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RFC to lend up to $100,000,000 for relief of N Y certificate holders in plan proposed by Moreland comr; program backed by Gov
Signs newspaper code "conditionally,"
Belgium in deepest mourning, party quarrels forgotten; Queen Elizabeth collapses; body found at 2 A M; Leopold arrives in Brussels; funeral plans; Cabinet meets issuing proclamation
Informed in Swiss village of father's death; receives condolences of Pres Lebrun of France on passing through Strassbourg; Prime Min objects to trip by plane; assured warm welcome from subjects; courtship of Princess Astrid recalled
2 tons of quinine purchased in P R control program; rept for 2 mos
C A Lindbergh publishes statement on financial transactions
State arsenal bldg destroyed; Springfield
Sec Wallace issues pamphlet, America Must Choose; says U S faces radical reduction in tariffs or policy of complete nationalism
drivers reject 10c a day expenses
BRUSSELS, Feb. 18 (AP). -- So affected was Crown Prince Leopold when informed this morning in a hotel at Adelboden. Switzerland, of his father's death that he could not talk with any of those who tried to express their sympathy.
50,000 members of Inside Cleaning & Dyeing Workers Union, Local 18,232 and Cleaning & Dye House Drivers Union strike in sympathy with Retail Cleaners and Tailors Assn; drivers will picket roads as chain stores continue to defy code; Kent, Spotless and Dale chains summoned for hearing by Regional Labor Bd; Consumers' League asks Mayor LaGuardia's aid