Americas to seize 160 idle foreign ships for security
In Washington on April 26 representatives of 21 American Republics recommended that foreign flag vessels idle in ports be taken under their control to defend economics and regional peace. The plan, led by Sumner Welles and Guina of Uruguay, calls for compensation and retention of navigation rights under flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee
Sumner Welles
United States Department of State
Guina
Uruguay
Roosevelt
Seven Seas
Western Hemisphere
House
Alaska Defense Hope from Glacier Priest
Los Angeles April 26. Rev Bernard Hubbard, glacier priest and explorer, argues Alaska can be defended by ordinary defenses and climate. He notes Aleutian Islands are rocky with harsh weather that could hinder invasion, praises existing Army defense programs, and discusses submarine basing at Adak and Niska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Alaska
Bernard R. Hubbard
Asia
Aleutian Islands
Japan
Father Hubbard
Santa Clara University
War Department
Army
Aleutians
Niska
Adak
Asheville Advances to NC High School Debate Finals
Wake Forest april 26 Asheville high school Edwards High of Asheville reached the finals of the North Carolina High School speech and debate tournament. The Asheville team defeated Charlotte and Wilmington to earn a finals berth facing Lee Edwards. Afternoon debaters from Fayetteville Greensboro Durham Needham Broughton Raleigh Wilson and Winston-Salem vie on the military training topic. Neil Beard of Greensboro won the after dinner oratory title with Ernest Glass of Sanford runner-up. The J Rice Quisenberry cup went to Lee Edwards of Asheville. Greensboro and Reidsville placed second and third in the cup standings. Governor Broughton to award trophy.
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Wake Forest
Edwards High School
Asheville
North Carolina
Charlotte
Wilmington
Fayetteville
Greensboro
Durham
Needham Broughton
Raleigh
Charles L. Coon
Wilson
Reynolds
Winston-Salem
United States
Lee Edwards
Governor Broughton
Neil Beard
Ernest Glass
Sanford
J. Rice
Reidsville
Canada Launches Drive for 20 000 War Recruits
Ottawa April 26 Defense Minister J L Ralston announced a drive to enlist 22 000 men for the overseas Canadian army in the coming months to fill shortfalls in monthly quotas and bring active service troops in Canada to strength. He also said Reserve Army members called up for four months of training under the National Mobilization Act would be held for active service in Canada after completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Defense
J. L. Ralston
Canada
Britain Turns To Sea Battles After Defeat In Greece
Bulletin from Washington reports the Defense Mediation Board urging GM and CIO United Auto Workers to keep production amid a threatened strike. London notes Greece defeat viewed as secondary to Atlantic and Mediterranean battles as Britain seeks US aid, aims to hold Mediterranean lifeline and protect ports and factories. Observers forecast extended Mediterranean warfare and naval patrols to safeguard supply routes. Lord Gort placed in charge at Gibraltar as Axis moves in Libya raise concern of Spain push.
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Washington
Defense Mediation Board
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers (Cio
London
Balkans
Atlantic
Mediterranean
United States
Gibraltar
Indian Ocean
Greece
Britain
British Isles
Roosevelt
England
Iraq
Dardanelles
Libya
Westerm
Lord Gort
France
Spain
Heavy Attack Made On Kiel
British bombers launched a heavy attack on Kiel last night and struck lighter blows at Berlin Bremerhaven Wilhelmshaven Emden Lubeck and Friedrichstadt. The German air force concentrated on Newcastle and hit it hardest. Casualties feared heavy. RAF bombed Rotterdam oil stores and hit two supply ships west of Helgoland. German reports claim Kiel shipyards bombed and fires started.
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London
Kiel
Berlin
Bremerhaven
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Lubeck
Friedrichstadt
Ministry of Information
Newcastle
RAF
Rotterdam
Information Ministry
Helgoland
Scotland
England
Gano Dunn report sparks New Deal feud with OPM group
Washington dispatch notes the Dunn steel survey, once hailed by FDR as economic gospel, is questioned amid fresh indictments of OPM industrialists. OPM cuts auto production and banks on Kaiser plant to boost supplies, while Britain suspends steel imports as U.S. demand grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ray Tucker
Gano Dunn
New Deal
White House
Political Upheaval Brews in Paraguay Report Says
Private dispatches from Paraguay describe a nation on the verge of a political upheaval with rapid events leading to a showdown between two army leaders Provisional President Higinio Morinigo and exiled former president Col Rafael Franco Morinigo, whose army support is weakening, has imprisoned 90 Franco adherents recently Franco praises totalitarian principles
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Buenos Aires
Paraguay
Higinio Morinigo
Rafael Franco
Morinigo
Franco
Etheridge Retained as Chief of Conservation Board Appointed
Governor Broughton named R. Bruce Etheridge director of the department of conservation and developments and appointed a new 15 member board. Etheridge hails from Dare County and the board will meet May 8. The governor indicated Etheridge, with approval, would back the appointment of Hinton James as commissioner of game and inland fisheries to succeed John D. Chalk.
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Raleigh
Broughton
R. Bruce Etheridge
Department of ‘ Conservation and Developments
Etheridge
Dare County
Hinton James
Scotland County
Game and Inland Fisheries
John D. Chalk
Rockingham
Conservation Department
Bruce Cameron
Wilmington
North Carolina
Roy Hampton
Plymouth
J. Horton Doughton
Statesville
Piedmont
William Carl Hudson
Morganton
Western Carolina Sportsmen's Association
Paul E. Jones
Farmville
Carroll P. Rogers
Tryon
Reynolds Proposes Subsidized Courses for Engineering
Senate bill by Senator Reynolds proposes Federal Security Administration grants up to 1 million dollars to colleges to expand chemical engineering teaching. Additional measures include 50 cadets at West Point and midshipmen at Annapolis for sons of long-serving officers, and a plan to let aliens cancel citizenship declarations to avoid service after being called up. Secretary Hull backs the move following protests by several nations over conscription in the Selective Service Act.
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Washington
Reynolds
N.C
Federal Security Administration
West Point
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Armed Services
State Department
Hull
Mexico
British sea losses reach 232600 tons since April 16
Berlin reports 232600 tons of British transports sunk and 52 ships seriously damaged in 10 days ending April 26. Total ships destroyed or unfit for service about 700000 tons. DNB states the losses hinder Britain's Greece evacuation effort.
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Berlin
DNB
Britain
Greece
Roosevelt Abandons Trip Over Soft Coal Strike
President Roosevelt canceled plans to visit Warm Springs as the soft coal dispute remains unresolved. The Defense Mediation Board moved to hear the General Motors case while CIO United Mine Workers demand a $1 wage across the industry and a regional wage differential sparked deadlock. About 160,000 GM workers and 400,000 miners face possible production curtailments.
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Defense Mediation Board
General Motors Corporation
Roosevelt
General Motors
Perkins
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Detroit
Mediation Board
CIO United Mine Workers
Appalachian
Southern
Pilot Killed in Groton Plane Crash
Lieutenant William A. Webber 26 of Westbury Long Island was killed when his plane crashed on farmland near Groton airport. He served in the Suh Pursuit Squadron from Mitchell Field and a two week Army air corps training period was underway. cause of the crash remains undetermined and officials provided no comment.
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Groton
Conn
William A. Webber
Westbury
L. L
Suh
Mitchell Field
L. F
Army
Germans To Intensify Sea Warfare The Threat To Atlantic Shipping
Washington April 26 naval experts foresee probable intensification of German raider operations against British shipping this spring and summer. Wider weather and longer neutral patrols could push sea raiders and ocean-going submarines toward Canada and the United States to strike munition ships, with Britain’s navy and shore air defenses least able to protect distant targets. President Roosevelt hinted at extending neutrality patrols across the western Atlantic without committing US convoys, while Senator Hill urged convoys to deliver war materiel and food to Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Canada
United States
Pommt
England
Roosevelt
Atlantic
U. S
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Britain
Hill
Europe
Seven Seas
Western Hemisphere
Hemispheer
Piedmont League Opens With Doubleheader Shuffle
April 26 in Charlotte N C the rain hampered Piedmont League starts its first slate of games with Charlotte visiting Asheville Greensboro meeting Winston Salem Norfolk facing Portsmouth and Richmond playing Durham in opening action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
Charlotte
N. C
Asheville
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Richmond
Durham
Berlin Newsmen Claim FDR Looking For War
Berlin editors accuse Franklin D Roosevelt of seeking conflict with Britain and Japan. Adolf Halfeld and Karal Mergerle warn that American ships entering war zones around the Red Sea and Suez Canal will be torpedoed, urging interventionists to heed Hitler’s warning about ships before torpedo tubes.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Adolf Halfeld
Hamberger Fremdenblatt
Karal Mergerle
Boerzen Zeitung
Mergerle
America
Red Sea
Hitler
England
Mergle
Suez
Canal
Germans Near Athens Press On In Greece Campaign
German mechanized forces pushing toward Athens from Thebes while another column reaches Mesolongia on the west coast. Greek press calls the fight near its end as Britons retreat to embarkation ports. British forces face Axis advances in Africa and tensions rise across Europe and the Mediterranean. Captain Roosevelt and Major Thomas arrive as observers in Hong Kong. Argentina sets governance by decree amid Paraguay’s looming political clash. A New Zealand anti tank unit joins the action.
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Associated Press
Greece
Thebes
Athens
Mesolongia
Bertin
Mediterranean
London
Gibraltar
Indian Ocean
Vichy
Francis Pietri
Spain
Petain
Africa
Fort Capuzzo
Libya
Gambela
Ethiopia
Turkey
Germany
Balkans
Far East
Hongkong
James Roosevelt
Gerald Thomas
Washington
United States Marine Corps
Argentina
Ramon S. Castillo
Buenos Aires
Paraguay
Higinio Morinigo
Rafael Franco
New Zealand
Axis Repulses British Blow At Capuzzo Fortress
Berlin reports German Italian forces repulsed a British circlement thrust against Capuzzo on the Libyan frontier. The fight west of Salum and south of Bardia involved armored units heavy artillery and dive bombers. German and Italian planes attacked British artillery positions and a large camp, scattering troops and tanks.
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Berlin
Capuzzo
Salum
Egypt
Bardia
Germans Seen Poised to Occupy More Islands
Istanbul April 25 Delayed Foreign office circles in Ankara said Germany was momentarily expected to occupy the Greek islands of Mytilene and Chios near Turkish territory. If seized, Germany would gain sea bases extending toward the Dodecanese off Southwest Turkey from Turkish Thrace, broadening its island positions.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Foreign Office
Ankara
Mytilene
Chios
Germany
Turkish Thrace
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Americas
Chrysler
Bulletin
U.S
Henry J. Kaiser
Bonneville Dam
Harry Hopkins
Leon Henderson
Aluminum Trust
R.B. Etheridge
Warm Springs
Stephen Early
FDR
Axis
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