POPE VOICES FEAR OF SPREAD OF WAR; Sees World Being Overrun and Urges Fervent Prayers for Return of Peace
By Telephone To the New York Times
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May 9, 1940
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STRAUSS TO BARE MURDERS OF RING; 'Cruelest Killer' of the Gang Agrees to Talk--Gets Severance of Trial
By Times Wide World, 1940
Strauss agrees to bare ring murders; granted trial severance; Judge F Taylor to preside; por; Queens County jury ends inquiry into Gurino's visit to Liberto in jail; hands down no indictment; Mrs Gurino released
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NETHERLANDS CALM AFTER TENSE NIGHT; Precautions Unexplained, but People Show Faith in Government's Policy
By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Antwerp shippers surprised at Brit request for delivery of steel products through Dunkerque, France, instead of Antwerp
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PEACE PLAN TOLD; Rome Hears President Suggested a Move to Mediate the War POPE'S SUPPORT REPORTED Mussolini Is Reported to Have Considered the Present Time Unsuitable for Action
By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
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HOUSE DISAPPROVES CAA SHIFT, 232-153; SENATE ACTS TODAY; All Recorded Republicans Vote to Reject President's Order, One Paired for It 77 DEMOCRATS JOIN THEM McCarran Gives Notice He Will Move to Discharge as Hearings Are Set by Committee
By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
House defeats 4th plan; Sen to act; McCarran renews attack on CAA shift
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Notable Births
1940James L. Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
James Lawrence Brooks is an American director, producer, screenwriter and founder of Gracie Films. He co-created the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Simpsons and directed the films Terms of Endearment (1983), Broadcast News (1987), and As Good as It Gets (1997). He received numerous accolades including three Academy Awards, 22 Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.