Italo-British Agreement Opens Way to Four Power Peace Line
Paris reports Premier Daladier to seek cabinet approval for a plan to rebuild France's front through closer Anglo French ties and an Italy pact. Rome confirms an Anglo Italian accord paving the way for a Franco Italian agreement and talks in London with Nevill Chamberlain.
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Italy
Spain
Britain
Europe
Paris
Edouard Daladier
Great Britain
London
WAY
Rome
Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Neville Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Galeazzo Ciano
Rene Doynel de Saint-Quentin
Washington
Charles de Chamuh
Saint- Quentin
Ethiopia
Vittorio Cerruti
Jean Mistier
Chamber of Deputies Foreign Affaire Committee
Bonnet
Fresh Rebel Drive Moves On Barcelona
Spanish insurgents push east of Balaguer in Catalonia to crush outer defenses of Barcelona. Aragon troops advance from 70 miles west northwest of Barcelona as government forces retreat to Tortosa and strengthening lines. Fran ́ coo planned separate pushes to thread Lerida to Tortosa and Barcelona fronts.
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Hendaye
France
Balaguer
Barcelona
Aragon
Red and
Gold
Tortosa
Spain
Camarasa
Lerida
Vallfogona
Borjasa
Lea
Francisco Fran¢6o
Czechs Seek German Peace and Amnesty Decree
President Eduard Benes offered reconciliation to Germany and the 3.5 million Germans in Czechoslovakia. He issued a decree granting amnesty to political offenders, with about 1,000 Sudeten Germans set for release, as parliament met before Easter. Germans awaited practical results before reacting.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Germany
Benes
Wright Brothers Praised Anew As Workshop Becomes Memorial
In Dearborn Michigan a Wright brothers memorial ceremony marked the Dayton bicycle shop era as Orville Wright joined Henry and Edsel Ford to honor Wilbur’s birthday and the first successful flight at Kill Devil Hill. Spokesman William J. Cameron praised the Wrights for vision and the aviation industry that now employs over 106000 people and generates thousands of aircraft.
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Anew
Detroit
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Americana
Ford
Greenfield Sage
Dearborn
Alrhen
Dayton
Wilbur Wright
White Frame House
Orville
Henry
Edsel Ford
John T. Daniele
A. D. Etheridge
Wrights
Kill Devil Hill
Kitty Hawk
N. C
William J. Cameron
Henry Ford
Cameron
Pact Denounced by Loyal Chief in Madrid
Dr Juan Negrin premier of the Spanish government denounced the Anglo Italian accord as clear intervention in the Spanish war saying the nations ignored treaties and that the government must protest against intervention He criticized a fireside radio broadcast from Barcelona as he noted Catalonia regained Henicarlo in a report from Madrid April 16.
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Madrid
Juan Negrin
Negrin
Barcelona
Jose Miaja
Spain
Catalonia
Henicarlo
Senator Connally seeks immediate cotton subsidy payment
Senator Connally of Texas announced he would seek congressional approval for immediate payment to cotton farmers of two cents a pound for the 1937 crop. He plans to submit the proposal as an amendment to the agriculture department's annual appropriation bill, instead of waiting for the 1938 program.
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Washington
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Agriculture Department
Fees Of Roosevelt Tax And Spending Program Ready For Battles
Senators outspoken against President Roosevelt tax policies vowed to delay Congress if needed while House supporters pressed for adjournment May 14. The dispute centers on an undistributed profits tax and a graduated levy, with conferees insisting on Senate provisions.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Conference Committee
Weather and tax notes stain the Easter outlook
Most of the nation faces showers and cool breezes for Easter as forecasters urge umbrellas and raincoats in the midwest and lower Mississippi valley while the Atlantic seaboard enjoys milder conditions. Separately the Senate moves to flat-rate capital gains and corporate taxes with no immediate compromise in sight and Roosevelt planning a message on bond issue exemptions and federal salaries.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
Senate
Conference Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Officers Catch Negro Slayer in Virginia
Sparta April 16 AP Sheriff Walter M Irwin announced Glenn Maxwell 40 a Black man fought for three days on a charge of slaying Charles Shepherd Alleghany county filling station operator Was captured at Galax Va early today The sheriff said Maxwell confessed he shot Shepherd after a quarrel The fugitive was apprehended at 4 am today at a house near Galax
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Sparta
Walter M. Irwin
Glenn Maxwell
Charles Shepherd
Alleghany County
Galax
Virginia
Irwin
Maxwell
Shepherd
Duke Co ed Heads Southern Students
Betty Jean Brown of Duke University was elected president of the Southern Intercollegiate Association of Student Governments at the final session of its convention in Williamsburg Virginia on April 16.
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Williamsburg
Betty Jean Brown
Duke University
Southern Intercollegiate ‘Association of Student Governments
Republicans to press curbs on new federal spending
Washington reports Republicans plan to push a countrywide fight against the Roosevelt administration's proposed 4.5 billion dollar program of lending and spending. Democratic critics largely oppose tightening the President's authority while hearings are set for next week. John Hamilton, chairman of the Republican National Committee, will speak on a national network at 8 p.m. eastern time Sunday on the topic Where Are We Going.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Republican National Committee
John Hamilton
Columbia
Easter Celebrations Amid Terror in Holy Land and US
report from Jerusalem on Easter marked by deadly clashes between British troops and Arab terrorists near Jenin while Western nations hold services. President Roosevelt attends Easter observances in Washington and Winston-Salem as millions join processions, egg rolls, and church services.
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Holy Land
Bassa
Associated Press
Jenin
White House
Kent Rutherford B. Hayes
South Portico
Roosevelt
Jordan
Japs Prepare Huge Offensive In Shantung Drive
Shanghai April 16 Japanese reinforce along the North Shantung coast push toward Taierchwang as censorship tightens and Tokyo rumors swirl of a Ko_noye resignation amid a renewed push to break the stalemate. Chinese fortify Yi river positions and rush reinforcements as battles flare on battered TalChwang.
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Shantung
Tientsin-Pukow
C Nese
Yi River
Lint
Consu
Tsin
Sien
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Edward Randthaler
Win Salem
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Bishop
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