Battle for Greece Escalates as Salonika Falls
Reports from the Balkan front describe mounting confusion in wartime dispatches. Nazi claims of prisoner gains and regime changes clash with Yugoslav resistance as Greek and British forces defend a line from Valona to Lake Ohrid, while Salonika capitulates amid rapid Soviet and Allied watchfulness.
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Greece
France
Low Countries
Jugoslavs
Peter
Turkey
Simovic
Moscow
Croatia
Hungary
Zagreb
Athens
Berlin
Grecian
Strumia
Salonika
Thrace
Valona
Adriatic
Lake Ochrida
Aegean
Katerina
Mount Olympus
Aegean Sea
Lake
Ochrida
Monastir Gap
Bitoli
Florina
Vanitsa
Berne
Switzerland
Belgrade
Jugoslav Plain
Skolpje
Jugoslavia
Albania
Churchill
Russia
Europe
Soviet Japan Sign Five Year Neutrality Pact
Russia and Japan announce a five year neutrality accord to refrain from entering each other’s wars. Observers note Moscow may seek security against a potential Soviet strike against Hitler. Tokyo sees a green light for further conflict with China and expansion in the Pacific.
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Russia
Japan
Hitler
Balkans
China
Pacific
Labor troubles ease amid broad strike results and wartime policy shifts
The labor scene shows eased tensions as the Ford strike settles and River Rouge reopens with 85 000 workers, while 400 000 coal miners remain idle in 12 states. President Roosevelt expands controls to curb profiteering and wage costs, and moves to aid Britain Greece and Yugoslavia by securing Greenland defense and opening the Red Sea.
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Ford
Henry Ford
Great River Rouge
General Motors
U.S. Steel
Dies
unAmerican
Washington
Leon Henderson
SEC
Mr. Henderson
Jugoslavia
Greece
Roosevelt
United States
Greenland
Denmark
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
Britain
Yugoslavia
Hitler
U. S
Wildlife defense drives unite city sportsmen and farmers
Washington notes a national program turning farmers into wildlife stewards. The Agricultural Department promotes Triple A ifarming land to host quail, pheasants, doves, and other game. About twelve million sportsmen seek access, while six million farmers partner to provide habitat and hunting opportunities.
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Lonely Glen
King Solomon
Department of Agriculture
AAA
Spring in the Capital Gallery of Quiet Moments
The scene in Washington unfolds from Lafayette statue to St. Matthew's Cathedral as spring colors the city. A newsboy cries amid a shell of news while a squirrel enjoys a playful moment. The piece notes new wedding rings, cherry blossoms, red-painted houses, and the spread of bookmobiles under the WPA library program led by Florence Kerr.
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Capital
General Lafayette
Balkans
St. Matthew’s
Washington
Sixteenth Street
Time Bomb Bus Tested by New York Experts
In New York Mayor La Guardia’s experts test a so called time bomb bus designed to carry away time bombs. The interior uses dynamite matting and a bomb was exploded inside harmlessly as a demonstration. The driver is named as a hero prospect. In Washington aliens held in deportation proceedings including crews of German and Italian ships seized will be sent to Fort Missoula Montana and Fort Lincoln North Dakota under Immigration Service operation.
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WNU
H Street
Washington, D. C
Washington
Great West
Wide Prairies
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cripple Creek
Hollywood
Potomac
Father of Waters
Great Plains
Rockies
Big Chief
White Tepee
Gallup
America
Goethe
East
United States
Germany
Greenland
Senate
Barkley
Tobey
New York
Fort Missoula
Montana
Fort Lincoln
North Dakota
The
Immigration Service
Farm and Homilies by Bankhage list of April war decla rations
Bankhage notes that the United States has only declared war in April with one exception. He lists the dates for the Revolution, War of 1812, War with Mexico, Civil War, War with Spain, and World War I.
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United States
Mexico
Spain
Household Tips From a Past Era
Practical advice on cleaning without soap, curtain rod tips, preserving shaker tops with paraffin, avoiding knife scratches, scrubbing with a stiff brush, defrosting fridges, using bread crumbs in scrambled eggs, cement-based paint for brick walls, and softening nut shells with hot water left to soak overnight.
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Edward C. Wayne
Russia-Japan
Western Newspaper Union
Fort Bragg
N. C
Baukhage
National Farm
Home Hour
WPA
Florence Kerr
Bankhage
OOK Royals
Balzac
Martin
Sioux City
IBATH
Iowa
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