Debate Looms in Senate Over Navy War Material Escorts
Critics of the Roosevelt administration predict a major Senate showdown this week over a proposal to ban U S naval escorts for war materials. The issue gains urgency as Easter vacation ends and policy shifts stir debate about protections for cargo vessels and implications of the Russo Japanese neutrality accord. Senator Tobey leads a bid to forbid convoy indications as the Foreign Relations Committee weighs the measure amid routine fiscal business.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Roosevelt
Red Sea
Orient
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tobey
RNH
Capitol
Treasury Post
20 000 Resume Work At Ford Rouge Plant
A Ford Rouge plant restart began as about 20 000 workers returned after a Friday UAW strike settlement. Full production on assembly lines is expected within 10 days. Regional NLRB officers met with Ford and union leaders to discuss a possible election to determine a collective bargaining agent for Ford employees. John J. Murphy of the AFLCIO commented on the strike action.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Dearborn
United Automobile Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Ford
John J. Murphy
American Federation of Lar
U. A
Clarke Supervisors Vote Not To Petition A Bond Election
Clarke Supervisors split 3 to 1 and refused to concur in a School Board plan to petition a 95000 bond issue for local schools. The vote listed Clifton toes as for with Battletown and three others against. Action on the county budget was postponed with final decisions expected in May. The School Board met after and scheduled a special session to discuss school facilities at Boyce Berryville and Clarke County Training School.
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Clarke
Clifton Toes
Battletown
William Fenton
Chapel District
John M. Fishpaw
Longmarsh
Ed Lee
Greenway
Bude
Boyce
Berryville
Clarke County
Secondary Road Hearing Stirs Frederick Residents
Frederick county citizens packed the Board of Supervisors meeting to urge approval of secondary highway projects. The highway engineer described issues and a new state ruling allowing improvements if residents assume blasting liability. Proposals include Minebank Road route 622 between J. W. Brumback and Charles Headley properties, promising a three mile bus and vehicle savings.
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Frederick County
Board of Supervisors
Fred M. Yellett
Fred Larrick
E. R. McDonald
J. W. Brumback
Charles Headley
Naval Reserves Seek Immediate Active Duty Upon Graduation
Annapolis Md April 14. About 85 percent of the Y T s reserve midshipmen have asked for immediate duty as ensigns after a study course. All reserves may be called for active duty anytime after graduation. The group numbered 686 on February 14 and about 590 will graduate with some leaving for health or low grades. The V 1s have exceeded expectations and existing reserves already in service are proving themselves satisfactory.
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Annapolis
Late comers storm auto license office
Hundreds of last minute applicants crowded the Chamber of Commerce for automobile licenses as a one day deadline neared. Andrew Bell and assistant Miss Mary Gail Gather worked through the day, with the office keeping hours 8 to 10 p.m. for late arrivals.
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Chamber of Commerce
License Bureau
Andrew Bell
Mary Gail Gather
Editor's Warning from Rome on Axis Attacks
Rome reports Virginia Gayda, Fascist editor, warned the United States that the Axis may attack any ships aiding Britain in Africa or passing Red Sea routes to Egypt and the Balkans. He asserted Roosevelt cannot risk convoys and warned against American ships convoying aid to Britain.
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Rome
Virginia Gayda
United States
Axis
Roosevelt
Red Sea
Gayda
Italy
East Africa
Egypt
Balkans
Britain
British Refugee Children Attend White House Easter Party
One hundred thirty two British refugee youngsters visit the White House for the annual Easter egg roll hosted by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Names include Brenda Carter and Betty Edmonds from Winchester. Attendance records show 53,100 in 1939, with 31,481 the previous year due to cold weather.
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Washington
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Brenda Carter
Betty Edmonds
Roger Edmonds
Winchester
Eng
Weather Bureau
Wallace
Henry Wallace
Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Capt
James Roosevelt
Romelle Schneider
Convicts Fleeing Sing Sing Are Caught In Woods
Two long term inmates who escaped Sing Sing infirmary by gunfire were captured hours later in the Palisades woods near Ossining. Riordan and McGale, both convicted of robbery, were disarmed by Patrolman William Mullen and taken to Nyack before return to Sing Sing. A fellow convict and two officials were killed during the breakout, while one guard died of shock.
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Sing Sing
Ossing
N. Y
Hudson River
Mount Baaks
Palisades
William Mullen
Calctaeati
Joseph Riordan
Charles McGale
Dazky
Mullen
Nyack
Hudson
Sing G
Riordan
McGale
John Watters
Higgins
James Fagan
McGovern Miller
Miller
Hotel Guests Flee As Fire Tears Through Baltimore Building
Firemen drove 175 patrons of the New Howard Hotel into the streets after a five story blaze on West Baltimore Street damaged the Commercial Building. Flames extended from upper floors, windows blew, five alarms sounded, and stocks at four firms suffered smoke water and fire damage. Investigations were opened by the fire department salvage corps and police for incendiary causes.
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Baltimore
New Howard
West Baltimore
George H. Hilgeman
Lord Baltimore Tailoring Company
Southern Tailoring Company
Jess Cloak and Suit Company
Princeton
Italy Delivers New Note Over Seized Ships
Italy handed a new diplomatic note to the United States through Prince Colonna regarding the seizure of 28 Italian merchant ships on sabotage charges. The embassy official said the note clarifies Italy's position while details remain undisclosed.
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Washington
Italy
United States
Stone Department
Prince Colonna
State Department
Unite States
Roosevelt
Congress
Kauffmann Refuses Danish Orders On Greenland Pact
Danish minister Henrik De Kauffmann informs Secretary Hull that Denmark will not recognize Copenhagen orders granting Danish Greenland military sites to the United States. The U S maintains him as Denmark's representative here amid suspicions the move was German inspired and questions over the Greenland treaty validity.
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Washington
Henrik de Kauffman
Hull
Copenhagen
United States
Danish Greenland
Hal
Foreign Office
Denmark
U. 8
de Kauffmann
Greenland
Pmes Antitestoe
Sen Berlin
Andernment
Roosevelt
State Department
Supreme Court Narrows Civil Contempt Punishment
The Supreme Court rules civil contempt can be imposed only if alleged obstructing acts occur within a week of the trial. The decision overturns the 1918 Toledo case criticizing court coverage and sustains the acquittals of R. H. Nye and L. C. Mayers who sought to influence a damages suit related to a death. Justice Douglas authored the ruling with Justices Hughes Stone and Roberts dissenting.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Eek
Toledo
Douglas
Hughes
Stone
Roberts
R. H. Nye
L. C. Mayers
Lumberton
N. C
W.H. Elmore
Conway,s. C
B. C. Remedy Company
Elmore
Reporters To Receive Awards For Best Stories
Virginia Press Association will award reporters for best stories at its mid summer convention in Hot Springs on July 18-19. James R. McKeldin announced the prizes, decided by a committee led by Tom Hanes of the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch.
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Richmond
Virginia Press Association
Hot Springs
James R. McKeldin
Tom Hanes
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch
WPA
McKeldin
Carl B. Short
Roanoke
Manpre Ee Aikins
Ashland
Sea
Harry F. Sa JT
Winchester Star
British Troops Rout Adolf Hitler Division in Greece
Allied reports say British forces rout a Nazi division with heavy losses in northern Greece and push counter attacks against German invaders in the mountains south of Belgrade while the Adriatic port of Durazzo falls. German Italian columns strike toward Suez with sieges at Tobruk and gains at Baria Salum and Capuzzo. Fascist editor Gayda warns the U.S. of Axis willingness to attack British aid ships as Roosevelt lifts the Red Soviet Russia ban and Japan joins the neutrality pact.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Greece
Belgrade
Adriatic
Durazgo
Hitler
Corizza
Korizza
Albania
Egypt
Suez Canal
Bardia
Salum
Fort Capuzzo
Tobruk
Bethlehem Increases Wages for 90 000 Bethlehem Employees
Bethlehem Steel Company raises wages by ten cents per hour for all hourly piecework and tonnage workers effective April 1, affecting about 90 000 employees across plants in Pennsylvania Maryland New York and the west coast. Salaried staff who shared in prior raises receive equitable pay. The move follows a national demand for a 10 cent minimum hourly increase.
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Johnstown
Sydney B. Evans
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New York
West Coast
National
Pacific War Looms As Axis Presses In Greece
The article notes a Chinese forecast of an inevitable Pacific war and questions binding pacts with the Soviet Union. It reports German forces preparing a decisive blow in eight days of Greece fighting, with Axis tanks crossing Tobruk defenses and British aircraft strafing German columns near the Aegean. Italian radio claims a Greek counter invasion setback as Tobruk battles continue with heavy casualties.
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Associated Press
Greece
Hitler
RAF
Aegean
Ninth Army
Corizza
Albaniia
London War Office
Tobruk
North Africa
British Troops Trapped at Tobruk Hit by Aerial Bombardment
Berlin reports British troops trapped at Tobruk attempt sea escape but face Dunkirk like air siege. Dive bombers reportedly strike transports and vessels in the Libyan harbor.
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Air
Berlin
DNB
Tobruk
Withdrawal of British Forces to New Positions in Greece
War office communique reports British forces retreating to new positions in Greece after inflicting severe casualties on the Germans. The update from London is dated April 14.
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Africa
Greece
London
War Office
Ta Kung Pao Declares Pacific War Inevitable
The Chinese newspaper Ta Kung Pao states that war in the Pacific is now inevitable following the Japanese Soviet neutrality pact signed yesterday in Moscow.
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Chungeking
Ta Kung Pao
Pacific
Moscow
Soviet Juxtaposition Signals Cautious World Stance
Moscow同行 indicates Soviet Party presses frame neutrality with Japan as paving the way for cooperation while avoiding binding ties to the Axis. The move marks an end to twenty four years of tense far eastern relations and prioritizes cautious political and economic engagement.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Russia
Secretary Hull comments on potential end of Russian Japanese pact
Secretary Hull said the new neutrality pact could be over and that the American policy remained unchanged. Reports from London claimed a Norwegian warship raided the northern coast of German-held areas, though Norwegian circles provided few details.
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Washington
Hull
London
Nereadsterday
Ashton Dovell Visits Winchester Ahead of Governor Bid
Williamsburg native Ashton Dovell former Speaker of the House and gubernatorial candidate visited Winchester on Saturday meeting local residents and discussing campaign issues.
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Ashton Dovell
Williamsburg
House of Delegates
Winchester
Handley grounds bloom with cherry trees and magnolias
Winchester area celebrations showcase cherry trees at Handley grounds and boulevard, magnolias at Handley Library and Braddock, forsythia blooms, and 2000 plus cherry trees in C L Nicodemus orchard attracting visitors. Winchester Chamber dispatches 1667 conference invitations to Rotarians in 186th District. Alvin Richardson, first local inductee, summoned for Roanoke May 8 after volunteering for a year.
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Handley Grounds
Handley Library
Winchester
Braddock
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
186Th
Virginia
Tennessee
Chamber of Commerce
Roanoke
Alvin Richardson
Nazis Repulse British Infantry In Northern Greece
Allied reports from London state German forces in Yugoslavia claim to have destroyed mass enemy groups and push remnants toward the Adriatic. In Greece British infantry reportedly repulsed advances as Nazi blitzkrieg invaders occupy mountainous regions around 130 miles south of Belgrade in Yugoslavia.
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Adolf Hitler
Greece
London
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Rbi
Adriatic
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