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April 30, 1941

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AXIS PEACE TERMS PUTTING CURB ON US ADVISED IN TOKYO; Japanese Foreign Office Organ Would Give Europe to Nazis, Restrict U.S. in Pacific WANTS OUR BASES CUT It Suggests Demilitarizing of Singapore, Hong Kong, Malta, Gibraltar and Aden as Well JAPAN FOR PEACE RESTRICTING U.S.

By Otto D. Tolischuswireless To the New York Times

Japan Foreign Office organ Times Advertiser presents exploratory peace terms

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STARK HINTS AT AID FOR BRITISH FLEET; He and Nelson Tell Chamber We Must Speed Defense -- Jones Predicts 90-Billion Debt ARMY AND NAVY CHIEFS AT A CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS STARK HINTS AT AID FOR BRITISH FLEET

By W.h. Lawrencespecial To the New York Times

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PARACHUTE ATTACK ON SUEZ ENVISAGED; London Hears Nazis Mass Big Troop Carriers in Libya -Solum Force Inactive

By the United Press

LONDON, Wednesday, April 30 -- Morning newspapers today quoted Cairo reports that 100 German Junkers-52 troop-carrying planes were at Benina, in Libya, and speculated that many others probably were ready at other Axis-occupied airdromes in North Africa, for a mass assault of parachute troops on the British forces defending Alexandria and the Suez Canal.

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BOMBED PLYMOUTH BEGINS EVACUATION; DOVER IS SHELLED; Refugees Stream From Ruined British Town and Aerial Attack Continues BIG GUNS BLAST AT PORT Germans Carry Out All-Day Attack -- R.A.F. Again Hits at Warships in Brest BOMBED PLYMOUTH BEGINS EVACUATION

By David Andersonspecial Cable To the New York Times

Plymouth to be evacuated; southwest Eng town heavily bombed; German guns on French coast shell Dover; roads around Plymouth packed with refugees; RAF bombs Brest, northern France points and shipping off Dunkerque; German rept on raids; German speedboats battle Brit

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CANADA TO DOUBLE INCOME TAX RATES, WITH START AT 15%; Corporation Scale Going Up to 40% -- Imposts Planned on Inheritances, Gasoline EXCISES ON TRAVEL SET Will Be 10th of Ticket Cost -Provinces Asked to Give Up Personal Assessment CANADA TO DOUBLE INCOME TAX RATE

By P.j. Philipspecial To the New York Times

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1941Stavros Dimas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs^[†]

Stavros Dimas is a Greek politician who was European Commissioner for the Environment from 2004 to 2009. From November 2011 to May 2012, he served in the government of Greece as Minister for Foreign Affairs. The New Democracy–PASOK coalition government nominated him for the post of President of Greece in December 2014, but he failed to achieve the necessary votes, forcing the dissolution of parliament.

1941Max Merritt, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (died 2020)^[†]

Maxwell James Merritt was a New Zealand-born singer-songwriter and guitarist who was renowned as an interpreter of soul music and R&B. As leader of Max Merritt & The Meteors, his best known hits are "Slippin' Away", which reached No. 2 on the 1976 Australian singles charts, and "Hey, Western Union Man" which reached No. 13. Merritt rose to prominence in New Zealand from 1958 and relocated to Sydney, Australia, in December 1964. Merritt was acknowledged as one of the best local performers of the 1960s and 1970s and his influence did much to popularise soul music / R&B and rock in New Zealand and Australia.

Headlines from April 30, 1941

AXIS PEACE TERMS PUTTING CURB ON US ADVISED IN TOKYO; Japanese Foreign Office Organ Would Give Europe to Nazis, Restrict U.S. in Pacific WANTS OUR BASES CUT It Suggests Demilitarizing of Singapore, Hong Kong, Malta, Gibraltar and Aden as Well JAPAN FOR PEACE RESTRICTING U.S.

STARK HINTS AT AID FOR BRITISH FLEET; He and Nelson Tell Chamber We Must Speed Defense -- Jones Predicts 90-Billion Debt ARMY AND NAVY CHIEFS AT A CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS STARK HINTS AT AID FOR BRITISH FLEET

PARACHUTE ATTACK ON SUEZ ENVISAGED; London Hears Nazis Mass Big Troop Carriers in Libya -Solum Force Inactive

BOMBED PLYMOUTH BEGINS EVACUATION; DOVER IS SHELLED; Refugees Stream From Ruined British Town and Aerial Attack Continues BIG GUNS BLAST AT PORT Germans Carry Out All-Day Attack -- R.A.F. Again Hits at Warships in Brest BOMBED PLYMOUTH BEGINS EVACUATION

CANADA TO DOUBLE INCOME TAX RATES, WITH START AT 15%; Corporation Scale Going Up to 40% -- Imposts Planned on Inheritances, Gasoline EXCISES ON TRAVEL SET Will Be 10th of Ticket Cost -Provinces Asked to Give Up Personal Assessment CANADA TO DOUBLE INCOME TAX RATE

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