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December 31, 1937

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Notable Births

1937Avram Hershko, Hungarian-Israeli biochemist and physician^[†]

Avram Hershko is an Hungarian-born Israeli biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004.

1937Barry Hughes, Welsh footballer and manager (died 2019)^[†]

Barry Hughes was a Welsh professional football player and manager, active primarily in the Netherlands. He played as a defender.

1937Tess Jaray, Austrian-English painter and educator^[†]

Tess Jaray is a British painter and printmaker. She taught at The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL from 1968 until 1999. Over the last twenty years Jaray has completed a succession of major public art projects. She was made an Honorary Fellow of RIBA in 1995 and a Royal Academician in 2010.

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Headlines from December 31, 1937

PASSPORTS ISSUED AS POLITICAL FAVOR IN ROBINSON CASE; Federal Agents Locate Three Men in 'Influence' Chain Outside Marinelli Office; STILL TRACING THE LINKS; None So Far Had the Actual Contact With Couple--Four Documents Obtained in Day

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Marinelli explains issuance of Rubens' passports; State Dept believes Mrs Robinson is U S citizen; awaits Moscow identification

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Lehman Sharply Slashes Budget Requests; Total, $547,000,000, Rise of $97,000,000

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Lehman slashes budget requests

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SALES TAX IS URGED FOR STATE'S RELIEF; Legislative Fiscal Committee Would Finance Centralized System by 2% Levy; ASKS 'INTEGRATED WHOLE'; But Report Cautions Against Immediate Drastic Changes in Normal Tax Structure

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Moffat Joint Legis Com on Fiscal Policies repts; recommendations

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INSURGENTS BREAK GOVERNMENT LINES ON WEST OF TERUEL; Report Capture of Campillo, Six Miles From Goal, in Drive on 15-Mile Front; HOPE HELD FOR GARRISON; But Loyalists Say They Have Blown Up Foe's Last Two Redoubts in the City; AIR FORCES JOIN FIGHTING; Government Admits Loss of Three Planes--Snow and Cold Hamper Armies

By WILLIAM P CARNEY Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Rebels launch Teruel counter-offensive; bitter fighting; map; Rebel citadels blown up

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Congress of Nazis' Foes in Reich Reported; Statement Charges Leaders Misuse Funds

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Cong of Nazi's foes reptd; statement charges Nazi leaders misuse funds

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La Guardia Takes Oath At Seabury Home Tonight

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Plans for taking oath

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Tuxedo Park Is Shaken By Fall of Meteorite

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Meteorite falls, Tuxedo Pk, N Y, area

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JACKSON'S SPEECH SCORED BY M'NARY; Senator Warns Such Attacks Might Make Economic Conditions Worse; APPEALS FOR COOPERATION; Representative Halleck Calls Cummings Aide 'White House Charlie McCarthy'

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Econ views attacked by Sen McNary and Repr Halleck

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JAPANESE SET TRAP FOR 200,000 OF FOE IN SHANTUNG DRIVES; Two Forces Move North and South on Chinese Troops Fleeing Toward Safety; CANTON HEAVILY BOMBED; American Red Cross Supplies Sent There Are Destroyed-- Tsingtao Burning Goes On

By HALLETT ABEND Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Japanese plan trap for Han Fu-chu's and Yu Hsueh-tsung's forces in Shantung; Peiping Govt to extend control to Shantung when conquered; food shortage acute in Tsinan; Amer refugees arriving in Shanghai on USS Sacramento rept on Tsingtao conditions; Japanese planes bomb Canton; destroy med supplies donated by Amer Red Cross; foreign vigilante corps formed, Tsingtao

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ALIEN OIL MEN BAR PAY RISE IN MEXICO; U. S. and British Companies Declare They Will Not Meet Installment Due Today; DIFFICULTY IS FORESEEN; Seizure of Property or Strike Is Only Course Open if Government Stands Firm

By FRANK L KLUCKHOHN Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

inform workers they will not pay increases; property seizure or strike expected if Govt stands firm

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TO SEEK NEW LAWS; Building Material Cost a Target, With Moves on Labor in Mind; 'FEELERS' ON SLASH FAILED; President, Wallace, Barkley and Miss Perkins Will Join Jackson in Speeches

By FELIX BELAIR JR Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Roosevelt's anti-monopoly fight seen as battle to build U S natl income to $88,000,000,000

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MILK PRICES CUT C BY BIG COMPANIES; Borden's and Sheffield's Act After Producing Agency Accepts New Rate; MAYOR'S PLAN IS BLOCKED; Independents Refuse to Revive Move for 9-Cent Product-- City to Keep Up Fight

By Unknown Author

gen delegates meeting of Producers' Agency accepts revised schedule; Borden's and Sheffield's cut price 1/2c; statements; independents again refuse to revive truck sales; Morgan hopes for resumption; LaGuardia wire scores Sheffield Producers Cooperative Assn stand; consumers' organizations score union action

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