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April 17, 1938

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Text of the Rome Accord; Protocol Anglo-Italian Agreement, Signed at Rome, on All Issues Confronting the Countries Annex One Annex Two Annex Three Would Curb Other Powers Arabian Zone Cited Negotiations Provided For Annex Four Annex Five Annex Six Annex Seven Annex Eight Letters on Libya Letters on Naval Treaty Chamberlain and Mussolini in Messages Predict a Lasting Anglo-Italian Friendship Mr. Chamberlain's Message Premier Mussolini's Message

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BAR GROUP URGES SWEEPING CHANGES IN COURTS OF STATE; Supreme Court Would Absorb County Bench Under One of Constitutional Reforms FEWER JUDGES AN AIM Compensation Laws Sought to Treat Auto Accidents as Social Problem Would Abolish County Courts Asks Auto Compensation Laws SWEEPING CHANGES IN COURTS URGED Rules of Practice and Procedure

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N Y C Bar Assn com proposes const amendments on judiciary, and amendments giving Appeals Ct power to regulate procedure, giving Appellate Div power over all but Surrogates Cts, providing for criminal prosecution by information instead of indictment in certain cases and inserting provision that judicial power shall be vested in cts

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MEXICO'S SEIZURE OF OIL IS DETAILED; Behind-the-Scenes Story of $450,000,000 Expropriation Gradually Unfolding

By J. H. Carmical

The scenes behind the curtain in the dramatic seizure of the vast American and British oil properties in Mexico are gradually unfolding. After the lapse of a month, in which period the controversy has been the subject of much discussion in business and diplomatic channels, it appears that the story of the seizure of the $450,000,000 foreign-owned oil properties is, roughly, as follows:

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Notable Births

Ben Barnes (Texas politician)

1938Ben Barnes, American businessman and politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Texas[†]

Benny Frank Barnes is an American real estate magnate, politician, and crisis manager who served as the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 1965 to 1969 and as the 36th lieutenant governor of Texas from 1969 to 1973. He was a vice-chair, as well as top fund-raiser, of John Kerry's presidential campaign. Barnes was also one of only eight persons who raised over $500,000 for Kerry.

1938Doug Lewis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 41st Canadian Minister of Justice[†]

Douglas Grinslade Lewis, is a Canadian accountant, lawyer and former politician.

Ronald H. Miller

1938Ronald H. Miller, American theologian, author, and academic (died 2011)[†]

Ronald H. Miller was professor of the Religion Department at Lake Forest College in Illinois. Miller earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Religions from Northwestern University, and a B.S and M.A from St. Louis University. He was a co-founder and co-director of Common Ground, an active adult education group for interfaith study and dialogue founded in 1975. Miller was vice-president of the Interreligious Engagement Project 21 and board member at Hands-of-Peace, an organization that brings American, and Palestinian and Israeli teenagers from the Middle East together for a two-week program in the United States. Miller lectured at countless churches, temples, mosques and centers across the country and wrote books aimed at a popular audience that convey contemporary issues in New Testament studies as well as in spirituality and philosophy.

Kerry Wendell Thornley

1938Kerry Wendell Thornley, American theorist and author (died 1988)[†]

Kerry Wendell Thornley was an American author. He is known as the co-founder of Discordianism, in which context he is usually known as Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst or simply Lord Omar. He and Hill authored the religion's text Principia Discordia, Or, How I Found Goddess, and What I Did to Her When I Found Her. Thornley also was known for his 1962 manuscript The Idle Warriors, which was inspired by the activities of his acquaintance Lee Harvey Oswald before the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy.