Italian Troops Strike Across Albanian Coast
Italian forces landed at multiple Albanian coast points under naval and air cover and moved inland amid reports of light Albanian resistance. Observers warn of a broader Balkan crisis as Yugoslavia Romania and Greece monitor developments and Britain questions the move’s impact on the Mediterranean status quo.
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Associated Press
Ital
Albania
Italy
Balkan
Rome
Zog
Greece
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
Tirana
Virginio Gayda
Gayda
Europe
Netherlands
Ugoslavia
Romania
Grigore Cafericu
Istanbul
Slikru’ Saracoglu
Auarters
Durazzo
Valona
London
Viscount Halifax
Lord Halifax
Chamberlan
Scotland
Balkans
Athens
Geraldine
Press Association
Mediterranean
Chamberlain
Germany
Czecho- Slovakia
Austria
Memelldnd
Berlin
Mussolin
Reichsfuehrer
Hitler
Voelkischer
Beobachter
Federal funds possible if Georgia matches, Deen says
Atlanta April 7 Director Braswell Deen of the Georgia Department of Public Welfare said $2,130,686.76 in federal funds would be available for social security benefits if Georgia could supply its share. He warned a May 1 roll reduction would cost about $900,000 yearly in U S funds and affect 16,000 children, old people and blind.
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Atlanta
Braswell Deen
State Department of Public Welfare
Georgia
Deen
U. S
Welfare Department
Weather Front Forecast for Georgia Florida Alabama
Weather forecast notes partly cloudy conditions for Georgia tonight and Saturday with unsettled coastal areas and cooler temperatures in the south. Florida presents mostly cloudy skies with possible showers on the east coast and cooler air inland. Alabama expected fair weather with frost in the southeast tonight and a warming trend by Saturday.
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Weathir
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Rivers and Roosevelt Meet in Warm Springs Visit
Governor Rivers and Georgia Chief Justice Reid met President Roosevelt at Warm Springs Georgia for an hour long courtesy call. Rivers said no business was discussed and denied federal road aid cutbacks due to his highway savings. Internet observers noted political context around the 1940 party convention.
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Warm Springs
RH. D. Rivers
Charles S. Reid
Georgia Supreme Court
Roosevelt
White House
Rivers
Atlanta
Governor Rivers
Demcratic
James L. Gillis
W. L. Miller
State Highway Board
Little White House
Gillis
Miller
Macon
Georgia
Virginia Polhill Price
Louisville
Price
Lawrence Camio
Senator Borah backs 150 million WPA relief funds
Washington April 7 Senator Borah announced he would vote for a 150 million emergency WPA appropriation saying aid to distressed Americans outweighs administration politics. Pepper and New Deal bloc push for full funding as Senate leaders race to a vote amid heated debate.
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Borah
Washington
Senator Borah
Idaho
Iam
Pepper
D. Fla
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Barkley
D. Ky
Mead
Velt
D-Fhi
Ince
Adams
D-Cole
Justice Department
Teachers Rally For Back Pay As State School Crisis Grows
Atlanta reports that Attorney General Ellis Arnall ruled teachers have no legal recourse for unpaid salaries. A suit in Carroll County tests state liability under the seven month school law. Schools in Coffey, Toombs, and other counties face closings or partial openings while counties seek funds to keep schools running and pay teachers. Negro educators in Savannah plan to discuss impact at the Georgia Teachers and Educational Association meeting.
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Atlanta
M. D. Collins
Ellis Arnall
Collins
House Economy General
Carroll County
Superior Court
T. J. H. Robertson
Field
Robertson
Jean Huff
Rock Ridge
R. P. Maxwell
Shady Grove
Coffey County
Nichols, Ambrose
Broxton
Toombs County
Lyons
Vidalia
Brooks County
Screven County
Diplomatic Activity Quickens in Europe Over Albania Invasion
London reports intense diplomacy to widen the anti aggression bloc by adding Hungary and Romania after Italy invaded Albania. Poland seeks to sound out Hungary on joining a mutual defense front while Britain weighs options with Poland and other allied diplomats in Rome Warsaw and London.
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London
Hungary
Romania
Italy
Albania
Great Britain
Joseph Beck
Poland
Warsaw
Budapest
Britain
Adriatic
Earl of Perth
Rome
Galeazzo Ciano
Mediterranean
Viscount Halifax
Georgia Revenue Department Cuts Under Gov Rivers Plan
Atlanta April 7 Gov Rivers push for leaner state government trims salary and personnel in the Georgia revenue department. Sixty one workers were eliminated with a projected $75 000 savings for the last quarter. The move follows 80 highway department layoffs and halted road work to redirect funds to schools and welfare. The governor and head urged further cuts while a House committee reviews highway program costs and university system expenditures.
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Atlanta
Georgia Revenue Department
J. D. Rivers
Rivers
Grady Head
Highway Department
Head
M Manwhile
House
State Highway Department
Zach Arnold
Arnold
Downing Musgrove
Musgrove
State University System
Home Committee
L. R. Siebert
Board of Regents
Cason Callaway
Callaway Mills
LeGrange
Spring Freeze Grips Northern States Across Regions
A spring freeze swept the north and southwest with record low temps. Snow touched upper New York and parts of New England while Del Rio Texas dropped to 22 degrees. Atlanta and Florence Alabama saw unseasonably cold weather as dogwood celebrations and rains occurred elsewhere.
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Rio Grande Valley
New York State
New England
del Rio
Texas
Mercury
Florence
Ala
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Boston
New York City
Weather Bureau
Italians Land on Albanian Coast Under Warship Guns
Italian troops swarmed ashore in Albania aided by warship guns and bombing planes. Albanian reports say Valona and Durazzo were bombarded and parts of Saint Joan and San Giovanni burned as Italy pressed inland ten miles from Saint Joan. King Zog reportedly offered limited cooperation in exchange for autonomy.
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Kingdom of Albania
Albania
Bari
Brindisi
Adriatic Sea
Zog I
Mussolini
Tirana
Durazzo
Saint Quaranta
San Giovanni di Medua
San Giovanni
Valona
Zor
Sarona
Greece
Saint Joan
Frome Saint Joan
Durazauo
Rome
Tiny
Zog
Italia
Yugoslavia
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Axis
Taranto
Brindis
Belgrade
Roose
Charles Corbin
Count Raczynski
Lec Kurti
Viorel] Tilea
Homer L. Pearce
Shichs Ino
Kansas City
Dorothy Aiken
Seace
Spring Freeze
Northen
The
Zorg
Dopey
Stanhope
Ark Royal
Earl Stanhope
Admiralty
England
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