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May 30, 1938

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WPA BOX-OFFICE FRAUDS ARE REVEALED IN AUDITS; WIDE INQUIRY BEGIN HERE; CIRCUS IS WATCHED SHORTAGES AT 2 THEATRES Project Head Says Big Houses Failed to Put Much Money Into the Till Capacity House But Little Cash Circus Ticket Booth Watched 9 of Staff Questioned for Three Hours at Police Station

By Unknown Author

Fed Theatre Project; box-office shortage indicated; 3 suspended and 9 questioned

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BOTH SIDES SPEED TO LANFENG BATTLE; Chinese and Japanese Forces Align for Expected Major Clash of the War Welcome" Chinese Stand BOTH SIDES SPEED TO LANGENG BATTLE River Still Blocks Invaders Bombs Kill 100 in Canton

By Douglas Robertsonwireless To the New York Times

reinforcements rushed

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INQUIRY IS ORDERED ON SINKING OF SHIP; Rescue of 350 From Mandalay Is Praised-Wreck Viewed by Sunday Throngs Throngs Seek View of Wreck INQUIRY IS ORDERED ON SINKING OF SHIP Wreckage Floats Ashore

By Unknown Author

Fed inquiry ordered; sightseers view remains; 1 passenger still in hosp; illus

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Missing New Jersey Boy Is Found Safe in a Cove

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Missing; found off Great Kills, S I

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NATION WILL HONOR WAR HEROES TODAY; 50,000 to March in Parades L Here-Thousands Take Part in Advance Services 5,000 March in Fifth Avenue Bennett Speaks in Brooklyn Celebrations Today NATION WILL HONOR WAR HEROES TODAY THE LINE OF MARCH WAR ORGANIZATIONS HOLDING SERVICES HERE YESTERDAY IN HONOR OF DEAD COMRADES

By Unknown Author

parade plans; observances, N Y C

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Notable Births

1938Billie Letts, American author and educator (died 2014)^[†]

Billie Dean Letts was an American novelist and educator. She was a professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.