The Balkan Pact, or Balkan Entente, was a treaty signed by Greece, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia on 9 February 1934 in Athens, aimed at maintaining the geopolitical status quo in the region after the end of World War I. To present a united front against Bulgarian designs on their territories, the signatories agreed to suspend all disputed territorial claims against one another and their immediate neighbours following the aftermath of the war and a rise in various regional irredentist tensions.

Headlines from February 9, 1934

KIDNAPPERS FREE BREMER ON PAYMENT OF $200,000; WIDE MANHUNT IS PUSHED; HELD CAPTIVE FOR 22 DAYS

10 BELOW ZERO DUE IN NEW COLD WAVE; Mercury 7 Below at Midnight and Still Falling -- New Low Mark for Season. BOATS TRAPPED IN HUDSON Ice a Foot Thick in Sound -- Lake Ontario Is Frozen First Time in 60 Years. 10 BELOW ZERO DUE IN NEW COLD WAVE

Italy Starts Modernizing Her Heavy Battle Fleet

Federal Phone Is Listed To Aid in Kidnap Cases

ICKES FINDS POWER OF WEALTHY ENDED; A 'Bloodless Revolution' Has Ousted Exploiters, He Tells Survey Group Here. RIDICULES MILLS SPEECH Says 'Faint Voice' Came Out in Favor of Starvation -- Hoover Policy Called 'Ruthless.' ICKES FINDS POWER OF WEALTHY ENDED

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