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May 9, 1939

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3,000 PUPILS TOUR EXHIBITS AT FAIR; 1,600 From Jersey Come as Largest Group--Dull Skies Cut General Attendance General Attendance Lower 3,00 PUPILS TOUR EXHIBITS AT FAIR Portugal Pavilion Opened

By Frank S. Adams

Three thousand school children, forming an attraction in themselves as they moved in carefully shepherded groups from exhibit to exhibit, visited the New York World's Fair yesterday as the procedure giving them free admissions showed signs of rapid expansion.

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SENATE REVERSES ECONOMY, SWELLS FARM FUNDS BILL; Without a Roll-Call It Boosts House Figure $383,484,959 to $1,218,603,572 MORGENTHAU IN WARNING Treasury Chief Cites Problem of Taxes as Chamber Votes Payment Amendments Warns of More Tax Trouble SENATE REVERSES ECONOMIES TREND

By Charles W. Hurd Special To the New York Times

Taxes: warns agr payment increases may mean structure revision

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DEAL WITH STALIN SOUGHT BY HITLER; Reich Would Neutralize Soviet by a Non-Aggression Treaty and Then Move on Poland

By Otto D. Tolischus Wireless To the New York Times

Hitler seeks deal with Stalin to neutralize USSR

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PRESIDENT CALLS COAL MEN TO THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY; TRUCE PLAN TO BE OFFERED; MISS PERKINS AIDS Extends Invitation for Roosevelt After Long Conference Here ADMINISTRATION SCORED Lewis Lays Mine Stoppage to Failure of Government to Back Union Offer Meeting Time Not Set Situation Here Grave Intervention Was Expected COAL CONFEREES CALLED TO CAPITAL Emergency Getting Critical" A Denial by Lewis Union Conflict a Factor 'Remote Control' Charged

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Steelman fails to break conf deadlock; Perkins extends inv to White House conf; inv accepted; Lewis attacks Adm for failure to back UMWA contract extension during negotiations; stresses union shop as issue; O'Neill comments on issue, defends operator's unit rule; Perkins comments

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LAUER QUITS BENCH AS SMUGGLING CASE COMES UP IN ALBANY; Lehman Receives Resignation When Committees Gather to Decide on Action INNOCENT, SAYS JUSTICE But Sees Usefulness Impaired --Move Follows Charges Made by Cahill

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

he resigns from bench; career and link with smuggling case revd

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1939Ion Țiriac, Romanian tennis player and manager^[†]

Ion Țiriac (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon t͡siriˈak]; born 9 May 1939), also known as the "Brașov Bulldozer", is a Romanian businessman and former professional tennis and ice hockey player. He has been president of the Romanian Tennis Federation.

Headlines from May 9, 1939

3,000 PUPILS TOUR EXHIBITS AT FAIR; 1,600 From Jersey Come as Largest Group--Dull Skies Cut General Attendance General Attendance Lower 3,00 PUPILS TOUR EXHIBITS AT FAIR Portugal Pavilion Opened

SENATE REVERSES ECONOMY, SWELLS FARM FUNDS BILL; Without a Roll-Call It Boosts House Figure $383,484,959 to $1,218,603,572 MORGENTHAU IN WARNING Treasury Chief Cites Problem of Taxes as Chamber Votes Payment Amendments Warns of More Tax Trouble SENATE REVERSES ECONOMIES TREND

DEAL WITH STALIN SOUGHT BY HITLER; Reich Would Neutralize Soviet by a Non-Aggression Treaty and Then Move on Poland

LAUER QUITS BENCH AS SMUGGLING CASE COMES UP IN ALBANY; Lehman Receives Resignation When Committees Gather to Decide on Action INNOCENT, SAYS JUSTICE But Sees Usefulness Impaired --Move Follows Charges Made by Cahill

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