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March 17, 1940

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Italy to Aid Rumania if Attacked By Any Nation, Bucharest Hears; General Tells Senate Mussolini Made Pledge to Him in Rome--All but Fourteen Iron Guard Prisoners Are Freed

By Telephone To the New York Times

Gen Sidorovici repts to Rumanian Sen on Mussolini's assurance of aid in case of attack; Bucharest official qrs deny Rumanian-USSR non-aggression pact and mil demobilization; Vatican qrs rept USSR assurance to Rumania on Bessarabia for war duration; German press indicates joint German-Ital plans; comments on Rumanian and Turkish positions; German informed observers say Balkan appeasement was assured in von Ribbentrop visit to Rome

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Notable Births

Mark White (Texas politician)

1940Mark White, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Texas (died 2017)[†]

Mark Wells White Jr. was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 43rd governor of Texas from 1983 to 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 74th secretary of state of Texas from 1973 to 1977 and as the 46th attorney general of Texas from 1979 to 1983.

Notable Deaths

Philomène Belliveau

1940Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (born 1854)[†]

Philomène Belliveau was a Canadian artist of Acadian descent.