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June 26, 1938

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CHINESE ONSLAUGHT CUTS FOES' DRIVE IN YANGTZE VALLEY; Victory Over a Japanese Force Near Town Guarding Boom in River Is Claimed WARSHIPS REPORTED SUNK Hankow Planes Said to Have Destroyed Two-Southern Areas Again Bombed Chinese Victory Claimed CHINESE ATTACKS CUT YANGTZE DRIVE War Nearly a Year Old American Mission Bombed

By F. Tillman Durdinwireless To the New York Times

Chinese counter-attack at Matang and Shiang-kowchang; Chinese planes sink 3 ships; Japanese planes bomb Swatow and Hainan Is; Namao Is capture confirmed; Chinese reptd planning new breaks in Yellow River dikes; Japanese planes bomb Amer mission at Tsimo

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Notable Births

Neil Abercrombie

1938Neil Abercrombie, American sociologist and politician, 7th Governor of Hawaii[†]

Neil Abercrombie is an American politician who served as the seventh governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Billy Davis Jr.

1938Billy Davis Jr., American pop-soul singer[†]

Billy Davis Jr. is an American singer and musician, best known as a member of the 5th Dimension. Along with his wife Marilyn McCoo, he had hit records during 1976 and 1977 with "Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In", "I Hope We Get to Love in Time", "Your Love", and "You Don't Have to Be a Star ". Davis and McCoo were married in 1969. They became the first African-American married couple to host a network television series, titled The Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. Show, on CBS in the summer of 1977, the year "You Don't Have to Be a Star " won a Grammy Award.

1938Gerald North, American climatologist and academic[†]

Gerald R. North is Distinguished Professor and Holder of the Harold J. Haynes Endowed Chair in Geosciences at Texas A&M University, and previous Head of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences. His interests include climate change using simplified climate models.

Notable Deaths

James Weldon Johnson

1938James Weldon Johnson, American poet, lawyer and politician (born 1871)[†]

James Weldon Johnson was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson. Johnson was a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. In 1920, he was chosen as executive secretary of the organization, effectively the operating officer. He served in that position from 1920 to 1930. Johnson established his reputation as a writer, and was known during the Harlem Renaissance for his poems, novel and anthologies collecting both poems and spirituals of Black culture. He wrote the lyrics for "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which later became known as the Black National Anthem, the music being written by his younger brother, composer J. Rosamond Johnson.

Abbie Pratt

1938Daria Pratt, American golfer (born 1859)[†]

Myra Abigail Pratt née Pankhurst and formerly Wright, later Daria, Princess Karageorgevich was an American golfer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics on behalf of France. She won the bronze medal in the women's competition. By virtue of her third marriage, she was member of the House of Karađorđević.