Hitler Drives Into Balkans News Analysis
Weekly analysis by Edward C. Wayne describes the Nazi blitz against Jugoslavia and Greece. It notes rapid German advances across Belgrade Sarajevo Nis and Zagreb with British forces in Salonika, plus Italian German gains in North Africa and ongoing Allied responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jugoslavia
Greece
Jugoslavian
Hungary
Belgrade
Sarajevo
Nis
Zagreb
Fiume
Sofia
Athens
Salonika
Katerine
Berlin
Truma
London
Skoplje
Vardar
United States
Roosevelt
Poland
Finland
Africa
Mbya
Libya
Archibald Wavell
Wavell
Sidi Barrani
Derna
Bengali
Italy
Britain
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Massawa
Strikes and policy shifts shape wartime labor mood
News moves from mediation gains in the Allis-Chalmers and U S Steel disputes to about face on the Ford strike at River Rouge. CIO leaders deny broad plans for a general strike while mediation advances in other sectors. Roosevelt seeks authority to seize Danish ships and unite wartime fleet, with Britain to receive Coast Guard cutters for anti submarine effort.
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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
Britain
Congress
United States Coast Guard
National defense strikes threaten public support and defense work
The mediation board faces a public relations challenge as strikes delaying defense production erode trust. Congress and media grow wary while labor loses sympathy, with figures like Senator Norris criticizing labor racketeers and high initiation fees fueling criticism. If delays persist, expect congressional investigations and possible drastic action.
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Washington
National Defense
Mediation Board
Department of Labor
Capitol Hill
Perkins
Congress
Corps of Washington
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Rome
Westbrook Pegler
Labor
George W. Norris
Nebraska
St Lawrence Seaway Six Year Project Push Probed
The piece argues the St Lawrence Seaway will take six to seven years to open, despite promotion for hydroelectric power. It notes the president backs the measure for defense and power potential, and discusses private utilities and a Milwaukee strike delaying turbine production for plants and warships.
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Roosevelt
St. Lawrence Seaway Project
Bell Syndicate
St. Lawrence Seaway
St. Lawrence Project
Seaway
Panama
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence River
National Defense
Milwaukee
Allegra and David face a deadly twist in New York
In a taxi ride toward the Morello building Allegra Paget presses David to tell the truth about her brother’s night. Amid rumors of Everett Ferriter’s death and a possible motive, Allegra and Agatha Paget confront a murder fallout as a detective case unfolds and a lawyer is summoned.
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Allegra
Agatha
Grove
Cochrane
Lyon
Walters
Larry Duke
Morello
Duke
Everett Ferriter
Ferriter
Everett
Annie
Miss Paget
Misa Agatha Paget
Miss Agatha
David
Tertius Groesbeck
Shannon
A Murder Mystery Deepens in Ferriter Apartment
Miss Agatha and Allegra weigh loyalty and truth as Captain Shannon presses for action. Grove’s involvement looms with a latchkey, a near suicide theory, and a note found unsigned. The group debates motive while a second murder mystery threatens to unravel the first.
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Allegra
Miss Agatha
Shannon
Grove
David
Miss Paget
Ferriter
Blackbeard
Misa Agatha
Gas credit card found in car theft case in Florida
In Jacksonville a thief used a WPA courtesy card found in a stolen car to buy gas, baffling police as the car kept moving and gas money appeared to come from Uncle Sam. In Norfolk crews combed the Virginia Eastern Shore waters for wreckage of a patrol bomber with ten navy men missing.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Uncle Sam
Norfolk
Virginia
Navy
Allegra and the Portent in the Hall
A reporter questions the scene as Duke’s warnings swirl. In the foyer I dodge a rude footstep and race toward Allegra to shield her from an impending blow. A cop in Morello’s hall watches, while Allegra’s fate and the portent loom over the moment.
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Duke
Allegra
Morello
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Hitler
Balkans
Western Newspaper Union
EL Agheila
Frederick, van DE Water
Mr. Paget
Ione
Oakland
Calif
Otto de Bourbon Hapsburg
Otto Leopold
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