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Daladier aims to restore natl income
Chinese launch offensive on Shantung front; besiege Matowchen and Tancheng; Japanese fall back at Taierhchwang and Pihsien; both sides rush reinforcements to Hanchwang; Japanese moving north from Yangtze reptd near Fowning; launch offensive west of Nanking; capture Chaohsien in drive on Hofei; map; Gen Hsu Chu-yi announces Chinese offensive
France prepares fetes for visit with Queen
Asst Sec Johnson s
results; Sen Hitchcock trails T Berry and Repr Hildebrandt for Dem Sen nomination
1938Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican journalist, author, and critic (died 2010)[â ]
Carlos Monsiváis Aceves was a Mexican philosopher, writer, critic, political activist, and journalist. He also wrote political opinion columns in leading newspapers within the country's progressive sectors. His generation of writers includes Elena Poniatowska, José Emilio Pacheco, and Carlos Fuentes. Monsiváis won more than 33 awards, including the 1986 Jorge Cuesta Prize, the 1989 Mazatlán Prize, and the 1996 Xavier Villaurrutia Award. Considered a leading intellectual of his time, Monsiváis documented contemporary Mexican themes, values, class struggles, and societal change in his essays, books and opinion pieces. He was a staunch critic of the long-ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), leaned towards the left-wing, and was ubiquitous in disseminating his views on radio and television. As a founding member of "Gatos Olvidados", Monsiváis wanted his and other "forgotten cats" to be provided for beyond his lifetime.
1938KanÅ JigorÅ, Japanese founder of judo (born 1860)[â ]
KanÅ JigorÅ was a Japanese judoka, educator, politician, and the founder of judo. Judo was one of the first Japanese martial arts to gain widespread international recognition, and the first to become an official Olympic sport. Pedagogical innovations attributed to KanÅ include the use of black and white belts, and the introduction of dan ranking to show the relative ranking among members of a martial-art-style. Well-known mottoes attributed to KanÅ include "maximum efficiency minimal effort" and "mutual welfare and benefit" .
1938Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1889)[â ]
Carl von Ossietzky was a German journalist and pacifist. He was the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in exposing the clandestine German rearmament.