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August 16, 1938

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CITY HEAT OF 93.4degree IS RECORD FOR YEAR; Humidity Adds to Discomfort--Throngs Sleep on Beaches--Two Persons Drowned Hottest at 1:15 P. M. CITY HEAT OF 93.4[degrees] IS RECORD FOR YEAR Staten Island Reaches Thronged

By Unknown Author

A high temperature of 93.4 degrees yesterday gave New York City its hottest day of the year and, while the humidity average was not as high as on several occasions in the past month, it was so high in the warmest hours that the Weather Bureau admitted the city probably suffered its most uncomfortable period of the Summer.

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Hitler Opens Vast Army Exercises Testing Machinery of Mobilization; Reich Commandeers Horses and Private Cars and Puts Reservists in Field--Chancellor Confers With Generals and Ministers VAST ARMY TESTS OPENED BY HITLER Reserve Divisions Created Test Mobilization Machinery At Least Half Million Called BRITISH TROOPS HOLD TESTS Country Seems Unconcerned Over the German Manoeuvres

By Otto D. Tolischuswireless To the New York Times

Hitler opens manoeuvres, Jueterbog; returns to Berlin; conf with gens and mins; information scarce; reserve divs created; horses and private cars commandeered; Brit press comment

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Notable Deaths

Andrej Hlinka

1938Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (born 1864)[†]

Andrej Hlinka was a Slovak Roman Catholic priest and politician who was one of the most important Slovak public activists in Czechoslovakia before World War II. He was the leader of the Hlinka's Slovak People's Party, a papal chamberlain, inducted papal protonotary, member of the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia, and chairman of the St. Vojtech Fellowship.

Robert Johnson

1938Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1911)[†]

Robert Leroy Johnson was an American blues musician and songwriter. His singing, guitar playing and songwriting on his landmark 1936 and 1937 recordings have influenced later generations of musicians. Although his recording career spanned only seven months, he is recognized as a master of the blues, particularly the Delta blues style, and as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as perhaps "the first ever rock star".