Iraq Triggers German ire at Wilhemstrasse
British troops land in Basra as Germany protests, calling the move a breach of international law. The Fremdenblatt accuses Britain of widening the combat zone and portraying Basra as a strategic response to German activity in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Labor and Capital Enter New Era in Defense Unity
Sidney Hillman told a Senate committee that management and labor would soon move into an era of greater collaboration. He cited a spirit of full cooperation and said most disputes are settled amicably, while a few gains are at stake for national defense and labor morale.
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Sidney Hillman
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Senate
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P Hillman
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Detailed Plan For Taxes Goes To Committee
Washington April 21 The treasury submitted a detailed program to the House Ways and Means Committee for raising 3 500 000 000 in new taxes but Chairman Doughton declined to divulge the plan saying he did not wish to alarm the people. The committee would approve only as much as wise. The meeting was behind closed doors.
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Ways and Means Committee
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D-N. C
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Joint Committee
Internal Revenue Taxation
Congress
John L. Sullivan
Coughton
Colin Stam
Morgenthau
Capitol
Glass
D-Va
House Committee
Clark
Idaho
Slowdown under military priorities slows national defense
The piece argues that misapplied industrial priorities have delayed Navy and Army needs. Conflicts over machine tool contracts and Navy paperwork created delays as two firms raced for priority access, illustrating systemic friction. It notes potential fixes but warns such issues slow defense progress despite good plans.
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Navy
British Loss In Greece Feared In London
London observers fear defeat in Greece as the German diplomatic campaign intensifies. Britain's troop movement to Iraq signals worry that the Suez and Middle East oil fields may be targeted to trap the Mediterranean fleet and cripple Britain.
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Mediterranean
Roosevelt Returns to Washington After Hyde Park Visit
President Roosevelt flew back to Washington from Hyde Park and announced a Canada United States defense article exchange. In a seven hour meeting with Canadian Prime Minister W L Mackenzie King they endorsed a general principle to mobilize continental resources. Over the next year Canada might supply the United States with 200 to 300 million dollars of urgently required defense articles including certain munitions strategic materials aluminum and ships.
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Canada
W. L. MacKenzie King
Great Britain
Hudson Valley
New Premier Pledges Greeks Fight To End
Athens April 21 Emmanuel Tsouderos Greece new premier pledged in a radio address that the Greeks would fight to the end until the Balkans are cleared of those who led the infamous campaign. He praised Britain's help and noted US aid, saying allies ensure right and justice prevail.
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Court of Appeals Won't Revoke Pelleys Bond
The United States Court of Appeals refused to revoke the $5,000 appeal bond of William Dudley Pelley publisher and leader of the Silver Shirts as he fights extradition to North Carolina on securities law violation conviction. Pelley plans to appeal to the Supreme Court after losing the appeal of the extradition order.
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United States Court of Appeals
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Supreme Court
British Airmen Start Large Fires at Cologne in Raid
British bombers ignited large fires in Cologne last night and raided Dusseldorf and Brest docks on the German-occupied French coast. Oil stores in Rotterdam and docks at Dunkerque and Ostend were bombed, a 3,000 ton ship hit and left sinking off Norway, and other shipping attacked off the Dutch coast. Air raid sirens sounded in London, then the all clear. The Germans claimed RAF intrusions with slight damage in German residential areas. In Britain, some bombs fell in East and Southwest England and two Scottish towns were strafed, with a three year old boy killed by machine gun fire in one town. The RAF also attacked German shipping in the channel and at Brest, with a 5,000-ton ship sunk and an 8,000-tonner damaged. One Nazi plane was destroyed. two others shot down by the minesweeper Bassett. A big German cannon fired across Dover Strait. First Lord Alexander defended Greece aid against armchair critics. He cited Italian transports destroyed by the navy and warned of rising German submarine and air activity in the Atlantic.
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Libya
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Otto Kretschmer
Allies Fight Retreat Across Thessaly Front in Greece
Allied lines in Thessaly come under renewed German pressure as mechanized forces push toward the Greek plain. British and Greek troops fall back to new positions while air raids over Athens intensify. Allied transport losses reported as Volos port and Khalkis subjected to strikes. Tsouderos named premier heading Greece’s new cabinet amid ongoing defense.
Not Time For Complacency in Defense Effort
Secretary of Commerce Jesse H. Jones warned at the Associated Press luncheon that defense progress is strong but there is no room for complacency. He cited 14,000 prime contracts and over 100,000 subcontracts, covering items from chevrons to bombers, with expenditures exceeding 312.5 billion.
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Jesse H. Jones
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Associated Press
Waldorf-Astoria
Italian Forces Reoccupy Ionian Coast of Albania Front
Rome reports Italian high command says the Ionian coast of Albania is reoccupied up to the Greek frontier. Italian planes sink an Allied 15,000 ton oil tanker and an 8,000 ton cruiser. Battles mention Greek retreats and destruction of matériel as fascist air units hit Ithaca Corfu and Missotonghi with railway and harbor targets.
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Greece
Town Eyes Name Change to Fairbanks Jr Postmark
In Fairbanks Indiana residents proposed renaming the town Fairbanks Jr to avoid confusion with other Fairbanks locations. Postmaster General Walker rejected the idea, leaving the current name unchanged.
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Alaska
Walker
Fairbanks, Jr
Italians Repel Landing Force Near Bardia Libya
Italian and German forces halted a British attempt to land reinforcements near Bardia Libya. Axis forces captured all troops that set foot ashore. Tobruk harbor facilities damaged by Axis air raids. German airmen sunk a transport in the Gulf of Salum. British losses reported after repulsed attack on Salum.
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Libya
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