British retreat in North Africa and Ethiopian capital fall
British forces withdraw east of Benghazi while Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa falls after a siege led by Emperor Haile Selassie. Debra Markos is captured with over 10,000 prisoners taken since March 25 as German Italian troops push toward the Red Sea coast. Duke D Aosta’s fate is unclear as Axis powers expand in Libya and Ethiopia.
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Agypt
Bengest
North Africa
East Africa
Deora
Markos
Adi’ Dig
Ababa
Feltrea
Red Sea
Marssawa
Dessle and
Hehast
Milapia
Gutergl
Fiadquarters
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Debra Markos
Dure
Evacuation Declared to Protect Civilians in Africa
Rome reports Malians ordered evacuation of Addis Ababa to spare civilians while Italian forces note no harm to the city’s white population. North Africa updates claim German Italian columns repelled British counterattacks near Bengasi and broke through rear guards, seizing prisoners and arms.
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Rome
Addis Ababa
North Africa
Bengasi
Bengastan
Moe
German Dancing Ban Stuns Berlin Amid War Push
Berlin reports Heinrich Himmler, head of German police, forbade dancing as war measures tighten. Similar prohibitions are in force during active conflict, with the March of Prince Eugene from Austrian wars against the Turks cited as a now-Balkan campaign oriented piece.
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Berlin
Heinrich Hinmler
Aller
Prince Eugene
Bulgarian blackout ordered across the country
Berlin reports Bulgaria ordered a nationwide blackout. Yugoslav bombers attacked Sofia and Kustendil, killing women and children. A Yugoslav bomber approached from the Dran river region, triggering an air alert in Budapest as anti aircraft defenses repulsed the attack.
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Berlin
DNB
Sofi
Bulgarian Air Command
Oper
Sofia
Kustendil
Budapest
Dran River
Waco Boys Club Delegation Invited to San Antonio Headquar ters
A delegation from the Waco Boys' Club will visit San Antonio on July 21 as part of an extended Texas Mexico tour. They are invited to use the Boys' Club South Side unit as headquarters. Danny Dreeben, board president, announced P. Schnabel as the new chairman of communities to welcome the visitors.
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Waco Boys
Clk
San Aneonia
Texas
Mexico
Cld South Side Unit
Danny Dreeben
P. Schnabel
Comunities
British Chutist Executed in Italy for Treachery
Rome reported that Fortunato Picch, 44, native of Carmignano near Florence, was shot by a firing squad as a traitor after being identified as an Italian citizen. The parachutists who landed in Southern Italy last February reportedly carried out acts of sabotage.
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Rome
Italy
Dalwn
Fortunato Picch
Carmignano
Florence
French Marshal calls for unity amid war Libya Mediterranean balance
The Chief of State Marshal urged French unity in a radio address against France's former allies. He did not mention General de Gaulle who remains in exile in Calvo and has urged Frenchmen to aid Brivela’s Mediterranean balance amid the war.
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Apall TM
Waco Pastor New Baptist Secretary
Dallas Api' -UP)-Dy. W. W. Melton, a Wrep Baptist pastor, has announced his acceptance as executive secretary of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. He signed the decision yesterday in Dr. R. Campbell, retiring secretary. Elected by a special convention board meeting, Dr. Melton will assume office April 16.
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Dallas
API
Piracy label over Italian ship seizures in US harbors
Rome reports Virginio Gayde denounces US sequestration of Italian ships as piracy and a sabotage clause cited to imply Washington treats the US as at war. Praises 2000 Italian crewmen for disabling engines to stop war supply movements to Britain and avert vessel use for wartime transport.
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Rome
P —Virginio Gayde
United States
Igi
Wrehington
Gloriale D'Italia
Britain
War News Recap From 25 Years Ago Today
War wrap reports Soviet submarines sinking three ships and destroying a merchant vessel in the Black Sea while Holland mobilizes for war. German bombardment targets Bethincourt area, Esnes and Montzeville. Allied naval actions near Norway aim to curb iron shipments. Britain accelerates ship production to replace losses amid Nazi pursuit planes off the Spanish coast.
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Ming
Norway
Thanish
Britain
Britain Pledges Aid for Slavs in Yugoslavia Support
London reports on a British pledge of aid to Yugoslavia and allied South Slavs. Eden’s mystery mission and halted dispatches spark expectations of a swift resolution. A British foreign secretary led delegation aims to clarify the war posture and diplomatic links with Belgrade.
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London
Yugoslavia
Germany
Vegoslavia
Belgrade
Khem Nem
Aeneta Fron
Helgiady
Nibh
Badkass
Eden
Italy cites port offer to Yugoslavia in war era pact
Italy and Germany allegedly promised Yugoslavia the city and port of Šayoniki Greece if Yugoslav leaders signed the axl pact. The statement claimed Yugoslavia would be safe without troops and urged cooperation in European reconstruction. The Yugoslav government later mobilized, threatening Italy with war and seeking Allied aid.
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Rome
Talay
Italy
Germany
Yugoslavia
Sa- Yoniki
Greece
Britain
United States
Yugoslav Greek clash and Italian bombing open hostilities
Italian high command said Yugoslavia and Greece fought for two days with Greek forces nearly wiped out in Albania as Yugoslavs counter attacked and captured prisoners. Italian bases at Split Catarrho and others were bombed with ships sunk and destroyers hit in the opening hostilities.
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Avril
Stennis
Trnlina
Todoy Matian
Albana
Ninth Army
Albania
Apolcy
Unita Tines
Split
Cattaro
Theodo
Gattaro
Mostar
Yugoslavia
High Command
Splid
Gattare
Mheodo
Yugoslav Defenses Likely to Stall Axis Advance in Albania
Yugoslav forces prepared to slow Italian and German advances in Albania. The high command credited an Italian submarine with sinking a ship and damaging another in a British convoy attack in the Eastern Mediterranean. Yugoslav leadership planned a probable last stand in the Serbian mountains if mechanized forces threaten Croatia and Belgrade, with diplomatic staff recalled as hostilities began.
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Ale Sore
Skufayi
Alban
Yugoslavia
High Command
Sith
Ange
Mediterranean
Tiv Yugloslav
Iuly
Albania
Bulgaria
Rumenia
Hungary
Old
Austria
Thewany
Oles
Croatia
Belgrade
Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka Visits Moscow
Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka arrives at the Kremlin in Moscow for a second meeting with Vyacheslav Molotov after traveling from Berlin. He is accompanied by Yoshitsugi Tatekawa and Funao Bayakawa, with Stalin previously hosting him during a 1941 stopover. He will stay three days before departing to Tokyo, greeted by Soviet diplomats at the station.
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Moscow
Japan
Yosuke Matsuoka
Kremlin
Berlin
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Matsuoka
Yoshitsugi Tatekawa
Russia
Funao Ba~yakawa
Jon
Matsuoke
Moltoff
Stalin
Tokyo
Grvmary
Italy
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