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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1939
Page
1
President Roosevelt warned of inescapable conflict as German Chancellor Hitler reportedly rejected the non aggression pledges and assurances. The article notes Roosevelt asked Hitler and Mussolini for guarantees not to attack listed independent nations.
Washington experts downplay a looming coal shortage while New York officials warn of alarm over limited fuel supplies for transit, hospitals and city buildings. Talks between Appalachian miners and operators under CIO union leadership stalled with no breakthrough on a contract to reopen 330,000 miners.
Hollywood April 15 Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Mary Lee Spling Hartford New York and Palm Beach socialite will wed here within 10 days. Date depends on when Fairbanks finishes his current picture. Mrs Hartford arrives with her mother Mrs Giles Epling of Bluefield West Virginia and has a Florida divorce from G Huntington Hartford.
At the Gridiron Club spring banquet in Washington 600 members roast the high and mighty from president to industry. The satire targets the New Deal Republicans and business leaders with limericks songs and jests. Franklin D. Roosevelt looms as the new president target after a long evening of comic barbs.
The London Sunday Express calls President Roosevelt the greatest man on earth in a commentary on his peace appeal. The column ran in London on April 16 as part of coverage from INS.
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt who has five children of her own has adopted 12 year old Lorenzo Marias a Spanish orphan whose parents died in the civil war He does not know where his sister and two brothers are She becomes his foster mother for a year and will send nine dollars monthly to support him in a children s colony near Biarritz France under a foster parents plan for Spain
Dr. Charles W. Wood, city coroner, says an experienced anatomist dissected a young woman whose torso and limbs were found in fragments near a Baltimore hospital. Newspaper wrapped packages dated April 6 11 and a blood stained housedress were recovered, with severed limbs found in nearby sewers.
Washington April 15. Charles Michelson Democratic national committee publicity director says Roosevelt would not seek a third term unless forced. He notes about 20 possible Democratic nominees and says the president has discussed a third term with no firm commitment, amid Mount Vernon speech cues.
An unexpected order directs the fleet to abandon its Atlantic visit and return immediately to the Pacific. The move aims to quiet European fears and restore balance in world naval power, potentially enabling Britain to keep more ships home as the United States underlines peace appeals.
New York April 15 stocks surged in one of the market’s largest advances since last October’s Munich lift after President Roosevelt urged dictators to pledge ten years against aggression. The Associated Press index rose 1.4, led by leading shares up over $1, amid mixed but predominantly bullish sentiment. Wheat prices fell as war risk eased.
In Rome on April 15 Premier Mussolini and Nazi leader Hermann Goering held a conference after a chamber session approved Albania’s crown for King Vittorio Emanuele. Ciano attended as Italy’s Foreign Minister as rumors spread of a Munich meeting with Hitler following Roosevelt’s peace appeal.
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Roosevelt sends a message to Hitler and Mussolini urging a frank policy statement on future non aggression. He argues nations must avoid war and seeks a long term assurance that armed forces will not invade or attack other independent nations. He frames peace as a council table effort and cites global accountability.
A spring tornado blasted through Capron and nearby towns in northwest Oklahoma killing seven and injuring 33 or more. It began near Vici, then moved to Hopeton and farming districts, with Mrs. Bessie Wendel of Waynoka among the dead.
Democrats seek court action to compel GOP signatures on a clean election agreement while the state supreme court blocks Republicans from obtaining a duplicate set of registration records. The pact guarantees ballot access, fixes polling sites near those used in the last general election, and aims to prevent removal of names from registration books today before noon. County officials and legal teams signed after motions for an injunction were heard in Bouchelle court.
Paris installs blue lights in express trains and stations to aid night air raid warning visibility. Authorities say the measure mirrors wartime precautions used in September 1938 during the Czech-German crisis.
London reports gloom as semi-official German statement shows Hitler rejects Roosevelt proposals. British officials say if Hitler and Mussolini respond officially, Britain and France will label their aims as warlike. Roosevelt's message may reveal real intentions of Berlin and Rome dictators. The mood hinges on forthcoming replies.
The report describes Adolf Hitler rejecting Roosevelt and Mussolini’s call for non aggression pledges among 31 nations. A Nazi spokesman asserts that conferences cannot solve world problems while Bolshevism is treated as an equal partner and criticizes past 14 points as a guide.
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