Battle in Prospect In Salonika and Yugoslav Front
German air and ground forces push through Yugoslavia and Greece with Belgrade Sarajevo Zagreb and other cities bombed. Allied reports note British and Greek forces near Salonika and Greek Struma Valley while German losses and fighter activity are tallied.
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Yugoslavia
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Southern Coal Operators Back On Trace Terms
Southern coal interests in the Appalachian region oppose removing the wage differential with northern operators and threaten continued closures. Northern operators support a forthcoming pact with the United Mine Workers of America offering a one dollar per day wage increase and wage-equalizing terms. A Southern statement to Dr John R Steelman is contemplated to expose a perceived conspiracy between John L Lewis and northern operators to impose a contract.
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Nazis Claim Slavs Bomb Bulgaria Cities
Berlin based DNB reported from Sofia that Bulgarian air command said Yugoslav bombers attacked Sofia and Kustendil, killing women and children. A Yugoslav bomber reportedly approached from the Drau region triggering a 35 minute Budapest air alarm before anti air defences repelled the intruder.
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Cattaro
High School Proposals Rejected in Sullivan County Court
Sullivan county court rejected a 185000 proposal for a new high school in the lower county by a 15 to 16 vote and tabled enlargement plans. A 60000 proposal to enlarge Sullivan High was also tabled ending any immediate ballot. Routine county committee reports filled the morning session as officials named a tax-rate study committee for July.
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Blountville
Sullivan High
Sullivan County
George Bradley
Kingsport
J. M. Fain
Bristol
Bandy
Lewis Chase
Worley Fain
W. S. Baumgardner
Ward Gardner
J. M. Ketron
C. L. Frazier
Herman Blacklick
J. H. King
N. S. Peters
L. B. Snapp
Kemper Breeding
M R. Stuffle
World Sees U. S. Industry Key to Defense War
John D. Biggers, defense production director, warned 100 days stand between peacetime and mass defense output. He urged all industrial managers and workers to act, accusing some manufacturers of hoarding materials and some union leaders of promoting strikes that hinder the program. He spoke after Secretary Perkins urged labor and employers to cooperate to speed defense production.
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Washington
United States
John D. Biggers
Biggers
Defense Production
Office of Production Management
Perkins
Soviet Press Reports German War Declarations
Moscow reports Germany declares war on Yugoslavia and Greece with Pravda and Tass dispatches from Berlin Rome and Athens. Soviet-Yugoslav pact is cited as serving interests of those seeking to prevent wider war.
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Yugoslavia
Soviet Russia
Greece
Pravda
Communist Party
Tass
Berlin
Rome
Athens
U S Rushes War Equipment To Greece and Yugoslavia
The United States moved to send war materiel to Yugoslavia and Greece after Hull denounced Germany in the Balkans. Shipments likely to begin today or midweek, including 75 mm guns, machine guns, mortars, ammo, bombs, and other supplies. Over $1 million in medical supplies ordered, with 10 field hospitals and 2,000,000 surgical dressings to be provided by the Red Cross.
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Yugoslavia
Greece
Hull
Germany
Balkan
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Norman H. Davis
Red Cross
Agreement Averts Steel Strike in U S Mills
The CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee announced that work will continue in all U S steel mills until April 15 under the existing contract with wage and working condition changes retroactive to April 1. Ernest T. Weir said a 10 cent per hour hike will take effect April 1 for about 21,000 hourly employees as detailed arrangements are finalized. Milwaukee Allis-Chalmers dispute nears settlement with plant reopening planned and union members asked to ratify. Ford Motor Company and UAW CIO hold joint talks aimed at conciliation at the Rouge plant with low police presence as pickets dwindled.
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CIO
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
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National Steel Corporation
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Ford Motor Company
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James F. Dewey
Rouge
Jones to Head Election Board in Tennessee Vote
Clint Jones of Waverly is reelected chairman of the state board of election supervisors. The board favors appointments to county election commissions to be decided in an executive session. Other commissioners include KE Hale Jr of Memphis and W I Davis of Tazewell with Reed Sharp stepping down.
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State Board of Election Supervisors
Clint Jones
Waverly
Jones
Reed Sharp
Williamson County
KE. W. Hale, Jr
Memphis
Diplomacy praised as world braces for war spread
Washington FP says the Russia Yugoslavia non aggression pact is encouraging to Hull. Bern reports German forces failed to seize strategic points after two days of Nazi advances across a 750 mile front into Greece and Yugoslavia.
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Balkan
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Greece
Adolf Hitler
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CIO members ratify end to 76 day strike at Allis-Chalmers
Milwaukee members of the CIO plant local approved an agreement ending a 76 day strike at Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company. The dispute halted $45,000,000 in national defense production since January 2.
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CIO
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Der Angriff cartoon alleges US role in Yugoslav mistreatment
A Der Angriff front page cartoon implies the United States influenced alleged mistreatment of Volksdeutsche by Yugoslavs in Yugoslavia. The piece reflects Nazi propaganda framing during the period.
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Goebbel
der Angriff
United States
Yugoslavia
Rome Clamps Communications With Tight New Curbs
Italy imposes a strict limit on foreign correspondents tonight from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. local time, barring telephone telegram and wireless messages to outside outlets amid tightened press controls.
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Iitaly
Hamblen County Sheriff Killed in Morristown Shooting
Sheriff Clay Walker was shot four times while investigating a downtown car. He died at 2 50 a m in a Morristown clinic. Deputy Bewley said the killer opened fire while searching for whiskey in the vehicle. Bud Sherman, cafe operator, fled toward Knoxville. Walker, a Republican, was serving his first term and is survived by his wife and eight children.
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Bewley
Bud Sherman
Knoxville
Britain pledges alliance with Yugoslavia against Italy in Balkans
Britain declares Yugoslavia a resolute ally and vows to fight alongside until right is vindicated and justice restored. Dispatches note Eden and Dill mission to clarify Balkans developments as British force aims to drive Italians from Albania and defend Greece and Yugoslavia with a strengthened air power presence in Greece.
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Great Britain
Yugoslavia
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Belgrade
Balkans
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John Dill
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Greece
Albania
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Axis advance in the Balkans reported with mixed results
Reports from Bern and Athens describe Greek mountain defenders repelling heavy assaults near the Struma river as Nazi forces press into Yugoslavia. Berlin touts progress as proceeding on schedule while bombings hit Belgrade Sofia and Cattaro amid Italian strikes on Split and Cattaro.
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