Lines of defense stiffen as Athens war news spread
Report from the Balkan theater describes Greek, Turkish and Bulgarian forces near borders as Nazi pressures mount. Diplomatic circles in Belgrade note Russia pressing Romania over Black Sea bases while Yugoslavia's Regent may meet in Vienna with Nazi readers. Greece and Britain coordinate, while Soviet policy shifts to counter German moves near the Dardanelles, with strategic attention on Salonika and Struma corridor.
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Roncers
Air Dpasead
Bulgaria
Fem
Bormere
Greece
Tratians
Pinenls
T Anmronesen
Reishemarshal Hermann
Belgrade
Russia
Rumania
Black Sea
Yugoglavia
Paul
Yugoslavia
Vienna
Ankara
Adolf
Great Britain
Athens
Anthony Eden
Balkan
Joseph Stalin
Bulia
Balkans
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
Germany
Sofia
Berlin
Salonika
Aegean
Struma
George W. Rendel
Himseef
Sind
Shas
See
Bull George
H. Earie
United States
Ottawa
Hungary
British deny Soviet demand for Roman Oris in Black Sea
British sources questioned reports of a Soviet Russian ultimatum for Black Sea bases and called German propaganda. They noted no imminent Bulgarian war and said British forces could strike Germans in Bulgaria without war. A Russian source in London said the ultimatum report was untrue while Romanian and Balkan circles discussed a Moscow note to Antonescu.
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London
Black Sea
Germany
Balkans
Russia
Sequarters
George W. Rendel Probapis
Bulgaria
Norway
Ion Antonescu
Moscow
Balkan
Motor Touring Will Pass 1940 is AAA Prediction
Thomas P. Henry, president of the American Automobile Association, predicts the 1941 U. S. travel season will reach or exceed 5 billion dollars. Domestic touring will stay strong with boom proportions, and cross-border travel to Canada and Mexico will rise. He notes 1920s motor vacation spending above 5 billion, AAA club routings up 19 percent, out-of-state visitors up 3.4 percent, national park attendance up 3 percent, gasoline use up 61 percent, and passenger car registrations up 42 percent.
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AAA
Washington
Thomas P. Henry
American Automobile Association
U. S
Canada
Mexico
Henry
National Parks
Chicago Firemen Learn To Extinguish Magnesium Bombs
Chicago rookies are being trained to handle incendiary bombs as experiments proceed at the fire department drill school. Deputy Fire Chief Anthony J. Mullaney explained magnesium is used extensively in new incendiary devices and the tests seek the best methods to put out fires caused by magnesium metal.
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Chicago
Anthony J. Mullaney
Nazis Stage Light Raids On England
German air raiders triggered two alerts in London at noon with no bombs reported. A raider over an East Anglian town dropped a bomb destroying a house. a man, wife, and child were rescued. Bombs also fell in a south coast town with no casualties. a night of limited Nazi activity followed. A British lifeboat crew reported shooting down one bomber and damaging another in the Atlantic.
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London
Strait
England
Atlantic
Pastor Advises Reading History To Quell Fears
The Rev. Carl S. Weist of Mt. Vernon urged Americans to read history to calm world anxieties. Speaking at Russell Sage College, he said turning to history shows crises across centuries and quiets fear by placing present events in broader perspective.
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Troy
Carl S. Weist
Mt. Vernon
Russell Sage College
Weygand Meets Petain in Secret Talks at Vichy
Maxime Weygand, commander of French forces in North Africa, arrived in Vichy for a secret face to face with Marshal Petain. An official note framed Weygand’s visit as part of an inspection tour of French African possessions, with speculation about advice on British threats to occupy Syria and tensions in the French Empire Indo China region. The secrecy follows the death of Jean Chiappe in November. Also noted is a brief village election registration in Saranac Lake on March 18.
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Wergand
Retain
Wergane
Syria
Trey
Indo-China
Thailand
Jean Chiappe
Chiappe
Mediterranean
Jean Darjan
Paris
Pierre Laval
Count Fernand de Brinon
Vichy
Saranac Lake
Harrietstown
Air Tragedy Is Mystery In Trans-Canada Crash
In Armstrong Ontario a five man royal commission jury said the Feb six crash of a Trans-Canada airliner will never reveal its cause after hearing more than a dozen witnesses. The panel urged extending tree clearing near landings as added safety. The tragedy remains the worst Canadian aviation disaster. Also Bainbridge notes Miss Lucile Babcock of Bainbridge entered as a junior student at Binghamton City Hospital School of Nursing with a capping ceremony.
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Smirle Lawson
Ontario
W. E
Twwiss
Bainbridge
Lucile Babcock
Binghamton City Hospital School of Nursing
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