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...effect of the Finland report was to bring from both Helsinki and Berlin prompt denials that more German troops were in Finland than those authorized by last year's agreement to cross Finland on their way to Norway. Joseph Stalin, disturbed by growing pro-Axis sentiment in Finland, doubtless sought to serve notice that he still kept an eye on that country...
From Berlin there were prompt reports that General Tsolakoglou's new Government would be "welcomed." But prominent Greek Orthodox clergymen refused to swear in Tsolakoglou, and he finally took his oath before a lowly priest...
...wage rise, but to a closed shop answered flatly, No. Union leaders finally decided to strike. Last week Madam Perkins tossed this new hot potato over to the board. What the board could do with it was any man's guess. A good sign was G.M.'s prompt promise to make any final agreement retroactive to April 28, and the union's prompt acceptance of the board's proposal to keep work in all G.M. plants going at full tilt. Conciliator James Dewey, already on the scene, was urged to continue his labors until a delegation...
This appeasement feeler got a prompt negative response from both Britain and the U.S. In Washington Secretary of State Cordell Hull said plainly that U.S.-Japanese relations would get no better so long as Japan pursued her present foreign policy. From Singapore, U.S.-made, Australian-manned bombing planes roared 100 miles to sea to meet a second batch of men and machines to reinforce that vital British fortress. Said Major General Lionel Vivian Bond, Commander of the British land forces in Malaya: "The United States Fleet is the most powerful factor deterring the activity of an enemy of Britain...
Ripe in years, withered, but impeccably preserved in the traditions of the late George Apley, the Boston Evening Transcript this week hovered near death's door. Last hope was that Bostonians could offer some "prompt, sound alternative" to death. Publisher Richard N. Johnson suggested a last-minute miracle-public subscription by 1,000 citizens of $500 each. Failing this, he announced, the issue of April 30 would be the last...