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May 15, 1939

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WHITE PAPER FACES FIRE OF ARABS, JEWS; Former Want Concessions on Ministers--Latter Planning Non-Cooperation Moves No Concession on Ministers WHITE PAPER FACES FIRE OF ARABS, JEWS Protests in Poland Called Reward for Terror

By Joseph M. Levy Wireless To the New York Times

Permitted to return to Palestine from exile

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MUSSOLINI'S TONE WELCOMED IN PARIS; French Believe His Moderation Is Result of Realization He Could Not Win in War Other Factors for Moderation Call for French Parley Seen MUSSOLINI'S TONE WELCOMED IN PARIS

By P.j. Philip Special Cable To the New York Times

Wash reaction to Mussolini s

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12,000 AT GARDEN IN BUCHMAN RALLY; 'Moral Rearmament' Drive Is Hailed by Leaders Here and Over Phone From Europe

By Unknown Author

Message to Oxford Group on moral re-armament drive

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BRIGHT DAY DRAWS 306,000 TO THE FAIR; TULIP WEEK GETS UNDER, WAY AT WORLD'S FAIR

By Times Wide World

Faculty Club election; Dean Madden, pres

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TROOPS IN HARLAN AS UNION MEN PLAN TO PICKET MINES; Kentucky Soldiers Enter After U.M.W. Chiefs Warn About Digging Coal With Bayonets MAN KILLED IN SHOOTINGS No Links Seen to Labor, but Militia Is Increased to 750-- Mines in Pact Open Today

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Bates, T; W Rowe held; sheriff denies connection with coal labor trouble, Yancey

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Notable Births

Dorothy Shirley

1939Dorothy Shirley, English high jumper and educator^[†]

Dorothy Ada Emerson is a former British athlete, who mainly competed in the women's high jump event.