Barkley Irks New Dealers By WPA Stand
Washington April 9 Democratic Leader Alben Barkley plans to vote for 100 million dollars for the WPA as a compromise, drawing fire from New Deal senators who push for 150 million. Senator Pepper insists the president asked for 150 million and hopes other senators join to support the larger appropriation. Pepper says Barkley should stand with the administration's request and press for the higher sum.
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Chinese Driving To Retake Canton
In southeast Kwangtung province heavy fighting marked the day as Chinese forces launched a two way drive toward Canton to oust Japanese captors. Reports said northern thrusts reached within 18 miles of Canton while southern forces moved toward Kongmoon 45 miles southwest, pressing the besieged city from both sides.
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Willie Willis Criticizes Students Guiding Legislature
Willie Willis says he regrets his class went to observe lawmakers at work. He condemns leaders who act dumb and silly and questions the validity of being guided by such officials.
Dictator Moves Seen Menace To U S Trade
An administration official warned that totalitarian aggression targets free economies within the U S led reciprocal trade system. Axis actions push bartered trade, shrink trade influence, and spur capital flight undermining international commerce and U S farm exports. The White House cited possible defensive economic measures as a result. The Interior Department announced Puerto Rico would be converted into a strategic raw materials reservoir with war department collaboration.
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Smiling Roosevelt Heads Back To Washington
President Roosevelt, after a 10 day stay at Warm Springs Georgia, leaves aboard the Roosevelt train for Washington to confer with Secretary of State Hull. He tells townsfolk and Warm Springs Foundation patients I'll be back in the fall if we don't have a war.
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Stop Gap War Law Is Sought
Washington on April 9 administration leaders plan to ask Congress to reenact the current cash and carry clause of the neutrality act before May 1 as a stopgap amid wartime tensions. Senate committee chair Pittman backs temporary action while debating broader neutrality revisions and new legislation presses over farm and WPA appropriations.
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Army Revives Guam Harbor Improvements Push
The army urged Congress to include Guam harbor improvements in the regular rivers and harbors bill. Informed legislators said the war department recommended the project to the House Rivers and Harbors Committee. The panel may take up the proposal this week with a smaller scope than the navy initially sought.
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Joint Rule Pact Seen as Lesson to Dictators
Washington officials hailed a 50 year joint ownership accord between Great Britain and the United States for Canton and Enderbury islands. The pact, exchanged by Secretary Hull and Sir Ronald Lindsay, is pitched as a peaceful model for resolving territorial claims and a new outpost of democracy challenging dictatorships.
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Soviet Scientists Report Blood Powder Storage Breakthrough
The Newspaper Bolshevik says Soviet researchers have developed a method to dry blood into a powder for long term storage. The powder can be sealed in glass containers and liquified later for transfusions. Clinical tests are planned to assess its usefulness.
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Snowstorm blamed for Charleston air crash tragedy
Homer Davis of Elkins says a blinding snow storm caused the crash that killed Tech Leader 34 and Dell Macon 25 near Boone county. Davis, gravely injured, details the sequence as pilots and passengers from Knoxville were en route to Charleston. Funeral services for Leader and Macon set for tomorrow. Leader formerly coached football and was tied to state road commission.
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Senator James Hamilton Lewis Dies in Washington
Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois dies at Garfield Hospital after returning from Chicago. The 72 year old Democratic whip suffered coronary thrombosis and died at 8 25 p m with wife Rose Douglas Lewis by his side. He was famous for his Derby style beard and long senate career including chairing the 1934 Democratic Senate campaign committee and a noted clash with Roosevelt over the St Lawrence seaway pact.
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Church Organist Dies During Easter Prayer
In Baltimore on Easter, Immanuel Reformed Church worshippers heard a crash from the organ as 62 year old organist Charlies J. Schlicker collapsed and died of a heart attack during services led by Rev. Samuel A. Troxell.
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Coal Pact Delays Tied to AFL CIO Rivalry
Pittsburgh April 9 A top operator blamed slow talks on the AFL CIO split over union control of coal miners. The soft coal mine shutdown enters its second week as UMWA and operators seek a settlement. Progressives claim locals in 200 bituminous mines, while AFL leader William Green pledges support.
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Pope Urges Peace Through Justice and Charity Easter Message
In his Easter address from St. Peter's, Pope Pius XII urged a return to Christ and to fair distribution of goods to end war fears. He called for internal peace, respect for authority, and calm reasoning over anger, stressing that pacts and plighted words must be trusted to achieve disarmament and a lasting peace.
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Easter Finery Hidden in Cold New York Parade
A brisk wind and near-freezing conditions kept New York Easter finery under winter wraps as 75,000 spectators lined Fifth Avenue. Snow flurried at dawn, later sun appeared, but outfits leaned to white straws, poke bonnets, and winter furs with debutantes carrying hats rather than wearing them.
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Zog and Queen Geraldine Reach Salonika After Flight
King Zog and Queen Geraldine of Albania arrive in Salonika from Florina after fleeing the Italian invasion. The couple, weak and aided by a littered car, travel with four day old Crown Prince Skander, planning to sail to a country far from Tirana now in Italian hands.
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France and Britain prepare for all eventualities in Europe
Paris reports a high level defense meeting to plan for possible Italian, German moves. Daladier and Bonnet discuss joint actions with Sir Eric Phipps as Paris, London press warnings rise over Albania and Belgian Dutch fronts. Chamberlain presses for clarity from Italy as tensions mount.
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Holland Plans Flood If Invasion Strikes
The Daily Express reports Dutch plans to flood one third of the Netherlands within hours if invaded. Dykes have been altered to inundate vast areas, including Amsterdam Rotterdam and The Hague, according to a dispatch from Amsterdam.
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War Outmoded by Human Progress, Pickering Says
At Charleston's Easter observance 1,500 adults and schoolchildren gathered at Laidley field in cold dawn air to sing carols pray and hear Si las W. Pickering a Carbide and Carbon Chemicals official speak on world peace and mediation.
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