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January 16, 1939

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GIVE 5-POINT PLAN FOR HELPING SOUTH; 40 Leaders of Section Ask an End to Its Treatment as 'Colonial Possession' Health problem Held "Acute" GIVE 5-POINT PLAN FOR AIDING SOUTH Signers of the Report

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Southern Policy Com conf urges Fed funds for equalization of opportunities in all States

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POWERS STUDY SOPS TO ITALY IN AFRICA; Jibuti May Be Made Free Port --Concessions on Suez Also Considered at Geneva Loan to Italy Considered Halifax and Bonnet Meet POWERS STUDY SOPS TO ITALY IN AFRICA Spanish Issue to Fore

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Halifax and Bonnet conf on plan to give Italy free port privileges at Jibuti and Zeila, Brit Somaliland, one or more seats on Suez Canal and rights for Itals equal to those of French in Tunis

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BYRD SAYS ECCLES SHATTERS PLEDGES IN SPENDING POLICY; Roosevelt Accepts Theory of 'Buying' Prosperity on Borrowed Money, He WritesSCORES NEW DEAL ON DEBTEvery Dollar of Pump-PrimingDeters Industry From Spending Two, Senator Asserts Taxes and Debts "the Issue" BYRD SAYS ECCLES SHATTERS PLEDGES Quotes Jefferson on Debt Cites New Taxes Since 1932

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TARRAGONA FALLS WITHOUT FIGHTING; REBELS SWEEP ON; They Take a Major Objective as Loyalists Make Orderly Withdrawal to New Line ADVANCE IN ALL CATALONIA Battle at Critical Phase for the Government--Its Troops Attack in the Toledo Zone Tarragona Is Taken Three Columns Enter Reus 35 Miles From Barcelona TARRAGONA FALLS WITHOUT FIGHTING Front Is 50 Miles Shorter Speed of Withdrawal Amazes Critical Phase for Loyalists Loyalists Attack West of Toledo

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Scarcely firing a shot, the Spanish Insurgents swept through lower Catalonia yesterday and captured the seaport of Tarragona. Their line farther north

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$160,261,654 BUDGET ASKED FOR SCHOOLS; Record Outlay, $7,756,189 Over Last Year's, Sought to Add to Many Activities

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Educ Bd com adopts record budget; details

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1939Ralph Gibson, American photographer^[†]

Ralph Gibson is an American art photographer best known for his photographic books. His images often incorporate fragments with erotic and mysterious undertones, building narrative meaning through contextualization and surreal juxtaposition.

Headlines from January 16, 1939

GIVE 5-POINT PLAN FOR HELPING SOUTH; 40 Leaders of Section Ask an End to Its Treatment as 'Colonial Possession' Health problem Held "Acute" GIVE 5-POINT PLAN FOR AIDING SOUTH Signers of the Report

POWERS STUDY SOPS TO ITALY IN AFRICA; Jibuti May Be Made Free Port --Concessions on Suez Also Considered at Geneva Loan to Italy Considered Halifax and Bonnet Meet POWERS STUDY SOPS TO ITALY IN AFRICA Spanish Issue to Fore

$160,261,654 BUDGET ASKED FOR SCHOOLS; Record Outlay, $7,756,189 Over Last Year's, Sought to Add to Many Activities

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