Britain pushes bloc as Italy invades Albania
London reports tense diplomacy to expand the anti aggression coalition with Hungary Romania and possibly Romania. Poland urged to back action while Hungary may join a defense pact with Britain or Poland. Italian embassy announced troops would withdraw from Albania once disturbances end.
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Italy
Albania
London
Hungary
Romania
Joseph Beck
Poland
Warsaw
Budapest
Britain
Rumania
Adriatic
Borah Opinions on Italian Invasion of Albania
Senator Borah says he does not expect a general European war due to Italy's Albania invasion. He notes France and Britain would intervene only if the aggressors threaten their own interests, adding that democracies will tolerate small country grabs until they threaten core possessions.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Albania
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
France
Britain
Germany
Italy
Mussolini
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Zog
Hitler
Europe
Konitza
Dunkelberger advances to North and South final in Pinehurst
Bobby Dunkelberger of High Point the 1987 champion wins his semi final over Charles S. Whitehead of South River New Jersey one up. Dunkelberger led at the turn three up but Whitehead won the 16th and 17th to force the final hole where par on the 18th halved the match.
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Bobby Dunkelberger
High Point
Charles S. Whitehead
South River
N. J
Dunkelberger
Whitehead
Dormie
Borah to Vote for $150 Million Emergency WPA Aid
Senator Borah of Idaho declared he would back a $150,000,000 emergency WPA appropriation. He said there is no sign of economy in Washington except for distressed people seeking aid and that his vote supports millions of Americans, not the administration.
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Washington
Borah
Ridaho
Charlotte Woman's Invitation Golf Final Set After Semis
Jane Cothran of Greenville South Carolina and Mrs Ben T Parks Jr of Charlotte won their semi finals at the Charlotte Country Club Women's Invitation and will contest the final tomorrow.
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Jane Cothran
Greenville
S. C
Ben T. Parks
Jdr
Charlotte Country Club
Romanian Foreign Minister For Istanbul Emergency Talks
Foreign Minister Grigore Gafencu left Bucharest for Istanbul to attend an emergency conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Sukru Karacoglu on Italy's invasion of Albania. He was to travel by warship from Constanza on the Black Sea to Istanbul.
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Grigore Gafencu
Istanbul
Sukru Karacoglu
Italy
Albania
Connza
Black Sea
Isbul
Pendergast Indicted On Tax Violation Charges
Kansas City April 7 Thomas J Pendergast leader of the area's Democratic machine was indicted by a federal grand jury on income tax violations. Also named in a separate indictment RK E O Malley state insurance superintendent charged with aiding a $ million rate compromise in 1935. One count cites failure to report 260000 in 1936 and another tax evasion on 55000 in 1935.
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Kansas City
Thomas J. Pendergast
Democratic Organization
RK. E. O'Malley
Pendergast
Easter Leaves Cancelled for Netherlands Soldiers
The Hague April 7 announcement says Easter leaves for The Netherlands frontier and coast defense forces are cancelled due to the international situation. No specific factor in the European crisis is named.
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The
Hague
Netherlands
Film Executive Salary Tops 1937 Corporate Pay
Congress received a 1132 page report showing nearly 50 000 people paid 15000 or more by corporations. Louis B Mayer led with 1 161 753 as Loews production executive. Greta Garbo and William Randolph Hearst also appeared among top earners with multi hundred thousand dollar totals.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Congress
Louis B. Mayer
Loew's Inc
Franklin D. Rosevelt
United Feture Syndicate
Kermi Roosevelt
United States
Treasury
J. Robert Rubin
N. M. Schenck
Louis B. Meyer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc
Greta Garbo
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Maj
Edward Bowes
Radio Renown
Edmar Enterprises, Inc
H. M. Schenck
Pepper Leads Battle For WPA Increase
Washington April 7 AP Administration leaders faced long speeches on the relief bill and planned a Saturday session to push a 100 million dollar WPA appropriation to the White House. Pepper seeks 150 million. Barkley schedules Senate action. Mead argues economy, Hoover aid eyed for a broader relief inquiry starting Tuesday.
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White House
Pepper
D-Fla
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Barkley
Mead
Pepper D-Fla
Adams
Dcole
Potice Department
J. Edgar Hoover
J. O'Connor Roberts
Veterans’ Administration
Conciliator Seeks To Break Deadlock In Coal Negotiations
New York April 7 government labor department conciliator James F Dewey moved to break a four week deadlock between bituminous miners and operators over a wage hour agreement. He asked to address a committee of Appalachian operators and United Mine Workers CIO representatives. The contract expired March 1 and about 338000 miners are idle.
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Labor Department
James F. Dewey
United Ming Workers of America
CIO
Dewey
Washington
United States Calls on Italian Foreign Minister
United States Ambassador William Phillips called on Count Galeazzo Ciang, Italian foreign minister, to seek information about Italy's invasion of Albania on April 7.
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Rome
Galeazzo Ciano
Albania
Phila
Clano Rom
United States
William Phillions
Count Galeazzo Ciang
Italy
Germany Backs Italy in Albania and Moves on Neutrality
Berlin declared support for Mussolini's action in Albania and urged no interference by western democracies. In Innsbruck talks, Keitel and Pariani discussed joint Axis action if Britain intervenes. In Washington, Senate Foreign Relations deliberations on revising the neutrality law faced sharp partisan divisions and debate over cash and carry provisions.
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Germany
Italy
Albania
Mussolini
London
Innsbruck
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Alberto Pariani
Britain
Pariani
Rome
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Albania Prepares for Possible End of War Amid Italian Invasion
Italian troops landed on the Albanian coast with reports of minimal resistance as Tirana sent a delegation to Durazzo to arrange cessation of hostilities. Rome signals a shift after Albania rejected an Italian ultimatum, while observers question Albanian sovereignty and aid pours in from foreign volunteers.
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Associated Press
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Italy
Balkan
Rome
Zog
Greece
Yugoslavia
Adriatic Sea
Tirana
Virginio Gajda
Gayda
Durazzo
Valona
Saint Joan
Ivok Gera
Sami Koka
Double Execution At North Carolina Prison In 1938
Raleigh April 7 Two Black men DeJournette and Bracy were asphyxiated at Central Prison after 13 minutes 25 seconds of hydrocyanic gas. Bracy 24 confessed to beating his employer to death and stealing $3. DeJournette 43 was convicted of killing Garland Mangum. This marked the first two-on-one execution at the prison since 1938 with about 20 officials and reporters present.
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Raleigh
Bat DeJournette
Clarence Fracy
Central Prison
Bracy
Vance County
W. H. Williamson
de Journette
Guilford County
Garland Mangum
Ate
Hugh Wilson
Secretary Hull Talks With Roosevelt on Albania Invasion
Secretary Hull spoke with President Roosevelt from Warm Springs about Italy's invasion of Albania. They discussed Kellogg pact violations and U.S. diplomatic implications in Tirana and with Faik Konitza. Konitza plans to meet Hull, while hypotheses suggest motives behind Mussolini's move and its limited European impact.
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Hull
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Italy
Albania
United States
State Department
Mussolini
Tirana
Hugh G. Grant
Faik Konitza
Konitza
Italy Lands Troops in Albania Amid Balkan Tensions
AP rounds up reports from Rome to Athens on Italian troops landing in Albania and progress against light resistance. Albania accuses monarchy misrule while Durazzo air bombing and Valona fires inflame the conflict as Britain, Germany, and neighboring states react with varied measures.
Legation Protests Albanian Invasion
Paris reports the Albanian legation denounces Italy's coastal bombardment and landings as barbarous. Albania says troops repelled Italian actions as naval and air forces threaten civilians. King Zog calls for full resistance and Tirana Radio airs an attack on Mussolini.
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Legation
Italy
Albania
Adriatic
Zog
Havas
Belgrade
Tirana
Mussolini
Withers Construction Wins Blind School Sewage Plant Contract
The Withers Construction Company of Gastonia has been awarded a $16,550 contract to add a sewage disposal plant at the State School for the Blind in Raleigh.
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Withers Construction Company
Gastonia
State School For the
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