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DAMASCUS, Syria, Aug. 7 (AP). -- The airplane Joseph Lebrix, piloted by the Frenchmen, Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos, landed at the military airfield at Rayak, about thirty miles from here, at 5:10 o'clock this evening, Greenwich Mean Time (1:10 P.M. in New York), with the proud claim of having shattered the world distance record by nearly 600 miles.
Land at Rayak, Syria; set world's long-distance straight-line record
German Govt rebukes Gt Britain and France when envoys call at German Foreign Office; declares 4-power pact not applicable to dispute with Austria; tone of reply attributed to Ital attitude and failure of envoys to ment on Nazi action by London Laborite Daily Herald and London Times corre-make joint representations; text of communique issued by German Foreign Office
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1933Joe Tex, American soul singer-songwriter (died 1982)[†]
Yusuf Hazziez, known professionally as Joe Tex, was an American singer and musician who gained success in the 1960s and 1970s with his brand of Southern soul, which mixed the styles of funk, country, gospel, and rhythm and blues.