Violence Flares In Harlan Mine Fields
Violence erupts as pickets clash with miners in Harlan mine fields. Two miners are shot and five slugged in the confrontation, reflecting intensified labor tensions and local unrest amid mounting national upheaval reported by Associated Press.
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Harlan
Mary Helen Corporation
Jones
Southeastern
Kentucky
Union
Herbert Cawood
Bill Gibbs
Black Mountain
Gibbs
Cawood
S. J. Dickinson
Mary Helen
Rome Metcalf
Dickinson
Harlan County
Axis ship seizures spark protests from Germany Italy
Axis governments protested U S actions seizing ships and crews, demanding release and challenging legal grounds. Hull downplayed the protests as policy in progress while U S agents investigated sabotage and expanded port surveillance amid regional reactions in Peru Cuba and Cuba.
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Washington
Germany
Italy
United States
State Department
Hull
Rayburn
Roosevelt
Callao
Peru
Leipzig
Monserrate
Cuba
Eritrea Capital Asmara Capitulates to British
Cairo and Asmara reports confirm that Asmara the capital of Eritrea surrendered to British forces today with an official announcement noting the capitulation.
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Cairo
Egypt
T— Asmara
Eritrea
Lawmaker Proposes Seizure Power for Defense Plants
Washington Chairman Vinson of the house naval committee introduced legislation to let the government seize Allis-Chalmers and other struck defense plants if stoppages hinder the defense program.
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Washington
Vinson
D., Ga
House Naval Committee
Allis-Chalmers
Fires Rage On Four Ships In Puerto Cabello Ports
In Caracas a fire outbreak struck three Italian vessels and one German ship in Puerto Cabello early today. The blazes spread rapidly and remained uncontrolled for hours, threatening surrounding piers and cargo.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Puerto Cabello
Troops occupy Lufthansa workshop at Limatambo Airport
Peruvian forces seize the Lufthansa workshop and hangar at Limatambo airport in Lima. Two Junkers airliners remain inside the hangar as the occupation unfolds.
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Lima
Peru
Lufthansa
Limatambo
Junkers
Belgrade Circles Question Yugoslavia Neutrality Pact
Government circles said Belgrade seriously considers joining a neutrality declaration with Soviet Russia and Turkey. The move would align Yugoslavia with nonaligned states in a shifting Cold War balance.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Turkey
Roosevelt Returns with Plan to Speed Aid to Britain and Greece
President Roosevelt, rested after a southern fishing holiday, returned to the White House and pledged rapid steps to accelerate the 7 billion program sending military supplies to Britain and Greece. He conferred with Maj. Gen. James H. Burns on speeding shipments as 77 mm guns were readied for Greece.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
James Roosevelt
Britain
Greece
James H. Burns
War Department
Fort Bragg
N. C
U S Gains Use Of Air Fields In Mexican Pact
The United States and Mexico signed a convention allowing reciprocal use of air fields to speed U S planes to the Panama Canal. The pact, awaiting ratification, enables U S and Mexican flight routes, 24 hour field stops, and mutual protection during emergencies, strengthening western hemisphere defense.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Mexico
Panama Canal
Sumner Welles
Francisco Castillo Najera
Senate
Mexican Congress
Rio Grande
Canal Zone
Congress
Panama
Fortress Breaks Up Disorder On Picket Lines
Milwaukee police deploy rolling armored fortress to move crowds at Al-Chalmers Mfg Co West Allis. In fourth day of back to work movement, deputies and officers battle pickets. no serious injuries. Company reports 55 percent of normal force returning and updates to Navy officials.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Police Department
A li-Chalmers Mfg. Co
National Defense
West Allis
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
Navy
Knox
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
John R. Steelman
U. S. Conciliation Service
Reverses for Hitler Darken Axis War Prospects
In Rome Matsuoka faces Axis reverses undermining Japanese hopes to join Britain and Mussolini in a joint assault. The Yugoslav uprising and Italian setbacks threaten but do not end Germany’s fighting capability, leaving Hitler’s war effort intact despite Fascist fragility.
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Matsuoka
Rome
Mussolini
Japan
Europe
Hitler
Britain
Far East
Berlin
Duce
Italy
Germany
Steady March Freight Increase Across Kingsport
The Clinchfield Railroad freight office reports March freight activity rising from last year with 1 805 cars forwarded and 3 375 received. Total cars handled 5 180. The rise indicates more inbound freight as plant expansion spurs orders for machinery and building materials.
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Clinchfield Railroad
Kingsport
Arrests On 1940 License Plates Begin April 2
State highway patrolman Frank Williams assigned to Kingsport warns that after midnight the 1940 license plates will be invalid for driving on Tennessee roads. Officers will stop vehicles with old tags at once starting 12 10 a m Wednesday. Sullivan County residents largely secured 1941 l plate sales, reports County Court Clerk H W Copenhaver.
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Tennessee
Frank Williams
Kingsport
Sullivan County
H. W. Copenhaver
Train Explosion Kills 3 Virginians in Stewartsville VA
An eastbound Virginia coal train exploded its locomotive boiler at Stewartsville station ten miles east of Repnoke killing three crew members from Victoria VA. The dead are engineer John Dudding brakeman H L Harriman and fireman M E Brown. Cause is undetermined.
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Repnoke
Virginia
Stewartsville Station
Here
John Dudding
H. L. Harriman
M. E. Brown
Victoria
Fire Causes Two Alarms and $200 Damage at Thrifty Market
A late Monday fire at the Thrifty Market, 311 East Sullivan Street, caused about 200 dollars in damage after starting in the stock room on the second floor. Fire Chief Roy Pyle cites a lighted cigarette near broom piles as likely cause. The store, owned by John McNeal and on Jim Bidewell’s building, was insured. Earlier, flames damaged C. W. Cunningham’s automobile on West Sullivan Street from a backfire, with minimal damage, and a grass fire in Sevier Terrace prompted a department response.
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Sullivan Street
Roy Pyle
John McNeal
Jim Bidewell
C. W. Cunningham
Pyle
Sevier Terrace
Miners Threaten Area Walkout Over Union Contracts
About 12 000 to 15 000 Southwestern Virginia coal miners threaten a Wednesday walkout if new union contracts fail to be agreed by midnight. Mines close for the April 1 holiday and no violence is expected as the walkout is treated as routine.
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Norton
Virginia
Community Programs Opens Drive For Members for First Concert Series
Kingsport launches membership campaign for its first Community Concert Series with a kickoff dinner at the Kingsport Inn attended by about 80 workers. Johnson City has a joint-season perk, offering Kingsport subscribers three local concerts plus four in Johnson City with 150 seats reserved here.
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Kingsport
Kingsport Inn
J. Fred Johnson Co
Miss Stolp
Henry de Verner
Columbia Concert Series
de Verner
Johnson City
Zino Francescatti
Barrere
Lansing Hatfield
Metropolitan Opera
Maria Gambarelli
Metropolitan Opera Company
FDR Plea Drives Pawn to Break Mine Deadlock
President Roosevelt urged uninterrupted operation as miners in eight Appalachian states began new walkouts after a wage hour agreement expired. Union leader John L. Lewis and operator chair Ezra Van Horn met with Dr. John R. Steelman and officials to avert a general stoppage while noting the mine holiday and pending April 1 wage considerations.
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New York
Appalachian
Roosevelt
John R. Steelman
Ezra van Horn
Joint Conference
John L. Lewis
Steelman
U. S. Conciliation Service
Frances Perkins
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