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April 11, 1938

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Headlines from April 11, 1938

Henry Fords Mark Golden Wedding Today; Nation Sends Tributes for 'Informal' Fete

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50th wedding anniv celebration

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NEW REBEL DRIVE AIMS FOR THE SEAA; Strikes Along Teruel-Valencia Road--Loyalists Confident of Holding Coast Highway Would Set Up Naval Base NEW REBEL DRIVE AIMS FOR THE SEA Rebel Gains of Week

By Unknown Author

Loyalists reptd confident on holding Tortosa road

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CHINESE PRESS ON AFTER ROUTED FOE; Fighting in Shantung Marked by Airplane Appeals to the Japanese to Surrender Planes Attack Japanese Japanese Denies Defeat CHINESE PRESS ON AFTER ROUTED FOE Japan Rushes Reinforcements Canton Suffers Two Raids

By F. Tillman Durdinspecial Cable To the New York Times

Yihsien, twenty miles north of Taierhchwang, has become the major center of contention in Southern Shantung Province. Here the Chinese are attacking vigorously in their effort to eliminate the Japanese forces who retreated to Yihsien from Taierhchwang.

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BUREAU BILL FOES REPARE FOR WAR ON PUMP PRIMING; Peril to Business Confidence and Inflation Possibilities Will Be Pictured President to Meet Leaders Today--Rail and Recovery Pleas May Be Linkeded White House Conference Today Routine Action Scheduled PREPARE FOR FIGHT ON PUMP PRIMING

By Lauren D. Lymanspecial To the New York Times

Opposes pump priming

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DALADIER CREATES ANTI-RED ABINET; CENTRISTS ADDED; Communists Eliminated From the Government Majority--Socialists Keep Aloof BONNET FOREIGN MINISTER French Rightists Hail Regime as Ending Popular Front--Workers Demonstrate New Cabinet Is Listed DALADIER CREATES CABINET IN FRANCE To Ask for Special Powers Socialists Refuse to Participate Rightists Hall Regime

By P. J. Philipwireless To the New York Times

Paris workers demonstrate in favor of intervention

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Notable Births

1938Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (died 2013)^[†]

Gerard Austin Baker was an American soccer player. From 1955 until 1970, he played 16 seasons in either the Scottish or English first division. He earned seven caps with the US national team in 1968 and 1969, scoring two goals. His younger brother was the footballer Joe Baker.

1938Michael Deaver, American politician, Deputy White House Chief of Staff (died 2007)^[†]

Michael Keith Deaver was a member of President Ronald Reagan's White House staff who served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff under James Baker III and Donald Regan from January 1981 to May 1985.

1938Reatha King, American chemist and businesswoman^[†]

Reatha Belle Clark King is an American chemist, the former vice president of the General Mills Corporation; and the former president, executive director, and chairman of the board of trustees of the General Mills Foundation, the philanthropic foundation of General Mills, Inc.