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February 4, 1938

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Headlines from February 4, 1938

LEAHY INSISTS NAVY PLANS FOR DEFENSE; Rebuffs Suggestions by Brewster That Arms Program Means Aggression

By Leland C. Speers

Clashes with Repr Brewster on interpretation of Roosevelt's Chicago s

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BRITISH WOMAN SPY FOILS AN ARMS PLOT; ' Miss X' Unfolds Story in Bow Street Court at Hearing of Four Accused Men

By Unknown Author

Brit woman secret agent foils plot to smuggle arms data to a foreign power; testifies at trial of P E Glading, A Williams, G Whomack and C W Munday

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ATTACK ACCLAIMED; Minority Views Shut Out as Resolutions Win Cheers of Majority

By Felix Belair Jr

repeal and stamp method of collection urged

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Foes of 'Third Basket' Tax Count Committee Majority to Kill It; They Believe Proposed Levy on Closely Held Corporations Doomed--Lean to Penalty for Tax-Dodging Companies

By Henry N. Dorris

House com group hopes to exclude 3d basket levy (levy on closely held corps) from new bill

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MARTIN BARS REDS AS UNION LEADERS; TO 'FIGHT TO FINISH'; Fears Their Propaganda Will Involve Us in War With Japan to Aid Stalin

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H Martin charges link with certain financial interests to make U S fight USSR's battle against Japan

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Notable Births

1938Frank J. Dodd, American businessman and politician, president of the New Jersey Senate (died 2010)^[†]

Frank J. "Pat" Dodd was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as President of the New Jersey Senate from 1974 to 1975.

Historical Events

1938Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.^[†]

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany during the Nazi period from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. His invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 marked the outbreak of the Second World War. Throughout his leadership in the ensuing conflict, he was closely involved in the direction of German military operations and the perpetration of the Holocaust—the genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims.