Greece rejects peace talks with Italy amid Italo-Greek war escalation
Belgrade reports Greece remains adamant against armistice with Italy and vows to fight to the end. A Greek question to Turkey seeks stance on mutual assistance if Nazi forces attack Thrace and Eastern Macedonia, under September 1933 treaty and 1934 Balkan entente.
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Belgrade
Mar
Greece
Turkey
Bulgaria
Thrace
Macedonia
Ankara
Turkey Will Act When It Sees Its Moment Says Source
A Turkish political source in Ankara says Turkey will menace Germany if it attacks Greece and will act with Britain at a moment deemed most effective. The policy centers on defending Turkish interests and independence and preserving freedom of maneuver, with Turkey choosing its own time and place for action.
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Ankarba
Turkey
Germany
Greece
Britain
Germany pushes diplomacy to end Greek Italian war
Sofia Bulgaria March 8 German efforts to end the Greek Italian war by diplomacy intensify with 150000 Nazi troops on the Greek border. Some say Germany offered Greece guarantees to keep all territory held at the outbreak of hostilities last Oct 28. Athens reaction unclear as prior Balkan talks stalled. Neutral observers forecast German forces may advance into the region.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Germany
Greece
Athens
Albania
Balkans
Darlan Denies Berlin Ship Convoy Report
A Vichy spokesman denied Berlin reports that Fernand de Brinon said French ships would be convoyed by the French navy if British sea attacks continued. The U.S. embassy also denied notifying Ambassador Leahy of any convoy decision. De Brinon’s remarks were described as hypothetical. observers doubt such a step would occur.
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Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Berlin
Fernand de Brinon
Paris
Britain
United States
William D. Leahy
de Brinon
Darlan
Fierce Bulgar Band Joining Greece For Fight With Germans
Budapest dispatch reports bands of Bulgarian Comitadjis flocking across the frontier to aid Greece against Germany. Thousands more mountaineers form guerrilla groups to harass German advances in the Macedonian frontier. Former leader Mihailoff resurfaces to organize the movement, which traces back to earlier Balkan conflicts.
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Budapest
Hungary
Comitadjis
Greece
Mihailoff
Comitasis
Jugoslavia
Germany
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia Declines Denial Of US Aid Offer Report
Belgrade officials refused to deny Hungarian press claims that the United States offered aid to Yugoslavia. They said no denial was needed calling the report ridiculous and not credible.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
United States
Berlin reacts to Roosevelt aid talk to Yugoslavia report
German newspapers disputed a Budapest dispatch claiming Roosevelt suggested aid to Yugoslavia to keep it from the Axis. State Department officials denied it, while German commentators warned of U S influence and linked the tale to the Monroe Doctrine and election pledges to stay out of war.
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Berlin
Mar
Roosevelt
Yugoslavia
State Department
Washington
Budapest
Rule Argument Foments Fight In Legislature
The Arizona house battle reemerged as pro administration factions led by Rep. Nellie T. Bush blocked a majority move to suspend rules and push a bill granting 50 dollars monthly to five state social security board members. A roll call failed 33 to 35, with 17 opposing, as Coxon and Smith traded barbs over dilatory tactics and session priorities.
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Phoenix
Arizona House of Representatives
Nellie T. Bush
Yuma County
Osborn
State Social Security Board
Casa Grande Valley
J. Hubert Smith
Mohave County
Senate
Fascists Demand Yugoslavia Clarify Position Amid Crisis
In Rome on March 8 Fascist spokesmen led by Virginia Gayda in Il Giornale D Italia called on Yugoslavia to state its position and intentions to Axis powers. They cited alleged American efforts to lure Yugoslavia away from Rome Berlin and Tokyo and warned Belgrade it must fix its attitude amid growing uncertainty.
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Rome
Virginia Gayda
Yugoslavia
Roosevelt
Balkan
Belgrade
Budapest
Berlin
Gayda
Jap Minister To Leave For Berlin Parley
Berlin announces Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka will travel to Berlin invited by the German government for personal deliberations on Axis collaboration under the three powers pact. After Berlin he plans to visit Rome, with talks possibly extending to Moscow.
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Berlin
Yosuke Matsuoka
Matsuoka
Tokyo
Eugen Ott
Japan
Germany
Italy
Rome
The
Orient
Moscow
Associated Press
British Down 3 Raiding Bombers Over England's East Coast
British fighter planes shot down three German bombers in dogfights high over the east coast. One fell off Lowestoft after a raid, another bomber crashed in the channel after pursuit, and a third wrecked homes in an east coast town before being shot down. A fourth bomber destroyed a trawler mast last night. crew drowned. Isolated raids reported across East Anglia.
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London
England
Britain
Lowestoft
Channel
East Anglia
Blizzard Sweeps Atlantic Seaboard with Heavy Snow
A major blizzard blanketed the Atlantic seaboard with heavy snow, closing transit in New York as 10.6 inches fell. The storm moved from California with rain while a separate system hit Washington D C with 10.1 inches, the heaviest March snowfall on record.
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New York
Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
California
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic
New England
Canada
Weather Bureau
Rio Grande Valley
Atlantic States
Manhattan
Olaf Bergh
Ocean City
Florida
Georgia
Carolinas
D. C
Taft
Newcomer Henry S Wright Confirmed to Colorado River Board
In Phoenix on March 8 the State Senate confirmed Henry S Wright a wealthy newcomer to Arizona for a six year term on the Colorado River Commission succeeding Donald C Scott the former Phoenix city manager whose term expired in January One dissenting vote and objections over his recent Arizona residence in 1938 were noted Angius of Cochise opposed the confirmation after Haldiman moved to confirm Wright Engineer Wright was named by Governor as a nonresident appointee the vote supported the governor’s position and the people’s accountability.
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Phoenix
State Senate
Osborn
Henry S. Wright
Arizona
Colorado River Commission
Donald C. Scott
Scott
Jan
Angius
Dan Angius
Cochise County
Joe C. Haldiman
Maricopa County
Wright
Cochise
Senate
Carol Expresses Gratitude for Portugal Asylum
Former Romanian King Carol I I said he is grateful to Portugal for asylum after abdicating the throne last September. In a first interview since leaving the throne he requested rest and appeared wary yet not downhearted, noting weight loss and a slack suit but a retained confident smile.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Romania
Carol
Turks Hold Fate Of Balkans By DeWitt MacKenzie
The article argues the outcome of the Balkan crisis hinges on Turkey choosing to remain allied with Britain and control the Dardanelles. A Turkish switch to the Axis could doom the Anglo allied effort in the Mediterranean and threaten near East access, while Greece and Yugoslavia resist Berlin pressure amid wartime diplomacy.
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Greece
Struma
Yugoslavia
Axis
Turkey
Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Britain
Dardanelles
Near East
Suez Canal
Egypt
Iraq
Iran
Mediterranean
Progress in halting added strikes in two New Jersey plants
Two New Jersey defense contractors faced potential labor disruptions as CIO unions pressed wage demands at Aluminum Company of America Edgewater and Edison Inc plants. Progress reports said talks with the CIO Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers moved toward settlement on closed shop, wages, and overtime. Separately, an AFL Consumers Power wage pact threat in Michigan neared resolution as union ballots favored the agreement.
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New Jersey
Michigan
Aluminum Company of America
Edgewater
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Pennsylvania
CIO
Aluminum Company
Vincent McKenna
Progress
Edison Company
CIO Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Consumers Power Company
AFL Electrical
Grand Rapids
R. J. Thomas
Cio-United Automobile Workers
Ford Motor
Detroit
Thomas
Ford Company
British Drive To Stop Rail Communication
British military officials reported a South African column entering Ethiopia from Italian Somaliland advancing toward Harar and Diredawa with the aim to sever the Addis Ababa to Jibuti rail line. Jibuti, in French Somaliland, is a key Red Sea port and rail terminus.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ethiopia
Ethiopa
Gojjam
Walsh Amendment Rejected In 56 33 Senate Vote
The Walsh amendment to block transfers of modern naval vessels and aircraft was defeated 56 to 33. Senators debated limits on presidential power as administration forces press for swift passage of Britain aid legislation.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Walsh
D-Mass
Tydings
Dmd
Taft
Ohio
Britain
Canada
Greece
Wheeler
D-Mont
Congress
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Roosevelt
House
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D-La
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