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July 12, 1938

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CHINESE DYNAMITE KIUKIANG BUILDINGS AS FOES PUSH NEAR; Set Fire to Some Properties in Yangtze Port--Destroy Waterfront Structures FOREIGNERS ARE LEAVING Defenders in Region Continue Fighting Near Hukow--Foes Heavily Bomb Canton Japanese East of Lake Aid Pledged to Government CHINESE DYNAMITE PART OF KIUKIANG Carry On 'Scorched Earth' Plan Lake Entrance Defended Japanese Drive in Shansi Full Retreat" Reported Canton Heavily Bombed

By F. Tillman Durdinwireless To the New Yore Times

Foreigners at Kiukiang deny Japanese shelling and occupation; Chinese destroy bldgs; Japanese reach Kutang on Lake Poyang; fighting continues around Hukow and Pengtseh; map; Japanese planes bomb Sinyang, Tungkwan and Canton; People's Pol Council pledges aid to Govt; Chinese attack Japanese unit near Hofei; Japanese drive on in Shansi; attack Yuanchu

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AUG. 15 TRIAL SET AS HINES AND DAVIS AGAIN DENY GUILT; Pecora Still Is Undecided on Plea for Bill of Particulars in Policy Racket Case DEFENDANTS SHAKE HANDS Tammany Chief and Lawyer Chat in Court--Latter's Protest on Charge Fails Agreeable to Hines's Counsel Question of Jury Pending HINES-DAVIS TRIAL IS SET FOR AUG. 15 Davis Makes Own Argument Takes Exception to Ruling

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Hines and Davis again plead not guilty; Aug 15 trial set

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Seeks to Bar Legislature From All-Night Sessions

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Hilliard Cancels Plan To Meet the President

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Justice Hilliard, Sen candidate, cancels meeting plan

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Hughes Lands In Moscow; Flew To Paris In 16 1/2 Hours; Keeps Up Fast Time on Second Leg of Round-the-World Flight--Repairs Delay Plane Eight Hours in France Halved Lindbergh's Time HUGHES IN MOSCOW; 16 1/2 HOURS TO PARIS French Military Aids Repairs All Sleep Except Hughes Arrived Long Before Expected Delay Irritating to Fliers Tail Wind Most of the Way French Acclaim Feat

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H Hughes makes fastest N Y-Paris flight, 16 hrs, 35 min

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1938Ron Fairly, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2019)^[†]

Ronald Ray Fairly was an American professional baseball player and television sports presenter. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman and right fielder from 1958 to 1978, most prominently as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, with whom he was a member of three World Series winning teams. Fairly was also a two-time All-Star.

1938Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer^[†]

Wieger Emile Mensonides is a former Dutch swimmer, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1960 Summer Olympics. For forty years he was the only Dutch male swimmer to have won an Olympic medal. Pieter van den Hoogenband followed in his footsteps at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

1938Eiko Ishioka, Japanese art director and graphic designer (died 2012)^[†]

Eiko Ishioka was a Japanese art director, costume designer, and graphic designer known for her work in stage, screen, advertising, and print media.

Headlines from July 12, 1938

Seeks to Bar Legislature From All-Night Sessions

Hilliard Cancels Plan To Meet the President

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