Germans Push Through Southern Greece and Crete Threat
Berlin reports German troops near final southern and southwestern Greek harbors as retreating British and Greek forces seek escape by sea to Crete. Luftwaffe sinks several ships in Greek waters while New and considerable losses hit the British in the Salam region of Egypt.
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Greece
Peloponnesus
Crete
Dunkerque
Tripolis
High Command
North Africa
Salam
Egypt
Malta
Plymouth
England
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt escorts amid security at LA lecture
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt spoke at Philharmonic auditorium under protection from secret service men and police after an anonymous letter warned of a peace picket. She answered questions about war and peace noting the president has not promised peace but seeks it, and that Americans must defend their country if asked.
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Los Angeles
Eleanor Roosevelt
Secret Service
Philharmonic Auditorium
R. E. Giese
Mrs. Rosevelt
America
Vote on union at Lexington Sik Mills Division
The labor board ordered a poll of employees at the Lexington Sik Mills Division of Burlington Mills in Lexington North Carolina to determine if workers want representation by the AFL United Textile Workers of America.
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Washington
The
Labor Board Today
Lexington Sik Mills
Burlington Mills Corporation
Lexington
N. C
AFL
United Textile Workers of America
Lindbergh formally resigns from reserve air corps
War Department reports Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's resignation as a reserve officer has been accepted. He said President Roosevelt's press conference remarks left him with no honorable alternative. Secretary Stimson may act on such resignations during the emergency period. The president likened Lindbergh and others who doubt Britain’s defeat to Civil War copperheads. Stephen Early mused that Lindbergh may be returning his decoration to Mr Hitter.
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Washington
War Department
Charles A. Lindbergh
Reserve Air Corps
Roosevelt
Stimson
Britain
Germany
Stephen Early
Lindbergh
Hitter
Early
Second Degree Plea Is Hinted
The Enterprise reports in Greensboro on April 29 that Oliver S. Farlow, a High Point textile worker, may offer and the court may accept a second degree murder plea in the pistol slaying of his estranged wife Jessie Farlow. Selection of a Guilford Court jury began amid police notes that the pistol used remains unfound and that Farlow lacks a declared ownership of a .32 caliber gun, though three .32 bullets were found in his pockets after arrest. The morning court session also noted Grady Shields of High Point pleaded guilty to breaking and entering, to serve five to...
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Greensboro
Oliver S. Farlow
High Point
Jessie Farlow
Guilford Court
Menacing strikes threaten national defense plants
Washington reports reveal hard boiled conciliation failures as workers at defense facilities resist contracts and demand management turnover to workers. The CIO pressures for control, while Roosevelt expands neutrality patrol beyond 1 000 miles, signaling broader wartime stance. Continued on Page 3.
Tobacco Man Urges Tax Shift Before Sugar or Coffee
Washington April 29 A tobacco maker from Winston-Salem urged Congress to tax sugar, coffee and similar products before raising duties on manufactured tobacco as part of a plan to raise 3.6 billion dollars in new revenue. Harry P. Taylor testified before the House Ways and Means Committee, saying tobacco profits could be harmed by a doubled 18 cent per pound tax. He argued for other taxes and warned against hurting southern tobacco. he also indicated willingness to shoulder a defense tax. He pressed for broader measures to fund defense and revenue.
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Congress
Harry P. Taylor
Winston-Salem
N. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
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Treasury
Boland
R-Pa
Joint Congressional Committee On Taxation
Clinton Davidson
Fiduciary Counsel, Inc
Jersey City
Technical Davidson
Supreme Court
Davidson
Berlin Hints Vichy Changes
Berlin authorized German spokesmen said they were aware of reports of possible government reconstructions in Vichy but Germany is not disposed to comment or interfere. Otto Abetz reportedly came to Berlin to explain developments. no major change in German French relations. Berlin complained of Swiss newspapers and a Swiss army officer who warned of plans to smash bridges and tunnels as a defense.
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Vichy
Germany
Otto Abetz
Paris
Europe
RAF Attacks Brest Ships Again Amidst Damaged German Ports
London April 29 The RAF raided the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau at Brest for the 12th time in a month. A well informed source said the ships remained in port due to heavy damage and immobility. British claims cite one hit on one ship, while the source argues more hits occurred. The German plan would be to move the raiders if Britons locate them. German air raids targeted Plymouth and East Anglia with fires reported but light casualties.
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Associated Press
London
RAF
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Brest
Hipper
Air Ministry
Plymouth
South Wales
East Anglia
Dewey Heads Service Group for National Defense
New York April 29 Thomas E Dewey district attorney today accepted the national chairmanship of the United Service Organization for National Defense to raise 10 765 000 for recreational facilities for soldiers sailors and others in defense work The plan calls for clubs in 300 defense centers nationwide and overseas bases with the government building facilities and USO funding operations and programs
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Thomas E. Dewey
United Service Organization For National Defense
United States
Churchill Rejects Revision Of Plan
London April 29 Prime Minister Churchill rejects a streamlines supreme war cabinet and calls for a vote of confidence next week on war conduct. He announced a two day debate on the issue, with Foreign Secretary Eden likely to play a key role, as the House supported the government’s Greece policy and wartime actions.
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W.L. MacKenzie King
Canada
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
Edgar Granville
Liberal
House of Commons
CIO Threatens Shipping Tieup In New Jersey Labor Dispute
The CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial Association threatened to tie up every ship of the American Export Line if its demands for recognition, higher war bonuses, and more engineers on some ships are not met. Four ships have been tied up since Saturday after Liboney crew walked off. The Marine Labor Board sent a mediator to try settling the dispute as MEBA claims negotiations broke down.
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N. J
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
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Marine Labor Board
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New York-Lisbon
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India
Africa
Edward Trainor
MEBA
Germans May Use Greek Islands As By Pass Around Turkey
British observers see a German strategy to use Aegean islands as a stepping stone to bypass Turkey en route to Syria and the Suez. Occupied islands Thasos Samothrace and Lemnos could link to the Dodecanese with Rhoades near Alexandria within reach of Egypt.
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Samothrace
Lemnos
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Mine unions reach retroactive wage pact to restart coal
The United Mine Workers announce soft coal production will resume Thursday in eight state Appalachian fields after southern producers accept President Roosevelt's plan to reopen mines and negotiate a two year wage deal retroactive to resumption. A $1 daily wage boost raises southern pay from 5.50 to 6.60, easing defense fuel shortages as the industry moves to restart amid payroll timing concerns.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Senate
Washington
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United Mine Workers Union
Appalachian Coal Area
Southern
Roosevelt
L. Ebersole Gaines
Southern Producers’ Group
Miners’ Union
Stephen Early
UMW
Jones
Commerce
Jesse Jones
Senate Committee
Tomato production urged to meet export demand
RALEIGH April 29 The state AAA committee moved to secure a 50 percent increase in tomato production due to rising export demand under the lease lend program It urged canning factories to sign processed tomato contracts for shipment to the Federal surplus Commodity Corporation Some 15 000 000 cases are projected as national production Cannery capacity is ready in Fairmont Plymouth Kinston Goldsboro Waynesville and other areas Washington officials reported canners nationwide willing to pay 2 75 to 3 00 per ton more than last year Five British ships totalling 18 500 tons were sunk by the German air force in the Aegean Sea yesterday according to DNE.
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