Wallace Urges Export Subsidies for Wheat and Cotton
Secretary Wallace urged Congress to back government subsidies on wheat and cotton exports as dictatorial nations block the trade pact program. He testified on a $400 million farm aid increase, praising crop controls while warning that surplus farming markets must be protected until international agreements form.
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Senate Appropriations
United States
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France and Britain vow aid to Greece and Romania in crisis
Daladier and Chamberlain pledged full support to Greece and Romania if independence is threatened. France strengthens land sea and air forces while coordinating with Britain to prevent power shifts in the Mediterranean and Balkans.
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Great Britain
France
Neville Chamberlain
Paris
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Britain
Romania
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Mediterranean Sea
Balkan Peninsula
Salaries to be taxed for federal employees in state
In Raleigh on April 13 President Roosevelt signed a bill allowing federal income tax levies on state employees. Revenue Commissioner Maxwell estimated about 100000 dollars yearly from this extension. Federal workers must file returns by March 15 for this year. Also Roosevelt planned to attend the Opening Day game in Washington to throw the first ball against the Yankees, after agreeing to attend with Clark Griffith.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Roosevelt
Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Clark Griffith
New York Yankees
German circles question Romania Greece role in pledges
Official German circles say Nazi leadership was unprepared for Romania and Greece in the Anglo French pledges announced by Chamberlain in London. Chamberlain's Turkey reference and possible Dardanelles guardianship extension surprise officials. STILL TO FLY WASHINGTON April 18 Colonel Vladimir Hurban vows to keep the Czecho Slovak flag at the World Fair pavilion in New York.
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Romania
Greece
Chamberlain
London
Turkey
Dardanelles
Washington
Col
Vladimir Hurban
Germany
New York
Mexican Railroad Crash Kills 32 Near Queretaro
Mexican railroad officers reported 32 killed and 42 injured in a passenger train collision near Queretaro on the Guadalajara line. Early reports said the train crashed into the rear of a second train.
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Mexico City
Queretaro
Guadalajaraaredo
Yankee Clipper Arrives in Lisbon After Transatlantic Flight
The Yankee Clipper landed in Lisbon from Southampton, finishing a roughly 1000 mile leg in five hours and 45 minutes. The arrival came at 067 p.m. local time, 10:57 a.m. Eastern.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Southampton
England
Kennedy Proposed Barter Chief for War Material Exchanges
Washington April 13 UPI senators backed appointing Joseph P. Kennedy ambassador to Great Britain to lead preliminary negotiations on bartering surplus American cotton and wheat for rubber tin and other strategic war goods. Kennedy’s Britain contacts could cut red tape, supporters said. The plan would store exchanged materials for five years off the market while discussions proceed.
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House
Senator Connally
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Bone
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Chilean Defense Chief resigns to become ambassador
Chilean Minister of Defense Alberto Cabero resigned today to accept appointment as ambassador to Washington. The move shifts senior leadership as Cabero leaves the defense post to join the diplomatic corps in the United States.
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Santiago
Chile
Alberto Cabero
Washington
Poland defies German pressure on British alliance
Warsaw reports indicate Poland told officials in Germany to bring families home as Berlin pressures Poland to stay out of the Anglo French anti aggression bloc. Polish editorials in Kurier Poranny defend the new defense pact with England and call for resistance to threats. The government dismisses German demands over Danzig highway rights and the Poland corridor as unfounded while countering propaganda from Ostbund with a campaign by the Polish Western Union.
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Nuernberg
Berlin
Zwoelf Uhrblatt
Nazis Likely To Attack Russia Warned By Foreign Affairs Panel
Former Hoover undersecretary William R Castle told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Germany seems most likely to attack Russia to access Ukraine grain resources. He faulted the Neutrality Act for empowering the President beyond constitutional bounds and urged flexible policy. Six women’s groups also urged Congress to loosen neutrality rules to reflect evolving conditions and national interests.
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Hoover Administration
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Russia
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Mra
Louise Leonard Wright
Chicago
National League of Women's Voters
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General Federation of Women's Clube
National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association
The
National Council of Jewish Women
National Women's Trade Union League
Danzig Free State protests Polish provocations
The Danzig Free State government delivered a note to the Polish envoy protesting alleged Polish provocations. Officials cited anti Danzig leaflets tossed from Polish trains advocating incorporation of the Free State into Poland, warning of dangerous consequences.
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Danzig
Free State
Poland
Navy's Big Blimp Leaves On Flight
The navy's largest non rigid airship K-2 departed Lakehurst New Jersey for Charleston South Carolina to aid Folly Island direction finder operations. Commanded by Lieut E J Sullivan with Lieut Co 8 Round as co pilot the 246 foot blimp carries eight crew and can cruise 2600 miles at 47 miles per hour.
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Navy
Lakehurst
N. J
Charleston
S. C
Folly Island
E. J. Sullivan
Roosevelt Signs Measure Wiping Out Tax Immunity
President Roosevelt signed a bill removing tax immunity for federal and state employees. The law enables the United States to tax salaries of state officials and vice versa, aligning with a Supreme Court ruling recently approved.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Supreme Court
Rome Condemns English Stand as Unnecessary
Fascists in Rome denounce Prime Minister Chamberlain's Anglo French guarantees to Greece and Romania as unfounded and treacherous. They point to Mussolini's assurances to Greece that Italy harbors no hostile aims and Greece's acceptance of those assurances.
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Chamberlain
Greece
Romania
Mussolini
Haly
Hydrogen Balloon Explosion at Zeppelin Works
A weather observation balloon filled with hydrogen exploded at the Zeppelin Works in Friedrichshafen Germany. The blast destroyed a small wooden hangar housing the balloon but caused no injuries. The balloon contained 80 cubic meters of gas and the fire in the hangar was contained with minor property damage.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Zeppelin Works
Aerological Observatory
Senator Bridges Calls for Calm Over War Talk
Senator Bridges of New Hampshire urged the Senate to condemn inflammatory statements by high government officials. He introduced a resolution urging cool, calm consideration of European events to avert war fever and prevent civilian hazards, and disapproval of inflammatory utterances by the President and others.
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Bridges
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New Hampshire
Europe
United States
Germany Will Blame Democracies In Case Of War
Berlin reports official Germany asserts democracies would be blamed if war occurs citing pacifist pleas and war nerve. notes U S war coverage and insurance cancelations as examples of panic politics while Berlin presses anti British sentiment and warns of overheated public opinion.
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Germany
Lolis BP
Lochner
Berlin
PTA Enrollment Reaches North Carolina Record
Raleigh April 13 A record PTA membership of 69 382 was reported by Mrs J C Parker Fountain chair of the state membership committee to delegates at the 20th annual Congress of Parents and Teachers membership rose six percent or 3 500 over last year Dr Clyde A Erwin state superintendent praised PTA as a powerful influence in education urging better parent understanding of public school work Dean J D Messick Elon College urged expanding recreational facilities music and literature for lower social strata and evaluating community influences including motion pictures newsstands and recreation to curb harmful effects
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North Carolina
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Fountain
Parker
Congress of
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Clyde A. Erwin
State Education Department
Erwin
J. D. Messick
Elon College
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