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May 24, 1938

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STATE ACTIVITIES TAXABLE, SUPREME COURT DECLARES IN PORT, FOOTBALL CASES; LEVY ON PORT AIDES N. Y. Authority Officials' Duties Found Like Those of Private Industry MAGILL SEES `MAJOR' GIAN No Ruling on Bond Income--State University Sports Called 'Business' Expected to Shape Legislation No Action as to Port Bonds COURT UPHOLDS TAX ON STATE ACTIVITY Football Found to Be Business

By Lewis Woodspecial To the New York Times

Port of N Y Authority case: Sup Ct does not pass on right of Fed Govt to tax bonds

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LONG HENLEIN-HODZA TALK LEADS TO HOPE IN PRAGUE; REICH TROOPS AGAIN RETIRE PARLEYS TO GO ON; 3-Hour Meeting Allays Tension--Nation Sure Invasion Was Afoot BERLIN IS AGAIN AROUSED New Frontier Incidents Lead to Fresh Warnings--Britain Finds Encouragement Henlein and Hodza Meet Party Issues Communique HENLEIN AND HODZA PARLEY IN PRAGUE Invasion Held Averted Hitler" Wreath at Funeral Report Demobilization Demand

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Henlein reptd to have demanded demobilization

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Notable Births

Prince Buster

1938Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (died 2016)[†]

Cecil Bustamente Campbell, known professionally as Prince Buster, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer. The records he released in the 1960s influenced and shaped the course of Jamaican contemporary music and created a legacy of work that would be drawn upon later by reggae and ska artists.

Tommy Chong

1938Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Thomas B. Kin Chong is a Canadian and American comedian, actor, musician and activist. He is known for his role/inspiration in the marijuana industry, his marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy albums and movies with Cheech Marin, and playing the character Leo on Fox's That '70s Show. He became a naturalized United States citizen in the late 1980s.