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January 31, 1938

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Notable Births

1938Beatrix of the Netherlands^[†]

Beatrix is a member of the Dutch royal house who reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 30 April 1980 until her abdication in 2013.

1938Lynn Carlin, American actress^[†]

Mary Lynn Carlin is an American retired actress. For her debut role in the 1968 John Cassavetes film Faces, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first nonprofessional performer to receive an Oscar nomination. She was later nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Milos Forman’s Taking Off (1971).

1938James G. Watt, American lawyer and politician, 43rd United States Secretary of the Interior (died 2023)^[†]

James Gaius Watt was an American lawyer, lobbyist, and civil servant who served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior in the Ronald Reagan administration from 1981 to 1983. He was described as "anti-environmentalist" and was one of Ronald Reagan's most controversial cabinet appointments.

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Headlines from January 31, 1938

60 in U. S. Congress Greet Spain's Loyalist Parliament; 26 Senators, Including Byrd, La Follette and Nye, Praise 'Fight for Democratic Institutions' Cortes Meets Tomorrow

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

26 U S Sens and 34 Reprs send greeting and sympathy message to Cortes members; list

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NATION'S RETAILERS ACT TO GET U. S. AID; Conference Here Starts Drive to Obtain Loans and Curb Unfair Monopolies

By Unknown Author

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Justice Department Faces Inquiry on Consent Tactics; Cummings's Complaint on Geiger in Auto Case May Be Boomerang, With Sumners Group in House Reported Incensed

By Charles W. Hurd

investigation considered

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SAVE 5 NAVY FLIERS FROM RUBBER BOAT; Fishermen Reach U.S. Airmen, Forced to Quit Plane at Sea on Seattle-Sitka Hop

By the Associated Press

5 rescued after U S Navy plane is forced down near Goose Is

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600 MORE SEIZED AS POLICE RENEW CRIME ROUND-UPS; Drive Pressed in Uptown Area Despite Release of Most of 483 Arrested Saturday

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over 600 more seized; Magistrates Burke and Sabbatino call arrests foolish after discharging most of cases

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REBEL PLANES KILL CIVILIAN HUNDREDS IN BARCELONA RAIDS; City Receives Worst Bombing of War-Residential Areas Are the Hardest Hit

By Herbert L. Matthews

2 fierce bombings, Barcelona residential areas; 158 children killed

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ANTI-LYNCHING BILL TO GIVE WAY TODAY FOR HOUSING ACTION; Wagner Agrees to Bring Up Conference Report, Breaking Jam at Least for a Time

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Blames Adm for recovery delay

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Spring-Like Day Lures Throngs Outdoors; Sub-Zero Cold Grips Vast Area in the West

By Unknown Author

Bldgs damaged by gales

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STAID NAZIS HAIL 5 YEARS OF HITLER; 25,000 March With Torches Past Cheering Crowds, but Fervor of '33 Is Missing

By Frederick T. Birchall

anniversary celebrated, Berlin; Hitler revs parade; radio s by Dr Goebbels

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CHINESE ATTACKS FAIL, FOES CLAIM; Japanese Army Spokesman at Shanghai Lists Gains in Widespread Fighting

By Unknown Author

Japanese claim gains in Shantung and Anhwei Provinces; wipe out guerrillas along Shanghai-Nanking supply lines; East Hopei Province united with Hopei under agreement signed by Wang Ke'-ming, Chin Tsung-mo and Maj Gen Kita; Hankow leaders see indecision in Japanese inactivity on war fronts

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GREEN ASKS A. F. L. QUIT LABOR LEAGUE AS C. I. O.'S 'DUMMY'; He Says 'Droves' of Reds Have Joined Non-Partisan Body to Form Farmer-Labor Party

By Louis Stark

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SUNDAY SCHOOL UNITS IN 51 NATIONS REPORT; Activities of 40,000,000 Pupils Are Covered-Dates Set for South Africa Meeting

By Unknown Author

Gets Sunday school enrollment repts

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