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April 10, 1937

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ROOSEVELT DENIES PLAN TO CUT GOLD, BUT FRANC PLUNGES; He Halts Rumors of Impending Slash in U. S. Buying Price--Foreign Markets Relieved PARIS SEEKS BASIC LEVEL Wants to Bring French Costs Near the World Standard--British Shares Rally at End Franc Falls Sharply in Paris Decline Favored by Rist British Markets Unsettled ROOSEVELT DENIES PLAN TO CUT GOLD South Africa Still Nervous

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Alarm abated as Roosevelt denies cut in U S gold-buying price is planned

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ANTI-FASCIST VOTE URGED BY CARDINAL IN BRUSSELS POLL; Primate Declares Degrelle's Rexist Party Danger to Country and Church MOVE HELD FATAL BLOW Action Seen as Assuring the Choice of Van Zeeland in By-Election Tomorrow Premier Held Certain Victor Contest of Personalities BELGIAN CARDINAL BARS FASCIST VOTE Concessions to Flemings 10,000 Stand Outside

By Frederick T. Birchallwireless To the New York Times

Urges opposition to Degrelle's Rexist party; por, (F T Birchall)

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Notable Births

Bella Akhmadulina

1937Bella Akhmadulina, Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (died 2010)[†]

Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina was a Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator, known for her apolitical writing stance. She was part of the Russian New Wave literary movement. She was cited by Joseph Brodsky as the best living poet in the Russian language. She is known in Russia as "the voice of the epoch".