Bombing raids and Baltic mobilization raise Swedish fears
French War Ministry says German troops and arms are being embarked on transports near the Baltic opposite Sweden, seen as a menace after Norway and Denmark actions. Ice-breakers suggest northern Baltic operations, while Allied plans seek countermeasures with Britain, Poland, and Norway.
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Paris
Kesman
French War Ministry
Baltic Sea
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Oslo
Danish
Wold
Baltic
Allied Supreme War Council
Reynaud
E.S.T
Elysee Palace
Kaifeng Claim Prompts Chinese War Update Across Asia
The Chinese Central News Agency reported Kaifeng in Honan province had fallen to Chinese forces, claiming full occupation despite lack of independent confirmation. The report notes a four-pronged assault after cutting the Lunghai railway and recapturing Hwaiyang, with additional action near the Northern theatre.
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Chungking
Kaifeng
Honan
Chungkiang
TRLI
Central News
Lunghai
Centrals
Hwaiyang
Disabled Veterans Hold State Convention in June
The annual state department convention of the Disabled American Veterans will be held in Wilmington from June 21 to 23.
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Wilmington
State Department
Reich Regrets Swede Incidents in Border Flights
Sweden protested to Berlin over German planes violating Swedish frontiers describing incursions as numerous and grave. Berlin expressed regret and said trespassing cases were few and unintentional. The protest followed Sweden shooting down a German plane near Goteborg and rumors of deliberate reconnaissance over fortified zones.
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Berlin
Sweden
Goteborg
North Carolina Music Clubs Convention Opens in Elizabeth City
The 24th annual convention of the North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs opens tonight in Elizabeth City at the Virginia Dare Hotel. The event runs through Saturday with Mayor Jerome Flora delivering the welcome.
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Elizabeth City
North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs
Virginia Dare Hotel
Jerome Flora
Sentry victim in thriller shot by prowler at air base
At Quantico Virginia a Marine Base airfield sentry was wounded at 2 a.m. by a prowler carrying a blow torch who fled after a pistol shot. The injury was described as not serious and the incident remains under FBI inquiry.
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Quantico
Marine Base
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Marine Corps
Runner Gene Venzke Walks Last Mile in Politics
Reading Pa April 24 Gene Venzke a former Penn star and one of the nation's great milers lost his first political race he finished third in a field of six for the Democratic nomination to the state legislature returns from yesterday's primary show his campaign speeches focused on experiences on the cinder track joining Chuck Fenske and Glenn Cunningham among noted milers in the nation
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Reading
Gene Venzke
Chuck Fenske
Glenn Cunningham
University of Pennsylvania
Star
Venzke
Chifly
Missing Girl Shirley Mansfield Found Near Wrightsville Beach
The body of 14 year old Shirley Mansfield, who drowned after wading in Moore's Inlet at Wrightsville Beach on April 15, was located eight miles north this morning by a search party guided to the scene by an airman.
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Wilmington
Shirley Mansfield
Moore's Inlet
Wrightsville Beach
Italy Will Fight For Own Cause
The Bologna paper Resto del Carlino predicts a German victory and says Italy will fight to advance its own interests, side by side with Germany if needed. It argues Italy’s future hinges on the German outcome and that Italians will act for themselves and their sons, aligning with German aims.
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Rome
Bologna
Resto del Carlino Today
Italy
Germany
Berlin
Reich
I Duce
Mass Negro tragedy in Natchez hall fire claims over 200 dead
In Natchez Mississippi last night a single exit dance hall fire killed more than 205 Black men and women. Coroner R E Smith said the death toll rose to 212 with survivors in critical condition. Bodies piled in funeral parlors awaiting identification.
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Natchez
Miss
R. E. Smith
Julius Hawkins
Natchez Democratic
Former Detroit Mayor Indicted in graft conspiracy
DETROIT April 24. Richard W. Reading former mayor of Detroit and 134 others were indicted by a county grand jury on graft and corruption conspiracy in lottery and numbers rackets. Twenty eight co conspirators named but not defendants. Pro secutor Duncan C. McCrea and Harry Coluburn were indicted on protecting gambling and illegal enterprises charges.
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Detroit
Richard W. Reading
Reading
Duncan C. McCrea
Harry Coluburn
Wayne County
Howe testifies ACA leaders are Communists plotting wartime control
Fred M. Howe told the Dies Committee that high ACA CIO officials are Communists aiming to seize control of communications and, if war comes, help set up a Soviet system. He claimed a man named Stano, a Communist, worked in the Sea Cloud yacht radiogram room. Davies, ex ambassador to Belgium and Russia, owned Sea Cloud.
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Washington
Fred M. Howe
Marine Radio Union
Dies Committee
American Communications Association
CIO
Stano
Sea Cloud
Joseph E. Davies
United States
Belgium
Russia
Davies
Howe
International Executive Board
American Radio Telegraphers Association
Marine Division
ACA
Communist Party
Britain invites Russia to propose concrete trade terms
Britain told the House of Commons it has invited Russia to present concrete proposals for a trade agreement aimed at preventing war supplies reaching Germany. No date was set for the British ambassador's return to Moscow, and Greenland's status as a Danish colony under German occupation was under consideration by Britain and Canada. A. Butler reported.
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London
Britain
Russia
Germany
House of Commons
R. A. Butler
William Leeds
Moscow
Greenland
Butler
Denmark
Canada
Harold H. Balfour
Air
North Carolina Collegiate Press Association Meet at Charlotte
The NC CPA will convene in Charlotte starting tomorrow through Saturday to discuss student newspapers. Prominent college editors and advisors from the state will attend the sessions and share practices in campus journalism.
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Charlotte
North Carolina Collegiate Press Association
Guffey Holds Narrow Lead in Pennsylvania Primary Fight
Senator Joseph F. Guffey maintains a widening edge for the Democratic U S Senate nomination as results from 5426 of 8105 districts show Guffey leading Walter A. Jones, while President Roosevelt dominates the Democratic presidential ballot. Republican favored Jay Cooke leads Albert H. Ladner for the U S Senate with 556,692 to 166,110 in district returns.
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Philadelphia
Joseph F. Guffey
U. S
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Democratic State Committee
Guffey
Walter A. Jones
Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
Jones
William N. McNair
Mr. Roosevelt
John N. Garner
James A. Farley
Cordell Hull
Dewey
Thomas A. Dewey
New York
Arthur H. James
Robert A. Taft
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Frank Gannett
Jay Cooke
U.S
Albert H. Ladner
Cook
Ladner
John A. Derenzo
Altoona
Germans Feel Intensification Of Conflict On Several Fronts
British warplanes raid five German bases in Germany and Scandinavia as the conflict widens on multiple fronts. The Air Ministry cites successful attacks on Sylt, Aalborg, Kristiansand, Oslo and Stavanger while Chamberlain resumes censorship control and two million men under arms reinforce Britain’s armies in France and the Middle East. Greenwood predicts neutrals may join soon. British troops repel a German counterattack near Trondheim on the Norwegian coast.
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Hugh Wagnon
London
Germany
Scandinavia
Air Ministry
Sylt
Aaborg
Denmark
Kristiansand
Oslo
Stavanger
Norway
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Ministry of Information
Royal Navy
Marines
Mercantile Marine
Royal Air Force
France
Middle East
Arthur Greenwood
Labor
War Office
Trondheim
Norwegian
Westernland
Naval clash rumor rocks Skagerrak amid Norway fighting
Swedish press reports a possible major naval engagement in the Skagerrak as battles rage around Oslo. The conflict pits German forces in Norway against British French and Norwegian troops, with Sweden seeking to preserve neutrality while blocking German reinforcements.
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Stockholm
Oslo
Norway
Sweden
Skagerrek
Robins in Serious Condition After Emergency Appendectomy
Col Raymond Robins, noted social economist and former Red Cross leader, is in serious condition after an emergency appendectomy in Tampa Florida. Doctors say his ruptured appendix prompted the operation Monday night. Robins, who built a fortune from Alaska gold, led the 1917 1918 Red Cross expedition to Russia. His 1932 disappearance en route to Washington for an audience with President Hoover ended in a nationwide search. he later was found in a Whitier North Carolina boarding house with amnesia.
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Tampa
Fla
Raymond Robins
Robins
Alaska
American Red Cross
Russia
Washington
Hoover
Whittier
N. C
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Louis P. Lochner
High Command
Narvik
DNB
Uisecaeraceare
Natchez, Miss
McCrea
Information Ministry
Skagerrak
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