Bomb, strike, and exile news from April dispatches
A bomb was stopped by a plane over Vienna while a child was injured. Soviet HQ in Vienna notified. Grand Duchess Olga of Russia to leave Denmark in May after 28 years in exile, heading to Britain then Canada. In Bombay, 15,000 workers strike over arrests of Communist leaders. several mills closed and Firestone workers protest with troops nearby. Emperor Haile Selassie rejects appeasement and Eritrea Somaliland bases. Frederick Mackensen claims to have flown Hitler to Spain and says his plane crashed in France in 1945. he is now paralyzed.
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Czechoslovakia now part of Slav world says Gottwald
Prague reports Premier Gottwald declares Czechoslovakia has ceased to be a small nation and has joined a Slav fraternity of about 250 million people, outlining a strengthened role in international affairs. In Singapore riots prompt riot guards after Ceylonese troops clash. British commandant injured as troops and police quell unrest, protesters confined to barracks.
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Army Patrols Anchorage as Alert Drills Stir Alarm
Fully armed soldiers from Fort Richardson moved into Anchorage to patrol key storage, communications, and transport centers during a 10 day Alaska alert. Local residents grew uneasy while Army officers framed the operation as routine.
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Pan American Flights See 10 Percent Passenger Rise
Frankfurt reports a 10 percent increase in Pan American tickets to the United States over the last two weeks. Many applicants are women and children of soldiers and civilians stationed in Germany, reflecting wartime displacement or homeward travel as tensions rise.
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