Nazis Order 10 From Kingdom as Britain Evacuates
German officials in Belgrade ordered Germans to leave Yugoslavia amid a possible invasion as Britain directs women and children to evacuate the kingdom. Yugoslavia remained silent on German demands while Serb authorities halted navigation of German river barges on the Danube. The report notes broad Axis-British tension in the region and the safety moves taken by both sides.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
Yugoslav
Belgrade
Legation
Little Kingdom
Yugoslavia
Kremlin Dispatches Explain Russia Shifting Toward Britain
The memo notes Hitler must win by July or face consequences including boosted U.S. munitions and ship output, Europe food needs next winter, more oil amid Romanian oil-supply fears, and political optics. It cites Russia tilting toward Britain, with references to Ukraine wheat, iron, ore, and Caucasus oil as strategic factors shaping the conflict.
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Washington
Kremlin
Russia
U. S
Hitler
Veek
Europe
Austria
Ceaghoslovakia
Monsco Mines
Poland
Norway
France
Frank A. Boyle
Kinloch N. Neill
Bela" Sams
Maurice T. John
Fairbanks
Ukraine
Caucasus
Rome Museums Closed Except Vatican War Halt
All museums in Rome are shut due to the war, with the Vatican museum remaining closed as well. The measure covers public cultural sites across the city, reflecting broad wartime restrictions on cultural institutions.
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Rome
Vatican
Palm Loses Case in Ice Pool Award Appeal
Oscar Palm failed to stop King County court action transferring 9 562 dollars to Mrs Lillian M Palm. The couple married in Anchorage Alaska, Palm left five days after. Mrs Palm won 41 000 in the Nenana Ice Pool and deposited most of it. Palm tried to claim the remainder as part of the community estate and the appeal continues.
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Olympia
Wash
Oscar Palm
Long
King County
Lillian M. Palm
State Supreme Court
Palms
Anchorage
Alaska
Palm
Nenana
Ketchikan Man Joins Army Officers Reserve Corps
Washington March 29 The War Department announces that Fred John Rowe of Ketchikan Alaska has accepted appointment from the Officers Reserve Corps as Second Lieutenant of Infantry.
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Washington
War Department
Fred John Rowe
Ketchikan
Alaska
Officers Reserve Corps
Infantry
Roosevelt Recognizes Yugoslav Government Heads Peter II
President Roosevelt recognizes the Yugoslav government headed by King Peter II and sends encouragement to resist Axis aggression. The acknowledgment comes as tensions rise in Europe with ongoing occupation threats.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Peter the Second
Peter
Finnish freighter Carolina Thorden torpedoed near Paroe Islands
The Finnish freighter Carolina Thorden of 8600 tons traveling from Petsamo to New York was torpedoed off the Paroe Islands. Passengers and crew were saved and the attack shocked Helsinki as both belligerents claimed to sanction sea traffic from Finland’s sole sea outlet to the outside world.
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Helsinki
Carolina Thorden
Petsamo
Finland
New York
Paroe Islands
Axis Merchantmen Leave Brazilian Ports Under British Blockade
Three Axis ships, Dresden 5000 tons, Frano Marbelli 10500 tons, and Frisco 4600 tons, sailed from Santos Recife and Fortaleza respectively in a coordinated bid to break the British blockade. The Dresden has not reported in eleven hours after departure.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazilian
Dresden
Santos
Frano Marbelli
Recife
Frisco
Fortaleza
Dangerous Drugs Circulated in Contaminated Tablets
In Chicago on March 29 federal inspectors and physicians pursued 410000 contaminated tablets linked to a powerful sedative. The American Medical Association notes narcosis in patients in Missouri and Kentucky, but all have recovered according to Dr Morris Fishbein, editor of the journal.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Morris Fishbein
The
Association
Medical Journal
Missouri
Kentucky
Two Oldtimers Enter Sitka Pioneer Home
Two Alaska oldtimers with over four decades in the Territory were admitted to Sitka's Pioneers Home. Otto William Broman, 73, arrived in 1899 from Sweden, and George Nylen, 7, who came in 1900 from Sweden, is a carpenter entering from Tenakee.
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Alaska
Territory
Eiler Hanson
Otto William Broman
Sweden
P George Nylen
Tenakee
Congressman's Find Honest Man Amid Budget Hearings
Washington March 29 Everett M Dirksen Republican congressman declares an honest man found during hearings on the independent offices appropriation bill for 1942. He objects to a 10 000 maintenance item for a biological field laboratory on Gatun Lake island where Smithsonian scientists and universities have long conducted work. He notes monkey study titles including Field Study on the Behavior and Social Relations of Howling Monkeys and My Monkey Neighbors on Barro Colorado. He adds that with all the monkeys in government further field work seems unnecessary.
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Washington
Congressional
Everett M. Dirksen
Independent Offices
Dirksen
Gatun Lake
Canal’ Zone
Smithsonian
Troops Rescue By Boats After Nazi Attack West of Scotland
German High Command claimed long range bombers attacked a British troop transport about ten miles west of Scotland, forcing soldiers to abandon ship. Nazi reports also said three merchant ships were sunk, totaling about 7,500 tons.
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Associated Press
High Command
Scotland
Auto Workers Continue Milwaukee Strike Against Allis Chalmers
Members of Local 248 United Automobile Workers CPIO report the union voted to keep the strike against Allis Chalmers in West Allis as a back to work movement shows limited momentum. The walkout began January 22 and affects roughly 6,000 workers in the area. Mrs. Messerschmidt returns home aboard the steamer North Coast after two months in Tacoma.
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Milwaukee
Wis
United Automobile Workers Union, Cio
Allis Chalmers Company
Westallis
Messerschmidt
Henry Messerschmidt
States
Tacoma
Italian Warships Damaged in Eastern Med Raid
Three Italian vessels including a Littorio class battleship and two cruisers were heavily damaged in a clash with British forces in the eastern Mediterranean. Cairo reports say two cruisers and a destroyer hit by heavy bombs, with one cruiser seen smoking. British bombers also hit the Lacce air drome near Oripoli Italy.
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Associated Prees
Mediterranean
Omi
Cairo
Tonian Sea
Royal Air Force
Lacce
Oripolisi
Italy
New Bombers Shot Down in Nazi Attack
Canadian port reports four of Germanys newest long range bombers destroyed in a recent attack on a British convoy. Only one bomber seen returning, helicopter? no. Seaman Donald Jackson described skies ablaze as the convoy opened fire on the Nazis.
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Germany
Donald Jackson
Passengers Fly 10 Coast With Shell
Six passengers from Juneau to the Coast winged out of Gastineau Channel this morning with pilot Shell Simmons in the Lockheed Vega. M. Jukich, bound for Hawk Talet, Russell Clithero, Dorothy Sitka, and Howard Dickson and Al Nowski for Hirst. Simmons is scheduled to return this afternoon with four passengers.
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Juneau
Gastineau Channel
Shell Simmons
M. Jukich
Hawk Talet
Russell Clithero
Dorothy Sitka
Howard Dickson
al Nowski
Hirst
Simmons
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