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October 10, 1937

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PRESIDENT TO TALK ON RADIO TUESDAY; WAGE PLEA LIKELY; He Is Expected to Say Trip to West Proved People Want That Measure and AAA

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Fireside chat announced; speculation

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MRS. PAGE SUBDUES MISS BERG, 7 AND 6; Greensboro Star Easily Takes U. S. Golf Championship in Final on Memphis Linkss

By William D. Richardson

Winding up a week of spectacular play unmatched in history, Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page, stockily built star from Greensboro, in the Piedmont section of North Carolina, today became the foremost woman golfer of the land by winning the national title on the difficult Memphis Country Club course.

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Townes--Chapman

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Townes, Harry K Jr; M Chapman

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REALTY VALUATIONS SET FOR 18 MONTHSS; Next Levy on Property to Be Made Under New City Charter in 1939

By Unknown Author

On N Y S realty valuations

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MORE ON TIME AND MR. PRIESTLEY

By CHARLES MORGAN

I Have Been Here Before, by J B Priestley (London)

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Notable Births

1937Bruce Devlin, Australian golfer and sportscaster^[†]

Bruce William Devlin is an Australian professional golfer, sportscaster and golf course designer.

1937Peter Underwood, Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (died 2014)^[†]

Peter George Underwood, was an Australian jurist and the Governor of Tasmania from 2008 until his death in 2014. He was the Chief Justice of Tasmania from 2004 to 2008, having been a judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania from 1984.