Latest European News, Daily Racing Form, 1939-04-21

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LATEST EUROPEAN NEWS I t i ROME, Italy, April 20. H Duce accused President Roosevelt of "unjust and unfair" tactics and branded proposal for ten-year peace guarantee as "tricky." BERLIN, Germany, April 20 Chancellor Hitler celebrated his fiftieth birth anniversary by reviewing a gigantic military demonstration designed to prove that Germany is ready for more victories. LONDON, England, April 20. Reports that Hitler is querying Balkan and Baltic nations on President Roosevelts peace appeal reached the British capital. PARIS, France, April 20. Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet praised President Roosevelts peace message as making "non-violence the rallying point for all men of good will." GIBRALTAR, April 20. Newly arrived British troops paraded in the Empires Mediterranean stronghold. LE HAVRE, France, April 20. Authorities expressed the belief and revealed threats to blow up the giant liner Normandie. AMSTERDAM, Holland, April 20. The Netherlands Nazi party lost heavily in elections for membership in eleven provincial councils, which are responsible for choosing members of the Upper Chamber of Parliament, final results showed today. Returns from the eleven provinces revealed the Nazis lost twenty-three seats and the Socialists two seats; The Catholic party gained eleven seats andthe anti-revolutionary party seven.


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