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July 13, 1939

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Headlines from July 13, 1939

BRITAIN INCREASES OUTLAY FOR ARMY; 79,106,000 Addition Makes Year's Total 227,261,000-- Two Allies Get Credits

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

S on defense measures, Commons

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TRANSIT LINES SIGN TERMS WITH UNION; B. M.T. and I. R.T. Agree on Wage Pact Dispelling Threats of a Walkout

By Unknown Author

The Transport Workers Union, C. I. O. affiliate, reached new agreements yesterday with the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and the B. M. T., covering wages, hours and working conditions of 22,500 union members employed by the companies.

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Congress Chiefs Grope for Way To Save Neutrality Bill and Quit; Fate of Lending Program Another Puzzle-- Wallace Testifies for Rural Loans-- Ban on Tax-Exempt Bonds Shelved

By Turner Catledge Special To the New York Times

House com votes to delay action

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OUSTINGS BY ITALY AN ANTI-SPY MOVE; ANXIETY MOUNTING; Order for Expulsions Given by Secret Police--Americans Get Notice to Quit Tyrol GRANDI IS CALLED HOME Ambassador to London Will Be Justice Head--Nation Watches U.S. Neutrality Plans

By Herbert L. Matthews Wireless To the New York Times

C Pettinato, Paris correspondent of Popolo di Roma, expelled

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VOLUNTARY PAY CUT OF $4,000,000 URGED ON CITY'S SCHOOLS; Superintendents Set Example by Making 10 Per Cent Slash in Their Own Salaries APPEAL MADE TO 40,000 Kindergartens and Some Other Threatened Services Would Be Saved by the Plan

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Supts Bd votes to accept salary cut and urges other employes to do same; group coms conf with Marshall; Campbell prepares tentative priority list of services to be retained; salary range cut; opposition; Marshall replies to LaGuardia teacher retirement suggestion

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1939Lambert Jackson Woodburne, South African admiral (died 2013)^[†]

Vice Admiral Lambert Jackson Woodburne was Chief of the South African Navy from 1 July 1990 to 31 August 1992. He is one of only two people to have been awarded the Van Riebeeck Decoration, which he received for Special Forces operations in Tanzania. He was more commonly known by his nickname "Woody".

Headlines from July 13, 1939

BRITAIN INCREASES OUTLAY FOR ARMY; 79,106,000 Addition Makes Year's Total 227,261,000-- Two Allies Get Credits

TRANSIT LINES SIGN TERMS WITH UNION; B. M.T. and I. R.T. Agree on Wage Pact Dispelling Threats of a Walkout

Congress Chiefs Grope for Way To Save Neutrality Bill and Quit; Fate of Lending Program Another Puzzle-- Wallace Testifies for Rural Loans-- Ban on Tax-Exempt Bonds Shelved

OUSTINGS BY ITALY AN ANTI-SPY MOVE; ANXIETY MOUNTING; Order for Expulsions Given by Secret Police--Americans Get Notice to Quit Tyrol GRANDI IS CALLED HOME Ambassador to London Will Be Justice Head--Nation Watches U.S. Neutrality Plans

VOLUNTARY PAY CUT OF $4,000,000 URGED ON CITY'S SCHOOLS; Superintendents Set Example by Making 10 Per Cent Slash in Their Own Salaries APPEAL MADE TO 40,000 Kindergartens and Some Other Threatened Services Would Be Saved by the Plan

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