German Papers ridiculing U S and British actions
Berlin April 11 The Voelkischer Beobachter mocks Western efforts to frighten Germany over Greece Yugoslavia and hints at German readiness amid reports of the two day Greek Turkish and Albanian tensions. Hitler rests at Berchtesgaden as London and Paris monitor the diplomatic game.
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Berlin
Italy
Albania
Britain
France
Poland
Germany
West
Balkan
Greece
London
Paris
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Joan Crawford Granted Divorce From Franchot Tone
Los Angeles April 11 Joan Crawford was granted a divorce by Judge Benjamin Schein from Franchot Tone. Her court appearance was described as unexpected. Andrew Carnegie Whitfield of New York applied for a separation and alimony in Supreme Court April 11, claiming her husband may still be alive. Whitfield vanished April 5 1938 after taking off from Roosevelt Field in a red monoplane. German radio broadcasts from Gleiwitz urged Poles to list Poles for persecution in Silesia.
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Dan Crawford
Los Angeles
Joan Crawford
Jenior
Benjamin Scheinn
Franchot Tone
Issing
New York
Andrew Carnegie Whitld
Supreme Court
Whitfield
Sevelt Field
Warsaw
Gliejitz
Ilesia
Olish
Silesia
Roosevelt to attend Lewis state funeral tomorrow
Washington reports President Roosevelt will attend the state funeral for Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, reversing an earlier plan not to attend. No reason given for the change, though a presidential source confirmed the new arrangement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Bergdoll Message From Berlin Fails To Reach Him
An AP dispatch from Berlin reports attempts to contact Grover Bergdoll by telephone via the Weinberg post office in Wuertemberg, but Bergdoll had already left with his family. A Berlin telephone operator could not provide further details on the fugitive, who fled the United States in 1920 after an espionage sentence.
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Berlin
Grover Level
Bergdoll
Rom Berlin
Weinsberg
Wuertmberg
Herr Bergdoll
Bern
Ould
United States
Monarchs May Postpone U S Tour and Abortion Ring Indictment
In New York April 11 special assistant attorney general John Harlan Amen vows more indictments in an abortion ring probe. Judge George Washington Martin pleads innocent to taking a 1000 bribe to dismiss indictments against Brooklyn physicians and assistants. London reports possible cancellation of King George VIs U S tour amid European unrest and Soviet diplomacy.
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New York
John Harlan Amen
George Washington Martin
Brooklyn
Amen
Prinery
Sol Ullman
William F. McGuinness
Martin
Wagner Defends Act as Labor Board Reforms Debated
Senator Wagner challenges AFL proposals for revised labor relations rules, warning that weakening the act would be a national calamity. He supports employer petitions for elections within the act but says rulings by the labor board, not the act, shape such petitions. He calls the Wagner act an effective tool for peace and justice and opposes reckless tampering.
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Washington
Wagner
Senate Labor Committee
Labor Board
American Federation of Labor
CIO
AFL
Burke
D-Neb
Holman
R-Ore
High Point Race Forces GOP and Dems to Filing Clashes
Willis H Slane heads the Republican ticket as Democrats consider O A Kirkman for mayor and name council candidates for First Ward Amos Kearns and Dr M A Lackey. Democrats file six council hopefuls while Republicans file nine passes amid a mid day filing scramble and late night deadline.
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High Point
Willis H. Slane
O. A. Kirkman
Amos Kearns
M. A. Lackey
H. C. Ilderton
M. Z. Perkinson
C. A. Lewis
Edward Gurley
R. H. Sechrest
J. B. Ward
W. B. McEwen
Dale C. Montgomery
M. F. Crooks
St. A. Dowdy
Arnold J. Koonce
W. E. Snow
Felix P. Conrad
L. F. Ferree
Arch K. Schoch
Walter L. York
Schoch
Officers arrest gun totin g men in Greensboro
State Highway Patrol detains William Phillips of Detroit and Willie Belton of New Castle after a barbecue stop on High Point road. The 1939 coupe carried two revolvers a rifle and ammunition. They face tentative concealed weapons charges as patrols investigate the incident.
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Greensboro
State Highway Patrol
William Phillips
Detroit
Mich
Willie Wayne Belton
New Castle
Ind
High Point Road
Phillips
Belton
D. T. Lamberts
Yankee Clipper Returns to United States
The Yankee Clipper landed at Foynes Ireland at 9 55 am after a 2 hour 42 minute flight from Southampton marking a last stop on the Atlantic survey before resuming the return trip to Baltimore via Lisbon the Azores and Portugal. The Pan American flying boat left Baltimore on March 26.
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Foynes
Ireland
Southampton
England
Atlantic
Baltimore
Pisbon
Portugal
Azores
Bardering Surplus Cotton for Rubber and Tin Plan
The administration has sounded out Great Britain Belgium and The Netherlands on bartering surplus cotton and wheat for rubber and tin. The plan, endorsed by Secretary Wallace and Secretary Hull, would let the Commodity Credit Corporation hold title to cotton and pursue trades with other nations. Byrnes estimated at least two million bales could be disposed of under the scheme.
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Washington
Great Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
State Department
Byrnes
D-Sc
Wallace
Hull
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate
United States
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Bloom
House Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
Senator Byrnes
Daniel W. Bell
Treasury
Morgenthau
Britain
Clarence Dillon
New York
George S. Messersmith
Nazi troop reports on Yugoslav border denied
Belgrade April 11 German legation spokesman denied reports that troops concentrated along the Yugoslav border in Southern Austria. He said such reports are untrue and emphasized Germany is not taking military measures against Yugoslavia. Germany wants Yugoslavia strong and unified.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Austria
Yugoslav
Germany
President Roosevelt Holds Round Table With Party Leaders
President Roosevelt conferred with Democratic leaders including Vice President Barkley Speaker Bankhead and Rayburn ahead of a Senate vote on a 100 million relief bill. He discussed plans for additional WPA funding and potential wartime commodity exchanges with Byrnes Bell and others.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Arner
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Bankhead
House
Rayburn
Texas
Art Time Tour Outlines 1939 World’s Fair Museum Path
Traveling through the Master Piece of Art Museum at the New York World's Fair 1939 visitors will follow a chronological sequence from the Middle Ages to Renaissance and Baroque, then to the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries.
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New York
Hughes Aims to Stay as Supreme Court Presiding Chief
On his 77th birthday Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes said he expected to continue presiding over the Supreme Court. He resumed duties after an illness and planned to return when the court reopens after a two week recess. He has written many opinions this term and remains the court's pace setter.
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Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
Supreme Court
Grippe
Congress
Hoover
Suc
Ceed
William Howard Taft
Hughes
James C. McReynolds
Justice Stone
Justice Roberts
Justice Black
Justice McReynolds
Italians Weigh More Hostile Act After Greeks Vigil
All eyes focus on strategic Greek island as Rome signals no threat to Greece and weighs possible stronger actions. Humid tensions rise amid regional disputes with ambiguous diplomatic signals.
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Greek
Rome
Greece
Italy Pledges to Halt Balkan Conquest and Withdraw Troops
Britain reports Mussolini promised peace in the Balkans and the Mediterranean. He would pull forces from Spain and stop marching toward the Albanian Greek frontier after a Nationalist parade in Madrid possibly on May 2. Chamberlain reportedly said Mussolini should get another chance after cabinet review.
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Mussolini
Spain
Italy
Generalissimo
France
Madrid
Chamberlain
George
Italy warns Corfu use by British navy triggers hostility
Rome reports Vatican allied Mussolini regime denounces any British move toward Corfu as hostile. Virginio Gayda in Il Giornale d Italia denies Albania occupancy threatens Greece and stresses Italian aims in the Balkans. Corfu’s proximity to Albania adds regional tension as naval movements spark speculation.
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Virginio Gayda
Italy
Italia
Albania
Greece
Balkans
Athens
London
Admiralty
Corfu
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Lindbergh to Testify as Neutrality Hearings Open
Washington April 11 Colonel Charles A Lindbergh signaled he would communicate on arrival and testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Lawmakers opened hearings on neutrality proposals amid debate over Kellogg Briand pact enforcement and renewed calls to broaden international signatory participation.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Bloom
DNY
Jonel Liedbergh
Guyer
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