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July 16, 1938

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Freak Storm Sweeps Over Jersey; $200,000 Damage in 30-Mile Area; Ninety-Mile Wind Razes Structures, Uproots Great Trees Seabright and Red Bank Hard Hit-Mercury at 84? on 9th Day of Heat FREAK STORM HITS JERSEY RESORTS Havoc Also in Red Bank Rabbi Drowns at Edgemere DAMAGE CAUSED BY FREAK STORM WHICH HIT NEW JERSEY

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Osowsi, S, Newark Bay

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AUTO UNION PURGES WESTCHESTER UNIT; North Tarrytown Local Ousts 7 Officers and 3 Quit at Behest of Martin Agent Majority Votes Ouster Officers Called "Disruptive" AUTO UNION PURGES WESTCHESTER UNIT Amicable Settlement Sought

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

B Harris, Martin agent, organizes meeting at North Tarrytown, N Y, local to oust 10 officers for alleged communistic activities; 3 resign; others removed

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City Gets $23,000,000 for Housing; USHA Awards Total $504,000,000; New Allocation Will Permit Planning of Additional Slum--Clearance ProjectsMayor Sought $4,000,000 More

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

USHA earmarks $23,000,000 for loans to city

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VOTE FUND INQUIRY BEGUN IN 3 STATES BY SENATE GROUP; Committee Agents Are Ordered to Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Tennessee QUICK REPORTS SOUGHT Security Board Joins in the Barkley-Chandler Fight Over, Old-Age Pension Charges Committee Explains Action North Dakota Case Dropped Gets Postoffice Ruling VOTE FUND INQUIRY BEGUN IN 3 STATES Tennessee Inquiry Is Under Way Earle Welcomes Inquiry

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sen com to investigate

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PRAGUE TO GRANT REGIONAL REGIMES FOR 2 MINORITIES; New Nationalities Statute to Set Up Provincial Diets for Germans and Hungarians TO OPEN MORE STATE JOBS Representation to Be Based on Numerical Strength--Language Ruling Eased Three Provincial Divisions PRAGUE TO GRANT REGIONAL REGIMES New Basis for Public Jobs Language Ruling Relaxed Henleinist Opposition Seen New Tension In Czechoslovakia

By Emil Lengyelspecial Cable To the New York Times

nationalities statute provisions; Germans and Hungarians to get provincial govts and legislatures; language ruling eased; Henleinist opposition seen; tension increases in Sudeten areas; Jewish-owned coal mines sold

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1938Cynthia Enloe, American author and academic^[†]

Cynthia Holden Enloe is an American political theorist, feminist writer, and professor. She is best known for her work on gender and militarism and for her contributions to the field of feminist international relations. She has also influenced the field of feminist political geography, with feminist geopolitics in particular.

1938Tony Jackson, English singer and bass player (died 2003)^[†]

Anthony Paul Jackson was a British musician. He was known for being a member of the Merseybeat band The Searchers.

Headlines from July 16, 1938

AUTO UNION PURGES WESTCHESTER UNIT; North Tarrytown Local Ousts 7 Officers and 3 Quit at Behest of Martin Agent Majority Votes Ouster Officers Called "Disruptive" AUTO UNION PURGES WESTCHESTER UNIT Amicable Settlement Sought

City Gets $23,000,000 for Housing; USHA Awards Total $504,000,000; New Allocation Will Permit Planning of Additional Slum--Clearance ProjectsMayor Sought $4,000,000 More

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