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August 8, 1938

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Notable Births

1938Jack Baldwin, English chemist and academic (died 2020)^[†]

Sir Jack Edward Baldwin was a British chemist. He was a Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford (1978–2005) and head of the organic chemistry at Oxford.

1938Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer and educator (died 2010)^[†]

Jacques Joseph Robert Hétu was a prominent Canadian composer and music educator. Hétu is the most frequently performed of Canadian classical composers, both within Canada and internationally.

1938Connie Stevens, American actress and businesswoman^[†]

Connie Stevens is an American actress and traditional pop singer. Born in Brooklyn to musician parents, Stevens was raised there until the age of 12, when she was sent to live with family friends in rural Missouri. In 1953, when she was 15 years old, Stevens relocated with her father to Los Angeles.

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Headlines from August 8, 1938

QUEEN MARY SETS NEW SPEED RECORD; Beats the Normandie's Mark by 1 Hour 14 Minutes for Westbound Crossing Line Officials Jubilant Official Time Not Reported QUEEN MARY SETS NEW SPEED RECORD

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beats Normandie's record

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BOLT KILLS 3 AT RIIS PARK, INJURES 15, REPEATING TRAGEDY OF A YEAR AGO; BATHERS IN PANIC Scores Bowled Over as Flash Rips Along Sand of Crowded Beach 8 DROWNED DURING DAY Freak Rains Hit Parts of the Cit-y-Mercury Up to 84, With Humidity High Vain Fight to Save Couple Parts of City Are Hit BOLT AT RIIS PARK KILLS 3, INJURES 15 Bathers Become Hysterical Set Down to Long Task Crowds Checked by Police

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Kills 3, injures 15, Jacob Riis Pk; aid

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INSURGENTS REPORT 12,000 FOES CUT OFF AS DRIVE IS PUSHED; Six Loyalist Brigades Trapped or 'Destroyed' in the Ebro Fighting, Rebels Assert PLANES DESTROY BRIDGES Some Defenders Swim River to Escape--Government Tells of Making Counter-Attacks Loyalists Make Counter-Attacks INSURGENTS REPORT 12,000 FOES CUT OFF Bombers Continue Attacks Loss of Peak Acknowledged

By William P. Carneywireless To the New York Times

Rebels rept 6 Loyalist brigades trapped or destroyed in Ebro fighting; map; Loyalists counter-attack

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4 BIG UNIONS QUIT BRIDGES COUNCIL, CHARGING HE IS RED; Garment, Auto, Rubber, Shoe Workers at Los Angeles Form Own C. I. O. Group 20,000 INVOLVED IN MOVE Leaders Allege Maritime Union Head Abets Communist Control of Labor by Fraud Charges Made Against Bridges Put Loyalty to Union First

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Los Angeles Trade Union Conf (CIO) formed after withdrawal of ILGWU, UAWA, United Rubber Workers and United Shoe Workers from H Bridges' CIO Indus Council; Bridges charged with abetting communist control of unions by fraud

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National 'Save-the-Circus' Move Organized As Slump and Labor Wars Flatten Big Tents

By Unknown Author

The combined forces of rain, business recession and labor troubles this Summer have given the circus business the worst drubbing in its history. Veteran circus men and close observers predict the sawdust rings will be back "bigger and better" next year.

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