The National Industrial Conference Board reported yesterday that 10,590,000 workers were unemployed in August, a drop of 369,000 from the July total. This estimate included as unemployed 3,475,000 workers in the WPA, Civilian Conservation Corps and other government works agencies.

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1938Wim Kok, Dutch union leader and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2018)^[†]

Willem "Wim" Kok was a Dutch politician and trade union leader who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 August 1994 until 22 July 2002. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA).

1938Michael Stürmer, German historian^[†]

Michael Stürmer is a conservative German historian who specializes in the history of the German Empire (1871–1918). He is best known for his role in the Historikerstreit of the 1980s, for his geographical interpretation of German history and for an admiring 2008 biography of Vladimir Putin.

Headlines from September 29, 1938

WASHINGTON'S HOPE FOR PEACE MOUNTS; Roosevelt Made Final Plea to Hitler on Hearing Reich Might March Yesterday

FRENCH NOW WANT SOLID PEACE BASIS; Nation Firmer Toward Hilter--Mussolini Moves Watched--Many Abandon Paris

BERLIN IS RELIEVED; Hopes Talks on Czechs May Lead to Wider European Accord ROOSEVELT PLEA A FACTOR Hitler Described as Desirous of Removing Parley From 'Benes Atmosphere'' Roosevelt's Plea a Factor BERLIN IS RELIEVED AT CALL FOR PARLEY Agenda Not Yet Announced May Meet Mussolini En Route

Gain of 369,000 Jobs Shown in August Survey

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