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U S Sup Ct upholds NLRB stand on withdrawing litigation in Repub Steel Corp case
Refuses rehearing on Kan City stockyards case
Holds Peekskill distribution ordinance unconst; Mayor Holley refuses modification pending ct test; conf
Ransom paid; child not returned; posses organized
Local 807 of Internatl Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers of Amer and 76 persons indicted for alleged violation of Fed Anti-Racketeering Act and Sherman Anti-Trust Law, in extortion from out-of-town drivers, owners and shippers, N Y C
1938Ödön von Horváth, Croatian-French author and playwright (born 1901)[†]
Edmund Josef von Horváth was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the nom de plume Ödön von Horváth. He was one of the most critically admired writers of his generation prior to his untimely death. He enjoyed a series of successes on the stage with socially poignant and romantic plays, including Revolte auf Côte 3018 (1927), Sladek (1929), Italienische Nacht (1930), Hin und Her (1934), and Der Jüngste Tag (1937). His novels include Der ewige Spießer (1930), Ein Kind unserer Zeit (1938), and Jugend ohne Gott (1937).