Hitler Fast Spring Drive Into Balkans Follows Usual Blitz Pattern
Weekly News Analysis notes Nazi onslaught across five fronts against Greece and Yugoslavia. Belgrade and other cities faced rapid bombing as Greeks and Jugoslavs fall back. British forces and Salonika defenses show mixed reports amid shifting troop estimates and retreat dynamics.
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Hitler
Balkans
Jugoslavia
Greece
Jugoslavian
Hungary
Belgrade
Sarajevo
Nis
Zagreb
Fiume
Sofia
Athens
Salonika
Katerine
Berlin
Truma
London
Skoplje
Vardar
United States
Roosevelt
Poland
Finland
War News Roundup From Africa and Greece Hints Shifts Inore
The article describes fascist and Nazi advances in Yugoslavia Greece and North Africa alongside British moves in Libya. It notes Wavell’s redeployments to Greece rumors while Libya sees back and forth fighting with Derna Bengali and Sidi Barrani changes. In Eritrea and Ethiopia British mass attacks target Massawa.
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Jugoslavia
Greece
Africa
Libya
Archibald Wavell
Wavell
Sidi Barrani
Derna
Bengali
Italy
Berlin
Britain
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Massawa
Strikes See Mixed Progress as Mediation Advances
Mediation boards settle part of the Allis-Chalmers dispute while efforts continue on the U S Steel and Ford strikes at River Rouge. CIO leaders reportedly canvassing unions for a general strike sparked questions amid defense needs. Roosevelt and Murray navigate mediation and defense timelines as ships are reassigned.
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Dykstra Mediation Board
Allis-Chalmers
U. S. Steel
Ford
River Rouge
National Defense
C.I.O
United States
Bridges
Washington
Sidney Hillman
OPM
House
National Defense Program
Hillman
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Mr. Hillman
Mr. Murray
White House
Roosevelt
Detroit
New York
United Mine Workers
van Wagoner
Michigan
Defense Mediation Board
James Dewey
Brief House brevity and labor bottleneck in defense
A House speech by Missouri’s William L. Nelson praises concise address and notes public headlines. The piece highlights a looming labor shortage for defense jobs, with 661 occupations at risk and over 500,000 expected draft calls by July 1. It covers rubber production plans in Latin America and Wickard’s quip about appearances with a movie star.
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Senate
House
William L. Nelson
Missouri
Indiana Standard
Republic Steel
Eastman Kodak
General Motors
Anaconda Copper
United States Steel
Army-Navy Munitions Board
National Youth Administration
Department of Agriculture
Americas
Congress
Central America
South America
Costa Rica
Brazil
Malaya
Latin America
Claude Wickard
Clark Gable
Claude
Indiana
Wickard
The Tomorrows of America and Public Debt Questions
Writings warn America will move toward a socialistic state with a growing national debt. The piece critiques class legislation and urges vigilance as government shifts from servant to master, questioning preparedness and civic unity. It contrasts World War I bond campaigns with future funding, and notes misperceptions about imported goods from foreign lands, linking Hawaii to national policy.
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America
Henry Ford
United States
England
Toms, Dicks
Harrys
Country Press
National Treasury
California
Continental
United States Territory of
Hawaii
Iowa
Pentecost Power and Bold Witness in Acts 2 4
A sermon outline on Acts 2 1 4 and 4 8 20 stresses the Holy Spirit’s poured out power and the apostles bold witness. It notes Pentecost as a turning point, the healing of the lame man, and Peter and John’s fearless defense before the Sanhedrin. It argues there is salvation only in the name of Jesus Christ and urges unity in worship for divine blessing.
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Jerusalem
Charles R. Erdman
Peter
John
Christ
Heaven
Jesus Christ
WPA Gas Card Thief Evades Patrols In Florida
In Jacksonville a man used a WPA courtesy card found in a stolen car to fuel it, drawing attention as authorities traced the vehicle. The case highlights misuse of federal aid amid the chase. In Norfolk Virginia coast guards search wreckage from a patrol bomber with ten navy crew aboard, some bodies recovered, others missing, naval investigators probing the crash.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Sam
Norfolk
Virginia
Navy
S S Lesson April 20 Scriptural Subjects and Texts
The notice lists the assigned S S Lesson for April 20 with topics and scriptural texts selected and used under authorization by the International Council of Religious Education.
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S. S
International Council of Religious Education
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Edward C. Wayne
Western Newspaper Union
EL Agheila
United States Coast Guard
Washington, D. C
Merry
U. S. Navy
George A. Buttrick
Federal Council of Churches
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Hull
Wright
the Tomorrows OF America
Ballyhoo
Liberty Bonds
Oakland
Calif
Otto de Bourbon Hapsburg
Otto Leopold
Harold L. Lundquist
D. D.ean
The
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
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