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June 8, 1939

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BORDER IS FESTIVE; Crowd on Canadian Side Sings National Anthem an Hour in Au Revoir OUR TROOPS TAKE CHARGE Ceremonies Are Informal as Secretary of State Welcomes the Royal Guests

By Raymond Daniell Special To the New York Times

transfers from pilot train to one carrying Brit rulers

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Foreign Nations at the Fair Are Bitter Over Labor Rows; 58 Won't Remain Next Year Unless Disputes And High Costs End--Assert Fair Treats Them Same as 'Hot Dog Stands'

By Unknown Author

Labor troubles and friction with the World's Fair Corporation have borne so heavily on foreign nations participating in the Fair that none will take part in another exposition in this country until the present Fair has been forgotten, Dr. Neil Van Aken, president of the Foreign Government Commissioners Club, said yesterday.

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CAPSHAW ORDERED TO FACE REMOVAL ON HINES CASE ACTS; Magistrate Directed to Reply to Accusations Tomorrow in Appellate Division THREE GROUNDS WEIGHED Dismissal of Policy Arrests and His Trial Testimony Cited by Referee

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N Y S Appellate Div orders Magistrate Capshaw to defend removal charges

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BRITAIN IS SENDING EXPERT TO MOSCOW TO HASTEN ACCORD; Foreign Office Executive Is Expected to Take Plan for Secret Baltic Guarantee SOVIET ASSENT FORESEEN Formula is Believed to Allow Each Power to Define 'Vital Interests' for Asking Aid

By Ferdinand Kuhn Jr. Special Cable To the New York Times

Chamberlain tells Commons W Strang, Foreign Office expert, will go to USSR to speed negotiations; expected to take plan for secret Baltic guarantee; Pertinax comments; Soviet reaction

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CAPITAL THRONGED; 600,000 EXPECTED; All Details of Welcome Are Believed Completed--Heat and Showers Predicted

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

welcomed by Sec Hull

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1939Herb Adderley, American football player (died 2020)^[†]

Herbert Anthony Adderley was an American professional football cornerback who played for the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). In 1980, he was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Headlines from June 8, 1939

BORDER IS FESTIVE; Crowd on Canadian Side Sings National Anthem an Hour in Au Revoir OUR TROOPS TAKE CHARGE Ceremonies Are Informal as Secretary of State Welcomes the Royal Guests

Foreign Nations at the Fair Are Bitter Over Labor Rows; 58 Won't Remain Next Year Unless Disputes And High Costs End--Assert Fair Treats Them Same as 'Hot Dog Stands'

CAPSHAW ORDERED TO FACE REMOVAL ON HINES CASE ACTS; Magistrate Directed to Reply to Accusations Tomorrow in Appellate Division THREE GROUNDS WEIGHED Dismissal of Policy Arrests and His Trial Testimony Cited by Referee

BRITAIN IS SENDING EXPERT TO MOSCOW TO HASTEN ACCORD; Foreign Office Executive Is Expected to Take Plan for Secret Baltic Guarantee SOVIET ASSENT FORESEEN Formula is Believed to Allow Each Power to Define 'Vital Interests' for Asking Aid

CAPITAL THRONGED; 600,000 EXPECTED; All Details of Welcome Are Believed Completed--Heat and Showers Predicted

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