LITTLE MEN MEET ROOSEVELT REBUFF ON LABOR DEMANDS; TAX PLEA SHUNNED
By Felix Belair Jr
Roosevelt gets memo from small business men; no comment
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February 5, 1938
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NAVY CHIEF'S TALK TO BRITISH 'SECRET'; 'Vital to Interest and Defense of United States,' Leahy Warns House Group
By Leland C. Speers
Adm Leahy refuses to explain naval mission in London
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100,000 IN DETROIT PROTEST LAYOFFS, ASK MORE RELIEF; Mass Meeting in Heart of City Demands Debt Moratorium and Cut in Rents
By Unknown Author
at Detroit relief demonstration
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NEW HOUSING ACT GOES INTO EFFECT; Roosevelt Signs Bill Intended to Spur Recovery and Increase Employment
By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Roosevelt signs amendments; S McDonald explains operation
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UPRISING IN CANTON IS QUICKLY CRUSHED; Japanese Are Believed to Have Inspired Effort to Create an Ally of North China
By Unknown Author
Canton uprising crushed; believed fostered by Japanese to create independent regime allied with North China; assassination attempt on Mayor Tseng Yang-fu reptd; Gen Yu Han-mou planned unseating of Wu Te-chen, Kwangtung's Gov; Wu denies repts; Japanese stage naval and air demonstration in area; bomb Whampoa and Boca Tigris Forts; map; Tokyo press version of uprising
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Notable Births
1938Rafael Nieto Navia, Colombian lawyer, jurist, and diplomat[†]
Rafael Nieto Navia was a Colombian jurist and political scientist.
Notable Deaths
1938Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (born 1903)[†]
Hans Achim Litten was a German lawyer who represented opponents of the Nazis at important political trials between 1929 and 1932, defending the rights of workers during the Weimar Republic.