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January 5, 1938

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Headlines from January 5, 1938

COUNCIL DEADLOCK UNSHAKENAS MAYOR PLEADS FOR BUDGET; La Guardia Declares Welfare of-City Is at Stake-Urges Speedy Action

By Unknown Author

To City Council on budget

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Recession Not Like 1929, Caller Tells Presidenf

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

S R Fuller Jr

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BILLION DEFICIT FOR 1938 FORECAST; President's Resume of Financial Operations and Outlook Goes In Today

By Unknown Author

On the eve of the sending of the annual budget to Congress, well-informed officials predicted it would indicate a $1,000,000,000 deficit. The latest official estimate of the prospective deficit for the current year was $895,245,000. Officials indicated, however, the message tomorrow would revise this figure upward.

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BRITAIN IS COOLER ON PALESTINE SPLIT; LONG DELAY SEEN; Indefinite Stay of Partition Project Suggested in White Paper Recounting Moves

By Ferdinand Kuhn Jr

Brit Govt outlines new policy in White Paper signed by Colonial Sec W G A Ormsby-Gore; new inquiry planned

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THUGS BIND 5, LOOT LONG ISLAND HOME; Four Escape With Cash and Gems Valued at $30,000 From the Estate of J. E. Meyer

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Home hold-up; pors of wife and daughter

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1938Juan Carlos I of Spain^[†]

Juan Carlos I is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 November 1975 until his abdication on 19 June 2014. In Spain, since his abdication, Juan Carlos has usually been referred to as the rey emérito by the press.

1938Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author and playwright (died 2025)^[†]

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as East Africa's leading novelist and an important figure in modern African literature.

Headlines from January 5, 1938

COUNCIL DEADLOCK UNSHAKENAS MAYOR PLEADS FOR BUDGET; La Guardia Declares Welfare of-City Is at Stake-Urges Speedy Action

Recession Not Like 1929, Caller Tells Presidenf

BILLION DEFICIT FOR 1938 FORECAST; President's Resume of Financial Operations and Outlook Goes In Today

BRITAIN IS COOLER ON PALESTINE SPLIT; LONG DELAY SEEN; Indefinite Stay of Partition Project Suggested in White Paper Recounting Moves

THUGS BIND 5, LOOT LONG ISLAND HOME; Four Escape With Cash and Gems Valued at $30,000 From the Estate of J. E. Meyer

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