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April 16, 1939

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Headlines from April 16, 1939

NAVY AIM MYSTERY; Sudden Order for Fleet to Leave Atlantic Is Left Unexplained PEACE PLEA LINK DENIED But Offset Is Surmised to the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis-- 33 Ships to Visit Fair TO LEAD THE UNITED STATES FLEET BACK TO THE PACIFIC Strategic Imbalance Feared Link to Peace Appeal Denied FLEET IS ORDERED BACK TO PACIFIC Visit for Fair Safeguarded British Plans Seen Affected

By Frank L. Kluckhohn Special To the New York Times

transmits Roosevelt's peace appeal to Mussolini

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INSTITUTIONS FACE REALTY PROBLEMS; Armstrong Estimates They Own $9,000,000,000 Worth of Property in Nation INSTITUTIONS FACE REALTY PROBLEMS

By Unknown Author

On inst-held realty total and problems

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BUILDERS ACQUIRE JAMAICA ACREAGE; Large Portion of Old Klein Farm Will Be Improved With 250 Homes DWELLING SALES INCREASE Home Groups in Long Island Areas Completed for Spring Occupancy New Homes Opened Buying Interest Rises BUILDERS ACQUIRE JAMAICA ACREAGE Construction Activity

By Unknown Author

A tract of thirty-five acres in Jamaica, which is being subdivided for improvement with 250 mediumpriced homes, has been purchased by a building syndicate composed of Philip and William M. Adelman and Abraham Rudman from the Pawnee Land Company. The property comprises part of the large Klein farm in Jamaica Estates

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500 to Join School Dinner

By Unknown Author

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BUILD 'LAB' EQUIPMENT; New Hampshire Students Have Home-Made Apparatus

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Students build laboratory equipment

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Notable Births

1939John Amabile, American football player and coach (died 2012)^[†]

John Amabile was a professional American football scout for the New York Giants, high school football coach, and college football quarterback.

1939Dusty Springfield, English singer and record producer (died 1999)^[†]

Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was an English singer. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano voice, she was a popular singer of blue-eyed soul, pop, and dramatic ballads, with French chanson, country, and jazz also in her repertoire. During her 1960s peak, she ranked among the most successful British performers on both sides of the Atlantic. Her image – marked by a peroxide blonde bouffant/beehive hairstyle, heavy makeup and evening gowns, as well as stylised, gestural performances – made her an icon of the Swinging Sixties.