Tomorrow Parliament is going to meet and I shall be making a full statement of the events which have led up to the present anxious and critical situation.

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1938Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)^[†]

Benjamin Earl King was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group the Drifters, singing the lead vocals on three of their biggest hit singles: "There Goes My Baby", "This Magic Moment", and "Save the Last Dance for Me".

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1938Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company (born 1861)^[†]

Charles Edgar Duryea was an American engineer. He was the engineer of the first working American gasoline-powered car and co-founder of Duryea Motor Wagon Company. He was born near Canton, Illinois, a son of George Washington Duryea and Louisa Melvina Turner, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but spent most of his life working in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was in Springfield that Charles and his brother, Frank, produced and road-tested America’s first gasoline-powered car.

Headlines from September 28, 1938

BERLIN SEES ARMY; Troops Ready for Field--Vanish After March Past Chancellery

MAYOR PROCLAIMS TRUCK EMERGENCY; USES CITY FLEET; Sanitation Vehicles Manned by Strikers After Employers Reject City Hall Proposal

CZECHS REST HOPE ON NAZI SHOWDOWN; Aghast at Hitler's Demands After Study--Hear Reich Army Is on Border All Fortifications Included CZECHS REST HOPE ON NAZI SHOWDOWN Industries Involved CZECH CIVILIANS TEST AIR-RAID DEFENSES AND SOLDIERS LEAVE FOR BORDER AS 'TRUCE' NEARS END

Rossevelt Expected to Apply Neutrality Law As Soon as a General Conflict Is Begun

Chamberlain's Address; Chamberlain's Address Willing to Visit Reich Again

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