Pro Axis Regency Overthrown in Yugoslavia
Reports say a pro Axis regime in Yugoslavia was toppled as Allis-Chalmers workers faced union threats. Federal conciliator Lambert urged a big breakthrough in Bethlehem as labor talks resumed after a Monday strike. In Milwaukee 25 to 30 men returned to the strikebound Allis-Chalmers plant under government order amid no disorder at the gates.
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Lambert
Bethlehem
Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Allis-Chalmers resumes defense work amid union strike
Milwaukee March 27 1944 300 workers report back to the Allis-Chalmers plant under Navy Knox and Knudsen orders restoring $45 000 000 in vital defense contracts while 7500 more remain out on strike Harold Christoffel CIO Local 248 president warns those returning risk job loss and urges vote to approve union sanction
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Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers
Knox
William S. Knudsen
OPM
Harold Chistoffel
CIO
United Air Workers
West Allis
Christof
Winchester proposes wildlife protection effort in Frederick County
A movement began weeks ago to protect and propagate game and fish in Frederick County. Residents of city and county show encouraging interest. The project aims to educate about wildlife stewardship and outdoor recreation while keeping forests and streams as unspoiled as possible.
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Frederick County
Ation
Certhis
Sarah Zane Fire Hall Game Night Promises Big Prizes
An event at Sarah Zane Fire Hall features 20 games with 20 prizes including a $100 grand prize and a $75 door prize. The drawing is set for Thursday March 27 at 8 30 PM and organizers note ticket details on page 21.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Hable Plans Expansion With Martinsburg Theater
Herman Hable president of Hable Theatres Inc reports he contemplates building a Martinsburg West Virginia cinema as part of a planned expansion. He already runs the Palace in Winchester and the Gem in Washington and aims for a 750 to 1000 seat house with top ticket prices, with a Winchester third theater and a fourth site under consideration.
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Herman H. Hable
Hable Theatres, Inc
Martinsburg
W. Va
Hable
Palace
Winchester
Gem
Washington
West
Journal
Richard Kremer
School inspection at Clearbrook marks progress
Fred J. Larrick and A. L. Omps of Frederick County School Board accompanied a State Architect representative to Clearbrook to inspect the under construction elementary school. Larrick, chari man of the board, said the inspection was satisfactory in every respect.
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Fred J. Larrick
A. L. Omps
Frederick County
Clearbrook
Larrick
Chadiiben
Honeymoon Cut Short by Draft in Berlin Maryland
Anna Jones of Snow Hill faced a sudden interruption to her honeymoon as her husband Douglas Childs was notified by the local selective service board that he would be taken for a year of military training starting Tuesday at 6 15 a m. The couple had planned a brief wedding trip before his service begins.
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Berlin
Douglas Oe
Anna Jones
Snow Hill
Army
Childs
Changes Mind About death by own action Is In Hospital
In Denver on March 27 Elton Shaw attempted suicide by gas but changed his mind and went to sleep. He woke and said he then tried to light a cigarette. details end with his memory cut off.
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Denver
Elton Shaw
Indicts Axis As Treaty Breakers at Havana Speech
Attorney General Jackson declares Germany Italy and Japan violated treaties by war and urges discrimination against aggressors. He cites Kellogg Briand pact self defense and Western Hemisphere stability as justification for aiding defending governments.
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Havana
Jackson
Germany
Italy
Japan
United States
U. S
Americas
International
Dingly
Geese Migrate North Over Winchester In Early Morning Honks
Residents report a mass migration of wild geese moving northward over Winchester during the night. The sky was moonlit and clear as honks drifted down, with Mrs. Homer Harlee noting prolonged calls and a lone bird circling at 2 to 3 a.m.
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Winchester
Homer Harlee
West Clifford
President Roosevelt Signs Lease-Lend Bill at Sea
On March 27 aboard the U S S Benson near Florida, President Roosevelt signed the seven billion dollar lease lend bill making the fund immediately available. Defense officials move to funnel funds into the growing US munition industry as Congress approved the large peacetime outlay.
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President Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Florida
Defense
America
War Department
W H Gardner Rites Friday
W H Gardner 76 former Waynesboro mayor and business leader died at his home in Waynesboro Virginia He was president of Fishburne Military School and held interests in mills orchards extract plants a laundry and bakery He served as director and stockholder in regional banks and was a director at Shenandoah Life Insurance Co Roanoke
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W. H. Gardner
Rosenberger
Frederick County
Waynesboro
Gardner
James F. Gardner
Capon Bridge
Amanda R. Crowser
Fishburne Military School
Augusta
Albemarle County
First National and
Citizens-Waynesboro Bank
Shenandoah Life Insurance Co
Roanoke
Mass Meeting Set for 8 Oclock at George Washington Hotel
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival holds annual mass meeting at 8 tonight with John J. Scully presiding and R Gray Williams as principal speaker. Invitations accepted from many out of town and local residents. Handley Glee Club to sing under Miss Gwendolyn Haynes.
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Shenandoah
George Washington Hotel
John
Glass Favors Shooting Hell Out of Nazis in Convoy Plan
Senator Glass urged use of United States Navy convoys to protect Britain bound shipments if Nazi raiders threaten, saying we ought to shoot the Hell out of them. State Department studies a German counter blockade extending near Greenland as lawmakers debate options while neutrality acts and command guidance await clarity.
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Washington
Germany
American Hemisphere
Senator Glass
D-Va
United States Navy
Britain
Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Reich
Greenland
Senators Glass
Mission Society Classis Opens Virginia Convention at Centenary
About 200 delegates gather at Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church for the annual Woman's Missionary Society meeting of the Classis of Virginia with Mrs. B. W. Stonebraker presiding. A 5:30 p.m. banquet features Mrs. Robert Glaize as toastmistress and Miss Charlotte Murray as speaker. Dr. Paul Lambert Gerhardt of the Japan mission will speak at 7:30 p.m. and the session closes tomorrow with Holy Communion led by Rev. S. L. Flickinger, D. D.
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Centenary Evangeliical and Reformed Church
Woman's Missionary Society of the Classis of
Virginia
B. W. Stonebraker
Roanoke
Robert Glaize
Charlotte McMurray
Africa
Paul Lambert Gerhardt
Japan
S. L. Flickinger
Benny Goodman to Headline Apple Blossom Festival Ball
Benny Goodman and his orchestra will perform on the first night of the Apple Blossom festival. Contracts were signed yesterday. Tom Scully announces the swing master and his unit top the nation. The opening social will be at the armory with a second night dance featuring Tommy Ticker for a third year. A special room will host the queen and court and provide a dais for viewing the dancing.
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Benny Goodman
Tom Scully
Goodman
Addae
Sw We
United States
Armory
Scully
Tommy Ticker
Churchill Predicts Yugoslav Break With Axis Pact
London March 27 Prime Minister Winston Churchill predicted that the new Yugoslav government would repudi ate the pact with the axis. He spoke at a Trades Union Congress luncheon saying a Yugoslav government would defend the honor and freedom of Yugoslavia and honor its people against axis pressure.
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London
Winston Churchill
Yugoslavia
Churchill
Trades Union Congress
Conservative
Belgrade
Vienna
Yugoslavia May Obtain U S Aid After Regime Change
Washington dispatch reports the United States may assist Yugoslavia to preserve independence. Sumner Welles said Roosevelt can aid nations defending independence and noted potential release of frozen Yugoslav assets. Belgrade envoy Fotitch voiced sympathy with the new government.
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United States
Cansons
Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
Arthur Bliss Lane
Belgrade
Onion Regency
Yugoslavia
Welles
Axis
Balkan
Constantin Fotitch
United
Cnet
Fotitch
Berlin seeks Yugoslavia explanation on new government
Berlin reported an urgent request to Yugoslavia to explain the international implications of its changed government and its adherence to the three power pact. Some hope a reply could reach Berlin tonight.
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Berlin
Yugoslavia
Britain to back Yugoslav revolt with navy army and air force
London sources say Britain will support the new Yugoslav government to counter the Axis thrust in the Balkans. Prime Minister Churchill predicts Yugoslavia will repudiate the Axis pact and recognize the Belgrade regime after riots and a government reshuffle. Seventeen year old King Peter II forms a new regime as Regent Prince Paul flees to Greece and Premier Dragoljub Cvetković goes to Vienna to sign the pact.
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Britain
Balkans
London
Churchill
Balkan
Belgrade
Peter II
Yugoslavia
Axis
Paul
Greece
Olga
Dragila Cvetkovic
Vienna
Adolf Hitler
Yugoslavia overthrows regency as boy king forms government
King Peter II leads a coup toppling the pro axis regency. Regent Prince Paul flees, cabinet ministers are arrested, and rioting leaves many dead or wounded. London reports the new regime rejects axis alignment and names a new premier. Bad weather grounds RAF ships as Nazi raids occur. Senator Glass urges U S convoys to protect Britain aid.
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Prince Paul
Yugoslavia
Peter
Paul
London
Axis
Police raid CIO bureaus after Harvester clash in Richmond
In Richmond Indiana state police raided the downtown CIO farm equipment workers organizing committee headquarters arresting about 10 people on assault and battery charges amid a bloody clash outside the International Harvester plant. Captain Walter Eckert led about 160 officers to prevent disorders during the plant's reopening.
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Richmond
Ind
International Harvester
C. I. O. Farm Equipment Workers
Clifford Kerr
FEWOC
Robert Foley
Walter Eckert
Union
Harvester
Belgrade Riots and Government Shakeup Amid Yugoslav Crisis
Reports from Belgrade say Cvetkovic and Foreign Minister Cihovean played key roles as the cabinet was overthrown and arrests followed. Rioting filled Belgrade streets all night with casualties, while Yugoslav forces mobilized and officers were recalled. The new anti German government faced a tense stance toward the Vienna pact as troops ring Yugoslavia.
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Belgrade
Cvetkovic
Banjatuka
Sqnad
Yugoslavia
Axis
Peter
Bistolj
Britain
Germany
2d Lieut. Larrick Called To Colors
2d Lieut. John Fred Larrick of Front Royal and Myer, Virginia, was notified by long distance call to report to the 16th Infantry in training in the field. He enlisted in 1940 after graduating from V. M. I. and has worked as a chemist at American Viscose in Front Royal since then.
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John Fred Larrick
Town
Front Royal
Fred J. Larrick
16Th Infantry
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Virginia State Horticultural Society
Ellsmore Ae
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