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Refusal to accept govt aid lauded by Repr Wadsworth; choir takes part in E Root memorial services, N Y Const Conv
Hodza urges Czech-Slovak unity; Czech press assails Slovak autonomy demands; figures on party's strength; new Czech-Slovak agreement included in nationalities statute
returns; Gillette and Dickinson lead; Wearin never proved he had Roosevelt's personal support
prosecution and defense agree to eliminate contempt charge against G-men; judge rules NLRB testimony admissible
Paul Doumer Hosp struck by Japanese bomb; French protest
1938Ian St John, Scottish international footballer and manager (died 2021)[â ]
John "Ian" St John was a Scottish professional football player, coach and broadcaster. St John played as a forward for Liverpool throughout most of the 1960s. Signed by Bill Shankly in 1961, St John was a key member of the Liverpool team that emerged from the second tier of English football to win two league titles and one FA Cupâin which he scored the winner in the 1965 finalâto cement a position as one of the country's top sides. He played for Scotland 21 times, scoring nine goals.
1938The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.[â ]
The Douglas DC-4E was an American experimental airliner that was developed before World War II. The DC-4E never entered production due to being superseded by an entirely new design, the Douglas DC-4/C-54, which proved very successful.
1938Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred thousand to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.[â ]
The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part of World War II, and often regarded as the beginning of World War II in Asia. It was the largest Asian war in the 20th century and has been described as The Asian Holocaust, in reference to the scale of Japanese war crimes against Chinese civilians, similar to the European ones. It is known in the Republic of China and People's Republic of China as the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.