Auto plants turn out torpedoes tanks in war effort
Aircraft torpedoes and armored vehicles are being produced in automotive plants as part of a mass production push. Former car makers and trained workers assemble weapons with precision, while Buick Flint plants drive Pratt & Whitney engine output well beyond initial plans.
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Perrol
Buick
General Motors
Flint
Mich
Buick Automobile
Melrose Park
Pratt & Whitney
Swedes Back Move to Ban Nazis From Railways
Two thousand Swedish citizens at a mass meeting urged the government to stop transporting German troops on leave from occupied Norway. Premier Per Albin Hansson had spoken of growing irritations at using Swedish railways for German soldiers and warned concessions would be impossible while Norway remained under occupation. A mass speaker tied support for the ban to opposing the Quisling regime and a German victory, urging action to curb Nazi traffic.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Norway
Per Albin Hansson
Germany
Quisling
Bolivia Declares War Likely as Wallace Tours
Bolivian defense council urged a state of war with the Axis to mobilize the army and defend national interests. President Penaranda and Foreign Minister Elio signaled a declaration within days as Vice President Wallace toured Lima and Cochabamba amid demonstrations of Latin American solidarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ta Paz
Bolivia
Henry A. Wallace
Central
South America
Bolivian Defense Council
Enrique Penaranda
Tomas Manuel Elio
Congress
Wallace
Andes
Cochamabama
Peru
United Nations
Brazil
Germany
Italy
Japan
Rio de Janeiro
Penaranda
GOP backs compromise trade bill in bid to ease debate
Washington April 6 Republicans endorse a compromise reciprocal trade bill proposed by Rep Dirksen to extend the President's trade negotiation authority beyond June 12. The plan adds an advisory committee and requires notice before any accord, while preserving the President's negotiating power.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Dirksen
R-Ill
Congress
Agriculture
Mme Chiang Cancels San Diego Visit to Rest in LA
Madame Chiang Kai-shek, exhausted after a Hollywood Bowl speech, cancels planned San Diego visit. Dr. Wellington Koo and staff attend Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant event in her stead. She will rest in a Los Angeles hotel and speak by telephone to workers before leaving for the East tomorrow night.
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Mme
Chiang
San Diego
Los Angeles
Chiang Kai-shek
Wellington Koo
Great Britain
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
China
Hollywood Bowl
Consolidated
Mme. Chiang
East
Italy Moves to Bolster Defenses for Imminent Allied Blow
London reports the Italian cabinet will meet to strengthen defenses against an approaching Allied invasion. Mussolini may appoint a Mediterranean commander in chief as Rommel arrives in Southern Italy and Kesselring is named Axis air chief.
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London
Halian
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Mediterranean
Moscow
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
France
Albert Kesselring
Canaris
North
Africa
Spain
Naples
Europe
Mario Apelius
Radio
Rome
Britain
America
Woman May Write To Doomed Man If Appeal Is Denied
Albany reports the State Correction Department allows Madeline Webb to write one last letter to condemned Eli Shonbrun only if his clemency appeal is rejected. Shonbrun and John Cullen were sentenced to die for the robbery murder of Mrs. Susan Reich in New York City March 4, 1942. Webb is serving a life term.
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Albany
State Correction Department
Madeline Webb
Eli Shonbrun
Sing Sing
Madeline
Shonbrun
John Cullen
Susan Reich
New York City
Cullen
Miss Webb
Showbrun
Bedford Hills
Correction
John A. Lyons
Dewey
Robbery at Famous Door cafe nets $150 in cash
A man held up the Famous Door cafe cashier in Manhattan on April 6, slipping loose change and bills through the grill and escaping with about $150. The cashier Charles Schindler said the robber warned him not to cry out as a hat check girl and customers remained unaware during the quiet holdup.
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New York
Manhattan
Charles Schindler
Schindler
New Charges of Atrocities Made by Russ
A Soviet commission says Nazi killings and mass deportations were carried out in Russia. The report cites forced graves at Vyazma, a massacre at Sychevika, mass labor of tens of thousands, mass graves found after recapture, and widespread destruction of towns including Vyazma and Sycheva.
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London
Germany
Vyazma
Sychevika
Gzhansk
Sychevka
Red Army
Gzhatsk
2500 Named Chicago Vote Observers
Chicago voters faced a mayoral election with about 2 500 nonpartisan observers at polling sites to deter fraud. The race pitted Edward J. Kelly the Democratic incumbent against Republican George B. McKibbin as police and investigators guarded districts and trained observers checked ballots and reported to a nonpartisan civic committee.
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Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
George B. McKibbin
Kelly
Republican
Green
McKibbin
Joint Civic Committee
Board of Election Commissioners
T. 17. Courtney
Chicago Association of Commerce and the Bar Association
Grand Jury
Old Ford Unionist Heads New Plant CIO Detroit
Percy Llewellyn, veteran of Ford Motor Company union days, is named president of Ford Local 600 CIO. The large local reports about 75,000 members with Llewellyn winning 16 987 votes over Carl Smith 7 637 and Paul Ste Marie 5 907 in the election.
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Ford
CIO
Detroit
Percy Llewellyn
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers
C.I.0
Llewellyn
Carl Smith
Paul Ste.Marie
Circus performers receive five dollar weekly raise
The War Labor Board granted Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey's Circus a $5 weekly wage increase for chorus girls and equestriennes as it opens at Madison Square Garden. The raise brings equestriennes to $40 weekly and chorus girls to $35.
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New York
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey’s Circus
Madison Square Garden
Equestriennes
War Labor Board
Equestiennes
Chorus
Amsterdam Block Burns and Collapses Bowling Alley
Fire Chief says a four story block in Amsterdam suffered a four hour blaze after the bowling alley on the McGibbon Building collapsed into the Empire Super Market. No fatalities or injuries reported though extensive damage totaling about 200000. Fire crews from eight towns aided. Sears warehouse and nearby homes damaged. church attic fire also fought.
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Amsterdam
Matthew J. Kavanaugh
Kavanaugh
McGibbon
East Main Street
Thomas J. McGibbon
Realty Corporation
Sears Roebuck Company
MccGibbon
St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic
Nazis Losing Ground in Dutch Anti Nazi Effort
The Dutch Nazi leadership under Dr Anton Mussert stalls Holland’s Nazification as a London-arrived Dutch source says most contractors refuse Nazi membership and jobs go to those who won’t join. From April 15 Seyss Inquart closes luxury venues and advertising firms. Prices for tobacco and goods in Britain appear moderate to Dutch exiles. Readership in camps can request the Herald papers.
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Helen Kirkpatrick
Chicase Daily News, Inc
London
Anton Mussert
Holland
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Britain
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Mexico
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United States
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Duce
Herald-Journal
Herald-American Overseas
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Michigan
Studebaker
Studebakers
James V. LA Macchia
Park Ave
J. F. O'Connor, Inc
Erie Blvd
U.S. War Bonds
NEW Valley Garage
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