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April 6, 1940

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POST FOR RUSSELL CUT FROM BUDGET AT MAYOR'S ORDER; Vacant Lectureship at City College Abolished 'in Keeping With Policy'SILENT ON BARRING BRITONEffect of Slash Studied as2,000 Students Hold Rallyto Protest Court Action

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LaGuardia eliminates post Russell was to have filled; McGeehan ruling scored by students, Acad Freedom-B Russell Com, CCNY Parents Assn and faculty members at protest rally; Mrs J Kay applies for order compelling Higher Educ Bd to cancel contract

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PLOT TO SEIZE U.S. TRACED BY WITNESS; Healy Says He Abetted Plans and Kept FBI Informed-- Red 'Plant,' Defense Holds

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attys outline govt and defense cases; D A Healy testifies for Govt; he outlines experiences with defendants while keeping FBI informed; says group sought Communist and Jewish revolution and counterrevolution in which Front would seize Govt; names N Y Natl Guard officers in plot

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British Chief Thankful Nazis Delayed Attack; Says His Army Turned Corner 2 Weeks Ago

By the United Press

Gen Sir E Ironside in revg mil history says USSR always fought at end of rr lines resulting in suffering and famine

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U.S. Judge Orders Dies Aides Held for Raid In Which Philadelphia Red Data Were Taken; ORDERS DIES AIDES HELD FOR RED RAID

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Phila ct urges agents, G F Hurley and C Howe, and Detective Lt Granitz, who led police, held for raids on local Communist and IWO offices; Dies comments

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HULL BIDS MEXICO ARBITRATE ON OIL; Little Chance Is Seen That Cardenas Will Alter Stand That Issue Is Domestic

By Bertram D. Hulen Special To the New York Times

N Thomas ready to run as Socialist candidate

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1940Homero Aridjis, Mexican journalist, author, and poet^[†]

Homero Aridjis is a Mexican poet, novelist, environmental activist, journalist, and former ambassador and ex-president of PEN International.

1940Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Mexican-American actor and producer (died 2011)^[†]

Pedro Armendáriz Bohr, better known by his stage name Pedro Armendáriz Jr., was a Mexican actor.

Headlines from April 6, 1940

POST FOR RUSSELL CUT FROM BUDGET AT MAYOR'S ORDER; Vacant Lectureship at City College Abolished 'in Keeping With Policy'SILENT ON BARRING BRITONEffect of Slash Studied as2,000 Students Hold Rallyto Protest Court Action

PLOT TO SEIZE U.S. TRACED BY WITNESS; Healy Says He Abetted Plans and Kept FBI Informed-- Red 'Plant,' Defense Holds

British Chief Thankful Nazis Delayed Attack; Says His Army Turned Corner 2 Weeks Ago

U.S. Judge Orders Dies Aides Held for Raid In Which Philadelphia Red Data Were Taken; ORDERS DIES AIDES HELD FOR RED RAID

HULL BIDS MEXICO ARBITRATE ON OIL; Little Chance Is Seen That Cardenas Will Alter Stand That Issue Is Domestic

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