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March 13, 1938

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18 RUSSIANS TO DIE FOR TREADSON PLOT; RAKOVSKY SPARED; Escapes With a Sentence of 20 Years--Bessonoff Gets 15, Physician 25 Years HEART SPECIALIST SAVED Dr. Pletneff Alone Among Three Doctors Wins Mercy--Bukharin Shows Fight Those Sentenced to Die 18 RUSSIANS TO DIE FOR TREASON PLOT Last Words" for All Repudiates Trotsky Rykoff Weeps at Sentences Gives Cheer for Stalin Physicians Ask Mercy Denies Group Is "The Bloc" Krestinsky Cites Career Ivanoff Accuses Bukharin

By Harold Dennyspecial Cable To the New York Times

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HARRISON DEMANDS END OF PROFITS TAX TO HELP BUSINESS; Levy on Undistributed Gains, Modified by House, Should Be Killed Entirely, He Says SENATOR ASKS FLAT RATE He Would Revamp Excise on Capital Increases Also Under the Same Principle CHAMBER IS 'ENCOURAGED' It Asserts Federal Attitude to Business Is Improving, but Manufacturers Disagree Hints at Broader Tax Base Wants Cut in High Surtax Rates Curb on Reforms Is Foreseen 'Expense' of Reports Is Stressed HARRISON DEMANDS END OF PROFITS TAX Curb on Reforms Is Foreseen

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Notable Births

Robert Gammage

1938Robert Gammage, American captain and politician (died 2012)[†]

Robert Alton "Bob" Gammage was an American politician, having served as a Democrat in the Texas House of Representatives, the Texas State Senate, and the United States House of Representatives.

Notable Deaths

Clarence Darrow

1938Clarence Darrow, American lawyer and author (born 1857)[†]

Clarence Seward Darrow was an American lawyer who became famous in the 19th century for high-profile representations of trade union causes, and in the 20th century for several criminal matters, including the Leopold and Loeb murder trial, the Scopes "monkey" trial, and the Ossian Sweet defense. He was a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform. Darrow was also a well-known public speaker, debater, and writer.